Hey You – Yes you – Clean Your Room!

By Diane Forrest

Every Christmas Eve, before we could open presents, (yes we opened presents on Christmas Eve because Santa came in the morning) we had to clean the house.  The worst job - one that I always got, was cleaning the baseboards.  I'm so glad my mother never heard of National Clean Up Your Room Day!

Today is a day that all kids dread, and all parent's love!  This is actually a good time to clean, if you have kids at home.  It's the end of the school year, and all the clutter and homework and school stuff can be tossed out and the room clean and ready for the new school year to begin.

Today is not just for kids though.  I have a bookshelf that has been screaming at me to clean.  It is full of old school books, income tax receipts, photo albums and even a few regular old books.

So today, on National Clean up Your Room Day, I’m gonna dedicate this day to my bookcase, and if there is still any time left, I will do the rest of the room too.  So what are you waiting for??? Go Clean!

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Clean Dishes?

Can Cold Water Clean Dishes? This is for all the germ conscious folks that worry about using cold water to clean.

John went to visit his 90-year-old grandfather in a very secluded, rural area of Saskatchewan.

After spending a great evening chatting the night away, the next morning John's grandfather prepared breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast.

However, John noticed a film like substance on his plate, and questioned his grandfather asking,

'Are these plates clean?'

His grandfather replied, 'They're as clean as cold water can get em.

Just you go ahead and finish your meal, Sonny!'

For lunch the old man made hamburgers.

Again, John was concerned about the plates, as his appeared to have tiny specks around the edge that looked like dried egg and asked,

'Are you sure these plates are clean?'

Without looking up the old man said, 'I told you before, Sonny, those dishes are as clean as cold water can get them. Now don't you fret, I don't want to hear another word about it!'

Later that afternoon, John was on his way to a nearby town and as he was leaving, his grandfather's dog started to growl, and wouldn't let him pass.

John yelled and said, 'Grandfather, your dog won't let me get to my car'.

Without diverting his attention from the football game he was watching on TV, the old man shouted!

'Coldwater, go lay down now, yah hear me!'

Meet Coldwater!

National Clean Up Your Computer Month

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By Akindman,

10 Ways to Clean Up Your PC and Digital Life:

• Sort your computer files by year;
• Find the bottom of your inbox;
• Change the passwords for your bank accounts, email accounts, and computer;
• Dump Your Cache;
• Delete Unnecessary Files;
• Offload Some Files (Back Up and Delete);
• Tune Up;
• Kill off or consolidate old email addresses;
• Update your profile picture; and
• Turn on the date, time, and location features for your cameras.

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For more details, please visit http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2398164,00.asp.  Or you can do what I have done.  I have hired a computer guy to make on-site visits twice a year and do some remote work as necessary.

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Clean Off Your Desk Day

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By Akindman,

Yep, Clean off your desk day is a real event, bemoaned celebrated every year on the second Monday in January (the 9th in 2012). As you’d expect, it means tidier desks right around the globe.

What you might not realize is that clean off your desk day 2012 is about more than dumping pre-holiday junk to start the new work year fresh. According to a report on Cleveland.com, dirty desks breed bacteria and also affect your image at work. We have re-published some of its figures below.

Counting the cost of a dirty desk:

21,000 – The number of bacteria per square inch on the typical worker’s desk (compared to 49/sq inch on the average toilet seat!).

85 – per cent of workers believe a clean desk says the owner “is on top of things.”

57 – per cent of men admit to eating meals or snacks at dirty desks.

40 – per cent of workers say they “frequently” lose paperwork due to messy desks.

One figure we would add to the list is:

3 – The number of simple steps to clean desk, according to Cymax’s handy guide to cleaning a desk.

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Essentially, it comes down to taking everything off the desk, sorting the items and repopulating your workspace only with items you use daily (even some of those can be hidden in drawers or cabinets). Weekly items should be stored nearby, but off the desk. Everything else must go!