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Marthe48

(20,356 posts)
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 02:38 PM Dec 2024

Does anyone else have to deep clean for the holidays?

I tend to let things go, and then when comapny is coming, I have to declutter, wash, dust, change beds, clean appliances, fixtures, floors, and then figure out food, and decorations if the holiday calls for them. Every year, I promise myself I'll do better, and I fail.

I realized this week that I'll clean, but if anyone wants to come for food, I'll take them out.

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Does anyone else have to deep clean for the holidays? (Original Post) Marthe48 Dec 2024 OP
I might take a shower. LuckyCharms Dec 2024 #1
Just keep adding True Dough Dec 2024 #9
Deodorant? LuckyCharms Dec 2024 #10
I'm sure you'll catch on True Dough Dec 2024 #12
Huh. how are you supposed to use that stuff? LuckyCharms Dec 2024 #13
If you're going to consume it, True Dough Dec 2024 #15
What is this "deep cleaning" of which you speak? Ocelot II Dec 2024 #2
It's the clutter Marthe48 Dec 2024 #3
No, but I do a total cleanin once a month LogDog75 Dec 2024 #4
Dang! Can I hire you?! Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #17
Cleaning is how I deal with my anxiety. Yavin4 Dec 2024 #5
My wife. Don't get me started. bif Dec 2024 #6
My husband would vacuum Marthe48 Dec 2024 #7
oh hell, I do that for the maintenance man Skittles Dec 2024 #8
You could True Dough Dec 2024 #11
Everything would be lumpy Marthe48 Dec 2024 #14
Ugh! I did it for Thanksgiving. Christmas will be touch-up. Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #16
Thank goodness, not! 😄... electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #18

Ocelot II

(123,940 posts)
2. What is this "deep cleaning" of which you speak?
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 02:44 PM
Dec 2024

I'm proud of myself if most of the cat hair has been removed from the upholstery and I can't write my name in the dust.

Marthe48

(20,356 posts)
3. It's the clutter
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 03:03 PM
Dec 2024

omg, the clutter!

And then, after the holiday, I have to figure out where I stored what I was working on. Last year, I wrote notes and forgot where i put them. Maybe writing in the dust is the way to go

LogDog75

(368 posts)
4. No, but I do a total cleanin once a month
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 04:07 PM
Dec 2024

I do the normal weekly cleaning but once a month I high and low dusting, and steam moping kitchen and bathroom floors.

 

Yavin4

(37,182 posts)
5. Cleaning is how I deal with my anxiety.
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 05:10 PM
Dec 2024

And I've been cleaning with a fury since the election.

bif

(25,022 posts)
6. My wife. Don't get me started.
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 05:56 PM
Dec 2024

Dr. Jeckyll & Mrs. Hyde. She turns into a monster before we host anything. I try to help but it's never good enough. She's an absolute perfectionist.

Marthe48

(20,356 posts)
7. My husband would vacuum
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 06:04 PM
Dec 2024

And clean up outside. I miss his help.

Once he started to vacuum, he'd be at it for an hour or more.

True Dough

(22,498 posts)
11. You could
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 09:25 PM
Dec 2024

simply paper over things with nice decorative wrapping paper. Festive and handy!

Marthe48

(20,356 posts)
14. Everything would be lumpy
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 09:40 PM
Dec 2024

But it'd probably be easier keeping track of where I put things. Tonight, I was beginning to feel like Uncle Billie in It's a Wonderful Life. The other night, my daughter stopped out with the outside lighted deer family she stores for me. The gift cards I got for everyone were laying out, so I put them away. I just looked everywhere for them this last hour. I was about to give up, but I saw one corner of one in a box. Whew! And it's going to be like the after the holidays with the decluttering I've done.









electric_blue68

(20,600 posts)
18. Thank goodness, not! 😄...
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 11:18 PM
Dec 2024

In the assisted living facility I'm in I opted for house keeping services.

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