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Tuesday, May 13, 2006

Pet hair...

Dear FlyLady,

I have a question about pet hair. I have one dog who sheds constantly and 3 cats who shed too. I have dark furniture and light colored pets– I keep it covered (the backs) with towels, etc…. I have gotten to the point where it is ok to have people drop in except for the furniture! The only time it looks good is right after I vacuum it. I am at work all day and can’t keep the pets off of it! When I get home, the furniture has fur on it! I am so frustrated, I want to get furniture to match my pets, LOL! I can’t afford new furniture right now! Any suggestions to keep my furniture “company ready”?

Thanks!!
M from Michigan

Dear Friend,

We all love our critters and having home that are company ready is a little more difficult with cat and dogs around. But our routines make it much easier and have tools around to do the job is good too.

You don't need matching pets; you need routines. When you clean your floors each day, vacuum or use a push sweeper; you can get rid of the hair dust bunnies rolling around your floor. Use your feather duster and your lint roller or brush. When you do it daily; everyone is happy! Your critters are part of your family and your guest and family members do not have to wear a new coat of fur each time they get up off of your sofa.

- FlyLady


Monday, May 12, 2006

Clean Cloth Blinds...

Dear FlyLady,

How can I clean cloth blinds that are accordian style?

Kristina

Dear Friend,

One of the easiest ways to clean any kind of blind is with an ostrich feather duster. The feathers have lost of little barbs that collect the dust. Then you just take your duster outside and bless the world.

Dusting is something that we hate to do. When we have a routine for this we will never have to see dirt again.

Here is an essay I wrote about this.

Dear Friends,

For years, we have only cleaned when the dust bunnies or mold was so thick that you would have to wade through the mess. As a result of cleaning only when it almost killed us to look at it another day, we were able to see great results. One day it would be nasty and the next it would be clean and shiny. We would have the dirty rags to prove that we had done some useful work.

This was the perfectionist in us, rearing its ugly head once again. You see, we needed to be stroked by seeing the evidence of our hard work. We had to clean it till you could see your reflection in the surface. This in itself is O.K., but waiting till you can have this reaction is not.

When you first joined I told you to go shine your sink. To clean it well and polish it, till you could see yourself in it. Regardless of the pile of dishes you had in the sink, you set them out on the counter and did exactly what I ask. Since that time of thoroughly scrubbing and shining your sink, have you had to do that again? No! Because it has not gotten that dirty. Each day you wipe it out or spray a bit of Windex in it and then it is done. It take you only seconds, yet you still get to see your reflection in the sink.

As you work through your home with these cleaning zones, you will begin to notice that your home is never that overwhelmingly "I have got to get this mess clean up today, I can't stand it anymore" Dirty. Hey let's face it, It looks so good that you don't have to clean. LOL Do not fall into this trap. With Pam and Peggy's zone system, we will never see dirt again. This is such a blessing. No more dirt to make you feel guilty, No more dirt that will keep you from opening your home to friends. You can do this. It will not happen overnight, but in around 3 months of consistently doing your routines, basic weekly plan and your zones, you will have a home that is ready for company at all time. But you can't stop and fall back into your old CHAOS(can't have anyone over syndrome)of no routines.

Do your zone cleaning whether or not you see dirt. One member has taken this on as her Motto.

You will never see dirt again!

Are you ready to FLY!

- FlyLady

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