A Hard Day's Work

Okay - here is the latest of my Spring Cleaning venture. First of all, my "schedule" has totally not happened. I've discovered that it's very difficult to do deep cleaning with 1.) a toddler whose mommy is his #1 playmate 2.) my own goal and desire to give myself a rest/quiet time during his nap time. Thus, my planning the way I thought it would go just hasn't happened. Oh well.

Today, however, I decided that I had to conquer the kitchen. It is now 2:48 and I started at 8:30 this morning. I didn't even touch the pantry - that will have to be tomorrow. Now, not all that time was spent cleaning - cleaning was done in between making lunch, transitioning to the big bed for nap time, blowing bubbles, playing basketball, etc. Today I decided that cleaning needed to be done instead of rest. So now we have a very clean kitchen and a tired momma.

Here is what I did:

• Dusted and washed the objects on top of the cabinets
• Cleaned out refrigerator and took all shelves/compartments out and washed them
• Wiped down the outside of the refrigerator
• Wiped down all appliances
• Cleaned out microwave
• Took care of excess clutter - mostly
• Washed down counter tops /table
  
• Washed trash can
• Scrubbed high chair
• Cleaned light fixture
• Swept and mopped floor

Now to really be done I need to pick up a feather duster at the store and dust the blinds - and I need to purchase special light bulbs. Then the job will be officially done.

Here are my before pictures - I don't really know if you can tell a difference ... it's kinda a hard room to photograph.


Here are the after:
And I thought you might like to see a picture of my two helpers. That's right I said two. First is my dear son. He just figured out how to trigger a spray bottle. Here he is spraying the inside of the fridge. The second is the mop "pail" that we invested in a couple of weeks ago. When you have a whole floor that's tile, I gave up mopping on my hands and knees. This guy works wonders!