Shiny sink!

I heard about a website (http://flylady.com/) from a friend in St. Louis on Tuesday. She explained that it's a free resource for decluttering and cleaning your home. Once you've decluttered, she has tons of tips and ideas for keeping it that way so that you're only spending 15 minutes each M-F (taking weekends off) and you never have to spring clean again. I figured I should give it a shot since I'm constantly trying to figure out a way to get housework done without spending hours and hours each weekend.

So the first step is to shine your sink. Odd, I know, but if you read her website, she explains why. I thought I'd blog about my journey to a new cleaning routine... which began today after work!

Here are the new rules for my kitchen sink:

1. You may never leave dishes in the sink. Ever. Dishes should only be in the sink when you're cleaning them. If you must leave something in there, it has to be cleaned or loaded in the dishwasher before you go to bed.
2. Wipe out the sink/faucet every time you're done working in the kitchen. This way you never have to 'shine' the sink again because there won't be water spots.

The steps for shining your sink are on Fly Lady's website when you click on Beginner Baby Steps, Day 1. Here are my before and after shots. I was pretty impressed and will do my very best to keep my sink looking super-shiny!

Before - I didn't think it looked that bad...

After - totally shiny!

I was thinking about trying to get a group of people together who wanted to attempt this declutter/cleaning journey with me. If you are interested, leave a comment or let me know. I'd love a buddy or two who want to help me stay on top of it!