If you have a lot of windows on your home, cleaning them can be a big chore. There is absolutely no shame in hiring a professional to come and clean your windows for you. There are many times that I hire someone to clean my windows when things get busy. I’m not a martyr – […]
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All About Dusting
Growing up, when I’d offer to help clean the house, the chore my mom gave me was dusting. It was the chore she hated most and so I learned to love it. I’ve refined my dusting methods over the years, especially having my own home to maintain and no longer having time to dust out […]
Oil Your Cutting Board!
The exclamation is for me – I’m yelling at myself for letting my cutting boards get so dry. I mean, it is the easiest little chore ever to oil them up. It takes literally less than 5 minutes to do. (And I’m not using literally in a figurative way, it literally takes less than 5 […]
Wood Floors: Care & Cleaning
I love the look of wood floors, but you do have to be a little picky with how you take care of them. Most wood floors don’t allow you to take a wet mop to them, but they still get dirty … and scratched. Years ago, in our first home with wood floors, I was […]
Why I Sold My Steam Mop …
While I was decluttering this year, I had to face the facts: it had been months since I used my steam mop. This is kind of shocking to admit. I mean, my arrival into using a steam mop was so weird. About 12 years ago when I had baby twins, I had seen lots of […]
Change Your Life With: Weekly H.M. Sessions
Do you wish you had more time? What if I told you there was a way of stream-lining some of your responsibilities and creating more time in your week? Your work as a Household Manager can, especially the parts that feel like a secretarial position, can feel all-consuming. You sift through mail, file things, make […]
The Jar of Job Opportunities {Money Jar}
My kids were complaining recently that they want chances to earn money. We’ve never done allowance before and they’re just below the baby-sitting age, so money-making opportunities have been pretty sparse. I mean, even though they’ve got mad lemonade-stand skills, they’re still not rollin’ in dough. My brain started hatching a plot when I got […]
How To Clean the Return Air Grill
A question people asked a lot last year during Spring Cleaning when they saw the checklist: what is the Return Air Grill? So let’s start by answering that. If you have heating and air conditioning, air is sucked INTO some vents and OUT of some vents. Most of the vents around the house are just […]
DIY Carpet Cleaning
Your carpets are disgusting. They just are, because people live in your house. I’m not talking about spills and stains, which may be part of your problem. I’m talking about gross disgusting dust, because despite what you may think: dust is not just on your furniture and baseboards. There is Dust on Your Floor! Dust contains: […]
How I Torture My Kids to Keep My House Clean {e.g. Kids Chores}
I hear a lot: I can’t keep my house clean because I have kids. While I totally get how kids are inevitably messy (mine STILL leave their socks everywhere no matter what I do about it), for me, my kids help our house stay clean. Weird, right? Let me explain. How My Kids Help Keep My Our Home […]