Spring Cleaning

I am one of those freaks that can not wait for Spring cleaning. Although I enjoy cleaning all year round, I love how after spring cleaning is done, everything seems so much fresher and healthier overall to live in. I usually like searching the web for lists so that I can mark off what I have finished and to keep track of what is left to do. I looked around though and I wasn't very pleased with any of the lists. I therefore have compiled my own, if you'd like to follow along I will post the list below. It covers all area of your house. I broke it up by week, just because I have a crazy little monster who needs most of my attention! If you break it up, even in to days, and spend a lot of time one weekend, it shouldn't be overwhelming and you should have a sparkling, organized place in no time.

Kitchen

-organize cabinets: make sure to throw out any old food that you haven't use in about 6 months, and that you honestly have no intention of using any time soon. Donate it! There are plenty of people who would appreciate this tremendously.
-be sure to put whatever you use most towards the front of the cabinet, and everything that you do not use too much towards the back.
- put like things together, it will make it look better and also help with organization.
-don't forget,before putting everything back in the cabinets you are going to want to wipe down the cabinets.

-Refrigerator
-This was my least favorite. It's likely that you have at some point in the past year had some old food sitting around...therefore you will be left with a smelly gross refrigerator. Now is a good time to empty the whole thing, scrub down the shelving and the drawers and only put in the fresh food. Also, put a box of baking soda in there if you don't already. For this I used baking soda and White vinegar, your food is going to be in this place so you don't want to use anything too harsh
-Go in the freezer and take out anything that you don't think you will defrost.

-Toaster Oven
-This is one of the hardest things to clean! But once it's finished put some aluminum foil under the rack to catch any future crumbs.
-wipe down the microwave
-Use a mixture of white vinegar and water to clean the coffee pot, run a cycle with this and then do about 2-3 follow up cycles with just plain water.

-Floor/Bases
-I LOVE Mr. Clean white sponges, I used them to go around the base of the kitchen )if you have white base boards) and cleaned up. They are sparkling! We usually forget this spot in the kitchen, but it definitely makes the floor and walls look better. If you have white walls, touching up with this is great.
-Next, really scrub the floor, use cleaning supplies if you usually only use water.

-Windows
-Wipe these down, both inside and out.

Why not sanitize that gross garbage can, ugh, yeah who wants to do that? But you'll thank yourself later, we don't realize how smelly this can actually get.

finally, clean the sink and counters...baking soda and white vinegar will do the job.

Next, we'll focus on the living areas and dining room.