Today . . . was Bathroom Cleaning Day.
Not that I’ve cleaned a bathroom on a Tuesday (or on any other day when we weren’t expecting company) in many Tuesdays.
But I’m getting back on track, right? And a track is a designated path . . . right?
While a car can do doughnuts in the parking lot, a train only goes where the track is.
So rather than throw my hands in the air dramatically (though I’m awesome at that) and run around randomly picking up and half-cleaning all the MANY things that need to be methodically picked up and all-the-way cleaned . . . I cleaned the bathrooms.
Because it’s Tuesday. And knowing that Tuesday is Bathroom Cleaning Day lets me focus on doing the bathrooms well. And keeps away the nagging guilt that I really don’t have time to clean bathrooms when the whole house is in need of so much.
So, after my workout (see how I casually mentioned a workout like it’s not a big deal, when it totally is!), I dragged my sweaty-and-gross-anyway self into the bathroom and started cleaning.
Allergy season has started so I wasn’t in the mood to add chemicals to the list of stuff I’m breathing in, but I was out of my For the Bathroom Only dish soap.
So I used handsoap along with a non-scratch scrubby sponge. It didn’t work as well as the dish soap, but it worked better than not cleaning the bathroom.
The difference is actually VERY visible.
Since the dirt was also very visible.
I was reminded again how important daily habits are. Like the one about checking the bathrooms for clutter.
When I don’t do that, Bathroom Cleaning Day does double duty as Bathroom Decluttering AND Cleaning Day.
Imagine that.
Cleaning doesn’t take as long, feel as overwhelming, or seem as pointless when I don’t have to declutter first. When I can just clean.
But today I didn’t have the luxury of just cleaning.
I had to pitch empty shampoo bottles. (Top left)
I put away hair cutting stuff that had been there since two haircuts ago. (Top right)
I threw away empty toothpaste tubes and empty toothbrush packages. (Bottom left)
And I stuck a purse/bag/rather-ugly-thing in the Donate Box.
That “purse” had been sitting on my bathroom counter for more than three months. I never liked it, but it was free . . .
Free stuff has to be useful, right?
After toilet-bowl scrubbing, sink-scrubbing and on-my-hands-and-knees shower scrubbing, the bathrooms look oh-so-much-better.
And I’m ready for next week’s Bathroom Cleaning Day to go oh-so-much-faster!
--Nony
I just finished cleaning my kid’s bathroom! UGH! Why did I wait so long? I have to do ours, too, but it will have to wait until Friday. Sigh…
I recently scrubbed the grout around our bathroom sink, in the shower (which took 3 sessions because there are 3 walls and it takes a long time to scrub grout when it needs done badly), and the grout on one of the walls in the bathroom. Why does this bathroom have to have SO much tile? Anyway it look so pretty now!
Tuesday is my day for cleaning bathrooms too! My DD was in charge of “Toilet Tuesday” (as we call it) all summer, but now it’s my turn, since she is at school. 🙁 Those little people are more help than we give them credit sometimes!
Did you remember to put the dish soap on the grocery list?
No, but thanks!!! Now it’s on there.
I appreciate you making mention about being able to focus on just the bathrooms well even though the rest of the house is a mess. That might help me tonight in the over-whelmingness that is my home.
Try doing homeschool and having to clean the house! Its hard. lol.
Well…that’s good progress. And a good way to stick to your ‘track.’ Didn’t you do the kitchen yesterday? (it’s been a LONG day so yesterday feels like a week or so ago). You’re doing great at getting your home back under control. And from what I’ve read of earlier posts…it’s not taking anywhere near as long as it would have a few years ago. 🙂
Exactly!
So glad you are back! Missed your regular cleaning posts over the summer. You help keep me motivated. In fact I read your post then made myself get up and done task before coming back to comment. 🙂
Bathroom Day? I love it! my sisters and I all love garbage day. Our husbands all said, “Do we have to have a day dedicated to garbage?”Yes! It is an actual thrill when the truck comes and hauls the trash away. My kids joke that if our can isn’t full I go in the house and find something to toss!
Bathroom Day! I love it!