Easy Housecleaning Tips

My wife and I have a dog and a cat. Terrific pets. Wouldn't take a million dollars for 'em. Wouldn't give a nickel for a whole busload of 'em either, but that's beside the point. When I married my wife, I married the dog and cat. Problem is...they shed. A lot. These animals leave enough hair around the house to make a suit. Naturally, one of my housecleaning tips has to cover the "care and removal of pet hair" for all you out of work husbands.


The most obvious:

Ignore it...They're her pets.
Push it underneath the furniture and the bed...save enough to make a suit.
Make 'em stay outside while your wife is at work...(I know...that's a little harsh and you'll probably get a nasty butt-chewing when she gets home), but, hey, it'll cut down on the hair inside the house.

The above housecleaning tips, while to me a pretty good idea, are just not gonna fly with the wives.

A couple of weeks ago my wife bought some kinda 13 piece "do everything housecleaning kit". Only cost $4.99. The front of the box says, "Attracts & Traps Dirt Like A Magnet"... "Miracle Fiber"... "Magnetic Cleaning Power"... "Clean Smart,Not Hard"...and of course the dreaded,"As Seen On TV". Comes with a cleaning mitt,cleaning cloth, (2) glass cleaner pads with a wand,bendable duster sleeve(?),bendable duster wand(??),cleaning,dusting, and polishing mop heads, and an easy release mop swivel head with 2 extensions. On the box all of these descriptions are prefaced with the word..."Miracle Fiber". My wife bought this kit to help with my new housecleaning duties. She's thoughtful that way . That's why I love her.

Upon opening my new easy housecleaning kit, I noticed some rags in about 5 different colors and the pole you use to attach all this stuff, on an as needed basis. After dumping all this mess on the floor and sorting it out, I found the mop heads. Thirty minutes later, after figuring out how to get the mop head on the easy release mop head swivel pole, I was ready to get after some dog and cat hair. With my "magnetic miracle fiber" dust mop this wouldn't take any time at all.

Wrong.

I pushed dog and cat hair all over the house. Every time I came to a place where I had to "swivel" the hair would get left behind. Maybe it's just me. My beautiful wife can use a dust mop so well you'd think you just had a new floor installed. I have to clean up the mess I made with the dust mop.

Easy housecleaning tip for you out of work husbands:

Get a good vacuum cleaner.