Comments on: National Blog Posting Month, Day 3

By: Garrett

Garrett — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:13:00 +0000

The shoes are like Stan Smiths but perky up front. This makes me want to apply the mullet formulation onto your shoes without somehow seeming offensive. Which is not my intent.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:09:00 +0000

I just think this whole thing is marvellous.

By: Spandrel Studios

Spandrel Studios — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:52:00 +0000

My Mom bought us an electric bathroom-cleaning thingy (yes, thanks for the hint, Mom) and to get it to clean well enough, you (well, I) need to exert a lot of pressure, which eventually stops the spinning action, thus rendering it useless. But, your mileage may vary.

I’ve had better luck using a scrub brush with an ergo handle, while kneeling on two of those garden knee pads to keep my knees from dying.

By: blackbird

blackbird — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:29:00 +0000

I can’t believe I’m going to admit this publicly, but I’m considering buying that electric toothbrush thingy that they sell on tv for cleaning your bathroom.
(well, MY bathroom)
FOR ONLY $19.95 YOU GET THE BATHROOM SCRUBBER AND A KITCHEN SCRUBBER.
CALL NOW.

By: Average Jane

Average Jane — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:51:00 +0000

I am overdue for a hands-and-knees scrubbing of my bathroom floor. ‘Cause I just HAD to have teeny tiles with white grout.

By: Leia

Leia — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:59:00 +0000

My husband disagrees, but if I have anything to do about it, our son (10-mo-old) will NEVER TOUCH A SOCCER BALL for fear of the great time sink that is soccer. There are families that I know who play soccer year round. They have the school's outdoor league in the spring, recreational outdoor leagues over the summer, then like three different indoor leagues during fall and winter. It never ends. All they ever do is go to soccer practice or games.

Which is why I love baseball. Not only is it the best sport, but it's also only ever one season. There's no such thing as indoor baseball (well, except at domed stadiums, but they don't have their own leagues and rules and seasons).

When I scrub my tile floors in the kitchen, front hallway, and bathroom (which is rarely), I use my ScumBuster. I love it! My pergo (which gets mopped even less frequently than the tile) gets a regular mop...of course, then it has that film and looks even worse than it did before mopping, but at least it's not sticky anymore.

By: Belinda

Belinda — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:21:00 +0000

Floor cleaning sucks butt.

By: ByJane

ByJane — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:41:00 +0000

I am a floor-cleaning utensil junkie. That’s because I’m always looking for the magic one that the Brownies sport. You know, the one that does it for you. Till then, I Swiffer–dry, wet, in-between. But you know, I’m noticing that my floors are kinda, eh. Like they need a good scrubbing.

By: Charm

Charm — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:26:00 +0000

i dont even own a mop or a swiffer! the tiled areas of my apartment equal about 2 postage stamps stuck on top of one another! instead i use a crappy old towel that once had life as my “i’m dying my hair and dont want to ruin my good linens” towel

just spray some bleach on the floor, scrub around with the towel and then throw it in the washer… sometimes i’ll even use it to do the shower stall!

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:29:00 +0000

I actually bought a Scuba– the mop version of the Roomba– on ridiculous sale last year. I filled it up with hot water and cleaner, set it gently on my bathroom floor, and perched on the tub to watch. Three hours later, my bathroom floor was clean enough to roll a newborn baby on. The tile actually screamed when I walked on it because its nerve endings were so raw from the cleanliness.

In the end, though, I returned it. Even I couldn’t justify wasting three hours watching a machine clean my 6′ x 6′ bathroom floor. I’m back to doing it by hand. And it only takes me like two-and-a-half hours. But that’s with the nap.