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Four Free Printable Cleaning Checklists!

June 29, 2012

When I first posted my cleaning routines as blog entries, many of you said you love printable cleaning checklists. Apparently, several of you were printing them to post on your refrigerator or to put in your household notebook. But since you like things to be pretty — and easy enough for everyone in the family [...]

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Weekly Cleaning Routine: The Bedroom

June 18, 2012

Making your bed and keeping dirty clothes off the floor of your bedroom keeps it looking nice throughout the week, but it’s important to do a deeper cleaning on a weekly basis, especially for allergy sufferers. Follow this routine to clean your bedroom each week and you’ll never have to close your door in shame [...]

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Another 30 More One Minute Chores

June 16, 2012

When I posted my first article about one minute chores, a number of you wrote to say how helpful it was to see a list of tasks that don’t take a lot of time. The response was equally enthusiastic when I followed with another list of one minute chores. As one email put it, “Even [...]

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Cleaning Routine: Weekly Kitchen Cleaning

June 11, 2012

So, you’ve spring cleaned your kitchen and want to keep it clean with just a few minutes each week. Or maybe you didn’t get to do spring cleaning, but you’d like to get a routine that will keep the Health Department away. Here’s how.

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Crisis Cleaning For Last-Minute Guests

May 17, 2012

The best way to deal with unexpected guests is prevention: train them to give a week’s notice before coming over. Unfortunately, some folks won’t listen. If you’ve been following a daily whole house cleaning routine, there’s no reason for panic. But what if you’ve been too busy as Aunt Edna calls to say she’s going [...]

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Spring Cleaning: The Garage

May 10, 2012

I tend to leave cleaning the garage to my husband, and he tends to spend about 2 minutes sweeping then calls it clean. Considering how often we walk through the garage, and how much we store in there, it deserves more attention, like an annual Spring Cleaning.

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Spring Cleaning: The Living Or Family Room

April 30, 2012

Whether you call it the living room or the family room, or have one of each like we do, something about sofas and lounging attract clutter, dust and dirt. Although a daily cleaning routine can keep these areas looking nice, it’s good to give them a thorough going-over once a year. Here’s how.

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Spring Cleaning: The Kitchen

April 25, 2012

Some call the kitchen “the heart of the home”… and we all know how important heart health is. If you’ve followed the daily cleaning routine, your kitchen’s probably in pretty good shape already. Now, really revive it with a thorough Spring Cleaning. Here’s how to clean your kitchen until it sparkles. You will need Two [...]

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Spring Cleaning: Bedrooms

April 17, 2012

Considering how much time we spend in our bedrooms, it’s surprising how messy we let them become. Follow these steps you’ll sleep better knowing they’ve been truly deep-cleaned for spring.

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