Spring Cleaning? Pffft!
I hate housework. I don't know anyone that particularly loves it though, so I know I am not alone in this.
There are a few household chores I do not mind doing...like paying the bills, checking the mail, cooking dinner
Oh wait...that's not what this post is supposed to be about.
I'm a laundry hater. I'd rather scrub a toilet than do laundry. But since I always do the laundry, I always make hubby do the toilets. It's hardly a fair trade.
Keeping my house in 'presentable' mode is easy. It's the spring cleaning that I hate. The deep cleaning, the cleaning of things that nobody ever see's but if you don't clean it every once in a while then people will eventually notice it. Like baseboards, blinds, ceiling fans, vacuuming under and behind heavy furniture.
Here are a few cleaning tips I've learned...and a few that I'm teaching to my kids.
My Mom always told me to NEVER do the vacuuming before you sweep your floors and dust. As dirt and dust just winds up on the carpet after those chores therefore vacuuming prior to those two chores defeats the purpose.
When wiping your counter tops...do not just wipe things on to the floor. Even if you intend to sweep the floor afterward. Why? I don't know....my Mom said?
I've had to teach my daughter that 409 and a washcloth is NOT to be used when cleaning the bathroom mirror.
I've also had to teach her that liquid laundry detergent and liquid fabric softener ARE NOT the same thing. (she used softener as detergent)
And I find myself repeating to her the dusting before you vacuum rule and the not wiping things onto the floor rule.
So, back to spring cleaning.
The bulk of spring cleaning at my house consists of de-junking the kids closets and toy boxes and donating clothing, books and toys that are still in usable condition. Or if we've accumulated enough crap (yes crap) then we have a yard sale. I'm always amazed every year when we drop off those donation boxes that we even had room for all of that stuff in our home.
So, have any good cleaning tips?
Anything that may convince my children that cleaning their rooms is fun? (yeah, right)
This blog post idea courtesy of The Parent Bloggers Network
1) http://www.howicleannow.com
2) http://blog.parentbloggers.com
2 comments:
Great tips. My friend and I still debate on the vacuuming before or after you sweep and dust. I agree with you. She said when you vacuum, it throws dust back into the air...hmmm?
I like retreating my clothes as soon as we take them off. It saves so much time when we do laundry. I don;t have to wait to let it soak in, just throw them in the wash!
it's always amusing to me what grown man/boys don't know about laundry, I go to school at GMU and we were discussing laundry detergent and how I needed to buy more, My boyfriend's roommate says "don't get that Giant brand, it's just like scented water!" turned out.. he was using softener...
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