I have a four day weekend and started on my spring cleaning today. I was wondering if any of you have started cleaning yet or have any opinions about this painful tradition! :undecide:

whats cleaning !!!:whistling

Thank God I live where we are just going into Autumn... no need to spring clean :24: :24: :24:


Kitten.

I prefer to avoid it whenever possible! :biggrin:
When my wife's "spring cleaning chip" kicks in, I run for the hills, 'cause she's gonna put me to work!

Thank God I live where we are just going into Autumn... no need to spring clean :24: :24: :24:


Kitten.

Lucky you! :rolleyes:

whats cleaning !!!:whistling

I wish I didn't know either! :frown:

Yeah, but mainly only one room.

Step-daughter is in Ireland seeing her Mum - I am in her room with a shotgun and a shovel. We have a truce, but there were fully evolved sock civillisations in there. I woul have happily left them but they were carnivorous ans aggressive so they had to go... ;)

I actually like cleaning. It makes me feel all organized and neat. So I look forward to it! I know it sounds geeky.:wink1:

I hate cleaning...but in the past year or so I've developed dust mite allergies, so that kind of forces the issue a little bit. I still draw a line between clean and organized, though. :)

I actually like cleaning. It makes me feel all organized and neat. So I look forward to it! I know it sounds geeky.:wink1:

That's great! I wish all of us could have such good feelings about cleaning! I know I don't! :rolleyes:

That is too cute EarlhamGirl. Yea, I know there is something wrong with me. I think I got this cleaning passion from my mother. But trust me, I'm not overly-obsessed with cleaning. I just enjoy it when I have to do it. EXCEPT, washing the dishes. I cannot stand it. Spring cleaning can do without the dishes being done. lol.

That is too cute EarlhamGirl.

Thanks! :laughing:

I actually like cleaning. It makes me feel all organized and neat. So I look forward to it! I know it sounds geeky.:wink1:




I totally agree. It can be quite relaxing and mind clearing sometimes. :)

I totally agree. It can be quite relaxing and mind clearing sometimes. :)

Especially when you're upset... :undecide:

I can't say I enjoyed clearing up after the builders we've just had in though!! :eek2:

I can't say I enjoyed clearing up after the builders we've just had in though!! :eek2:

sorry! :frown:

I don't know if i'd call it spring cleaning for me - more like spring raids! Usually what i do is, working up to exams or whatever, i keep my room an "organised mess" where it's not clean but at least i know where most stuff is. Then once i've finished the exams or whatever i hold a raid on the place and just have a blitz on everything so it's sparkly-clean for a few... days. :p

That is too cute EarlhamGirl. Yea, I know there is something wrong with me. I think I got this cleaning passion from my mother. But trust me, I'm not overly-obsessed with cleaning. I just enjoy it when I have to do it. EXCEPT, washing the dishes. I cannot stand it. Spring cleaning can do without the dishes being done. lol.

Oh I know! Dishes are the worst. We only recently got a dishwasher, and before that we were doing them all by hand. THAT sucked. And folding clothes. I don't know why, I jsut hate it.

Everything else, I'm fine with, especially vacuuming and cleaning windows and mirrors. It's strange, I know. lol

Gads where to begin..

Painting the house inside and out...sodding around the pond...tearing out the garage and building two new bedrooms...building a terrace where the inclined driveway once was...tearing up old carpet and laying new...

Does this count as Spring Cleaning or just insanity...:35:

Gads where to begin..

Painting the house inside and out...sodding around the pond...tearing out the garage and building two new bedrooms...building a terrace where the inclined driveway once was...tearing up old carpet and laying new...

Does this count as Spring Cleaning or just insanity...:35:

I feel bad for you Baileysdad!!! :frown: That is alot to do. I'm leaning towards insanity!! :biggrin:

As much as I hate cleaning, there is a certian beauty in a freshly cleaned toilet :grin:

As much as I hate cleaning, there is a certian beauty in a freshly cleaned toilet :grin:

I'm with you on that one! :biggrin:

I'm with you on that one! :biggrin:

I'll have to agree with you on the as well! lol! So nice to have a clean toliet. I'm still need to get my apartment more organized. lol! Spring cleaning is coming around pretty good. Not too lazy as I was last year.. lol! Wanted to just be outside and enjoy the nice warm weather. :) ;)

I'll have to agree with you on the as well! lol! So nice to have a clean toliet. I'm still need to get my apartment more organized. lol! Spring cleaning is coming around pretty good. Not too lazy as I was last year.. lol! Wanted to just be outside and enjoy the nice warm weather. :) ;)

It gets really hard to clean when it gets nice out! :rolleyes:

I only enjoy cleaning other people's linen closets, EarlhamGirl.

(evil grin)

the bananna

I only enjoy cleaning other people's linen closets, EarlhamGirl.

(evil grin)

the bananna

I feel bad about that one! :frown: It isn't very nice to have other people clean your linen closet! :D (By the way it isn't my linen closet! :rolleyes:)

I highly enjoy that I randomly opened this thread and the first thing I read was about the joy in a clean toilet. haha. I love it

I'm a huge fan of the spring cleaning events.. Those days where you can throw open windows and air everythign out.. and clean EVERYTHING. And by the time you are done and you go to bed.. everything is put away and nice.. I find it very theraputic and relaxing. :biggrin:

Speaking of which.. I really need to clean out my closet.. my stacks of hoodies, pj bottoms and jeans are threatening to topple over and possible suffocate me everytime I browse for a shirt!

I love pulling out the fridge/washer/dryer/dressers/sofas/tvs or anything else for that matter and cleaning behind it:) I just cleaned behind teh fridge and found an easter egg (plastic.. so it didnt stink or anything:)) , a ball, and several unrecognizable chunks..ewww.. i know! I love scrubbing out the kitchen, and the bathroom... (ohh... i found something awesome... we have this mold that keeps growing on the grout in the bathroom, even though I clean it it seems to stain itself black! Well...... I tried bleach.. and anything else to remove it and it wouldnt work! I felt dirty taking a shower even when I knew it was clean.... so I got Tilex Mold and Mildew remover and boy did it work! it was awesome.. you guys should try it:))

anyway.. thats all for my ranting

I highly enjoy that I randomly opened this thread and the first thing I read was about the joy in a clean toilet. haha. I love it

I'm a huge fan of the spring cleaning events.. Those days where you can throw open windows and air everythign out.. and clean EVERYTHING. And by the time you are done and you go to bed.. everything is put away and nice.. I find it very theraputic and relaxing. :biggrin:

Speaking of which.. I really need to clean out my closet.. my stacks of hoodies, pj bottoms and jeans are threatening to topple over and possible suffocate me everytime I browse for a shirt!

It is really relaxing when you can open all the windows and let the cool air into the clean house! :D

I dust every now and then:eek:

I dust every now and then:eek:

That's my kind of cleaning! ;) :biggrin:

I dust every now and then:eek:


LOL! My house needs cleaning so bad, I'd have to hire a crew for a week, just to get down to the dust! :biggrin:

LOL! My house needs cleaning so bad, I'd have to hire a crew for a week, just to get down to the dust! :biggrin:

That sounds like something I need to do also! ;)

So unfair...I actually JUST dust and now my room's like:shocking: *grumble*

So unfair...I actually JUST dust and now my room's like:shocking: *grumble*

I have alot of major cleaning to do over this holiday weekend... I feel your pain! ;)

I've been putting off cleaning for weeks upon weeks. I know it has to be done, but I just can't get up the motivation to do it.

My winter clothes still need to be packed away. I need to go through my summer clothes and separate them into wearable/donatable piles.

I need to clean my carpets, but my best friend currently has my deep cleaner.

The kitchen could use a good scrubdown. It's not terrible, but I'd like to get the crumbs from underneath the stove, between the counters, etc...

I need to hang up the pictures for my bathroom.

The only thing I probably will get accomplished though is getting some of the crap out of my bedroom closet and taking it to my parents' house. I've been upgrading my kitchen stuff (dishes, utensils, pots/pans) and saving the old stuff to give to my younger sisters. (One is starting college, one is getting her first apartment, and the others just like free things)

I've been putting off cleaning for weeks upon weeks. I know it has to be done, but I just can't get up the motivation to do it.

My problem is I'm leaving for college very soon. I've been putting off cleaning my room for months, but I have to do it now! :frown:

Now, when I clean, I just make pretend I'm cleaning Jack Sparrow's house.:in_love:

Even though he lives on a ship.:biggrin:

Now, when I clean, I just make pretend I'm cleaning Jack Sparrow's house.:in_love:

Even though he lives on a ship.:biggrin:

That would motivate any person to clean! :D

I have to say I love a freshly cleaned toilet too! Even though I hate the actual cleaning part. I don't mind doing laundry even though I'm not much for the folding. I hang up most stuff so that helps. Doing dishes is ok. I actually like dusting even though I don't do it very often. I like vacuuming too especially when you get to suck up and big pile of dirt or a big dust bunny or something. My biggest problem is keeping too much stuff or organizing the stuff I have. I hate doing it.

That would motivate any person to clean! :D

Motivation is key to successful spring cleaning!:happy:

Motivation is key to successful spring cleaning!:happy:

I think Captain Jack is great motivation!! ;)

Blue Coral
Motivation is key to successful spring cleaning!

And I don't have motivation, so...:jump1:

Several of you mentioned how nice it is to throw open your windows when your place is clean. I must admit, I am horribly jealous. First, I would need to clean. That is a major job! Second, I'm in Texas and it is well over 100 degrees here. Walking outside makes me want a nap and a shower.