Cleaning

I decided I would start cleaning a few things early. I figure I'll clean the things that will take an hour or more now, and then it will only take a few minutes to wipe it down when we're moving, instead of all those hours combined in the same day. I started with the refrigerator. I pulled it away from the wall and it was terrifying! The floor and walls were dirty, and the side of the fridge was super nasty.

Luckily, it actually wasn't too bad of a job. Most of the stuff wiped right up with soap and water. The grime on the side of the fridge was the worst of it.

The tub on the other hand is another story. It has those non slip things on the bottom to keep us from slipping in the tub, but no matter how much I scrub and bleach them, they are permanently gray. I was talking to a neighbor yesterday and she said that she used a Brillo pad and the non slip stuff came right up so now she doesn't even have to worry about it turning gray cause it's not there anymore. I went right to the store and bought some Brillo pads. This is the before.

And after an hour of scrubbing with bleach and Brillo pads, and then scrubbing with more bleach and a scrub brush after I saw what the Brillo pads were doing, this is what the tub looks like.

Those things did not come off, a few of them are a little cleaner but now all I see are the gray streaks left behind from the Brillo pad. I scrubbed for a long time to get those streaks off, and they refuse to budge. I feel like I'm in a Dr. Seuss book. Should I get some shvoes, or maybe a new dress and see if those can get it up? What do you guys think? I think I'm going to try Bar Keepers Friend next. I've heard it works wonders but I've never tried it before.

After that depressing tub cleansing, I decided I needed a frozen strawberry lemonade. I juiced some of the lemons that I have. Then I pureed some strawberries, strained out the seeds, added water, sugar, and ice and popped it all in the blender. It was very refreshing!