What is the biggest pet peeve you have when it comes to the housekeeping habits of others? Because let’s face it. There is probably something that others in our home do that we wish they wouldn’t do. For instance…I wish my family wouldn’t leave the empty cardboard tube on the paper towel holder. And instead they would throw it out and put a new roll on. I wish my family wouldn’t keep stuffing garbage into the can, when it is clearly starting to fall out, and instead see it needs to be taken out. I wish I wouldn’t go into … Continue reading →

I just bought a new car and I’m a little obsessed with how to keep it clean. When I got rid of my old car I found that I have a hoarding problem, as clean as I thought my car was, there was a lot of stuff in there. I’m working on making some organizers to corral all that stuff but I’ve also come up with some rules to help keep it clean. No eating allowed in the car. I know it’s convenient to grab something and eat it on the way, especially when you are running late. The problem … Continue reading →

Another day of finding uses for things that tend to pile up around the house. Do you wear contacts? If you do you probably have more than a handful of the little lens cases. What can you do with them besides toss them out? Time to think outside of the box again. Here are a few things you can do with old contact lens cases. You can store small earrings in them when you are traveling or even just to keep them from getting lost in your jewelry box. Keep your ear plugs clean and close at hand in a … Continue reading →

Is your refrigerator the command center for your family? Are there business cards for the doctor, the plumber and the pizza deliver guy held up with little magnets? If your kids leave the house, do they put a note on the fridge? Are some of those notes older than you would care to admit? It may be time to clean the outside of the refrigerator. I’m pretty good about keeping the inside clean and it’s easy to tell when it needs it but somehow, I look past the jumble on the outside. I can’t count how many times I open … Continue reading →

I was recently watching a show depicted in the times before we had electricity. It was interesting to think about how different housekeeping was back then. In order to get the most out of your day, you had to get up with the sun. That meant rising pretty early. And the work didn’t end until the sun went down. I was thinking about how even back then, women kept a schedule. They knew when their day would begin and when it would end. They scheduled their housekeeping according to the different seasons. But they also set aside certain tasks on … Continue reading →

I spent Sunday spring cleaning the kitchen. For the most part, my kitchen is clean, or so I thought. There is always that tiny little space between the stove and the counter top where everything falls and the floor in there is a mess. The crumbs are easy but scrubbing up the greasy buildup in such a small area is really hard, I finally had to pull the stove out, then I found an even bigger mess. I was tempted to push it back! I used to use ammonia on grease, it worked like a charm with minimal scrubbing, but … Continue reading →