"P" AND IT'S GOING TO BE HUMID,
SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
NIKKI IS ALSO WORKING ON A STORY
TODAY BUT B CLEANING.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT
MAKE THE BED AS SOON AS THEY
WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND THEN
THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME.
YOU KNOW, KEEPING A REGULAR
CLEANING SCHEDULE CAN BE
OVERWHELMING.
THE CLEANING PROS HAVE SOME
GREAT ADVICE AND JOINING US FROM
YONKERS NEW YORK, IS DEPUTY HOME
EDITOR FOR CONSUMER REPORTS.
GOOD MORNING, CELIA, THANK YOU
FOR BEING WITH US.
MY PLEASURE.
GOING OVER THIS LIST, CELIA.
I NEED TO DO SOME WORK.
AND THERE ARE GOOD REASONS --
FIRST I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
STUFF THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING
EVERY DAY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY IT'S SO
IMPORTANT TO MAKE YOUR BED EVERY
DAY, TO EMPTY THE GARBAGE EVERY
DAY.
USUALLY THOSE THINGS I GO TWO,
THREE DAYS IN BETWEEN.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
DO HERE, IF YOU SPEND A LITTLE
TIME, EVERY DAY DOING THESE
THINGS, THEN IT DOESN'T BECOME
AS BIG OF A JOB TO DO.
IT'S NOT AS ONEROUS A TASK TO DO
WHEN YOU GET TO IT.
WHEN YOU SET UP A SCHEDULE OF
THINGS YOU TRY TO DO ON A DAILY
BASIS, THEN THINGS YOU TRY TO DO
EVERY WEEK, AND EVERY PO, THEN
YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO END UP
WITH AN EASIER TASK EVERY TIME
YOU SAY SOMETHING.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THESE
PLACES GET THE DIRTIEST OR CARRY
THE MOST GERMS.
A LOT OF THINGS ARE EQUAL BUT
THIS IS TO KEEP YOU ON A GOOD
SCHEDULE.
YEAH.
AND THERE ARE SOME OF THESE
THING, YES, YOU WANT TO PAY
ATTENTION TO, LIKE IN YOUR
KITCHEN.
YOU WANT TO CLEAN THINGS THAT --
YOU WANT TO BE CLEANING AFTER
EVERY MEAL.
YOU WANT TO BE PUTTING DISHES IN
THE DISHWASHER AFTER EACH MEAL
SO THAT THE DIRT DOESN'T BECOME
ENCRUSTED AND CAKED ON AND YOU
DON'T ATTRACT PESTS.
THERE IS SOME OF THAT GOING ON
IN THE KITCHEN BUT IN OTHER
AREAS, IT IS A MATTER OF DOING A
LITTLE GET, SO WHEN YOU GET TO
DO THE BIGGER JOB IT WILL BE
FASTER AND EASIER.
FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS
WE RECOMMEND YOU DO ON A DAILY
BASES IS TO ACTUALLY WIPES SINK
AFTER YOU GET WASHED UP.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
SOMETHING -- THIS IS NOT
SOMETHING I USED TO DO.
I STARTED TO DO IT AND IT'S
REALLY SURPRISING.
THE SINKS USED TO LOOK PRETTY
GRUNGY AFTER A COUPLE DAYS, NOW
IT DOESN'T.
IT'S GOING TO BE LESS WORK IN
THE FUTURE.
SAME THING WITH MAKING THE BED.
MAKING THE BED IS A NICE WAY TO
ACTUALLY SORT OF GET THE DAY
STARTED.
YOU COME BACK IN, AND THE ROOM
IS LOOKING A LITTLE BETTER.
IF YOU PICK UP YOUR CLOTHES,
PICK UP THE DIRTY CLOTHES, PUT
THEM IN THE LAUNDRY, THOSE ARE
ALL THINGS, THAT WHEN YOU FACE
THE ROOM, THEY WILL MAKE YOU
FEEL BETTER.
IT WILL LOOK A LITTLE NEATER.
I WANT TO GO OVER -- I WANT
TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON EVERY WEEK.
I KNOW THE LIST SAYS THAT'S WHEN
YOU DUST, YOU VACUUM, YOU SWEEP
UP, CLEAN OFF THE RANGE, ALSO,
WIPE THE REFRIGERATOR BUT IT'S
THE STUFF THAT YOU DO EVERY
MONTH I THAT I WANT TO TALK A
LITTLE MORE.
THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE CURTAINS
AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS,
YOU'RE SAYING YOU CAN DO THOSE
EVERY FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS?
YEAH.
I THINK IF YOU'RE DOING ALL OF
THE OTHER THINGS, CURTAINS AND
VACUUMING THEM, THEY DON'T GET
QUITE A DIRTY ON A DAILY OR
WEEKLY BASIS.
SAME THING WITH CLEANING
UNDERNEATH FURNITURE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE EXCEPTION
THERE MIGHT BE IF YOU GOT A PET,
SO YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PET HAIR
IN THE HOUSE AND YOU MAY NEED TO
DO VACUUMING AND VACUUMING IN
AND UNDERNEATH THINGS A LITTLE
MORE FREQUENTLY.
BUT OTHERWISE, UNDERNEATH
THINGS, WIPING THE WINDOW SILLS,
DUSTING OFF THE LAMP SHADES.
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
REALLY, YOU CAN DO THEM ON A
MONTHLY BASIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS LIST I HAVE HERE, I'M GOING
TO POST IT FOR ALL OF YOU
WATCHING RIGHT NOW ON THE
MORNING SHOW PAGE ON
NEWS4JAX.COM.
LOSS ON THE CONSUMER PAGE.
I'M GOING TO DO THIS AND LET YOU
KNOW HOW IT GOES.
CLEANING OUT THE SINK, LIKE YOU
MIXED IS SOMETHING I DON'T DO
AND I SHOULD.
I'LL START IT AND KEEP YOU
POSTED.