What a day
Holy cow. So, first, Josh has a temp of 103 that I can only keep down with meds. Poor kid!
Next, I am the last person on earth to have an i-tunes account, I totally understand that. I went to set up an account today and someone already set up an account using my e-mail address. Hello? Hello? I figured out that her name is just like mine, plus one letter, so I’m 99.9% sure it was an innocent mistake. Still, it’s a pain. Also? I miss my maiden name, where I was the only one of me in North America. I think there was another Julie O. in Australia, but I can’t remember. Now, there are hundreds of people with my name walking around, likely thousands.
Want an even bigger “HELLO?”? Ok. Here’s this. Yesterday while at Costco, I decided to buy the 3 pack of their disinfectant wipes. I thought it would be way easier to keep one can in each bathroom and another in the kitchen. A whole lot easier than walking the 20 steps to the cleaning closet to get the bleach cleaner and paper towels, pull the trigger to expel the cleaner, and then – finally – wiping everything down. After that, I’d have to throw away the paper towel and then walk all the way back to the cleaning closet to replace the cleaner. I mean, come on. What a waste of at least 30 seconds per room, and maybe even 40. $3 for 60ish wipes is kind of a waste, but to save an entire 120 seconds – two whole minutes a day! – I think it’s worth it, don’t you?
I finally got around to reading the back of the container today. To disinfect a surface, you need to make sure the surface is “visibly wet” for a “full 5 minutes”, using more than one wipe if necessary to have 5 complete minutes of wetness. Are you serious? So now I have to babysit each surface for 5 minutes? Three bathrooms plus one kitchen = 20 minutes of babysitting counters and sinks to make sure they’re visibly wet. Don’t forget, of course, that I will probably need 3-5 wipes for the kitchen, and at least 2 for each bathroom.
That’s a time saver, fo’ sho’.
Sometimes I’m tempted to knock on my own forehead and see if anyone’s home.
P!S! The glue and carpet situation? There is an update! The carpet? It is ruined! And I am jumping for joy. I have hated the carpet since we moved in. I think the builders used paper towels for carpet pad. It is so very terrible. The first few months we lived here, I walked around with a hammer so I could hammer down the nails on the carpet strips. I want to kiss Josh for ruining the living room carpet. That will be the only room getting new carpet, but since it’s the room we’re in most of the time, that’s just fine with me. For the record: dried glue will not come out of carpet. If you love your carpet, you are screwed. If you hate your carpet, like I hate mine…rejoice! Here we come Lowe’s!
Hi Julie! I love the wipes. I never read the 5 minute thing, but they make me feel better and my kids can do a halfway good job on the bathroom. I love anything that seems to make my mom job easier.
Hope all is well!
I love those wipes too. I usually just wipe them and then let them sit for a few seconds, then wipe them dry with a paper towel. It makes ME sometimes want to clean the bathroom!
Yay for a new carpet!!!!
I love those wipes. I’ve never actually bought any because I’d read the 5 minute thing, but I’ve used them at other people’s homes and they are nice for quick clean ups!
I know what you mean about the name thing! There was a time when I could go to a website and pick my name for the username, and that was that. If it said there was already someone with that user name, I knew I had already been to that website and forgotten that I had registered there. Now it’s like, no you can’t have your name, but you can have yourname#3,765. It sucks!
I can’t really relate to you with the name thing. My name isn’t that common, to say the least. And actually, sometimes I really wish I had that problem because I don’t really like my name. It sounds too young, or Utah, or I don’t know. If I could change it, I’d change it to Kate — and sometimes I tell the pizza delivery guy that’s my name — just so I don’t have to have my real name misspelled every time.
I’ve never read the 5 minute thing. Thanks for popping my bubble.
Yeah for your carpet! I love new carpet smell.
So I just looked on the 409 bottle, and you have to leave it on for 10 minutes, and then wipe dry. WHAT??? Who on earth has time for that, and who on earth would let 409 sit for 10 minutes with kids running around? So I say, YEA for the clorox wipes, it cuts your cleaning time in half. Tell me what kind of carpet you’re getting, I *SO* want new carpet in our living room that I don’t even clean the stains anymore. As for the name thing, I thought I was the only one until moving here… there is not only another Shanelle Cunningham, but she is also married to Scott Cunningham. FREAKY!