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After the holidays, you need to get the pine needles out of your house.

1. Start off by planning before setting up your tree
   A. Place a drop cloth under the tree
   B. Place your decorated skirt apron under the tree over the drop cloth.
   C. Outside your house make sure you shake your tree well to get the loose needles off outside
2. After bringing your tree in and setting it up it is important that you water it and keep it watered.
3. When time remove the tree, take the skirt/apron off by folding the outside in keeping the needle between the skirt/apron. Then take the needles outside before opening and removing the needles
4. Lift the drop cloth up around the tree keeping the cloth tight to the tree. About ¾ up the drop cloth rap a string around it and tie it off keeping the needles in the drop cloth and remove the tree.
5. Get some duct tape and wrap it backwards around your micro fiber block and handle so that the sticky part is out and just touch the extra needles on the floor.
6. Any leftover needles you can vacuum up or sweep up.

Why housecleaning makes a great from the heart gift!

Giving a House Cleaning as a gift to someone special shows that you are looking to provide a help to the person receiving the gift. By giving the gift of House Cleaning you give the person receiving the gift many opportunities to benefit from the service.

• You give them time. To rest, to have fun, to spend time with loved-ones. That loved one might even be you.
• You give them a break. From stress with trying to keep a home clean and welcoming, while trying to be that super women or man doing many different things.
• You give them support and recognize their desire to keep a clean house but want to help them find the time they need to do other things more important in their life. It is not cheating to provide the sevice for help without pushing the vacuum around yourself! It is an acknowledgement that you want to help.
• You give them care. Sometimes people can use some help at holiday time, when a baby comes, graduations, Valentine Day, when a loved-one is ill, when they are tired or times are tough.
• You just show love. No one wins a medal for scrubbing their house. It is fine just to say I Love You in another way.

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HOLIDAY CLEANING

Prepping your home for holiday parties can be hectic. Eliminate day-of cleaning chaos by calling S & L TEAM CLEANING 651-484-5233. Follow our 7-STEP Cleaning Plan to help plan for your party.

When you’re making your party to-do list, add “Clean the house” near the top, but don’t think of it as a chore. Because we can make the job easy for you to get done by providing good organized cleaners to make your house sparkle.

Divide the work into tasks that can be completed in small task that you want to tackle or have us help you with.

· 1: Strategize what do you need help with cleaning

· 2: Brighten the Windows and Entry

· 3: Clean the Bathrooms

· 4: Clean the living and entertainment area

· 5: Attack the Kitchen

· 6: Detail the house to make sure everything is clean

· Day 7: Do Touch-Ups

Give us a call 651-484-5233 or go to our easy ON LINE SCHEDULER at slteamcleaning.com. and schedule yourself

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Cleaning wood floors need not be a problem if you use a micro fiber mop to keep up on the maintenance of the wood floor. By using a micro fiber mop on your floors you will get the bits of dirt that may scratch your floor from people dragging them across your floor with their feet or shoes.

Micro fiber mops make it easy and almost fool proof to keeping your floors clean every week. The micro fiber are a cost effective means to cleaning of your floors because they can be machined washed to get them cleaned after use. With swifters you use them and throw them away after you use them and they do not collect as much dirt off your floors when you clean them as a micro fiber mop.
Your local home building center will have micro fiber mops and handles that you can purchase ot be used with different cleaning solutions to cleaning your wood floors.

Why Microfiber?

It is safe for all finished wood surfaces. It will not scratch – provided you use it correctly and have the right size pads on it. They are lightweight and easy to use. They pick up dirt and dust well. They are great for big homes and small spaces.

I believe they work better than the old sponge mops, swifter or other mops to clean your floors. Micro fiber mops keeps the dirt and water on the mop not on your floors.

Flu and cold season is a great time to ramp up your house cleaning!

Germs hide in every nook and cranny of your home. Some of the germiest places in your house are some of the easiest to be kept clean. You may be surprised where germs are lurking!

Here are some simple ideas for your bathroom?

• Flush toilets with the lid down! Nasty fecal matter and germs can fly all over your bathroom. If you don’t put the lid down, they could be landing on your toothbrushes!
• Toothbrushes should be kept at least one inch from each other; and changed out every 6 months or every time someone gets sick.
• Bathroom counters should be washed daily with hot soapy water, bleach water or vinegar mix.
• Remember to wipe down faucets, light switches, doorknobs, bathtubs and of course toilet /bidet seats weekly; more often if there are sick people in the home.
• Bath towels should be washed weekly in hot water by themselves; never with the kitchen towels.

Easy tips for the Dirtiest place in the house – your Kitchen:

• The kitchen sink and kitchen sponge are two of the most germ ridden places in the home;
  make sure to wipe down kitchen sinks with disinfectant daily. Pay special attention to the drains, running warm water and baking soda down them every week
• Kitchen sponges are the worst offenders and should be cleaned and microwaved or dish washed daily if possible to eliminate germs; the CDC talks about 30 seconds of microwaving sponges daily being sufficient.
• Scrubbing brushes may be a preferable dish washing tool then sponges for cutting bacteria.
• Counter tops should be wiped off with hot soapy water and then a solution of bleach water allowing them to air dry before you work on them again.
• Paper towels are the best germ defending agents for countertop cleaning, provided that you throw them away after you clean once.
• Remember to properly wash your hands while cooking before, during and after. A proper hand washing means washing for 20 seconds with warm soapy water or an alcohol based hand sanitizer applied. Hands are often the conduit for germs /bacteria being introduced to people!
• Watch cutting boards! They should be washed with hot soapy water every time they’re used. It’s best to have different cutting boards for different types of food; for instance one for raw meats, one for fruits and vegetables and one for fish.
• A surprising place for germs to hide is on the salt and pepper shakers! A University of Virginia study showed that of all the things people surveyed who had colds had commonly touched in their homes, the cold virus tested positive on all of the peoples’ salt and pepper shakers!
• Pay special attention to the kitchen floor right in front of the kitchen sink, it should be mopped frequently
• That coffee cup you are always nursing…there’s often fecal matter found on coffee cups! Make sure to throw it in the dishwasher a couple times a week.
• Always air dry kitchen rags and towels before using them again. Most germs cannot live long on dry surfaces.

For all other areas of your home:

• Don’t forget to wipe down remotes, light switches, telephones, door knobs, stair railings and keyboards.
• Using a bleach or vinegar mix or disinfectant wipes will ensure that your house will not only LOOK clean, but be a lot less of a haven for some of those winter maladies we all face.
• Watch what comes INTO your home via your shoes or boots, purse or laptop. Setting your computer or purse down on the kitchen counter or table can undo all the good your cleaning has done!

Having a home cleaning service come in on a regular schedule can help you keep one step ahead of the bugs that are trying to get into your home.