Fall Cleaning

I used to love to do spring and fall cleaning in the house. The kind where we pull all the furniture out, get every hidden baseboard and corner well vacuumed, roll up the area rugs and scrub the floors - it was such a great feeling. But as I get older I am starting to dread it. What was once a liberating and wonderful event is something I now look to with dread. A long week of cleaning out closets, scrubbing walls and cleaning carpets seems like an overwhelming duty now. And I find it easy to put it off as long as possible just because it's so much work.

And I'm only in my 50s. What am I going to do if I'm lucky enough to hit 70? I don't even want to think about it. It is already making me tired...