1 Hour Whole House Clean With Me + Cleaning Tips | Finally Decluttering My Problem Areas!

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Yesterday
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there was [music] sun and [singing]
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there was rain.
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Beauty in the mundane. [music]
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And as the light
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startled [singing]
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our eyes, we let go of disguise.
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And now [music]
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there's something [singing] in the air.
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Hi friends, welcome to another clean
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with me video. Today my house is a mess.
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My son has began back home school and I
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have about 1 hour to get everything back
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under control. So, today we're going to
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be doing a full reset together. I have a
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ton of things across the counter, some
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things on the floor. However, upstairs
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is definitely the worst part, so we're
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going to be saving that for last. And
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then I also have one area that I have
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been avoiding for months. And we're
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finally going to be tackling that today.
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I also have some laundry. So, I have a
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lot of motivation here for you guys
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today if you are cleaning alongside with
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me. And I'm also going to be sharing
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some tips along the way that I
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personally feel makes cleaning the home
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a lot easier. And the first one that I'm
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going to be mentioning is closing down
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the house at night because I actually
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have been trying my best to stay on top
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of that. And it has truly been a game
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changer for me. Being able to wake up
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the next day and there are no dishes in
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my sink is huge for me. Even if I do not
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clean the entire house, [music]
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if I can at least load up that
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dishwasher so there are no dishes in the
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sink, then that's already going to put
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me ahead for the very next day.
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Currently, I have just a couple of
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dishes in the sink, maybe about four or
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so, definitely not a lot. If I only load
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the dishwasher with just a few dishes
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the night before, I won't start the
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dishwasher. That way, after I'm done
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making breakfast and lunch the next day,
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I can just load those immediately into
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the dishwasher without having to unload.
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Another tip, you guys, is before you get
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into a long cleaning session, go ahead
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and fuel yourself with water like I did.
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I'm also making me a chocolate matcha.
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Whatever it is, whatever your go-to is,
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go ahead and fuel yourself. I always
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like to start my day off with prayer and
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then I do a little bit of devotion and
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then I go ahead and have my water.
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Sometimes it's coffee, sometimes it's
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tea. Today it is a chocolate and
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hazelnut matcha. It's so simple. It's
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just chocolate almond milk with [music]
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a teaspoon of matcha powder mixed in
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there. And then I added a little bit of
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whipped cream with chocolate hazelnut
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coffee topping. And it's delicious. I've
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tried this with regular almond milk and
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only putting the chocolate froth on the
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top of it and I wasn't a huge huge fan
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of it. So, I found that this is what I
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prefer best. If you have a matcha recipe
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and you are willing to share it, please
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go ahead and drop it down below in the
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comments section. I am new to making
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matchas at home and I would love some
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tips. So, really quick before we get
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into cleaning the kitchen, I want to go
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ahead and put baby girl's cloth diapers
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and liners into the wash. We recently
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just began doing some cloth diapering
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during the daytime and when we're at
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home. However, we still use the Amore
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Pampers diapers during the night time,
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like before she goes to bed or if we're
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going to be out because when we are back
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in Florida, we often go to Disney World
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and that's going to be, you know, pretty
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difficult, at least for me as a newbie
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and beginner to cloth diapering.
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However, we decided to try out the
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hybrid cloth diapers. They are by the
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Honest Company brand and basically they
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are supposed to allow for you to be able
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to either put a cloth diaper liner
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inside of the diaper or you can use a
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disposable diaper liner. We haven't used
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the disposables. That would defeat the
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purpose of us switching to the cloth
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diapers during the daytime. I don't
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know, maybe we'll try the disposable
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liners as well and just see. However,
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for now, we're just getting those put
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into a wash cycle and then we're going
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to go ahead and begin unloading the
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dishes because even though I did get the
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dishwasher loaded last night, I did go
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ahead and have to do a wash cycle. So,
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we're unloading and then we're going to
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load those last dishes that we have left
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over. We also have a few things that I
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need to hand wash. The air fryer insert
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that needs to have a hand washing. I
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think you can put it in the dishwasher.
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However, it's pretty huge and bulky, so
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I don't even waste my time putting it in
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the dishwasher. I just hand wash it. And
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we're going to wipe down the surfaces
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and everything. And then we are also
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going to strip down the high chair,
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which has gotten pretty like dirty.
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There are like crumbs, not on the
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outside. Like you can wipe the outside
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of the high chair cover down. However,
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right like underneath the pot, sometimes
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a little bit of crumbs get in there. So,
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I want to make sure that we pull the
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cover off completely, put that inside of
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the wash as well, and then wipe down the
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high. Once that's done, we are then
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going to go ahead and tackle an area of
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the home that has really, really been
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bugging me. If you're cleaning with me,
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go ahead and let me know down below in
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the comment section. Say hello. If you
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have been around for a while, and if you
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are new here, welcome. Subscribe. I
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would love to have you here. I'm always
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sharing homemaking motivation, days in
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the life, cleaning with me videos. Right
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now, we are in the middle of a whole
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house clean [music] series where I'm
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doing a full one hour whole house clean
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every single week for you guys. However,
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we also have a few other things coming
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up, homeschool content. I have some
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curriculum reviews for you guys, as well
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as a full kitchen pantry [music]
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organization video coming out as well.
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So, make sure you stay tuned and stick
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around for that. You guys, one thing
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that I really, really love, speaking of
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home organization and kitchen
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organization, is this really, really
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adorable utensil organizer that I keep
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inside of our utensil drawer. It has
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like a lid or a cover on the top of it.
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And I think it's so sleek and so
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convenient and so so cute. Pretty much
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just your basic silverware or utensil
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organizer except that it also has a lid
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that you can close as well. This comes
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in super convenient when we are
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traveling at Snowbirds and we're going
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down south for a few months because we
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typically always pack some things away,
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keep them dustfree and basically this
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just, [music]
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you know, solves that issue for us.
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Otherwise, it's also super cute. Now,
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another tip that I want to share with
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you guys that I think [music] makes
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cleaning the home or keeping it clean a
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lot easier is choosing your cleaning
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[music] day. This is going to be
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different for everyone. Obviously, we
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all have different schedules throughout
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the week and different responsibilities.
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However, it has been helpful for me
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starting out. It's definitely going to
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feel a little bit weird trying to stick
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to cleaning your house on the same day
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every single week. Maybe it'll be easier
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if you're a person who typically
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thrives, you know, with schedules. I'm
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normally a lot more flexible with my
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schedules, not necessarily having a
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specific date and time that we like to
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do anything. We normally go with our
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like just natural routines that are just
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woven into our days. However, for the
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past, I want to say 2 months, I have
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been cleaning on Saturdays. I still do,
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you know, light tidying, loading the
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dishwasher, wiping things down, putting
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things away every single day throughout
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the week, laundry, all of that. But on
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Saturdays, I have just been spending
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like one hour [music]
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just deep cleaning my home. And so that
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is kind of what inspired me to do like a
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whole house clean series with you guys
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because I just want to show you guys
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that it doesn't necessarily have to be
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too daunting. It doesn't have to be
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super overwhelming, especially if you
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just take, you know, steps and measures
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throughout the week and you do your due
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diligence when it comes [music] to
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decluttering and getting rid of things
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that you really don't need and
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simplifying wherever you can. It's just
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going to make cleaning a whole lot
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easier. I was able to pretty much get
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the bulk of my cleaning done within an
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hour. Since we don't have to homeschool
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or anything on Saturdays, I thought it
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was the perfect day. Sundays we
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typically have church. I like to rest on
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those days. I still fold laundry while
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resting on Sundays. So, Sundays have
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became my laundry folding day while
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Saturdays have become my cleaning day.
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And it doesn't really, you know, give me
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permission to just slack off all the
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other days of the week, knowing that I'm
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just going to have to clean on
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Saturdays. In fact, I try my best to
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keep up during the week to make
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Saturdays a bit easier for myself. Even
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doing that full 1 hour clean every
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Saturday makes cleaning throughout the
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week a lot easier. It has just been
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super helpful. And if I see something
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that needs to be decluttering while I'm
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doing that, I will also do that as well.
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So there's, you know, just a tip. If you
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want to try [music] it, pick one day of
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the week and try your best to stick to
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that day being like your cleaning day,
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but also have like a time frame that you
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are also thinking you would stick to. My
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cut off was 1 hour. That's it. I'm a
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busy homeschool mama. I also have two
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little ones. One is in that [music]
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stage where she's super busy and super
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curious. She's 2 years old. And then I
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also have a 7-year-old who at that age,
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[music] of course, they still need a lot
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of our attention while they're young.
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They just they need a lot of our
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attention. And then aside from that, you
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guys, I just have other things that I
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like to do. I like to spend time with my
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family, spend time with my husband. So,
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I don't want to spend the entire entire
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day cleaning. So, that's why I did so
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much decluttering around my home. And it
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has definitely been helpful for me.
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Again, in the beginning, it might feel a
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little bit weird and, you know,
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remembering and trying to keep up with
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that day every single week. But once it
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becomes habitual, once you get into the
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habit of doing it every single week, it
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just becomes a part of your routine. It
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just feels like routine. You get up and
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you know, okay, let me go ahead and get
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to cleaning. And then you have the
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entire rest of your day all to yourself.
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you don't have to worry about it on
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Sunday. And then throughout the week,
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the home is a lot more fresher as well.
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It's like a little weekend reset. So,
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that's another tip for you guys as well
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as just declutter. I talk a lot about
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it, so I'm not going to go too much into
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it, but obviously the less stuff you
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have, the less stuff you have to take
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care of, the less stuff you have to
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clean. And I always say decluttering is
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the most timeconsuming part of cleaning.
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like putting everything back in its
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home. That normally takes the largest
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amount of time. Loading the dishwasher
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doesn't take me a ton of time. Mopping,
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vacuuming, sweeping, all that stuff
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really, it just goes by super fast. The
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biggest thing is normally putting
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everything away. [music] So, if you can
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declutter as much as you can, that makes
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cleaning a lot easier as well. So, now
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that we have taken care of all of the
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dishes, got them unloaded, reloaded, I
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am now just giving our Ninja Cafe coffee
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pot a good clean. There's like this
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little tray or compartment at the bottom
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that you guys saw me empty the water,
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there's this little red plastic tab
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[music] that sticks up. And whenever the
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water begins to fill up, the red tab
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just raises so that you know that once
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it rises all the way to the top, you
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have to go ahead and dump the water.
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Otherwise, the water's just going to
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overflow. It's going to be a puddle of
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water all over the counter. It's just
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going to make a [music] huge mess. But
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that pretty much just catches any like
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dripping coffee. It also catches [music]
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like the water when you purge the little
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stem that you use to froth your milk. I
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don't really know exactly what you call
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it. And so I needed to go ahead and
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empty that. Get everything a good clean
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and wipe down. And then also wipe down
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the surfaces. You know, just wiping down
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the countertops. We're going to wipe
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down the table as well. And you guys, I
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always mention a little disclaimer in my
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videos that we have like white
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everything. white counters, white sinks,
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in the bathroom, in the kitchen,
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everywhere. However, we also have hard
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water where you can get a lot of like I
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guess rusty stains from like minerals,
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irons, and things like that where it
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pretty much is kind of like this orange
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rusty bronze tint wherever you have
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white appliances. So, today we are going
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to be using the iron out product. And
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I'm going to show it to you guys and
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basically just show you guys how you can
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just spray that on the surface if you
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have hard water, well water, and [music]
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it just dissolves all the iron, the
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mineral buildup and things like that.
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It's also really good for like other
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stains. However, it's very chemical
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heavy. So sometimes when you guys see me
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cleaning, I use it and sometimes I just
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don't. I leave the stains and just say
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so be it because I know it's not dirt. I
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know it's just mineral buildup and it
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saved me from always constantly having
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to put like hard chemicals on our
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appliances and spraying them around the
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house. Now, if you're a mama, I would
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love to know what is your preferred
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style of high chair for the babies or
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the toddlers here in our home up north.
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This high chair that you guys see me
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cleaning right now is the baby trend
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high chair. It has like two trays. the
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white one that just snaps on top of the
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gray one. And then it also has a
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removable high tier cover and the actual
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seat itself recines into three different
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positions. You can fold it upright so
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that you can store it a lot easier. And
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once you actually remove the cover, it's
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pretty easy to wipe down. But then down
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south in Florida instead, we have the
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Evenflow high chair. It is all white and
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there's no fabric on there. You can
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separately purchase a fabric cover for
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it if you want. And that's something
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that's new. I think they only came out
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with that about a year ago. When I first
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purchased the high chair, they didn't
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have anything available. I tried to just
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purchase like a universal high chair
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cover to put over it so baby girl could
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have a little bit of cushion, but as she
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got older, we realized that we really
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didn't actually need the cushion. then
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it's just so much easier to wipe it down
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and clean it when there isn't a cover
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and fabric. So, I want to know what you
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guys prefer. I know that the, you know,
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reclining feature is really great. I
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know that having the cover provides a
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little bit of padding and comfort, but
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you guys look at this. I can barely
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figure out how to get this. It's like
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taking a car seat apart when you're
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getting ready to wash it. Okay, no, the
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car seat is definitely a bit worse, so
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maybe I'm reaching there. However, it's
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definitely an extra step having [music]
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to take the seat belts off, take the
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cover off, toss it in the washer, and
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then actually wipe down the high chair
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versus having a high chair where you
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don't have to remove anything. You just
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got to wipe everything down. You don't
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have to put anything in the washing
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machine. I'll just say that I enjoy
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having the different options, the best
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of [music]
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both worlds. But yeah, when it comes to
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cleaning, this is just not the ideal for
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me. The Even Flow one that we have is
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very similar to like the Mockingbird or
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the Costco brand and it's just super
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simple. I don't know you guys. This
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definitely
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definitely gave me a headache, but I can
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at least say [music]
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that removing the cover was harder for
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some reason than putting it back on.
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When it was time for me to put it back
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on, the seat belts just went through the
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slots so much easier. That was
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definitely a nice surprise for me when I
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went to [music] put it back on. But as
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you guys can see, there are a ton of
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like crumbs and stuff, like right in the
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back corner there, like right against
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the back creases and edges and
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everything. So, I'm really just trying
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to give this thing a really good cleaned
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out. And I'm using Method allpurpose
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cleaner. [music]
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That's what you guys see me using in
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this entire video. I told you guys
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before, my go-tos are the method cleaner
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or the EOS cleaner, or I will just make
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something myself using some distilled
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vinegar, some purified water, essential
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oil, alcohol, whatever, you know, things
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like that. Castile soap also makes
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really good household cleaners or
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laundry detergent, hand soap. So,
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Castile soap is another just allpurpose
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allaround soap. However, when it comes
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to like hand soap or body wash, I
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personally think it's a little bit
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harsh. But for cleaning the home or
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doing laundry, Castel soap is wonderful.
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So, once we finish getting this here
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hydro wiped down, I'm going to go ahead
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and switch out the laundry. So, I need
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to put the cloth diapers into the dryer.
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I'm going to dry those on a very, very
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low setting. And then we're going to go
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ahead and toss the Hydra cover into
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[music] the wash. So things are
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definitely moving along. We have already
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gotten a couple of wins. I love when I'm
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doing a whole house clean [music] and
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right out of the gate, I can just get a
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couple of wins out of the gate. That's
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always very simple by just throwing a
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load of laundry in the wash. And now we
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know we got that done. And then tackling
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the easiest room in the house [music]
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first. Do you prefer to tackle your
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hardest room first or your easiest room?
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I feel like I need a balance. And it
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truly depends on how I'm feeling. If I
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don't have a ton of energy, I probably
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wouldn't be trying to do a whole house
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clean in the first place. I will just
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put my efforts where I feel it's best
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useful. Otherwise, sometimes I might get
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the hardest one down first, the messiest
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rooms, so that once I begin to feel like
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I'm getting tired, then I only have like
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the easier rooms left to do. But
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sometimes I just need a quick win right
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out of the gate. So, I tackle the
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easiest room and that I have like
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accomplished something already and it's
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still pretty early in the clean. So, let
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me know what you guys prefer, the
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messiest room first or the easiest room.
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Right now, we're spending some time in
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our family room and it is pretty messy,
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but it's not going to be the worst
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really. We have a ton of clutter, you
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guys. I definitely have some
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decluttering to do. I'm working on it. I
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have been doing a little bit at a time
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because I know, you know, my capacity
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and what I'm able to do. And while it
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only takes me an hour to clean my entire
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home, decluttering, that's a whole
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different ball game. If I tried to
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declutter my entire house in a day, I
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just don't think that I will have had
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the energy to be able to do that. Not
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with all the different projects that I
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needed to get done. So, slowly but
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surely, we've been getting it done. And
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I needed to declutter my basement, which
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I actually did earlier today, the day
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that I'm filming this voice over. I
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needed to do the kitchen pantry. That's
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done. I have a video ready to go up for
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you guys. I actually have a decluttering
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project that I'm going to be tackling as
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soon as we finish this room that we're
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in right now. And so, slowly and truly,
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I've been getting it done. And then in
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the whole house clean with me video I
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posted last week, I also did a little
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bit of decluttering in the front room
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that I have been putting off as well.
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So, I've definitely been slowly but
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surely, you know, being intentional,
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getting it done while also being
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realistic with my time, knowing what I
19:25
can do and what I can't. I'm never one
19:28
to just force it. Like, if I don't have
19:31
the energy to go all in, I'm just not
19:34
going to force it. I always talk a lot
19:36
about slowing down and simplifying life
19:39
and not being so hard on ourselves. It's
19:41
okay to slow down and do things at an
19:43
easy pace, whatever pace works best for
19:45
you. Another cleaning tip that I think
19:48
makes cleaning a lot easier is setting a
19:51
timer. I think one of the most difficult
19:54
parts of really getting started is the
19:57
mindset behind it. A lot of times you'll
20:00
wake up and you know what you need to do
20:01
and you're already overwhelmed before
20:03
you even begin. And that is why setting
20:05
a timer gives you some idea of where you
20:09
start as well as where you end. It's not
20:12
like you're going into it and you're
20:14
like, I have all this stuff to do. I
20:15
don't have enough time to do it. I don't
20:17
know how long it's going to take me.
20:18
Instead, you're saying, "Okay, [music]
20:20
it's going to take me 30 minutes. It's
20:22
going to take me an hour, 2 hours, and
20:24
I'm going to set it at this part in my
20:27
day so that I can just go ahead and get
20:28
it done. And once that 1 hour is up, I'm
20:31
done for the day." For me, that has
20:34
definitely made a huge difference. And
20:37
it also showed me that sometimes I was
20:39
really overthinking it. And I hate
20:42
overthinking things because naturally
20:44
I'm an overthinker. I overthink
20:46
everything. I want everything to be
20:48
planned out. Basically, I don't like
20:51
[music] the unknown, not knowing how
20:55
things are going to flow. I always
20:57
mention to you guys that I am not a huge
20:59
fan of having like a schedule, but I am
21:02
a huge fan of having a routine. And so,
21:05
I may not know that by 8:00 a.m. we have
21:08
to be waking up. By 10:00 a.m., we have
21:11
to be doing homeschool. By 1:00 p.m., we
21:14
have to be eating lunch. Sometimes it's
21:16
just as simple as [music]
21:18
wake up, pray, say my devotion, get
21:22
myself showered and dressed for the day,
21:24
work out for the day, take my vitamins,
21:27
cook the children's breakfast, start
21:30
homeschool, finish homeschool, and
21:32
prepare lunch, take a [music] rest,
21:34
prepare dinner, you know, and so knowing
21:37
what I have to do for that day and in
21:39
the order [music] that I need to get it
21:42
done for me is a lot more attainable.
21:44
able than having a block schedule.
21:48
[music] And if I know about how much
21:51
time each of those things typically take
21:53
me, I can still be realistic with my day
21:57
based on the time that I wake up and the
21:59
time that I know I need to go to sleep.
22:00
I know what I can fit in there and I
22:02
know what I can't. It still helps me to
22:04
be realistic. [music]
22:06
And you can set timers in three
22:10
different ways. The first way that you
22:12
can set your cleaning timer is to give
22:15
yourself just the amount of time that
22:17
you actually have for the day. If you
22:20
only have an hour, just go ahead and
22:22
tackle [music]
22:22
whatever area of the home you know it's
22:24
only going to take you 1 hour. Set that
22:26
timer and don't go past the hour. You
22:29
can get a ton done in 1 hour. After deep
22:33
decluttering, I was able to clean my
22:36
entire home in 1 hour. Of course, it
22:38
just depends on the size of the home,
22:40
how much, you know, you have to get done
22:42
if you have little ones, you know,
22:44
running around, but at least I know how
22:47
long it's going to take me. And so, I
22:49
can go ahead and carve out that time
22:50
[music] within my week. The other way
22:53
that you can set a timer for a cleaning
22:56
is basically setting the timer for the
22:58
amount of time that you think it's going
23:00
to take versus the amount of time that
23:02
you are not allowing it to go past. So,
23:06
the first way was I'm only going to
23:07
clean for this amount of time. That's
23:09
all that I have today and I'm just going
23:10
to do what I can and anything that I
23:12
can't get done just won't get done. The
23:14
second one is that, okay, I want to get
23:16
everything done. I estimate that it's
23:18
probably going to take me 2 hours. So,
23:21
I'm going to go ahead and set a timer
23:23
and get it done and really, really focus
23:26
hard. And when I say focus hard, I'm
23:27
saying like no distractions, no
23:29
scrolling on your phone. put the kids
23:32
into their room to have quiet time with
23:35
a snack or something. You can't answer
23:37
the phone at this moment and you just go
23:40
all in for those two hours. And then the
23:42
third way that you can set a timer for
23:46
yourself is to basically
23:50
know how long each room takes you to
23:54
clean [music]
23:56
and set your timers that way. And so I
23:58
pretty much do all three of them
24:01
depending on what I have to get done. If
24:03
I'm going on a decluttering session,
24:06
then I'll go with the first way. I'll
24:08
say I'm only going to declutter for this
24:10
amount of time. That's it. [music] And
24:12
for the last two, because I clean my
24:16
home up all the time, every day I do
24:19
whole house cleans every week. I kind of
24:21
know exactly how much time it's going to
24:23
take me to clean pretty much every
24:26
single room in my house. Therefore, I
24:30
can set my timers based on the room that
24:33
I'm in or if I'm doing a whole house
24:36
clean and I know that I'm not going to
24:38
go over [music] that time. And if I do
24:40
go over that time, then I get into
24:43
full-blown decluttering mode. So, set
24:46
your timer when you're cleaning. It
24:49
clears up some of the mental overwhelm
24:53
going into it because you know what you
24:55
have to do. You don't procrastinate it.
24:59
You have the expectations set. You're
25:02
realistic with the time that you have
25:04
and you get it done. It just simplifies
25:06
the overthinking part just like meal
25:09
planning. However, we are [music]
25:13
about almost 30 minutes into the video,
25:16
you guys, and so far I have only
25:19
accomplished two rooms [music] in my
25:22
home, the family room and the kitchen,
25:28
which I think that's a pretty large
25:30
amount of time considering I didn't even
25:34
have a ton of dishes to do. We did do a
25:36
little bit of laundry. So, we were going
25:38
up and down the stairs. And we did have
25:40
to take apart and clean the high chair.
25:43
So, it's just those little things like
25:45
that. And then I showed you guys like a
25:48
before shot of what my coffee table in
25:51
the family room was looking like. And
25:52
there was a ton of clutter on my coffee
25:56
table. We're going to talk more about
25:59
decluttering later on in this video, but
26:02
decluttering is just another one of
26:04
those things that [music] speeds it up.
26:06
I didn't have all of the clutter on top
26:08
of my family room table. I didn't have
26:10
to take apart the high chair. We
26:12
probably would have gotten the two rooms
26:14
clean in no more than 15 or 20 minutes.
26:18
So, this is just an example of what I
26:20
mean by staying on top of the clutter.
26:24
So, now I want to show you guys the rust
26:28
[music] stains and the hard water stains
26:31
and all the different buildup that we
26:33
get on our bathroom and kitchen sink,
26:36
especially in the kitchen sink because
26:37
we don't have any type of like
26:39
protectant [music] glaze. It's really in
26:42
its raw form. Um, the texture of it is
26:45
very, very interesting, you guys. Maybe
26:48
eventually we'll go ahead and switch it
26:51
out. It's definitely on the bucket list
26:52
of home renovation to just get a butcher
26:56
block countertop and a stainless steel
26:57
[music] sink. It is one of the things on
27:00
my wish list. But for now, I am super
27:03
grateful for what we have and I'm not
27:05
going to dwell on it. The sink, it's
27:07
perfectly fine. It just gets a lot of
27:11
buildup as you guys can see. [music] So,
27:13
I'm spraying the iron out product all
27:17
over the sink right now, and it's going
27:19
to basically dissolve all the minerals
27:22
on its own. You just spray it and walk
27:24
away. I'm doing the same thing here in
27:27
the bathroom and just sitting here for a
27:30
moment and just letting you guys see in
27:32
real time [music] as those stains pretty
27:36
much just dissolve away and just
27:39
disappear. Sometimes you only need like
27:42
a couple of sprays [music] and then I'll
27:44
just wait and see. And then I'll add a
27:46
few more. And then I do the same thing
27:48
inside [music] of each toilet as well.
27:50
And then you just go back and you wash
27:54
everything down. Get all of those
27:55
chemicals out. Wipe it down really good
27:58
with just soap and [music] water or an
28:01
allpurpose cleaner. So that's what you
28:03
guys see me doing in the kitchen sink
28:07
right now. And then I'm also going to do
28:09
the same thing in the bathroom, but
28:10
we're going to go back to the bathroom
28:12
later in this video because I really
28:14
need to tackle a room that has been
28:18
driving me insane.
28:21
It is probably the worst. [music] I said
28:25
that upstairs was the worst earlier in
28:27
this video. However, I think I'm going
28:28
to take that back [music] and say that
28:30
the front room, the living room was
28:31
definitely the worst room in terms of
28:35
needing to declutter. So, we're going to
28:37
tackle that [music]
28:39
right now. This is the part in my
28:41
cleaning that I realized I had my work
28:44
really cut out for me and definitely
28:47
underestimated what needed to get done.
28:50
First of all, you guys, if you just look
28:52
right over my right shoulder, there's
28:55
also an entryway shelf hanging up on the
28:58
wall that also has a ton of clutter. It
29:00
has a bunch of purses, which I guess is
29:03
pretty simple to just take all those
29:05
bags and carry them up to my bedroom,
29:07
put them away on my little purse shelf.
29:10
[music] And then I think there's like a
29:11
bag of things that I took out of the car
29:14
when we were cleaning out the car.
29:16
That's the one where I got to put all
29:17
the little things back into their place.
29:19
Looking at it looked awful, but I guess
29:21
once you break it down like I just did,
29:23
it's not the worst. However, I can't say
29:26
the same for this here bookshelf that
29:30
I'm working on and all of the other
29:31
things in this front room. Looking at it
29:34
is as bad as it [music] was cleaning it.
29:37
There was so much. Let me just explain
29:40
here. We have been kind of in the stages
29:44
where we are slowly getting ready to go
29:47
back down south. The weather is
29:50
beginning to break soon. It's going to
29:52
be fall time. And as you can see, I have
29:54
a couple of like plastic totes inside
29:57
the front room. I have like a laundry
29:59
bag in the middle of the hallway. And so
30:02
the totes that you see are things that
30:04
we're actually going to be shipping down
30:06
south with [music] our vehicle. I have a
30:09
few products that I wanted to restock
30:11
while I was here. [music]
30:13
And then I also am beginning to pack up
30:15
some of the homeschool supplies [music]
30:18
in the bottom tote that we're going to
30:20
be taking with us as well. So that is
30:22
literally going to be sitting in here
30:23
for the next couple of weeks until we
30:25
leave. I need to have everything set out
30:27
where I can see it [music] so that I can
30:30
slowly I had things in that I need to
30:33
remember to take this wicker basket or
30:36
this wicker storage bin. It has a ton
30:41
[music] of homeschool activities and
30:43
supplies. It also has some of the things
30:46
that I've been using for my small
30:48
business, just like labels, shipping
30:51
supplies. I have like a laminating
30:53
machine in here. And then some things
30:56
that we really haven't touched in like
30:58
two, maybe even 3 years that I put
31:01
inside of here thinking maybe we'll use
31:04
it or get to it and we just haven't. So,
31:07
I'm going through that right now. This
31:09
is a decluttering project that I have
31:11
been putting off for a while. And while
31:14
I was putting it off, I was pretty much
31:16
making it worse just adding more more
31:19
things to it. Like if I find a couple of
31:22
homeschool activities around the house,
31:25
I would literally throw them in this bin
31:27
thinking, "Okay, I'll get to it and go
31:28
through it eventually." And eventually
31:31
has finally come around to right [music]
31:35
now. Another thing that's really funny
31:38
is in last week's cleaning video, we
31:40
decluttered the entertainment table over
31:44
in the corner next to our [music]
31:46
window. And I took out like a bunch of
31:50
empty boxes that I said we got to find a
31:52
new home for. And those boxes are still
31:54
sitting up against the wall. I asked my
31:57
husband like, "Where does he want me to
31:59
put them?" He was pretty much I don't
32:02
know nonchalant about it is the word I
32:05
guess I will use to explain and that I
32:07
feel like gives me the green light to go
32:09
ahead and put it where I think is best.
32:11
So I am almost 100% sure that he has
32:14
like a random bin in our garage with his
32:17
name labeled on it that says husband's
32:20
random things. And I'm gonna probably
32:22
put it inside of that bin for him
32:24
because I'm 100% sure he's not going to
32:27
be touching those boxes anytime anytime
32:30
soon. And I think the next time we do a
32:33
huge [music]
32:34
garage declutter, maybe he'll realize
32:36
that and we'll get rid of them. And then
32:38
if not, we'll know where they are for
32:41
the time being. [music] So that's also
32:44
still over there in the corner. And then
32:45
I have a ton of cord management to do
32:48
underneath my husband's desk. However, I
32:50
try my best [music] not to bother with
32:53
his work stuff. I'm always afraid that I
32:56
might touch the wrong cord and unplug
32:59
the wrong thing. Try to just stick with
33:02
what I know best. And right now, that's
33:04
the kids homeschool puzzles, activities,
33:07
and things like that. And so, going
33:09
through here, it's not absolute worst.
33:12
It's just a lot of stuff that I have to
33:14
make decisions about. And sometimes that
33:16
really is the hardest part, trying to
33:18
decide if you're going to keep things,
33:19
if you're going to throw it away. And
33:21
[music] that's like just one of the
33:23
things that comes along with
33:24
decluttering. So, as I go through this
33:28
basket, [music] you're going to see me
33:30
put things in different piles. I have a
33:33
pile on the arm of things that I think
33:36
I'm going to take and put inside of the
33:38
homeschool bin that we're taking down
33:40
south with us. And then I also have a
33:42
pile on the floor to the right of me of
33:45
things [music] that is trash. And then
33:47
another one on the floor to the right of
33:49
me full of things that I'm not sure
33:52
about that I might throw [music] away
33:54
and I may not that I'm going to come
33:56
back to. I also have a bunch of like
33:59
reusable little activity bags that I got
34:02
off Amazon for like $20 [music] for
34:04
years ago and they have been amazing.
34:06
I've pretty much just been rotating
34:08
them, using them for a bunch of
34:10
different things. [music] I like to keep
34:12
little school supply bags, like the ones
34:14
that's like a dollar, like the pencil
34:16
cases and things like that. [music]
34:17
That's great for keeping like puzzles,
34:19
puzzle pieces inside of that you're
34:21
going to want to reuse multiple times.
34:24
[music] And then I keep going back and
34:27
forth about this blue plastic pencil
34:30
[music] case because I feel like the
34:31
pencil case itself is pretty like bulky.
34:34
like it's not flat like I like to keep
34:37
things nice and sleek and flat and
34:39
things, but I think the reason why I put
34:42
it in here is because it's like this
34:44
spelling word fishing game. So, it comes
34:47
with a little wooden small wooden
34:49
fishing rod and then there are spelling
34:51
words on the little wooden fishes with
34:53
magnets on [music] them and you go
34:55
fishing for the words and then you have
34:57
to read the word that's on there and
35:00
then you have to try and spell the word.
35:03
And I put it in the blue pencil case so
35:05
that it could be like blue water. When
35:08
my son was I think we had this when he
35:10
was like five. So he's seven now. But
35:12
maybe we'll use it again for my daughter
35:14
who is two when she's around five. I
35:17
don't know. Maybe when she's beginning
35:19
to read new site words, she can practice
35:22
with that in about a couple more years.
35:24
So, I guess the big decision was, do
35:27
[music] I need to keep it in this blue
35:29
pencil case even though I'm 100% sure
35:31
we're probably not going to be using it
35:33
for another 2 or 3 years, or should I
35:35
just store it inside one of the plastic
35:36
[music] bags? And maybe that's just me
35:38
overthinking it again. However, I really
35:41
do try to simplify things as much as
35:44
[music] I can. And so, now I'm just
35:46
giving you a different angle to be able
35:50
to see, you know, how I'm going through
35:52
this. And yes, I pulled up a chair
35:54
because I knew that this was something
35:55
that was going to take me a little bit
35:56
longer. [music] However, you guys just
35:59
get a look at this. It's already looking
36:01
a ton of a lot emptier in here. [music]
36:04
And we're definitely getting through it
36:06
and I'm just happy that I finally got
36:08
around to it. So, comment down below and
36:10
let me know if there are any home
36:12
projects that you've been putting off,
36:13
any decluttering projects. Hopefully,
36:15
this will give you some motivation to go
36:17
ahead and dive in and just get started
36:19
with it, you guys. And this is just one
36:21
of the two problem areas that we're
36:22
going to be tackling in today's [music]
36:24
video. We are also going to be doing
36:26
another one [clears throat]
36:28
soon, but this one was definitely far
36:31
far wor. And I've been putting this one
36:33
off for years now. Altogether in real
36:36
time, this only took me about 10
36:38
minutes. And lately I have been really
36:40
enjoying sharing like realtime
36:43
homemaking videos with you guys so that
36:45
you all can see like [music] exactly how
36:49
long this stuff typically takes me
36:51
because I used to spend maybe [music] 2
36:53
hours cleaning and by the time I was
36:55
done speeding the video up and editing
36:57
the video there was only 20 minutes of
36:59
motivation. However, I remember seeing
37:02
comments from some of you [music]
37:03
friends saying that the 20 minute time
37:07
frame sometimes just wasn't enough
37:09
motivation. Basically, that if it takes
37:12
me 2 hours [music] to clean and then I
37:14
put out a 20 minute video while you're
37:17
cleaning, it's just not enough, I guess,
37:20
time for us to be able to get enough
37:23
cleaning done together. [music]
37:25
So, I'm hoping that these longer
37:27
cleaning videos give you a bit more
37:29
cleaning motivation and you don't have
37:31
to clean your whole entire home within 1
37:34
hour. You can maybe just tackle one or
37:36
two areas within [music] that hour.
37:38
Maybe do some laundry, wherever you feel
37:41
best motivated in that moment. But here
37:44
is the final look of the [music] basket
37:47
or the wicker storage bin. As you guys
37:50
can see, I can actually put the lid on
37:52
now, which is definitely almost coming
37:55
to its end. My [music] kids have been
37:57
sitting on it
38:00
and putting heavy things on top of it,
38:01
and so the top of it is starting to sink
38:03
in. I think I spent like $70 for it, and
38:06
we've had it for about four years now. I
38:10
used to use it as a toy box as well. It
38:13
used to be in the basement at one point.
38:16
It's been [music]
38:17
all through this house and it's been
38:18
holding up pretty well and it's just now
38:20
finally starting to sink in. So, some of
38:22
the puzzles that were inside of the bin
38:26
I ended up placing on my daughter's
38:28
little shelf. It's not like a fullon
38:30
montas story shelf. It's just our buffet
38:33
stand or console [music]
38:35
stand. I'm not exactly sure what you
38:37
call it, but we keep it in the family
38:38
room for my daughter to be able to just
38:40
grab a couple of things off of when
38:42
we're doing homeschool. So, I added an
38:44
animal puzzle onto that shelf for her.
38:48
[music] And now we are going to dive
38:51
into another decluttering project, which
38:54
is the bookshelf [music] in the front
38:57
room. We used to homeschool in this
38:59
area. That's why we have a bunch of
39:01
books and homeschool activities and
39:03
things in here. And throughout the
39:05
school year, it could definitely get a
39:07
bit cluttered. And at the end of the
39:09
[music] school year is typically the
39:10
time that I go in and I begin
39:12
decluttering and we actually didn't we
39:16
finished up homeschool down south in
39:18
Florida. So now that we're back before
39:20
we head back, I want to still make sure
39:22
we [music] get this taken care of that
39:24
way. If there's anything that I need to
39:26
store away inside of like our completed
39:28
work homeschool portfolio, I can do
39:31
that. And then if there's [music]
39:32
anything that I want to take back with
39:35
us, I'll be able to pull that out as
39:38
well. My son also has another bookshelf
39:41
in his room. I can either store some of
39:43
these books in his room or bring some of
39:44
the ones in his bedroom [music] down
39:47
here because I'm pretty sure he's
39:49
running out of space on his bookshelf up
39:51
there. So, we're going to bring [music]
39:52
some of those down as well later on in
39:55
the week. So, while the activity bin
39:59
took me about 10 minutes, the bookshelf
40:03
actually only took me about [music] 5
40:05
minutes. And I think that's so funny
40:08
because I have literally been putting
40:10
off that basket or bin for like a year
40:13
now. And I've been putting off this
40:16
bookshelf for months because looking at
40:20
it, I was like, "Oh no, I don't have
40:22
time for that. It's going to take
40:24
forever." And come to find out, it
40:27
literally took me 15 minutes. Not only
40:30
do I enjoy creating this video for you
40:33
guys to give motivation, but also to
40:36
kind of show you guys, like I said
40:37
earlier, that it's not always as
40:39
daunting as it seems or as we may think.
40:42
Sometimes we really do overthink it. And
40:45
I'm giving you guys just the real time
40:48
[music]
40:49
look at this just so that you guys can
40:51
see.
40:52
Yeah, looking at things can definitely
40:55
give us one perception because [music]
40:57
perception I know that's everything. It
40:59
can make or break a situation and it can
41:02
either motivate us or it can discourage
41:05
us when it comes to homemaking project.
41:08
Maybe give you guys [music] a look at it
41:10
and showing you guys. Yeah, I've been
41:12
putting this off and it only took me 15
41:14
minutes. That's always so funny to me.
41:17
So yeah, make sure you comment down
41:19
below and let me know what home projects
41:21
you've been putting off and how long you
41:23
actually think it's actually going to
41:24
take you compared to how bad it looks. I
41:27
cannot be the only one that always just
41:30
overthinks these type of things. [music]
41:32
The same goes for my kitchen pantry. I
41:35
just did my kitchen pantry organization
41:37
as well last week and it looked quite
41:41
terrible. [music] I think it ended up
41:43
taking me about a half hour to complete.
41:46
You guys are going to be seeing that one
41:47
next week. It looked so bad and it
41:50
didn't take me that long to finally get
41:52
it done. So hopefully that is some
41:54
encouragement for anything that you've
41:56
been procrastinating on or anything that
41:58
you have been putting off too. Once we
42:00
finish up this bookshelf, we're going to
42:02
give the [music] front room a good sweep
42:05
and a mop. And then we're just going to
42:08
go ahead and move back into the bathroom
42:09
[music]
42:10
so that we can wash down the sink, the
42:12
surfaces, clean the toilet. That
42:14
bathroom is pretty small and we're going
42:17
to get that taken care of and we'll be
42:19
able to move upstairs and tackle some
42:22
laundry work as well as my baby girl's
42:25
bedroom which is for some reason always
42:27
pretty messy at the end of the week even
42:29
though it should be like the least used
42:32
room. Another thing that I was going
42:34
back and forth on is whether or not
42:36
we'll take my son's art case to Florida.
42:39
It's super cute. My mother, [music] his
42:42
grandmother purchased this for him when
42:45
he turned seven. It was a birthday gift
42:47
for him because he loves drawing and
42:49
things like that. And I've been really
42:51
wanting him to be able to enjoy it. But
42:54
just like Legos, it's one of those
42:56
things where if you have [music] a
42:58
smaller child, I have a 2-year-old, it
43:01
can be a safety hazard like the Legos or
43:05
in this case, the markers, the paint,
43:07
everything like that. It's not washable.
43:10
>> [music]
43:10
>> and I don't want her like drawing on the
43:12
walls and things like that because I
43:14
feel like as a mom, one way to pretty
43:17
much just simplify motherhood [music]
43:19
is to just make things a little bit
43:22
easier on yourself. If you know that
43:24
little ones like to draw on the walls,
43:27
instead of like driving yourself crazy,
43:29
use things that's easy to clean up.
43:31
Washable paint, [music] washable
43:33
markers, washable crayons. That way you
43:37
don't have to get all crazy and upset if
43:39
[music] you notice that you looked away
43:41
for one second and someone drew on your
43:44
wall. This is something that I learned
43:46
with my son when he was young because he
43:49
definitely drew on the walls a few times
43:52
with [music] crayons, markers, and then
43:54
eventually I was like, why am I doing
43:56
this to myself? Why don't I just only
43:58
purchase washable from here on out? I
44:00
threw out anything [music] that I
44:02
couldn't easily guys. And it also goes
44:05
for toys. Legos is just one of those
44:08
things that my seven-year-old cannot
44:10
keep up with. He means well, but he just
44:15
has a hard time keeping up with them. I
44:16
think as he gets older, he'll take
44:18
better care of them and organize them
44:21
better. Maybe then he'll be able to keep
44:23
up with storing them away properly. But
44:25
as of right now, that's just not the
44:27
case. So, Legos is just another one of
44:30
those things that we typically keep in
44:32
the garage and only give to him on
44:34
occasion. That's not something that I
44:36
enjoy because I know how much he loves
44:38
[music] playing with his Legos, but it's
44:41
just a decision that had to be made. The
44:42
same goes for the art supplies. So, for
44:44
now, we're going to just stick with the
44:46
washable ones until my daughter is a
44:48
little bit older, and then we'll just
44:51
allow him to play with his art supplies
44:53
supervised. Just wanted to share that
44:56
mom tip with you guys. Don't stress
44:59
yourself out, you know, by having things
45:02
out that you know might cause a problem
45:05
later. Just go ahead and take care of
45:07
that. Make it easier for yourself so
45:09
that you basically prevent a problem
45:14
opposed to having to clean up a problem.
45:16
One of my favorite cleaning supplies to
45:20
always have on hand is microfiber
45:23
cleaning [music] towels. The small ones
45:26
that are only about $15 for [music] like
45:29
a pack of 50. I'm going to link the
45:31
specific ones that we use down below.
45:34
But when it comes to cleaning germy
45:35
[music] areas of the home, like the
45:38
bathroom, I always want to use something
45:41
[music] that I can easily throw away.
45:44
So, that's either going to be like
45:46
disinfecting wipes or it's going to be
45:48
like a cheap towel [music] that I'm okay
45:50
with just throwing away. Let me know if
45:53
you are the same [music] way. I just do
45:55
not like reusing them. I would much
45:59
rather just toss them in the trash. So,
46:02
[music]
46:02
you may sometimes see me using like the
46:06
disinfectant wipes to wipe down the
46:08
toilet. Sometimes you guys will see me
46:10
spraying it down and using paper towel.
46:13
Then like today I'm just using a
46:15
microfiber [music]
46:16
towel. Everything is going to go in the
46:18
trash. And then we also use disposable
46:19
toilet cleaning pads as well where
46:23
basically you just have the stick and
46:25
then you [music]
46:26
add the little sponge to it. You clean
46:28
the toilet and then the sponge detaches
46:30
and goes into the trash. It's like a
46:32
quick release button and then you put
46:34
the stick back. And I do wipe down and
46:37
disinfect the actual stick itself.
46:39
However, the part that you're scrubbing
46:41
down the insides of the toilet [music]
46:42
with, it goes right into the trash. So,
46:45
it's not like the oldfashioned cleaning
46:47
brush that you just continue to store
46:50
back inside of the canister. You got to
46:52
keep up with cleaning it and
46:54
disinfecting it and replacing it over
46:56
and over again. I feel that it just
46:58
makes cleaning a lot easier. Just have
47:00
things that's easily disposable that you
47:03
don't have to worry about transferring
47:06
germs with. Another [music] cleaning tip
47:08
is to keep your cleaning supplies close
47:10
at hand. So, I know having a giant mop
47:13
bucket in the middle of my bathroom is
47:16
definitely not [music] aesthetic.
47:18
However, we are mopping our kitchen
47:20
floors a lot because we have a toddler.
47:23
Dinner time can get a little bit messy.
47:26
[music] So, every night we're mopping
47:27
and the bathroom is right off the eating
47:30
area. It's like right next to it. And so
47:33
it's just easy to keep my mop wherever I
47:36
can quickly access it. That way [music]
47:38
I'm not running up and down the basement
47:40
stairs every single day when it's time
47:42
for me to mop. This just makes it easier
47:44
for me. I keep my broom and desk pen
47:47
inside of a storage closet in the
47:49
kitchen because I'm always sweeping the
47:51
kitchen, the family room in the living
47:53
room where we have hardwood floors. I
47:56
keep a small vacuum right upstairs at
47:59
the top of our stairs in the corner
48:02
because we're always vacuuming the
48:03
carpets in the bedrooms. And these are
48:06
just things that make cleaning a lot
48:08
easier. Know it's not perfectly
48:11
aesthetic. And if we have guests over,
48:13
I'll take the mop bucket down to the
48:14
basement. But when it's just us, I'm
48:17
more so focused on convenience
48:20
versus the beauty of everything. I don't
48:24
know. Let me know if that's something
48:26
that you prioritize as well. Do you
48:29
prioritize aesthetics or convenience?
48:32
Guys, so we are almost done. However,
48:34
not quite. I said we were going to come
48:36
back to more decluttering later on in
48:38
this video. I wanted to [music] show you
48:40
guys how extremely messy my daughter's
48:44
room is, and she is 2 years old. And one
48:48
way that you will know that it is time
48:50
for you to declutter your home is if a
48:52
room just continuously continues to get
48:55
messy. No matter how many times you
48:57
clean it, as soon as you're done, it's a
48:58
mess again. [music] We have a lot of
49:00
things inside my daughter's room that
49:03
needs to be decluttered. And while
49:04
cleaning it, you guys can see me just
49:07
tossing the things right back in the
49:09
bins that they have always been in. We
49:11
have a large bin of bath toys. We have a
49:14
not so large, actually pretty small
49:18
basket that we keep her toys in inside
49:20
the closet. And then we have a lot of
49:22
smaller baskets [music] on her cube
49:26
storage shelf that we keep other little
49:28
toys and things [music] inside of.
49:30
However, it's all pretty random. It used
49:33
to just be like one toy or one activity
49:36
in each basket. Now we have like
49:38
multiples and different baskets and
49:40
[music] things like that. And a lot of
49:41
them are toys that she just doesn't even
49:43
play with anymore. They're just like
49:45
little [music]
49:46
things that used to go to other toys or
49:50
random things from when she was a baby
49:52
like teething toys and rattles and
49:56
stacking blocks. A lot of things [music]
49:58
that basically it's time for me to
50:01
declutter. Once I get rid of the things
50:03
that I know for sure she's no longer
50:05
playing with and kind of like sort
50:08
through them and get them placed [music]
50:11
away by category, I guess. For instance,
50:14
place all the rattles in its own little
50:17
plastic [music]
50:18
bands. Place all of the teething toys
50:21
inside a small bag or [music] something.
50:24
I can get that stuff stored away for a
50:27
future baby [music] because I'm 100%
50:30
sure we're not gonna be using those
50:32
anytime soon. And she normally just
50:35
throws them out while she's looking for
50:37
something that she actually wants to
50:39
play with. So, if there's one toy at the
50:41
bottom of that basket that she wants to
50:42
play with, she's going to throw all of
50:44
that out and then play with that one
50:46
toy. So, by decluttering that, even if
50:50
she was to come into her room to play
50:52
with her toys, at least it's not going
50:55
to look completely
50:58
terrible because it's just a few toys.
51:02
In this room, there may be six things
51:05
that she actually play with. It's like a
51:07
school bus toys. She loves playing with
51:10
her Mickey and Minnie Mouse toy. [music]
51:12
And then she has like a Bluey dollhouse
51:14
that she enjoys playing with. And every
51:17
once in a while she may use like her
51:20
Minnie Mouse stacking toy, [music]
51:23
but that's like her favorites right now.
51:26
So everything else either needs to
51:28
[music] be put into storage or put into
51:31
rotation. Having a toy rotation system
51:35
helps the kids to stay interested in
51:39
toys that they don't often [music] play
51:42
with because once it's out of sight,
51:44
they may forget that they even have it.
51:46
And then once you pull it back out,
51:48
it'll be like a new toy again, something
51:50
that [music] they haven't played with in
51:52
a long time, especially for younger age
51:55
children and toddlers. So, that is
51:58
something that I am also going to be
52:00
tackling within the next week or so. We
52:03
only have about two more [music] weeks
52:07
here. I think actually less than that.
52:10
At the time that you guys are seeing
52:12
this video, we only have about 10 days
52:14
[music] or so before we travel back down
52:18
south. And then the home is going to be
52:21
the homekeeper's problem.
52:24
We do have a homekeeper that keeps up
52:26
with the home while we are away
52:29
thankfully. However, they're not playing
52:30
with toys inside of my daughter's room.
52:33
And so I really just want to tackle all
52:35
of the decluttering projects that need
52:37
to be done so that when we are back
52:40
around the holiday time, that's
52:42
something that I don't have to worry
52:44
about because when we are here during
52:46
the holidays or seasonally, it's
52:48
normally for like weeks and things like
52:50
that [music] versus when we are here for
52:52
the spring and summer, we're here for
52:55
months. So, it just makes sense to
52:57
[music]
52:58
get as much as I can done during the
53:00
time that we're here in the longest
53:02
amount of time. And then I also wanted
53:05
to show my mom's uh little look at the
53:10
hybrid diapers that we have recently
53:12
been using them. We've been using them
53:15
for about a week and a half now, [music]
53:18
and they have been actually really nice
53:22
and convenient. I love that there are no
53:24
chemicals, no synthetics, and it just
53:26
[music] feels a lot more soft
53:30
on baby's bottom. But you pretty much
53:34
just put one or two liners, however many
53:38
you need, you know, according to your
53:40
little one. If you have [music] an
53:42
infant or breastfed baby, I believe they
53:45
wet their diapers a lot more and a lot
53:49
more often than, you know, toddlers.
53:52
However, toddlers, they're they're
53:54
eating solids. There's a difference in
53:56
textures. We're not going to get too far
53:58
into cloth diapering. However, you
54:00
pretty much just put the liner into like
54:03
the little sling pocket of the diaper.
54:06
And then you fold it up. You can do it
54:08
in a few different ways. You can put one
54:09
liner, you can put two liners, you can
54:12
put it on the inside, or you can wrap it
54:13
around the outside. It's basically it's
54:16
called a hybrid because you can be a bit
54:18
more flexible with how you go about
54:20
doing it. And then as mentioned earlier,
54:22
you can also use disposables, too. So,
54:24
if you want to see a video specifically
54:26
about cloth diaperings for my mamas, go
54:29
ahead and comment down below and let me
54:31
know. And I'll do a video on this
54:33
specific diaper because again, I'm not
54:35
an expert on cloth diapering, but I can
54:37
share what [music] I've learned thus far
54:39
in my experience with the Honest Company
54:42
and the Amazing Baby. I think they're by
54:45
two different brands. It's like a
54:46
collab. I think the Honest Company
54:50
hybrid cloth diapers. I didn't see a lot
54:53
of content [music] on YouTube when I was
54:55
doing research about this specific
54:57
diaper and I [music] think it's probably
55:00
because maybe they're just slept on. So,
55:02
I don't know if you want to hear about
55:03
that. Comment down below and let me
55:05
know. However, [music] we are going to
55:08
be closing the video out with some
55:10
laundry. I often get a ton of laundry
55:14
upstairs. That's normally the bulk of
55:16
what I need to take care of in the
55:17
bedrooms. Besides declutter in my
55:21
daughter's room, [music] it's normally
55:23
just a lot of laundry that either needs
55:26
to be folded and put away or picked up
55:28
and put into the wash. So, right now,
55:30
I'm folding up the leftovers of my
55:33
daughter's laundry. And then I'm going
55:36
to make up the bed and then move into my
55:40
husband and I's bedroom where of [music]
55:42
course there's more laundry to be voted.
55:45
However, I'm only going to be folding up
55:48
my laundry today [music] because Sundays
55:52
are the days that I enjoy doing the bulk
55:56
of the folding. However, I really felt
55:59
like my daughter's laundry was becoming
56:02
a problem because I needed to use the
56:04
laundry basket again for the dirty
56:06
laundry that's been piling up on the
56:08
floor. [music] And then for my laundry
56:11
in my bedroom, I just like being able to
56:15
see what I have and easily grab them.
56:18
But normally it's Sundays for [music]
56:20
me. So, I'm only going to focus on just
56:22
two loads of laundry today. And then I'm
56:24
going to call it a day. An hour, like I
56:26
said, is my cut off time. So, anything
56:28
that goes past that hour, it's got to
56:30
get done a different day. You guys, I'm
56:32
so serious about my timers and my time
56:37
being intentional with my days and the
56:40
things that I do with it. So, if you
56:41
want to be an intentional homemaker as
56:43
well, I highly encourage you to try out
56:47
setting timers to get things done around
56:49
the home. And this is something that you
56:51
can do not just with cleaning. You can
56:53
do this with anything in life that you
56:57
want to focus more on. I often use it
57:01
when I'm blogging or when I'm editing
57:03
content as well because it just helps me
57:06
to know realistically what I can
57:08
actually get done. That way I'm not
57:10
overcheduling myself knowing that I'm
57:12
not going to be able to get to it and
57:14
then feeling discouraged when I actually
57:16
can't complete a task. Instead, I say
57:20
I'm gonna only blog for 30 minutes. And
57:22
in that 30 minutes time, I'll either
57:25
write a post, [music] edit a post, or
57:27
make some pins for a post for Pinterest.
57:30
Or when it comes to editing content,
57:32
I'll set a 1 hour timer. And in that
57:34
time frame, maybe I'll do a voice over
57:37
or I'll edit a video or film a video or
57:40
schedule [music] some content to go out,
57:42
create some posts surrounding it. but it
57:45
helps me to just focus, meaning I'll put
57:48
everything off only for a set amount of
57:53
time. If you guys would like more tips
57:56
[music] and help when it comes to
57:58
decluttering so that you can be able to
58:02
clean your entire home within an hour as
58:05
well, so that you too can simplify
58:08
cleaning and homemaking. I have a full
58:12
decluttering playlist for you guys to be
58:14
able to access. But I also have a
58:16
downloadable resource that I'll link
58:18
down below for you guys. It is an ebook
58:22
called a 30 days to a peaceful heart
58:24
[music] and home. And it is basically a
58:27
30-day decluttering challenge that walks
58:30
you through decluttering your entire
58:32
home as well as decluttering your social
58:35
life, [music] your schedules, and
58:38
basically just all areas within your
58:41
life. ways that you can simplify and
58:43
[music] slow down and be more
58:46
intentional as a mother, as a homemaker,
58:49
[music]
58:50
to basically free up more time in your
58:53
schedule in life so that you can spend
58:55
it doing things that you truly love and
58:58
truly enjoy, like spending it with your
59:00
loved ones, for example. So, if you
59:01
would like a copy of that, it's
59:04
completely free and I'll have it linked
59:06
down below for you guys. I [music]
59:09
actually did this right alongside with
59:11
you guys. I did a full 30-day [music]
59:14
decluttering challenge with you guys
59:17
where week by week I was showing you
59:19
guys how I was tackling this myself. So
59:22
you guys will have the actual
59:25
downloadable resource to guide you as
59:27
well as the video content to guide you
59:29
as well if that's something that [music]
59:31
you are interested in trying to
59:34
basically get some quick wins within
59:36
just 30 days [music] or so, especially
59:38
with the holidays coming up. However,
59:41
hope that you guys were able to
59:43
accomplish [music] some things alongside
59:45
with me today. If you were able to, go
59:48
ahead and comment down below or leave me
59:50
an emoji about how we're feeling. If you
59:54
got some quick wins, go ahead and leave
59:55
me some hearts down below. And don't
59:58
forget to say hello. If you're new here
1:00:00
and you stayed through to the end of
1:00:02
this video, I think at this point you
1:00:04
are a part of the family. So, welcome.
1:00:07
Go ahead and hit that subscription
1:00:09
button that I will see you guys again
1:00:11
next week. And if you need more cleaning
1:00:14
motivation and you are not quite
1:00:16
finished yet, go ahead and watch this
1:00:19
video next where I have even more
1:00:22
cleaning motivation for you guys. But
1:00:24
that's going to be all. I will see you
1:00:26
guys in the next video where we are also
1:00:28
going to be tackling the kitchen pantry.
1:00:31
[music]
1:00:31
Thank you guys so much for watching and
1:00:33
I will see you guys in the next one.
1:00:35
Happy homemaking.
1:00:49
>> [music]
1:00:55
[music]
1:00:59
>> This is [singing] a good a day as they
1:01:01
need
1:01:03
[music] to start the [singing] rebuild
1:01:06
of life.
1:01:08
The roads [music] that lay open are many
1:01:13
when the [music and singing] old ones
1:01:15
gone under the knife.
1:01:18
And I can [music] feel
1:01:21
the [singing] sun
1:01:23
on my skin.
1:01:29
again
1:01:30
into thought
1:01:33
from within. [music]
1:01:41
Today [music]
1:01:43
and not tomorrow.
1:01:46
There's [singing] no
1:01:48
time to borrow.
1:01:51
[music] Today
1:01:53
[singing] is a good day to live.
1:02:01
>> [music]
1:02:02
>> This morning [singing] have a clear
1:02:04
light as I need
1:02:06
to see [music] the [singing] horizon in
1:02:09
the far.
1:02:12
Excuses [music]
1:02:13
were too for a penny,
1:02:16
but they've all gone out
1:02:18
[music and singing] the window of this
1:02:20
car. And when I feel
1:02:24
the wind
1:02:26
on my face, [music]
1:02:32
all [singing] that ever was
1:02:36
a [music] race
1:02:44
[music] today
1:02:46
and [singing] not tomorrow.
1:02:49
>> [music]
1:02:49
>> There's no
1:02:52
time to borrow [singing]
1:02:54
today.
1:02:57
Well, something's got to [music] give
1:03:00
today.
1:03:02
It's a good [music]
1:03:03
[singing] day to today
1:03:07
and not tomorrow.
1:03:09
There's no
1:03:12
time to borrow
1:03:15
today. [music]
1:03:17
Well, something's got to [singing] give
1:03:20
today. [music]
1:03:22
It's a good day to
1:03:32
[music]
1:03:35
Oh,
1:03:40
[music]
1:03:45
hey.

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