The Joy of Housecleaning

At one time my wife and I owned two Merry Maids franchises. Merry Maids is a home cleaning service. I have spent hours cleaning homes and training others to clean homes thoroughly and efficiently including changing all beds. I can clean the typical four-bedroom, two and one-half bath home with a family room in less than two hours. I have traveled the MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) circuit with a twenty minute lecture on how to clean your home in less than two hours. Most people are overwhelmed by housecleaning because they do not have a plan. The secret is to maintain focus, stay on task, be organized, and have all cleaning equipment in a handy cleaning kit. We must keep the main thing the main thing. We are cleaning the house, not organizing drawers, not sorting laundry, not arranging magazines. Cleaning day is just that, it is cleaning. We must focus on cleaning, dusting, and vacuuming in all dry rooms. We must clean, sanitize, deodorize and wash the floors in the bathrooms. Finally, we must wash the counters, cabinet fronts, range top and front, refrigerator front and top and wash the floor. I can do it in less than two hour and so can you.