How to Clean Your House Like a Mexican Mother (Even If No One Ever Taught You)

Get Bertha's Cleaning Book, every method for the whole house, written down: https://berthacleans.com Stand in your kitchen doorway and look. The dishes, the mail, the basket you meant to fold on Tuesday, and you do not even know where to start. It is not because you are lazy, mija. Nobody ever taught you. My mother taught me the whole house at nine, and I still waited for Saturday in my first apartment, until the day she walked in without calling and went straight to the sink. A clean house is not one big cleaning. It is a few small things, every day, in the same order. THE DAILY WORK: 1. MÁS VALE PREVENIR. Stop waiting for the disaster. A little after every meal, so the storm never comes 2. START AT THE SINK. La cocina no se acuesta sucia. After every meal: table and chairs wiped, floor swept, dishes in the hottest water, glasses first and pans last, counter and stove wiped. Wake up to an empty sink 3. ONE LOAD A DAY, once the kitchen is a habit. Al que madruga, Dios lo ayuda. Whites, colors, darks, towels and sheets alone. Folded and away before bed 4. THE BED. Como tiendes tu cama, así te acuestas. One minute, every morning 5. CADA COSA EN SU LUGAR. Start with the keys, mail, shoes, scissors and remote 6. ABRIR LA CASA. Windows open on both sides for ten minutes every morning 7. AQUÍ TODOS AYUDAN. Everyone carries their own plate to the sink One habit at a time: the sink first, then the wash, then the bed, then the homes for your things. THE WEEKLY WORK, de arriba para abajo: 8. DUST with a damp cloth folded in four, no spray, top down. The deeper dust every month or two 9. SHEETS every other week. Sábana limpia, sueño tranquilo 10. FLOORS after the dust. Hot water, very little soap. Pull the chairs out, leave the table. Lo perfecto es enemigo de lo bueno 11. GLASS: damp cloth, then a dry one right behind. Como te ven, te tratan 12. THE BATHROOM: toilet cleaner under the rim and shower sprayed first, déjalo que trabaje. Mirror and sink while they soak, toilet last. The whole aisle you need: one toilet cleaner, Zote, vinegar, baking soda, Fabuloso 13. THE KITCHEN SINK to finish. Lo que se empieza, se acaba. Baking soda and the estropajo, dried until it shines TWO WARNINGS: never mix bleach with anything. And you will miss a day. That is not failing, start again at the sink. Limpio, no perfecto. Poco a poco, pero todos los días. You were never careless. Nobody told you. Tell me in the comments one thing nobody ever taught you about keeping a house, and your county. I read every one.