Getting rid of the bad ju ju, germs, air etc.
Coming soon....
Bathroom
Kitchen
Laundry
Bedroom
What the heck are we going to do if stuck in the house ?If your
voluntarily keeping to your self and not going out in crowds or if your
in a area that says you can't get out an about. Cabin Fever will set in sooner or later. LOL It always does like in the winter snow storms or rainy muddy road time of spring.
First..... you probably need to turn off news sources. Maybe listen
to them once a day but not all day long. Talk about drive you nuts and
plain silly I think that would do it. We thought politics was bad the
last couple of years. This virus thing is a much bigger worry.
There are always things that need to be done in the house.... well at
least mine there is. I am not a super neat freak where everything is in
it's place. If you have kids you know there is always something to do.
This is just a general whole house idea. I will try to give a better
detail on actual disinfecting the important rooms like the kitchen and
bathroom and laundry. (Ug.. thrill thrill I know.)
Tools needed :
All purpose cleaner
Vacuum
Swiffer tools
Paper towels or rags
Trash sacks or used shopping bags
Furniture polish ??
Step Stool
Energy
Just to give yourself and others maybe some peace of mind you can
give it that good old cleaning you been meaning to do. At least you have
a really good reason to now. Gotta get rid of the BAD GERMS of course!
Call it a extra good spring cleaning if you want to.
Are you a one room at a time cleaner or a whole house cleaner. Dust
all the walls all at once, or wash all the windows all over since your
doing that or just do those things one room at a time. I like to do one
room at a time so I can say that room is done. I usually poop out
somewhere along the way so if I did it all over the house at once I
wouldn't be able to say I got that one room done.
They say to start from the top and work your way down. That means all
those ceiling fan blades that do such a good job catching so much dirt
if they were baseball players they would be in high demand. Then you
have all the little lamp shades and even the light bulbs. Don't forget
to turn the electric off so you don't get a real thrill. We have a
attachment on the end of the vacuum hose that slips over the blades
sweeping off the dirt and sucking it up at the same time that is nice.
Your on your own trying to get those blasted little screws undone to
wash the shades. What a grimy mess!
I like to get one of those swiffer duster things and actually wipe
down the walls. I said I like to that doesn't mean I get to like I
should. You would be surprised how much dust stays on the walls. If you
put kids to work with a long stick wiping walls you may not have to
worry about the lamp shades on the fans. LOL
Windows. Some folks can make their own window cleaner that works
wonderful the rest of us have to buy stuff from the store. If you happen
to be out and can't get to the store get your empty spray bottle and
fill with water. Put a few drops of dish soap in with vinegar and waaa
la ! It cleans and works pretty good. Just don't put so much suds you
become a window washer needing a hose to get the bubbles off. Don't use
up the valuable paper towels. Just get some old clean rags and use that
to get that greasy grime off. If you have a window covering or blinds
have fun there. What a pain sometimes but they can get pretty fuzzy to.
Don't forget to get all around the window frame and all those bugs and
spider webs off the sills. What ? You don't have that??!! Well I told
you I'm not a neat freak. LOL
I was always told to vacuum and sweep before you dust so you don't
just dust up everything all over again. Makes since. So do whatever you
do to clean the floors next. Get up the loose dirt then damp mop.
Hopefully you have something easy to use like the swiffer mops. Pull the
trigger shoot some juice out and wipe it up . If a floor could smile
you would see happy faces all over it!
Ok NOW YOU CAN DUST the furniture. Problem is those darn flat
surfaces! Kind of hard to wipe off with all the stuff the flat surfaces
catch. It's amazing how much old mail and things you meant to put up but
got busy and didn't. Ok so maybe go through the house and collect all
the trash from everywhere first. Flat surfaces and where ever else you
happen to see it. Now maybe you can just wipe things off easier. If your
one of those folks that have to have doo dads everywhere good luck! You
have a job ahead of you. No thank you . I honestly try to keep the doo dads, pictures, etc. down so I don't have to clean them.
Some folks like to open up the windows when cleaning and let the
house air out. That's really a good thing. If you have allergies or live
in a area where lots of smelly stuff comes in forget it.
I still have to get myself better organized before I get any major cleaning done. (See I try to put cleaning off all the time LOL)
Hope this has put you in a mood to clean and keep your mind off the crazy stuff going on outside your home.
Love
Ranchmama
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Sunday, March 15, 2020
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Spring Cleaning Nightmares
Some people can just breeze through things and get things done so fast and efficient!
Sadly I am not one of those people.
My usual MO is have the room just absolutely puke all in one pile or area of the room. All those things that don’t belong or use or need any more piled up or in boxes. This leaves me a area that is void of distractions and a blank slate to clean and renew. Other than being slow moving the biggest problem is what to do with all the leftover puke!! Usually it’s good puke, stuff you don’t want to replace if you chunk it or even things you still use but don’t have a nice efficient place to put it. Eventually it gets put but it takes a while and in the way and looking bad until you do.
The before.....This is what I got out of 5 drawers in the kitchen.
I pulled out all the plastic I could to donate somewhere. I am trying to clear my house and life of all the plastics I can. You wouldn't believe how hard that is to do !! So I just have to be happy with I cleared out at least some and have less of the plastic around. Now slider plastic bags..... I just don't think so ! LOL
Here is a added pretty I have to replace my plastic cups and spoons. Good heavy duty ones from Sam's for $10 and the handles are sturdy and easy to use. Only thing is the measurements aren't really easy to see. Darn it. But they really are a nice improvement.
Bamboo divider things..... Oh My Gosh ! They are expensive. Then you add some white paper to make some of the drawers look clean and easier to see and your talking about tearing up $100 ! Ridiculous ! I do have 2 plastic drawer trays I have kept for other areas but still ....... Oh well! A one time shot and should last forever and look good. Now whether it stays this organized.... well we all know how that goes but we have to at least attempt improvements right?? LOL
The left over puke will probably fill a old style paper grocery sack which will get stashed away out of the normal days path until I either figure out what to do with it or so much time passes it is no problem to toss.
So I have cleaned and reorganized my kitchen cabinets to my current life's needs and styles. Under the sink can do with some improvement but it isn't to bad and can wait. Now over the stove cabinets for sure needs some thinning but it is out of sight and out of mind so no problem there. I do have one small corner cabinet but I just don't feel like tackling that. I have so far cleaned and reorganized the pantry, spice shelf, refrigerator storage containers area, Under cabinets redone for all my baking needs with one shelf for nuts, one for chocolates, and 2 more for other baking needs. I have plastic boxes I can slide out like a drawer since I wasn't about to spend the money for a professional job! My drawers as you can see are happier, I have other drawers I reorganized for foil and parchment paper rolls and then one for those handy silly plastic baggie sliders I just can't seem to part with. Hey... at least I reuse the baggies for food left overs that doesn't go to doggie and other critters! LOL
It looks like my next project is "MY ROOM / OFFICE". I would show you a pic but it is pretty embarrassing. There is just pretty much a path to the desk and even though I have spent 2 days going through stacks of papers on the desk it is still terrible. This is the room that Catches it ALLLLLLL !! I have a saying..... whatever it is can't escape and pass through the doorway. If it does I am done for...... the rest of the house will be a absolute wreck to the 10th power! I'm not kidding...... Hubby has always had the shop..... the garage.... for whatever he had going on. Me... I have a little 10x10?? room and I have a lot more going on than he has ever had because I have to have things to play with to keep from going crazy. I have homeopathy, cosmetics fun, a library of books dealing with all that good stuff, a load of containers for the cosmetics and 1 oz. dropper bottles for the homeopathy, I have notebooks with recipes for food, cosmetics and medical stuff. I have shelves with over 600 homeopathic remedies in bottles and tubes, I have shelves with cosmetics ingredients to play with, I have people meds that are extra, stocked up on or tried but not used. All in 1 little room !
I don't know I might show you a before.... maybe if I get brave or is it stupid? This room is such a pain. I will have to tackle one area at a time as I figure out how to restack, organize and use all this fun stuff. I have large closed door cabinets to go through, I have a closet currently used for 2 printers, one standard and one laser, it also houses a 2 drawer filing cabinet. I think I will empty that and put some of the other things Like cosmetic containers and people meds. I may have to find some kind of cabinet for the printers that is sturdy and just the right size. Will see how that goes...... I try to think it out as much a possible before because it is such a huge mess I have to have at least a small plan to get it back in order but that doesn't always work either. It's like moving one piece of furniture in the living room... you do that and nothing is right until you get everything else moved around at least 3 times lol
I am almost looking forward to this room cleaning. I know I will be happier and I can get to things a lot easier. It isn't one of those JOY things but I do get aggravated when I can't work or play because of the mess.
Wish me luck !
Love
Ranchmama
Sadly I am not one of those people.
My usual MO is have the room just absolutely puke all in one pile or area of the room. All those things that don’t belong or use or need any more piled up or in boxes. This leaves me a area that is void of distractions and a blank slate to clean and renew. Other than being slow moving the biggest problem is what to do with all the leftover puke!! Usually it’s good puke, stuff you don’t want to replace if you chunk it or even things you still use but don’t have a nice efficient place to put it. Eventually it gets put but it takes a while and in the way and looking bad until you do.
The before.....This is what I got out of 5 drawers in the kitchen.
I pulled out all the plastic I could to donate somewhere. I am trying to clear my house and life of all the plastics I can. You wouldn't believe how hard that is to do !! So I just have to be happy with I cleared out at least some and have less of the plastic around. Now slider plastic bags..... I just don't think so ! LOL
Here is a added pretty I have to replace my plastic cups and spoons. Good heavy duty ones from Sam's for $10 and the handles are sturdy and easy to use. Only thing is the measurements aren't really easy to see. Darn it. But they really are a nice improvement.
After
Bamboo divider things..... Oh My Gosh ! They are expensive. Then you add some white paper to make some of the drawers look clean and easier to see and your talking about tearing up $100 ! Ridiculous ! I do have 2 plastic drawer trays I have kept for other areas but still ....... Oh well! A one time shot and should last forever and look good. Now whether it stays this organized.... well we all know how that goes but we have to at least attempt improvements right?? LOL
The left over puke will probably fill a old style paper grocery sack which will get stashed away out of the normal days path until I either figure out what to do with it or so much time passes it is no problem to toss.
So I have cleaned and reorganized my kitchen cabinets to my current life's needs and styles. Under the sink can do with some improvement but it isn't to bad and can wait. Now over the stove cabinets for sure needs some thinning but it is out of sight and out of mind so no problem there. I do have one small corner cabinet but I just don't feel like tackling that. I have so far cleaned and reorganized the pantry, spice shelf, refrigerator storage containers area, Under cabinets redone for all my baking needs with one shelf for nuts, one for chocolates, and 2 more for other baking needs. I have plastic boxes I can slide out like a drawer since I wasn't about to spend the money for a professional job! My drawers as you can see are happier, I have other drawers I reorganized for foil and parchment paper rolls and then one for those handy silly plastic baggie sliders I just can't seem to part with. Hey... at least I reuse the baggies for food left overs that doesn't go to doggie and other critters! LOL
It looks like my next project is "MY ROOM / OFFICE". I would show you a pic but it is pretty embarrassing. There is just pretty much a path to the desk and even though I have spent 2 days going through stacks of papers on the desk it is still terrible. This is the room that Catches it ALLLLLLL !! I have a saying..... whatever it is can't escape and pass through the doorway. If it does I am done for...... the rest of the house will be a absolute wreck to the 10th power! I'm not kidding...... Hubby has always had the shop..... the garage.... for whatever he had going on. Me... I have a little 10x10?? room and I have a lot more going on than he has ever had because I have to have things to play with to keep from going crazy. I have homeopathy, cosmetics fun, a library of books dealing with all that good stuff, a load of containers for the cosmetics and 1 oz. dropper bottles for the homeopathy, I have notebooks with recipes for food, cosmetics and medical stuff. I have shelves with over 600 homeopathic remedies in bottles and tubes, I have shelves with cosmetics ingredients to play with, I have people meds that are extra, stocked up on or tried but not used. All in 1 little room !
I don't know I might show you a before.... maybe if I get brave or is it stupid? This room is such a pain. I will have to tackle one area at a time as I figure out how to restack, organize and use all this fun stuff. I have large closed door cabinets to go through, I have a closet currently used for 2 printers, one standard and one laser, it also houses a 2 drawer filing cabinet. I think I will empty that and put some of the other things Like cosmetic containers and people meds. I may have to find some kind of cabinet for the printers that is sturdy and just the right size. Will see how that goes...... I try to think it out as much a possible before because it is such a huge mess I have to have at least a small plan to get it back in order but that doesn't always work either. It's like moving one piece of furniture in the living room... you do that and nothing is right until you get everything else moved around at least 3 times lol
I am almost looking forward to this room cleaning. I know I will be happier and I can get to things a lot easier. It isn't one of those JOY things but I do get aggravated when I can't work or play because of the mess.
Wish me luck !
Love
Ranchmama
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