- Who can find a virtuous woman? her price is far above rubies
- She looketh well to the ways of her household
- She eateth not the bread of idleness
Today is the last day of the 30-Day House Cleaning Challenge at Money Saving Mom. I've enjoyed this immensely--not only getting my house to a much cleaner state, helping myself get back into a morning routine of daily maintenance, but also seeing the posts from other participants. You can see the link-ups at Money Saving Mom or on the MSM Pinterest board.
Today's task is to clean electronics--tvs, computers, smartphones, etc. We have some of these things, and they probably do need cleaning, but my microwave (the project I was intending to do yesterday and didn't) is in desperate need of cleaning, so I decided to tackle it today.
I have a big, old (28 years and counting) microwave that has quit on me a couple of times, but my electrician husband always manages to fix it. Bless his heart. I really earnestly covet a smaller, faster one, but to be honest with ya'll, we mostly just use it to heat up leftovers anyway, so I'll stick with my dinosaur until it "passes" for good.
Kind of gross, huh? I always wonder what exactly exploded in here that managed to drip all down the front...
...and even onto the inside of the door.
The easiest way I've found to clean a microwave is to put about a cup of water in a two-cup glass measuring cup and microwave for about four minutes--long enough to bring it to a boil and steam up the inside a little bit.
Then just wipe clean. Well, maybe wipe a couple of times, rinsing your cloth well in hot water in between...
Even the inside of the door wipes clean!
Have you enjoyed these Cleaning Challenge posts? I know I've enjoyed doing them.
Next month (which starts tomorrow!) I'll be joining the fun again over at Money Saving Mom with the Clutter Busting Challenge--which is to get rid of 7 things in your house every day for the month of May--that's 217 things gone!
I think I'm up for it.
Until next time...
I think I'll join you for the clutter busting challenge, Charlene.
ReplyDeleteI need this one even worse than I needed the cleaning challenge!
DeleteSince I hold an interest in vintage technology, I put in a Google search for pictures of vintage microwave ovens, and I ended up finding a very helpful article. I need to try this with my own vintage Sharp Carousel II I acquired from a yard sale this past summer. :) Something about vintage appliances that still work amazes me, and it seems that such things were really made to last back then.
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