Clean Up Dad For A Day!  

The history of how Father’s Day originated:

Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of a “father’s day” in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. William Smart, a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife (Mrs. Dodd’s mother) died in childbirth with their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. 

The first Father’s Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane Washington. At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to celebrate a “father’s day.”  In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father’s Day. Finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all men who act as a father figure. Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends are all honored on Father’s Day.

Man Vs. Machine:

Dad’s usually are always “assigned” or volunteer to do the heavy duty, deep cleaning projects around the home.  Cleaning out the garage, attic or basement are usually the BIG THREE, then there are the kitchen appliance’s left just for your “Mr. Clean” to tackle.  Most of the men in your life are probably going to at some point, rent equipment to handle pressure washing/window cleaning the outside of the home.  And we all know the scenario: 

  • Saturday Morning:  go and rent the equipment needed to do the job
  • Get the equipment home only to find out you forgot to buy the cleaning solution!  Now it’s back to the rental store!
  • Try and assemble the equipment (without reading the instructions of course!)
  • Start using the equipment only to have half the cleaning solution spill out all over the place, and now your making more of mess than the actual one you are attempting to clean.
  • Get frustrated and throw the rented equipment to the ground.
  • Try and do the job the old fashioned way and get out the scrub brush, garden hose and ladder….do you see an E.R. visit in your future?
  • Now realizing you ran out of time, and have totally waisted an entire DAY that could have been used to take the family out for a day of fun, or spent it on the golf course, or gone fishing, bowling etc.  You bring back the equipment to the rental store. 

END RESULT:  Absolutely NOTHING!

So the next time your guy want’s to tackle a ”manly” project around the home, GIVE HIM THE DAY OFF

and let the professionals at Teresa’s Family Cleaning do the rest.

We offer gift certificates for everyone that could use some free time, including Dad.  So call our office 1-866-744-4021 and purchase one today.

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