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I love my glass-top stove. 

For the most part, it is extremely easy to keep clean.

For daily clean-ups, I use a mixture of vinegar and water.

But, last night I had a pan of cheesy goodness that boiled over.

And burned itself onto the stove.

They sell alot of cleaners just for glass-top stoves.

I have never found on that really works.

The best cleaner are 'brillo' pads along with vinegar and water. 

Make sure and spray the top of stove generously with your water and vinegar mixture.

Let sit for a minute or two. 

Take your brillo pad and start scrubbing the areas that need it. 

When I clean one spot on the stove - I clean all of the burners.

Make sure and test in a small spot first, to make sure it doesn't scratch your surface.

Wipe down everything really good with a dry paper towel and then spray some more of you vinegar and water mixture on it to shine it up and wipe again with a paper towel.

Look at that - a clean stove top!

BTW - My vinegar and water mixture is about 30% vinegar and the rest water, I also like to drop a little orange or lemon scented oil in there too. 

This was a short post today! Thanks so much for stopping by!

This is the mess left over from breakfast, making sack lunches and the few dinner dishes that wouldn't fit in the dishwasher. 

First, set your timer...

#1 - I take a plastic grocery sack and walk around picking up all the trash I see. Set the bag in the corner out of the way when you're done.

#2 - Get all the paper clutter out of the way. This counter top is where the mail gets put down. Throw away all junk mail and quickly put any bills in your bill collector.

#3 - Put all food items away. Any small appliances that don't belong on the counter top also need to be put away.

#4 You should have clear counter tops now. Get your cleaner out and spray them down. Don't wipe yet.

#5 - Empty the dishwasher and put the dirty dishes back in. Once your done with the dishwasher, then give all the counter tops a good wipe clean. 

#6 - I love a clean sink. Squirt some dish soap in the sink.

#7 - I keep a brush under the sink to give the sink a quick scrub.

#8 - Clean all the soap out of the sink. Your sink should look shiny now. =)

#9 - Spray around your sink with cleaner. 

#10 - Take your same rag and wipe the sink down. Make sure and get anything that might have gotten behind the faucet.

#11 - You're done! Spray off the kitchen table and wipe it off. Make sure your chairs are pushed in.

I only sweep once a week or as needed and I either mop once a week or use my rag to spot mop throughout the week. 

Here are my results....

Cleaning my house this way saves my sanity!

I use 15 minute clean-ups for every room in my house. 

On the weekends when everyone is home - we will do a whole house 15 minute clean-up. 

Everyone knows their areas to clean.

This is so very important to help keep our house from not looking like a tornado hit is by Sunday afternoon. 

I will say that my kitchen is small compared to others, so your kitchen might need a 20 or 30 minute clean up each day - find a time frame that works best for you. 

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