I am blessed to have the best job in the world, I am a stay-at-home-mom (sahm). As a sahm house cleaning has become one of those unfortunate hobbies. Hobby you ask? Well, in order to not go completely crazy I have to make it fun!?! I guess fun is stretching it a bit.
As a homemaker, housecleaning is serious business and I think that most would agree. There are so many products to choose from it can be confusing to say the least. I always love when I find a new product or tool that makes my life easier. I have learned from years of trying various products that the right product or tool makes a huge difference. I have also learned that newer and fancier isn’t always the best. Trial and error seem to be my main method of finding the products I use. I love it when I get a good tip from a friend on good, Earth friendly products that work.
My favorite products right now are my Dyson vacuum cleaner and my new mop that I ordered off of Flylady.com. I do use a microfiber cloth for all tough areas, it really is a miracle cloths! I also use just plain old Baking Soda and Vinegar for most of my cleaning. I do use a 1 part bleach to two parts water mixture for disinfecting. I do try very hard to use as few chemicals as possible for many obvious reasons. Who knows what affects they have on our health and bodies, not to mention our environment. Most of them I don’t even feel comfortable using unless all of the windows are open because they smell so strong and harmful.
What is your favorite housecleaning tool and why???
LOVE your post! It’s fun to get into the “house cleaning hobby” and I totally know what you mean – that it does have to be made fun!
I too love my new FlyLady mop – although I admit I’ve only used it twice – I’m not a huge mopper!
I LOVE my new Dyson Animal (thanks for all you told me about yours to help in my decision) and I vacuum now every few days – just to see how many canisters full of dog hair (eeewww) I can pick up!
Our carpets look GREAT (well – ok – there are still stains all over the place – but that’s life with 2 kids and 2 dogs, right?)
I just got a new dusting tool yesterday, a Quickie brand, from Safeway for $7. It’s a microfiber “mitten” on a handle – so you can hold the handle and microfiber dust away and then was the mitten (no fabric softner) and keep using it (much better for me then the Swiffer dusters that are disposable and continue to cost more and more the more you dust). I had a blast – seriously – dusting today – and Judah was begging me to take a turn!
Happy cleaning my friend!