Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History--and, Boy, Do I Know Why!!

It's because they are too stinking busy keeping their houses clean!

I have always spent inordinate amounts of time cleaning and straightening my house--I can't focus on other things until the house is in order.  But, since it has been on the market, it feels as though I do nothing BUT clean.

I clean up for showings.  I clean up for appointments.  I clean up for inspections.  I clean up after all of these intrusions.  I also have to do normal daily-living cleaning on top of all of that.  It is an intense schedule, I tell you.

So forgive me for not doing anything particularly outstanding with the blog lately, please.  I'm so deep in the minutae that I need a flippin' snorkel.  I'm boring my own self to tears.  But, readers, it is my job to present that house to its best advantage...and it's on like donkey kong, people.

But, anyway, that is my long-winded excuse for my utter mediocrity right now.  Trust me: I would be making history if I wasn't so darned busy making my house sparkling clean.  ;-)

Clean and Green

Update: Almost a month ago, I told you that I was going to start making my own cleaners to save money and, well, THE WORLD! 

Well, I have been slowly integrating these homemade, eco-friendly cleaners as I have run out of my old ones...and, I have been running out of them more quickly than ever with the non-stop cleaning-fest that is having one's house on the market and showing it sometimes multiple times per day!

Currently, I am using:
-vinegar and baking soda to clean my toilets (fizzy and fantastic!);
-vinegar on the windows (stinky but effective);
-water and vanilla steams for the microwave splatterfest (you may be tempted to lick it clean);
-sea salt for baked on crud in oven (who knew?!);
-baking soda and a scrub brush for my sinks (amazing shine!);
-steam and peppermint essential oil for my hard floors; and
-liquid Castile, water, and almond oil for handsoap (not as pretty as my old soap, but who really cares?).

I plan to continue to swap out ALL of my cleaners/soaps/detergents :-)  I have also been trying to be much more disciplined about using washable/reusable cleaning cloths instead of paper towels. 

Please let me know how you are doing with your own green cleaning!