Home Keeping #3

I was meaning on posting my home keeping tips more often, but here are a few I've been thinking about.


Hard floors are my arch rival. Don't get me wrong, I love my wood floors, I just hate cleaning them. And with a two year old, it becomes a frequent chore. I finally deducted my enmity to the ringing out of my mop. I don't like dirty, wet floor hands and I don't like rinsing grimy mop pads out in my kitchen sink- gross. I don't have a utility sink and the bathroom sink is too small.

I've tried the Don Aslett velcro mop, which I love, but I only have one mop pad....the rinsing problem. I got a Shark Steam Mop. It's pretty cool. It is great for getting the dried up, smashed carrots and cereal up. It came with 2 pads so I was able to do half my floor with one and then finish with the other. But it doesn't slide well on my floor, (probably due to the copious amounts of maple syrup and ketchup that find their way down there) so I put off cleaning it because it is too much of workout. So my final solution for my floors: a 24 inch dust mop from Lowes for a 2 minute cleanup of the whole floor, and then the Don Aslett velcro mop with the Microfiber cloths from Costco (in the car dept.) I love those cloths. I can use as many as I want on my floor and then they go straight in the washing machine so I hardly have to touch them.

Problem Solved.

My other tip is to buy a new vacuum filter. I've had my vacuum for about 3 years and never changed it (they're like $20). But technically they should be changed every year. I finally got one and WOW the difference. I can't vacuum my rugs anymore because the suction is so strong now. When I looked in the canister after doing my family room, their was the normal fuzz, bobbi pins and Angie hair, but there was also a ton of this fine dust that made it in there. Who knows how long its been sinking into my carpet? But now it's gone. Yea!