Hi everyone, Ronnie here. Welcome to Clean with me, the podcast about cleaning to listen to

while you clean. I've been putting off recording this episode for a while because I've been

sick, so I haven't sounded right. So if you hear me clear in my throat or sucking snod or something like that,

I'll try to edit that stuff out, but please forgive me and realize that I don't always sound like

this if you're new here. Okay, today we're going to be talking about preparing for company.

You may or may not be having Thanksgiving at your house this year, but even if you're not,

I think it's always good to clean your house as if you were going to have company,

because it kind of helps you to see it through someone

else's eyes when you think about what a guest might notice or whatever. So we have an exciting

episode ahead. It's a cleaning power hour for hosting guests for Thanksgiving. Now, today we're going to

start in the front room and any other living areas. One thing that makes a huge difference in your

house looking clean is vacuuming and dusting. And of course, if you

don't have carpeting, replace vacuuming there with sweeping and mopping. But today I'm going to

be thoroughly dusting my piano, which is in my entryway, part of the area that I consider my front room.

I am going to be dusting all surfaces very thoroughly, cleaning my TV screen. And I don't have a ton of dusting to do,

but you might.

Another thing that I do very regularly in my front room

is there's a skinny window in the entryway by my front door.

For some reason,

I think the dog or the kids puts their nose on that window, probably both.

So I clean that inside and out fairly often.

I mean, if there's a window in your house that needs to be cleaned,

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