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[Mendalla]

I wish I could clean in 20 minutes. It takes about an hour to 90 minutes just to do floors on the weekends I vacuum (I wash hard floors weekly, vacuum the carpetted areas biweekly).

 

[paradox3]

I wish I could clean in 20 minutes. It takes about an hour to 90 minutes just to do floors on the weekends I vacuum (I wash hard floors weekly, vacuum the carpetted areas biweekly).

Do you use a wet mop or a steam cleaner on the floors?

 

[Mendalla]

Do you use a wet mop or a steam cleaner on the floors?

Mop.

 

[BethAnne]

I wish I had the energy to do cleaning for 20 mins straight!

I was post #62,000!!!!...and it was legal for those who will remain nameless

 

[Redbaron]

I am number 62,005!!!! Not that it's a milestone, but it's mine!!!! All mine!!!!

 

[BethAnne]

I am number 62,005!!!! Not that it's a milestone, but it's a mine!!!! All mine!!!!

it is and no one can take it from you...though we can take LAST away

 

[Redbaron]

True. But it isn't 62,005.

 

[BethAnne]

LAST as I wonder if it's still raining right now

 

[KayTheCurler]

Oh yes. Housecleaning. I have looked Into a few recommended systems.

I like the idea of the twenty tens. Twenty minutes of cleaning followed by ten minutes of rest.

I heard about a 'de cluttering' system a while ago.
Pick up an item.
Ask yourself - If this had poop on it would I wash it or chuck it?
Act accordingly.

 

[KayTheCurler]

Do you use a wet mop or a steam cleaner on the floors?

I use anold fashioned mop. We tried a steam mop but didn't like it. Gave it to a daughter who claims to love it. Neither of us could get past the observation that we seemed to be pushing the filth around the house, Maybe some versions are better than others.

 

[Northwind]

I heard about a 'de cluttering' system a while ago.
Pick up an item.
Ask yourself - If this had poop on it would I wash it or chuck it?
Act accordingly.

That's brilliant.

 

[Mendalla]

Neither of us could get past the observation that we seemed to be pushing the filth around the house

I run into that with my mop sometimes. It seems especially recalcitrant about hair. Changing the head just seems to improve things for a short time. Been eyeing Swiffers, which use a disposable, pre-moistened sheet as the "head", but that feels wasteful to me even if I liked the one at the cottage when I used it a couple years back.

 

[BethAnne]

I run into that with my mop sometimes. It seems especially recalcitrant about hair. Changing the head just seems to improve things for a short time. Been eyeing Swiffers, which use a disposable, pre-moistened sheet as the "head", but that feels wasteful to me even if I liked the one at the cottage when I used it a couple years back.

Mom got a washable sheet that she used with hers - after you're done just rinse (and if really dirty wash with the laundry)

 

[BethAnne]

Pulled out my drum and a 5-Day challenge from a few years ago...here's the activity for Day #1

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=3626007324378806

 

[BetteTheRed]

I can push a swiffer around, and also sweep. However, mopping gives my back total fits, as does vacuuming, so I delegate those jobs to the big guy or his occasional cleaning lady. (In my house, vacuuming is largely optional as I have only urethaned hardwood and ceramic tile on my floors.)

 

[BethAnne]

I delegate housework to the cleaning faeries...so far, they haven't been keeping up their end of the bargain

 

[BetteTheRed]

I delegate housework to the cleaning faeries...so far, they haven't been keeping up their end of the bargain

They do nought around here, also...

 

[paradox3]

It sounds to me like @Mendalla's floors are awfully clean.

 

[BethAnne]

They do nought around here, also...

Good to know it's not just mine

 

[BetteTheRed]

It sounds to me like @Mendalla's floors are awfully clean.

As in "eat off them" clean...very nice. I just caught Lucy lapping up a kibble I dropped when feeding this aft; another version of "eat off them"...