Urge to Clean

What is it about Spring that increases our urge to clean??
I can't seem to stop. It makes me feel so darn good!

I have been cleaning my own home for over a month. A little bit here, a little bit there. It really feels great.
I even come home to find my husband dusting and vacuuming.

Now this week I am staying at my sisters home while she is away on vacation. It is a huge home, my little home would fit in her kitchen area alone. There are 10 rooms on the main floor and 14 in the basement.
I am taking some ME time but the urge to clean is so strong!
Maybe it is the artist in me. I see details. I want things to look their best.

She has had this home on the market for over a year now.
While here I keep noticing details that I think would turn off home buyers so I started to clean here too.
I put all the clutter away so that the home looks clean and uncluttered.
I emptied the pantry, washed the shelves and re organized . I think she will be quite surprised to see just how much soup she has. And how many extra shelves are in there.
In the laundry room I organized her storage cupboard and I think she will be happy to learn that she never has to buy cleaning supplies again. They were spread far and wide on all the different shelves but when I started to group them together I found she had been buying more of the same thing because she could not tell what she already had.

Organizing is wonderful. I was able to take several loads to the recycling bins. Both the pantry and the storage cupboard are easier to enter and to find things. I am hoping that potential buyers will think ." Oh what a lot of storage this house has" rather than " oh what a messy cupboard"

Some say cleaning is a chore ...but not for me.
I find that it brings out my creative side. I start with a jumbled mess and transform it into something tidy and neat. I feel good doing it, I feel good when it is done.