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How Do You Approach Spring Cleaning?

April 2, 2019
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Readers Reveal Approach to Spring Cleaning

WINNER: “Wait till spring break when everyone has more time off.” – Amanda Colmyer

Congrats to Amanda Colmyer, the winner of the Family 4-Pack of tickets to the Arizona Renaissance Festival! The package includes tickets for two adults and two children (ages 5-12), plus VIP parking. Her name was randomly selected from all of the nearly 500 comments submitted! Thank you to everyone who participated!

Other entries:

  • In margins and moderation and with Norwex!  – Stephanie Baker

  • Get boxes and bags and then get everything out that hasn’t been used in a year and best bet is to donate the items. My junk is someone else’s treasure! – Angela Dianne

  • Pull an all-nighter to get it done. For my room at least, anything else is going to be gradual lol – Connor Candelaria

  • I approach spring cleaning with fear and dread and would instantly walk away from it to go to Arizona Renaissance Festival! – Diana Austin

  • Thou must first get rid of the children. Then mount your trusty vacuum steed, get your dust mop whip and let the games begin! – Joey Fratus

  • I blast the Hamilton soundtrack and start throwing all of our junk into bags to take to the thrift store! Then I scrub everything down and light every candle I own so my house smells like bath and body works. – Karissa Anderson

  • Wake everyone up with music and get them all set with the days chores list and we all pitch in and get the house clean. – Rebecca Driggers

  • Open the fridge door and insert my favorite beverage, aka reward, then tackle the bathrooms, bedrooms, walls and windows. Retrieve reward. Ah, life is good.  – Lynn Rowley

  • One room at a time with the husband taking the kids away for the day! – Michelle West

  • While everyone one is out of the house so I can choose what to get rid of, music not too loud but loud enough to hear throughout the house. Windows and doors open. And lots of trash bags! – Falyssa Oskerson

  • I don’t I rather clean all winter then when spring get here play outside with the kids – Kandi Tomlinson

  • Try to purge all the clothes that don’t fit from everyone’s closets. Toys that don’t get played with. Everything gets donated. – Katrina Najarro

  • I usually try to get everyone to work on their own bedrooms and go from there! – Tazia Parker

  • Its best to start with one room at a time. – Wendy Gary

  • I start with the back yard, pool, weeds, as I work my way inside.. The kitchen, front room, then the dreaded bathrooms.. After all that I sit outside with a cold drink of choice and be proud of my accomplishments…. – Mark Terry

  • I usually procrastinate until it ends up being “late summer cleaning”. – Angela Pritchard

  • Throw it all out and set the house on fire!  – Melissa Robertson Collin

  • Playing bagpipe music with the windows open and get ready for the next weekend to get to the renfest. – David R. Briggs

  • I approach it with great caution! Huzzah! – Matthew James

  • Spring cleaning? What’s that? We clean all year. – Morgan Clayton

  • I’d do some spring cleaning, but then I’d have to turn around and do it again next spring. – Erica Peters

  • My family and I pick a weekend we can jam out and clean. Normally starts Saturday morning and ends Sunday afternoon . – Bri Baca

  • Alone and one room at a time. – Patsy Hunter

  • By procrastinating and pretending I’ll get it done next weekend!  – Dawn Addelson

  • I approach it with a shovel instead of a dustpan. – Laura Cherry Giago

  • I go to the kids room and ask them what they want to donate and what they don’t play with anymore grab everything and donate it. Then after that clean the rest of the house room by room. – Hernaldo Ruiz

  • We choose to skip the cleaning and spend our time as a family going visiting the realm, going to the movies or spending the day together. – Bill Jarboe

  • Save it till next spring. – Christine Hallman

  • I MOVE! No seriously, it’s a great way to sort through everything you own! I did it a year ago and got rid of tons of stuff! – Amber Moore Johnson

  • I get so overwhelmed I stop what I’m doing and go on Facebook to uncover contests for free tickets on better things to go do like the Renaissance Festival!! – Sara Trapp

  • Put music on to full volume and clean one room at a time. Finish by vacuuming! – Lilyana Flores

  • I start with the worst room or the room I want to change most. I then purge everything I haven’t used or worn in months. I do enjoy a beer while cleaning and watch reality. – Nicole Jobusch

  • Giving the kids bags to put their stuff in they no longer need and give everything to the kids in need. – Desirae Razo

  • With Guns n Roses blasting!!!! – Anjie Jernigan

  • We don’t do spring cleaning, rather we declutter (donate toys and clothes) and clean as a family so that we have more quality time with the kids and to teach them responsibility. – Tiffany Phillips

Answers received via Facebook. One contest winner was selected to receive Renaissance Fair tickets. For chances to win future prize offerings, visit us on Facebook at facebook.com/prescottlivingmagazine.

 
 

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