trips to the basement? yeah I do that about 30 times a day
and today, with a big storm pouring inches and inches of water down, I am also making laps to the attic to check for water leakage.
I found a couple tricks that help me so far.
I clean up my cooking mess as I make it. Well, I try to.
Somehow, when I already cooking, busy running around, rinsing out a few things as I go is not much of a burden.
But if I wait until I am not hungry anymore, and everything is cold and clabbory and unpalatible, washing up is a much worse ordeal.
The other thing I was taught by a very smart girl. Polish your sink first.
Any serious cleaning project, polish your sink first.
It only takes a few seconds and its worth it. When the sink is shiny the world rests easier.
Oh bonus not sure its right for anyone else, but,
Polishing my pans was worth the effort. To me.
Apparently it was not special to the ex. Her pans were clean and all, but not really polished.
I find once I have broke down and polished a pan nicely, its easy to keep polished, and a sparkly pan makes a bad job just a little bit better. To me.
I eat off silver flatware (plated, I would use solid sterling if I had it) for the same reason. Washing a shiny silver spoon is a little nicer than dull old stainless.
If you figure out a way to make dusting and sweeping better I sure would like to hear it.
yours Scott