Welcome back to……..

If you missed last week you can go here and check out how we started our Spring Cleaning.

Today, we’re going to clean our blinds and windows.

It’s still pretty chilly here in Kentucky so I want to get this done now and then when the weather warms up, I’ll be ready to go outside!

These are my supplies….. I love Mrs. Meyer’s products.

They not only clean great but they smell good too!

 

To get started I flip my blinds up like this……

 

Then I use my little duster and I dust the blinds….

 

I flip the other way……..(I tried flipping them back and forth real fast to see if the dust would just fly off, but no such luck!)

 

so I used my duster again…….

 

I then open them the blinds. I spray Mrs. Meyer’s all purpose cleaner on a clean white cloth and wipe each blind (this doesn’t take very long, I promise!).

 

This is what I ended up with!! Uck!

I can’t believe how much dirt I got off of them.

I burn candles and I think that’s why they are so dirty (at least that’s what I’m telling myself).

 

Next I use Mrs. Meyer’s window spray and clean my windows.

Here are some tips when cleaning your windows:

• Squeegees work great, although I have never used one for my windows.
• Cheap paper towels with no color are best because they contain very little lint or softeners in them.
• If you have newspapers they work great, just wear gloves because the ink gets messy.
• You can also dry your freshly washed windows with crumbled newspaper. The paper will leave a film that’s resistant to dirt, keeping your glass shinier longer.
• It’s best to clean on a cloudy day; direct sunlight dries cleaning solutions and quickly causes buildup.

 

I also clean my window sills. I find things like this….a dead fly. Just keeping it real

 

Okay, I obviously have some cleaning to do. Woo Hoo!!

I’m going to crank some music, pour me some coffee and start cleaning!!

Just think how good it’s going to feel when our blinds and windows are sparkling (I’m trying to sike myself up, can you tell?)

Lastly I found this poem and I thought it was appropriate…….let’s be honest dust will always be there but children do grow up……..

Love in the Home

If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place,
but have not love, I am a housekeeper – not a homemaker.

If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements, but
have not love, my children learn cleanliness – not godliness.

Love leaves the dust in search of a child’s laugh.
Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.

Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk.
Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.

Love is present through the trials. Love reprimands, reproves, and is
responsive. Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs
with the child, then stands aside to let the youth walk into adulthood.

Love is the key that opens salvation’s message to a child’s heart.

Before I became a mother I took glory in my house of perfection. Now I
glory in God’s perfection of my child.

As a mother, there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is love.  Author Unknown

 

Walking in His Grace,