Don’t-break-a-sweat cleaning tips
by Kristin Pazulski
Springtime to the college student means golf Frisbee, studying outside,
driving with the windows down, trips to the beach. We hope that our post-college
years will be the same or have similar thrills. But beware. Whether you
have your own home or apartment or are living with the ‘rents, there
is a monsterous thought out there that probably has yet to flit across
your now-thousands-of-dollars worth of a brain, Spring Cleaning.
As a recent college graduate with an extreme (and I mean hide under the
dusty bed or moldy shower curtain to avoid cleaning extreme) distaste
in cleaning, I am going to offer some don’t-break-a-sweat tips for
cleaning that will leave your place sparkly and smelling lovely. And don’t
doubt my credentials, I did my research, via a germ-a-phobe friend and
a stepmother that makes cleaning her favorite hobby (ew).
And by the way, these easy-to-do tips work for anyone, not just lazy
post-college students.
Open the windows. So simple, right? But it will freshen up the house
and clear out any stale air. Add a fragrant candle, air freshener or some
spritzs of Lysol to really give the air that clean feeling.
Windex the windows while you are opening them. An easy chore that will
flow sunshine into your home, and allow you to see the incoming spring
vegetation.
Change the shower curtain. Seriously, the mold is a little much. How
can you feel yourself getting clean in an unclean shower?!
Do the wash. Though this is an annoying chore, it is not a difficult
one. The washer does all the work, all you need to do is add the materials
and the suds, and find a fun way to occupy the waiting time. Go for a
spring walk, pick up a game of Frisbee, watch a movie. The possibilities
are endless. But for the spring cleaning-wash, go on a mega-washing spree.
Grab anything machine washable (floor rugs, clothes, curtains, the comforter
and bed sheets) and just spend a day relaxing and washing. It gets a lot
done, but you’ll feel like you played all day!
Buy a plant. It brings spring into your own home!
Clean out the refridgerator. This might be a sweat-inducing workout,
depending on the state of your refridgerator, but this is necessary in
the spring cleaning process, because who knows what you still have in
there.
Buy a Swiffer for the floor cleaning. Instead of having the mess of a
broom and dustpan or even worse, a mop and bucket, grab one of those toss
away Swiffer sheets and grab up all the dust from the floor, and give
it a whirl on the furniture dusting too!
Febreeze. This is a Godsend for everyone.
Good luck, and God speed to you on your cleaning endeavors.
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