{"id":49843,"date":"2015-09-11T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=49843"},"modified":"2015-09-11T12:00:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T17:00:46","slug":"how-dancing-queen-can-help-you-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2015\/09\/11\/how-dancing-queen-can-help-you-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"How \u201cDancing Queen\u201d Can Help You Clean"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"abba001\"How \u201cDancing Queen\u201d Can Help You\u00a0Clean<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It is late afternoon. You are exhausted. The house is a complete mess. And then, out of nowhere, you remember that you have company coming to your personal den of dirt mere minutes before their estimated time of arrival.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Eileen Carey “The Music Mom”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This happened to me once a few months ago, and it was then that I realized the importance of using my resources in such dire circumstances. And yes, by \u201cresources\u201d I am referring to my kids. In the aforementioned situation, there is no way that you are going to get that palace of yours clean in time without the help of your offspring.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, however, it is not as easy as simply summoning the troops and doling out duties. Sometimes kids are not quite ready and willing to assist you in your frenzied mission. They are tired. They are grumpy. Sometimes they are both very tired and very grumpy.<\/p>\n

Aside from Red Bulls on the rocks and a fair amount of bribery (both of which I generally shun), you have to find a way to get your minions motivated when their help is absolutely necessary. My tried and true means of overcoming lethargy is, and always has been, music.<\/p>\n

Nothing gets me and my little soldiers swiffing and sweeping like upbeat, energetic music. Blasting some of my favorite tunes from the 60\u2019s, 70\u2019s and 80\u2019s always puts a pep in my step. Thankfully, it does the same for my kids. Whether it is \u201cI Want to Hold Your Hand\u201d by The Beatles, \u201cDancing Queen\u201d by ABBA, or \u201cTake on Me\u201d by A-ha, the energy of songs like these is infectious and a huge help in spurring us on to a cleaner casa.<\/p>\n

Music has the power to do many things. Thankfully, I\u2019ve discovered its ability to fight inertia and produce movement at the moment when movement seems impossible. Oh, and you may already know this, but music also works as an excellent encourager of early morning zest. There\u2019s nothing like a bit of \u201cGood Day Sunshine\u201d or \u201cWalking on Sunshine\u201d to propel you and your loved ones on to a positive and productive day.<\/p>\n

What songs do you listen to when you need that extra jolt? Share with us in the comments your favorite tunes or types of music for stirring the spirit when it is needed most.<\/p>\n

by Eileen Carey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How \u201cDancing Queen\u201d Can Help You\u00a0Clean It is late afternoon. You are exhausted. The house is a complete mess. And then, out of nowhere, you remember that you have company coming to your personal den of dirt mere minutes before their estimated time of arrival. This happened to me once a few months ago, and it was then that I realized the importance of using my resources in such dire circumstances. And yes, by \u201cresources\u201d I am referring to my kids. In the aforementioned situation, there is no way that<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}