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Category Archives: Cleaning

The Organised Housewife Cleaning Checklist

After many requests I have finally put together aah, it could have so many names: Cleaning Checklist Cleaning Chores List Cleaning Schedule Cleaning Maintenance List Let’s go with THE ORGANISED HOUSEWIFE CLEANING CHECKLIST This checklist is seperated between 3 pages with the following categories: Daily Tasks (1st page) Weekly Tasks (1st page) Monthly Tasks (2nd…

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{Cleaning Task} Mailbox

The mailbox In the lastest issue of the The Organised Housewife newsletter I set this weeks cleaning tasks to clean the front entrance and the mailbox.  Birds sit on it and do their business, dust and dirt like to settle ontop, and ants like to start calling it home.  Grab a sponge and bucket of…

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{Cleaning Task} Wash the Washing Machine

Wash the washing machine Have you ever washed your washing machine?  Sounds funny but it too collects a lot of dust, dirt and grime, therefore needing a regular clean to ensure your clothes are always clean and smelling fresh. I clean my washing machine every 6 months.  It usuallly get’s a build up of liquad soap in…

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Daily Organising/Cleaning Routine

Back when I first started the blog I used to publish my daily cleaning/organising routine on the bottom of my posts.  For some reason or another I stopped doing it…I am wondering if you would like ‘Daily Duties’ to continue in each post in 2011??   I would really love to hear your feedback, as this…

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Cleaning the freezer

Now that you have completed the ‘Use Items from Pantry or Freezer’ Challenge, set some time aside to give it a clean, organise and take note of its contents, so then you can start filling it with Christmas goodies. If your feeling energetic clean your fridge as well, see post HERE on cleaning the fridge and HERE for…

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Cleaning: Window sills, tracks and fly screens

While the curtains are drying on the line (see How to clean curtains and blinds HERE) you may want to clean the window sills, tracks and fly screens as well.  HOW TO CLEAN WINDOW TRACKS Supplies I use a brush pictured below these are available as a Tupperware Games gift or can be purchased here.   Vacuum…

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Christmas Cleaning: Freshen curtains and blinds

With the abundance of visitors due for Christmas we all enjoy the day knowing the house is clean and tidy.  So over the next few weeks I will give tasks to ensure you will have a clean house for the Christmas Holidays.  If you do a Spring Clean each season then you may have completed…

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{Odd Job} Clean light switches

Today’s ‘odd job’ task is to wipe over your light switches, remove those ooey gooey marks from fingers.  When was the last time you cleaned your light switches??  CLEAN LIGHT SWITCHES To be safe – turn off the power at the outside electricity box. Start at the front of the house making your way round…

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