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Clean With Me: Signs You NEED To Declutter Your Home
Oct 6, 2025
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Hey friends, welcome to Motherhood and
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Homemaking, where faith meets everyday.
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Motherhood and home is our favorite
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place to be. Today I'm going to be
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sharing a mom life clean with me and
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catch up. And because this is the mom
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life cleaning and all in between, you
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are also probably going to be hearing my
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daughter in the background because she's
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here with me while I'm recording this
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here voice over. But as you can see, the
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house is a complete mess and I have a
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lot of work to do here. So, starting
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here inside of the living room because I
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always love to get a quick win right out
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of the gate. So, my family room is
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normally the one that does it for me
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because it's like the fastest for me to
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tidy up and I can get it done quickly
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and then have something accomplished and
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move on to the next thing. So, as we are
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preparing and prepping for a move for
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our family, we are going to be trying to
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get a lot of things tidied and put away.
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We have let this mess occur over a
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course of a few different days because
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we had a lot of things going on for us
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this past week. My mother-in-law
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actually stayed with us a few days, so
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we just took her home. The kids have
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been playing and we were just enjoying
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my mom-in-law being over to the house
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and just a few other things that we had
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to do as we prepare for our upcoming
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move. So now I'm just trying to get
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everything put back in its place. The
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family room really isn't the worst. I
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just had to put away like the kids
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Costco boxes. They love to play in those
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for some reason. So I left that up for
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them to play in for a little while. But
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then we also had to put away some of the
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kids toys. So, one of my favorite hacks
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is just keeping baskets around the home.
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That way, we can always just put the
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baskets, you know, where a lot of the
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mess usually occurs. And then that way
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when it's time to clean or tidy, I can
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just put all of the toys inside of the
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baskets and then, you know, take the
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baskets up and put everything where they
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belong. The family room is looking
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pretty okay for now. So, I'm just going
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to go ahead and move on to the kitchen.
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There is a lot of mess in the kitchen as
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well. A lot of this stuff is actually
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going to get thrown away in just a
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couple of days, which you guys will see
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in my next upcoming video. You're going
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to see us like getting everything thrown
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out and everything as we prepare to
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leave just for a little while. So, for
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now, I'm just getting rid of all of this
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clutter. I don't know why this here
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countertop just gets cluttered every
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every single day. I try to stay on top
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of it, but I don't know. It's just a
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place where so much stuff gathers, but
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that is okay. We spend a lot of time
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here in our kitchen. So, putting
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everything back where it belongs is
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normally the part that takes up the most
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time. Usually, once I can get all of
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that stuff put away, everything else is
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just smooth selling. I don't know if
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that's just me. What is the part that
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takes you the longest when it comes to
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cleaning your home? For me, it's
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definitely putting everything back into
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its place. And so I will tell you that
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this is how I know it is time to
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declutter. If it often takes you a long
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time to just clear off the counters with
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everything you put away and it's not
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like because of you had like a large
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party or because you let things go
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unmanaged for, you know, days on end.
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Then as a Vian say you really do have to
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do some decluttering. I recognize that
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because it's taking me so long to get
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everything put away. It's probably
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because I have way too much stuff out.
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Even when it comes to toys, if my
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children have so many toys that it takes
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me a long time to put away, then I know
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I need to take out less toys for them to
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play with because either they're getting
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really bored with the toys that they
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currently are playing with so quickly
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that they then have to go to another toy
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and pull that out to play with as well,
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or they're throwing all the toys out to
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get to the toy that they actually want
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to play with. or there's so many toys
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that they themselves cannot keep up and
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manage to clean it up themselves and
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then it means I have to go behind them
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and clean it up and then it's taking me
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a while to clean it up as well. In terms
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of toys, I always feel like just less is
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more. I personally think it just makes
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for a better quality of play, but also
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it helps them to learn like when you are
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able to manage this amount of toys as
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far as keeping up with them, keeping
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them tidy, cleaning them up, and putting
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them away, then we'll let you play with
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another toy or get another toy out of
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rotation. It teaches your children to
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only have as much as they can manage,
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which is something that we as adults and
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as moms and homemakers often have to
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find ourselves relearning time and time
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again as well. And we are often having
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to declutter our home over and over
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again. I know I do because I often
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forget, you know, only take on as much
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as you can manage and only have as much
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as you can take on at, you know, one
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time. So, this is something that I'm
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hoping to teach my children early so
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that they don't have to feel like they
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are constantly relearning this. I know
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that it's just something that is a part
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of life. Decluttering is not a thing
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that you just do overnight and it just
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sticks. It's something that you have to
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continuously do time and time again,
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monthly, and for some even weekly and
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then deep decluttering even like
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seasonally, like every 3 months or so.
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Whenever I start to notice how long it's
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taking me to tidy, I would much rather
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just stop tidying all together and
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minimize. Like just go ahead and start
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decluttering some things so that going
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forward it'll be so much so much easier
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for me to clean up the home. And so one
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thing that I recently did before doing
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this clean with me is pulled out my
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stove, my fridge. I shared that in my
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last video. So, if you did not get a
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chance to see that and you need some
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more cleaning motivation, I know that
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this one is only 15 minutes long, but I
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recently posted a 45 minute long
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cleaning video of me deep cleaning. I
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was getting behind like the appliances,
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behind the sofas, the tables, getting
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inside the closets, getting behind the
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stove, the fridge. All of that deep
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cleaning made it easier for me to clean.
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Such as today where I don't have to do
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all of that. I can just clean like
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surface level cleaning on top of the
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countertops and what I can see and all
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of that. So, if you are in a season of
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life where you can go ahead and just do
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all of that at once because there was
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once a time when I was and I thoroughly
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enjoyed doing that every two weeks or
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so, just doing a fullon deep clean. I
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used to do it every single Sunday that
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switched to every two weeks. And now I
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just have to split it up. Like I can't
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do a deep clean and a declutter and a
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clean all at once. And for me, there are
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two different things. I have to do the
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deep cleaning, like getting things that
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I can't see on one day, and then another
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day, I have to do all of the
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decluttering, getting rid of all of the
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visual clutter and getting rid of just
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all the stuff. And then on a separate
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day, do the actual cleaning. And even
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for me, cleaning and sanitizing are two
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different things when it comes to
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cleaning. Like, I might wash down my
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appliances with soap and water. And then
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sanitizing, I'll probably go in with a
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streakfree stainless steel appliance
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cleaner and wipe down the appliances
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again. And then I might disinfect things
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versus just cleaning them. So yeah, it's
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all a lot. I know it sounds absolutely
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insane to think that much about
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cleaning, but as a homemaker, that's
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where my mind is sometimes. And then as
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a mom, yeah, that's why I constantly,
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you know, feel like I have to like split
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things up. And that's also part of the
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reason why I often get a lot of clutter
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because, you know, there's a lot of
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people here in our home. So yeah, that
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is me encouraging you to go ahead and
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look around your home and see if you
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have something to declutter. And if you
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do, go ahead and, you know, make your
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life a little bit easier, get it done. I
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have a whole playlist full of
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decluttering tips, full of decluttering
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content videos, sit down, all of the
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things. So, if your home needs to be
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decluttered, just trust me on this one.
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Go ahead, go for it. Try it out. I
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really think that, you know, you'll love
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it. Even if you think like it can't
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declutter anymore, just do a little walk
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through. I don't know, maybe you'll be
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commenting on the bottom of this video
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like, "Girl, you were right. I needed to
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declutter." And girl, you were right. It
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made my life a lot easier. So, yeah. go
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ahead and go for it. And let me tell
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you, I'm going to be doing the exact
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same thing. But as mentioned, we are
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getting ready to take a little trip. And
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so my goal is to once we get to our
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vacation home to just minimize as much
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as I can and just have a minimal like
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home decor so that hopefully things
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won't get too too bad. And so yeah, I'm
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pretty sure that all throughout you guys
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have been hearing my daughter here with
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me. She is one year old and she is busy,
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but she's also very, very much loving my
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attention these days and wanting to be
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right up under me. And I am trying to
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snuggle her and make the most of this
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hair time because I know that it is
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short and that she's going to be big
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very, very soon. So, if you hear her on
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the background, just know that I'm just
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a mama and I'm just embracing and loving
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all of these cuddles, but also trying to
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get some work done here right along with
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it. So, if you're in a season of
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motherhood, give this video a thumbs up.
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Let me know how that's going for you.
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What season of motherhood are you in? I
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currently have a six-year-old and a
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one-year-old. And so, my time and my
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attention is different both ways. I have
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to homeschool my six-year-old during the
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week, and then I also have, you know,
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baby girl who's keeping me busy and
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keeping me on my feet as well. But I do
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have a wonderful husband, super, super
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helpful. But yeah, right now he's in the
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shower, so that would be the reason why
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she's here with me and we're getting
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some work done together. We are pretty
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much almost done here in the kitchen.
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I'm just scrubbing down the sink because
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the sink gets really really like we have
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um whale water and it can be like a
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little bit of rusty. So like we get like
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these iron streaks and everything
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especially where we have white
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appliances. So like the sinks, the
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toilets, things like that. We often have
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to go in with iron out. And the
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scrubbing that I'm doing is literally
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barely just touching the surface. It's
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hard to keep like wipe things clean with
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well water that has iron and minerals in
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it. So just doing the best that I can,
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but I often feel like I have to give
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that disclaimer so that you guys don't
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be like, "Oh my goodness, why is her
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sink so dirty?" I promise it's not. It's
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just that is just well water life. So I
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don't know. Let me know if you know
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anything about that. But as you guys
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could see, it really didn't take a ton
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of time for me to get everything loaded
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inside of the dishwasher. So, yeah, half
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of this clean with me was me tidying the
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kids toys and getting everything and all
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of the stuff, all of the clutter off of
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the countertops. So, I'm sure you all
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can imagine how much of a difference me
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going through and decluttering this home
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would make in terms of my cleaning. I
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don't know about you, but there are a
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lot of fun things that I could be doing
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with my time. That doesn't mean me
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cleaning all day long. And I do love
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tidying and keeping my home up. I really
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do. I used to not like it, but I prayed
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so much about it. And I spent some time
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reflecting on it with the Lord. And I
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asked him to really just give me a love
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for serving right here in my home. There
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are a lot of places in the world that we
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can serve. We can serve in the
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community. we can serve, you know, at
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like a desk job, a corporate job. You
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know, there are a lot of, you know,
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people in service in the world. And I'm
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just thankful and grateful that I get to
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serve here in my home and for my
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children and for my husband, the people
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that I love so much. And the thought of,
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you know, being able to look at it that
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way makes all the difference. So, moving
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on here to sweeping the floor. I'm using
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my swapped broom. I think I only told
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you guys about this broom maybe once or
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twice, but I'm going to tell you guys
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about it again. And I'm gonna link it
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down below because let me tell you guys,
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I highly recommend highly that you get
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this broom because I want you all to try
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it out and then tell me like I love this
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broom. I would say just tell me what you
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think about it, but I'm almost 100% sure
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you're going to tell me that you love
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this broom. It's the swapped broom and
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it's a wooden very good durable broom.
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You can swap out the heads with like a
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mop head with like a microfiber
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um like dust head. Like you can use it
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for an outdoor broom. You can do so many
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different configurations with it. But
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it's really just a good and sturdy
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broom. We have had this broom for three
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years now. It also has a matching dust
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pan. I love it. I never want to use any
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other broom. It just it does not feel
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the same, especially after using it for
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three years. But the swapped broom is
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very, in my opinion, inexpensive and I
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highly recommend that you give it a try.
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And then moving on to the mopping, I'm
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just using my Bissell Cross, I think
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it's called cross spin mop. It's really
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good for getting like up against the
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edges of the counters and everything,
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giving it a good scrip without me having
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to get down on my hands and knees. So,
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just wanted to make sure I got all of
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that. It doesn't do corners well, but it
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does edges very well. And it's also
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really good for a good buff and clean.
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It has two different spinning mop heads.
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One of them for cleaning, one of them
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for buffing. And you just refill it with
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like, you know, the cleaning solution,
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water, or any type of cleaning solution
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of your choice. It's really, really good
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for a quick like goto, not for deep
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cleaning, but for a quick mop. So, that
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is what I'm doing. Just a quick mop. And
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then I am going to have other things
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around the house that I want to get
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done. But I did want to share this
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cleaning motivation for you. So I hope
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that you guys maybe found something to
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clean alongside with me. Maybe you were
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just folding some laundry or making up
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your bed, cleaning up around your
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kitchen as well. Let me know down below
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in the comments below and say hello. I
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feel like it's been a while since I have
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heard from you guys. It's been a little
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minute since I posted a video, but I
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love hearing from you guys. I hope that
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you guys enjoyed this clean with me
14:32
video and that it gave you some cleaning
14:34
motivation. If you did, I hope that you
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would give it a thumbs up. It really
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does help the channel to grow and lets
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me know what type of content resonates
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with you guys. I enjoyed creating this
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video for you guys and I thank you guys
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so much for watching. But that's going
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to be all for today and I will see you
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guys in the next one with some more
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homemaking and motherhood motivation and
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inspiration. Again, thank you guys so
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much for watching this video and I will
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see you guys in the next one. Happy
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homemaking.
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