Hi everyone, Ronnie here. You're listening to Clean with me, the podcast where I talk you through

cleaning your house. Thanks for joining me. This is episode 131 and as usual, I'm going to talk you through cleaning your house

but this episode is going to be one of those real-time cleaning talk-throughs meaning I'm

going to be cleaning while I record so some of you have expressed that the times are more accurate when I'm actually cleaning along.

I'm not going to do this every time, but I like to mix things up with different types of episodes.

So if you prefer the episodes where I'm sitting down, reading an outline, just talking you through,

cleaning your house in an organized way, maybe click on a different episode.

But in this episode, I'm literally going to be cleaning simply because I have a lot to do today.

But I think you'll enjoy it and I think it will be beneficial.

So let's get right into the episode. It's time to gear up for your cleaning session.

And there are a few ways you can do that. You might want to freshen up and get yourself

presentable or dressed for the day. I've already done that. I've already dropped my son off at school. I've been working on my writing, homeschooling my kids. So my day is already going on. I've already made lunch. And it's time to get some housework done that I did not do

this morning. I was excited about a writing project and, you know, all the other responsibilities

of being a mom kept me away from the kitchen. And so I'm recording this on a Monday, kind of dealing with the weekend aftermath.

So the first thing I'm going to do is start removing clutter, rolling that cereal bag and putting the cereal in the pantry.

When I come across dishes, I'm taking them over to the sink area, and I'm picking up

trash off of my kitchen island. There's an inordinate amount of trash, but that's okay. When kids go to a birthday party

and get candy, they don't always throw away the wrappers. So I am throwing away trash. And like I said,

each time I come across a dish or something that goes over by the sink

and I know I have clean dishes in my dishwasher so I might need to well I will need to empty those since I plan to reload it rather than hand wash.

I'm not sure if I mention this, but usually during the introduction, I give the option of starting a load of laundry.

For those of you who start a load of laundry at the beginning of the episode, I'll try to remind you at the end of the episode to switch that laundry

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