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Because my kitchen floor is technically clean I went downstairs in bare feet this morning to weigh myself. Chuffed that I've lost that Christmas kilo and maybe a little extra. Which will probably not stay off because this evening I made satay peanut sauce to have with stir-fried carrots and cabbage and ohh yum I love peanut sauce. OTOH staying indoors means no alcohol and minimal sweet stuff, so maybe.

But I washed kitchen floor again because it still looks grungy, and bent to get at some of the deep corners. The floor never gets really clean unless I sit down on it and work square by square, which I no longer dare to do, with the Goof-off I no longer have. I also had a go at the front hallway which does look slightly better. Used a squeegee mop and a cut up waffle top that had finally got holey past repair, but for real cleaning you need a cloth diaper and the last one I had of those shredded long ago. Also am out of the acrylic stuff that gives vinyl tile a shine. However I should be pleased that I could do the crouch and push without knees and elbows screaming, or at least, not screaming today.

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I bought really thick padded kneepads when my knees started feeling their age and I wear them every time I have to paint baseboards or scrub tile or get down low to fix outlets. I have not regretted it even once.

I thought knee pads would work, only to discover that you can't kneel on an artificial knee even on a mattress. Or at least I can't, even after four years. Also there's the little uncertainty as to whether I can get up again. Managed it a while back but that alas was eight kilos ago.

Oh that is a thing I didn't know. My mother had her knees replaced and she always said she regretted it but she was never really able to articulate why. I wonder if that's part of it.

It might well be. I only knew about it from online comments. No doctor even mentioned the possibility. There's also the aching in cold weather thing. I'll take it over the grinding bone on bone pain, but not everyone is as far gone as I was.

Cleaning the kitchen floor is one of the chores I dislike most so well done on tackling your floors.

It's amazing how dirty kitchen floors get, even if you don't wear shoes in the house. I have to vacuum before I can even start washing.