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Cleaning
5 Ways to Prevent House
Cleaning Slavery
By:
Rhonda White
If you hate
"cleaning day" put an end to it by marking it off your calendar.
There's an easier way to maintain a clean house than slaving away
over dust and dirt. Follow these 5 quick tips to ease your house
cleaning burden:
1. Change your expectations. Many of us fantasize about having the
perfect, spotless house. With that illusion, we often expect
ourselves to maintain a perfect home inside and out by working
ourselves frantically. It's almost as if we feel our home is a mere
reflection of ourselves as to how successful we are as a homemaker.
While it's a worthy goal to keep a clean house, our desire to
portray ourselves as "superwoman" will soon bring us to exhaustion.
You have to examine your priorities and determine where
housecleaning will fit on that list. We know that it's definitely
not going to be toward the top if we have a husband, children, a job
and other required activities. Get a good focus on what should be a
reasonably "clean enough" house, and schedule accordingly and let go
the "little" things that are not really necessary.
2. Buy colors that hide dirt and materials that resist wear. If
you're like me you're always on the lookout to save another buck or
two. However, when you're talking about a lifetime of work involved
with upkeep, opt for better quality that will last much longer. When
furniture, carpet and appliances are well-used and worn, no matter
how much you clean, everything appears more dingy giving the sense
that it's not so clean. It's impossible to wash away scrapes,
scratches and set in stains. Choose your colors carefully as well.
White carpet and white furniture may be alot of upkeep for those
with children. Try darker, mixed colors and blends that appear to
keep the eye busy looking at the designs and shades rather than
looking for dust and dirt.
3. Buy some cleaning supplies and tools to make your job easier.
There's nothing like trying to dig a well without a shovel. Invest
in some cleaning supplies and tools that will make your job of
cleaning easier and save you tons of time. I'm not one to go to the
extreme on buying every new cleaning gadget on the market. Some work
and some are just for looks. You need to decide what tasks need to
be done at your home and find the best tools and supplies to
accomplish that. My two favorite gadgets are the Swiffer duster and
Mr. Clean's Magic eraser. The Swiffer duster has extendable handles
to reach up or down to dust without stretching and bending. The
duster slides between grooves and objects saving myself lots of time
and work. The magic eraser cleans my walls, refrigerator door and
other hard-to-clean surfaces making them look almost new again.
4. Clean messes and spills while they're still fresh. This seems so
simple, yet, many of us think we'll just clean up that mess later
when we have more time...and then it takes twice as long to clean up
a mess that's dried or settled in. So, take this common sense advice
seriously and you'll save yourself lots of cleanup time later. While
we're on this topic, don't be afraid to call out for help from your
children. It's good to teach your children to help work together as
a family to accomplish tasks that need to be done. Little ones that
make messes can be taught to help clean up their own messes. Invest
a little time in teaching simple tasks like these and you'll save
lots of time and effort in house cleaning.
5. Create a daily schedule to maintain cleanliness. I hate wasting a
whole day away on cleaning. I would rather schedule 30 minutes each
day to clean the bathroom up, pick up some stray items laying around
and clean a few dirty spots along the way. You can also schedule one
day to focus on floors, one for dusting and polishing the furniture
and one for laundry and ironing, etc. There's no need to get it done
all in one day if you can schedule a little bit each day. Get most
of your cleaning done throughout the week and make your Saturdays a
real day off!
Rhonda White
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