oh no :(
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 June 2013 00:34 (eleven years ago) link
My laundry game has improved 100x over since I haven't had to stress about quarters. Part of that is general upgrade rather than any habit-change on my part, but it makes me all that much more positive that our old building was like a bad partner whose awful habits I had learned to tolerate or ignore, depending on the circs.
I've also decided that mopping the entire place every 2 weeks is excessive. 3 will be fine, 1x a week for kitchen & bathroom with white tile.
I'm also starting to think that blinds are someone's attempt to torture us. Working on replacing mine with something more manageable but it'll take time.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Sunday, 9 June 2013 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
I'm so happy for you re in unit laundry! It is amazing and I wish everybody could experience that joy in their own homes.
I have found good deals on bamboo blinds on Overstock.com. Also the first place I look for sheets and towels.
― carl agatha, Sunday, 9 June 2013 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
i got my bed on overstock.com. shipping was $1. i had almost forgotten about it!
― veryupsetmom (harbl), Sunday, 9 June 2013 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
i need to get on the overstock train
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 June 2013 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
for the first time in my life I have a garden + warm weather and wtf!! laundry dries almost immediately! Instead of over two days in the cold basement. I did two loads!
― kinder, Sunday, 9 June 2013 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
LL's house is very cute and very clean and tidy, even though, as she told me, she had not done special cleaning before I visited. It really looked like she had!
I, on the other hand, struggle to keep up with my own whirlwind up disarray. But I'm doing it.
It surprised me that the greatest benefit of hiring house cleaners is that it makes me do a lot more housework. She's coming today, so yesterday and today I spent quite a bit of time changing the sheets, putting away clean laundry, organizing papers, hanging the lamp that had been lying half-assembled on the coffee table, etc.
― Je55e, Thursday, 20 June 2013 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
She'll change the sheets for you.
― Jeff, Thursday, 20 June 2013 12:50 (eleven years ago) link
My bed is a major pain in the ass to make. It's surrounded on the sides and top, so you have to wrassle with the sheets and I don't want to make Maria do that.
― Je55e, Thursday, 20 June 2013 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks for being honest with me Je55e! It's so weird how many things are wrapped up in one's proclivity toward formal cleaning tasks.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Thursday, 20 June 2013 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
Xpost She's a pro, I'd let her do the wrassling. That's why you have cleaners, to do the stuff that is annoying.
― Jeff, Thursday, 20 June 2013 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
taxes, cleaning gutters, snaking the sewer...
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 20 June 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know. I usually agree but Jesse's bed, which I have seen but never slept in nor made, looks like a huge pain in the ass to make.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 20 June 2013 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
It's not like it would ruin her life, but it just feels like the worst chore in the world. But maybe she wouldn't think so and me doing something else and having her do the bed would be a totally great thing for both of us.
Like when I cleaned houses, my boss was totally fine washing toilet bowls by hand without gloves, but she hated cleaning kitchen sink drains, especially if they had any food caught in them. So weird.
― Je55e, Thursday, 20 June 2013 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
Well, I hadn't realised that Ecover own Method.
― djh, Thursday, 20 June 2013 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
i just bought a shark steam mop with a home depot gift card and i think i love itam i kidding myself that this thing is cleaning my floor? i feel like using it weekly is better than nothing, and it's super easy to use.
― no fomo (La Lechera), Sunday, 1 September 2013 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
Jesse has one, I think.
― carl agatha, Sunday, 1 September 2013 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
I finally ordered my handheld vacuum that I've been putting off doing for about 6 months. I have a car now so it's extra important!
― kinder, Sunday, 1 September 2013 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
I looked at those steam mops, I am intrigued by them!
I am currently addicted mr clean magic eraser mop, my floors haven't looked this clean in forever
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 September 2013 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
kinder, after wanting one for years, I bought a handheld vacuum this spring and I love the hell out of that thing. It has come in handier than I ever could have imagined.
― carl agatha, Sunday, 1 September 2013 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
It was actually a Shark brand cordless pet something something.
― carl agatha, Sunday, 1 September 2013 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
Not me. I figured it would make me less likely to ever mop the floor if I felt obligated to go through extra steps it would require.
I bought a dust mop, which is nice.
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Monday, 2 September 2013 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
dust mops rule imo
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 September 2013 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
What am I doing wrong in trying to control the cat litter problem?? I swept and mopped yesterday at 4:00 and this morning once again, litter is evenly scattered all over the living room, bathroom, and closet floors. And on the couch.
The litter box is in an alcove - and I've tried other locations - with a mat around it. I've tried various "low-tracking" litters and facing the box toward the wall. I've even tried trimming the hair on the cats' feet.
Thank God for the Roomba.
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Monday, 2 September 2013 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
do you have a litterbox lid? We have one bcz kitty goes apeshit in the litterbox.
― mileena cyrax (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 2 September 2013 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
Yep. It seems like one problem is that when they're done they jump out like a grenade just went off in there. A ramp is maybe the solution.
A lot obviously stays in their paws, too.
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Monday, 2 September 2013 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
I think the size of your apartment makes it worse, too. I can't think of anything we do that you aren't already doing. Francie alone doesn't generate as much litter as Sample and Francie did, so I guess you could set Brenda free.
― carl agatha, Monday, 2 September 2013 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
New bathroom has marble floors and it continues up half the walls - what do I clean it with and what should I definitely avoid cleaning it with?
― just1n3, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
New kitchen has white tile and BLACK grout so happy
― just1n3, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
don't use anything abrasive on the marble, if it's truly marble
― Jaq, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
Or anything acidic, like vinegar - it etches really easily
― Jaq, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I'm pretty sure Its marble but might check with landlord. Bleach ok?
Also : goodbye horrible peeling stain covered porcelain sink, hello STAINLESS.
Another question. : ive never had a garbage disposal before... um what do I need to know apart from no oil and no bones / hard things?
― just1n3, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
dilute bleach on a light colored marble should be okay
Throw a lemon rind down the running disposal every once in awhile to make it smell better
― Jaq, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
no coffee grounds, no peelings (potato carrot etc).
don't treat it like a compost grinder (as I did when I first moved here, yipes sorry gargage disposal). also important public service announcement for pretty much only me: it sucks when you break a glass in the sink and it all ends up in the garbage disposal. avoid that, definitely.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
NO PEELINGS???! wtf is the point of a garbage disposal if u cant put peeps down it :/
― just1n3, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
Lil poor peeps I meant peels obv
― just1n3, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
also important public service announcement for pretty much only me: it sucks when you break a glass in the sink and it all ends up in the garbage disposal. avoid that, definitely.me too, my favorite little juice glass RIPsticking my hand down there gave me the most unpleasant adrenaline rush
i just try not to use the disposal, just throw scraps in the trash like i usually do (composting is...not for me)
― no fomo (La Lechera), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
mr veg had to disassemble the whole unit to get my awesome glass shards out of it
i made myself scarce for that period of time
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
a few stray peels won't hurt it, but piles of potato peelings down the garbage disposal will ruin your thanksgiving
avocado skins are garbage disposal napalm, fyi
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
in my case the glass was so small that it snuck down there and when i turned on the power, RIP little juice glassthen i had to clean up the body
― no fomo (La Lechera), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
sisters in dead glasses, solidarity
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
My. Fucking. Boss. She puts whatever will fit into the garbage disposal at work, including one time, a whole box of barley.
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
I think I'm gonna print up alist of this stuff and keep it pinned above the Gb - there's noway ill remember all these rules!!!
― just1n3, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
Egg shells are fine, but do not attempt to grind shrimp shells.
― quincie, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
ooh, biggest pro-tip that is kinda common knowledge for disposal owners is when you do run the disposal, turn on the cold water and let it run down the disposal while it's working, and then for a little bit after everything's chomped up.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
Wow I had no idea garbage disposals were so fickle and weak!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 23:35 (eleven years ago) link
Aside from murdering glassware, obviously.
seriously, tell it to my juice glass ;)
― no fomo (La Lechera), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I know I was pretty bummed; after clogging the disposal at least twice I remember yelling at mr veg WELL THEN WHAT IS IT FOR IF i CAN'T PUT GARBAGE DOWN IT THEN
:(
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 23:53 (eleven years ago) link
I CLEANED MY OFFICE CUBE THIS MORNING
WOW SO CLEAN
― your authentic guitar playing self (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 12 September 2013 15:29 (eleven years ago) link