FlyLady.net: Testimonial: Swish and Swipe!!

FlyLady Here: Many folks have complained that I don't have bathroom cleaning in our weekly home blessing hour. The reason it is not there is because I swish and swipe my bathroom every day. It only takes a few seconds to pick up after myself and wipe the counters, sink and to swish the toilet with a brush. This way your bathroom is company ready all the time.

I want to thank you for what is probably the most liberating part of your system for me...the daily swish and swipe.

I have struggled for years in keeping the bathroom clean. It was hard enough with a very hairy DH (LOL) and myself, but add 2 children and it was spinning out of control! Who knew a swish and a swipe everyday would keep it sparkling...and what a difference a clean mirror makes. Just a stoop to hit the floor around the potty with glass cleaner and (gasp) toilet paper could keep me from having to mop so often. (I've even been known to use a bath towel to clean up accidents from my latest potty trainee...my mother would faint!) A quick rinse of the tub, toys, and bathmat after the kids' bath keeps them clean, too. I use my bathroom zone cleaning week to hit the rugs and the other stuff!

One of the reasons I sought help and ultimately found you was for this reason. Last winter my family came down with the Norwalk virus (the one that plagued all those cruise ships a while back). My DD (then 2) picked it up at a restaurant bathroom (I suspect) and then the rest of us got it. That bug is MISERABLE! I was 8 months pregnant at the time as well. Anyway we all recovered in a day or two. A week or two later my DH's parents and my parents came to visit to help me out with the kids as the time came for the baby. Three of the four got the virus from my staying (overnight) in my house. The only reason my MIL didn't get it is because she was a nurse and is diligent about washing her hands. Anyway, I knew that bathroom had to be the culprit! I just felt awful and ashamed! That won't happen again...now that I'm armed with the swish and swipe.

The swish and swipe is good for your health! And so is "shining your hands" as we call it in our house. We are all trying to remember to wash our hands (or sanitize with hand sanitizer) as soon as we come home, after using the bathroom, changing diapers, blowing noses, etc. Nothings says I love you like toilet paper AND clean hands!!!!f

I live minutes from a restaurant where the Hepatitis A breakout originated here in Pittsburgh..people who didn't even eat at the restaurant are contracting the virus from contact with those who did. Washing hands (and perhaps and swish and swipe) would have prevented it.

With the swish and swipe and clean hands we are looking forward to fewer germs this holiday season! We've gotten our flu shots too ( thanks to anti-procrastination day)!

Thanks for helping me simplify my life and love myself to a comforting and peaceful home! My bathroom is healthy and happy! We just love you and your crew!!!

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