Your Home and Garden

Clean sweep

When it comes to cleaning, I’m all about balance. I want a house that looks clean, isn’t going to make my kids the weird, germy ones and doesn’t get judged by my mother-in-law. I also want to spend the least amount of time possible actually cleaning. Winning to me is listening to a good crime podcast (with only one earphone in, so I can hear the kids) and knocking out all my cleaning in 45 minutes with as little waste and the fewest nasty chemicals as possible.

Getting it done

As per the back of every cleaning product ever made – always do a

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