1 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,080 Hi everyone. I'm Ronnie. 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,800 And I'm Jessica. And you're listening to Clean 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,320 with me. The podcast where we walk you 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:17,320 through cleaning your house. Thanks for joining me. 5 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,800 Today's episode is part of a series I'm. 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,000 Starting on how to. Keep your house. 7 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,520 Clean when you're drowning, it's going to be a 10. 8 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:30,320 Part series. But step one is getting your 9 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,720 kitchen under control, and I'm also going to give you some tips 10 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:39,400 and tricks for keeping it that. Way So it's time to gear up for 11 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:41,280 our kitchen. Cleaning session. 12 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:43,600 Maybe you need to take out your kitchen. 13 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,880 Trash that'll get you moving, get you outside. 14 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,760 And then of course, you'll reline that wastebasket. 15 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:51,720 So you'll have a place to throw trash. 16 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,280 While you're cleaning your kitchen, another thing you might 17 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,560 need to do is freshen up for the. 18 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,520 Day. Sometimes just doing those 19 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,640 little things like either putting your hair up or spraying 20 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,000 it. With a water spray. 21 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,440 And styling it a little. Bit wiping off that old makeup 22 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,600 from the day before. Can work wonders. 23 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:14,680 You know. Slipping into something that's a 24 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:16,960 little more comfortable. Comfortable. 25 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:22,840 Yet presentable something you. Can clean in and sometimes it's 26 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:23,520 just. A good idea? 27 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:27,360 To open up your curtains and let some natural light in. 28 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:31,760 That can also work. Wonders on your outlook. 29 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:36,320 Or maybe you need to light a candle or start a wax warmer. 30 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:38,960 A lot of people light a candle after they've cleaned the house. 31 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,320 I like to do it immediately so that my house starts smelling 32 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:46,040 good and I feel energized by that. 33 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,760 So whatever you need to. Do to gear up. 34 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,440 For your cleaning session, now is the time. 35 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:58,240 Another thing that I often have you do when we're starting to 36 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,680 clean the kitchen is to go around and gather up any dishes 37 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,480 from around the house. Whether it's a forgotten coffee 38 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:09,039 mug on the night stand, a bowl on the coffee table in the 39 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:15,160 kitchen, dishes in a teenager's room, there's no telling what's 40 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,600 lurking in your house, and it's disheartening to find. 41 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,440 Dirty dishes after you. Thought you'd done everything, 42 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,400 so we want to get everything to the kitchen so that we can get 43 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:34,880 everything washed at once. While you're gearing up for your 44 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,040 cleaning session, I'm just going to give you a summary. 45 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:44,920 Of what's ahead. I am going to recommend that you 46 00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:48,480 take some of your. Dishes out of circulation. 47 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:53,640 If you're experiencing pile UPS. AKA Dishasters. 48 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,920 Meaning someone in your. Household and this could be you, 49 00:02:56,920 --> 00:02:59,120 this could be your spouse, it could be your kids. 50 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:04,240 But someone is dirtying up too many dishes and you're having. 51 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,080 Pile UPS. Where not everything. 52 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:07,840 Fits in the dishwasher or you've. 53 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:12,840 Got a hand wash more than a couple of sink loads and I'm not 54 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,320 telling you to. Get rid of stuff. 55 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,840 Necessarily, but I'm. Telling you to take it out of 56 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,240 circulation and. What I mean by? 57 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,760 This is. Deciding how many place settings 58 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,760 you really need from day-to-day and then storing. 59 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,080 The rest? Of the stuff in an out of. 60 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,280 Reach cupboard that's hard to get. 61 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,640 To OK, maybe that. Cabinet up above your 62 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,960 refrigerator. Or some other cabinet where you 63 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,680 have to stand on a chair. To access it. 64 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:47,840 That way you still have those extra. 65 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:52,360 Items for those few times a. Year where you. 66 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,920 Maybe host? A dinner party or. 67 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,840 You have overnight. Guests over the holidays. 68 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,720 Obviously there are times where we need more than. 69 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,320 Five plates or whatever, 5 bowls, OK. 70 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,880 So that's something that's ahead. 71 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,360 I'm going to. Talk to you about that. 72 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,520 It it may seem. Drastic. 73 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,680 But getting a lot of stuff out of circulation is going to help 74 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:23,000 you keep things from piling up. I'm also going to talk about 75 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:28,600 developing a system for doing dishes after meals and there. 76 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,720 Are different ways of. Going about it. 77 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,440 And so I'm going to, I'm going to talk about. 78 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,360 The different ways that people do that. 79 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,520 And of course, all the while I'm going to be cheering you on on 80 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,280 cleaning your kitchen, we're also going to be talking about 81 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:47,080 decluttering your kitchen and deep cleaning your kitchen. 82 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,200 So. Hopefully you've done whatever 83 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:50,560 you needed to. Do to gear up. 84 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:51,920 For your cleaning session, you've. 85 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:55,400 Gathered up dishes? You have a wastebasket to throw. 86 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:59,480 Trash in and I'm assuming you keep cleaning supplies in your 87 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,760 kitchen, because pretty much everybody does. 88 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,560 Let's get right into our cleaning session. 89 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,120 Of course, the 1st. Order of business is to get 90 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:12,240 caught up on dishes. That's that springboard task 91 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,160 that you might be dreading doing. 92 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,120 But once you've gotten that done. 93 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:20,480 That that clears your surfaces essentially. 94 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:22,440 I mean, there might be other things you need to. 95 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,120 Clear out of the way, we'll talk about that, but. 96 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:29,560 Once you get your dishes done, then you can start wiping down 97 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,800 surfaces in your kitchen from top to bottom. 98 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,360 You can declutter. You can vacuum any. 99 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,920 Debris out of your. Drawers and lower cabinets. 100 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,000 So let's get started. On the dishes, whatever that 101 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,920 means for. You usually the first. 102 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,960 Step is putting away any clean dishes. 103 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,000 If you struggle with housework, you're. 104 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,680 Probably not. The type who towel dries. 105 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,480 Your dishes every time. Right after you wash. 106 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,280 Them and that's fine. I don't. 107 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:04,920 Do that either I put. Things in the dishwasher and 108 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,440 then hand wash the rest and they go into the drying rack. 109 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:14,400 So you may need to empty your dishwasher and or drying rack. 110 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,600 I realize not everybody. Has a dishwasher. 111 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,760 And some people put everything in the. 112 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,600 Dishwasher but. For me, putting away clean 113 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,400 dishes means emptying the dishwasher and the drying rack. 114 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,000 So that is step. One if you're facing a. 115 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:33,680 Serious Dishwaster. Meaning you're not going to. 116 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,320 Be able to fit. Everything in the drying. 117 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,640 Rack or dishwasher? You may want to. 118 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,600 Just take a large. Bath towel and lay that out on 119 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:47,080 either your kitchen island or your kitchen table or one of 120 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:52,280 your countertops because having an easy place to put things. 121 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:54,800 As you wash them. Can make you go faster when you 122 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,640 don't have to put any thought into. 123 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:00,200 Where am I going to set this item I just finished washing? 124 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:04,880 Makes sense so. That could be something you need 125 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:09,360 to do when I'm in a situation where I have to hand wash 10 126 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,560 tons of stuff. I haven't been in the situation. 127 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,400 For a while, but I do lay out a bath towel so that I. 128 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,400 Can just spread things out and I'm not playing dish Jenga 129 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:26,640 building a tower in a drying rack so be putting away. 130 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,360 Those. Clean dishes now I talked about 131 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,560 putting taking stuff out of. Circulation. 132 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,720 So if you're. On board with that, now's the 133 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,360 time it's up to. You to decide, obviously. 134 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,680 How many place settings you need in a day? 135 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,200 And some of you might not want to stash anything away. 136 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:47,600 That's fine. But. 137 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,600 This this conversation is for the people. 138 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,760 This part of the episode is for the people who do wanna kinda. 139 00:07:55,120 --> 00:08:00,040 Take some things out. You could do a. 140 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:06,640 Thing where you only have enough clean dishes for one meal. 141 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,520 For the people who live at your house or that eat with. 142 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:15,520 You on a daily? Basis for example it I have 3. 143 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,280 Kids living at home and I have a. 144 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:26,360 Husband so that would be. Five of everything now you might 145 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,840 not want to go down to. Five, if you do like a 146 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,679 breakfast. And then you've. 147 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,080 Got to go to work without washing the dishes. 148 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,799 And that's just kind of your system maybe? 149 00:08:38,799 --> 00:08:41,000 You wash dishes after. Two meals. 150 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,559 Or you wash. Dishes at the end of the day, 151 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:48,160 you know you might be doing some multiplication and saying well I 152 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,040 need 2. Meals worth of plates. 153 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:52,280 And there are 5. Of us. 154 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:56,880 So I need 10. Plates in circulation OK, but 155 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:58,720 just don't give. Yourself too many. 156 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:00,800 You know your lifestyle and your system. 157 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:05,560 We're gonna talk more about systems later, but whatever the 158 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:07,280 number. That you decide on. 159 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:11,480 You can be putting away other items and storing those. 160 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:19,320 Out of reach, so to speak. Obviously when you first moved 161 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,680 into your. House you probably stored a few 162 00:09:22,680 --> 00:09:25,240 things and kind of hard to access cupboards. 163 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:26,480 That you knew you weren't going to. 164 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,120 Use that often. Like a punch. 165 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,200 Bowl or the Turkey? Roasting pan or something like 166 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,400 that. You know these seasonal items or 167 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,120 rarely used items, but you probably have some extra. 168 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:42,480 Space in those cupboards or. If you're like me, you might 169 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,720 have a cupboard that you weren't using at all. 170 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:51,120 The cabinets above my microwave were super hard to. 171 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,240 Open. They don't have handles on them 172 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:58,880 and with my other upper cabinets I open them from the bottom. 173 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,160 But with these. The microwave is in in a 174 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,640 position where you can't really get your fingers up under the 175 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,280 cabinets. So you have to. 176 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,160 Either pry it open. With like a. 177 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:12,880 Butter knife or something, I mean. 178 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:14,880 You could. If you're really fiddle with it, 179 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:16,400 you could open. It up by hand, but it's 180 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,520 difficult. So it just wasn't practical to 181 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:21,400 store. When I realized. 182 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:22,360 It was hard to. Open. 183 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,920 I just didn't put anything in there for a while and my. 184 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:30,760 Seasonal type items for. Dinner parties and whatnot I was 185 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:34,600 storing in the cupboard. Above the refrigerator, which is 186 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,440 also hard to get just because you kind of. 187 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,560 Need to stand on a chair? To access it because the 188 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:43,120 refrigerator. Being an obstacle there OK Be 189 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,040 working on putting away your clean dishes and possibly taking 190 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,160 some things. Out of circulation. 191 00:10:48,680 --> 00:10:51,520 Anyway, I had that. Empty cupboard, but if I. 192 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:54,040 Stand on a chair. I can easily open those cabinets 193 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:59,360 from the top and so. That's a great place for excess 194 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:06,560 plates, bowls, mugs, silverware, OK all. 195 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:09,480 Kinds of things. And I could even put more. 196 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,000 I'm thinking of going even more minimal than what I what I'm 197 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,320 doing right now. There's room for more. 198 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:19,400 Stuff up there so. Be creative and of course. 199 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,640 If you have. More dishes then you. 200 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,760 Will. Ever need even in the? 201 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:30,960 Course of, let's say two years. You might want to donate some 202 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,200 items. OK, I'm not saying there's never 203 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,160 a time when you would. Get rid of. 204 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,920 Any of your. Dishes or silverware? 205 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,360 But what another reason? Well, here's another case for. 206 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,960 Keeping some stuff if you have the storage space. 207 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,960 Sometimes when you've got. Kids silverware. 208 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,240 Comes up missing. Or they break glasses, or they 209 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,400 break dishes. So. 210 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:01,640 You may want to. Save things to replace missing 211 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,120 or broken. Items over time. 212 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:06,600 I think I mentioned this in another episode. 213 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:13,720 But I use I buy these. Jams that come in a glass Mason 214 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,600 jar type. Jar that's. 215 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,040 Got a handle on it and I use those as drinking glasses. 216 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,320 They're. Cute farmhouse drinking glasses. 217 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,440 And we've got a bunch of them, so they all match and I feel. 218 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:28,760 Like they're free because I need. 219 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,680 To buy jam anyway. So I buy a brand that comes with 220 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:34,560 a cute. Jar that serves as a cup, a 221 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:42,760 glass, so with those as. We run out of jam and I wash 222 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,200 another jar. I'm putting it in that. 223 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,560 Out of reach cupboard. Because we don't need to 224 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:51,280 constantly be accumulating them, but over time we're going to 225 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,920 need more if that makes. Sense so. 226 00:12:55,680 --> 00:12:58,640 Deal with that information. What you will Everybody's 227 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:04,800 lifestyle is different. And storage is different, you 228 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,040 know, some kitchens. Have a lot of. 229 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,360 Storage and some don't at 1:00. House I had. 230 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,720 Several empty cabinets at another house. 231 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:18,200 I was so short. On space that I. 232 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,320 Was afraid to buy. Any more small appliances? 233 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:26,000 OK, so we all have. Different situations. 234 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:30,800 As far as storage. But I think what most of us have 235 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,960 in common is we have. Easy to access shelves. 236 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,000 And cupboards and then we have those ones that are a little 237 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,800 less convenient for long term storage. 238 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:45,560 So hopefully by now. You. 239 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:50,280 Are doing dishes good job putting everything away and 240 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,640 maybe taking some things out of circulation. 241 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:58,200 You can always do more. Of that later, but I'm. 242 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:03,240 I just wanted to give you that tip on kind of downsizing how 243 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:07,760 many dishes you're dealing with on a regular basis and basis and 244 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,960 buy dishes. I'm including pots, pans, 245 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:15,000 silverware, spatulas. I mean, the Sky's the limit on 246 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,880 what you can take out of circulation and either donate or 247 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:20,800 put it in an out. Of reach area. 248 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:26,800 For the next time you need it. So while you're working on doing 249 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,440 dishes, whether you're doing an empty reload and run of the 250 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,120 dishwasher, I mean, you've probably put away clean stuff by 251 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:33,560 now. But whether you're loading the 252 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:37,440 dishwasher still or hand washing, or maybe you're caught 253 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,200 up on dishes and you're cleaning surfaces in the kitchen just 254 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:44,040 while you're working in your kitchen, I wanted to. 255 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,840 Talk to you about. Dish Systems and don't feel bad 256 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:49,760 if all you get done during this episode. 257 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,200 Is get. Caught up on dishes? 258 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,080 Because once you're down to dish. 259 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,520 Zero, I feel like. You're going to be motivated to 260 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:59,280 really deep clean your kitchen and then maintain it going 261 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:00,760 forward. We all need. 262 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:04,120 These resets. At times, and in this series, 263 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:05,720 I'm going to have you reset your entire. 264 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:10,480 House but today. Is a kitchen focus and just step 265 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,960 one is getting caught up on dishes and possibly taking some 266 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,520 out of circulation. So I won't belabor that point, 267 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:24,360 but dish systems, basically you can do a thing where you put 268 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,480 things in the. Dishwasher throughout the day if 269 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:30,520 you have a. Dishwasher and then you run it 270 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,680 after dinner. Or right before. 271 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,560 Bed whenever people aren't going to be eating anymore, whenever 272 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:38,240 the kitchen's. Closed, so to speak. 273 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:42,400 You run it and then in the morning. 274 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,160 You put away your. Clean stuff and a lot of people 275 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:46,360 miss that. Important. 276 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,720 Step like they're. They know they want it to do 277 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,560 their dishes before bed. They know they want to wake up 278 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,280 to a clean kitchen. They don't want dirty dishes, 279 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,440 attracting pests or anything like that. 280 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,960 So they get that part, but where they? 281 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,000 Drop the ball is not putting away the clean stuff immediately 282 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,840 in the morning that can sometimes lead to a pile. 283 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:11,520 Up because. If the clean dishes are not 284 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:13,040 emptied, especially when you have a. 285 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,600 Dishwasher if the dishwasher. Is not emptied. 286 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,440 Then somebody's going to come along who doesn't want to have 287 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,040 to. Empty the dishwasher. 288 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,640 Before putting a dirty dish into it, so. 289 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,880 I feel it's. It's a game changer to put away 290 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,520 your clean dishes first thing in the morning. 291 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:35,280 Be or at least. Before that first meal is eaten. 292 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,040 Let's put it that way. That way it especially. 293 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:40,960 If you have the system of putting things directly into 294 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:41,800 the. Dishwasher. 295 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:47,200 It's ready. And it's understood that the 296 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,360 dishes in there are dirty. Because. 297 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,920 You're loading it throughout the day, running it at the end. 298 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,560 Now our system is a little bit different. 299 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,320 I do empty the dishwasher and empty my drying rack in the 300 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,520 mornings. It's something I've been. 301 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:07,359 Super good about lately. But when my kids make their own 302 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:09,839 snack or breakfast or lunch, 'cause. 303 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:14,640 I I typically cook. A dinner every night My kids are 304 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:15,960 teenagers, so they're. Able to. 305 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,359 Prepare their own food at different times of day and 306 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:21,079 whatnot. And don't get me wrong, they 307 00:17:21,079 --> 00:17:23,800 know how to cook dinner too. And sometimes it's a kids turn 308 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:28,160 to cook dinner, but usually my husband and I cook the dinners 309 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,760 and kids kind of fend for themselves at breakfast and 310 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,480 lunch. Again, these are teenagers. 311 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:35,760 I realize you might have to cook for your kids. 312 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,520 Throughout the day, but. These are teenagers and we're on 313 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:43,320 the go a lot and things like that, but when they do prepare 314 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,240 something during the day, they are. 315 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,640 Supposed to wash. Their dish from start to finish. 316 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,600 So let's say that somebody had a bowl of. 317 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,040 Cereal for breakfast. They wash the cereal. 318 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:57,600 Bowl and the spoon. With dish soap, they scrub it. 319 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,920 And then they rinse it and place it in the drying rack, and 320 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:02,000 they're old enough to. Do that. 321 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:03,680 That's our. System. 322 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:07,760 The dishwasher thing just has never worked for us. 323 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,280 I'm not going to go into the different. 324 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,800 Obstacles of why that doesn't work for us, but it just 325 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:16,560 doesn't, so that's the rule. And then at dinner time, I 326 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:21,840 typically wash the dish the dinner dishes after dinner. 327 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,880 So they don't have to wash their own dish after dinner. 328 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:29,120 They just clear it, rinse it off, place it in the sink, and 329 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:32,560 then I load the dishwasher at some point in the evening. 330 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,760 So that's our. System it may not be for. 331 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:38,680 Everybody. Everybody's different. 332 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:43,280 Especially if you're a. Small family putting things in 333 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:44,560 the. Dishwasher throughout the. 334 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:49,560 Day might make more sense, but sometimes we dirty up a lot of 335 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,560 dishes and pots and pans and different people are cooking and 336 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,880 it. It just doesn't always there's 337 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,760 usually. More than a dishwasher load in 338 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:02,440 the course of the day and I've just found that having them hand 339 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,280 wash. These. 340 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:09,240 Little snacks and small meals early in the day works for us, 341 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,280 so. That's that's how we do it. 342 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:18,280 Another system is let's say you're a stay at home mom. 343 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,600 You might want to to young children. 344 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,440 You might want to just. Wash the dishes by. 345 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,840 Hand after every meal. Or. 346 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,680 You might load the. Dishwasher after. 347 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,640 Lunch and then again in the evening. 348 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,040 No judgement here if you're. Doing a couple loads. 349 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:38,280 A day. I know people who are doing that 350 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,400 and that's what I used to. Do we're just at a? 351 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:45,720 Stage now where we're doing something different, the hand 352 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:47,200 washing. Throughout the day, the. 353 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:54,200 Dishwasher after dinner. So you may, you may have, you 354 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:55,600 know, this thing where you're washing. 355 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,360 Dishes after every. Meal. 356 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,240 That definitely prevents overwhelm. 357 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:06,520 Probably the most difficult method is. 358 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,920 Just having people clear and rinse their plate. 359 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,480 Bowl. Whatever throughout the entire. 360 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,840 Day. And then washing all of it at 361 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,400 the end of the day. I don't recommend that. 362 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:22,640 I I recommend doing dishes. At least twice a day. 363 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:27,760 Or as you dirty them. Throughout the day, OK. 364 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:34,160 And so that's my two cents on dish systems be plugging away. 365 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,080 At those dishes. But if you're done, start 366 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:42,080 cleaning from the top down. And an important deep cleaning 367 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,040 task is vacuuming out your drawers and lower cabinets. 368 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,080 Crumbs tend to accumulate down low, especially when you have 369 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:54,440 kids with the upper cabinets. Often it's more about wiping 370 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,400 down the shelves. But with the. 371 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,880 Lower drawers and cabinets. You may need to use your vacuum 372 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:03,560 attachment. 1st so that's. Kind of your bonus task, your 373 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,320 deep cleaning task. Should you choose to. 374 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:10,040 Accept it. And of course you're going to 375 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,840 want to also wipe down your cabinet fronts, your large 376 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,640 appliance fronts. You may want to declutter your 377 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,160 countertop. Maybe you have some things out. 378 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,720 Like cereal boxes? Seasonings, things like that. 379 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,840 Put everything where it goes once your dishes are done. 380 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,480 So that you. Can wipe down. 381 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:34,080 All of your surfaces. And then of course, when 382 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,400 cleaning the kitchen, you always end with sweeping and mopping 383 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:42,120 the floor. One thing I'll throw in here 384 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,760 that might help you. I realize that. 385 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:49,800 You might be fully responsible. For every aspect of. 386 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,760 Cleaning the kitchen and I get that. 387 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:58,120 But if you are. Negotiating kind of a division 388 00:21:58,120 --> 00:21:59,480 of. Labor like, let's say. 389 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:04,080 You and your husband both work and you know he is willing to 390 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:05,920 do. Some of the household chores as 391 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,600 he should be if you're. Both working and I'm not saying 392 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,200 that if. You are a stay. 393 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,040 At home, Mom, that he shouldn't help. 394 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,040 I'm not going to get into any of that. 395 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:17,920 I'm not getting into your marriage here. 396 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:22,640 But all I'm. Saying is, in general, men tend 397 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,000 to like sweeping and mopping the floor. 398 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,640 I often have. Well, it's on my 18 year old 399 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,240 son's chore list. Because I feel like. 400 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:32,880 That's one of his favorite things. 401 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,840 I mean, he's not gonna just. Say he loves. 402 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:38,520 Doing it, but I can tell that he doesn't mind it and that he 403 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:40,360 likes it better than other chores. 404 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:45,280 Just in general, men often hate the more. 405 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,920 Tedious aspects of housework like. 406 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,280 Washing dishes by hand. Or. 407 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,920 Picking up. Toys, things like that. 408 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,880 Whereas things that involve. Like gross motor skills. 409 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:05,000 Like sweeping and mopping, they tend. 410 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,600 To like that better. Just that's been my experience. 411 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:13,040 So it might be something if you don't like sweeping and mopping 412 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:19,160 your husband or your. Preteen or teenage? 413 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:23,000 Son might actually enjoy. That task. 414 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:24,880 So that's. Something to look into. 415 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,360 I. Definitely recommend, you know. 416 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:29,240 As far as? Division of Labor in your 417 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,800 household, Figuring out who's. Good at what? 418 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,920 Who likes? Doing what and having people do. 419 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,080 What they do best now obviously if there's. 420 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:43,360 Something if just nobody in your house likes doing dishes, 421 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:46,520 they've still got to be done, but there might be someone in 422 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,360 your house who likes to sweep and mop the kitchen that can 423 00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:51,160 definitely. Take the pressure off. 424 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,480 Of you and so I'm just. Throwing it out there. 425 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:59,520 That in my experience, men don't seem to mind that task, 426 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:01,720 especially when they're walking into a kitchen. 427 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,800 Where all the. Dishes are done, the countertops 428 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:08,080 are scrubbed down, the the cabinets are wiped down, 429 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:12,360 everything's sparkling clean, and maybe you've even moved. 430 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:14,000 The chairs out of the way. For them. 431 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:15,760 OK. I put my. 432 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,160 I flip my barstools upside down, set them. 433 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,520 Up on the breakfast bar. And then I move. 434 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,520 The chairs to the. Living room. 435 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,600 I mean, I don't always do it. Sometimes I'll let my son do 436 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,960 that too, but sometimes I just set him up like that because I 437 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,000 don't mind doing those things and then it allows. 438 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,200 Him to just swoop. In there and sweep and mop. 439 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,920 So don't come at. Me if you're jealous because you 440 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:41,240 have to. Do your own sweeping and 441 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,360 mopping. Your kids will get older 442 00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:46,840 someday. If you have little ones, but I'm 443 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,440 just and you might not even hate sweeping and mopping as much as 444 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,640 I do, but I just wanted to. Throw that out there as I guess 445 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,320 a tip. For keeping your kitchen clean 446 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,000 because it definitely. Works for us. 447 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:04,360 Now you may be thinking, well, I'm drowning in housework and 448 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,280 yeah, my kitchen's getting clean during this. 449 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,440 Episode. But what about the rest of the 450 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,120 house? Well, when you raise the 451 00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:13,160 standard in a certain room, you get caught. 452 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,680 Up like you, you. Get caught up on your dishes. 453 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,040 You do. Some decluttering. 454 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:21,360 You take some things out of circulation, you know, you go 455 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:25,040 minimalist with your countertops by putting some appliances away. 456 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:31,320 Somebody sweeps and mops. The kitchen's looking great and 457 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,000 you're going to maintain it going forward, and we're going 458 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:38,720 to talk about that in a minute. But you were already doing some 459 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:40,760 things right? There are some things that 460 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,560 you're keeping up with. Don't stop those You're adding 461 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,360 on, OK? You're not going to quit 462 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:51,280 straightening up your living room or doing your laundry. 463 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,000 The good habits that you're already. 464 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:59,920 Doing keep those going and just add a few things in and you may 465 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:03,680 be thinking I can't add anything into what I'm already doing. 466 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:07,760 But you're going to do your. Dishes eventually anyway, so why 467 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,360 not stay? Ahead of it. 468 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,160 OK, you're still going to have to wash the dishes before you. 469 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,960 Eat off of them again. So why not? 470 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:20,640 Stay ahead of things. So yes, the focus. 471 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,560 Is on the kitchen for your first. 472 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,120 Step. In getting control of your 473 00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:27,120 house. But. 474 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:30,680 Whatever good routines you're already doing elsewhere in the 475 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,800 house, keep doing those. Don't drop the ball. 476 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,320 Elsewhere. We're adding in good habits. 477 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,040 We're not going to quit any of the. 478 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,880 Good habits we're already. Doing, if that makes sense. 479 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,280 Here's how you're going to keep up on the kitchen, though, since 480 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,160 that's the focus. Of this episode. 481 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,600 And again, just be working on your kitchen. 482 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,320 Whether you're still getting caught up on dishes or your 483 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:57,640 detailing surfaces, stay in the kitchen and keep working. 484 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,800 Maybe you're even cleaning out a junk drawer right now. 485 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,320 Great, just work in your kitchen. 486 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:08,320 While I talk but. One of the ways you're going to 487 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:16,200 keep your kitchen clean, other than doing dishes after every 488 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,240 meal or at. Least after every couple. 489 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,120 Of meals, not waiting till the end of the day to do them 490 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:23,760 because then it's overwhelming, right? 491 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:27,960 In addition to that. The way. 492 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:31,160 You're going to keep up on surfaces, is something that I 493 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,480 call microcleaning. When you're in the kitchen 494 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:38,200 preparing food, whether you cook or not, you're at least heating 495 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,400 things up in the microwave while you have something in the 496 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,200 microwave. For. 3 minutes or 5 minutes. 497 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,800 Or you're. Baking something that something 498 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,400 in the oven for 30 minutes or you're waiting for water to boil 499 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:58,520 on the stove. Clean something OK These micro 500 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:03,320 cleaning tasks can make a huge difference because they make it 501 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,160 to. Where you have less to do. 502 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:09,360 As far as clean up after a meal, by the time you serve the meal, 503 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:14,680 your kitchen is almost done. It can also make it to where you 504 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,360 have less to do during these deep cleaning sessions. 505 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,160 Like right now, you may be doing deep cleaning tasks in your 506 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,480 kitchen, and obviously you've got to set aside time for that, 507 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,080 whether it's on a Saturday or some other day. 508 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,120 Of the week where you've got. Time. 509 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,920 To deep. Clean your kitchen. 510 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,440 You're going to keep doing that, but how much? 511 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,840 Easier is that deep? Cleaning going to be when? 512 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:43,800 During these waiting periods, while you're waiting for 513 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,760 something to cook, you're scrubbing a baseboard. 514 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,400 Here. Washing a window there, wiping 515 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,400 down switch. Plates here or there. 516 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,080 Wiping down pantry. Shelves here or there. 517 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,360 You see what I'm saying? It's not just that you're 518 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,120 cleaning as you go when you cook. 519 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,200 But you're also. Doing small deep cleaning. 520 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,360 Tasks while. You're in the kitchen. 521 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,920 That's going to go a long way in helping you maintain it. 522 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,080 And mainly, you just need to change your mindset. 523 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,560 Raise your standard in the kitchen, you know? 524 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:18,320 Don't go to bed. With a a dirty kitchen, push 525 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:19,960 yourself even when you don't feel. 526 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:24,520 Like it to get. Stuff done and then here is a a 527 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:29,000 really key point. Don't wait for a mess before you 528 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,880 start cleaning. OK, the other day. 529 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,240 I walked into my kitchen and it was clean and it was a good 530 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:40,160 feeling and I thought to myself, I've been so good about keeping 531 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,720 my kitchen clean and I love waking up and getting my coffee 532 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:45,640 in a clean kitchen. But then I thought, wait a 533 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:50,400 second. Put away those clean dishes. 534 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,280 Empty the dishwasher, empty the drying rack. 535 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,680 Wash. This one bowl that somebody left 536 00:29:55,680 --> 00:30:00,320 in the sink late last night. You've got to stay ahead of it 537 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,000 because. Sometimes we look at something 538 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:10,520 as clean and it is clean and it is fine, but pretty soon these. 539 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:15,240 Little things build up. And just for me, not emptying 540 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,240 the drying rack and the dishwasher. 541 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:18,440 Super. Early. 542 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:23,440 Can kind of mess up the rhythm of keeping my dishes 543 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:24,760 circulating. You want to. 544 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:28,280 Keep your laundry circulating as far as. 545 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,800 Loading the washing machine, switching. 546 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,720 The stuff to the dryer. Folding it when it comes out. 547 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,480 In the same way you want to keep your dishes circulating, you 548 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:41,120 want to be putting clean stuff away before you have something 549 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:47,360 dirty that you need to place in the dishwasher or or wash and 550 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,600 then place in the drying rack. So I hope. 551 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:52,200 I've given you some. Tools to. 552 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,920 Keep your kitchen clean, I'm so proud. 553 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,880 Of whatever you got. Done during this episode. 554 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:02,720 I don't want you to beat yourself up about past mistakes. 555 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,760 Because. This new version of you is going 556 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,560 to keep up on the kitchen and in our next. 557 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,320 Episode. We're going to talk. 558 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,560 About. The bathrooms the next. 559 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,720 Step. To getting your house under 560 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,480 control is deep cleaning your bathrooms if you don't want to. 561 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,800 Wait a week. Until I talk about. 562 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:23,000 That. Scroll down We've got episodes 563 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,440 about cleaning the bathrooms. We've got episodes on virtually 564 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,040 everything, but we keep making new ones to. 565 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,240 Keep it fresh. And no two. 566 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,800 Episodes are alike, but if you're, you've still got. 567 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:38,480 Time and energy and you don't have anything else to do in the 568 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,920 kitchen today? By all means, Scroll down to a 569 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,200 bathroom episode or. Whatever you feel like. 570 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,400 Working for that matter. But the next step in getting 571 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,800 your house under control is deep cleaning the bathrooms, because 572 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,520 you always want to get your house sanitary first and 573 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:56,120 foremost, and that involves kitchens and bathrooms. 574 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,920 I hope you. 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