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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 1:58 pm
I worry about the dryer vent thing since I live in apartments. I personally don't have a dryer vent, but I know a lot of apartments do. I should ask if they have a regularly scheduled dryer vent clean out, LOL. The fire danger does concern me!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 6:39 am
*Thursday's Mission* Thank goodness I don't have a bathtub. After all that scooping, shoveling, and snowblowing yesterday, I am unable to do anything too strenuous today as I am limping like an old lady. Wait! I am an old lady. Dipo, let us know what your landlord/apt. manager says about the dryer vents in your building. I cleaned everything that I could see very well, checked the air flow, which was fine. But I am working on getting the vent hosing pulled off. I complained here about all the duct tape, but I am told that that is a very good thing as it ensures air flow. Geeesh. What a boring topic.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 8:19 am
all you need to do about that duct taped vent is go to home depot or OSH and get a new one, they're cheap. all you need is the hose and two clamps. you can change it! you're handy!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 8:31 am
See that hole along the foundation, landi? That's where the dryer vent is... That was all filled in solid as of last night. Two dryer loads later and this is what it looks like. I can't do metal hosing. Not that handy! LOL!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 1:49 pm
LOL, I hate the bathtub cleaning day!! So I got the scrubbing bubbles spray thingie and it works great. It always looks clean and if I notice a little build up I barely have to touch it and comes off and is down the drain! Vee, I can't even imagine having to deal with snow removal as well as keep my house clean, LOL!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Friday, February 16, 2007 - 6:16 am
*Friday's Mission* This one may be the most difficult one of the week! Dipo, I remember your endorsing that product. If I didn't have a cat who likes the shower nearly as well as I do, I would love to have one of those scrubbing bubbles spray thingies. : ) Now who said the house was clean? It's impossible to do both well, but it was good enough. Enjoy your date nights, Everybody!
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Friday, February 16, 2007 - 6:30 am
Couple of helpful hints when cleaning. I have discovered these and thought I would share with you. 1. If you have a nice throw rug and it has those threaded fringes can make your rug look old etc. , Just take a scissors and cut them down to the stub...and it will make your rug look so much better. 2. When refilling your soap dispenser in the bathroom, use dish soap instead...this helps in keeping your sink cleaner and the soap doesn't stick to your sink like regular soap does. I also when I am washing my hands and the sink faucet is a bit dirty, I just rub a bit on the tap, rinse and it make it look cleaner,. 3. When I grab the hand towel/face clothes in the bathroom for the laundry, I will often wet a corner and wipe off the sink and faucet. This helps with keeping it a bit cleaner.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Friday, February 16, 2007 - 9:15 am
Skootz, the craziest thing just happened. I had a little dollop of bathroom liquid soap left so decided to add it to my dishwater thinking that soap is soap. Big mistake. I had such a mess and wound up having to dump the water and start fresh. So, you are absolutely correct that those moisturizing liquid soaps stick. LIKE CRAZY. Love your tip about having some regular dish soap in the bathroom for sink cleaning purposes and am looking for an extra dispenser that I will label correctly. (Can't give up my moisturizing hand soap, though, as my hands are cracked and dry enough.) I never buy fringed carpets for the reason you mention, but I do have a fringed throw and I think I'll give your suggestion a try. Nothing like a plain damp cloth for shining up faucets AND stove tops. Look forward to hearing more about tips and shortcuts from our resident professional! 
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, February 16, 2007 - 9:40 am
I love reading the tips and shortcuts!! I've never been a very good housekeeper but I know I'm better now by incorporating some of the daily tips. 
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Friday, February 16, 2007 - 9:57 am
I have to say that Clorox wipes are the best invention ever. Vee, I read the tips on stainless steel sinks and figured out the problem with my bathtub. I wouldn't be surprised if it is the original tub that was put in the house when it was built in 1954. It is getting increasingly harder to keep clean so I decided to do the bleach process there followed by the steel wool. Well, I got the tub really clean but there are these areas where I was worried that I had scrubbed some of the finish off the tub because there was big time discoloration. After reading your link, I realized that it was the steel wool bits and, sure enough, I have noticed that the gray is slowly disappearing.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, February 16, 2007 - 1:02 pm
i know NT! i have them in the bathrooms and the kitchen. they're the bestest thing ever next to salad in a bag! NT - comet will take care of those gray bits.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 8:58 am
It's Family Fun Day! (Today, my family is celebrating my dad's 77th birthday.) For those scrubbing kinds of jobs, NT and landi, I like to use Bar Keeper's Friend. Much less abrasive and tackles jobs that other cleaners miss. These *Kitchen Tips* from I Need More Time dot com are pretty good. I found several that I can use; hope you find something useful, too. Have a happy weekend, everybody!
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 9:45 am
I have a load of laundry in the machine, have went around and just touched up the rooms that I cleaned yesterday and the day before. Put the laundry away from this week, made bed etc. I also cleaned up a couple of hot spots and my house looks great..well except for the office here,...that is another day - well I shouldn't say another day... 15 minutes at a time right? Happy 77th Birthday to your dad Vee..we have to cherish our parents birthdays each year.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 9:51 am
Happy B'day to Veezie's dad! Hope it's his best ever! 77 years young, bless him! 
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 10:23 am
Vee, does the Bar Keepers Friend work well on stainless steel sinks? Mine gets water spots, because someone who I won't mention, never wipes them off. lol
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 11:52 am
More information on the Bar Keeper's *Right Here*. The short answer, Hypermom, is yes. It does a fantastic job on stainless steel sinks. I have an old white porcelain sink in my kitchen and it also does a great job on that. The front of the canister says that it cleans and polishes stainless steel, porcelain, fiberglass, glass cooktops, copper, tile, and brass. (That picture isn't clear enough.) ETA: Bar Keeper's Friend can be found at your local Wal*Mart. No need to order online. Thanks for the birthday wishes for my dad, Skootz and MB. I have to get cracking...no wrapped packages and my mother has decided to have a birthday supper now as well. Ackkkk!
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 12:06 pm
Very happy birthday wishes to Vee's dad. My daddy is my hero.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 7:21 am
It's Feed Your Spirit Day. For me, that means a jammie day, I think. Unless anyone can guilt me into getting dressed. ; ) Offering a link to a site with some decluttering tips. My favorite one was "If you really hate to clean the messes off your stove...remove the offending recipes from your recipe collection. You know which ones they are.!" Yes, yes, I do. But they also happen to be some of my favorites. LOL! *Painted Gold* Thanks, NT! How wonderful that your dad is your hero. Happy Sunday!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 12:18 pm
LOL, Vee, my jammie day is Saturday. Today I actually put on my shoes and do a few chores. Have a great day!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, February 19, 2007 - 5:58 am
Happy Monday, All! *Current Zone* *Monday's Mission* Changing Sheets is not a mission for me. I doubt that it is for you either. Saturday morning, all sheets are changed on a weekly basis. Many housekeeping chores here, in fact most, are done according to the day of the week, the week of the month, the changing of seasons, etc. Are others doing the same? I mean, waiting for a mission to come around to do these regular chores is ridiculous. LOL! So I am dusting and vacuuming my bedroom today. That's it. I do have an entire bag filled with old cassette tapes, which I would like to throw out and be done with it, but somewhere in there are recordings of my kids' dad and also some recordings of their sweet little voices. I don't want to be guilty of going too far. This will get tricky since I don't even have a cassette player anymore. Ha! Happy putzing about today...
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 5:54 am
*Tuesday's Mission* Happy whatever today! 
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 6:40 am
*Wednesday's Mission* Have fun with the floor of your bedroom closet! Since mine is all clear, I am giving my bookcases another decluttering. I started before I ever got out of bed this morning. LOL! As I was lying there, this or that book would pop out at me. So now I have a nice stack of 15 or more books and three little knick-knacks that are on their way out the door. Yay for me! Enjoy the day, Flutterers!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 6:53 am
The floor of my bedroom closet is empty as well but I've been thinking that I need to go through the stuff on my shelf in my bedroom closet. Must.get.rid.of.stuff! Too bad I have to go to work ... I'll be working on my closet this weekend. Thanks for the reminder Vee & have fun with your bookcases! 
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 5:49 am
*Thursday's Mission* I am going to do this one and I think that I may even switch my nighttable around using something different for a change. The table doesn't seem to be quite large enough. Clearing out the books left me with a free shelf so that means that I can put my cds there instead of in baskets in the closet. Goodbye baskets! Vacanick, your weekends sure sound busy! Good thing it's getting so close. 
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Friday, February 23, 2007 - 6:42 am
*Friday's Mission* Clearing off the dresser happened yesterday to make room for the nightstand stuff. I got rid of my nightstand entirely. The cds are all sitting along the top row of a bookshelf and those books cleared are in a box ready for the spring library sale. Anyone ever try *this idea* for getting rid of books? Looks like fun, but not something for moving out more than a few at a time. And to think that my bedroom projects of the last two days began in that pantry project! The pantry got flywashed leaving no room for the cereal boxes. The medicine shelf got flywashed to make room for the cereal boxes. The jelly cupboard drawers got flywashed to make room for the meds leaving no room for paperwork and extra checks and their registers, and junk. Lots of junk got tossed...yay! My bedroom drawer got flywashed to store the extra checks. Now two dresses have no home. They are both over thirty years old and I thought that I was saving them for posterity. LOL! I'll let you know what happens with them. It's been so quiet here this week. Hope that everyone is well and that the fluttering continues or the flubbing...anything close to moving at all. A very happy weekend to everybody!
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