Studying while I wake.

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Cleaning tips, to be honest.  The oven, cat messes, general home, bathroom, and carpet cleaning.  If they push vinegar and baking powder, I have serious doubts.  Vinegar is good for some things, but it doesn't really clean, or clear pipes, or... it has a small little section of use.  It does disinfect, or can.  It might even help with hard water marks, if there are better supplies, at least for more difficult spots.  But it doesn't degrease (for oven cleaning, or cat messes).  It doesn't take off soap scum.  It doesn't do a lot of things claimed.  Then again, you get the people who are selling other products, and again, try to have those used where they don't fit.

A bit of experience leads one to follow more closely what works and what doesn't.  And, avoid pure sales vids.  Some of them, when they aren't selling one thing directly, they are selling other things indirectly.  Still, if I think that works, I may see about alternatives.  Like... S.O.S. pads?  I haven't found an alternative yet, but may look for one.  I do see why and how it would work, in the oven, without tearing it up.  But I might consider and alternative if it is reasonable.  Though they are pretty cheap.

One group seems to be selling products, another a "free" life... which never really works.  It's like believing in nudist living, or living on sunshine and water.  That just doesn't work.  Selling, it's all about selling.  So it becomes a matter of looking for those who are selling what you are interested in buying.  Then trying it out.  There is one definite video I would certainly like to try.  Will it work?  Only one way to find out.

I have the wetvac.  It's a bit unit.  I will have enough spots, once I clear things out, to make good use of the large wetvac.  Besides, for me, it isn't that much of a problem to handle.  It is much lighter than my standard vacuum.  The thing I don't have is rubbing alcohol.  I have the rest.  I have a few spots readily available to clean, as well.  So, the next time I get out, I will buy a bottle of rubbing alcohol.  The problem with rubbing alcohol, bleach, and much else, is that it breaks down over time.  I have tried to keep up on such things, but it just isn't possible.  I do wonder if there is a means of producing such at home.  I doubt it, but... I could look.

It isn't always in the success.  Sometimes, just by digging into products, another means of creating, producing, or even substitution is found... or many.  A bottleneck is any product with a short shelflife.  Pouring money into storage, of even one item, let alone an half dozen, only to find it completely inert when it is needed or wanted is exceedingly frustrating and possibly disastrous.  Learning to live dirty and simply is about the only option?  I like to think there is a better way.  Though, maybe, all of this cleanliness is part of what is wrong.

As I remember, the generation before me got a bath, maybe two, a week, and that was that.  They wore oil in their hair to offer the perception of cleanliness or kemptness, they used perfumes or aftershave lotions to smell better.  Even changing clothes wasn't a daily thing.  Sometimes, going to school, they only had a few sets of clothes, or even going to work.  They had to know to handle stains, eat more carefully, wash more thoroughly.

Was that a good thing?  I... sort of think it was.  You didn't throw something which was difficult to clean.  You tried, and tried, and tried again.  Mother's became geniuses at many things.  If you couldn't clean it, could you add a patch, or embroidery, or... if all else failed, use the material as rags.  Humbling, but a lot more practical than this throw-away world I seem stuck in.  Though I have limits.  Still, it's often beyond my means.  Even if I wanted to repair a clock I like, the parts may simply not be available.

Anyway... so... I have been exploring the world of cleaning.  The stove and cat spots here and there are the things that worry me most, though general cleaning tips are good to examine.  And, it has helped me wake.  It is nearly 07:00.  It is still dark, and feels rather chill.  I will turn the furnace up in an hour, to heat the waterers, and probably let the ducks out.

I plan, then, to hit the counters, and maybe do dishes if able.  I have burned myself out well and truly.  Sleep helped, extra sleep helped more.  Breakfast just now, a sausage and slice of casserole, with kefir, should help.  Still, I can feel the burning, right into the cells.  I have burned out my energy supplies.  So, I while I can work, for a bit, I can't do a lot, or fast.  My lungs even burn just a bit, still.

Oh, and just a... song.  Is she warning me?  She has to know I am far better at these things.

*wink*

Work, work, play, research, and... oh... some business today.  I'll keep at it.  Later.