Just about everything we clean can be done with white vinegar, water, and Dawn. Avoid chemicals.

Will have to give this a try. And I do clean the house!

Carol,

Nice tip.  We have someone clean for us every other week.  It helps us be more productive, one less thing to do.  A

I've never heard of this. It sounds like a great idea to me. 

hire a pro

Great tip here Carol, and lots of good ones below as well. 

Fortunately I have been very successful at finding someone else to do most of these types of things.  I have found that after watching me make a feeble attempt at various cleaning tasks someone will always step in and say, "let me do that for you".

It started with my girlfriend taking pity on me in college over me not sorting my laundry and ending up with seriously tinted clothes.

And that same girl still prefers that I stay out of her way while she keeps our house much cleaner that i would ever be capable of doing.

I have suggested several times over the last 30+ years that she relax and hire someone, but she will have nothing of it and would probably have to do more cleaning before merry maids showed up anyway.

This is a great tip!!!!

I hire it done but also clean in between and with them because nobody does it like I do. My favorite shortcut is to use a lint roller on lampshades, curtains or drapes to remove the dust build up. It is quick and easy and I don't have to drag out the vacuum.

My home is easy to keep clean.  My husband helps.  Cleaning services don't clean the way I like and some valuable items disappeared.  I like your tip.  I think I will try the tip.  Thank you. 

Hire people to clean for you!  That's my "tip"  LOL!!

Sure you did; I dun broke my hip when I fell!

Yup, I get my wife on it right away.

My cleaning lady shared a secret for cleaning shower bottoms...Easy Off.  Works like a charm.  But you can only use on certain types of shower bottoms. 

Remember to wash behind the ears!

I agree with Scott Godzyk, I’m very careful to not let things get dirty.

I was told today if you do not dirty it, then you do not have to clean it. 

I read that you enjoy doing this yourself but for me, "don't spend dollar time on penny work"!

My favorite cleaning tip is the one I give Merry Maids. 

Start in one spot and do take care of everything that needs to be done from that point forward.  Don't skip around.

Carol Williams Thank you for the tip.

Towel dry everything you make wet while it is wet. Then you don't need to clean it after it dries.

My two favorite products are vinegar and baking soda.  I wrap my shower head in a baggie filled with vinegar to clean it. 

My favorite cleaning tips: hire a cleaning people and use environmentally friendly cleaning supplies. 

Carol, I am with you.  I've hired cleaning services and they just don't clean the way I want my home cleaned.  I do my own home cleaning ... thank you very much. I am not semi-retired either. My cleaning tip is to crank up the tunes ... and dance as I clean.

Yes, paying someone else to do it for me - then we have time to focus on other things we enjoy

Thanks for sharing your tip.

Good morning Carol. Have not heard of this one before, usually it would be white vinegar and water.