Cleaning

i need to get on the overstock train

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!

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.

She'll change the sheets for you.

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.

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.

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.

taxes, cleaning gutters, snaking the sewer...

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.

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.

Well, I hadn't realised that Ecover own Method.

i just bought a shark steam mop with a home depot gift card and i think i love it
am 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.

Jesse has one, I think.

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!

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

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.

It was actually a Shark brand cordless pet something something.

Jesse has one, I think.

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.

dust mops rule imo

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.

do you have a litterbox lid? We have one bcz kitty goes apeshit in the litterbox.

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.

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.

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?

New kitchen has white tile and BLACK grout so happy

don't use anything abrasive on the marble, if it's truly marble

Or anything acidic, like vinegar - it etches really easily

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?

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

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.

NO PEELINGS???! wtf is the point of a garbage disposal if u cant put peeps down it :/

Lil poor peeps I meant peels obv

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 RIP
sticking 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)

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

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

in my case the glass was so small that it snuck down there and when i turned on the power, RIP little juice glass
then i had to clean up the body

sisters in dead glasses, solidarity

My. Fucking. Boss. She puts whatever will fit into the garbage disposal at work, including one time, a whole box of barley.

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!!!

Egg shells are fine, but do not attempt to grind shrimp shells.

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.

Wow I had no idea garbage disposals were so fickle and weak!

Aside from murdering glassware, obviously.

seriously, tell it to my juice glass ;)

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

:(

I CLEANED MY OFFICE CUBE THIS MORNING

WOW SO CLEAN

no but really, it feels nice to get rid of all the clutter and all gross finger oils

i feel unstoppable

I love cleaning my work space. I like to do it on Fridays before a long weekend so it is all crisp and clean when I get back.

brb going to clean my desk

i love the air dusting cans

fwooooosh