I'm Ronnie and you're listening to Clean With Me, the podcast
where I talk you through cleaning your house.
I had a dream last night that someone was let in through my
bedroom patio door and ushered into my master bathroom.
I had seen it on a security camera and was trying to picture
whether or not my bathroom was clean enough for guests, so I
took that as a sign to have you clean your bathroom.
In this episode, a lot of you are listening while cleaning
your kitchen, so we're going to do that too.
It's time to gear up for your cleaning session.
Maybe you need to freshen up for the day and get dressed into
something that's comfortable yet presentable.
Run a brush through your hair, wipe the old makeup off from
under your eyes, or wash your face and put on a full face and
makeup. Whatever it takes for you to
feel ready for the day, now's the time to do that.
And of course, some of you might want to light a candle, start a
wax warmer, take out the trash to get your house smelling
fresh. While you're doing one of those
things that I just mentioned, I'll just let you know the theme
of this episode and its change starts with you.
A lot of times we make excuses that other people in our
household are messing up the house, our spouse, our kids.
And I get it, that definitely can be an obstacle.
But in this episode, I'm going to encourage you to stop waiting
for your spouse to change. Obviously with kids could be a
discipline issue, and I'm real big on having chore lists for
kids and consequences and rewards and all the things.
But when it comes to other adults in your house, people
change when they want to change, and they're also heavily
influenced by those who they spend the most time with.
So when you turn over a new leaf in your house, I know people
aren't automatically going to do exactly what you do, but they
are going to do better in a clean environment.
If you don't believe me, just test it out.
The first thing I want you to do is gather up dishes from around
the house. Just make sure all your dishes
are in the sink or next to the sink so that we can be as
efficient as possible when cleaning your kitchen.
The next thing I want you to do is make sure you have the proper
tools. New day, new rag, folks, get a
clean dish rag. Make sure that you have other
tools that you like to use handy.
Maybe you like to use a sponge that's abrasive on one side,
soft on the other. Maybe you like to use a scrub
brush with a handle or even one of those dishwashing wands where
you can put dish soap in the handle.
Gather up your favorite tools. And then the next step, of
course, is to put away clean dishes.
OK, this could mean emptying your dishwasher.
It could mean emptying your drying rack.
It could mean clearing off a drying pad or a towel where
you've laid out clean dishes. Let's get all of those items put
away. You might be tempted to skip
this step, but don't you need to be able to quickly set things
down after you wash them? And if you're like me, you're
going to put some things in the dishwasher and you're going to
hand wash other items. Or if you're completely
overwhelmed today, you could always do 2 dishwasher loads.
OK, that's kind of an emergency measure.
I'll, I'll talk about another emergency measure too.
But the first thing I want you to do once you've gotten
everything to the kitchen is get any difficult items.
Soaking that pot, that pan, that cookie sheet with burnt on food
residue. Let's get some hot soapy water
into those pans and get them soaking while we move on to
washing the easier stuff while you're getting those more
difficult items soaking. And of course, as always, if
you're caught up on dishes, just be cleaning the surfaces in your
kitchen. But for a lot of you, you're
getting those difficult items soaking while you're doing that.
I just wanted to talk about something that you might be able
to do here in a few minutes, and that's letting a sink load soak
with a dishwasher pod in the dishwater.
This is a shortcut that I do from time to time.
And then you come back an hour later and you don't have to
scrub. I haven't done this in a while,
but it's just one of those emergency techniques when you're
short on time and you need to go do something else for a while
and then come back to the dishes.
I'm talking about those days where you're facing a dish
shaster. OK, you you know what that means
If you've been listening to the show for a while, it's where not
everything fits in the dishwasher or can be hand washed
in just a couple sink loads. But once you've gotten those
difficult items soaking, you might want to quickly straighten
up your countertops. This gives you a quick win and
could possibly improve the view from the front door.
I'm really big on good first impressions.
If someone else in my family walks in, I don't want to look
like I haven't done anything when I have.
So that's why I clean in an order of priority.
That starts with the view from the front door.
This isn't a living room or front entrance episode, but if
there's a glaring problem by your front entrance, you might
want to take care of that. But as far as my kitchen, the
kitchen island can be seen from the front door and one corner of
the countertop, and there might be a part of your kitchen that
can be seen from the front door. I like to get that part of the
countertop cleared off quickly. Maybe there is empty food
packaging there, or maybe people are just putting their backpacks
and other miscellaneous items on the countertop.
Let's get that cleared off for a streamlined first impression
when you look into the kitchen. But once you've done that little
bit of straightening, it's it's time to either load your
dishwasher or start that first sink load.
And for me, starting the first sink load would be pre rinsing
the silverware, the bowls, maybe the cups if it's not too much
stuff. I don't like to overload the
sink, especially with breakable items with fragile glasses and
mugs. I will often get those soaking
kind of like with the pots and pans.
You know when you get that ring of coffee or chocolate or milk
in the bottom of a glass or mug, a little bit of dish soap and
some hot water in the cup can go a long way.
So I'll get those soaking while I get the bowls, plates and
silverware into the sink if I'm hand washing.
OK, I realize some of you are loading a dishwasher.
Some of you are hand washing that small stuff.
So just be working on dishes, whatever that means for you.
But if you do need to do an additional sink load and it's
time for us to move on to the bathroom a little later in the
episode, you can always put the remaining items in the sink with
hot water, a little bit of liquid dish soap, and a
dishwasher pod for a super soak. That is going to get the stuff
virtually clean already without any scrubbing.
And then you can come back and rinse those items off like an
hour later. And in that situation, I would
recommend setting a timer because this episode is not
going to be an hour long, setting a timer to get back to
it. So just be plugging away on the
dishes, whatever that means for you, even if you need to leave a
load to soak and then set a timer.
I talked about this in the last episode, but the important thing
when leaving things to soak is that you're coming back to them
later in the day. You don't want to, excuse me,
You don't want to leave them overnight.
You don't want to always have something soaking where you're
just in a perpetual cycle. You want to get down to dish 0
before you go to bed every night, or at least on most
nights. Obviously, nobody's perfect and
life happens, and sometimes there are things that are more
important than getting the dishes done before bed.
But I want that to be the norm for you.
And if it's not, that's OK. You've come to the right place.
I'm going to help you establish those habits while you're
working on dishes. I'm going to give you a little
marriage tip. I already touched on the fact
that you shouldn't wait for your spouse to change before turning
over a new leaf as far as your housekeeping.
And I'll also add to that you don't change someone's behavior
by nagging them, especially in this delicate balance called
marriage. What I would recommend, and
don't get me wrong, my husband is probably a better housekeeper
than I am. So I'm I'm not talking about
him. That's a disclaimer.
But I know a lot of you have messy husbands, so that's who
I'm talking to right now. And obviously this works in
other areas besides just cleaning.
So I do know what I'm talking about here.
You want to reinforce positive behavior.
OK, Your spouse is not your child.
You don't give them consequences.
You don't nag. But what you do is you reinforce
positive behavior. And I feel like this is
especially true with most men when they've done something that
they view as extra or out of the norm for them.
They are expecting affirmation for that and I realize you might
not be getting positive. You know affirmations when you
clean. And sure your spouse should walk
in and tell you the house looks nice, but he might not.
But then when he does something like does the dishes, he's
expecting you to notice it and comment on it.
OK. People are self-centered, it's
human nature. I'm not saying it's right or
fair that he's expecting you to react when he cleans and then
when you clean it's just it treated as the default or
something. I'm not condoning that.
But we're talking about goal oriented behavior.
If your goal is for him to do more without putting a strain on
your relationship, commenting on what he does is going to help.
And let's face it, people are heavily influenced by those who
they spend time with. So if you're commenting, hey,
the house looks nice, oh you did dishes, thank you.
He's more likely to say those same things to you.
Like I like I said, change starts with you.
And before you come at me, would you want to be nagged or
criticized or told that you're not doing something right?
Or would you want someone to comment on your efforts when you
do the thing they want you to do?
Do you like it when your spouse walks in and says, hey, the
house looks nice? Wow, you've been working hard.
And maybe that doesn't happen very often, but those times when
he does something, if you comment on it, then he's more
likely to do the same for you. Or at the very least, he's going
to want to clean more to get those words of affirmation.
Obviously, I'm making generalizations here and this is
not necessarily going to work for you exactly how I think it
is. But with this podcast, chew up
the meat, spit out the bones, I throw things out because some of
it might resonate, some of it might help you.
By the way, if you do happen to be listening on Spotify, I've
discovered a new feature on there where I can create polls.
So when you click on the episode, take the poll.
It only takes a second to to answer 1 multiple choice
question, so I'll probably address this topic in a poll.
Some of you like these tidbits on marriage and some don't.
I get that. Don't give me a bad review.
But you can respond in a Spotify poll or you can e-mail me at
cleanwithmepodcast@gmail.com. And sometimes I do get reviews
where they say stick to cleaning this and that, but keeping your
house clean is a family affair. And if you have other people in
your household, that does come into play.
And some people do want help with navigating these
situations. And I'm not saying that there's
not a time or place to say I would love it if I could get a
little bit of help with the dishes.
And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying not to talk about the
division of Labor and who does what.
These conversations do need to happen, but I've read a lot of
marriage books and it's more effective to express something
as a desire. Like I would just love it if I
could come home once to a clean kitchen, something like that,
rather than nagging or criticizing, you know, use those
I statements. And as far as kids, it's always
good to have them clean before moving on to other activities.
And kids prefer a chore list rather than you just asking them
to do things on a whim. Of course, as a parent, you can
do that. Hey, I need you to clean this up
while I'm gone. With teenagers especially, I've
got to go take care of something.
I need you to clean up the living room, or I need you to do
these few dishes I didn't get to.
Yeah, that's a thing. But I found that my kids
appreciate it much more if I just say, check the chore list
and do your chores while I'm gone.
They tend to like that better because I've put a lot of
thought into the chore list and it's more fair than these orders
that I might just bark out. It's divided up in a certain way
already. I put a lot of thought into it
once, I mean, once every few months because I change it up
often. But it's, it's easier because
it's, it's like it's the list telling them what to do instead
of me. And they tend to like that
better. Maybe that would work with a
spouse, but I don't put my husband on the chore list.
It's just not, not the dynamic in our relationship, but it
might be in yours. Your husband might be like, if
you could just put what you want on this chore list, it'd be
easier to make you happy. I can't read your mind.
Sometimes people just want to know what you expect.
So don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that your husband
can't be on the chore list after you've had this conversation
about a division of Labor. I'm also not saying that he has
to help you with any particular chores because everyone has
different situations as far as who works more, who likes doing
what, who's good at what. But in general men tend to like
things like vacuuming, sweeping, and mopping more than things
like doing dishes and whatnot. So if your spouse is dirtying up
the kitchen, he might he might prefer kind of a system where he
pre rinses his dish and places it into the dishwasher rather
than dishes piling up and then you're asking him to do the
dreaded task of washing the dishes.
That's how I do it with my kids anyway.
And my husband tends to just instinctively clean up after
himself in the kitchen, but I know not all husbands do.
A lot of you are still plugging away at those dishes.
But of course, for those of you who are ahead of the game and
did not have any kind of pile up today, you may want to start
wiping down your kitchen surfaces from the top down.
Or if you're in a state of overwhelm, this might be just a
day where you're going to give your countertops and stove top a
swipe. You're going to wipe down your
table and chairs if they're sticky.
You're going to clean out your sink once the dishes are done.
And then after you've cleaned your bathroom, sweep the kitchen
and bathroom floor and then mop both floors in one fell swoop.
But I'm going to give you just a few more minutes in the kitchen,
whether that's to finish the dishes and give the countertops
a swipe or to do more detailing of surfaces if your dishes are
done at this point. And then we're going to head to
a bathroom. So sometimes getting your kids
and husband to do more around the house can mean just settle
things like showing appreciation and expressing desires.
I wish I could wake up to a clean kitchen.
I wish I could come home to a clean kitchen, things like that.
But other times it involves sitting down and having the
conversation and formally dividing up the labor.
You know who does nobody in the family like doing dishes?
Or do you like doing dishes but you hate sweeping and mopping?
I mean, the best way to divide labor is for everyone to do what
they like. But sometimes there are a few
tasks that nobody likes to do, and that's where it can get a
little bit tricky. Somebody's got to do it.
But I do think of a spreadsheet with columns for different days
and people listing what's expected of them on those days
can work wonders. That's how I do it with my three
teenagers. My husband and I work as a team.
Basically. We both do the remaining items
that are not on the kids spreadsheet.
And I have put myself on the spreadsheet in the past, but I'm
no longer doing that because I don't think it's the kids place
to hold me to something like, hey, mom was supposed to clean
the kitchen today or whatever and she asked us to do it.
So yeah, I'm going to keep myself off of that list going
forward. But in reality, we don't usually
have the kids cleaning the kitchen.
In my opinion, the important thing is that by the time your
kids are older teenagers, they have done all the things like
they know how to do dishes, they know how to clean the kitchen,
they know how to sweep and mop, they know how to deep clean a
bathroom, etcetera, etcetera. But that doesn't mean that that
needs to be their chore on an ongoing basis.
We just have a rule that when kids dirty a dish and it's not,
it's not the official dinner that my husband or I cooked,
that they washed that dish from start to finish.
Basically, they help keep the kitchen clean, but either my
husband or myself washes the lion's share of the dishes and
does most of the kitchen cleaning tasks.
But they've all had times where cleaning the kitchen and doing
dishes was on their chore list, so they've learned to do it.
Making a chore list for kids is the easy part, but the division
of Labor labor between spouses can be tricky due to a lot of
things. Cultural norms, the family that
they grew up in. I think one of the reasons why
my husband is so good about cooking and cleaning.
He grew up with all brothers so there wasn't some kind of a
gender role issue where these chores were getting assigned to
the girls or something. And my sons see a dad who cooks
and cleans. Everyone should clean up after
themselves and be willing to take on some of the
responsibilities around the house.
And it can vary, you know? Maybe you just want your husband
to pick up after himself and take out the trash.
Or maybe you're both working a lot and you need a lot more from
them. But remember that change starts
with you. Reinforcing positive behavior
and other adults is far more effective than griping or
punishing. OK, hopefully I've given you
enough time in the kitchen and you've got it done.
Other than the floors. As always, use this episode how
you want. Some people are just doing
general housework while they listen, and some people are
trying to clean along, but I always gear the show towards
someone who is cleaning along. In case you are, and I feel like
a lot of you are, that's a question for a future poll on
Facebook, Spotify, or Patreon. I plan on doing more polls for
you because I like to hear from you.
Let's head to the bathroom and before you even start that pre
clean that needs to happen where you remove all clutter, I want
you to get your toilet bowl cleaner into the toilet bowl.
Whatever product you use to clean the inside of your toilet
bowl, get that in there. Grab your toilet scrubbing brush
and scrub the bowl, but then let that product sit.
Maybe you even want to reapply more product after you've given
the toilet bowl a swish. But you're going to let that
toilet bowl cleaner do its work while you clean the rest of the
bathroom. And it only takes a minute to
get that toilet bowl soaking. But then it's time for that pre
clean. You might have bath mats or rugs
on the floor that need to be taken to your laundry room.
You might have random items. Your family might be a work in
progress. They might be dropping towels or
clothes on the floor. You might have even been the one
to drop that stuff. So you might have to pick some
stuff up off of the floor. Definitely have a policy of
whichever bathroom is your guest bathroom that nobody should be
leaving anything on the floor. And let's face it, nobody should
be leaving anything on any bathroom floor.
But if you're gradually trying to improve your household
habits, start by keeping that bathroom, that guest bathroom,
perpetually clean. And I'm not saying you have a
dedicated guest bathroom, but for me, I'm talking about the
hall bathroom. That's also my kids bathroom.
I don't really care if my husband drops something in the
master bathroom floor, but it makes me crazy when kids are
leaving shoes and clothes in that hall bathroom, which is
also our guest bathroom. Maybe you need to, maybe you
need to clear off your bathroom countertop.
If this is your master bathroom, you're more likely to have some
things spread out. Curling irons, flat irons,
crimping irons, waving irons, all the things.
You need a place for those and you're probably not using all of
them every day. Our everyday items and that I
keep out in the master bathroom are a blow drying brush.
My teenage daughter likes to come in my bathroom and use a
blow drying brush. I went through a phase where I
was using it but passed it on to her.
I don't have any guilt when I buy things and get tired of them
because I've got all these daughters that can take them on.
But I don't use that very often. But I do use a wide curling iron
just to kind of shape my bangs. Like I'm not curling my bangs
80s style, but I'm particular about how they hang.
So I use a really large curling iron for that.
And so those two items are usually out.
And then I have a basket underneath that has kind of a
waving iron, a smaller barrel curling iron, and a couple flat
irons. But when I'm cleaning the
bathroom, they all get put into that basket that's in the
cupboard. It's like a miniature laundry
basket. It looks like a laundry basket,
but it's small. I put all those items away.
So when I'm talking about clearing off your vanity, I'm
talking about things that don't belong there, but also things
that do things that you do keep there on a regular basis, like a
soap dish, your toothbrush holders, your toothpaste, that
little dish where you put your rings.
Let's move all of that aside somewhere so that you can click
quickly. Clean the surfaces.
I feel like one of the reasons that we procrastinate on
cleaning the bathroom sometimes is the pre clean part.
It's not really cleaning the surfaces and it's like that in
every room of the house. For me, cleaning the surfaces is
no big deal, but what can make me feel overwhelmed is if I let
an area get cluttered. And you may be different, you
may dread cleaning the toilet. But if you've been listening to
this show for a while, you know my solution for for people who
have an aversion to cleaning the toilet, get some gloves.
OK, they could be disposable gloves or reusable, whatever
you're more comfortable with. And you know, get one of your
old, get one of your old COVID masks to cover your nose and
mouth or tie a bandana around your face.
If you don't like getting up and close and personal with the
toilet with your face exposed, that can kind of go a long way.
And obviously this this pre soak of the toilet bowl can also go a
long way and sanitizing that gross part of your toilet.
Not that the rest of it isn't gross.
I also really like cleaning the exterior parts of my toilet with
disinfecting wipes, but I know that can be expensive.
You can also use a separate cleaning product and paper
towels to do that same thing for cheap.
And of course some of you are using reusable rags.
I just can't fathom that. I like to use disposable stuff
when cleaning the toilet, but we're going to get back to the
toilet later. Clear off your vanity, pick up
everything off of your bathroom floor, and then it's time to
scrub the countertop part, scrub out the sinks, you know, using
your favorite bathroom cleaning products or just whatever you
happen to have on hand. And then you're going to end
with the bathroom faucets and the mirror.
Something that I'm super excited about is the way I'm cleaning my
larger mirror in the master bathroom lately in my kids
bathroom. And it's on their chore list to
clean that bathroom. So it doesn't usually fall to
me. But when I'm cleaning that
bathroom, cleaning the mirror is not a big deal.
I'm just spraying some glass cleaner and then quickly wiping
it with a micro fiber wipe or micro fiber cloth.
There's not a lot of lighting in that bathroom.
I mean, there are lights, but there's no natural light coming
in. So even if someone does a less
than perfect job cleaning the mirror, you're not going to see
those streaks or anything because there's not a window
with natural light coming in. However, in my master bathroom,
there's a huge mirror and then there's a window above the tub
that lets a lot of natural light in so you'll see the streaks if
it's not done perfectly. And I'm not being a
perfectionist here, it it looks awful if the mirror is not
cleaned right. And I also can't even reach the
entire mirror. What I've been doing is I take
the Swiffer mop from my kitchen and instead of attaching the the
pre moistened mop pad I attach a clean dry micro fiber cloth to
it. But you could also stripe strap
that micro fiber cloth to any type of mop with rubber bands or
something if you wanted to. But it it works well with the
Swiffer type thing that's designed to just wrap a pad
around and then you kind of push it in with your fingers on the
back. Some of you know what I'm
talking about. But I basically spray that huge
mirror with glass cleaner. I don't have to be able to reach
the top to do that. And then I'm using this mop with
the micro fiber cloth attached and I and I just literally mop
the mirror. It's so effective.
It's so quick. You don't know how happy I was
to discover that I posted a video of how that works and on
my TikTok and also kind of a slideshow thing of it on my
Instagram. My TikTok is clean with me pod
and my Instagram is Ronnie S. If you're already using those
apps, I'm not asking you to start using social media apps
you're not already on. But I throw it out there because
some of you are on those apps and of course, my Facebook page
is Clean with Me podcast, and I think I even did a reel about
mopping the mirror. So if you're following me on any
form of social media, you're going to get the visual on some
of the things I talk about. And I plan to post more visual
content in the near future. So once you've cleaned your
countertop, your sink, your faucets, and your mirror, of
course, pause the episode if you need more time.
I don't know how messy your bathroom was or how big it is.
It's time to clean the exterior parts of the toilet and then
scrub that bowl one last time. And if there's still some type
of a water line, like if you have extremely hard water, there
could still be some discoloration in your toilet
after you scrub the bowl. You can use a pumice stone to
get rid of that line. And no, it doesn't harm the
finish. It's designed for that.
It was kind of funny when I was buying that pumice stone on a
handle in my grocery store, the grocery checker was like, does
this work? Or does this damage the inside
of the bowl? I've been thinking about buying
one of these, but I'm afraid to use it.
And in my mind I was thinking, how did you know I'm a cleaning
podcaster? But of course, I told her, you
know, it does work. And it says right on the package
that it it won't damage the porcelain or whatever.
And usually getting in there with a disinfecting wipe is good
enough. But of course, you can remove
your toilet bowl lid for effective cleaning around the
hinges and stuff. And when you're cleaning your
toilet and you get down to where you're cleaning the exterior
part of the bowl, the base of it, make sure you're scrubbing
the floor around it. The best time to clean your
floor and baseboards that are right by the bottom of your
toilet is when you're down there cleaning the toilet.
Because let's face it, your mop is not going to get in there as
good as you're going to get with your bare hands while you're
down there, or gloved hands if that's what you're using.
And you know, on this show, I don't talk a lot about scrubbing
the shower and the bathtub because I encourage you to kind
of combine that with maybe your leisurely shower or bath on the
weekend. However, when I'm deep cleaning
my master bathroom, I do deep clean the shower doors.
If you have clear glass shower doors, they're going to take a
little bit of extra care, especially if you have hard
water. So when I'm in that bathroom
cleaning, I like to spray the inside and outside of my glass
shower doors. I'll get a glass cleaner that
contains white vinegar or I'll use a spray bottle with vinegar
and water because that helps to get rid of those hard water
stains. And sometimes I'll scrub with
something abrasive, you know, a little scrubby pad and then I'll
spray it again and then wipe it with something soft like a micro
fiber cloth or even a bathroom squeegee.
We have a rule that when someone uses our shower, they have to
wipe down the inside of it with a squeegee.
You could also use a micro fiber cloth for that or you can do
both. But we can tell when somebody
takes a shower and doesn't use the squeegee.
Often when we're gone, one of the kids will decide to use our
shower and not use the squeegee. But they've, they've gotten
better about it. But once in a while, somebody
doesn't. One time my husband was like,
somebody took a shower in here and didn't use the squeegee.
And I'm like, well, you know, it wasn't me because I'm the one
who made that rule. By the way, he doesn't like it
that I make a lot of rules that apply to him.
So always tread lightly with your significant other.
Since you're going to scrub your shower or bathtub in another
step. I like to separate that from the
bathroom cleaning product process, and I think one of the
reasons that I do that is because it does help you avoid
procrastination on cleaning your toilet, vanity and sink, which
are the dirtier parts of your bathroom and the floor.
You're not going to procrastinate as much when you
separate the task of scrubbing your tub or shower floor or
shower walls. That's going to be done at a
different time, so you're not going to feel overwhelmed with
this big bathroom cleaning project.
I do have some episodes where I have you do that, but I
recommend just keeping some cleaning products in your shower
or tub and cleaning as you're getting in or getting out.
So on that note, you're going to end with your bathroom floor.
You're going to sweep and mop your bathroom floor.
If it's a big bathroom, if it's a smaller bathroom, you might be
able to kind of combine that process.
That's my favorite thing when I'm cleaning my kids bathroom
now and then I'm I let's I'll be honest, I'm usually cleaning
that bathroom when I'm expecting guests because they do a good
enough job on a weekly basis. But when I'm expecting company,
I want that guest bathroom detailed by an adult or at least
by my 18 year old son who has more experience than the younger
ones at detailing a bathroom. But I will often just grab a pre
moistened Swiffer mop pad. I get the generic ones or the
Swiffer, doesn't matter. Just pick your favorite scent
because that's really effective on my shiny bathroom tile and I
do it in the same way. I like to describe it as when
you're wiping off the countertop after you've made toast and
there are some toast crumbs that you don't want to brush onto the
floor. You're kind of grabbing them up
in that damp cloth while you're wiping down the countertop.
That's kind of the technique I use in a tiny bathroom when I'm
combining the step of sweeping and mopping and doing it with a
cloth, a damp cloth or pre moistened pad.
In a pinch, I've been known to clean that floor with Windex and
paper towels, but I really like using those pre moistened mop
pads and I'll even go a step further and wipe the bathroom
baseboards with those. By the way, your bonus task in
the bathroom, should you choose to accept it before you mop your
way out of the bathroom, is to wipe down your switch plates,
door knobs, the part of the door that people touch a lot, outlet
covers with a disinfecting wipe or pre moistened mop pad or
whatever else, a rag, whatever you use while you're finishing
up in the bathroom. I just wanted to say special
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There'll be a link to clean with mepodcast.com and when you go
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By the way, in Monday's episode, we're going to be doing dishes
and then cleaning your bedroom, so don't miss that.