Cleaning
Saving Time: Waxing the Shower
One of my least favorite tasks is cleaning showers and tubs. The amount of effort it takes to get even a few days of soap scum off seems disproportionate to the removed material. Even with my secret tool (Gadgets We Love: Mr. Clean Erasers), I still want to minimize this time-consuming task.
My choice? I [...]
Why I Have Left Flylady
I’ve left the Fly-nest. Flylady has been an infinite help since I joined her list back in 2002, but the time had come for me to move on.
Why I Joined
I joined back in 2002, when I was very close to delivering my first child, and deep in the nesting phase. My house was very cluttered, [...]
Cleaning: Little and Often
A new phrase has entered my vocabulary recently. “Little and Often”. It came from Do It Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management (aff), a book I have been trying to read for a few months (I’m easily distracted.)
Little and often means you do a little bit of a task often. I started thinking about [...]
Gadgets We Love: The Ostrich Feather Duster
Dusting was the bane of my childhood. Moving countless knick-knacks, spraying the surface and wiping it off, then trying to wipe the decoration free of dust was standard. When I went to college I rebelled: I never dusted. but at the same time, I began having problems. Turns out I’m allergic to dust. So I [...]
Five Ways to Simplify Cleaning Your Bathroom
There is so much information out there on how to clean things. Everyone has their ideas on how to clean, but the fact is that most of these methods require special cleaning implements or fluids and a very specific way to clean.
In this post, I am going to give you 5 ways to simplify cleaning [...]
