Sentences with phrase «like sweeping a floor»

We have them & they are easy and they are «normal» chores, like sweep the floors, dust, clean up the living room, etc... It makes it easy to say «Ok everyone — go grab 2 chore sticks and then you are done and you can go play.»

Not exact matches

There was a security, love, and wonder I sensed (at an early age) that only Catholics had ¯ the hushed, steepled churches and the priests; the parish school with veiled nuns whose black habits swept the floors; the picture of the pope on the bedroom wall, a strange man with what looked like an eggshell on his head who gave the sense of a wider world and eternity.

But I do want to take the work of my hands right now, today, whether it's a book I'm writing or a floor I'm sweeping or a phone call I'm making or a meal I'm cooking and I want to hold it all in my hand, in my spirit with a breath of prayer and intention, like we are all a fragile universe needing love in this moment.

I think of Laxmi, a widow from Hyderabad, India, who rises before dawn each day to sweep floors and grill chapatis and kiss the bruises and bumps of more than twenty children who, like she, have been affected by HIV / AIDS.

With floor to ceiling windows and sweeping panoramic views of Lake Michigan, Shore Club is expected to induce a vacation - like mindset.

Back in the»60s my Sportsman looked like it had been left to decay since Hal last wenched there, without more than perhaps an occasional floor sweeping since.

By assigning your kids chores like feeding pets and sweeping the floor, you are sending them an important message — that they are a contributing member of the family.

On top of that the kids (yes in elementary school) also had chores like sweeping up the schoolyard at recess and also washing the classroom floors and cleaning the toilets!

Pink goo, aka pink slime, is scraps of meat and connective tissue swept up from slaughterhouse floors that are doused with a pink chemical to kill dangerous pathogens — since they've been, you know, on the floor — then blended together into a substance that looks like strawberry fro - yo.

You'll need others to do time - consuming work like cooking, sweeping floors, and buying diapers,» says Catherine Park, a Cleveland mom.

On the second floor of a onetime art gallery with blond wood floors in the Old Town section of Pasadena, Adam Wells describes in sweeping detail what the cabin of Virgin Galactic spaceships will not look like.

It is also recommended to keep floors swept and all counters free of any food or drips, but that is not usually practical or possible in a busy home like mine.

The chores in the jar are either above and beyond their normal chores or chores that can be done more than once per day (like sweeping the kitchen floor - at least at our house!)

However, I was a bit taken back in seeing fine lacey mesh worn like trench coats and I was floored when I saw a certain white flowered lace draping low enough to sweep the ground.

The first things I take in are that we need nicer light globes and apparently we have not swept the floor in a while... then I get started on wanting a few extra pieces around the house like prints on the walls and other things on the wish list that aren't necessary but I want none the less.

Floor - sweeping or full skirts will make you look like a queen this winter season.

Though it's evolved in the past century, much of the ensemble's main features have endured: floor - sweeping hemlines, long sleeves, petticoats (which can total up to 24 meters of fabric), and signatures like bold, waxed prints, fringed capes, and a horned hat that honors the Herero's cow herding roots.

The A82 through Glencoe is straight and fast, running along the floor of the glaciated valley with just the occasional fast sweep, but the R500 shrugs off the ragged surface and settles to a cruising speed fast enough to have my Arai bobbing around like the head of a Thunderbirds puppet.

Hornby treats the reader to some marvelously descriptive prose: «Consistency and repetition were beginning to make the lie feel something like the truth, in the way that a path eventually becomes a path, if enough people walk along it» and «Mumbled greetings were formed in his sons» throats and emitted with not quite enough force to reach him; they dropped somewhere on the floor at the end of the bed, left for the cleaners to sweep up» are just two examples.

THE PHIPPS PLAZA shopping mall in Atlanta was a showy montage of pink - granite floors, sweeping bronze - trimmed staircases, gilded Napoleonic design, lighting that sparkled like halogen spotlights.

A shaggy dog may seem like a fun option, until you have to sweep all those golden locks off the floor every day.

Our modern and generously spaced 2 Bedroom View apartments are ideal for families or for those who like extra room, large living / dining area with spacious private balcony located on an upper floor with sweeping views, full kitchen and laundry facilities in the comfort of your own city apartment.

Using a board that is too small or too advanced for your abilities is like trying to sweep the floor with a banana.

To create her large - scale pieces, she lays unstretched canvas on the floor of her Brooklyn studio (à la Pollock) and then attacks it with sweeping brushstrokes, taped - off geometrical passages, and Rorschach - like splotches (made by allowing paint to pool and then folding over the canvas with a tight crease).

To work as a dishwasher where I will do all the tasks assigned to me besides cleaning the dishes, like throwing out the garbage, fixing dishwashers, sweep floors, keeping track of dishwasher supplies and so on

Typical sample resumes for Custodial Workers describe duties like vacuuming, mopping, sweeping, polishing floors and equipment, sanitizing washrooms and other facilities, disposing of garbage, and maintaining records.

• Make around 18 beds a day • Clean rooms • Dust and clean all furniture, picture frames, mirrors and the like • Load cart with all cleaning supplies and linen • Sweep and mops bathroom floors

Of course, they still have to be swept and cleaned like any other flooring (I don't think there is any magic floor that cleans itself!)

I just sweep my floors with a dry broom and use a vacuum hose for hard to reach areas, like you.

A couple of tasks that you can catch up really quick depending on what needs attention or how much time you have that morning (tasks like doing a load of laundry or sweeping up the kitchen floor or wiping off the bathroom counter).

The type of floor you highlight seems like a great way to keep to a classic black and white look and not need to sweep every single day.

But if the floors are tidy and swept, I feel like I can relax, even if we have 50 other hot spots around the house.

In a world of ever - growing «to do» lists that are never actually «done», a swept floor or a pile of clean washing or a sparkling oven feels like a genuine accomplishment.