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)
just the usual they try to cook something and it looks like a bomb hit the kitchen
One time my Mom tried to stuff my very small, adorable, tabby cat Freya in a cat carrier duffle bag thingy to take her to the vet. We had to clean my Mom's blood off the walls, floors, and furniture. There may still be some on the ceiling. The cat was fine of course. (Thought she be but little, she is fierce!). Now my Mom listens and only I put Freya in the carrier - a solid one, and only after I've discussed it with Freya first. LOL Mind you, Freya has never scratched me for trying to put her in the carrier because I do it correctly.
When my son was little he had a small tricycle that he used to ride on our wooden porch, and then inside, into a back hallway next to the pantry; one day he crashed into a large tin of imported olive oil that was sitting on the floor in the pantry, it must have held 4-5 liters of oil. When he "crashed" it did not seem that he had damaged the container, but it slowly leaked out overnight...that turned out to be the oddest mess we ever had to clean up !