My Brother Walks Off With My Mop

Okay, my brother didn’t REALLY walk off with my Hoover TwinTank steam mop but I think he wanted to. He and his wife and their three girls were here for about a week and a half a few months ago. Our puppy got just a little bit excited when he saw new kids to play with and at one point – as you might expect – he had a little accident.

My brother and his family have a two year old dog and they’re completely familiar with how these things happen but surprised at how calmly I responded. I pulled out my steam mop, cleaned up and we were on to other things in just a few, short minutes.

I got an email from my brother a week after they returned home. “Hey, sis, what was the brand and model of that thing you used to clean your floors?” He’d obviously been impressed. I gave him the info.

Another week or two went by and I got another email:

Steam mop arrived this week. Yay. I finally got time to put it to
work. I was able to vacuum and steam clean the kitchen/eating area, entry
way, and all three bathrooms in one day. Wow. it did a great job. Based
on your review I did steam only (I don’t like sticky floors either).

It has been a number of weeks, probably a couple of month or more since the
last cleaning. I really don’t like the dirt and spots but dreaded mopping.
Now this is awesome. Yes. I’m a little excited. I should probably go to a
neighbors house and clean theirs too. ok, maybe not. Freaky.

I must be lazy – I never towel dried my floors. I can’t imagine he and his wife were doing that with the busy schedule they lead but I suppose if you have a larger dog who is also wondering around you need to get your floors dried fast before you end up with a trail of wet paw prints.

All I know is he’s thrilled, he’s spending less time on his floors, and it sounds like he might be spending more time at his neighbors’ houses.