1. “I’ll hurry. First let me give my shoes a spit and polish,” says Joe as he spits on the toe of his shoe and shines it a bit on the back of his pants’ leg.
2. “Come here and let me give you a spit and polish,” says mom as she spits on her apron and gives Johnny”s face a swipe around the mouth.
3. “Sorry about the house I just gave it a spit and polish,” I say as I invite a visitor to come in.
That, my friends, is what I thought “spit and polish” meant. Just a quick fix. A little swipe to get by.
Imagine my surprise when I find I am wrong. All the definitions I find say that “spit and polish” refers to “extreme attention to cleanliness, orderliness, smartness of appearance.” – EXTREME!
What a shame. Now I have to give my house a “spit and polish” that really cleans it up! I have just been making do. No more spitting on a napkin to wipe up the drop of dried oatmeal off the floor.
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But I don’t remember where the mop bucket is…Oh, I remember, it has ashes from the fireplace in it…I’ll pick one up at the Dollar Store when I get dressed…I need to see who’s put what on the blog before I go…Then I need to pull some weeds before I clean up to go to the store…Have I prayed yet today; maybe I should do that before I do anything else…But I can’t stay awake to pray unless I have a nap first…
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Thanks to Pixabay for the image, and to VJ for the challenge.
https://onewomansquest.org/2019/03/25/v-j-s-weekly-challenge-41-polish/
Sweet aroma 
Sounds like my life!
Shall we do something about it? Nah. Too late. 😀
LOL
Good one Oneta. Enjoyed reading.
Thank you, Pranab. How is your house situation coming along?
Out of the house for next two days
Hope the weather is cooperating and your temporary beds will be comfy. It is beautiful here today.
At least I am not cooking for next two days. Rain in forecast tomorrow.
Ha ha – I am with you though on your original thought. Now I’ll have to pull up my socks too.
Speaking of socks, I am used to using old socks for dusting or recycled dryer sheets. Now I may have to buy the latest gadgets. So much for my efforts to help the environment. 😀
Ha ha ha ….the pressure.
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Not sure what this means. Thanks for reading and commenting even if I do need Understanding Comments for Dummies. 😀
Love the bit of humor in your reflection on ‘spit and polish’. 🙂
Thank you, Olga. I haven’t seen you in a while. Have you been gone, or have I just “misplaced” you. I’ll have to check my folders.
Hi Oneta. I’m not posting as much these days. Life changing moment tends to overwhelm daily life and mobility.
I went to your blog and found a “report.” Sometimes change is forced on us; other times ordering priorities brings change. Hope things continue some positive progress.
What do you mean by “report” or do you mean ‘rapport’. Thanks for the well wishes, Oneta. 🙂
No, I had gone to your link and read something, perhaps it was fiction, that you had written about shoveling snow and having degenerative disc, etc. I thought it was true and that you were reporting about some physical problems, ?
Yes, it was true.
Love your illumination and humour on this blog. O dear in recent years….spit and polish has been my limit. Must aim for the real meaning now. . Blessings. F.
I’ve been getting by with “hit it in a hurry” and don’t have enough desire to change so it is not likely to happen. 😀 Glad you enjoyed my little ramble.
haha! I thought spit & a polish meant a quick swipe at cleaning…not to the extreme! And yes, I’ve used spit to clean up a few little things, too. 🙂
My housekeeping sister. 😀