ADVENTURES IN HOUSEKEEPING
Ladies (and gents) who clean your own houses, what is your grossest house cleaning chore? Cleaning the toilet? I say nay, because there are things called toilet brushes that prevent your dainty hands from ever having to touch anything, and that magic blue goo that helps to loosen all the unmentionable grime from the bowl. My worst nightmare is cleaning the shower. More specifically, pulling the hair out of the shower drain, with all the unidentifiable black gunk attached thereto. Knowing that it is my own hair does not help. I know it is mine because there are only two of us who use the shower, and it ain't coming from Mount Baldy. I tackled that chore today because it was time. I knew it was time, because even with my extreme nearsightedness, I could see the hair accumulating in the drain when I showered. I knew it was time because it had been a long, long time since I had tackled the chore. How long? I'm ashamed to admit it was I-can't-remember-when long. I have
