cleaning up the crumbs...

Oh happy Wednesday! You are so dreary and yucky. So what’s better on a day like this than cleaning?! Shopping would be wonderful, but ya’ll remember my Wal-Mart story, right?! =)

My house gets so dirty so quickly here lately. Mainly it’s the crumbs and spilled milk, literally. And the many hardwoods we have in this new house.I feel like I’m always cleaning. I recently bought an amazing little gadget that helps keep my floors clean and helps me keep my sanity. My wonderful sister-in-law told me about it after we moved into our new house and I complained to her about keeping my floors clean. Thank you Cates :))

Finally clean and crumb free :)

This little beauty was only $20 at Wal-Mart and let me just tell you…I love vacuuming my floors!! It’s small, light-weight, has this crazy super suction on it and helps me clean over my floors in no time. If you have a pet and hardwoods/laminate, I promise you’ll love this. It’ll suck up anything that’s on your floor (nothing huge, but you get the gist). It cleans up all of Tanner’s crumbs and gets under the couches and chairs so easily. I even use it on my tile bathroom floors. I hardly ever use my broom anymore. It’s amazing.

See how small it is?! Ahhhmazing!

This part easily removes so you can empty the junk out.

I had to share because it seriously makes life that much more simple. It irks me to go to bed with a messy house. So when I see nastiness all over the floor, I run this and it’s gone. I should do it every other night, but I don’t have the energy lol!

The mopping part is still under investigation. If you have any tips, like easy ones that don’t require too much work, let me know. Right now I use an old rag with water on it to get the spilled milk, juice etc. up and then mop once a week (or two). I need something quick and easy, easy being the keyword. And if you go buy one of these sweet Bissell 3-in-1 vac's, let me know how you like it!

Growing up I was such a hot mess when it came to keeping things clean. I guess most youngsters and teenagers are that way though. When we bought our first house, things changed drastically. It gets even worse as I get older. So any tips or organizational insights that I use, I will gladly post and pass along. It’s the simple things that make me so happy…like the Bissell =)

Enjoy the rest of your day! Only two more days till the weekend! I’m off to finish cleaning while my sweet boy is napping away. Until next time…

Magan