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This is off topic but... I couldn't help but notice the "fat free " half and half in your fridge. You should consider checking the ingredients of it. I think you'll be shocked. You're better off just using regular good old half and half! Some really good tips, by the way!
I 100% agree that embracing less and less on the counters, making the cleaning more accessible, makes a HUGE difference. I've also come to accept that some people just have more energy than others. But many of your tips would help regardless. Clear countertops are ABSOLUTELY easier to clean!
We had 5 children and we used to spend weekends cleaning. I asked them, how would you like to have weekends free? Go to beach? Well they all agreed😃 So each of them did one chore every day for one month. Just one thing along with their homework. Laundry, kitchen, bathroom, common areas and cooking. It was amazing! All learned to cook and do their part. The weekly menu posted on frig so ingredients were not inadvertently eaten. We did our bulk shopping at warehouse store. Taught all to work as a team and how easy it can be to do daily. I liked your video but I needed help.
I wish I had storage like you. I’m divorced now 8 years from my kids father. I have 9 kids. They are with me 99% of the time. There isn’t even a coat closet let alone shoe cabinet room. I also have no pantry or dishwasher. No room. Great vid. But you are blessed! I’ve made peace with the visuals that are unavoidable with presence and gratitude practices- I love my family and am blessed with little shoes, enough food making this sink filled with dishes, and laundry that clothes my loved ones still under my roof ❤
@@jessicagerber1894 - dear one, if you have nine kids, who are with you most of the time you do have at least one dishwasher, I hope! My parents had five of us, and when we each turned 10 years old, we were introduced to the world of washing dishes, and I was so excited that I would join the ranks when I turned 10. Granted, the excitement doesn’t last forever, but each child took a week of dishwashing in rotation (I have a feeling that mom was the alternate week when the oldest started). I hope that you are being diligent and helping your children help you! I had a friend his kids and husband never did any dishwashing unless there was nothing else to eat in the house and they didn’t have money to order take home/delivery. I suggested that she whittle down the number of dishes so that everyone in the family would have just one plate, one cup, etc., enough for everyone to sit down together if they wanted to. That would have at least controlled how much in the way of dirty dishes could happen. They extension she could probably have a limited the number of pots and pans. She worked all day and was so exhausted when she came home, and the entire kitchen was filled with dirty dishes. And I mean filled.
@@jessicagerber1894 - PS, I’m using my pantry for food, less and less, as we have adopted more of a carnivore/Ketovore way of eating. We are healthier for it, and more satisfied/less hungry. And there are places to get healthy meat and produce that are not too expensive. If you have a way to order A small freezer somehow, that’s how you can feed your family healthy meat in bulk. It might save you a fortune in dental And medical bills along the way. Just tossing that out for thought.
I think you should work on getting some storage even if it is one storage solution a month or one storage solution in two months: it will help sooo much on the long run. Depending on your finances, you can try to get free stuff from friends and family or online e.g Facebook marketplace. Getting more organised will help sooo much on the long run. Taking care of 9 kids will definitely NOT be easy : I hope you are teaching your children to help out in the house in their own little way so that you are not overwhelmed with chores. I also hope you get some help from friends, family and community : don't br shy to ask for help. In Nigeria, raising children is a community effort, sadly we are becoming more Western by the day and the negative impact of this is already evident. I see you.🤗 Lots of love from Nigeria ❤🇳🇬 🇳🇬
Living in Western Australia we mostly have mild winters and warm to hot summers. Very rarely do I use our dryer unless we have a week of wet cold days. I hang our washing on outside lines or in the carport. My lovely husband who has dementia loves to take the clothes off the lines and fold them and put them in the basket for me to put away. He does the dishes and I put them away as he gets confused. This works well and feels he is contributing and partaking in our life.
Sorry to hear that your husband has dementia. May I suggest to check out a lady named Jessie Inchauspe/Glucose Goddess on youtube? She is all about getting our insulin levels down as insulin resistance leads to a myriad of health issues including dementia. Dr Berg is also great on this! Do check them out and hope your husband recovers x
LOVE LOVE LOVE that there are SIX people working to maintain the household. I have a husband and a teenager, and I worked very hard from day 1 to make sure I'm not alone in maintaining my home. Everyone must contribute equally. ❤❤
I'm so annoyed by home keeping videos that show teens or husbands in the background sitting watching TV or gaming while the woman cleans. You are doing your children no favors by not teaching them how to clean.
@@teresawingbermuehle4212lucky? She said she WORKED at having everyone contribute. Funny thing about luck... the harder you work, the luckier you get. Instead of being snarky with strangers, sit your family down and unleash your (likely justified) pent up frustration on them.
I walked through the garage where I keep my recycling bin every day when I pick up the mail. The stuff I don't need goes right into the bin. Never makes it into the house. That really helps.
Getting people kids and adults to clean up after themselves is key, putting cleaning shoe soles and putting away and putting dishes in the dishwasher after they finish eating, putting laundry in its place, when people within the house kids included, do their bit it makes a huge difference
Kids papers. Although my kids are now grown, out of the house and “off the payrolll”, one of the ways I kept artwork and papers to a minimum was to have one box per year of school and stacked them in a larger box like drawers, labeled them for each year of school. Then when the kids came home and wanted to ‘save’ something, I said put it in your school box. When it was full, they had to relook at that pile o’ papers and art projects and decide which needed to go so the new one would fit. Kept the saving down to a minimum while allowing your children the power to decide what to keep and what to toss. Worked like a charm!
This is great until the last one is home and you have bins in your basement that when you go through them, you can’t throw them away cuz now it’s a memory. Wish I didn’t save so much!!! 7!kids
Suggestion for your laundry tips. Keep a pile of hangers in your laundry/utility cupboard. Immediately hang items from the wash or drier. Saves a lot of ironing.
Ok I had to subscribe after I saw you wipe down your shoes. My husband thinks I'm crazy for doing this but I have always done it, we also don't wear outside shoes indoors. Anyone who comes to our house is asked to remove their shoes.
I think the main thing that can be done in a family of four or five when I was coming up and our household no one was too small to do anything as far as helping out with cleaning right down to the youngest person we were trained to put away our clothes and our shoes and wipe down the sink of toothpaste after we brush our teeth so the next person that came had the same clean sink as you did when you Came in. It's good training and it follows you into 👍🏽
Yes to the wiping down and spraying of shoes to kill germs and make the confined shoe space have a pleasant aroma!❤❤❤❤ Finally I've found others who feel the same❤😂 I don't really hear of this being spoken about on cleaning channels and it's so important IMO. People tend to think I go overboard with the shoe cleaning step...say I'm not giving my system a chance to build an immunity to germs...I ignore and keep my home as germ free as I can manage. I would like to suggest though that instead of spraying Lysol INSIDE the shoes, use 70% alcohol instead. This combats odors and kill germs more safely as Lysol can cause a chemical reaction on the skin/feet if not careful.
I like to keep under the bed clear. It makes it easier to clean under it. It's not impossible to pull stuff out to clean, but you are more likely to do it the easier it is.
When my kids were little we would have our family huddle, like offices do at the beginning of the week or work day. Every Sunday Night We would discuss what was happening that week and who was responsible for what, who was driving who and what dinners we would all have together. then every night right before family prayers we remind kids and spouse about the next days activities... crucial when more than one sport is involved. Even more when they are driving! I love how you manage you home with everyones involvement. Studies show kids with responsibilities and chores grow up happier and more able to handle real life responsibilities. Good job mummy. You have a lovely family home. GG From Mpls.
@@lizzy5437 The Holy Spirit is our Helper. Her thoughts, our prayers are for all her battles. Her gratitude for this helpful video indicates she's got the right attitude.
Very good video. I'm exhausted from watching all that activity!😅 It would have been wonderful to have such a video forty years ago, when I had four little ones. At that time my husband earned a living, mowed the lawn/shoveled the snow, washed the car, and criticized my (lack of) housekeeping skills. I was so overwhelmed, that I never got to just enjoy my children. Had I known then what I know now, I would have had both a cleaner home and a happier family. Thank you for showing a better way!
Fab video! I agree with everything. My number 1 tip is little and often. Early evening reset is vital when you have kids. Reward yourself with the internet (or screen time) AFTER you have done the household activities 🎉
I appreciate all of these tips, but do you really work a full time job in addition to being a mom and a wife? Full time would be at least 36 hours or more a week. I don't get the sense that you do, but if you truly do, it would be great to see you incorporate the transitions between getting your kids off to school, and after you are finished with your job because those arebthe times it seems like messesbare made in my house. Just going through my day as a full time working single parent, I would never have time to vacuum twice a day. I need realistic tips I can incorporate in the time that I have. So if you dont work full time, please don't say that you do. It's not comparing apples to apples. Thanks.
@@BumbleDee805 - She might work equivalent hours, but if she is doing videos from home, she can do the extra vacuuming because she’s right there. That may also mean that kids are there for longer hours during the day and bringing more debris into the house on their feet. Single moms definitely have a different set of challenges! There are probably other single moms here that would benefit from you sharing what works for you as well. And I suspect, at the end of the day, having a decently clean place, is more important to you than having a show place that looks like a maid was just there.
If you put in a little work on the front end you could for sure do this if you have a full time job! Spend a weekend decluttering, organizing, deep cleaning and putting some new systems in place and then start fresh on Monday morning! You would be so surprised how far tidying as you go and spending a 10-15 extra minutes here and there will go to keeping your home feeling presentable! And make sure those kids are helping. Because they do make messes, constantly. They need to learn to clean up after themselves and contribute to the household by helping! One thing that has helped me is setting a timer to go off every night at 6:30 and the kids all tidy up! Pick up and fluff my pillows, blankets in our blanket basket, dog toys in the dog toy basket, make sure shoes are put away, push in barstools, take any toys or things they have left out to their room etc.
@@kristenbeaty1835 - my timer is talking to me right now! Watching some slow cooked meat, interspersed with purging/archiving, financial and tax documents, checking on laundry process, shredding, and taking little TV breaks! Because sometimes Downton Abbey is important. 😁
She is home - so she doesn’t commute - she seems to work at home - she can toss in a load of laundry and fold it while working - she can vacuum between clients on the phone, etc. MUCH easier to keep up the home when you are IN the home. During C19 I taught my class through zoom. I LOVED working from home. I was able to get some things done around the house when the kids were on break or given work time -
Agreed. Great tips but when she cleans house that is “working” for her channel. When she exercises that’s “work” for her other channel. For the rest of us cleaning the house and exercising is what you do AFTER you’ve worked 40 hours a week and fought traffic. Still good tips though.
One thing I do is write the expiration date on groceries large in Sharpie, and for stuff that lasts only a week, I use the Sharpie to write the open date or toss date. Makes it so much easier to see what needs to be tossed and when. Bright Sharpie--large date.
My lifesaver is my Roomba. I run it every day and it saves my back - I find vacuuming difficult. It’s great for under beds and I can set it for a “spot clean” in a messy area. I find them a thrift stores and garage sales and buy fresh brushes and filters on Amazon. The bonus is that my floor needs to be tidy to use the Roomba so I keep it picked up better than I ever have before. Thanks for your tutorial!
@@lindamarglon9361 - A friend of mine depends on her Roomba! If you ever need to go back to a standard vacuum cleaner, here is an important tip for your back. Don’t move the vacuum forward any further than it will go if you are standing straight up. Don’t bend over and lean into it to get further. That’s a guarantee to mess up your back a little bit and aggravate it a lot if you already have a problem. This is how I have adapted after a few injuries that have left me with some scoliosis. I also benefit from using a super lightweight vacuum. I covet the mew lightweight David vacuum, and have taken it for quite a test drive. But I will continue using my old Oreck XL until it dies. I paid a lot for it, but it came with a 20 year warranty. So they have kept it in shape with free service over the years and occasional part replacement for a fee. They no longer make the parts for it but last time they fixed my machine for free by scalping the needed part from another old machine. It’s a long story, but basically Oreck was sold to people who broke their promises, and David Oreck started over as David Vacuums. And they’re still taking care of my machine 23 years later. Sorry about the segue, but my point is basically That a lightweight but efficient machine has been so helpful for my back. And it’s amazing how many new options are available today. I just like to give a plug to products that last and last, and last while still performing very well.
I love my old stupid Roomba. I did a challenge yesterday between my kids: the first one used the upright vacuum until he thought the room was clean. Then my toddler put the Roomba in the same room during dinner. The Roomba picked up more!
I love this! Making your bed when you first get up sets the tone for the day. And as far as kids doing it, Emily Barnes used to say she could walk through her home and all the beds were made perfectly, because her kids were grown and gone. Appreciate their efforts and reward their attempts to be tidy!
These tips are really helpful! I love the idea of doing laundry the same day and clearing the countertops every evening. It really feels like the living space will be much tidier and more comfortable!
This adds up to at least 100 to 120 minutes each day! I am a solo entrepreneur ... I couldn't and wouldn't do that much. And I wonder how vacuuming such a large home "only takes ten minutes"? Our place is much smaller and vacuuming it all takes at least 20 minutes.
I wanted to say- that I do pick up after my family every single day- it’s about being tidy! If you can just keep on the tidy; when cleaning days come, they are so much easier. Of course you need a good deep clean once a week; but a used home is a loved home. It can look lived in and still be clean. Great video. I’m with ya- every day do at least one thing.
I just found your channel and I’m so happy I did!! Almost all the cleaning falls on me, I was sick a few days and my husband asked why things were all over the place. I told him yes, see all I do now
I’ve always said if you ever question how much you are getting done you’ll see how much you do when you are out of commission for a few days . Then you will see . 😂😂
❤good video‼️ Making the bed = TRUE‼️💥 Dishes=Run DW every night💥Laundry = a load a day is life changing, but I never put clean clothes back in the dirty laundry basket, fold while warm, put away, on to the next task. My husband doesn’t do this, and so he hates laundry…😂 no kids in the house, so I do the household laundry and mine…husband has always done his, and the boys always did their own. I came into the relationship when they were 10/12, and husband refused to have me touch any boy/man laundry…much appreciated‼️💥😎
This is Lorraine again from Corning New York I have a tip for you get your husband and children involved in cleaning with you have your children clean the toy room and the bedrooms they sleep in learning at a young age is very good thing to do I started my kids out at 2 years old now they're all in their thirties and they keep their houses very clean I have three children they learn cleaning at home from their parents or whoever they live with and I'm sure your kids and your husband like a very clean house that you do keep I am very proud of you for making this video and for keeping your house clean being a good wife and a good mother God bless you and your family keep the videos coming
Your home is a DREAM! I’m working toward a home like yours. We’re in a teeny 2 bedroom condo, with a toddler and one on the way. I’m doing my best to make it homey.
EXCELLENT video! Agreed on the shoe issue, if kids can do it at school, they can do it at home, 2:22. Give each child a large bin labeled with their name on it in the hall closet. Have a "boot tray" out for rain or snow boots or wet shoes to go. No excuse to leave any shoes anywhere else, and they can always find their own shoes when flying out the door in the morning.
Definitely using the "don't start the laundry unless/until I have time to do it from start to finish" routine. It has helped! I have tried a number of things, going back to when the washer broke and I thought it was a "good" idea to take the laundry to laundromat 1 time per month. Even for just our small family that was a major undertaking, using several machines and many exhausting hours at the laundromat then to have to haul things inside only to then have to put them away. It was only 1 time per month but what a pain. Another issue has been actually being happy with the results. So often the black clothing came out with white specks on them looking like there had been no actual cleaning happening. Now that I know how much a load can be to get the clothes actually clean, I account for that when I haul my dirty clothes to the basement; and even if I end up folding the dryer load while another load is in the washer, I am getting it done. I don't own a ton of clothes and rewear a number of items but still have about 5 loads when I do them so that at minimum is 5-7 hours (our machine is older and so the loads have to be smaller since they spend less time in the wash cycle). It is like a full day's work. So If I want to do 3 loads Thursday then 2 loads Friday I grant that, but I do those loads from dirty to clean, dried, folded/hung and put away. It is no longer a pain and yes, that little buzz from knowing I did a good job helps my aging brain. I take this approach to dishes too. I don't start unless I can do the whole job. But when I do start I do the job from start to finish (as in all things put away). The only area this is still a challenge for me is meal prep/cooking as I seem to have energy to prep/cook/eat but then not enough interest in the washing up/putting away. But I am making progress and that my friends is the point of implementing this routine: Start, see how it goes, tweak if you must, but do the task and get it done (then relax). You can do it!
@@AWanderingEye - I love the small load thing and like you, I don’t have a huge amount of clothing and I like to make it last a long time. I simplify my laundry by hanging a lot of it to dry straight out of the washer but with a table fan blowing on it and the pieces turned out really well. I posted huge detail about that for someone else who doesn’t have a dryer. When it comes to the food challenge, I have simplified things so much and I prep a lot of meals ahead of time so that there’s little or no work before I grab something from the fridge and eat it. Then I’m just eating out of a glass storage container usually and cleaning that and setting it to dry in the dish strainer. There’s hardly any point to using the dishwasher these days! I give it a workout once a week to keep it functioning, generally, on a day when I cook in something large and machine washable. I pre-measure appropriate amounts of dried food, which is usually carbs, if I’m indulging in those things. It’s easy to dump into the water or the crockpot or whatever. When I make some thing I make enough for a lot of meals and store them in some thing that I can put in the fridge, and some for the freezer if I make enough of it. If you do salads, have you tried those mason jar salads where you stack the salad ingredients in a particular order to keep it the freshest and then you just dump it into a bowl and add the dressing? These look really pretty in the refrigerator, BTW. At some point I saved some little plastic cups that had some sort of sauce in them. I can’t remember if they were from my husband’s rice, pudding, era, or what but they fit perfectly in the top of a mason jar, just under the lid. So I could literally add the dressing or the vinaigrette right there with the salad, but keeping it separate from the salad until I used it. And then those items could just go into the dishwasher or be quickly hand washed. I still spend a lot of time in the kitchen, it’s hard to avoid that, but I love how I have streamlined it! There’s probably the same amount of mess in the end, but the cleaning part is spread out, much more naturally.
Great suggestions! A lot of these things however would be difficult to do when you’re working full-time, Your spouse seems to be cooperative also which is not always the case.
She only quickly vacuums the 2 dirtiest high traffic areas which is the kitchen after each meal/while cooking, and the entrance right when getting home to prevent dirt and food dragged all over the house. Food stays in the kitchen, no eating on the white couches. This quick vac of high traffic area & food rule can be done by anyone working or not
No matter how many times I comment, my partner leaves crumbs on the countertop, mud in the entrance, his work clothes are stuck by the front door, he puts his dirty dishes on the drainage board so I can’t use it, his clean clothes are on the floor in his room mixed with dirty ones. I feel like crying everyday. Mothers, train your children.
I understand. Been married for 46 yrs. He still walks in house with dirty shoes over 3 doormats, leaves dirty clothes on floor, leaves coffeecups wherever he wants, crumbs on counter, etc. I have given up🙄
@@wudgee - I remember a homemaking book from years ago, when a wife was so frustrated by her husband’s habit of dropping his underwear on the middle of the floor, every single day that she finally got a hammer and a nail and went to work sticking a pair of underwear to the floor with it. There are others who feel your frustration.
@@wudgee - PS… Get rid of nearly all of your dishes so that he has a dish to eat from but he has to wash it if he wants a clean one. He might take yours and make it dirty and you might have to clean it to have dinner on it but sooner or later, he will have to wash a dish. And you won’t have enough to pile up. Do the same thing with drinking glasses, coffee cups. If he tries to bring more into the house, get rid of it when his back is turned. OK this is only sort of real advice. It’s advice for children who dirty up every Dish in the house. But I hope that the principle of decluttering down to the essentials can help you. I’m not trying to get you to start a war with your husband.
for a while, Walmart was carrying cleaning wipes (like disinfectant wipes, but with a cleaner). I haven't found them in a while now though. I really love to have the wipes, it's worth the extra money, because of how convenient it is to wipe down the kitchen and bathroom.
If you shake out the clothes between the machine and dryer, they have less wrinkles. Also if you shake them when you hang on the line, there are even less wrinkles. Then ironing is easier or just fold them. A little shaking goes a long way, and its a bit of exercise for your arms too 😊
@@angelacarroll9750 This is so true!! Not only does shaking out the clothes before you put them in the dryer reduce wrinkles, it reduces drying time. Lol about being an upper arm exercise as well.
I bought a eufy robot vacuum cleaner and that’s been a game changer. I run it downstairs every evening and makes the house feel so much cleaner - especially as I have a dog who sheds hair a lot!
OK you got to the best tip your husband does half like he should. Even though you didn't call it a tip. Anyone can kerp a straight house only doing half of the work. No burnout or resentment.
Husband doing his part certainly helps, mine does so much. He is currently deployed and so I am having to do the work of both of us, I do have two kids who are learning to take on the day to day chores that I was doing so I can tackle the ones my husband used to do. Of course there’s less laundry and less dishes being used but he was a champ at helping notice clutter when it was starting and he prided himself on his efficiency with dishes
I do all these things and agree they make a huge difference!! People always comment on our clean home. I will note we also purchased couches that have removable covers that can be washed, that takes some stress away if a kiddo with muddy toes jumps on it to relax! I also like getting the house totally picked up before relaxing at night, starts the next day off right.
These tips are great! Thank you! No Hate here. I hope you are investing in your children as much as you are with all this other business. These years are very special and investing in their hearts is way more of a priority than all this other stuff. Keep it up Mom
Hey QUEEN, you're not only teaching your family how to stay clean and organized, you're teaching me. I've learned so much from you, Andrea. I understand you're mainly doing reviews on Amazon products, and I saw the note that if negative comments are posted , you will delete them. To be honest Andrea, I like Amazon, but for right now, it's not within my budget. Unless that is if I need something specific. My go- to now is Temu/Shein. These companies are budget friendly. So yes, it's safe to say I miss these reviews as I took them seriously and bought many items because you featured on your channel. However, I love your humor and the way you say 'bag'. Definite Minnesota accent.😂When your family doesn't fall in line and things are in a disarray or unorganized, does this bring on anxiety for you for you? After all, cleaning and organizing is your career, and you share this gift amongst your followers. Keep up the good work Andrea, in my eyes, you are a clean & organization queen. 👑❤🎉
Kids are going to be kids so there are times when they make a mess and don't clean up, but for the most part, they are pretty good at putting items away when we ask. My husband does a great job helping to keep the house clean with me.
Beautiful Andrea ❤ you guys are an incredible parent what you will allow will continue. You guys have done a great job leading by example example. Props to you. ❤🎉❤🎉❤
@nanabuster7285 I appreciate the warning, I really do. I've been in the same circumstance before when I initiate a chat they respond promptly. Several items were missing from my order, instead of refunding these items, which I, they, refunded the whole transaction $289. I was in shock. I really do like Amazon, but for health reasons, I had to reduce my hours, and it's just not budget-friendly anymore for me. Still, I follow Andrea because she is a queen and funny as AF 😅😅 And OFC, she's from Minnesota, I love her accent brings great joy to my life while teaching me at the same time. Have a beautiful day. ❤❤
This was a great video - there was no magic bullet and I do everything you said - but I can’t tell you how happy I was that you dressed tracing children to put their things away. And their laundry in the basket, not on the floor. These things we take for granted I think especially on RUclips- but they are life skills and are important for mental health and success.
Organising the fridge is so important! Especially with the small fridges we have in Europe. Mine stands on the floor and does not have drawers, so before I used some organisers and sorted through my stuff I sometimes lost food somewhere in the back and only found it after it had gone bad (because I had to kneel in front of the fridge to see the back). Now I can store similar things together and pull out "drawers" to see what's in there. Also, don't forget that the expiring date on a package is NOT the time where you have to throw it away! It's a date until which the company guarantees certain attributes of the product, therefore "best before" and not "throw away at". You should always check the product because most things last much longer, even months after the expiring date (except meat, fish and raw eggs, be super careful with those things!). But some of those things are only really doable with a large home like you find in the US. In small German homes, you often don't have the space for clear countertops. For example, my mom's kitchen is so small that it is impossible to have more than one person in it. Keeping everything tidy is great but it's no option to store devices in the cupboards if you can barely fit your cooking essentials in them.
I grew up doing chores so I taught my kids age appropriate chores as well. It teaches self esteem, to work as a team. I never redid their chore just made suggestions on how to improve for next time. Once my 5th grader kept living out of his clean basket so he came home to his clothes strewn all over the bushes. I had warned him! Kids need to learn. Emptying small trash bins, folding laundry, vacuuming and picking up there stuff is important.
@@patriciamcgarr3183 I taught my kids to clean too. I made it fun. They are grown now. My twins will be 38 in December and my son will be 36 in the spring. They have all told me they appreciate that I taught them how to clean. My son even said it's helped him in the marine Corp lol. He said he's surprised how many of the guys don't know how to clean and he has to teach them.
Apparently I’ve watched so many vacuum review videos, that RUclips is now suggesting cleaning home tips for me. 😅 I can’t complain. I read through a few comments that said doing these suggestions would be impractical for their busy schedules and I somewhat agree. But, messes tend to pile up on one another and with 1 little action we take, it can really help our home look so much better. When we got a dog, I was at my wits end with seeing dog fur everywhere. No matter how much I swept the floor, brushed my pup, hair would accumulate at the end of the day no matter what. The image of becoming one of those wives constantly with a broom in hand angered me and I refused to sweep. 😆 I invested in a Shark robot cleaner. Because of the constant pet hair, I chose a bagless option and it has helped my floors be free from hair. Some of the hair still remains on my carpet, so I have to deep vacuum, at the end of the week. But it sure beats sweeping the floor day after the day with no end. I would suggest this investment if you have pets or kids that like to play outside and forget to wipe their feet before coming in. There are some fancy ones that can mop too but a basic robot cleaner will make the difference, trust me. You can even set a cleaning schedule so the noise is done when you’re away from home and have extra quiet time when you get home. Second, start giving everything a home! Assign an area where certain items, ie keys, jackets, shoes are supposed to be kept at. It doesn’t need to be a pretty closet for now, just an area to start. This will help if you constantly misplace things and simply give order to your home. Once that is set, you can look into buying nice furniture to store these things away from view if liked. Doing laundry little by little instead of a whole day will make “laundry day” less miserable. I usually wash certain items on certain days but if you have a big family, with kids doing sports, dirty work clothes it may be best to do as suggested in the video. The best suggestion I can think, especially if you have older kids but toddlers can start to help with little things, is to get everyone on board. Everyone needs to participate in keeping a clean home. If you share a home, a single person can’t do it all. I have memories of helping my mom fold hand towels at 5 years old. It’s never too early or late to teach kids and spouse 😉 a few cleaning tricks so everyone can enjoy a beautiful home.
Daily vaccum may seem excessive but it's a MAJOR time saver! I have hard floors. Black appliances. No mater how careful I sweep with a broom you can see dust on the dark furniture and appliances. So I only vaccum. My husband has an artificial leg and we have 2 havapoos running in and out all day so removing shoes is not an option to keep floors clean. 20 minutes a day to vaccum and a simple spray mop keeps my furniture looking great!
@@angella7576 - I love a good vacuum, plus microfiber dust mop to get into all the corners easily. No matter how good the vacuum is, there is still plenty of dirt left on the floor somehow. We still have some dark furniture, but I can tell you right now… When we downsize, I have a plan to go with light colored Hard surfaces. I may still dust a lot, but I won’t have to look at how dirty the dust is on the dark surfaces!!! Just yesterday I felt annoyed by dust that was clinging to the vertical surface of a black armoire! I don’t know what’s going on, and I suspect it has something to do with all of the lines in the sky, but everything seems dirtier more often now, including my car, which has some bizarre sticky dirt on it, that it never did 30 years ago.
@@bitrudder3792 I so get you. I'm planning my retirement home. Size and furnishings, everything to make cleaning quick and easy. I can't stand a dirty house and I'm NOT spending my golden years constantly cleaning lol
@@angella7576 🎯 i’m with you on that one! Currently stripping my home of more stuff in anticipation of less work cleaning while we are here, and a simple move when it is time to go.… or less work for whoever is left behind when I die. And I’m using paint and very strategic editing to make it beautiful. I told my husband, no more dogs, as well. Because if something happens to my daughter, I may end up with two Akita’s, one malamute/German shepherd mix, a dog of unknown origin, and a three legged cat with half of a tail.
Prior video Folex. Miracle worker. I had a terrible stain in my 3-year old car. A chocolate mousse tipped over and covered my passenger seat. Cleaned up what I could and then had car professionally cleaned. They did an excellent job but within a few weeks the stain was back. I purchased 2 car seat covers. I had purchased this a while back but finally decided to try it out. MIRACLE. It took the stains off almost instantly. These have been on my car seat for at least two years in the heat etc. sprayed a generous amount and wiped off with cloth. I waited a week to see if the stain would come back and it hasn’t. I was going to have to get the seat reupholstered. Then I tried it on clothes and it was fabulous. In fact just got home from lunch with my family and I was wearing a white shirt and got red sauce on it. I sprayed some on and wiped with a tissue and it came right out. I recommend it to everyone. Thank you for sharing this with me.
Andrea Jean, all are motivation kick starters but have to pick the trick for keeping your kitchen countertops clear and bathroom towels changed daily as well as quick tidy up the bathroom daily as my favorites. Oh wait because I wrote it down I have a third one, the three things, Need this, Love this, and Really using this!! 😊 Those are tops!!!!
Good tips - I do some of these! BUT kind of funny - anyone else notice she says like 5 times "I do this every day and it takes me 10-15 minutes"? I laughed because I was like "lady, you're cleaning over an hour every day." BUT that aside I think all of these are really great tips and I'm going to try to bring consistency back into my home routine the a few of these that I've let slide since school started.
You're a real down to earth person. You're kinda funny to..I love that about you. You stay with reality. Our home won't look like a movie production set daily I will continue to watch you for these reasons 😮😅😊.
I don't have a dishwasher and my sink and benchtops remain clear as I sneakily have a basin in my twin tub washing machine. I rinse and pile my dishes in this basin throughout the day, bring out in the evening to do rhe dishes. I live alone and no visitor has ever opened the top of my washing machine. 😊
@@janetbransdon3742 - for the year or so when my dishwasher was broken, I frequently used the dishwasher as a dish drainer! I just needed to leave it open, or at least cracked for air circulation. But honestly, as empty-nesters, we are often just washed and dried things and put them away as we went. We took forever to replace it because we didn’t need it, and it was hard to find one with a decent review. They are all so complicated now that there’s just more to break. Got a great price on a new European brand that has a stainless steel Interior, after checking to make sure there were trained technicians in our area. I wish it were less electronic, but that seems to be an impossible request these days.
That is awesome that your husband gets it --that it takes cooperation and that he shares in the household work. I won't make that mistake again with the next partner.
For me, the most important thing is to start the day with a clean kitchen. It really makes a difference. Also, I vacuum a couple of times a day (most days) because we live in the country and have 3 big, hairy dogs. It's a matter of survival, otherwise mountains of hair would overpower us, and eventually take over our home and kick us out.
@@migrabar79 - I agree about the kitchen! And if, for some reason, it wasn’t finished the night before, I like to put away the clean ones in the dish drainer immediately, before I do anything else. And rarely we have some thing left over that wasn’t washed and that gets taken care of. I don’t have a dog Hair problem anymore except when my grand dogs come to visit for a week., But because of health issues, I don’t use pesticides around the house. So keeping crumbs and grease drops cleaned up is VERY important, Or else, I will have 6+legged intruders, trying to take over my house!
In our house, no one walks in shoes at all. It's either indoor slippers, socks or bare feet. All shoes are kept in the mudroom. We have no carpets/rugs in our home. That traps dirt and smells. We have 2 roombas for each floor and they sweep and suck out any fur balls or dirt/crumbs/dust. They run twice a day on the main level. Our couches/sofas and chairs are leather. We wipe them down every day. Kitchen/mud room and bathroom floors get mopped every night right before bed with very hot water twice and all garbage is taken out at the end of the day. All pillows, cushions, pet beds and throws get put outside on sunny days on the weekends to air out and sanitize (sun is a natural sanitizer). We do not use or spray chemicals in our home. We clean with natural cleaners that I make with white vinegar and citrus peels and baking soda. We keep natural unscented baby wipes in the mudroom in the refill size, which holds I believe 380+wipes (less plastic), to wipe off our sneakers and bottoms of our shoes/boots and we have shoe holders & boot dryers in the mud room. Sports equipment and sports bags get aired out in the sun as well. All sports shoes and work boots have "odor eaters in them" and are replaced regularly. We do not use any commercially scented soaps or fabric softners in our wash. We do not use bleach. Most of our laundry gets line dried. If whites need to be brightened, I use peroxide and baking soda in the wash and dried in the sun (natural brightner). After every meal, all dishes glasses utensils, pots and pans get washed, dried and put away. All counters/tables are wiped down. Stove top, if used for that meal, gets wiped down. We do not use paper towels at all. We have plain white 100%organic cotton kitchen towels that are lint free. We keep about 20 of them in the kitchen for any spills or cleaning. And several in each bathroom. We also have a few for our baking needs (to cover dough, or fresh baked goods). If by chance we want any scents in the house, I dry citrus peels, pine sprigs, lemon balm, lavender or Russian Sage sprigs, cedar sprigs, mint sprigs, rosemary sprigs, and we use a small hot pot just for that with some filtered water. No candles are lit in the house or scented wax melts either. We do not buy any plastic bottled or aluminum canned beverages, less recyling mess and better for our bodies. Nonpladtic dishwear or food saver containers. We use glass and stainless steel only. The whole house gets aired out daily, even in the winter (with cracked windows), to let the stale air out and clean fresh air in. We have 4 dogs too. They are bathed every week at home and brushed often. The great pyre hair, we save and make stuffed pillows for the dogs. Their paws are wiped when they come in from outdoors. We make our own soaps from pig lard, goat milk, organic coconut oil, organic olive oil, almond oil, organic pumpkin seed oil, vitamin E oil and maybe some organic shea butter. For the dog soaps, we put in very fine powdered oatmeal which is good for their skin. We put that oatmeal in our goat milk, rose and oatmeal with vitamin e oil soaps. Very moisturizing for our skin. Most bars are not scented, some are, with either natural lavender or lemon balm or rose water or coffee (great for scrubbing dirt off hands and feet) or tea tree and eucalyptus oil. Believe me, everyone chips in with all chores. I do not wipe down everyone's shoes. Considering there are 12 of us (all 18 years old and up) and we have a homestead with outdoor daily chores as well, our home does not smell, it's clean and organized. Our washer is used almost all day long. I do not wash anyone's clothes, everyone does their own loads and put it out to dry. If it's raining outdoors, we have drying racks and there is always the dryer if need be. We have dozens of alpaca dryer balls that we put drops of lavender oil or lemon oil on them and toss them in with what needs to be dried. People are amazed when they come to our home, considering 12 people and 4 dogs live there daily. We try to keep as clean as possible, and once a month, we all do a deep clean in all rooms.
Great tips! I realised I have been doing all of them, bar the vacuuming and laundry every day - because those I don't need. Just one remark - if you wanted less visual clutter in the kitchen, maybe change those patterned countertops and splashback? Anyway, just a thought. Thank you for the video!
I just watched almost all of your videos lol so much to learn not that I don’t know how to clean however you have some great tips and tricks that are great 👍 keep up the good work and stay blessed.
When our house was built.... not by us... the entryway contained the washer and dryer hook ups. So the first thing guests see when coming in, is our washer and dryer right out into the open!! What I discovered over the years, is that it seems to be a handy place to dump items on top of, when coming in the house!! ARGH!! My solution? I found some small, but very plush bathroom rugs that fit neatly on top of both appliances, coordinating with the color scheme in my front porch, which is navy blue. Those little rugs will NOT hold drink cups without tipping them over due to the plush material, so it eliminates cups from accumulating on top, as it did before. --- It seems that the cups are the first thing to be set on top. BUT, because it looks decorative, and I do have a little basket of greenery along with a cow figurine on top of the dryer only, (we are ranchers), it makes it look like it is decorated and not a place to dump junk. ---The rugs were a must to keep from scratching the surfaces of the two appliances as well as a potential catch all spot. If the porch had room, or if we had a place to put these two appliances, it would have been done years ago, but alas... they are a permanent fixture in our entryway. My go to daily routine, now that the kids are gone and it is just my husband and I, is the following: Make my bed. Get dressed and comb hair with a touch of makeup. Start a load of laundry.... if I have a load. Unload the dishwasher if I had ran it the night before. Spend 7 minutes cleaning bathrooms... starting with the guest bathroom, do a quickie swish in the bowl, and swipe on the rim and lid with a sanitizing wipe. Using another wipe, clean off the sink counter. If time allows, clean the half bath off the living room, and then the Master bath. Start with the one you didn't get to the next day... if you didn't get to it. Check countertops and floors in main path areas. Vacuum/mop if necessary. When I have a moment during the day, I finish drying and putting away the clean clothes. And I make a point once a week or so, to do a deep clean in this or that bedroom, or other rooms in the house. Dusting is my downfall... I notice most frequently. But having my own steam cleaners both upstairs and downstairs, I DO clean my carpets 3-4 times a year, and we have a no shoes policy on carpeted areas. I am a space person so I don't like "extra" stuff on top of ANYTHING.... counters, dining room table, beds, dressers... unless it is decorative. To me having stuff on top of flat surfaces looks cluttery and makes my house feel smaller.--- What I discovered is that nearly all my guests ask me FIRST thing "How do you keep your counters free from stuff?"--- SPACE person! LOL As a caterer/cooking class instructor, and an "In home Airbnb hostess" .... I joke to my husband that I can fill a dishwasher and a trash can faster than anybody I know! 😄 So it is important to me that my kitchen is clean all the time. Who wants to have a guest drop in... and look around and think to themselves "I don't want this lady to cook food for ME in this kitchen"! LOL
@@jomama81ranch8 - after a number of years I replaced my Maytag Neptune that had cost me a fair amount of money due to the electronics in it, I purchased a brand new set of speed, queen machines. Commercial quality for the home, stainless steel interiors, and a reputation for reliability and simplicity of operation. They weren’t cheap! I love them, and I always keep a large dish drainer mat on top of the dryer, And I keep the washer lid open on top. (We live in a humid area.) I jealously guard and protect the exterior of these wonderful machines!
I need to practice # 10. I’m starting tomorrow. It’s almost midnight and I’m not starting now. I have way too much clutter. Some is going to be donated. Some will be arranged in a cupboard. I can’t wait to get started. I love your idea with shoes. I actually did something similar about 3 years ago. I don’t spray them every day but at least once or twice per week. Thank you for sharing your tips for keeping your house in tip top shape. You have a beautiful house. A little newer than mine.
I love your tips because even old-timers like me can use reminders! Please, please, please, tell me about your plum colored sneakers! The ones you are wearing are my favorite color. The last time I had sneakers like that I bought 5 pair-gave 2 away to my sisters because they enjoy that color, too. Now I’m down to my last pair. Please tell me the brand, etc! Thank you in advance. That says, now I’m going to watch less distractedly and take notes! 😘
I love the cleaning of the bottom of shoes with wipes! However, my husband can heat a small country while sleeping at night. Every morning, his side of the bed is damp. So I straighten the sheets and then fold his side back over my side. The pillows are never stacked either, I spread them out with none touching so all are dry by bedtime.
You clean your refridgerator every day?? I am very impressed!! 👏I wish I had your energy level. I guess I just dont have enough energy and time to have a clean home... 😔
This may sound silly but i have a sharpie marker in a drawer right next to fridge we write the date the item is opened on everything that goes in there except for produce which can obviously be seen when expired that way we don’t go by use thru date we can see how long something has been opened works for us anyway
@@molly9518 - Andrea does have an amazing amount of energy, doesn’t she? But I absolutely agree with the other people who answered you here because it works for me as well. Just start where you are with your refrigerator. Each time you go to the refrigerator, do a little something. Example: Do a refrigerator challenge and See what needs to be used first of all. If it can’t be used, toss it. That will become a habit. Check expiration dates. Somethings might last longer, but usually that applies if the item hasn’t been opened yet. So use it or get rid of it if it’s near or just after the expiration. As things thin out, Shift things a little bit so that you can clean a shelf or a door cubby. Just one at a time. Think about your refrigerator as a great place to store, prepped food and fully prepped meals that can be eaten cold or hot. Maybe store them in portion sizes. Get in the habit of thinking of your refrigerator as a pass-through area instead of a storage facility. It won’t take long before you can have a clean refrigerator that functions really well for you. And it will take a lot less energy!
That's the kind of video that I need, though I don't have washing machines and neither intend to 😅 My greatest problem is that I feel bad in tossing things away, turning them from clutter to trash. There is no trash bin naturally on the planet. (And we really don't need to love everything we have, if they are decent and functional, don't replace them)
AJ - MY problem is (to answer those 3 questions about stuff) that my husband will answer "no.....but I may need it. It still works, it's still useful and if ______ breaks then I have it". Omgggggg someone please come help me with him 😩
I've seen some couples' approach to this: My Space, Your Space and Our Space. "Our Space" has to be kept to the level by all living here to that level required by the most needy: So if the most needy is the person who requires it super clean and organized, so goes it. I have allergies and if I had to share a house with another adult I would need to implement a very clean environment (otherwise my allergy meds don't work, I get sick and I cannot function and it all goes downhill from there). So that may mean that the person with the need does more upkeep in that "Our Space" area but the other person cannot unload all their stuff in that space. Each person's "My" or "Your" space has to be sacrosanct. It is theirs to keep as they see fit. With the one caveat: If anything in there is super important and the other person has to retrieve it, that category of items needs to be organized for someone else to access it. So if hubby has a stroke or breaks a leg and had to lean on you to fetch and carry and you cannot locate his shoes/socks/favorite music cd, or book for him, he will be the one harmed. And you will be secondarily harmed since you as his helper will need to dig through their piles of stuff before he can have his vital item. So have some love and care for your cohabitants and think beyond your own personal convenience. Not all of your things need to be readily accessible to the whole household, but the vital, needed items that you care about ought to be easy to access if someone else needs to help you get them. Maybe that will make sense to your hubs. It may mean that "the broken but needs a part" items he's unwilling to part with now, will be dispatched to make room for the vital, needed, and loved things.
That's a tough one.... I would assess how long it's been there and unused... is it a low cost replacement if "said item breaks"? If it's cheap to replace, get rid of it and buy a new item IF the time comes. 🤷🏼♂
@@christyhancock7387 - intervene early rather than late. Honestly, if everything that he wants to keep has a specific home that is accessible. (very easy to get out, very easy to put away when done), that is not the worst thing in the world. But if he has multiples because he keeps buying buying things because he can’t get to or remember where he put things, he needs to start facing reality about having a hoarding tendency, and he needs to face it before it gets really bad. I’ve seen what happens when it gets really bad in other peoples homes. It doesn’t start out that way, but it gets out of hand in the most insidious way! You might need to do again, and appreciate the wisdom of saving some things and teach him how it is very unwise to save certain things. My husband seemed to think that saving eight track tapes in the garage in southeast Texas was a good idea. There were still a few eight track players around back in those days, but it wasn’t music that either of us really valued very much. It was more sentimental because he had spent all this money on those eight track tapes. What was the end of that? Cockroaches found these eight track tape cassette cartridges to be incredibly, inviting as homes and they formed nests and multiplied in our garage. They all just ended up being thrown out. (which made me happy because they were gone). And it has been an ongoing challenge to teach him about how cockroaches like cardboard paste that is in corrugated Cardboard boxes. I had to point out mold, and mildew on things and why things get ruined when stored in the attic as well. I learned a few things along the way as well, about the follies of storing things, even inside the house that has excellent central air and central heat. I don’t use pesticides for health reasons, so that does add to the challenge, but even with pesticides, Insects love areas that have things piled up, things piled too high or too long can mask leaks that go on and suspected. We had a leak I didn’t see for the longest time because I was storing things on the shelf near a ceiling, and I didn’t see the leak until it extended far enough for it to be visible. That cost a lot of money to fix! Structural damage is something else, I know people who had to fix their ceilings because they were storing stuff in their attic for other people. There is a limit to what some attics can carry and sometimes you don’t figure that out until you have an expensive repair to do. I hope some of these ideas will help your husband realize that it can be a false economy to save everything that could be helpful. A very, very false economy. Over the years this has taught me to invest in things like wall-mounted shelving for the garage that is not mounted too high to the ceiling. I automatically put wheels on heavy things like file cabinets so that I can clean behind it regularly. I don’t stack things in corners. I purge regularly. I have some of the same instance as your husband, saving things that are perfectly good. In some cases, I am extremely glad that I have done that. In other cases… Not so much. Conversations with your husband about ease and function, and the feeling of clean open space around you may help him understand that the compulsion to save useful things isn’t the only value that your home house. And that you sacrifice other values for it.
I loved your shoes dilemma solutions!! I have enough shoes to shod a third world country!! Housing dress shoes and sneakers are my banes. I need sturdier under the bed and over the door receptacles. I don’t even want to talk about paper! It ‘s overwhelming and the influx of it is never-ending. I need therapy for this issue! 😁. Thank you these tips!! You may have just saved my life or at least my sanity. ❤
I was looking for something new to use. I already do all of these things. Hoping for a hint on a messy big kid (husband) to see what mess they are making and fix it straight away. I don’t have a dishwasher, so I have to keep on top of the kitchen instantly.
I hope you train your two boys to make their beds too. 😁 They’ll likely need to know ALL of this to live successfully on their own... and their future partners will love you for it! Will even impact any grandkids that come along!
Never start laundry I dont finish. Try to keep counters clean, rent a townhouse, not enough counters. I have become a basket queen to keep everything wrangled.😊
I love doing laundry and do it daily. I have to walk two sets of stairs to do it too. I do my clothes separately from my husbands, making it easier to put away. I am retired and 75 but have always done it this way.
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This is off topic but...
I couldn't help but notice the "fat free " half and half in your fridge.
You should consider checking the ingredients of it. I think you'll be shocked. You're better off just using regular good old half and half!
Some really good tips, by the way!
I 100% agree that embracing less and less on the counters, making the cleaning more accessible, makes a HUGE difference. I've also come to accept that some people just have more energy than others. But many of your tips would help regardless. Clear countertops are ABSOLUTELY easier to clean!
Great info lady! 🎉❤
We had 5 children and we used to spend weekends cleaning. I asked them, how would you like to have weekends free? Go to beach? Well they all agreed😃 So each of them did one chore every day for one month. Just one thing along with their homework. Laundry, kitchen, bathroom, common areas and cooking. It was amazing! All learned to cook and do their part. The weekly menu posted on frig so ingredients were not inadvertently eaten. We did our bulk shopping at warehouse store. Taught all to work as a team and how easy it can be to do daily. I liked your video but I needed help.
I wish I had storage like you. I’m divorced now 8 years from my kids father. I have 9 kids. They are with me 99% of the time. There isn’t even a coat closet let alone shoe cabinet room. I also have no pantry or dishwasher. No room. Great vid. But you are blessed! I’ve made peace with the visuals that are unavoidable with presence and gratitude practices- I love my family and am blessed with little shoes, enough food making this sink filled with dishes, and laundry that clothes my loved ones still under my roof ❤
@@jessicagerber1894 - dear one, if you have nine kids, who are with you most of the time you do have at least one dishwasher, I hope! My parents had five of us, and when we each turned 10 years old, we were introduced to the world of washing dishes, and I was so excited that I would join the ranks when I turned 10. Granted, the excitement doesn’t last forever, but each child took a week of dishwashing in rotation (I have a feeling that mom was the alternate week when the oldest started). I hope that you are being diligent and helping your children help you!
I had a friend his kids and husband never did any dishwashing unless there was nothing else to eat in the house and they didn’t have money to order take home/delivery. I suggested that she whittle down the number of dishes so that everyone in the family would have just one plate, one cup, etc., enough for everyone to sit down together if they wanted to. That would have at least controlled how much in the way of dirty dishes could happen. They extension she could probably have a limited the number of pots and pans. She worked all day and was so exhausted when she came home, and the entire kitchen was filled with dirty dishes. And I mean filled.
@@jessicagerber1894 - PS, I’m using my pantry for food, less and less, as we have adopted more of a carnivore/Ketovore way of eating. We are healthier for it, and more satisfied/less hungry. And there are places to get healthy meat and produce that are not too expensive. If you have a way to order A small freezer somehow, that’s how you can feed your family healthy meat in bulk. It might save you a fortune in dental And medical bills along the way. Just tossing that out for thought.
I think you should work on getting some storage even if it is one storage solution a month or one storage solution in two months: it will help sooo much on the long run.
Depending on your finances, you can try to get free stuff from friends and family or online e.g Facebook marketplace.
Getting more organised will help sooo much on the long run.
Taking care of 9 kids will definitely NOT be easy : I hope you are teaching your children to help out in the house in their own little way so that you are not overwhelmed with chores.
I also hope you get some help from friends, family and community : don't br shy to ask for help.
In Nigeria, raising children is a community effort, sadly we are becoming more Western by the day and the negative impact of this is already evident.
I see you.🤗
Lots of love from Nigeria ❤🇳🇬 🇳🇬
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You cannot go and have 9 children and then complain-why did you have so many??
Living in Western Australia we mostly have mild winters and warm to hot summers. Very rarely do I use our dryer unless we have a week of wet cold days. I hang our washing on outside lines or in the carport. My lovely husband who has dementia loves to take the clothes off the lines and fold them and put them in the basket for me to put away. He does the dishes and I put them away as he gets confused. This works well and feels he is contributing and partaking in our life.
Sorry to hear that your husband has dementia. May I suggest to check out a lady named Jessie Inchauspe/Glucose Goddess on youtube? She is all about getting our insulin levels down as insulin resistance leads to a myriad of health issues including dementia. Dr Berg is also great on this! Do check them out and hope your husband recovers x
The system you and your husband have sounds lovely.
🙏🙏🙏Bless you and your family!
LOVE LOVE LOVE that there are SIX people working to maintain the household. I have a husband and a teenager, and I worked very hard from day 1 to make sure I'm not alone in maintaining my home. Everyone must contribute equally. ❤❤
Ya lucky you !!!
Everyone must contribute equally!!!💯🔥🔥🔥
I wish 😢
I'm so annoyed by home keeping videos that show teens or husbands in the background sitting watching TV or gaming while the woman cleans. You are doing your children no favors by not teaching them how to clean.
@@teresawingbermuehle4212lucky? She said she WORKED at having everyone contribute. Funny thing about luck... the harder you work, the luckier you get. Instead of being snarky with strangers, sit your family down and unleash your (likely justified) pent up frustration on them.
I walked through the garage where I keep my recycling bin every day when I pick up the mail. The stuff I don't need goes right into the bin. Never makes it into the house. That really helps.
Getting people kids and adults to clean up after themselves is key, putting cleaning shoe soles and putting away and putting dishes in the dishwasher after they finish eating, putting laundry in its place, when people within the house kids included, do their bit it makes a huge difference
Kids papers. Although my kids are now grown, out of the house and “off the payrolll”, one of the ways I kept artwork and papers to a minimum was to have one box per year of school and stacked them in a larger box like drawers, labeled them for each year of school. Then when the kids came home and wanted to ‘save’ something, I said put it in your school box. When it was full, they had to relook at that pile o’ papers and art projects and decide which needed to go so the new one would fit. Kept the saving down to a minimum while allowing your children the power to decide what to keep and what to toss. Worked like a charm!
This is great until the last one is home and you have bins in your basement that when you go through them, you can’t throw them away cuz now it’s a memory. Wish I didn’t save so much!!! 7!kids
Suggestion for your laundry tips. Keep a pile of hangers in your laundry/utility cupboard. Immediately hang items from the wash or drier. Saves a lot of ironing.
this is truly the key to laundry.
Apparently I already have a clean home, I do this stuff without thinking about it so thanks to my mom for that one.
Ok I had to subscribe after I saw you wipe down your shoes. My husband thinks I'm crazy for doing this but I have always done it, we also don't wear outside shoes indoors. Anyone who comes to our house is asked to remove their shoes.
I think the main thing that can be done in a family of four or five when I was coming up and our household no one was too small to do anything as far as helping out with cleaning right down to the youngest person we were trained to put away our clothes and our shoes and wipe down the sink of toothpaste after we brush our teeth so the next person that came had the same clean sink as you did when you Came in. It's good training and it follows you into 👍🏽
It follows you into adulthood
Thats funny, i went to subscribe too (realized i am already subscribed) but i loved even the first tip (shoe situation and dyes wiping them down)
Yes to the wiping down and spraying of shoes to kill germs and make the confined shoe space have a pleasant aroma!❤❤❤❤ Finally I've found others who feel the same❤😂
I don't really hear of this being spoken about on cleaning channels and it's so important IMO.
People tend to think I go overboard with the shoe cleaning step...say I'm not giving my system a chance to build an immunity to germs...I ignore and keep my home as germ free as I can manage.
I would like to suggest though that instead of spraying Lysol INSIDE the shoes, use 70% alcohol instead.
This combats odors and kill germs more safely as Lysol can cause a chemical reaction on the skin/feet if not careful.
I agree with wiping down the shoes. I can't spray Lysol in them. I sprinkle baking soda and wipe out.
I like to keep under the bed clear. It makes it easier to clean under it. It's not impossible to pull stuff out to clean, but you are more likely to do it the easier it is.
When my kids were little we would have our family huddle, like offices do at the beginning of the week or work day. Every Sunday Night We would discuss what was happening that week and who was responsible for what, who was driving who and what dinners we would all have together. then every night right before family prayers we remind kids and spouse about the next days activities... crucial when more than one sport is involved. Even more when they are driving! I love how you manage you home with everyones involvement. Studies show kids with responsibilities and chores grow up happier and more able to handle real life responsibilities. Good job mummy. You have a lovely family home. GG From Mpls.
💐 I BELIEVE THAT THE BASIS OF MOST OF THE HOME PROBLEMS IS : TOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!
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Yes!!!😀
This is the truth. It's so much easier to stay on top of everything when you have less stuff
We have 6 kids and I’m battling cancer. Keeping this place clean and organized is a task to be sure!!! Thank you for your tips!
Stay strong and we're keeping you in our thoughts! 💪
♥ Prayers for you.
I don’t think thoughts and prayers will get your dishes done. How do you do that if you’re sick! You need a helper!
@@lizzy5437 The Holy Spirit is our Helper.
Her thoughts, our prayers are for all her battles.
Her gratitude for this helpful video indicates she's got the right attitude.
@@lizzy5437God answers prayers to include sending help to those that need it.
Very good video. I'm exhausted from watching all that activity!😅 It would have been wonderful to have such a video forty years ago, when I had four little ones. At that time my husband earned a living, mowed the lawn/shoveled the snow, washed the car, and criticized my (lack of) housekeeping skills. I was so overwhelmed, that I never got to just enjoy my children. Had I known then what I know now, I would have had both a cleaner home and a happier family. Thank you for showing a better way!
Fab video!
I agree with everything.
My number 1 tip is little and often.
Early evening reset is vital when you have kids.
Reward yourself with the internet (or screen time) AFTER you have done the household activities 🎉
Thanks for sharing!!
I appreciate all of these tips, but do you really work a full time job in addition to being a mom and a wife? Full time would be at least 36 hours or more a week. I don't get the sense that you do, but if you truly do, it would be great to see you incorporate the transitions between getting your kids off to school, and after you are finished with your job because those arebthe times it seems like messesbare made in my house. Just going through my day as a full time working single parent, I would never have time to vacuum twice a day. I need realistic tips I can incorporate in the time that I have. So if you dont work full time, please don't say that you do. It's not comparing apples to apples. Thanks.
@@BumbleDee805 - She might work equivalent hours, but if she is doing videos from home, she can do the extra vacuuming because she’s right there. That may also mean that kids are there for longer hours during the day and bringing more debris into the house on their feet. Single moms definitely have a different set of challenges! There are probably other single moms here that would benefit from you sharing what works for you as well. And I suspect, at the end of the day, having a decently clean place, is more important to you than having a show place that looks like a maid was just there.
If you put in a little work on the front end you could for sure do this if you have a full time job! Spend a weekend decluttering, organizing, deep cleaning and putting some new systems in place and then start fresh on Monday morning! You would be so surprised how far tidying as you go and spending a 10-15 extra minutes here and there will go to keeping your home feeling presentable! And make sure those kids are helping. Because they do make messes, constantly. They need to learn to clean up after themselves and contribute to the household by helping! One thing that has helped me is setting a timer to go off every night at 6:30 and the kids all tidy up! Pick up and fluff my pillows, blankets in our blanket basket, dog toys in the dog toy basket, make sure shoes are put away, push in barstools, take any toys or things they have left out to their room etc.
@@kristenbeaty1835 - my timer is talking to me right now! Watching some slow cooked meat, interspersed with purging/archiving, financial and tax documents, checking on laundry process, shredding, and taking little TV breaks! Because sometimes Downton Abbey is important. 😁
She is home - so she doesn’t commute - she seems to work at home - she can toss in a load of laundry and fold it while working - she can vacuum between clients on the phone, etc. MUCH easier to keep up the home when you are IN the home. During C19 I taught my class through zoom. I LOVED working from home. I was able to get some things done around the house when the kids were on break or given work time -
Agreed. Great tips but when she cleans house that is “working” for her channel. When she exercises that’s “work” for her other channel. For the rest of us cleaning the house and exercising is what you do AFTER you’ve worked 40 hours a week and fought traffic. Still good tips though.
The way I keep my house picked up is to imagine Channing Tatum coming thru my front door 💞
Motivation
@@russianaloha4576 🤣 Thank you for that hilarious visual!
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Very good. I love your imagination ♥️
Great tips! I exercise most of them throughout my 28 years of marriage and it does work on having clean home at all times.
One thing I do is write the expiration date on groceries large in Sharpie, and for stuff that lasts only a week, I use the Sharpie to write the open date or toss date. Makes it so much easier to see what needs to be tossed and when. Bright Sharpie--large date.
I love the idea of cleaning off the shoes and spraying them!
Me too! ❤
My lifesaver is my Roomba. I run it every day and it saves my back - I find vacuuming difficult. It’s great for under beds and I can set it for a “spot clean” in a messy area. I find them a thrift stores and garage sales and buy fresh brushes and filters on Amazon. The bonus is that my floor needs to be tidy to use the Roomba so I keep it picked up better than I ever have before. Thanks for your tutorial!
@@lindamarglon9361 - A friend of mine depends on her Roomba! If you ever need to go back to a standard vacuum cleaner, here is an important tip for your back. Don’t move the vacuum forward any further than it will go if you are standing straight up. Don’t bend over and lean into it to get further. That’s a guarantee to mess up your back a little bit and aggravate it a lot if you already have a problem. This is how I have adapted after a few injuries that have left me with some scoliosis. I also benefit from using a super lightweight vacuum. I covet the mew lightweight David vacuum, and have taken it for quite a test drive. But I will continue using my old Oreck XL until it dies. I paid a lot for it, but it came with a 20 year warranty. So they have kept it in shape with free service over the years and occasional part replacement for a fee. They no longer make the parts for it but last time they fixed my machine for free by scalping the needed part from another old machine. It’s a long story, but basically Oreck was sold to people who broke their promises, and David Oreck started over as David Vacuums. And they’re still taking care of my machine 23 years later. Sorry about the segue, but my point is basically That a lightweight but efficient machine has been so helpful for my back. And it’s amazing how many new options are available today. I just like to give a plug to products that last and last, and last while still performing very well.
I love my old stupid Roomba. I did a challenge yesterday between my kids: the first one used the upright vacuum until he thought the room was clean. Then my toddler put the Roomba in the same room during dinner. The Roomba picked up more!
@@lissaharre love this!
I love this! Making your bed when you first get up sets the tone for the day. And as far as kids doing it, Emily Barnes used to say she could walk through her home and all the beds were made perfectly, because her kids were grown and gone. Appreciate their efforts and reward their attempts to be tidy!
Try to let it air out for 30 mins t dry the sweet and keep dust mites to a minimum 😊
I was happy to know I do most of these things except laundry that’s pure dedication
Thank you
These tips are really helpful! I love the idea of doing laundry the same day and clearing the countertops every evening. It really feels like the living space will be much tidier and more comfortable!
It really does make a difference!
This adds up to at least 100 to 120 minutes each day! I am a solo entrepreneur ... I couldn't and wouldn't do that much. And I wonder how vacuuming such a large home "only takes ten minutes"? Our place is much smaller and vacuuming it all takes at least 20 minutes.
When you make your bed in the morning, it sets the tone for the day. 🛌❤
I wanted to say- that I do pick up after my family every single day- it’s about being tidy! If you can just keep on the tidy; when cleaning days come, they are so much easier. Of course you need a good deep clean once a week; but a used home is a loved home. It can look lived in and still be clean. Great video. I’m with ya- every day do at least one thing.
I just found your channel and I’m so happy I did!! Almost all the cleaning falls on me, I was sick a few days and my husband asked why things were all over the place. I told him yes, see all I do now
I’ve always said if you ever question how much you are getting done you’ll see how much you do when you are out of commission for a few days . Then you will see . 😂😂
❤good video‼️ Making the bed = TRUE‼️💥 Dishes=Run DW every night💥Laundry = a load a day is life changing, but I never put clean clothes back in the dirty laundry basket, fold while warm, put away, on to the next task. My husband doesn’t do this, and so he hates laundry…😂 no kids in the house, so I do the household laundry and mine…husband has always done his, and the boys always did their own. I came into the relationship when they were 10/12, and husband refused to have me touch any boy/man laundry…much appreciated‼️💥😎
This is Lorraine again from Corning New York I have a tip for you get your husband and children involved in cleaning with you have your children clean the toy room and the bedrooms they sleep in learning at a young age is very good thing to do I started my kids out at 2 years old now they're all in their thirties and they keep their houses very clean I have three children they learn cleaning at home from their parents or whoever they live with and I'm sure your kids and your husband like a very clean house that you do keep I am very proud of you for making this video and for keeping your house clean being a good wife and a good mother God bless you and your family keep the videos coming
Thank you. My husband does help with cleaning and my kids do a good job of cleaning when we ask them to pick up.
I couldn't make it all the way through the video. Had to stop and go vacuum! Felt better, and resumed the video. :) thank you!
hahaha 😆
Your home is a DREAM! I’m working toward a home like yours. We’re in a teeny 2 bedroom condo, with a toddler and one on the way. I’m doing my best to make it homey.
You got this!
I am living in poverty and only have one pair of shoes.
@ I’m so sorry 😢
EXCELLENT video! Agreed on the shoe issue, if kids can do it at school, they can do it at home, 2:22. Give each child a large bin labeled with their name on it in the hall closet. Have a "boot tray" out for rain or snow boots or wet shoes to go. No excuse to leave any shoes anywhere else, and they can always find their own shoes when flying out the door in the morning.
Ha! If I stored shoes under the (and I have) I would never wear them again. "Out of sight, out of mind" is definitely a thing with me.
Hi Diane, how's your day going with you?
Definitely using the "don't start the laundry unless/until I have time to do it from start to finish" routine. It has helped! I have tried a number of things, going back to when the washer broke and I thought it was a "good" idea to take the laundry to laundromat 1 time per month. Even for just our small family that was a major undertaking, using several machines and many exhausting hours at the laundromat then to have to haul things inside only to then have to put them away. It was only 1 time per month but what a pain.
Another issue has been actually being happy with the results. So often the black clothing came out with white specks on them looking like there had been no actual cleaning happening. Now that I know how much a load can be to get the clothes actually clean, I account for that when I haul my dirty clothes to the basement; and even if I end up folding the dryer load while another load is in the washer, I am getting it done.
I don't own a ton of clothes and rewear a number of items but still have about 5 loads when I do them so that at minimum is 5-7 hours (our machine is older and so the loads have to be smaller since they spend less time in the wash cycle). It is like a full day's work. So If I want to do 3 loads Thursday then 2 loads Friday I grant that, but I do those loads from dirty to clean, dried, folded/hung and put away.
It is no longer a pain and yes, that little buzz from knowing I did a good job helps my aging brain. I take this approach to dishes too. I don't start unless I can do the whole job. But when I do start I do the job from start to finish (as in all things put away). The only area this is still a challenge for me is meal prep/cooking as I seem to have energy to prep/cook/eat but then not enough interest in the washing up/putting away. But I am making progress and that my friends is the point of implementing this routine: Start, see how it goes, tweak if you must, but do the task and get it done (then relax). You can do it!
@@AWanderingEye - I love the small load thing and like you, I don’t have a huge amount of clothing and I like to make it last a long time. I simplify my laundry by hanging a lot of it to dry straight out of the washer but with a table fan blowing on it and the pieces turned out really well. I posted huge detail about that for someone else who doesn’t have a dryer.
When it comes to the food challenge, I have simplified things so much and I prep a lot of meals ahead of time so that there’s little or no work before I grab something from the fridge and eat it. Then I’m just eating out of a glass storage container usually and cleaning that and setting it to dry in the dish strainer. There’s hardly any point to using the dishwasher these days! I give it a workout once a week to keep it functioning, generally, on a day when I cook in something large and machine washable.
I pre-measure appropriate amounts of dried food, which is usually carbs, if I’m indulging in those things. It’s easy to dump into the water or the crockpot or whatever.
When I make some thing I make enough for a lot of meals and store them in some thing that I can put in the fridge, and some for the freezer if I make enough of it.
If you do salads, have you tried those mason jar salads where you stack the salad ingredients in a particular order to keep it the freshest and then you just dump it into a bowl and add the dressing? These look really pretty in the refrigerator, BTW. At some point I saved some little plastic cups that had some sort of sauce in them. I can’t remember if they were from my husband’s rice, pudding, era, or what but they fit perfectly in the top of a mason jar, just under the lid. So I could literally add the dressing or the vinaigrette right there with the salad, but keeping it separate from the salad until I used it. And then those items could just go into the dishwasher or be quickly hand washed.
I still spend a lot of time in the kitchen, it’s hard to avoid that, but I love how I have streamlined it! There’s probably the same amount of mess in the end, but the cleaning part is spread out, much more naturally.
Love the laundry ‘same day rule’ - game changer!
Great suggestions! A lot of these things however would be difficult to do when you’re working full-time, Your spouse seems to be cooperative also which is not always the case.
Something else to declutter then lol
She only quickly vacuums the 2 dirtiest high traffic areas which is the kitchen after each meal/while cooking, and the entrance right when getting home to prevent dirt and food dragged all over the house. Food stays in the kitchen, no eating on the white couches. This quick vac of high traffic area & food rule can be done by anyone working or not
I use the open wheeled under bed for those extra shoes. It keeps them aired out.
No matter how many times I comment, my partner leaves crumbs on the countertop, mud in the entrance, his work clothes are stuck by the front door, he puts his dirty dishes on the drainage board so I can’t use it, his clean clothes are on the floor in his room mixed with dirty ones. I feel like crying everyday. Mothers, train your children.
I understand. Been married for 46 yrs. He still walks in house with dirty shoes over 3 doormats, leaves dirty clothes on floor, leaves coffeecups wherever he wants, crumbs on counter, etc. I have given up🙄
Let him clean his mess, why should you do it? We don't have 1950 anymore 🙄
@@wudgee - I remember a homemaking book from years ago, when a wife was so frustrated by her husband’s habit of dropping his underwear on the middle of the floor, every single day that she finally got a hammer and a nail and went to work sticking a pair of underwear to the floor with it. There are others who feel your frustration.
@@wudgee - PS… Get rid of nearly all of your dishes so that he has a dish to eat from but he has to wash it if he wants a clean one. He might take yours and make it dirty and you might have to clean it to have dinner on it but sooner or later, he will have to wash a dish. And you won’t have enough to pile up. Do the same thing with drinking glasses, coffee cups. If he tries to bring more into the house, get rid of it when his back is turned. OK this is only sort of real advice. It’s advice for children who dirty up every Dish in the house. But I hope that the principle of decluttering down to the essentials can help you. I’m not trying to get you to start a war with your husband.
Take yourself to bed for a fortnight. Worth a try 😅
for a while, Walmart was carrying cleaning wipes (like disinfectant wipes, but with a cleaner). I haven't found them in a while now though. I really love to have the wipes, it's worth the extra money, because of how convenient it is to wipe down the kitchen and bathroom.
I don't wear shoes in my house and it helps a lot. I still have to vacuum regularly though.
If you shake out the clothes between the machine and dryer, they have less wrinkles. Also if you shake them when you hang on the line, there are even less wrinkles. Then ironing is easier or just fold them. A little shaking goes a long way, and its a bit of exercise for your arms too 😊
@@angelacarroll9750 This is so true!! Not only does shaking out the clothes before you put them in the dryer reduce wrinkles, it reduces drying time. Lol about being an upper arm exercise as well.
@merry3733 Thanks 😊, every little bit helps, for the clothes and the arms 😄
I bought a eufy robot vacuum cleaner and that’s been a game changer. I run it downstairs every evening and makes the house feel so much cleaner - especially as I have a dog who sheds hair a lot!
OK you got to the best tip your husband does half like he should. Even though you didn't call it a tip. Anyone can kerp a straight house only doing half of the work. No burnout or resentment.
Husband doing his part certainly helps, mine does so much. He is currently deployed and so I am having to do the work of both of us, I do have two kids who are learning to take on the day to day chores that I was doing so I can tackle the ones my husband used to do. Of course there’s less laundry and less dishes being used but he was a champ at helping notice clutter when it was starting and he prided himself on his efficiency with dishes
I do all these things and agree they make a huge difference!! People always comment on our clean home. I will note we also purchased couches that have removable covers that can be washed, that takes some stress away if a kiddo with muddy toes jumps on it to relax! I also like getting the house totally picked up before relaxing at night, starts the next day off right.
These tips are great! Thank you! No Hate here. I hope you are investing in your children as much as you are with all this other business. These years are very special and investing in their hearts is way more of a priority than all this other stuff. Keep it up Mom
Passive aggressive much? Wow.
Hey QUEEN, you're not only teaching your family how to stay clean and organized, you're teaching me. I've learned so much from you, Andrea. I understand you're mainly doing reviews on Amazon products, and I saw the note that if negative comments are posted , you will delete them. To be honest Andrea, I like Amazon, but for right now, it's not within my budget. Unless that is if I need something specific. My go- to now is Temu/Shein. These companies are budget friendly. So yes, it's safe to say I miss these reviews as I took them seriously and bought many items because you featured on your channel. However, I love your humor and the way you say 'bag'. Definite Minnesota accent.😂When your family doesn't fall in line and things are in a disarray or unorganized, does this bring on anxiety for you for you? After all, cleaning and organizing is your career, and you share this gift amongst your followers. Keep up the good work Andrea, in my eyes, you are a clean & organization queen. 👑❤🎉
Kids are going to be kids so there are times when they make a mess and don't clean up, but for the most part, they are pretty good at putting items away when we ask. My husband does a great job helping to keep the house clean with me.
Beautiful Andrea ❤ you guys are an incredible parent what you will allow will continue. You guys have done a great job leading by example example. Props to you. ❤🎉❤🎉❤
Temu never delivered an item I ordered and it was impossible to get my money back. Be wary of that site people.
@@nanabuster7285 Really? I have always received everything but my problem is how long everything takes to get there
@nanabuster7285 I appreciate the warning, I really do. I've been in the same circumstance before when I initiate a chat they respond promptly. Several items were missing from my order, instead of refunding these items, which I, they, refunded the whole transaction $289. I was in shock. I really do like Amazon, but for health reasons, I had to reduce my hours, and it's just not budget-friendly anymore for me. Still, I follow Andrea because she is a queen and funny as AF 😅😅 And OFC, she's from Minnesota, I love her accent brings great joy to my life while teaching me at the same time. Have a beautiful day. ❤❤
Laundry baskets lol. We pull clothes from baskets before the washed clothes are put away (which seems to take days to happen).
This was a great video - there was no magic bullet and I do everything you said - but I can’t tell you how happy I was that you dressed tracing children to put their things away. And their laundry in the basket, not on the floor. These things we take for granted I think especially on RUclips- but they are life skills and are important for mental health and success.
Organising the fridge is so important! Especially with the small fridges we have in Europe. Mine stands on the floor and does not have drawers, so before I used some organisers and sorted through my stuff I sometimes lost food somewhere in the back and only found it after it had gone bad (because I had to kneel in front of the fridge to see the back). Now I can store similar things together and pull out "drawers" to see what's in there.
Also, don't forget that the expiring date on a package is NOT the time where you have to throw it away! It's a date until which the company guarantees certain attributes of the product, therefore "best before" and not "throw away at". You should always check the product because most things last much longer, even months after the expiring date (except meat, fish and raw eggs, be super careful with those things!).
But some of those things are only really doable with a large home like you find in the US. In small German homes, you often don't have the space for clear countertops. For example, my mom's kitchen is so small that it is impossible to have more than one person in it. Keeping everything tidy is great but it's no option to store devices in the cupboards if you can barely fit your cooking essentials in them.
Hi Nria, how's your day going with you?
I grew up doing chores so I taught my kids age appropriate chores as well. It teaches self esteem, to work as a team. I never redid their chore just made suggestions on how to improve for next time. Once my 5th grader kept living out of his clean basket so he came home to his clothes strewn all over the bushes. I had warned him! Kids need to learn. Emptying small trash bins, folding laundry, vacuuming and picking up there stuff is important.
@@patriciamcgarr3183 I taught my kids to clean too. I made it fun. They are grown now. My twins will be 38 in December and my son will be 36 in the spring. They have all told me they appreciate that I taught them how to clean. My son even said it's helped him in the marine Corp lol. He said he's surprised how many of the guys don't know how to clean and he has to teach them.
Apparently I’ve watched so many vacuum review videos, that RUclips is now suggesting cleaning home tips for me. 😅 I can’t complain.
I read through a few comments that said doing these suggestions would be impractical for their busy schedules and I somewhat agree. But, messes tend to pile up on one another and with 1 little action we take, it can really help our home look so much better.
When we got a dog, I was at my wits end with seeing dog fur everywhere. No matter how much I swept the floor, brushed my pup, hair would accumulate at the end of the day no matter what. The image of becoming one of those wives constantly with a broom in hand angered me and I refused to sweep. 😆 I invested in a Shark robot cleaner. Because of the constant pet hair, I chose a bagless option and it has helped my floors be free from hair. Some of the hair still remains on my carpet, so I have to deep vacuum, at the end of the week. But it sure beats sweeping the floor day after the day with no end. I would suggest this investment if you have pets or kids that like to play outside and forget to wipe their feet before coming in. There are some fancy ones that can mop too but a basic robot cleaner will make the difference, trust me. You can even set a cleaning schedule so the noise is done when you’re away from home and have extra quiet time when you get home.
Second, start giving everything a home! Assign an area where certain items, ie keys, jackets, shoes are supposed to be kept at. It doesn’t need to be a pretty closet for now, just an area to start. This will help if you constantly misplace things and simply give order to your home. Once that is set, you can look into buying nice furniture to store these things away from view if liked.
Doing laundry little by little instead of a whole day will make “laundry day” less miserable. I usually wash certain items on certain days but if you have a big family, with kids doing sports, dirty work clothes it may be best to do as suggested in the video.
The best suggestion I can think, especially if you have older kids but toddlers can start to help with little things, is to get everyone on board. Everyone needs to participate in keeping a clean home. If you share a home, a single person can’t do it all. I have memories of helping my mom fold hand towels at 5 years old. It’s never too early or late to teach kids and spouse 😉 a few cleaning tricks so everyone can enjoy a beautiful home.
Daily vaccum may seem excessive but it's a MAJOR time saver! I have hard floors. Black appliances. No mater how careful I sweep with a broom you can see dust on the dark furniture and appliances. So I only vaccum. My husband has an artificial leg and we have 2 havapoos running in and out all day so removing shoes is not an option to keep floors clean. 20 minutes a day to vaccum and a simple spray mop keeps my furniture looking great!
@@angella7576 - I love a good vacuum, plus microfiber dust mop to get into all the corners easily. No matter how good the vacuum is, there is still plenty of dirt left on the floor somehow. We still have some dark furniture, but I can tell you right now… When we downsize, I have a plan to go with light colored Hard surfaces. I may still dust a lot, but I won’t have to look at how dirty the dust is on the dark surfaces!!! Just yesterday I felt annoyed by dust that was clinging to the vertical surface of a black armoire! I don’t know what’s going on, and I suspect it has something to do with all of the lines in the sky, but everything seems dirtier more often now, including my car, which has some bizarre sticky dirt on it, that it never did 30 years ago.
@@bitrudder3792 I so get you. I'm planning my retirement home. Size and furnishings, everything to make cleaning quick and easy. I can't stand a dirty house and I'm NOT spending my golden years constantly cleaning lol
@@angella7576 🎯 i’m with you on that one! Currently stripping my home of more stuff in anticipation of less work cleaning while we are here, and a simple move when it is time to go.… or less work for whoever is left behind when I die. And I’m using paint and very strategic editing to make it beautiful. I told my husband, no more dogs, as well. Because if something happens to my daughter, I may end up with two Akita’s, one malamute/German shepherd mix, a dog of unknown origin, and a three legged cat with half of a tail.
Your children are so precious 💞 and adorable 🥰.
Prior video Folex. Miracle worker. I had a terrible stain in my 3-year old car. A chocolate mousse tipped over and covered my passenger seat. Cleaned up what I could and then had car professionally cleaned. They did an excellent job but within a few weeks the stain was back. I purchased 2 car seat covers. I had purchased this a while back but finally decided to try it out. MIRACLE. It took the stains off almost instantly. These have been on my car seat for at least two years in the heat etc. sprayed a generous amount and wiped off with cloth. I waited a week to see if the stain would come back and it hasn’t. I was going to have to get the seat reupholstered. Then I tried it on clothes and it was fabulous. In fact just got home from lunch with my family and I was wearing a white shirt and got red sauce on it. I sprayed some on and wiped with a tissue and it came right out. I recommend it to everyone. Thank you for sharing this with me.
Folex for the WIN!! 👍
Hi Karen, how's your day going with you?
Andrea Jean, all are motivation kick starters but have to pick the trick for keeping your kitchen countertops clear and bathroom towels changed daily as well as quick tidy up the bathroom daily as my favorites. Oh wait because I wrote it down I have a third one, the three things, Need this, Love this, and Really using this!! 😊 Those are tops!!!!
❤ Thank you for sharing!
Whew, I am exhausted watching this so I guess I will go fold the clothes that have been in a basket in my bedroom for a few days!😂
Good tips - I do some of these! BUT kind of funny - anyone else notice she says like 5 times "I do this every day and it takes me 10-15 minutes"? I laughed because I was like "lady, you're cleaning over an hour every day." BUT that aside I think all of these are really great tips and I'm going to try to bring consistency back into my home routine the a few of these that I've let slide since school started.
You're a real down to earth person. You're kinda funny to..I love that about you. You stay with reality. Our home won't look like a movie production set daily I will continue to watch you for these reasons 😮😅😊.
Thanks! I try to keep it real. 😊
I don't have a dishwasher and my sink and benchtops remain clear as I sneakily have a basin in my twin tub washing machine. I rinse and pile my dishes in this basin throughout the day, bring out in the evening to do rhe dishes. I live alone and no visitor has ever opened the top of my washing machine. 😊
@@janetbransdon3742 - for the year or so when my dishwasher was broken, I frequently used the dishwasher as a dish drainer! I just needed to leave it open, or at least cracked for air circulation. But honestly, as empty-nesters, we are often just washed and dried things and put them away as we went.
We took forever to replace it because we didn’t need it, and it was hard to find one with a decent review. They are all so complicated now that there’s just more to break. Got a great price on a new European brand that has a stainless steel Interior, after checking to make sure there were trained technicians in our area. I wish it were less electronic, but that seems to be an impossible request these days.
Just discovered your channel and oh wow! I loved these tips!! Will absolutely implement them! Thank you!
Great Tips! Most are exactly what my Mum said ... Thank you so much for reminding me!
That is awesome that your husband gets it --that it takes cooperation and that he shares in the household work. I won't make that mistake again with the next partner.
Awsome. Looking forward to the next one.
Related on so many levels ~ 4 kids, full time run my business, and boys... we only have one out of the 4..❤😂
The bin for smaller shoes and slippers is a good one! 😃
For me, the most important thing is to start the day with a clean kitchen. It really makes a difference. Also, I vacuum a couple of times a day (most days) because we live in the country and have 3 big, hairy dogs. It's a matter of survival, otherwise mountains of hair would overpower us, and eventually take over our home and kick us out.
@@migrabar79 - I agree about the kitchen! And if, for some reason, it wasn’t finished the night before, I like to put away the clean ones in the dish drainer immediately, before I do anything else. And rarely we have some thing left over that wasn’t washed and that gets taken care of. I don’t have a dog Hair problem anymore except when my grand dogs come to visit for a week., But because of health issues, I don’t use pesticides around the house. So keeping crumbs and grease drops cleaned up is VERY important, Or else, I will have 6+legged intruders, trying to take over my house!
In our house, no one walks in shoes at all. It's either indoor slippers, socks or bare feet. All shoes are kept in the mudroom. We have no carpets/rugs in our home. That traps dirt and smells. We have 2 roombas for each floor and they sweep and suck out any fur balls or dirt/crumbs/dust. They run twice a day on the main level. Our couches/sofas and chairs are leather. We wipe them down every day. Kitchen/mud room and bathroom floors get mopped every night right before bed with very hot water twice and all garbage is taken out at the end of the day. All pillows, cushions, pet beds and throws get put outside on sunny days on the weekends to air out and sanitize (sun is a natural sanitizer). We do not use or spray chemicals in our home. We clean with natural cleaners that I make with white vinegar and citrus peels and baking soda. We keep natural unscented baby wipes in the mudroom in the refill size, which holds I believe 380+wipes (less plastic), to wipe off our sneakers and bottoms of our shoes/boots and we have shoe holders & boot dryers in the mud room. Sports equipment and sports bags get aired out in the sun as well. All sports shoes and work boots have "odor eaters in them" and are replaced regularly. We do not use any commercially scented soaps or fabric softners in our wash. We do not use bleach. Most of our laundry gets line dried. If whites need to be brightened, I use peroxide and baking soda in the wash and dried in the sun (natural brightner). After every meal, all dishes glasses utensils, pots and pans get washed, dried and put away. All counters/tables are wiped down. Stove top, if used for that meal, gets wiped down. We do not use paper towels at all. We have plain white 100%organic cotton kitchen towels that are lint free. We keep about 20 of them in the kitchen for any spills or cleaning. And several in each bathroom. We also have a few for our baking needs (to cover dough, or fresh baked goods). If by chance we want any scents in the house, I dry citrus peels, pine sprigs, lemon balm, lavender or Russian Sage sprigs, cedar sprigs, mint sprigs, rosemary sprigs, and we use a small hot pot just for that with some filtered water. No candles are lit in the house or scented wax melts either. We do not buy any plastic bottled or aluminum canned beverages, less recyling mess and better for our bodies. Nonpladtic dishwear or food saver containers. We use glass and stainless steel only. The whole house gets aired out daily, even in the winter (with cracked windows), to let the stale air out and clean fresh air in. We have 4 dogs too. They are bathed every week at home and brushed often. The great pyre hair, we save and make stuffed pillows for the dogs. Their paws are wiped when they come in from outdoors. We make our own soaps from pig lard, goat milk, organic coconut oil, organic olive oil, almond oil, organic pumpkin seed oil, vitamin E oil and maybe some organic shea butter. For the dog soaps, we put in very fine powdered oatmeal which is good for their skin. We put that oatmeal in our goat milk, rose and oatmeal with vitamin e oil soaps. Very moisturizing for our skin. Most bars are not scented, some are, with either natural lavender or lemon balm or rose water or coffee (great for scrubbing dirt off hands and feet) or tea tree and eucalyptus oil. Believe me, everyone chips in with all chores. I do not wipe down everyone's shoes. Considering there are 12 of us (all 18 years old and up) and we have a homestead with outdoor daily chores as well, our home does not smell, it's clean and organized. Our washer is used almost all day long. I do not wash anyone's clothes, everyone does their own loads and put it out to dry. If it's raining outdoors, we have drying racks and there is always the dryer if need be. We have dozens of alpaca dryer balls that we put drops of lavender oil or lemon oil on them and toss them in with what needs to be dried. People are amazed when they come to our home, considering 12 people and 4 dogs live there daily. We try to keep as clean as possible, and once a month, we all do a deep clean in all rooms.
Great tips! I realised I have been doing all of them, bar the vacuuming and laundry every day - because those I don't need. Just one remark - if you wanted less visual clutter in the kitchen, maybe change those patterned countertops and splashback? Anyway, just a thought. Thank you for the video!
Great video and extremely helpful, especially the part about the bathrooms and shoe/shoe storage and cleaning tips!!
I’m working on getting there, thanks for these great tips! 🙏🏽🌸
I just watched almost all of your videos lol so much to learn not that I don’t know how to clean however you have some great tips and tricks that are great 👍 keep up the good work and stay blessed.
Thank you so much 🤗
When our house was built.... not by us... the entryway contained the washer and dryer hook ups. So the first thing guests see when coming in, is our washer and dryer right out into the open!!
What I discovered over the years, is that it seems to be a handy place to dump items on top of, when coming in the house!! ARGH!! My solution? I found some small, but very plush bathroom rugs that fit neatly on top of both appliances, coordinating with the color scheme in my front porch, which is navy blue. Those little rugs will NOT hold drink cups without tipping them over due to the plush material, so it eliminates cups from accumulating on top, as it did before. --- It seems that the cups are the first thing to be set on top. BUT, because it looks decorative, and I do have a little basket of greenery along with a cow figurine on top of the dryer only, (we are ranchers), it makes it look like it is decorated and not a place to dump junk. ---The rugs were a must to keep from scratching the surfaces of the two appliances as well as a potential catch all spot.
If the porch had room, or if we had a place to put these two appliances, it would have been done years ago, but alas... they are a permanent fixture in our entryway.
My go to daily routine, now that the kids are gone and it is just my husband and I, is the following:
Make my bed.
Get dressed and comb hair with a touch of makeup.
Start a load of laundry.... if I have a load.
Unload the dishwasher if I had ran it the night before.
Spend 7 minutes cleaning bathrooms... starting with the guest bathroom, do a quickie swish in the bowl, and swipe on the rim and lid with a sanitizing wipe. Using another wipe, clean off the sink counter. If time allows, clean the half bath off the living room, and then the Master bath. Start with the one you didn't get to the next day... if you didn't get to it.
Check countertops and floors in main path areas. Vacuum/mop if necessary.
When I have a moment during the day, I finish drying and putting away the clean clothes. And I make a point once a week or so, to do a deep clean in this or that bedroom, or other rooms in the house. Dusting is my downfall... I notice most frequently. But having my own steam cleaners both upstairs and downstairs, I DO clean my carpets 3-4 times a year, and we have a no shoes policy on carpeted areas.
I am a space person so I don't like "extra" stuff on top of ANYTHING.... counters, dining room table, beds, dressers... unless it is decorative. To me having stuff on top of flat surfaces looks cluttery and makes my house feel smaller.--- What I discovered is that nearly all my guests ask me FIRST thing "How do you keep your counters free from stuff?"--- SPACE person! LOL
As a caterer/cooking class instructor, and an "In home Airbnb hostess" .... I joke to my husband that I can fill a dishwasher and a trash can faster than anybody I know!
😄 So it is important to me that my kitchen is clean all the time. Who wants to have a guest drop in... and look around and think to themselves "I don't want this lady to cook food for ME in this kitchen"! LOL
@@jomama81ranch8 - after a number of years I replaced my Maytag Neptune that had cost me a fair amount of money due to the electronics in it, I purchased a brand new set of speed, queen machines. Commercial quality for the home, stainless steel interiors, and a reputation for reliability and simplicity of operation.
They weren’t cheap! I love them, and I always keep a large dish drainer mat on top of the dryer, And I keep the washer lid open on top. (We live in a humid area.) I jealously guard and protect the exterior of these wonderful machines!
I love the shoe boxes for under the bed.
Love your video, you described each task as a part of daily routine that will create habits, looking forward to follow this suggestion 🤞🏻
I need to practice # 10. I’m starting tomorrow. It’s almost midnight and I’m not starting now. I have way too much clutter. Some is going to be donated. Some will be arranged in a cupboard. I can’t wait to get started. I love your idea with shoes. I actually did something similar about 3 years ago. I don’t spray them every day but at least once or twice per week. Thank you for sharing your tips for keeping your house in tip top shape. You have a beautiful house. A little newer than mine.
I love your tips because even old-timers like me can use reminders!
Please, please, please, tell me about your plum colored sneakers! The ones you are wearing are my favorite color. The last time I had sneakers like that I bought 5 pair-gave 2 away to my sisters because they enjoy that color, too. Now I’m down to my last pair. Please tell me the brand, etc! Thank you in advance. That says, now I’m going to watch less distractedly and take notes! 😘
Andrea, great video! Your tips are perfect! I love your couch! Would you possibly have a link? This is exactly what I am looking for!
Unfortunately, do not have a link. We ordered them from a local furniture store when we lived in WI.
I love the cleaning of the bottom of shoes with wipes! However, my husband can heat a small country while sleeping at night. Every morning, his side of the bed is damp. So I straighten the sheets and then fold his side back over my side. The pillows are never stacked either, I spread them out with none touching so all are dry by bedtime.
Love ♥️ the idea of cleaning your shoes before storing them! Shoes get super gross!
Me too❤
You just got a new subscriber! I am struggling with 8 people in 1700 Sq.Ft. No dishwasher. 😢 Your video made me feel like I can do this!!!!
You've got this!
You clean your refridgerator every day?? I am very impressed!! 👏I wish I had your energy level.
I guess I just dont have enough energy and time to have a clean home... 😔
Even if you don't have energy, you might be able to look for one expired item each day. Over time, things get neater.
@@sandrab.3538 Exactly..how many times a day do you get in the refrigerator?? Look around and remove something then
This may sound silly but i have a sharpie marker in a drawer right next to fridge we write the date the item is opened on everything that goes in there except for produce which can obviously be seen when expired that way we don’t go by use thru date we can see how long something has been opened works for us anyway
@@molly9518 - Andrea does have an amazing amount of energy, doesn’t she? But I absolutely agree with the other people who answered you here because it works for me as well. Just start where you are with your refrigerator. Each time you go to the refrigerator, do a little something. Example: Do a refrigerator challenge and See what needs to be used first of all. If it can’t be used, toss it. That will become a habit. Check expiration dates. Somethings might last longer, but usually that applies if the item hasn’t been opened yet. So use it or get rid of it if it’s near or just after the expiration.
As things thin out, Shift things a little bit so that you can clean a shelf or a door cubby. Just one at a time. Think about your refrigerator as a great place to store, prepped food and fully prepped meals that can be eaten cold or hot. Maybe store them in portion sizes. Get in the habit of thinking of your refrigerator as a pass-through area instead of a storage facility. It won’t take long before you can have a clean refrigerator that functions really well for you. And it will take a lot less energy!
That's the kind of video that I need, though I don't have washing machines and neither intend to 😅
My greatest problem is that I feel bad in tossing things away, turning them from clutter to trash. There is no trash bin naturally on the planet. (And we really don't need to love everything we have, if they are decent and functional, don't replace them)
Yes I too do laundry before there is over a load and finish it all.
AJ - MY problem is (to answer those 3 questions about stuff) that my husband will answer "no.....but I may need it. It still works, it's still useful and if ______ breaks then I have it". Omgggggg someone please come help me with him 😩
I've seen some couples' approach to this: My Space, Your Space and Our Space. "Our Space" has to be kept to the level by all living here to that level required by the most needy: So if the most needy is the person who requires it super clean and organized, so goes it. I have allergies and if I had to share a house with another adult I would need to implement a very clean environment (otherwise my allergy meds don't work, I get sick and I cannot function and it all goes downhill from there). So that may mean that the person with the need does more upkeep in that "Our Space" area but the other person cannot unload all their stuff in that space. Each person's "My" or "Your" space has to be sacrosanct. It is theirs to keep as they see fit.
With the one caveat: If anything in there is super important and the other person has to retrieve it, that category of items needs to be organized for someone else to access it. So if hubby has a stroke or breaks a leg and had to lean on you to fetch and carry and you cannot locate his shoes/socks/favorite music cd, or book for him, he will be the one harmed. And you will be secondarily harmed since you as his helper will need to dig through their piles of stuff before he can have his vital item.
So have some love and care for your cohabitants and think beyond your own personal convenience. Not all of your things need to be readily accessible to the whole household, but the vital, needed items that you care about ought to be easy to access if someone else needs to help you get them. Maybe that will make sense to your hubs. It may mean that "the broken but needs a part" items he's unwilling to part with now, will be dispatched to make room for the vital, needed, and loved things.
That's a tough one.... I would assess how long it's been there and unused... is it a low cost replacement if "said item breaks"? If it's cheap to replace, get rid of it and buy a new item IF the time comes. 🤷🏼♂
@@christyhancock7387 - intervene early rather than late. Honestly, if everything that he wants to keep has a specific home that is accessible. (very easy to get out, very easy to put away when done), that is not the worst thing in the world. But if he has multiples because he keeps buying buying things because he can’t get to or remember where he put things, he needs to start facing reality about having a hoarding tendency, and he needs to face it before it gets really bad. I’ve seen what happens when it gets really bad in other peoples homes. It doesn’t start out that way, but it gets out of hand in the most insidious way! You might need to do again, and appreciate the wisdom of saving some things and teach him how it is very unwise to save certain things. My husband seemed to think that saving eight track tapes in the garage in southeast Texas was a good idea. There were still a few eight track players around back in those days, but it wasn’t music that either of us really valued very much. It was more sentimental because he had spent all this money on those eight track tapes. What was the end of that? Cockroaches found these eight track tape cassette cartridges to be incredibly, inviting as homes and they formed nests and multiplied in our garage. They all just ended up being thrown out. (which made me happy because they were gone). And it has been an ongoing challenge to teach him about how cockroaches like cardboard paste that is in corrugated Cardboard boxes. I had to point out mold, and mildew on things and why things get ruined when stored in the attic as well. I learned a few things along the way as well, about the follies of storing things, even inside the house that has excellent central air and central heat. I don’t use pesticides for health reasons, so that does add to the challenge, but even with pesticides, Insects love areas that have things piled up, things piled too high or too long can mask leaks that go on and suspected. We had a leak I didn’t see for the longest time because I was storing things on the shelf near a ceiling, and I didn’t see the leak until it extended far enough for it to be visible. That cost a lot of money to fix!
Structural damage is something else, I know people who had to fix their ceilings because they were storing stuff in their attic for other people. There is a limit to what some attics can carry and sometimes you don’t figure that out until you have an expensive repair to do.
I hope some of these ideas will help your husband realize that it can be a false economy to save everything that could be helpful. A very, very false economy.
Over the years this has taught me to invest in things like wall-mounted shelving for the garage that is not mounted too high to the ceiling. I automatically put wheels on heavy things like file cabinets so that I can clean behind it regularly. I don’t stack things in corners. I purge regularly.
I have some of the same instance as your husband, saving things that are perfectly good. In some cases, I am extremely glad that I have done that. In other cases… Not so much. Conversations with your husband about ease and function, and the feeling of clean open space around you may help him understand that the compulsion to save useful things isn’t the only value that your home house. And that you sacrifice other values for it.
I miss having a dishwasher. I haven't had one in almost 7 years. Having to wash dishes by hand adds quite a bit of time when you home cook everything.
I'm so sorry. I didn't have a dishwasher until I was 40 and it's such a luxury! I hope you can get one again
I loved your shoes dilemma solutions!! I have enough shoes to shod a third world country!! Housing dress shoes and sneakers are my banes. I need sturdier under the bed and over the door receptacles.
I don’t even want to talk about paper! It ‘s overwhelming and the influx of it is never-ending. I need therapy for this issue! 😁. Thank you these tips!!
You may have just saved my life or at least my sanity. ❤
Glad I could help. ❤
@@AndreaJean 💗
I was looking for something new to use. I already do all of these things. Hoping for a hint on a messy big kid (husband) to see what mess they are making and fix it straight away. I don’t have a dishwasher, so I have to keep on top of the kitchen instantly.
I hope you train your two boys to make their beds too. 😁 They’ll likely need to know ALL of this to live successfully on their own... and their future partners will love you for it! Will even impact any grandkids that come along!
Just because I didn't mention them doesn't mean they don't do it. 👍
Never start laundry I dont finish. Try to keep counters clean, rent a townhouse, not enough counters. I have become a basket queen to keep everything wrangled.😊
Room as are great for keeping up the loose dirt. It always amazes me how much it actually how much they pick up
This should read roomba
Vacuuming daily! Wow! Loved your video-first visit, now I subscribed! 💜
I love doing laundry and do it daily. I have to walk two sets of stairs to do it too. I do my clothes separately from my husbands, making it easier to put away. I am retired and 75 but have always done it this way.
Great tips! That said, if you are throwing out food from the fridge daily how do you eliminate rotten food from smelling up the garage?
Hopefully you don't have to toss it out daily. 🤞🏻 But if you have to toss food out... do it on the day the garbage gets picked up. 👍
dear Andrea and devoted Husband, Loved all this video, awesome, from Germany :)
Nice vid & channel. The stackable bins that you own are from Dollar Tree. $5 each. I just bought 8 the other day😎
What a great video with amazing ideas ❤ What is the vacuum that you're using? I tried to find it on your storefront.
Here's the link: urlgeni.us/amzn/PWSEn
It's the Shark LA502 Rotator Lift Away Vacuum
Decluttering aside...what is the "white" paint color of your trim-mainly the wainscot? So soft and perfect! Thanks!
I'm not sure. It was painted this color before we moved in.
Great ideas, love this!