Are you like me? Do you hate dusting? Do little pyramids of magazines and unread books build up on your coffee table, your sofa, the floor beside your bed? Does your kitchen floor have a rather grey/yellow tinge to it and your socks stick to it as you head for the fridge? Does your bathroom sink have a build up of little toothpaste globs, you know, the kind you scrape off with a knife and serve later as after dinner mints? *

Well here's the thing, I'm healthy because of this. Oh yes, it's true. They say that if you grow up in a household that is squeaky clean, you'll likely have more colds and flus throughout your life. You see, I've got a great immune system because I've been breathing in the world around me, my body learning about dust mites, bacteria and other yucky stuff in order to beat them at their own game. I used to eat sand by the handfull when I was a kid, for goodness sake! Talk about minerals! I probably ate cat pee and raccoon poo. And you know how nasty THAT can be.

So I don't vacuum every week. Heck, if I remember to do it once a month it's a miracle. I do change my sheets, though. Regularly. There's something about them creepy dust mites that makes me draw the line. Just so you know.

So am I tempting fate by declaring my healthy living? Some rogue dust mite gonna come and bite me in the touche and give me some super virus? We'll see. All I know is, I ain't living in an antiseptic environment. And I feel healthy as healthy can be.

Thanks and good luck.

* I'm just kidding! Heh heh.