"How Clean Is Your House?"
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| Thu, 09-09-2004 - 11:07am |
Girls, you should have SEEN this house that the women on the show cleaned. I would have vomited and then ran. FAST! It was disgusting. Actually disgusting was too kind. Cat feces on the floor, pee stains, filthy dishes in every room, and the smell, I can only imagine would put me over the edge. It was grody! But I got a lot out of the show. THings I never thought of cleaning with did wonders. Just mild soap and water does the job of strong smelling cleansers and Tide cleans silver. COOL! Lots of great hints too on how to eliminate clutter. THey say to put stuff in a box and label it. If after six months you haven't looked for those items, trash them. So I'm going thru my stuff and getting ready for a yard sale after it cools down. I have a Precious Moments Navy figurine that is discontinued that I will sell on Ebay. Not taking any chances on that one. Yard sale on that would get me about 2 bucks. I think not.
Who else has seen this show? It's hysterical!
Mel

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OH well. My dishes....that is where I fail miserably.
I haven't seen it but I dear say I could be on it :( I HATE THAT
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For instance: ironing, laundry, kitchen, mopping. and then I have a housekeeper that comes in every two weeks and dusts and cleans or throws away the major stuff and organizes. My oldest is like me, my youngest at age 3, cleans, but that is still a fascination for her. I believe she'll grow out of it before long.
My mom raised me when my parents still were married with housekeepers, cook and nanny, so after they got divorced, my mother felt I shouldn't start learning those things and kept on doing it. BAD IDEA!
I can do everything. I am competent, I just feel like I have a lot more going on and way to little time for my private life to start cleaning all day after myself and other people.
I know! I'M ASHAMED! a little. LOL
My house is pretty clean - we have a "clean as you go" rule. The house is always picked up - no clutter.
I try to clean something every day so it never gets that overwhelming. And once a week I try to tackle something special. Last time it was to take the fridge apart. Today it was to really give my son's bathroom a deep cleaning.
But the floors did just go a month without vacuuming. I just kept using paper towels to spot clean. Well today it really needed a super cleaning!! I scrubbed it with a brush and then used towels on my feet to mop up the water. Got a workout in too!! This does wonders for the tile.
I haven't seen the show - I don't have cable and I don't watch much TV... but can I just add that getting rid of my ex husband did WONDERS for how clean my house is! Well, now it's a much smaller place but the point is still the same. When I was married there were always papers piled on the dining room table, toys everywhere, dishes piled up, stuff stacked in corners, closets buldging, clean laundry not put away - I could not stand to live like that now.
Hopefully my dd grows up noticing that although I don't do a ton of housework, in our home things are clean and stuff is put away, meanwhile in her dad's house things are strewn about and nothing appears organized. I want her to know that it doesn't take much effort to keep things nice looking. I grew up in a messy household and it took me to the age of 33 to 'get' it and start keeping things clean and orderly. Now I could never go back to the way I used to live, no way.
"getting rid of my ex husband did WONDERS for how clean my house is"
ROFL!
THAT is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the laugh!!
So true!!
....less laundry, less mess in the kitchen, less mess in the bathroom and I can find everything because no one touches my stuff!!