Tip- Electric Knifes

I don't know if you are all aware, but we eat almost exclusively homemade bread.  Over the summer my friend shared a wonderful tip that has made sandwich making with homemade bread a lot easier.  The problem is that it's hard to get bread thin enough.  The solution?  Electric knife.  You can get the bread extremely thin and it makes homemade bread a lot more usable.  Hope this helps someone!

Assignments- week 1

5 Minutes: Kim
Weekly: Tami
Tips:Charlotte

We are beginning our new cycle this week.  Make sure you tally your points for last cycle up ASAP.  Happy cleaning!!

Weekly Challenge

Our challenge this week is: Deep clean the floor in at least one room.

Here's a few ideas-

• Mop the floor
• Clean baseboards
• Using a scrub brush or sponge, clean edges and corners
• Clean/spot clean carpets
• Vacuum edges

If anyone else has a great idea to include, please share. Get down on your knees and scrub!

5 Minute Challenges

The Challenges are up and on the side bar! Enjoy your cleaning this week.

Assignments- Week 4

5 Minutes: Brenda


Weekly: Andrea

Tips: LeAnn

Happy cleaning & Halloween prepping!

5 Minutes for the Week:

5 Minutes for the Week:

1. Top of washing machine/dryer
2. Closet floor
3. TV screens
4. Front of fridge, oven, microwave, dishwasher
5. Dust book shelves

Weekly Challenge - Some Things Never Change

I seriously thought about making this closets again. I know that is super sad. Instead I decided on my other favorite: cleaning the car. So, this week clean out the inside of your cars and vacuum and/or clean the outside of your car. You can do either / or, but I'm planning on doing both. If you just want to go to a car wash for the outside (that is what I'm planning on) that counts. If your cars look anywhere close to mine, good luck.

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Assignments for This Week

5 Minutes: Charlotte


Weekly: Kim

Tips: Tami

I'm Sorry.......So Sorry!

I know I dropped the ball pretty big this week by not assigning a challenge. Hope you all enjoyed your week off. I was hoping that this last week would be better, and it was off and on. I am crossing my fingers again for this week, I just never know how we will all feel. Morning sickness has mostly passed on (never to be felt again :) the only problem now is the weather turning cold and my kids and I taking turns on who feels sick that day. Anyway, I REALLY hope to do better this week. I have to get caught up in order to get my Halloween costumes done in time. (and if I don't do laundry soon, it will be quite noticeable) Anyway, everyone go ahead and take the points for the challenge, drink some hot chocolate and have a nice week.

Tuesday Tip

Lately, I've noticed a lot of socks missing from the laundry. It seems every week for the last month or so I find at least two-three pairs of Barlow's without a match. Then, one day as I vacuumed under the computer desk, I found this:Apparently, everyday when Barlow sits down to work at the computer he takes off one sock. Just one.

My tip for the week: It appears the "dryer ate my socks" conspiracy is a myth! HUSBANDS are the real sock thieves. If you find a sock with no match, check your husband's favorite hang out spot. Because mine can't be the ONLY one who does this... right?

This week's assignments- Week 2

5 Minutes: Mom
Weekly: Brenda
Tips: Andrea

Happy Cleaning!