Spring Cleaning: Week One, Day Two
POSTED BY Amy at 6:00 AM

I was so thankful for your comments and encouragement on these printables. It had been pretty quiet yesterday and I started questioning if anyone really wanted to do this or would use these at all. Thanks for letting me know that they truly are helpful and that you do appreciate some of these tasks being presented in a smaller format.
I know that an entire day of cleaning just sounded daunting to me. In a way, I feel defeated before I begin. I am trying to chug along with you and my home needs just as much attention (sometimes a whole lot more) than everyone else!
I also recall that when I was a new homemaker, I had no idea how to do ANYTHING in my house. Even something that sounds simple to most (like cleaning out the fridge) was something I was researching how to do. My suggestions are only based on being a new mommy and a new homemaker and not having a clue what the heck I was doing with my very own house. I still sometimes feel like I am just "playing house." I think that is why this was important for me to share- so someone else isn't struggling with being a new homemaker!
Today is day two and we are going to work on deep cleaning the floors. I have put together a printable of some ideas for cleaning your floors, although this was tough since each person has a different type of flooring in their kitchen. You will also find a little bit of encouragement and a recipe for a meal- enjoy!!
Today's Printable:Spring Cleaning Your Kitchen Day TwoIn Case You Missed It (Previous Printables):Spring Cleaning Introductory PageSpring Cleaning RecipesSpring Cleaning Your Kitchen Day OneSound Off: Do you have a method to your mopping? Any product/mopping solution you rave about? Tell us the type of your floors and how you get them clean!
Labels: Cleaning, Printables
9Comments:
Heidi
"Thank you for doing this! My fridge looks so nice and smells much better. Your advice on cleaning it made it so much easier than how I used to do it, it used to take me like 4 hours to clean it. Having twin boys I just didn't think there was any way I would be able to do any deep cleaning so thank you again! I can't wait for how nice my house is going to look be the end of this!"
Lyn
"Amy,
Please know your efforts are appreciated!
I think what is great about your spring cleaning ideas is that even if we do some of the work & not all, something is still better than nothing.
In the end we will still be blessing our home and our families.
Thanks so much again."
Julie aka Gigi...
"Amy,
I found your blog through Biblical Womanhood, Crystal Paine's blog. I am so happy to have found this Spring Cleaning guide! As a stay at home mom of 7 children, I find the chance to deep clean a very rare occasion. We have 5 boys and 2 girls, and those boys can really bring in some dirt!! I think your guide is going to help me by breaking these tasks down into small steps.
Thanks so much!!
Julie
www.gigislittleblog.blogspot.com"
Kacie
"These are very helpful! I linked to ya yesterday so more people would find your printables."
Niki
"Thanks for the printables..I will link to them today on FREE 2 BE FRUGAL.
It is so great having my own personal "cleaning coach" on a daily basis..thanks!
BTW-we have Purgeot flooring in our kitchen so we use the Swiffer Wet Jet with the wood floor solution they make now."
Addie
"Amy! I am so excited for all these cleaning tips! I am a pretty faithful deep cleaner anyway, but your series is motivating me to get some of the scary places I have been ignoring. Thanks for yesterday's fridge tips! It feels so good to have the alphabet magnets out from under my fridge. :)"
CC
"Thank you thank you!! I was up until 11pm, but I did it! My fridge is happy now! And just in time since my husband is having surgery next week and my mom is going to spend the week with us to help out. Thanks!"
CC
"I forgot to add to my last comment that my favorite mopping method is my steam mop! I've had the Bissel steam mop for a few years and love it!"
jenna
"Yay! My fridge is clean, and my floors are mopped. And I'm feeling really good about myself. Thanks for the motivation!
As far as flooring...I have tile and just use a basic mop with vinegar water (that one wasn't new to me). However, going over the floors again with plain water was new to me, why did you have us do that?"