So..after a year and a month...good ole Swiffer Wet Jet was falling apart..so on this lonely Saturday night 9pm rolls along and I decide to go to Target to replace this God forbidden "miracle mop" and its corresponding overlypriced pads and squirty crap...and I stumble upon this gem...ok I have been wishing for it on my Amazon wishlist for about 2 years...but no sugar daddy (or mama, which ever way you sway) has come forward to help a cleaning diva out...so I bit the bullet and bought it....and can I just say...besides other undisclosed machinary in my house...this one is the bees knees...secondary to my Dyson vac. I love it...I used it after using the p.o.s. Swiffer and it found a lot more crap and cat hair...eff...again I wish I took before and after pics of the pads...but I was so effin eager to clean the Shark pad. Doods...this thing is worth it. Because of all the warning labels...I decided to stay sober for this one..but I was listening to some Boston while "steaming"...goodnight friends.
Welcome To The Drunken Single Housewife!
My name is Nelly. I am a 33 y/o mom with a bunch of loud messy kids (including myself) & there is nothing funner than grabbing an icy adult beverage, popping in some loud 70's music & tackling cleaning projects around the house(especially at 10:30pm).So Where did I come from? Well, honestly, I have to admit, I once was (kinda) a hoarder (in a responsible round about kinda way) I never took cleaning seriously, and honestly I had my priorities scattered in random, useless areas. I also had a different life before and that all changed in August of 2009, when my husband died suddenly of a heart attack. Our lives suddenly changed, we were forced out of our house we shared for 12 years, and 9 months later another move was made to settle in to the house we plan on staying in for a very long time. I have learned a lot about myself during this grieving journey, but one thing I want to share here is what I have learned, becoming a more organized, a more cleaner, more tidier person. I am not a neat freak, I am not a germ a phobe, I just get very satisfied over accomplishing a task that seemed doomed or overwhelming. I ask you to join me every post. Clean with me! Tell me what works, tell me what didn't work! Don't clean with me, I don't give a shit, but maybe a little help from me can get your Hoarder's Buried Alive House looking like Martha Stewarts. storage shed.
***Disclaimer! If you are under the drinking age, maybe you should not be on here, or if you are really wanting advice, maybe grab a cold energy drink, CUZ UNDERAGE DRINKING IS ILLEGAL!*
***Disclaimer! If you are under the drinking age, maybe you should not be on here, or if you are really wanting advice, maybe grab a cold energy drink, CUZ UNDERAGE DRINKING IS ILLEGAL!*
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Saturday at the 70's Cleaning Extravaganza!
So I normally reserve Saturdays for my deep cleaning day. The reason, because Mix96.1 plays 70's and "More" all friggin day until 12am! The "More" part of 70's and "More" can kiss my ass tho. As much as I like "More" and "More" meaning the 80's, I honestly like to reserve this day for 70's only. They just changed this format at the beginning of summer, so I guess I just need to deal and not let my Betty Davis eyes hurt so much. So on top of my staple Saturday chores, I am going to introduce you to my scumbag of a shower. Now, this shower you can eat off of. I keep this baby clean every day, not only do I deep clean it more than monthly, I use that awesome invention called Clean Shower Spray. The thing is that I have a fancy glass shower door with lots of pores so the door always looks cloudy. Well, after trying about every lung busting chemical known to man, I got some advice from my friend over at the thehappylilhomemaker.com. Now this lady knows her stuff, I would eat Gazpacho off her floor one day. She lives in Illinois, so that will be no time soon, but I have known her husband since I was 12, so I know she is good people. I am going to run to the hardware today after my Yoga class and do exactly what she told me, and that was to buy some White vinegar and a spray bottle (both I own) and dry wall sand paper. On my way home, I am gonna grab a 6 pack of brew, because what else goes better with vinegar?
So here is what we are looking at:
I am not gonna bash my grandparents here, but this is I have to honestly say there is scum on this shower since 1982. I grabbed my gear.((dont hate on my shower chair! I like to relax geesh!))
Let me be the first to say that this beer is the worst beer in the entire world. If Zoo had a flavor, this would be it. I am not a waster, so I popped them open and started my work. I first sprayed down the shower door with straight up white vinegar. I let it soak while I did some other chores around the house (one of them being cleaning up the graffiti tag crap some ass clown tagged up on my house AGAIN)
After that "Success" I re entered my bathroom and reapplied some more white vinegar. I then took the dry wall sander and "sanded". I do admit, this was AN EFFIN CHORE! I repeated these steps about 5 times. Rinsing each time. I would say the success rate for today was about an 80%. I have lots of patience, but I just couldn't bring myself to repeat another cycle, plus my arms were killing the eff out of me. I will have to keep up on this chore and slowly but surely have it at 100%.
Look you can see my tuxedo kitty Harmony!!! Soooooo...If you are lucky to have a cloth curtain, throw it in the washer! Throw the plastic one in there too! Just dont put the plastic one in the dryer! As for the Zoo Beer, shame on me.
So here is what we are looking at:

I am not gonna bash my grandparents here, but this is I have to honestly say there is scum on this shower since 1982. I grabbed my gear.((dont hate on my shower chair! I like to relax geesh!))
Let me be the first to say that this beer is the worst beer in the entire world. If Zoo had a flavor, this would be it. I am not a waster, so I popped them open and started my work. I first sprayed down the shower door with straight up white vinegar. I let it soak while I did some other chores around the house (one of them being cleaning up the graffiti tag crap some ass clown tagged up on my house AGAIN)
After that "Success" I re entered my bathroom and reapplied some more white vinegar. I then took the dry wall sander and "sanded". I do admit, this was AN EFFIN CHORE! I repeated these steps about 5 times. Rinsing each time. I would say the success rate for today was about an 80%. I have lots of patience, but I just couldn't bring myself to repeat another cycle, plus my arms were killing the eff out of me. I will have to keep up on this chore and slowly but surely have it at 100%.
Look you can see my tuxedo kitty Harmony!!! Soooooo...If you are lucky to have a cloth curtain, throw it in the washer! Throw the plastic one in there too! Just dont put the plastic one in the dryer! As for the Zoo Beer, shame on me.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Under the sink!
Under the sink is a foul place to be. If you are like me you have your garbage can under there because you don't want your house guests seeing all you crap, and you don't want them walking in you house saying your house smells like Ass, like the donkey kind, smelly, petting zoo ass. And well, not only does everyone miss the trash can, this is also a dumping ground for things to hide or things to jam in and spill all over the place causing a toxic waste spill and CalOsha gets called out to fine your messy ass. So that leads to today's "chore" today, I tackle the under the sink cabinet. I first grab my Dads Elton John Madman Across the Water album and as I hear that little piano intro to Tiny Dancer, I am on the floor, taking every thing out of said cabinet. Now, a disclaimer to yal, I did not have anything to drink today. I in fact have a belly ache. I made the mistake of eating an Airhead, the candy, and my stomach churned like I drank a bottle of Cold Duck. So I will not be joining in the festivities tonight, I in fact will be your designated cleaner. So back to the cleaning. I am a big advocate for just taking everything out and either putting it in a box, sorting thru the keep, and discard items. I then took a cleaning solution, 409 spray to be exact and sprayed the hell out of the "flooring" and the doors because it was nasty as shit!((make sure there is no other chemicals there, NO MIXING CHEMICALS!) There was a sticky otter pop wrapper and some dog shampoo and who knows what else! It was sticky. I let that crap sit for about 5 min as I sorted thru the items. I am pretty good about keeping only household cleaners under here and it was relieving that there was nothing out of that ordinary. Now, first of all don't hate on my simple blog format, because this all came to me suddenly and here I am. I promise to make this blog extra blingy with a lot of before and after photos. For this task, all I have is the after. Anyways, after the soak and sort, I wiped off the cleaner and placed all the items back in the cupboard. You know, it took me like 15 min. I aint gonna do anything else for the rest of the night because, its late. And that was my cleaning quota for a boring Friday night. Think I am gonna go snuggle with my cats and watch some Steel Magnolias, with maybe a night cap. Goodnight friends. Good luck with your kitchen sink cabinet!
Welcome To The Drunken Single Housewife!
You have reached this destination because #1, you are someone that may enjoy a Fine Chardonnay or a cheap ass cold Boones Farm. Regardless, #2, you are in need of motivation and/guidance of a fine cleaning (of your house and/or office). Every day(ok maybe not everyday) I will post a chore (what to do, a stop drop and roll may have you) So, what the hell do you think I am your maid? NO, this site is for you to follow me thru a "MAGICAL JOURNEY OF CLEANING YOUR MESSY ASS DIGGS!" So take my hand, get your drink on, bust out your old ass "Best Of Pablo Cruise" record(#3), and lets get to cleaning! ****WARNING, IF YOU ARE UNDER THE DRINKING AGE, THEN GRAB A HIGH ENERGY DRINK, UNDERAGE DRINKING IS ILLEGAL, YA PUNKS! SHIT, IF YAL ARE GONNA DRINK AN ENERGY DRINK WHY DON'T YOU JUST COME OVER AND HELP ME, EFF CLEANING YOUR HOUSE***
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