Today’s ‘How To’ Guide:
Cleaning the Bathroom in 8 hours
I realize that the majority of you don’t need a How To Guide for Cleaning the Bathroom because for most of you, it takes 20 minutes. But for the others that it takes the whole day, This Post is For You!
{This list is not copyrighted. You can feel free to share with your friends who need to know how to organize their day.}
- Write “Clean the Bathroom” on your To-Do List after you wake up.
- Take a quick nap. {More of a doze because you’re still in bed}
- Take the puppy out for a little walk. {Remember hat and gloves}
- While on walk, remember you have to Clean the Bathroom.
- Play with puppy for a little while until he bites.
- Put puppy in crate for his morning nap.
- Make a few phone calls.
- Run to the Humane League to pick up the deposit you forgot about.
- Remember that you have to Clean the Bathroom today.
- Take puppy out. Remember to put a hat on, or gloves, or scarf, or just a jacket that has sleeves next time.
- Wait 20 minutes for him not to go.
- Come inside.
- Clean up puppy pee in the kitchen.
- Answer the phone.
- Look at the clock and realize you’ve done nothing so far.
- Wonder if you have to pay for the text message from Verizon advertising texting, when you currently don’t have a texting plan.
- Tidy up Kitchen … load dishwasher, dust the shelves that have not been dusted in 3 years, and sweep the floor.
- Remember that you have to Clean the Bathroom today.
- Go into the bathroom, and spray down the shower/tub with a cleaning agent/spray stuff.
- Sweep & Swiffer the Living Room. Clean up dog toys, dust piano and tv. Lint roll Couch.
- Check Facebook.
- Pay Electric bill.
- Create a list of things to do in order to save money on next Electric bill.
- Call Doctor’s Office.
- While on hold, play game on iPod.
- Take puppy outside.
- Put puppy back in crate for his afternoon nap.
- Remember the cleaning agent in the bathroom.
- Wonder if puppy went to the bathroom in his crate, or if he just has bad gas.
- Take puppy out for another round of “I’d rather chew grass than go potty”
- Remember the bathroom.
- On the way upstairs, stop in the bedroom and tidy. Dust, clean the floor, take laundry downstairs. Dust tops of books on bookshelves.
- Take a break, check email, facebook, look for fun stuff on anthropologie.com, and drink some of Jeane’s Favorite Iced Cappuccino.
- Eat some cheese and almonds.
- Take dog out again, in the bitterest of bitterest cold. Remind yourself how much you love your husband and his puppy.
- Remember the bathroom
- Play fetch in the garage with puppy.
- Put puppy back in crate because he has transformed into Crazy-Eyed Puppy.
- Oh yes, the bathroom. ……………………. You may now Commence Cleaning!
- Realize, 3 hours later, that you only cleaned the tub/shower. The toilet and sink were forgotten about. No worries…there’s always tomorrow!
by Michelle
7 comments
HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!
~~~~great! now my comments on this blog match Jeane`’s blog perfectly!!!
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I LOVE THIS! Same list can apply to almost any room in the house!
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PS I shared this with folks in the office who have puppies and they thought you were pretty right on!
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Brilliant, my friend, BRILLIANT!!!!
I laughed and enjoyed every single little last step! And related to many, including spraying (and respraying) ‘leave on’ cleaning agent that dries up by the time I remember it, probably adding to the scum it was intended to remove!!!
You are simply brilliant (did i use that word already??)
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PS. I am stunned Charlie is still alive. in your home. not back in cage #29.
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You’re so funny. I wish I could write the way you do. I can’t wait to meet Charlie!!
Love ya!!!!
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Love your tips on cleaning the bathroom, Michelle. Looks like we have similar methods that result in similar random and unimportant things being accomplished in a day. Have fun with Charlie!!
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