Dabbling Divas

Let’s face it, some of us are natural born cleaners and others aren’t.  You know you aren’t a great housekeeper if, you see one of those shows on TV about the people who have flithy houses or are pack-rats to where it like overtakes their lives and you say, “Thank God someone has a messier house than me!”

So, to find a happy place for us slackers, here are a few cleaning tips to squeak by.

For bathrooms, make it fast and easy use some paper towels, and an all in one cleaner like, Fantastic Oxy, it does all the surfaces including the mirrors.

Go on a clutter diet, trust me it’s easier to get rid of clutter than it is the cottage cheese on your thighs!  I like the ten a day approach.  Pick a room and find ten things to toss and ten things to donate.  Ah, just be sure to haul that box to the donation center or call them, they’ll come pick it up.

Clear out your entry way and get an air freshener or a nice smelling dried flower arrangement.  Making your entry nice will better set your mood when you come in your house and if you have that unexpected knock on the door, you can feel ok about opening the door. 

Enlist your children, you know those people that live in the house that swear, “I didn’t do that, that’s not my mess”.  Yes, you know them, usually short and sticky, I have five of them.  When all of you work together, it can get done very quickly and it teaches them team work.  Ok, maybe I’m just telling myself that to make it sound better.  It does make it go faster though even if it teaches them absolutely nothing.

For more cleaning tips and tricks I also love this website:  Happy Slob – Housecleaning with a Sense of Humor.

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