Stay Sane Cleaning Series Step #1

Do you dream of having a clean home?  I think all of us want a clean and orderly home.  Even if it is not one of our top priorities.  I think we can all agree that when our home is clean and orderly then we can focus our attention on more important things...like the people we live with for starters. 

If you are new to my home on the web, this blog, then you might have not seen this post.  The post was chuck full of information.  It was a little overwhelming.  I am so passionate about this cleaning schedule and the fact that it can work for a busy, busy mom.  So I want to break the post down into a series.  I want everyone to stop stressing about having a clean house and enjoy their life a little better.  

I have decided to break down the cleaning schedule one step at a time.  I am going to have several posts in this series so we can build habits together.  Each month I will share one step in the cleaning schedule.  That way we can literally take it one step at a time...slowly.  Creating long lasting steps that stay. 

I am going to start with the steps that I do everyday.  The first step is called Swish and Swipe (again this is part of the post mentioned above).  This is taken from the one and only, Fly Lady.  I seriously hardly ever skip this step on a daily basis. 

I hate dirty bathrooms!  This make public bathrooms one of my worst nightmares.  So I like to have mine very clean.  This daily step reassures that this will happen.  It should only take you 2-5 minutes a day.  That's it! 

Breakdown of this "step":

1.  Clean bathroom mirror.

2.  Clean bathroom sink.

3.  Clean toilet.

4.  Clean toilet bowl. 

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Items I use for this step:

• Norwex Envirocloth and window cloth (I use for both the mirror and the sink)
• Before I purchased these I used Windex for the mirrors and Scrubbing Bubbles for the sinks

• My homemade bathroom cleaner: HERE (toilet) 
• If you don't want to do anything homemade then I used Scrubbing Bubbles before

• Lysol No Mess Automatic Toilet Bowl Cleaner (toilet bowl)

It is really simple.  Follow the steps above.  Quickly clean the bathroom mirror.  If you are using Windex then spray it on and wipe it off.  If you are using the Norwex clothes then use the Envirocloth to wet the mirror down and then dry it with the window cloth.

Then quickly clean the bathroom sink. Clean the counter part and then the inside of the sink.  

Next quickly clean the toilet.  I spray it all down and then scrub/wipe off the chemicals. Last, quickly scrub the toilet bowl.  I have the Lysol No Mess Automatic Toilet Bowl Cleaners in all my toilets. So I put my brush in the bowl then flush the toilet to get the soap on my brush then scrub the toilet bowl quickly.  This is good enough for my toilets since they get cleaned so often.  When I first started or if I need something more heavy duty then I use my homemade toilet bowl cleaner (here).

I do this everyday, but not to ALL my bathrooms.  So let me explain that better.  I have 3 bathrooms. I clean one bathroom a day.  So I get each of my bathrooms cleaned twice a week (I take Sunday off). Does that sound easy enough?  

I promise this is easy and it will make you feel so much better about your house.  You won't be embarrassed if someone expectantly comes over and has to use your bathroom.  It shouldn't take long and it is not hard at all.  

So lets commit together to clean our bathrooms daily.  If we start now then in a month from now we can add another step, but for now.  Lets just have sparkling clean bathrooms!

Check out the other steps:

Step 2

Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
Step 8
Step 9
Step 10
Step 11
Step 12

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