Thanks for joining me. This episode is part two of how to get your house under control.

So it's time to gear up for your cleaning session. Now, you probably won't have time to do

everything I'm about to say, but these are just some suggestions to get you up and moving.

Okay? Maybe you need to freshen up and put on something comfortable yet presentable,

get dressed for the day, so to speak. Or maybe you need to start a load of laundry in the

washing machine. You also might need to get your house smelling fresh by taking out the trash

and starting a wax warmer. Another thing that might help you is opening up your curtains or

blinds to let some natural light in. And one of the benefits of doing that is it might force

you to quickly straighten up your front room to avoid embarrassment

when a neighbor walks by or something. But the light's going to do you good as well.

My mom keeps her house immaculate, but she always says she doesn't want to be on display,

like when the windows or curtains are open. So opening up your front blinds to let light in

could just mean turning them slightly

upward so it lets in some light but people can't actually see you. Okay. In part one, we talked

about deep cleaning your kitchen, going more minimalist in there and then focusing on daily routines

to keep it up. So you haven't, if you haven't heard that,

be sure and go back and listen to Part 1, The Kitchen. Now, if you haven't already guessed,

we're planning to deep clean every room in your house during this series and raise the hand,

and raise the standard in each area as we get it looking its best.

In this episode, we're going to focus on cleaning and raising the standard in the living areas and bathrooms.

So once you've geared up for your cleaning session, you're going to want to gather up your dishes so that you can at least get those out of the way so that we can focus on your living room and bathroom which are the focuses of this episode but i do encourage you if you have dirty dishes somewhere in your house, whether they're in the sink,

on your bedroom nightstand, in a teenager's room, in the living room, let's get all those dishes

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