5 WAYS TO GET YOUR HELP TO CLEAN BETTER

So you’ve finally found that perfect house help that knows how to care for your kids. They love her.  She’s wonderful. Now, if only she could improve her cleaning skills… Is it even possible? Are you asking for too much? Are your expectations too high? We are born with different skill sets and are talented in some ways more than others. But wouldn’t it just brighten your world if your Help were great with the kids as well as the cleaning? I’d say it’s worth a try.

PRODUCT REVIEW: KENWOOD Vapori Jet

By now you may have picked up that I like to turn the act of cleaning, from a tedious chore we'd rather delegate, into an enjoyable activity we'd love to engage in. It works for me anyway. That said, I have a certain cleaning appliance you may have fun using: the Kenwood Vapori Jet. Honestly, when I got it, I didn't even know what to do with it. I simply got it because it looked like something I could use, but for what? I honestly didn't know. I'm serious.

NOT TOO YOUNG TO CLEAN

Last night my 9 year old son, Imbwana, came to me and said, "Mom, I've folded the clothes that were on your bed, arranged the books on the side table and spread Noni's bed." (Noni is his 2yo sister). I said, "Wow, that's really good, thank you!" and went about my work. Then he boldly added, "Will you pay me?" He wasn't paid.

CLEANING JUST GOT SEXY

I was on my knees one morning trying to remove stains and dried up glue from ceramic tiled floors. Sure, I had the right thinner that did the job, but it was not fun. The thinner was getting me high...not a good thing while on the job and being on my knees for that long was quite something. The floor was spotless. The owner loved it. I was happy. But do you know what would make me really happy? Watching Mr. Clean do it?

FEEL THE CHANGE

I have said this a number of times in previous posts: I am not a clean freak. And yet I'm always blogging about ways to get cleaner or how to remove this or that stain. So what's all this about? Well, one day things just changed: when I got a tiny little premie called Noni. Noni came into our world straight after New Year's celebrations. All of a sudden very inch of the house seemed dirty or dusty or both - we had to clean up and keep it that way, ALWAYS.

SAITAMA MEME: CLEANING PET PEEVES

Saitama meme has gone viral. I figured I could ride this craze and have a laugh while at it. We all have pet peeves when it comes to cleaning. So here are a few...

BEFORE YOU BUY THAT SPEEDO

I recently attended my kids' swimming gala and was very impressed to see how far they've come, from the paddle pool, to the baby pool and now in the big pool! But I'm rather unimpressed by how many swimsuits we've had to go through.

KEZIAH

Happy International Women's Day! I had to google to see why we celebrate this day. And why is it "International" and not just "Women's Day"? Still pondering that one. Of course, we should celebrate women everyday and not just on March 8th (unless it's your birthday...Juliet, et al). Women make the world go round, so better grease those wheels! Since I don't do it everyday, I want to celebrate the lady that takes care of us, Keziah.

THE USUAL PUNISHMENT AT STATE HOUSE

We are all shocked by the recent revelations of assault and physical abuse at Bush. It's clear that more schools need to get investigated; there is probably worse goings-on in the bundus schools. As I read that article I couldn't help looking back to the days I was in boarding school, in Stato. There was no bullying there and certainly no form of physical abuse whatsoever. Yet obviously, I didn't know how good I had it then.

WHAT THEY DON'T SAY ABOUT NASA

I'm terrible with local politics or any kind of politics. I found out The Trump was the new POTUS perhaps a day after everyone else. Can't wait for the next elections when we'll all be using his own phrase on him, "You're fired!" Recently, when my relas were arguing about NASA in our "Mugoci Crew" whatsapp group, I was quiet the whole time because I wasn't up to date with NASA space station manenos. I had absolutely no clue was this NASA thing was. Things were heating up, but I just wanted silly memes!!!