The Mess is Coming from Within (And a Giveaway!)
The list of things I'm good at is a long one, but so is the list of things I consistently fail to do effectively. At the tippy-top of that list, constantly threatening to fall over, are my cleaning skills (or lack thereof). Long ago, extended family threatened to buy me a t-shirt that said "Domestically Challenged" for Christmas.
I would have worn that thing with pride.
The thing about being bad at cleaning is that it's the sort of thing that triggers a domino effect. I fail one day and then the next day I have double the failure, and then triple, and so on. The mess accumulates and the next thing you know, there's an entire cat's worth of fur clinging to the curtains.
Whoops?
Go ahead and guess how having a toddler in the house makes all of that so much better. Actually, it's the opposite of better because did you know that toddlers are sticky? ALWAYS? I swear I can give Mila a bath, wrap her in a towel, and three minutes later she's magically sticky again, even though she hasn't left my arms. I legit have no idea where she finds the sticky. Does it ooze out of toddler pores? It must, right? Because WHY ARE TODDLERS SO STICKY?
To aid in concealing my domestically challenged ways (there is no cure, just things that can make me look like less of a failure), I like to surround myself with shortcuts. I'm not going to drag out the vacuum to clean crumbs off of the kitchen floor, but if there's a broom that's stored in a convenient place, I stand a chance. I follow the same sort of logic when it comes to keeping disinfecting wipes around the house. I could use paper towels and spray, but the disinfecting wipes bring together the best of both of those worlds in one convenient to store package. Besides, I can never find the paper towels. I'm sure I left them around here somewhere...
ANYWAY.
I'm picky about my disinfecting wipes, for the record. It's that lazy thing. I prefer Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes with Micro-Scrubbers because one side of the wipe is textured and does a great job when scrubbing sticky, crusty, gross messes. The other side is smooth and does great when I need to wipe away dirt.
Given that there is a toddler in the house, the answer to sticky and crusty or just dirty is YES. The answer is YES. Both. Always.
Which reminds me of a certain mystery in my life. You know how there is glass on your oven door? Have you ever had the space between the glass get dirty? Well, can you explain to me how Mila managed to spread her sticky to the inside of my oven door? BECAUSE I CAN'T.
I have no idea how she managed it, but one day I walked into the kitchen and could see sticky toddler fingers all over the glass. I tried wiping the outside but quickly realized the mess was coming from within. It was like that threatening phone call, but with less creepy music playing in the background. Even more mysterious, there was cat fur stuck to the sticky, as if Mila had disassembled the door, wiped her sticky hands all over it, and then tried to clean her sticky with a cat.
An hour later, I figured out how to clean the disaster. It involved a bent wire coat hanger and a handful of Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes with Micro-Scrubbers. The best part -- I didn't have to disassemble the door.
YAY FOR CLOROX® DISINFECTING WIPES WITH MICRO-SCRUBBERS!
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Thursday, May 5, 2016
Reader Comments (153)
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The worst was actually vomit. When I was in highschool I worked at a day care center and a little girl threw up cheetos after lunch.
The oddest, biggest mess I've ever had to clean up was one that I made myself. I was making soup, put the hot, steaming ingredients in the blender and screwed on the lid. When I turned on the blender the lid blew off from the expansion of the steam...Lesson learned, a hard one too!
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/FireRunner2379/status/734543294387126272.
Probably would be the dog vomit in the car. My dog like to try to hide it so it was in an awkward place and seeped into a more awkward place.
I had dropped an entire defrosted turkey on the floor
Tweet- https://twitter.com/mitadav/status/734822488505524226
With having a baby around, it seems most of my cleanup is spit up or spills from the kids.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Michael64263870/status/735989065317818368
What's the oddest mess you've ever had to clean up?
Four dogs vomit at the same time!!!! Yeah, no so much fun
https://twitter.com/dropastitch/status/737018014445371392
My toddler likes to take his diaper off himself when we are not looking so I'll let you imagine the fun stuff I had to clean up haha
Tweet entry https://twitter.com/kytah00/status/737934920643973121
It'd have to be a hot dog (ketchup, mustard and relish) mesh on the carpet.... ick
The oddest was melted candle wax mixed with chocolate and marshmallow stuck in the carpet. (In case you are wondering, it is NOT a good idea to try to make s'mores over a candle in the living room! LOL)
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The oddest mess is a bowl of spaghetti sauce that went all over the kitchen floor.
https://twitter.com/susan1215/status/743149982497153024
The oddest mess I have had to clean up was spaghetti out of the carpet! Not fun!
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Cats furball.
Probably all the godawful things that the cat and dog brings into the house and leaves in strategic places on the floor and carpet.
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I had to clean up play-doh that was mashed into my carpet.
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the cat spilled milkshake on our sofa and we still can't get the smell out
It's not really odd, but my youngest considered any bare surface a blank canvas for his art work. I was forever scrubbing markers and crayons from painted walls. (He ended up going to art school, BTW.)
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https://twitter.com/clc408/status/746431473037754368
The oddest mess I had to clean up was I was renting a house and the landlord decided to come over and paint the porch red and didn't tell me. I opened the door and walked out barefoot onto the porch. Who does that?
Tweet https://twitter.com/Lindiac/status/747217738628620288
Blueberry smoothie dropped on the kitchen floor and splattered across 3 rooms, I swear!
I had to clean what looked like spaghetti sauce from the wall above my kitchen window. It's nowhere near the stove and I don't have a toddler who might have thrown it up there. Big mystery how it got there.
Tweet - https://twitter.com/willitara/status/747290400600121345
The oddest mess I've ever had to clean up? All the mysterious stains the kids come home with every day. I don't know nor do I want to know where they came from!
The weirdest mess I have had to clean was when the dogs threw up all over the rug!
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https://twitter.com/my4boysand1/status/747757487252738049?lang=en
I use them to clean the patio furniture. truckredford(at)gmail(dot) com
My oddest mess was probably the time my dog stole a jar of peanut butter out of my tote bag, ate almost a whole jar and then proceeded to throw it up all over the house including under my pillow. It was super gross! I'll take a sticky toddler over that ANY day.
tweeted - https://twitter.com/dmarie824/status/748209816745578497
The oddest mess...hmm...does blood off of my ceiling count? hahahaha True but TMI story. Aren't you curious? hahahah!
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/748229771704811520
I don't have any odd mess but the worst is cleaning up after my dog.
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The oddest mess I've cleaned up was my 3 year old smeared with pancake syrup. The hard part was the dog that he thought would look better with syrup on him too.
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beverage stains on the kitchen counter
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