Suzy Homemaker

I feel like I have had such a productive day today... I was actually in the mood to clean (very rare). Now I'm no Suzy Homemaker, but I do like to keep my house picked up & clean. However, I've never thought about needing to clean my washing machine & dishwasher. I thought they were getting cleaned as the dishes & clothes were run through their cycles.

So I found a few different websites on Pinterest that I thought I would give a try...

1) Cleaning your dishwasher:

http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2012/02/how-to-clean-your-dishwasher.html

Super easy to do, and I could tell a big difference once I finished! I didn't realize how dingy my dishwasher was until I saw how white & shiny it was after I cleaned it!

2) Cleaning your washing machine:

http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2012/04/how-to-clean-your-top-loader-washing.html

This was easy too, but to go through all the steps it takes several hours. I wouldn't start this unless you have 3-4 hours to complete it. I can tell a difference in the way my washing machine smells - it had started to get almost a musty smell to it. So glad I went ahead and did this today!

I'm ashamed to say I haven't cleaned my washing machine in the 3 1/2 years Jake and I have been married, so it definitely needed it!

3) Another way to clean your kitchen sink:

http://the-happyhome.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-make-your-stainless-shine.html

Now I'm not going to tell you my sink looked as fantastic as the picture on the website, but it did look much more shiny. I washed a few dishes in it after it had been cleaned, and it still looked really good. So definitely think it's worth it to clean my sink like this again.

To continue my productive day, I'm going to go run :)