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Keeping Clean

One of the most important things we mothers want to achieve is to keep the home clean and worry-free.

Why so? Because germs have no “right” to be in places where they can cause harm to people, especially children.

Here are some basic materials and steps that homemakers need to keep the sanctuary called “home” clean and safe:

  • Brooms and dust pans, mops, rags, dust cleaner, scrubs and brushes. Discarded toothbrushes are also helpful.
  • Mold killers as well as mildew killers.  Vinegar and citrus juice as nontoxic alternatives.
  • Baking soda for cleaning counter tops as well as eliminating odors in laundry.
  • A long stick broom for reaching the ceilings to get rid of unwanted cobwebs.
  • Keep those plastic grocery bags to be used as lining to trash cans.
  • Separate the trash according to characteristics: wet (fruit and vegetable peelings) dry (boxes) and recyclables (galls and plastic bottles, tin cans and other materials made of plastic).

One does not need to do a thorough cleaning up everyday, a few minutes spent on cleaning will come a long way.

Our Empty Lawn

I am not an avid gardener. In fact, it was just a few weeks ago when we started to have a little garden with some herbs planted. I have a packet of seeds and two plant troughs ready to be used.Now is the right time to do this for the rains are aplenty and the weather is quite cool.

I was convinced by my husband to have these planted instead of flowers so that we can use these for our own consumption, however long the wait will be.

Lately, we have been discussing, or I have been convincing hubby to have a roof fitted on the front lawn. No, not the corrugated iron type but something like plastic or maybe fiberglass. Then we can put some garden furniture under that roof and spend some time there, instead of just always being cooped inside the house. That would be a wonderful place to have our homeschooling lessons when the mornings are cool. Afternoon would not be a good time because we have the afternoon sunlight there, like the one in the photo below.

This is a photo of the empty lawn with my younger children (my son in the photo and youngest daughter not in the photo) playing outside when the weather is cool. The lawn/space not big but it is big enough for some garden furniture.

So if we are not able to put that roof above the empty lawn, we can opt to use outdoor furniture covers for the furniture as protection from the heat of the sun and the rains.