{"id":127,"date":"2008-04-29T19:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/04\/now-thats-what-i-call-clean.html"},"modified":"2008-04-29T19:09:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-29T19:09:00","slug":"now-thats-what-i-call-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/04\/now-thats-what-i-call-clean.html","title":{"rendered":"Now That&#8217;s What I Call CLEAN!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi!<\/p>\n<p>Let me catch my breath&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Phew!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The photographer just left &#8212; she was here to take pictures of our &#8220;staged&#8221; house for the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Multiple_Listing_Service\">MLS<\/a> listing.<\/p>\n<p>So now we can mess up the house again! Just kidding&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I will admit that I feel like if I BREATHE too sloppily, the house will get messed up again&#8230;I don&#8217;t think I can use my kitchen or bathrooms anymore!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy some pictures from my adventures in cleaning:<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the UNDERSIDE of our stovetop. One of those places I never think about when doing ordinary cleaning.<\/p>\n<p>Before (those white streaks are from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.formula409.com\/\">Formula 409<\/a> working its way through the stains):<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080426PreparingNCHouseForSale\/photo#5194746540107151922\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/vollmerdp\/SBdydI1GujI\/AAAAAAAAOTM\/N1oryZN3OXk\/s400\/IMG_0642.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080426PreparingNCHouseForSale\">2008 04 26 Pr&#8230;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>And AFTER:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080426PreparingNCHouseForSale\/photo#5194746570171923010\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/vollmerdp\/SBdye41GukI\/AAAAAAAAOTU\/fxcNwRvPaag\/s400\/IMG_0643.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080426PreparingNCHouseForSale\">2008 04 26 Pr&#8230;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>As you can see, the 409 did a pretty bang-up job!<\/p>\n<p>So as not to steal my realtor&#8217;s thunder, enjoy a sampling of pics from our really clean house. I need to show this off, I&#8217;m so proud!  I didn&#8217;t do it alone, though&#8230;Dave was very helpful with many of the outside items, keeping our trashcans empty, and for throwing out his old valet in our bedroom.  He now has to drape his clothing somewhere else \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Living Room:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080426PreparingNCHouseForSale\/photo#5194746724790745730\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/vollmerdp\/SBdyn41GuoI\/AAAAAAAAOT0\/GTE8YayyINY\/s400\/IMG_0680.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kitchen:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080426PreparingNCHouseForSale\/photo#5194747197237148530\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/vollmerdp\/SBdzDY1Gu3I\/AAAAAAAAOVs\/TWl0JADZxtI\/s400\/IMG_0704.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dining Room:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080426PreparingNCHouseForSale\/photo#5194746763445451410\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/vollmerdp\/SBdyqI1GupI\/AAAAAAAAOT8\/oKuyYL3N5Jo\/s400\/IMG_0681.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Master Bedroom:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080426PreparingNCHouseForSale\/photo#5194746875114601154\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/vollmerdp\/SBdywo1GusI\/AAAAAAAAOUU\/fSlJy664eQo\/s400\/IMG_0687.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Master Bath:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080426PreparingNCHouseForSale\/photo#5194746797805189794\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/vollmerdp\/SBdysI1GuqI\/AAAAAAAAOUE\/yTJJQ3-pcAw\/s400\/IMG_0684.JPG\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080426PreparingNCHouseForSale\/photo#5194746840754862770\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/vollmerdp\/SBdyuo1GurI\/AAAAAAAAOUM\/tbupqFGKmdw\/s400\/IMG_0685.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to pour myself some frozen Margarita. I have some leftover from my jewelry party last Thursday. I know it&#8217;s only 3pm but I think I deserve it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! Let me catch my breath&#8230; &#8220;Phew!&#8221; The photographer just left &#8212; she was here to take pictures of our &#8220;staged&#8221; house for the MLS listing. So now we can mess up the house again! Just kidding&#8230; I will admit that I feel like if I BREATHE too sloppily, the house will get messed up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[33,49],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-23","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2118,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2013\/06\/another-day-another-move.html","url_meta":{"origin":127,"position":0},"title":"Another Day&#8230;Another Move&#8230;.","date":"06 June 13","format":false,"excerpt":"Today was the day. A great big truck pulled up to our house and picked up about 99% of our belongings. 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