Spring cleaning takes a modern twist

When the Lunar New Year approaches, there’s loads to do (especially when you don’t have a maid):1. Spring clean the house For the tenth time, I question the rationale behind spring-cleaning the apartment/house a week before CNY. Why do we only take down those curtains, remove ‘em sofa covers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 07:13:53

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Extra Chores

Someone emailed asking what we recommend for extra chores as a consequence when things are done poorly or with a bad attitude ... that need doing around the house but are usually lower on the list of priorities. Think spring cleaning ... . Wash House Windows Wipe Baseboards Organize and Wipe Out Cabinets Vacuum Top [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:30:56

Positive Results!

Yesterday was my weekly weigh in and I'm happy to report that there's been a drop in my weight and body fat ... needs. Well anyway, today's the beginning of spring cleaning my house. It's long over due and it'll help give the house a new and different feel to it by changing rooms and re-arranging our furniture [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 01:30:54

Positive Results!

Positive Results! by Lia Halsall on December 27, 2008 Yesterday was my weekly weigh in and I’m happy to report that there’s been a drop in my ... runners for my current needs. Well anyway, today’s the beginning of spring cleaning my house. It’s long ... -arranging our furniture. Today I’m hoping to achieve the following rooms: ★ Guest Room ★ Healing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 19:21:28

Pineapple Tarts Galore

The Lunar New Year is the most important festive season to the Chinese, signifying the start of a new year. Families are seen busy weeks before the first day, spring cleaning their house, sweeping away ... permission.Personally, I felt the chinese new year is not complete without Pineapple Tarts which also mean “旺来”, good [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 14:17:38

The year of the Ox- 2009

Image by chooyutshing via Flickr We will be celebrating Chinese New Year in about a weeks time. It would be time to send the Rat of and welcome the OX as it reigns supreme in 2009. I have been busy lately spring cleaning the house and getting everything ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 23:26:15

TRANSCENDENT MOMENTS

Several years ago on a Saturday, my siblings and I and our families went to our parents’ house for a good spring cleaning. We recently had to place my father in a nursing home, and my mom wanted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:15:10

How I spent my Sunday

The weather on the West Coast has been unseasonably warm. Perhaps that is what lead me to start some spring cleaning ... to put it to good use and try to make some headway on the disaster that is my house. On Saturday I worked on cleaning the Little Man's room. He is growing like a weed and quickly outgrowing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 00:14:00

cleaning house

If you are like me, right about now you are tearing down the decorations and scrubbing everything.  I always get that spring cleaning itch right after Christmas. I scrapped my tree yesterday ...  for my friends, I went a little crunchy. I put together little cleaning kits for my friends. Crunchy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:16:34

I Can Smell CNY Is Coming

I can really smell it - Chinese New Year is just around the corner. You can hear the New Year songs everywhere ... I need to help mom to do lots of stuffs such as spring cleaning, doing some simple decor for our house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:21:21

Things You Find in Your House While Cleaning–Part I

I found these odd drawings while cleaning up the house–we’re doing a vigorous spring cleaning, early. I have a vague memory of my mom drawing them–her vision of me, I guess, as some kind [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 19:34:28

Spring Cleaning in January?

Thank you for stopping by for a visit and your comments on my winter centerpiece. Things aren't always neat and pretty at my house though, and I have the pictures to prove ... cleaning and organizing their bedrooms when they put their minds to it, but they also love [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 03:08:00

4 More Sleeps…

…until the big day - my kids are jumping out of their skins with excitement ... spring cleaning fest in order to try and bring some kind of neatness to my house before the rello’s arrive for Christmas day. In a spectacularly stupid fit of cleaning, yesterday I whippersnipped [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 10:56:47

It's Happening!

Yes, it is. I feel like I am reporting from a war zone. Rex's bedroom has been converted into a mock dining room. The house is in chaos ... (including a new braided area rug) and also start up our spring cleaning early. Things are going to be shaped [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 02:13:00

Putting Away Childish Things

I'm kind of a freak (LOL! Yeah, I know you know this!), I do my "Spring cleaning" in the Fall ... it now as a sudden growth of black mold-it needs to go and go now. Even if you can't see the fungus, you can feel it's effects. In a frenzy, I took them to a friends house and threw them in her fire pit. Yep [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 01:33:57

Old Dog, New Tricks

Cecil Beaton's bedroom at 8 Pelham Place, London, after the house's remodelling and redecoration in 1962 ... Images.Several years earlier, Beaton made similar spring-cleaning efforts in London, sweeping out the old [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 06:20:00

Seven Things Spring/ Summer 2008 Weeks 19 & 20

In:* 1 AU marie claire magazine (subscription)*1 scoop for doling out the baking soda from the container when cleaning: ... decorations, 1 bag, 5 items children's dolls house furniture, 1 jacket, 1 pair shoes, 11 items [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:12:00

Drinking from the Springs of Living Water

photo by Snap Last Friday, there was a water line breakage of some sort near our home and we were unexpectedly without any water for half a day ... , do the majority of our cleaning chores, do any cooking, take showers, or even get a drink of water ... and we soon had nary a drop of water in our house. In the midst of this, I got to wondering [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:00:02

Spring Cleaning Tasks

When I woke up this morning, I suddenly realized that Chinese New Year is only around 7 days away! ... on me that I haven’t been doing house cleaning for a long time. Spring Cleaning Time Spring Cleaning Time This weekend and even weekdays are going to be challenging to me. I seriously hope [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:51:38

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