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Time Saving Tidbit

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My kitchen floor bears the marks of a week’s worth
(uh…perhaps more) of meal preparation and consumption.
A virtual culinary mosaic of spaghetti sauce, flattened
peas, scattered oats, even what appears to be a dehydrated sliced strawberry. Is that asparagus? When did we have
asparagus last?
 
 
Unfortunately a full-on floor mopping is out of the
question. That kind of undertaking requires at least an hour—10 minutes of prep
time to clear the floor of furniture, large non-disposable items and children;
10 minutes of shooing the children out the door, or down the stairs again, with
the instruction “Do NOT walk on the wet floor!!” Then there’s the 30 minutes of
sweeping and mopping, or scrubbing and scraping, depending on how long it’s
been since I last undertook this chore. Finally, 10 minutes to dry.
Do the math. That’s 60 minutes until the highest traffic
area of your house is once again usable. Who has that kind of time?
I know it has to be done, from time to time. But we all have
personal preferences and tolerance thresholds which dictate how much time
should pass between those times.
But today, I don’t have the hour. So I choose to spot-mop.
If you’re new to my avant-garde “time saving” methods, I’ll
briefly explain the spot-mop method:
  1. Sweep
    the open areas of the floor and remove the marbles, playing cards, crayons
    and stray game pieces from the pile of sweepings for sorting on a
    different day. Discard the remaining debris.
  2. Wet a
    rag, sponge or even a shirt sleeve in the case of a true time-saving emergency.
  3. Step
    into the entry way to your kitchen and slightly cross your eyes. The most
    glaring and visible spots will become evident through your blurred vision.
  4. Scrape,
    scrub or wipe depending on the severity and age of the spot.
  5. Continue
    steps 2-4 until your floor appears clean through your blurred vision.
This entire process should take no more than 5 minutes.
And now you have 55 “extra” minutes in your day to spend as
you please.
You’re welcome.
What will you do with
your “extra” 55 minutes?
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HI THERE!

I’m Shauna, and I help worn-out Christians find permanent rest and relief by retelling gospel stories that highlight Jesus’ kindness toward ordinary people like us.

In my books and on this blog, I weave history, theology, and fictional detail into a fresh retelling of familiar Bible stories. I started writing them because I needed them. When I shared my stories, people said they made the Bible come to life.

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