After the Ball Drops: Tackling the #NewYearsClean with Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle

On Tuesday night, at 8:45pm my time, Shane, Justin & I settled in at the table to enjoy a tradition I’ve had since I was a kid- eating a cupcake & drinking a glass of milk on New Year’s Eve. Since the computer is now right next to the table, we were able to live stream the festivities going on in Times Square, and we got to watch the ball drop live!

I’ve always stayed in on New Year’s Eve because I’m not a crowd person, and if you saw the coverage of Times Square you know how crazy large those crowds can get! Have you ever thrown a party & had to spend the next day cleaning up after everyone? Imagine doing that for over a million people. When the big moment was over & everyone went home, there were about 40-50 tons of confetti, party hats & other materials from the celebration left to clean up.

The Mr. Clean Team didn’t want the New York sanitation workers to have to clean all of that up alone, so the team of 25 {led by “The Accidental Housewife” Julie Edelman} helped them clean it all up. They helped the Times Square Alliance &Department of Sanitation New York use 22 trucks, 24 mechanical sweepers, and 37 backpack blowers to clean up the mess! They even brought their own secret weapon- the new Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle!

The new Mr. Clean^® Liquid Muscle™ has 2.5 times more power in every drop vs. Mr. Clean 40 oz. With its new auto-stop cap feature, Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle delivers the right amount of cleaning gel with one squeeze – free of mess. It penetrates dirt, fights grease and lifts stains with less going to waste. Liquid Muscle can be used on a variety of surfaces, including sealed floors, tables, countertops, sinks, stovetops and more.

Now that the New Year’s Eve festivities are over & the mess is cleaned up, Julie Edelman, The Acccidental Housewife, wants to help you save time, money and your sanity in 2014. Here are her Top 10 Tips:

1. TACKLE HIGH TRAFFIC ZONES FIRST: Divide your home into MUST DO and CAN DO LATER zones. The must do’s are bathrooms, kitchen and bedrooms which are bacteria, allergy (dust mites) and germ magnets AND should be cleaned regularly. Can do later zones are areas such as family rooms, guest bedrooms, and hallways.

2. MAINTAIN YOUR SANITY, START SMALL: As Oscar Wilde said “Man (and woman!) was made for something better then disturbing dirt.” So put cleaning your home in perspective and don’t allow yourself to get overwhelmed. Start with the smallest room in your home, and work your way to the largest room in order to streamline your cleaning process.

3. SPREAD OUT CHORES THAT BORE: Once you’ve tidied up, make a weekly TAH–DO LIST  (as in The Accidental Housewife!) to keep rooms clean enough. If you follow up on little cleaning projects each week, you’ll be able to maintain a healthy and squeaky clean home, and manicures, all year long.

4. BLEND CHORES THAT BORE INTO EVERYDAY ACIVITIES: Housework can be boring, so staying focused while doing it can be a chore. ‘Blend’ i.e. ‘work’ tasks into everyday activities and routines. Next time you’re chatting on the phone with your BF or mom, chat while cleaning countertops, door handles and sinks.

5. SAVE YOUR NRG: Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle can handle anything, especially if it can clean up Times Square after New Year’s Eve! Save your elbow grease and simply squirt a drop of the powerful new formula onto countertops, appliances and more to clean up after your own New Year’s Eve party.

6. STREAMLINE YOUR CLEANING TOOLS WITH MULTI-TASKERS: There’s no need to have countless cleaning products clogging cabinets. Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle can be used directly on tough dirt or used as a dilute to handle big or small messes on hard surfaces such as tables, countertops, sinks, stoves and even floors.

7. TAKE THE GUESS WORK OUT OF ‘HOW MUCH’: Thanks to its innovative one-dose cap, Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle delivers the perfect amount of cleaning gel with every squeeze – that can be applied directly to surfaces or diluted in water as a cleaning solution. Similar to tasks like dishwashing and laundry, buy single, pre-measured packets. This will certainly help you prevent wasting product and in the end, also save you money!

8. DANCE WITH DUST BUNNIES: No one said that you have to make cleaning a chore, so put on those headphones or crank up the music and dance with your vacuum as you suck up those dust bunnies or wash your floor! It will also turn your cleaning routines into a workout, so you’ll be multi-tasking once again—cleaning and toning your bod!

9. ENLIST PINT-SIZED HELPERS: If you have young kids, they are perfect for helping with kid-friendly home-keeping chores like vacuuming and laundry. If you don’t have any children, I’m sure friends and family who do will be happy to lend out theirs so they can enjoy an hour or two of free time!

10. GIVE YOURSELF AN i.O.ME! Don’t wait for your birthday or Mother’s Day. Give yourself a ‘me day’ or at least a few ‘me’ hours. You’ll be amazed how it will give you a new perspective on that next load of laundry waiting for you!

Buy It: Starting this month, you can find Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle at grocery, retail, home improvement and mass merchandise stores nationwide. Varieties include Crisp Lemon, Febreze^® Freshness Meadows & Rain™, Gain^® Scent Original Fresh Scent™, and Mr. Clean^® Liquid Muscle™ with the Grease Fighting Power of Dawn^®. You can learn more about the entire line of Mr. Clean products on their website!

What did you do for New Year’s Eve? Did you have a mess to clean up?