The Daily Rave

[catherine]

I like this idea of deep cleaning the house one day a month--maybe I should try that.

Me, too! That was one of the things I used to like about Flylady--her routines just made cleaning more mindless.

I could handle a monthly deep clean. I think I'm going to try it, too.

[iris lilies]

Me, too! That was one of the things I used to like about Flylady--her routines just made cleaning more mindless.

I could handle a monthly deep clean. I think I'm going to try it, too.

do you mean, you clean baseboards of the entire house once a month? Argh!!, Nooooooo.

[Tybee]

If you don't, you get what I looked at yesterday--I was horrified to see all this dirt and I thought I had cleaned it recently but obviously not. This is the stuff that has happened since I had abdominal surgery last fall--everything is just dirty because I haven't been scrubbing anything. Ugh.

[iris lilies]

If you don't, you get what I looked at yesterday--I was horrified to see all this dirt and I thought I had cleaned it recently but obviously not. This is the stuff that has happened since I had abdominal surgery last fall--everything is just dirty because I haven't been scrubbing anything. Ugh.

My excuse…. I don’t even have baseboards in half of our house. They are being installed on the daily.

But this discussion is hitting home because I have been seeing the little corners of dirt in the rooms that ARE finished. We’ve lived here for a year now. Things are no longer shiny and new. There’s a year of grime on some things.

[Klunick]

do you mean, you clean baseboards of the entire house once a month? Argh!!, Nooooooo.

And all the doors!! Can't forget about the doors. Dust settles into all the crevasses. I literally clean my house top to bottom each month. From ceiling fans and cobwebs to baseboards and floors. End the day dripping in sweat and tired as heck but man, the feeling of going to bed knowing that everything in my house is spotless is the best!! And that I don't have to do it again for another month!

[iris lilies]

And all the doors!! Can't forget about the doors. Dust settles into all the crevasses. I literally clean my house top to bottom each month. From ceiling fans and cobwebs to baseboards and floors. End the day dripping in sweat and tired as heck but man, the feeling of going to bed knowing that everything in my house is spotless is the best!! And that I don't have to do it again for another month!

OK you Queens of Clean, tell me—do you have a special tool to wipe down baseboards? Or (don’t tell me tjis! Haha) you actually have to bend over the baseboards in your entire house!!!

[catherine]

My deep-clean issue is that my DH is married to using the stove top to cook everything: sear meat, sautée everything... and we have no range hood. I cringe when I think about our beautiful pine finished-but-unpainted ceilings and the grease they harbor. Never mind all the dishes on my open shelving!! Dishes that I don't use for a week or so need to be washed before use.

[Klunick]

OK you Queens of Clean, tell me—do you have a special tool to wipe down baseboards? Or (don’t tell me tjis! Haha) you actually have to bend over the baseboards in your entire house!!!

I do the dreaded "bend and wipe" method but there is a product out there called Baseboard Buddy that involves no bending.

[iris lilies]

I guess this is a Rave, although it could turn into a rant!

Today I went by a fellow iris Society member’s house to pick up boxes of Iris she had purchased, but will not be able to get into the ground. She’s having family problems and she just wants the iris to go to somebody who will get them in the ground

This is… So many iris, easily $1000 worth of iris, it might be as much as $3,000 worth. It’s hard to tell because Iris growers put several “bonus free “Iris in with ones you order. They are all labeled and she even made garden markers for about 30% of them.

I am madly sorting and soaking them, looking up photos of each, deciding what to keep, and emailing people who I think might take them. I am keeping most of the 2023 new introductions, and many 2022 introductions, but still, there are dozens and dozens left.

New introductions go for $55-$65, depending on the hybridizer. I have at least a dozen.

[Klunick]

Didn't get started on deep cleaning until about 9:30pm so only got my boys' bathroom and the hallway leading to it done tonight. Took about an hour. Also wiped down both boys' doors as well as the linen closet door. Called it quits for the night and will pick back up with my bathroom and bedroom first thing tomorrow. Entry, kitchen, and living room on Sunday. Then the fun begins and I can pull out my Halloween decorations and put them out in the kitchen, living room, and outside.