Cleaning

I've hired someone to do it for me. I don't miss it.

 

Our kitchen is cleaned everyday. In the two years we've been here, we've managed to reduce the amount of stuff we have by 50%. There are two things that we can't seem to keep up with. First, my business is remodeling kitchens and bathrooms. You cannot imagine all the stuff I have to do the work and second is our backpacking/camping stuff (how does the word stuff get the blame) we have.
OxiClean is a must as well as vinegar and baking soda. And we do have a house keeper service to do the rest.

 

Ooooh, I'm pissy today, might not be the right time to answer this, but I'll give it a shot.

What do you clean every day?
I clean the bathroom counter, litter box, and straighten the kitchen every day. Laundry three times a week, minimum.

What do you avoid cleaning?
I hate cleaning toilets, the shower, vacuuming the stairs.

What's your favorite thing to clean?
I actually don't mind handwashing dishes sometimes. And sweeping. They're both a little mind-numbing and let me see my progress. Laundry is okay.

Your least favorite?
see the second question

Are there chores you dislike so intensely that your SO does them instead?
There are supposed to be some that he does, but he doesn't do them, so I have to. I hate the toilets. I also can't stand scrubbing out the refrigerator.

What are your favorite cleaning products, or do you eschew them entirely?
Don't use a lot of products, Nature's Miracle on the cat box or puked up stuff, Swiffer on the hardwood, Clorox or Lysol wipes.
I have asthma, so that limits what we can use.

 

I use the green ones only... or typically the Target generic ones, they smell less.
I use peroxide, too, when I can't use the wipes.
Oh, and Windex wipes to get the flossing shit off the bathroom mirrors and wall... that's disgusting.
I'm nauseous thinking about what this place is going to look like when I'm gone for a year.

 

I don't know if this is true, or not, and I usually hate these types of posts on FB, but I'll post it in case it works...

 

Yeah, after our second child we decided having regular cleaning service was definitely needed. We pay 70 every two weeks. 80 if we want the fridge clean . The problem is they sometimes send the two young girls (24ish) to clean and they are horrible. But when they send the three old ladies....its like walking into a brand new place!

 

Before my health issues began and I "moved home", I made more than a decent living and was able to afford a desperately needed housekeeper. My allergies make it damned near impossible to use 90+ % of the cleaning products on the market, or be anywhere in the vicinity when they are used. I'm allergic enough to cats that being seated anywhere near someone who owns them can have me breaking out in hives and unable to breathe. Unfortunately for everyone, the hypersensitivity doesn't contain itself to the things I'm allergic to, and I can't take anything - over the counter or prescription, for allergies unless I have time to devote to climb into bed and sleep for 14 hours. Non-drowsy or otherwise - doesn't matter.
ANYWAY......
So. Cleaning - steam steam steam, with as little product as possible. Alcohol in a spray bottle and paper towels are my cleaning "go-to" for anything they can be used on(bathroom, kitchen). For wood and the like, Old English seems to be missing whatever it is in Pledge and Endust that bother me.

 

Dishes get hand-washed every night. I'm learning to not resent doing it as it's a regular part of my night-time-me-time routine. After the boys and (usually) Mrs Moose are asleep, I'll turn on Pandora, usually to my Enter the Haggis, Peter Gabriel, or Hard Rock Strength Training channel, and wash up.
Laundry gets done most days.
I try to straighten up the living room pretty much every day. Especially with the Destructor Boys living here.
Most anything else gets done.....once in a while.

Our primary cleaning agent is a spray bottle of vinegar with a few drops of Thieves Oil. But that cream of tartar thing sounds really cool and we're going to try it!

 

[Blush] I don't clean—enough—because I'm obsessed with my own work and live alone now. Well, I do clean eventually. But I need a therapist, which, in my case, is ironic.

So, thanks for the topic. I felt dismissive toward it at first, but realized that, ha, I needed that.

 

Ha. I have a cleaning person come every week for up to three hours but usually for one hour or so.
I have a small clean apartment. Cost is about TWO EUROS a week!