Marybeth Santos 
I have visual clutter in my home. There I said it. I have developed the ability to skip right past it and pretend it doesn’t exist. My husband, on the other hand, likes to “clean” the visual clutter, which basically just means he’ll take the pile of papers that are sitting on the counter and …
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The Mr. Clean Eraser is one of my all time favorite cleaning tools. I mean, it’s not like I have a huge list of favorite cleaning tools, but I really do love the Magic Eraser because it is kind of, well, magical. It can totally take on the stuff that your normal sponge just can’t …
You know I love the Magic Eraser for cleaning lots of things. It works REALLY, REALLY well on loads of things that you would expect it to work on. Like crayon off of walls, the inside of the microwave, plastic stuff. It’s awesome. But I found a bunch of Mr. Clean Eraser hacks that looked …
When you are in the mood to clean or even if you’re not in the mood to clean but you HAVE to clean because it’s going to be Thanksgiving soon and you HAVE to clean, it’s nice to have a method to the cleaning madness. I like cleaning tips that take me room by room …
We all know Dawn is for two things. Cleaning up your dishes and cleaning adorable ducklings that have had the misfortune of an oil spill in their habitat. But you might not know all of the other Dawn soap hacks you can try around your house. I think once people saw the work it did …
Did you like Chemistry class? Not the memorizing of the Periodic Table, but the mixing up of stuff in beakers? Me, too! I love that stuff. The adult equivalent of Chemistry lab is making DIY cleaning recipes. Side note, I have had so many college Chemistry class related stress dreams that I’m no longer certain …
If the words “deep cleaning” make you want to run in horror, then does “deep cleaning hacks” make you feel any better at all? Anytime I see the word “hacks” I get a little intrigued. My attentions been got and I’m curious to see if these so called “hacks” actually work. When I’m curious, I’m …
Read more13 Deep Cleaning Hacks for the Least Fun Cleaning Jobs
Sometimes you need to quickly clean the house because your mother-in-law called to say she’d be over in 20 minutes and, oh, crap, the place is a disaster. Other times, you need to do a deep clean. It might be “spring cleaning” or it might be before the holidays when you know you’re going to …
Read moreRoom by Room Deep Clean That is Totally Not Overwhelming
This is when I need to clean the house fast. My daughter comes downstairs on Saturday afternoon and says, “Nate is coming over at 2:30”. That’s an hour away and the house is a disaster. It’s a three hours to clean it kind of disaster. That’s not going to work. I need FAST and efficient. …
There are very few people in the world that like cleaning. They do exist, but they are rare. Like a unicorn. For the rest of us, we just want the cleaning over with as quickly as possible with minimal effort. And there are ways to make it all go by faster. I scoured the ends …