In Japan, we do "Oosouji" means "massive cleaning up". Maybe similar to spring clean in here.
Dirty spot has a bad "Qi" and people live in the dirty house won't have a good luck.
So from 1st of December, I try to dust off shelves, ceiling fan blades, wipe off dirty spots inside of the shelf doors.. Devote 15 minutes a day to clean up one spot, and hopefully by the end of the year, my house will look clean, and we'll have good luck in next year...
So far, I've done most of the dusting off done. There were a lot of dust, I know I need to do this at least once every month or so, but I wouldn't do it.
I was surprised when I saw a cleaning lady coming to my host family's house cleaning kitchen. I thought they must be really rich since in Japan, we don't see many people hiring maid to clean their house unless they are really rich. Later on, I learned in here middle income people casually hire maid to clean their house. I guess it's getting common in Japan too, especially when they clean inside of air conditioner.
We once ordered maid service once. It cost nearly $300!! My husband signed up, and I tried to stop it but that was when my daughter was around 1 year old and I was exhausted..
Well, I have done a lot already for cleaning up, I need to clean door, windows, and bathroom tomorrow!
I could have this using that $300. I hope the clean house will bring better money luck for next year.
