Amy M. Schaefer
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I am an "accidental blogger". When I launched my writing career in March of 2014, one of the things that I decided to include was my journaling, which I have always found to be a comforting and therapeutic endeavor.  It was a big risk to open myself up in such a public forum, but it has taught me that, for the most part, we share far more experiences than we think. It's comforting to know I'm not alone!  (*the "Button Text" is the link to my first novel)
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Day Seventy-six: The Crazy Cleaning Lady

1/16/2015

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PictureCarol Burnett by John Rios
"The dust bunnies killed my cleaning fairy." ~www.EcoNutsSoap.com

I know y'all are going to think I'm completely bonkers when I confess one of my dirty little secrets...I really do love cleaning (most of the time). I turn the music up loud, dance with the vacuum cleaner, and scrub stuff to the beat of whatever tune is playing. Sometimes I'm a rock n' roll cleaner, but my main cleaning playlist involves fun, often raunchy dance tunes. When I'm done the house looks and smells lovely, I got a workout AND actually had fun doing something most consider drudgery.

I am 2/3 of the way through my series "100 Days of Happy" and I've gotta say, it really has created this profound shift in my mentality. Like my attitude towards cleaning, I find myself overlaying that same approach to many other things, either by finding the positives in situations or events where they are scarce, or MAKING positives out of difficult situations. Whatever the circumstances, I keep my "eyes" on the happy, joyful bits, which in turn makes the scary, challenging, or difficult things become mere white noise in the background of my life. Do intense situations still threaten to overwhelm me? Absolutely. I do not, however, allow them the power to crush me with stress and worry. When I feel like the "freak out" is going to win by making me spew forth negative energy and/or emotions, I find a way to temper it to a more manageable chunk with things like cranking my ipod and cleaning something! Wanna know what I'll be vacuuming to today? Crank the video below and watch these older people get their boogie on with me! Have a safe and "dancy" kinda weekend!

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Mariam link
11/23/2020 04:57:15 pm

Great reading yourr blog

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Amy Marie Schaefer
3/27/2022 07:47:31 am

I hope you enjoy it and find something useful to take away. <3

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Fred Ascher
3/22/2022 05:07:54 pm

What a nice lady you are! I came across your blog by accident today, and I am glad I did! Cheers to you!

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Amy Marie Schaefer
3/27/2022 07:50:57 am

Thanks, Fred. I miss the regularity with which I'd sit and write blogs in the hope that they would find someone who might need the relatability of something they read of mine. So many things have been upended in "our" world that I haven't had the luxury of contemplative down-time. I appreciate your reminder that "someone is listening".

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Concrete Power Washing link
3/16/2025 09:51:46 am

"The Crazy Cleaning Lady" sounds like a quirky character with a passion for cleanliness. It's always interesting to hear different perspectives on maintaining a tidy and organized space!

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    I grew up in rural North Carolina. When I was only nineteen, I moved away and became a military wife. My only aspiration at that tender time in my life was to create an adult life that "fixed" all of the "injustices" of my childhood. Secretly, however, I wanted to reach for the sky! I wanted to be a writer and find ways to "save the world" (my mother used to say, "You have Save the World Syndrome".). Mostly, I wanted to matter.

    Since then, I have learned to reach well beyond what I ever dared to think was possible. I've learned not to allow fear to stop me from whatever future I want to create!

    What keeps me grounded? My Tribe! What provides the wind beneath my wings? A well of reserves filled with unstoppable passion!

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