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Dog is good at hoovering up
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the dishes wont clean themselves, so i have to manually do them :P
ive never lived in a house with a dishwasher! goddamn, i want one so bad :laugh:
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Cartoon from the early 1970's.
Two female hippies walking down the street. The first one says, "You know, housework's a drag. You sweep the floor, you wash the dishes, you wash the clothes. And six months later you have to do it all over again."
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Try to keep up with things. It's more discouraging and harder to clean up a lot than a little.
To get rid of spills, soap scum, etc. just wet a towel and let it sit on the stuff or let the foaming cleaner sit on it for a few minutes and it will do most of the work for you. Ditto for dishes.
Cut down on the magazines you get to those that you really like. Go through them and tear out what you want to read or re-read. Toss the rest to minimize clutter. Ditto for newspapers. After over 50 years of a daily newspaper in the house, I stopped ours and don't really miss it since I have the internet.
Get as many double duty items as you can. I mix cakes and the like in one of my pots rather than have a mixing bowl (I do it by hand and this wouldn't work for a mixer.) I mix the meatloaf in the pan I'm going to cook it in. Less dishes to wash.
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Being a post whore to reach 3000 posts. Feel free to ignore.
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Burn down the house and start over :zoinks:
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Burn down the house and start over :zoinks:
:2thumbsup: Advice from the King Of Clutter. :respect:
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Burn down the house and start over :zoinks:
Knowing hoarders, they'd remove all their precious belongings before they torched it.
Can you imagine what a hoarder would do with Buckingham Palace?
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Don't move out of home in the first place :zoinks:
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If company's coming over, stash your clutter in that unused oven! :thumbup:
EDIT: Just remember to get it out before using the oven. If you actually cook, that is. :P
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Disguise your mess with lots of folding screens and air-freshening spray! :2thumbsup:
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I try to keep everything chemical free. My favourite is cleaning the bathroom using half a lemon. Sprinkle some salt on it if you need something abrasive. Makes everything shiny, not harmful to the environment, and it smells good too. After going so many years not using chemicals, it gives me headache when I walk into a place that uses them.
*CG - Your resident hippie*
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I try to keep everything chemical free. My favourite is cleaning the bathroom using half a lemon. Sprinkle some salt on it if you need something abrasive. Makes everything shiny, not harmful to the environment, and it smells good too. After going so many years not using chemicals, it gives me headache when I walk into a place that uses them.
*CG - Your resident hippie*
Lol. Like to bleach the hell out of everything. It smells good too.
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I try to keep everything chemical free. My favourite is cleaning the bathroom using half a lemon. Sprinkle some salt on it if you need something abrasive. Makes everything shiny, not harmful to the environment, and it smells good too. After going so many years not using chemicals, it gives me headache when I walk into a place that uses them.
*CG - Your resident hippie*
Lol. Like to bleach the hell out of everything. It smells good too.
You like the chlorine smell too :thumbup:
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Clean it when it gets on your nerves.
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I try to keep everything chemical free. My favourite is cleaning the bathroom using half a lemon. Sprinkle some salt on it if you need something abrasive. Makes everything shiny, not harmful to the environment, and it smells good too. After going so many years not using chemicals, it gives me headache when I walk into a place that uses them.
*CG - Your resident hippie*
Lol. Like to bleach the hell out of everything. It smells good too.
You like the chlorine smell too :thumbup:
Loved it as a kid. Especially loved the way the hands of my mum smelled after using bleach.
I did use bleach somewhere this year, for the first time since over 22 years. Just had to be. But, not liking the smell anymore. The warmth sensation it gives is still nice though.
Hope not to buy another bottle ever again.
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I try to keep everything chemical free. My favourite is cleaning the bathroom using half a lemon. Sprinkle some salt on it if you need something abrasive. Makes everything shiny, not harmful to the environment, and it smells good too. After going so many years not using chemicals, it gives me headache when I walk into a place that uses them.
*CG - Your resident hippie*
Lol. Like to bleach the hell out of everything. It smells good too.
You like the chlorine smell too :thumbup:
okay, you two are just crazy. :laugh:
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Clean it when it gets on your nerves.
One of my friends does that. She describes herself as an "Oh my god I can't stand it anymore!" cleaner. :laugh:
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Be born royal and have your staff do it. Or move among your palaces and castles.
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Be born royal and have your staff do it. Or move among your palaces and castles.
Best cleaning advice EVER! :rofl:
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Watch Hoarders to scare yourself tidy! :zombiefuck:
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Keep the doors locked, the shades drawn and the lights off. Park your car down the block. Then no one will stop by and you don't have to clean.
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Keep the doors locked, the shades drawn and the lights off. Park your car down the block. Then no one will stop by and you don't have to clean.
I already keep my doors locked and my blinds closed all the time, and I don't own a car, and I never get visitors anyway! :2thumbsup:
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Keep the doors locked, the shades drawn and the lights off. Park your car down the block. Then no one will stop by and you don't have to clean.
I already keep my doors locked and my blinds closed all the time, and I don't own a car, and I never get visitors anyway! :2thumbsup:
Then you are so lucky.
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Keep the doors locked, the shades drawn and the lights off. Park your car down the block. Then no one will stop by and you don't have to clean.
I already keep my doors locked and my blinds closed all the time, and I don't own a car, and I never get visitors anyway! :2thumbsup:
Then you are so lucky.
I know! I love living alone! :nicegear:
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If you are missing important items, make it FUN to track them down, make it a scavenger hunt! :snowman:
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If I leave tidying up for long enough, somebody else sometimes does it for me :)
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If I leave tidying up for long enough, somebody else sometimes does it for me :)
Are you a slob like me then? :laugh:
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If you are very clean at work but a slob at home,
and you really need to clean your house, just pretend you're at work! :idea:
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Just start anywhere! :arrr:
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Just start anywhere! :arrr:
And remember to keep on going
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Just start anywhere! :arrr:
And remember to keep on going
Oh hell yeah! :pirate:
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Just start anywhere! :arrr:
And remember to keep on going
Oh hell yeah! :pirate:
Would you start at my place?
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Just start anywhere! :arrr:
And remember to keep on going
Oh hell yeah! :pirate:
Would you start at my place?
Sure, why not! ;)
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house cleaning tips ?
I just throw everything away. I throw perfectly good things away everyday. I hate stuff. Id rather break stuff. All of my favorite things are ideas.
oh, and bleach. lots of it.
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Mini blinds. Soak in hot sudsy water in the bathtub, then I have Minimaids (suction cup holders) that attach to the shower walls, attach blinds, give them a quick once over with a soft scrub brush, & spray to rinse, let drip dry.
Fiberglass shower walls. Clean thoughly, then use a good car wax on the walls (don't get it on the floor), makes it easier to keep clean.
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Fiberglass shower walls. Clean thoughly, then use a good car wax on the walls (don't get it on the floor), makes it easier to keep clean.
We used a similar trick in the Marines, we coated our shower walls with paste wax. Made field Day Inspections a breeze!!
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house cleaning tips ?
I just throw everything away. I throw perfectly good things away everyday. I hate stuff. Id rather break stuff. All of my favorite things are ideas.
oh, and bleach. lots of it.
This entire post resonates with me. I've become very willing to throw away stuff that I used to
categorize as "must keep forever." And I love my floral-scented bleach-in-a-spray-bottle. 8)
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the dishes wont clean themselves, so i have to manually do them :P
ive never lived in a house with a dishwasher! goddamn, i want one so bad :laugh:
We had one, growing up, and we still had to wash the dishes before loading them in the dishwasher. :tard:
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Clean it when it gets on your nerves.
One of my friends describes herself as an "Oh my god I can't stand it anymore!" cleaner. :laugh:
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Burn down the house and start over :zoinks:
Knowing hoarders, they'd remove all their precious belongings before they torched it.
Can you imagine what a hoarder would do with Buckingham Palace?
"Precious belongings" being "everything in the house!" :GA:
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Clean it when it gets on your nerves.
One of my friends does that. She describes herself as an "Oh my god I can't stand it anymore!" cleaner. :laugh:
Didn't realize I had already posted this. Oh well. Up goes the postcount! :lol1:
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Become a digital hoarder! I'm photographing all my old cards and letters (with my digital camera,
not my phone, cause I figure the memory card in the camera is more reliable, given that phones can die
out of nowhere), and when I have them all safely recorded to re-read (I'll upload them to my computer to
see them full-size), I will shred the paper and be done with it! Photographing other sentimental trash is
also helpful. Now that I've had mouse presence in the apartment, I'm glad to be rid of any potential
nesting materials! Onward and upward, into my second half-century! :2thumbsup:
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Flood your apartment, it will drown the mice. :M
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Serious tip.
Take a piece of string and tie the opening of duvet covers closed, before throwing them in the washing machine. It will prevent the rest of the washing playing hide and seek with the duvet covers. Your washing machine will like not everything clustered together inside the cover too. It will make less noise when spinning.
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Flood your apartment, it will drown the mice. :M
We actually had a flooding incident in the apartment across the hall from me. A pipe burst
and flooded that apartment and the one below. The landlord paid for those tenants to stay
in a hotel for a few days (sweet! :green: ) and brought in HUGE fans which were run round the clock
for days to dry everything out so mold wouldn't take over. Eh ... the hotel would be nice, but
I think I'll deal with the odd rodent as it appears. ;)
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I think I'll deal with the odd rodent as it appears. ;)[/font][/size]
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I think I'll deal with the odd rodent as it appears. ;)[/font][/size]
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And some rodents are odder than others! :heart:
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I think I'll deal with the odd rodent as it appears. ;)[/font][/size]
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And some rodents are odder than others! :heart:
You can give this rodent all the soda you like. :zoinks:
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Flood your apartment, it will drown the mice. :M
We actually had a flooding incident in the apartment across the hall from me. A pipe burst
and flooded that apartment and the one below. The landlord paid for those tenants to stay
in a hotel for a few days (sweet! :green: ) and brought in HUGE fans which were run round the clock
for days to dry everything out so mold wouldn't take over. Eh ... the hotel would be nice, but
I think I'll deal with the odd rodent as it appears. ;)
While staying in a residential hotel (Marriott) (post fire) we were on the first floor. The PR's carpet near her bathroom was wet. I blamed her of splashing too much water. But the area by the tub was dry. Turns out the Middle Eastern family youngsters on the 3rd floor had overflowed the tub badly. The parents denied it, but the employees were able to track the water trail. She slept with industrial fans going for 2 days to dry everything out.
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I've become very careful about storing trash lately. :police: I have a big old laundry hamper that is my
indoor trash bin. It's lined with a big bag, always. Whenever I put a smaller bag of paper trash in it,
I spray Lysol all over the bin contents to cover any scents that might attract pests. As for actual food trash,
I wrap that in aluminum foil and store it in the freezer till trash day. It's the most disciplined I've ever been.
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I accept that I don't have the attention span to clean entire rooms from top to bottom, the "right" way,
so now I just fit in as many mini-projects as I can. If I have a minute, I can spray and wipe that area of
the bathroom wall that tends to accumulate soap scum, I can spray and wipe the microwave, I can :sweep:
or mop one floor, I can change one wastebasket liner, etc., and every little project done during, say, the
commercial breaks in the House marathon = one less thing to do later if I have unexpected company.
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I accept that I don't have the attention span to clean entire rooms from top to bottom, the "right" way,
'Right' can be subjective. Cleaning a room the right way takes an entire day, or a few days for a kitchen. Oldest once told me she felt cursed because that's the only way she knows how to clean. Step 1, drag everything out and make a pile in the middle of the room. :laugh:
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I accept that I don't have the attention span to clean entire rooms from top to bottom, the "right" way,
'Right' can be subjective. Cleaning a room the right way takes an entire day, or a few days for a kitchen. Oldest once told me she felt cursed because that's the only way she knows how to clean. Step 1, drag everything out and make a pile in the middle of the room. :laugh:
Step 2 (if you're me): Trip over everything for weeks before stuffing it all back where it was. :rofl:
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Wait for a fire and then the job's more than half done. I had 3 men hauling the heavier stuff out and 3 women doing the lighter stuff. All I had to do was say "Store" "Pitch." :bigcry:
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Having the mouse issue forces me to stay on top of my dirty dishes. Washing one meal's worth of
dishes beats the hell out of piling them in the sink. It's so much easier to clean up as I go. :multitask:
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I love to see dirty water in a mop bucket, or dirty cleaning pads from my Wet Jet, or any evidence
that I've just done a good thing by cleaning. Sometimes the floor looks "eh - clean enough," but
turns out to have been filthy. That makes me glad I made the effort.
I love the smell of cleaning products too. :green:
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On a de-hoarding/de-squaloring site where I lurk, a member posted a thread about what she calls
"eight minute uprisings," meaning eight-minute (timed) blocks of cleaning. I like that amount of time,
and I have a little timer that I set to get me going. It really helps with the inertia. When I was doing
my "crisis cleaning" during the initial mouse occupation, I kept telling myself, "Come on, get up and do
eight more minutes!" Then I'd take a break, then I'd get up and do eight more. It really helped me. 8)
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Don't keep sweet-scented dishwashing liquid in the house during fruit fly season. :GA:
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Just keep going! Momentum is a beautiful thing! :multitask:
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When lacking motivation, try to watch an episode of Hoarders.
First you'll :tv: then you'll :hide: then you'll :sweep:
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When lacking motivation, try to watch an episode of Hoarders.
First you'll :tv: then you'll :hide: then you'll :sweep:
Or you'll go, "Boy, I'm not THAT bad!" and go on to the next show.
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When lacking motivation, try to watch an episode of Hoarders.
First you'll :tv: then you'll :hide: then you'll :sweep:
Or you'll go, "Boy, I'm not THAT bad!" and go on to the next show.
I used to watch just to snark. Since having my own mouse visitations, I've been humbled. :hide: