- Hi guys, welcome back to my channel.
In today's video, I'm going to be filming for you
a power hour speed clean.
Because my house is a total mess.
The kids have had the past week off of school
so today, I said to my husband, please take them out
for an hour so that I could attempt to clean
as much as I possibly can because it is definitely untidy.
If you like speed cleans when there is actually real mess,
this is definitely one for you.
But yeah, I hope you enjoy this.
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The first thing that I normally do when I'm doing
a speed cleaning is fill up this liter bottle of water and
this actually has a bit of a lemon enhancer in it as well.
So I will walk around with this and
drink as much as I possibly can.
And I'm also going to be listening to an audio book today.
So today, I am listening to Gary V's new book
which is called Crush It.
I love Gary V, I'm obsessed with him.
I follow him on all social medias.
And he really motivates me.
So I cannot wait to listen to this book.
I love listening to audio books while I'm cleaning.
I think it is a great way of multitasking
so that I'm not only getting housework done
but I'm learning at the same time.
I will normally listen to books that motivate me
and inspire me.
But sometimes I will also listen to books about parenting
for information.
Soon as you become a mom, it is very difficult
to find the time to actually sit down and read a book.
So, I have loved the Audible app for the past
seven or eight years since I became a mom.
I think it's a fantastic way to listen to books.
You can listen to them in the car, on your tablet,
on your phone.
And Audible is actually offering my viewers
a free audio book with a 30 day trial membership.
So if you want to test it out for a month and get yourself
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All you have to do is go to Audible.com/emilynorris.
And you can search through their huge selection of books,
get yourself a free book that you can keep forever.
That is one thing I love about Audible.
Whenever you download a book, it's not like you're
renting it, that is yours to keep.
And I like reread, well re-listen to the books
over and over again.
And I'm giving you some recommendations
of some of my favorite books.
First one is The Secret by Rhonda Byrne.
That book is amazing and I listen to it
over and over again when I go on vacation.
Also, love the book The Power of Habit.
And I also love the book, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff.
That is a really good one
if you suffer from a little bit of anxiety like I do.
I recently just read the book,
The New Strong Willed Child.
Raising Boys.
As I said, I'm now gonna listen to Gary V's Crush It.
Yes, so my audio book is on and the first thing
that I'm gonna do is put on some laundry so that
that can be running while I'm cleaning up the rest
of the house.
So I will normally get my laundry basket and
if it's not completely full, I'll throw in some towels,
some tea towels, any random clothes that's just
hanging around the house.
And I will just put a washer on.
I'm doing a color load so I'm gonna use Persil non-bio.
I'm not that fussy when it comes to detergent.
I pretty much buy what's on offer.
And I'm also gonna use a scoop of Vanish.
This is just for stains and I must admit,
with three kids, I use this a lot.
And I'm also gonna throw in a color capture
so that my colors don't run.
So I'm just gonna put that on on like a normal 40 degree
cycle and that can be going while I get on with the kitchen.
I like to start out with the kitchen because for me,
this is the most important room to have clean.
I'm just gonna clear off the sides and then I'm using
an E-cloth which I really love
because it doesn't leave smears.
And I'm also using my Method cleaner.
This one is in the grapefruit scent and I really like it.
And I'm also gonna put on some candles.
I don't always say this but, no one's in,
so I'm gonna put it on and hope they all make the house
smell really nice when all the boys get back in.
So I'm just gonna carry on, clearing up all the sides,
these just get, like bogged down with work stuff and
just random stuff for the kids.
So I'm gonna clear everything away,
put it back in its place.
And then wipe down all the sides, put everything
in the dishwasher that needs to go into it,
clear up chargers, et cetera.
And yeah, just tidy up this whole area.
Next up, I'm gonna use the e-cloth on our gloss kitchen.
This gets so many water marks and fingerprints
that I like to do this regularly.
And especially the hot spots like the handles,
to make sure that they are as germ free as possible.
Then I'm gonna work on our dining area, just clear up
the whole table and wipe it down as well.
And just give the high chair a wipe if it needs it as well.
Those flowers are from Valentine's Day and
they're still going strong.
But now I'm gonna tackle the play area.
This is like, never ending with toys.
And some days, depending on the day, I would just leave
all the toys on the floor until the kids have gone to bed
because sometimes it's easier but obviously today,
I have the time.
I am putting away, like we had this matching game out,
so I'll just put everything away and
make sure it's all in its place.
And then give the window sill a little wipe
as well and dust down the sides.
Fluff up the cushions.
This couch really does get a beating.
And I will often take all the covers off and
wash it because the kids do get it really messy.
But now, I'm gonna take my Dyson V8.
I recently upgraded.
I just made the investment and thought I would treat myself
to this new hoover and I'm so excited.
I just love it.
Matt thinks it's ridiculous that I got a new one
because our V6 still works but I'm just really excited
about this and now I have one upstairs and one downstairs.
So I'm just gonna run around really quickly and
give the whole room a quick tidy and then move on
to our laundry room.
This room is pretty tidy most of the time so
I'm just gonna give everything a wipe down and
then clean the toilet as well.
I'm gonna put some bleach in the toilet bowl and
use this blue cloth.
If you've followed my channel for a while,
you'll know that I use blue on the loo.
So that is what this cloth is for.
I'm just gonna give it all the wipe.
This definitely gets messy with three boys using it.
And then I'm gonna go upstairs and tackle our bedroom.
I'm just gonna make the bed.
This bedding is from John Lewis.
And all the throw cushions are
from HomeSense and PrideMark I believe.
See, I'm just gonna straighten out the bed.
I think a made bed just makes yours room, doesn't it?
I've got a little throw across the bottom
because I think it finishes it off really nicely.
And then I'm gonna just tidy up my vanity unit.
This is pretty tidy at the moment
but I'm gonna give everything a little wipe down and
a dust and then I'm gonna move onto Caleb's room.
So I'm just again, gonna make his bed.
Tidy away any books or pajamas that have been left out.
And then I'm going to roll up his blanket
because I normally give it a little rub like that.
And he needs it to sleep and then give things
a little wipe down and then put away any
of his laundry that is clean.
If you've followed my channel for a while as well,
you'll know that I like the Mary Kondo way
of folding so that everything can be seen.
And then again, I'm gonna move on to Frase's room
so I will make his bed.
This bedding is a minecraft bedsheet that we had made.
And that huge teddy is really unsightly
but he loves sleeping with it.
I'm just gonna tidy up his area and it looks like
they had all the stuffed toys out this morning.
So I'm gonna put all of them away.
I keep going on about this bean bag but it's great.
It houses all of the stuffed toys.
And then you can zip it up, flip it over and
it's a bean bag.
And then I'm also gonna put away any of his clean laundry
that is waiting to go away.
And then yes, just flip that over and have a little sleep.
I'm also gonna give his window sill a good wipe today
because it was quite dusty and that is Frase's room,
all done and finally onto Jackson's room.
His room barely gets messy.
I just put away a few toys, fold up his blankets
and that is it.
And then onto our en suite.
I'm gonna put in a new towel, put some bleach
into the toilet and then give the toilet a good wash.
The rest of the bathroom is pretty clean today
so it's not too bad.
And when I wash the toilet, I normally leave the brush
like this for a few minutes afterwards.
And then onto our family bathroom.
I'm going to change the towels again if it's needed.
Take everything off of the sink and give that
a good wipe down before I put everything back again.
And then, yeah, I'm just gonna clean up this some back toys
just hanging around on the floor today.
So I will clean all that up and then give the bath
a wipe as well.
And then finally, I'm going to hoover
the whole upstairs of our house.
I normally like to hoover backwards out of a room
so that you could see all of the lines in the carpet.
I think that's really satisfying to see.
But yes, that is everything that I've got done
in this power hour.
Thank you so much for watching this video and
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Thanks again and I'll see you in my next one, bye guys.