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09-18-2010, 08:24 AM
#71
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Springfield,South Carolina
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
Flylady..and her 15 minutes at a time.
Timers...do 15 minutes at a time, then QUIT and go on to another room. You can come back to this room later, for 15 minutes.
Timers...do 15 minutes at a time, then QUIT and go on to another room. You can come back to this room later, for 15 minutes.
09-18-2010, 08:25 AM
#72
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: in my studio up to my chin in fabric
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Two Hour Tuesday...
My hubby and I are retired, so are at home in the daytime. On Tuesday morning we work together on one room for 2 hours. It doesn't matter if the room isn't finished, but when its has been 2 hours, we quit. It is a great chance to get a lot of junk put away or thrown away, and have the dust cloth actually reach the top shelf in hubbys tall hands. After a few months of this, you find that it is actually hard to find 2 hours worth of anything to clean in just one room!
My hubby and I are retired, so are at home in the daytime. On Tuesday morning we work together on one room for 2 hours. It doesn't matter if the room isn't finished, but when its has been 2 hours, we quit. It is a great chance to get a lot of junk put away or thrown away, and have the dust cloth actually reach the top shelf in hubbys tall hands. After a few months of this, you find that it is actually hard to find 2 hours worth of anything to clean in just one room!
09-18-2010, 08:58 AM
#73
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Brewerton, NY
Posts: 2,489
Originally Posted by dslone
Get a maid lol
09-18-2010, 09:05 AM
#74
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Posts: 4,413
Originally Posted by Marye
Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
Flylady..and her 15 minutes at a time.
Timers...do 15 minutes at a time, then QUIT and go on to another room. You can come back to this room later, for 15 minutes.
Timers...do 15 minutes at a time, then QUIT and go on to another room. You can come back to this room later, for 15 minutes.
09-18-2010, 10:35 AM
#75
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Long Island, N.Y.
Posts: 1,832
I go over stainless steel and tiles in the bathroom with spearmint rubbing alcohol. They sparkle and the whole room smells wonderful. You can wipe off your lightbulbs with it too, and then, when you turn on your light the room smells good too.
After paying full price for 8 bottles for my friends (a "give it a try" present) I found them in the dollar store for $1.00! so if you're in the $1.00 store -
give it a try!
After paying full price for 8 bottles for my friends (a "give it a try" present) I found them in the dollar store for $1.00! so if you're in the $1.00 store -
give it a try!
09-18-2010, 02:14 PM
#77
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest
Posts: 9,276
Originally Posted by pinebeltquilter
One question, Chasing Hawk. When do you quilt? :lol:
I manage to get a lot of things done. I am retired, have been since I was 37 yrs. old. I have my cleaning down to a science. :)
09-18-2010, 02:48 PM
#78
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Crystal Coast of North Carolina
Posts: 390
A friend of mine gave me the best time saver yet. She read it in a woman's magazine 30 years ago or longer. The suggestion? Don't wash your ceiling every time you wash your walls. Once a month is enough.
09-18-2010, 03:18 PM
#79
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Glenmoore, PA
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Originally Posted by everbtrue
A friend of mine gave me the best time saver yet. She read it in a woman's magazine 30 years ago or longer. The suggestion? Don't wash your ceiling every time you wash your walls. Once a month is enough.
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