Monday, January 30, 2012

Cleaning

I will start out saying that I am a person who actually enjoys cleaning my house. I like the instant gratification and smell of a sparkling clean room. I am the first to admit I have mild OCD. I hide it well, but certain things really get to me(like my hot and cold foods can't touch on my plate, people biting down on silverware, there are plenty more I will let you in on as time goes on) I don't mind doing laundry or dishes(and I really have to do my dishes, because we don't have a dishwasher) But the one thing I absolutely hate doing is cleaning the bathrooms.

Part of my problem is I am becoming more and more of a germaphobe, so the bathroom actually creeps me out. I have this whole process I have to use when cleaning it. Ready for it??
1. I clean the shower and tub with CLR. The smell of it makes me lightheaded, so I have to walk out of the room after I'm done and let it air out for a bit. We have a slate stone shower and CLR is the only thing I have found that keeps it super clean.
2. Once the fumes are gone, I clean the sink and mirror.
3. Then the toilet. This is the part I struggle with the most. The thought of what happens in that thing makes my skin crawl. I scrub it with disinfecting cleaner inside the bowl, then I have to take the brush and put it in a bucket of scalding hot water with bleach to clean it. Then I clean the outside of the bowl and floor around it with a disinfecting cleaner.
4. Mop the floors, and put everything away.
Nothing too crazy right?
But then I HAVE to take a shower immediately after. Does anyone else do this?
So now cleaning my two small bathrooms, becomes a huge process. Then most of the time, after all of this, I walk in to use the bathroom and find Caleb has pissed all over the toilet!!! It makes me crazy.
And then I am the screaming bat shit crazy mom. Sweet!!!!
The reason for this post? I guess you know what I am doing tomorrow, and I guess I needed to mentally pump myself up for it:)

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