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Spring Cleaning Challenge- Day 1 Window Washing!

I'm not ready! It can't be time yet!!I might have sounded brave two days ago when I gave you the final preliminaries for this Spring Cleaning Challenge, but let me tell you what I've quickly realized:

1. Missions Conference week (extra evenings at church)
2. Started a new eating plan (no it's not a diet, I hate diets)
3. Started a new exercise plan
4. Spring Cleaning Challenge!

I have no idea when I'm going to clean my windows tomorrow between cooking 6 meals, working 8 hours, exercising and going to Missions Conference at 7pm, but It's going to happen! I've managed to start way to many things all on April 1st and that's no Fooling!

I hope you are encouraged by my craziness in knowing that we are all busy and wondering how to accomplish it all. But don't worry, if you mess up with the cleaning schedule. (Even if it's the first day!) Just get back on track tomorrow, or maybe tonight. Success doesn't always start with success, sometimes it takes a few tries.

CHALLENGE!
1.Pull out those rags, and some window cleaner, whether it's my recipe (click here to link back to the recipe) or some good old blue Windex, and wipe down the inside and outside of every window and glass door you can get to. (I live on the second floor of an apartment building, I'm not sure if I can clean the outside of my windows or not!)
2. get some warm soapy water and a vacuum and clean out the window casing scrub down the trim and windowsill. Clean it all, let no dirt escape!


 Please add comments below of your progress, difficulties, and funny stories! We would love to be encouraged by them!

Sarah

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  1. UnknownApril 3, 2014 at 8:57 AM

    I'm going to do this tonight!! but European windows are easy b/c they open into the house so washing the outsides is a sinch :)

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    1. SarahApril 3, 2014 at 12:54 PM

      That's nice! Maybe I should order some windows from Europe! I was finally able to clean mine and found out that there or 3 parts to the window, (which mean you have 4 sides of glass to look through) and I can only clean 1 side. They are very dirty!

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