Cleaning without cleaning supplies?
While staying with my mom in CA recently, I learned an amazing secret. My mom came downstairs one day and looked at the shower. She said, “you know Megan, if you don’t want to use the squeegee every time to clean the glass you can just use your towel to wipe it down and then throw it in the wash.” And with that simple notion, I realized that the everyday chore of using that painful little plastic tool could be no more. She then said, “I just get a new towel out every day to use- it’s nice to have a clean towel every time”. Huh. Use my towel to clean? So the next day, I did just that. I used my towel to wipe down the glass doors. But then I saw the toothpaste smeared in the sink… and the marks on the mirror… and the dust on the floor… so I put the towel to work and cleaned up the whole bathroom. Granted nothing was sanitized (which I know it needs to be from time to time)- but the dirt and grime was gone. Eureka! This opened up a whole new world to me. Before I felt I had to wait until I could put on my cleaning clothes, bring out the cleaning supplies, and bust out my cleaning gloves before I could tackle this space, or any other space for that matter. Now I had it whipped up in 2 minutes flat. So from now on I don’t wait to wipe the floors or sink clean until “cleaning day”… I just use my towel. Now this may seem trivial to some. But for a stay-at-home, work-from-home mom of a rambunctious toddler who still likes to have a social life- this is a priceless tidbit of information.
So this morning I noticed our small sink area was in disarray. So I grabbed a t-shirt from the laundry pile, put some hot water onto it and went to work. My bathroom looks clean all the time and I still have a life. I don’t kid myself- sometimes having a room that looks clean is just as good as having one that is actually clean!
