spring cleaning the kitchen

the seriously messy kitchen. i wish my kitchen was spring cleaned weekly. ah the shine. um-hum.

i have to have a list, cause i'm for sure a list girl. and cleaning is always a lil nicer when your list is in pink and you decorate the page with flowers and such. it works for me.

-i go from ceiling to floor. the vacuum hose for cobwebs and just dust that accumulates there. the stove hood for sure.
-pine-sol and hot water in a bucket for the fronts of the cabinets
-good time to throw away tupperware with missing lids and things you just never use. dusty dishes can go through the dishwasher
-wipe out the shelves and inside of cabinet doors
-i wipe the walls down and touch-up the paint where needed
-go through spices and all your cooking crap to see what might need to be replaced
-if you're like me you have lots of stuff that sits on the counters and so forth. now's the time to windex it. you can pine-sol for sure, but windex leaves everything shiny. i love shiny.
-pics on the walls-ugh for dust and food splatters. pine-sol for sure
-soak your stove knobs if you have them in your pine-sol. actually soak anything you can find :)
-lift the stove-top up and use oven cleaner to clean well
-if you have drip pans you can clean them or just replace them. only a few bucks at the store
-use oven cleaner and go at the oven. i hate this part. don't forget the oven racks. so it's not so bad the next time invest in an oven liner. again a few bucks :)
-windex the outside of the stove and oven. shiny is good. 
-the microwave doesn't have to be so bad. zap a bowl of water for about a minute and everything will come right off. windex the outside
-clean out baskets and so forth
-pick-up a dishwasher cleaner and run it through a cycle, and then windex the outside from top to bottom. especially the bottom
-wipe down the top of the fridge and clean out those cabinets above it that never get opened
-take all your loot out of the freezer and fridge and spray everything down with pine-sol, let it set a few minutes and wipe it down. the food and such usually comes right off. windex for the shine. throw out old food and get together a list of what you need. windex the front, throw away papers that have been on there for 2 years
-clean out other appliances the same way
-wipe down all those things on your sink like the hand soap
-scrub the sink with pine-sol and polish with windex. throw some ice and lemon in the disposal
-pine-sol the outlets and switches, change plug-in air fresheners
use the vacuum hose to get under appliances or better yet if you can pull them out
-don't forget to disinfect things like the dog dishes
-sweep and sweep again
-mop and mop again
-windex everything again just for prettiness :)