Cleaning

Kelly's Korner is doing Show Us Your Cleaning Tips. I should really have a lot of these because I come from a long line of "Cleaners". They have a sickness, I mean gift. If I was to clean my kitchen table I would spray it with disinfectant and sweep/ mop under the table and dust the chairs. My mom would disassemble the table scrub the parts with bleach water, use a toothbrush on the bolts, steam clean the ground under the table and then reassemble the table. I'll be honest I don't iron. I hate it. I only iron if I HAVE to. But, my sweet Mimi on the other hand irons her sheets. That's right, sheets. I love being in their homes because they are beautiful and immaculate. I'm a "picker upper". I try to keep everything picked up and I clean frequently but, I am not good at the DEEP CLEANING. I put off cleaning the blinds, light fixtures, and baseboards. But, here are I few things I learned from my mom:

1. Don't go to bed until the house is picked up. Items need to be returned to their "home".
2. Straighten the couch pillows before bed.
3. Make your bed everyday.
4. Vacuum your house very often. I don't do as good as her on this one, mom has been known to vacuum on her way out the door to work.
5. Put bathroom supplies back in the cabinet as you get ready.
6. Put laundry away when you pull it out of the dryer. I hate to do this step so my dry clothes sometimes spend a night in the dryer until I can just do it and get it over with.
7. Put dishes in the dishwasher after you are done with them.

and something I learned from Keepers of Your Home Bible study: clean your sink every night. All this cleaning makes me want to be a boy.