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I mean, haven't you resorted to stuffing closets and under beds in a pinch? I can't be the only adult to using this cleaning method regularly. It's fabulous I must say! I clean out from under my bed just so I can restuff it a week later.
My kids are so lucky to have a mom that shows them how to get a clean house in 16 minutes or less. What's your secret/cheating tactic to getting you house to at least look clean?
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I found the yellow dress (pictured above and below) under my bed the other day with a huge orange marker stain on it. I had to throw it out. You'd think I would have learned my lesson. Nope!
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Ha! I've been there. My go to is to throw things in closets until it gets too Sanford and Sons, then I clean. Love the yellow dress, what a shame you had to throw it away!
ReplyDeleteHaha! Love the post. Put a big smile on my face! My 16 minute method of cleaning normally involves closets and cupboards!
ReplyDeleteI remember when you got the yellow dress. Hopefully you can find an adequate replacement. (o:
I throw all my clothes and miscellaneous items on a small desk in the corner of our room (hidden behind a chair). Then, I mentally block out images of a rising clothes pile. I mean, the whole rest of the room is clean, right?!
ReplyDeleteMy friend came over to pick up her daughter from a playdate, turned to me and said, "Coming here always makes me realize that my place isn't so messy!" OUCH! Obviously I need your 16 minute method around here. For the record, my place is spotless on Saturdays....but only that day.
ReplyDeleteOh man, the things people blurt out. An old friend of mine once told our co-workers (right in front of me) that I USED to wear make-up and do my hair nice when we were in High School. Thanks for informing everone that I haven't always been so messy looking! lol Some people just don't know any better.
DeleteSo honest! My worst cleaning secret is I don't own a dust pan. Everything from the kitchen goes into the garage (which never gets sweeped.) Everything from the bathrooms goes in the hallway to be vacummed up.
ReplyDeleteThe oven is the perfect spot for dirty dishes when having a dinner party. . . Not so perfect when you realize you have forgotten about them for longer then intended. Oops!
ReplyDeleteoh my i'm totally using this one. i don't have enough cabinet space anyway!
Deletei have wicker baskets everywhere, that are my equivalent of 'under the bed' - i just dump everything in there and voila!
ReplyDeleteyeah, i need some more wicker baskets. good idea!
DeleteI put everything in the "extra" room, and pray no one wants a tour! lol
ReplyDeletehaha so funny. that's a prayer that i hope gets answered! :)
DeleteI love this, Sharon! :) My mother had the same cleaning regimen growing up! I'm a closet piler myself. Oh, and I have a junk room. I've started to ask girls I meet if, at any moment in time, all their clean clothes are put away. The answers are astounding! And the ones that actually do put them away? I'm keeping an eye on them..... that's just weird, I tell ya! :P
ReplyDeleteWe are in the process of selling our house, so I bought a sea-grass storage bench for the end of our bed, so we could throw anything in there quickly when we have a surprise showing. It's so handy!
ReplyDeleteFor the first time in my life- and probably only because our house is for sale- there is absolutely nothing under my bed, which makes me feel very adult, except for the part where there are 3 "miscellaneous" laundry baskets of junk on the shelf in my closet.
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