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Cleaning the Bathroom {Day 46}

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I feel like I’m always apologizing! Sometimes life is just overwhelming. Some times it’s next to impossible to “do it all” and you just have to do the most important stuff.

Saturday night late, my daughter Sarah called me from Arizona and said she hadn’t been able to eat and that she was having some major discomfort in her abdomen. We were worried about her having to go back to the hospital and definitely didn’t want that to happen when she was all the way across the country! So, we got her a red-eye flight for Sunday night.

Sunday we’d already invited the whole big family over for Emily’s late birthday party, so I spent the morning cleaning the house, and the afternoon cooking for everyone. I think I went to bed between 10:30 and 11:00 Sunday night and then I had to get up 3:30 am and drive the five hours to Nashville and pick Sarah up at the airport by 8:30. We contacted her doctor and they had her come in at 12:30 for blood work and a CT scan. Thankfully there was no abscess. The doctor prescribed some more antibiotics for her and told us they found cysts on her ovaries. We aren’t sure if the cysts are causing some of her current discomfort so we have to go later this week to have that checked out.

Then, we went and got some Autumn Squash Soup at the Panera Bread Company. Sarah hadn’t eaten in over two days and the soups was amazing! After that we headed to the pharmacy to pick up her new prescriptions and then drove the five hours back home. We got in at 11:00 last night and I was exhausted.

So, I’m just now getting back to this series. I hope you are well and I really appreciate your staying with me and your patience as my schedule is so wacky.


 

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From Chaos to Calm: Day Forty-Six

Cleaning the Bathroom

Scripture Memory: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14

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Today’s Scripture memory calls us to humble ourselves. If any task in the home calls for us as wives and mothers to humble ourselves, it is cleaning the bathroom. The bathroom is one of the dirtiest rooms in the house and the tasks are not very pleasant.

Your bathroom should be one of the cleanest rooms in your house. It is typically a small space. And remember – the bathroom is the only room where guests go alone with time to sit and just look around… at the corners, around the bathtub, etc. Everyone will know your standard for clean by looking at your bathroom.

Make the bathroom part of your morning routine. Wipe down sinks after making the beds. Rinse the bathtubs after each bath has been taken, and so on. Then on a regular basis, make cleaning the bathroom part of your schedule with the following tasks…

Care for the Bathroom: Monthly:
1. Clean under the sink.
2. Clean out medicine cabinet.
3. Throw out old medications and old make up.
4. Take inventory of toilet paper, paper towels, soaps, shampoos, etc. Add those items that need replenishing to your shopping list. Purchase items when on sale and stock up.

Care for the Bathroom: Weekly:
1. Use a small hand held whisk broom or brush and sweep the floor, dusting the baseboards as you go.
2. Fill a bucket with warm or hot water and add a disinfectant to the water.
3. Add a disinfectant to the toilet bowl. Swish it around with the toilet bowl brush and allow to soak while you clean the rest of the bathroom.
4. Wear rubber gloves to protect your hands.
5. Use separate cloths or sponges for cleaning the toilet and sink and floor.
6. Begin by cleaning the sink and cabinets. Use a mild detergent or abrasive for cleaning inside the sink, around the fixtures, the cabinets, and the walls around the sink.
7. Rinse and clean soap dish. Wipe off the light switch.
8. Dust vanity light bulbs.
9. Clean mirrors.
10. Sprinkle a mild abrasive or spray your preferred bath tub cleaner into the bath/ shower. Use a sponge to scrub away soap scum build up and water marks. Doing this weekly instead of once the tub is gross will reduce the effort! Liquid bleach gets rid of mildew. Rinse tub well.
11. Saturate a sponge in the bucket of water. Squeeze excess moisture out and begin scrubbing the baseboards. Because of the moisture in the bathroom, dust tends to dry and stick to the baseboards causing them to look dingy and unattractive. Move around the room, rinsing your sponge as needed. Dust window sills, cobwebs, top of door molding, and top of shower.
12. Saturate a sponge in the bucket of water. Squeeze excess moisture out and clean around top of toilet, working your way down the sides of the toilet. Rinse sponge as needed.
13. Using a sponge and a product such as Mop and Glo, scrub floor until it sparkles. Begin mopping in the corner of bathroom and work your way out of the room. Leave the room and make sure no one goes in until the floor is dry – about 20 minutes. You can place a fan on the floor to speed this drying time.
14. Pour dirty water outside or down the toilet. Disinfect sponges or cloths in a bucket of fresh water and bleach. 1/2 cup of bleach per gallon of water. Soak them for at least five minutes. Rinse well and air dry.

Care for the Bathroom: Daily:
1. Rinse tub after bathing. ** Optional: Spray a Daily Shower Spray formula in the shower to help prevent soap scum build up. **
2. Wipe down sink, faucets, with a fresh cloth.
3. Wipe down toilet seat with another fresh cloth.
4. Clean mirror after everyone has brushed their teeth.
5. Hang fresh hand towels.
6. Spray air freshener and leave the room.

By cleaning the bathroom on a regular basis, you will find that the task only takes minutes each day and hardly more on your weekly cleaning day. If you have not already, add this task to your daily schedule and determine when is the best day to do the scrubbing.

Cleaning the bathroom shouldn’t be drudgery! Smile in your heart while doing these ordinary, seemingly mundane, tasks. Let peace wash over you and feel content knowing that your family is well taken care of.

 

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5 Comments

  1. I just happened to stumble upon your blog about cleaning the bathroom, and read the above post about your daughter. I have no idea why, but something told me to write. I have a weird rash that always starts at my joints its usually on my hands, feet, creases of elbows, and creases of knees. Sometime it just swells and sometimes it breaks out in bumps. I've had a lot of testing (allergies, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, etc.) I can't blame it on my thyroid because I don't have a thyroid anymore (the Doctors took it out due to Thyroid Cancer). A nurse friend told me to get tested for hereditary angidoedema. Hope this helps. E-mail me anytime
  2. I pray you will manage to see your daughter through the pain she is experiencing. I have MS, and my hands are frequently painful. I liked your article on bathroom cleaning. I have 6 bathrooms to clean in this house - not funny... Please email me when there are new post updates. Really enjoy your site and articles.
  3. I absolutely love this! The way you incorporated God's loving Word with cleaning is amazing. It's good to start altering our perspectives to give God all the glory He deserves.

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