"I need to let the plumber into my master bathroom." Little strikes terror into the heart of a slob like those words. Even a vastly-improved slob. A vastly-improved slob whose bathroom had returned to slobbiness while she wrote a book about how to not be such a slob. Anyway, this is the before pic of my bathroom counter: Yowser. …
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Is an “Easier to Clean Toilet” a Real Thing?
Attention: This is NOT a sponsored post. I'm not being paid a dime to write this follow-up/reality-check-report from a post I wrote in December (which was a sponsored post). I am using an affiliate link, though. Back in December, I got a new toilet. It's the Optum VorMax from The Home Depot. It's a "high-tech" toilet, and has features …
The First of Two Things: Clearing My Bathroom Counter
I'm rather behind posting some decluttering "projects" I've done over the past month. The weather has been beautiful, and we've had lots of randomness going on each Saturday. But a few weeks ago, I decided to do Two Things. I knew I couldn't get EVERYthing done that I should/desperately-needed-to do, but I could do two things. Two small …
Removing Soap Scum From My Shower Without Chemicals (In Four Short Weeks)
It's Earth Day. We're not doing anything to celebrate, but I thought it was a good day to write this post that has come to mind at least once a day for the past few weeks. It comes to mind while I'm in the shower. I could have titled it: Why I Keep a Giftcard in My Shower. Because keeping one in there (a used-up one) reminds me to do a …
How to Use Reusable Cloths to Clean the Bathroom Without Being Gross
I put an Amazon affiliate link in this post. I couldn't help myself. I'm all for green cleaning. Really. Is it bad to admit, though, that my cheapness is more of a motivator than my sense of activism and earthiness? Oh. It is bad to admit? OK. Then I'm not admitting anything. I was just asking hypothetically. One of the biggest …
Cleaning the Bathtub (Another Caused-By-a-Messy-Closet-Floor Project)
Because I cleared the floor of my closet, I also cleaned my bathtub. Huh? The two don't seem related, but unfortunately they are. Bathroom Cleaning Day had been inhibited by the fact that I couldn't get to my bathtub easily. Chairs in front of the bathtub were piled with clothes because I couldn't get into the closet to put them away. I …
Adding Square Footage to My Bathroom By Decluttering
I added some square footage to my home this week. I get so used to shifting my hips this way or that to get by a HUGE SUITCASE that has been sitting in the middle of the bathroom for months . . . that I don't even realize it's there. It just seems like part of the house. But then, when I finally put it where it's supposed to go, it's like my …
Bathroom Cleaning Day – A Few More Details Here and There
My bathrooms are clean!!! Yes, I totally feel like someone should throw a parade. But the real congratulations should come because I've cleaned them three times in the past four weeks. My main struggle? Consistency. The thing that makes the most impact on my home? Consistency. The first time I cleaned them after a rather long break …
How to Clean the Shower Without Getting Yourself Dirty
One thing I can claim to be awesome at is thinking up Super (Duper) Logical Excuses. Seriously, I'm good. But today, I'm obliterating one with an earth-shattering discovery I made. Question: How do you clean a shower without getting your clothes dirty, wet, or the least bit sweaty? Answer: You don't wear any. I'll go ahead and …
