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Well, I haven’t been to the grocery in a while. But we will be doing that tomorrow. So I, completely outta the blue (ok, somewhat inspired by reading a blog about Kate of Jon & Kate +8 and how she cleaned an already clean fridge with a tooth pick), I decided to clean my fridge.
I mean…
I CLEANED MY FRIDGE!!!
Oh, I won’t gross you out with all the gory details, but suffice it to say that for the last 2 years, 2 YEARS (what, oh what have I been thinking?), I have been having the Pirates clean it for me. OK, not clean it really, but wipe it down before grocery trips… sorta… some of the time.
You can imagine the results. It began to look as though really and truly Pirates have been “cleaning” my fridge.
Aren’t y’all glad I had compassion on you and didn’t take a before photo.
So, I didn’t watch this episode of Jon & Kate + 8, we don’t have cable, but I read that she spent 4 hours cleaning the already clean fridge. That OCD must really be exhausting.
I spent a couple of hours.
Used:
- 2 trash bags (where did all those empty condiment bottles come from?)
- both kinds of screw drivers (no other way to take the shelves apart)
- 4 wash cloths
- one sponge
- one agile 10 year old (someone had to clean the back of the floor of the beast and it sure wasn’t gonna be me!)(he did a great job!)
- 3 towels
- ½ bottle of dawn
- all of my elbow grease
- and 2 tooth picks!
Watch out Kate!
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Hi Mary.
Glad you’re back!
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Wow! Your fridge is gleamingly clean!
(I’ve been out of touch for awhile so I just thought I’d pop in and say, “Hey!” I got the books you recommended and I am reading them!)
Time to call in the Haz-Mat team, Jess. Wouldn’t it be great if a fridge were only as deep as a gallon of milk? And why can’t they sit on an 18″ high cabinet? That would make all the difference to me.
true confessions…I have some mashed egg in a container in the back of my fridge that MIL put in there on Boxing Day. I was using the excuse that I was too big to kneel down for that long, now I have had the baby….
I’m to scared to open mine let alone clean it.
That was so funny! I did a post on cleaning the fridge sometime last year. I’m glad I’m not the only one that dreads it. With half a bottle of Dawn, you must have had a bubbly experience!
Sincerely,
Linda
Cyndi Lewis? Really? You have been absent for a long, long time, young lady. I hope you have a perfectly adorable excuse.
And no, I think I’ll pass on cleaning everybody’s fridge. Except those of you in Hawaii… who are willing to pay airfare… and room and board. For you? 3 toothpicks!
That fridge is a beauty! Please come and do mine
You want to come to Michigan in the dead of winter. I know you do! What no pity for a woman with a three month old? Yeah, I know that excuse ran out about two months ago. I did remove a few empty condiment bottles from mine recently.
Kate was cleaning the fridge at there new home. It was the first day they had brought the kids there so after a tour telling everyone where there rooms and bathrooms were she went to the kitchen to clean. The fridge was not as dirty as she seemed to think it was, but it was dirty and had been sitting empty for a while. The kids ran around the house exploring before they move in and also Jon took them out side to explore the property.
I find that the foaming Dawn does a GREAT job cleaning a really grungy fridge.. not that either of us will ever let ours get that bad again…
I was just thinking the other day that it was time for some fridge cleaning in our house. And while it does take me quite a bit of time… um, 4 HOURS?? With all those munchkins around surely she has other pressing issues that could use some of that fridge time? Maybe not… maybe she has great nannies… Man I hate cleaning the fridge but it sure feels good everytime I open it and see all the sparkliness! =0)
Wow… a gleaming fridge! It looks beautiful. You’ll enjoy eating from it so much more! haha. And now you could even eat ON it!
Wanna Kentucky vacation? While I keep my fridge clean, I have NEVER used a toothpick.
Looks great! Wanta come do mine? J/k, one of the nice things about moving so often is that stuff like that has to be done. But you did an excellent job!