Clean As You Go

The Parent Bloggers Network has called for bloggers to share their cleaning tips and to enter to win $5,000 at How I Clean Now. I'm not a cleaning expert, but I do recommend what I call Clean-As-You-Go as a great tip. It's very easy to implement. Don't sleep on your cleaning problems and you'll find cleaning a lot more manageable as part of your daily routine.

Here are a few examples of how I follow the clean-as-you-go principle:

• Wipe out the grease right after cooking
• Wash the dishes right after eating
• Spot clean the food stains as soon as they're spotted
• Do the laundry as soon as there's a full load in the washer
• Vacuum the carpet/floor once a day (I recommend iRobot to make your workload a lot lighter)
  

You may find it hard to do at first, but it will benefit you considerably over time as few cleaning needs accumulate in your house. As a side note, you may want to try the new Pledge Multi Surface Cleaner to help simplify cleaning.