Getting older in numbers is not as bad as folks try to make it out to be

Do y’all ever sleep?

Fortunately we don’t have the same taste in many things, like shaving cream/lotion; she loves the fruity smelly stuff. Yuk.

The boy has a nasty habit of snagging my cellophane tape, scissors, blank videotapes. And wipes.

I keep telling myself at some point in time I will miss the surprise of missing things.

I have to draw the line yet again on that one, no stainless steel cleaner wipes in my underwear drawer — among other things.

Can you even imagine the size of the underwear drawer I’d have to have? Cripes, I’ve had to hide my own personal toolbox from both kids and spouse, am picturing an underwear drawer which looks like a Craftsman tool cart with a lock! LOL!

Millineryman, Christy — the microfiber cloths work great on anything with a smooth surface, have saved a ton of money on paper towels for mirrors and glass cleaning. Plain water will work just fine on most light cleaning, just lightly moisten cloth and wring out well, then wipe. I use the window cleaner — a basic one, not the all-surface cleaner stuff — because the ammonia in the solution will cut grease, works best on greasy fingerprints left by cheese-eating, chip-and-popcorn-munching members of this household.

Vinegar-and-water solution kept in a spray bottle also works on my blonde maple floors; I have a dark microfiber cloth I use on a Swiffer-type mop, just spritz the floor, let soak a couple minutes, then wipe up with the microfiber-mop. Squeaky clean and not at all wet.

Harbor Freight is a good source for cloths if you have a store nearby; I just bought a four-pack of cloths for $3.99. I try to keep the cloths dedicated by color. Dark ones are used in my car on interior, light ones on glass.

And I keep one in my handbag for monitor wiping and eyeglass cleaning. The green one is hands-off to all family members because it’s mine for my purse. (They’ll thank me whenever they need their sunglasses cleaned…)