Who else has started their spring cleaning?

Good for you! You're on top of it! I can't imagine weather below zero-I've been in FL for 22 years or so. I always said I'd move to montana-but never left. I guess the cold would leave me indoors and force me to clean LOL

I need to do that too (the goodwill thing) my daughter is turning 13 in a few short months and no longer plays with toys...it's not the ipod or the wii. It's hard to get it all done. I've been putting mine off..but the other day I figured I had time, no excuse for me I don't have the slightest clue how to replace faucets though..that's probably too involved for me LOL

I don't usually get sick, but I ended up doing so this year. It was a sign my health has gotten worse. I am quite a lazy clean freak. Sometimes I don't clean for a week, then clean everything in a day. Sometimes I clean everything everyday, sometimes I clean one room a day. I think cleaning is satisfying in the sense that you're the one who makes the house look good. If you have trash in your house and someone else picks it up, but not you, you don't get the satisfaction of picking up that trash you've seen day in and day out that reminded you of how dirty your house is and how long it's been since that trash is there, that other person does. I find by thinking like this, it helps me procrastinate less when cleaning. Having a dirty house stresses me out, so I either stress more or clean it up. Cleaning can become very satisfying then.

That's why I got my flu shot this year-I got it bad several years back and it was pure misery. I'm allergic to everything-I have to sweep and vac every other day. The main problem I have is my eyes itch and water and puff up-I hate that! I know the "clean freak" label-that's how I got into the biz..everyone is always telling me that life is more than just cleaning LOL

Hey that's the smart way to do it..I started out trying to do that years ago..but there are those days when I've cleaned two houses or one that was a real mess (there are several customers I have that don't clean at all between my visits and that gives me more of a challenge) and then I go home and I'm just plain lazy! I do everything for them-so they don't have to do spring cleanings like I do. I think there's something you can put on the top side of your fan that prevents dust buildup-I don't know what it's called though. I use pledge on them and it seems to resist buildup a little more than usual.

Wow, now that is progress.. I love to paint! We just finished painting my mom's second home (we're hoping to put it on the market-but that's gonna take luck to sell) Winter sure did hang on a little long this year-I was miserable..it was hot then cold then rainy..I didn't know what to expect. I'm one of those that loves it when it's in the 90's..I have to admit, I'm way behind on the outdoor work..but like you said, that's what summer's for...spring growth, then cutback for winter

Hi. Well congrats-you are probably one of the few!

I know the clutter, I've got lots of kids' stuff I need to go through..I haven't gone through their toys in a few years-and they can really accumulate!

"take the carpets out and beat them up" Thanks for the laugh! I like airing the house out..it's great to smell the fresh air. I love to use lavendar cleaners and oil diffusers around the house when I'm cleaning to help the experience along

I have a Jack Russell Terrier Mix Dog and even though she's a short haired breed, she still sheds. She mainly sheds on the leather sofa and chairs in the kitchen and it's very hard to dust off! I don't let her go anywhere else in the house because the majority of my house is carpeted. I'm just thankful that I'm not allergic to animals, at least, because I really do enjoy mine. I also have a horse I keep out in the pasture. He's the same one that's in my avatar, as a matter of fact. Kathy.

We have a sheltie and a few cats, so the animal hair is my main target..I'm sweeping and vac'ing every other day. I'm actually severely allergic to animals but over the years-I've built up a sort of tolerance to them-but I still am constantly on the cleaning so that I don't have a bad attack. I don't make her necessarily clean the room-it's more of an organizing I'm looking for. She throws her clothes down and the food thing..I know she doesn't forget them..she has figured out that I won't look there (it's a bunk bed and she's on the bottom with a built in shelf) I'm hoping to get her to start the habit of snacking at the table-she kinda sneaks the goodies in somehow.

I hear ya there! I usually do my detail work on the weekends..when I'm off, but I've been helping my mom out with her second home-getting it ready to sell, so it's been let go for a bit. I'll admit it-I'm probably more of a clean freak than most, the littlest mess will eat at me and I'll have to clean it or I can't sleep at night

"California dreaming on such a winter's day"