Thank you for helping my second family. It's hard for them to ask for help but I know this was such a healing experience for them. You are changing lives, and I'm so humbled by your selflessness. The kitchen looks amazing and I know mom is up in heaven smiling right now 🩵
You can tell the wife/mother took pride in her kitchen. There are so many nice things, and the spices were in the same jars and labeled. Beautiful job.
I totally agree! However, they were all working. I also think they know how to clean, but they have all been in such a hard mental space that I think the motivation was lacking, but hopefully it will now be easier to keep clean now that it's back in order.
ok.... we gotta get some of those scrapers! Let me know when you can get one of those links where you get a kickback for stuff people buy from your links.... we'll use that! Amazing work Bonnie!
Hey Jason! My links are finally clickable. Just go to the description and click "more" to see the Amazon links. Let me know if you have any trouble. Thanks for supporting me!
You are an amazing lady. The perfect example on how people show treat eachother. Kindness and compassion are free. ❤ Super clean is one of my favorite cleaners. Grease Lightening is amazing as well.
Thank you! This world needs a little more compassion these days. And I just bought more Super Clean because I love it do much. I think I may have tried Grease Lightning in the past as well. Thanks for watching!
I subscribed and yeah i watched auri too. I watched tons or cleaning and decluttering, minimalism to inspire me to clean and declutter and eventually be as minimalist as i can be.
I'm so glad! Marie Kondo is one of my biggest inspirations on living with less and how much happier it can make you. The problem is getting the whole family on board! 😋
That was so kind of you to help a grieving family. You did an amazing job. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Love your channel, keep up the great work.❤❤❤❤❤
The mesh things that go under the range hood are filters to catch grease, etc. from gumming up the vents. I’m not positive but I think the big drawer you pulled out is for trash cans. You are an awesome person ❤. You do so much to help people who are overwhelmed for so many reasons.
The kitchen looks sooo beautiful. Im glad you were able to help them in that room because it's a nice place to gather and be together. And that kitchen has got to be like a breath of fresh air for them now. Youre doing amazing, Bonnie. Im enjoying your channel so much.
One suggestion for you… Since you were a transcriptionist… It would be really great to see a text of the families reaction when they come home. That would set you apart from the other channels. :) I love your content! It really motivates me😊
That's a great idea! Except for the fact that most of these homes I'm either cleaning alongside them (they are in another room), so there is no surprise...or I'm not there when they come home. In this instance, he was still at work when I finished up, so I wasn't there to see his reaction.
The oven filters are very important. They keep all that grease from ending up in the vent and causing grease fires. The filters need to be cleaned regularly to work properly. If you do it, say once a week, you can run them through the dishwasher. Not recommended if they are really greasy though.
@@ABeautifulMessExtremeCle-zl1wpWe learned bring a large pot or pan to a boil, put greasy oven screens in then sprinkle a quarter to half of a cup of baking soda onto submerged screen and grease disappears. Just be careful if there are plastic tabs on them (oops)... hopefully have a lasagna pan big enough to do them in... even did one half then spun them around in a big spaghetti pot that needed washed....
Bonnie a note that something happened to me a few years back. I was trying a new cleaner (Simple Green) I sprayed it on my range hood and it bubbled up the paint and I was like crazy. I did not read about the cleaner and I had no idea that could happen I am just glad it was my range hood and not someone else's.
Really?! I always thought Simple Green was a cleaner you could use almost anywhere. I've never actually purchased any myself. I've only used it on occasion when the homeowner has a bottle and I always like to try new cleaners. Maybe there are different strengths. I think the kind I've used was actually an all-purpose cleaner. I wonder if the kind you used was more of an industrial strength type of stuff. But that's very interesting.
@@ABeautifulMessExtremeCle-zl1wp It very well could have been an industrial strength. I had it in a gallon jug and poured it in a spray bottle. I was so upset I have not used it again though just in case. But I will never forget when I sprayed it on and went back and the paint was bubbling I replaced the range hood later and I am really careful with what I use on it.
What happened to the stove grates? You did a great job for the family. The kitchen must be a hard place for them to be in as it must bring back so many memories.
I forgot to mention in the video that I left the grates in a garbage bag with oven cleaner on them because they had really burned on stuff, so I just let them know to rinse them off the next day after they sat overnight. Yes, I'm sure it must be hard to gather in the kitchen where Mom probably spent a lot of time. So tragic.😪
At first, you were a bit boring for me! But you are a sweetheart, indeed! Don't bother about you "style".may your channel get popular, wish you and your beloved ones to be healthy and well!! Lots of love!!
Thank you! I know I'm not for everyone, but I'm glad that people can look past my quiet personality to enjoy the content and the real reason I started the channel...not for me, but for the people I'm trying to help. Thanks for your well wishes!❤
OMG, I totally forgot I was going to mention that in my voiceover! They needed some extra time with the oven cleaner, so I put them in a trash bag and let them sit overnight so it would just melt right off.
The metal mesh rectangles are the filters for the over the range exhaust fans. The cabinet for trash is a trash can cabinet. I however, am wondering where the burner covers are for the stove, and why you don’t show yourself wiping down the outside of the cabinets, wiping outside the fridge and inside the fridge and sweeping and washing the floor? When you show your last picture, there are no burner covers on the range top.
I totally forgot to mention that I left the burner covers in a garbage bag with oven cleaner on them to sit overnight as they needed more time to let the cleaner work on all the burnt on stuff and I just told the homeowner to rinse them off in the morning. I showed some of the cabinets being cleaned, but not all of them, and then I lost some of the footage on one of the devices I was recording with because it ran out of batteries while I was recording (thought I had it plugged in), but I think some of that footage was of the floor.
The homemade version of Dawn Powerwash includes rubbing alcohol of at least 70%+. I make my own after looking at the ingredients on the original bottle. It clearly states isopropyl alcohol. This way it disinfects well. 😊
They actually do have a dishwasher and I used it for some of the dishes. With the state of the kitchen, it does look like they don't have one, but I think everyone has just been doing the bare minimum while dealing with their grief. I can't even imagine how hard that would be. :(
The beauty of cast iron is that all you need to do it scrape it out and wipe it with some paper towels. If it's really greasy, I run it under really hot water to dissolve the grease. If you do ever use soap on it, your food will get a soapy flavor.
I've noticed that both you and Ol' Johnny at MMC appear to wash dishes backwards to the way I always have. I wash dishes from the left sink rinse in the right and set them to dry on the counter to my far right but you both seem to go in the opposite direction. I wonder if I'm the only one who does this and if it is because I'm left-handed. Looking forward to your collaboration next month with MMC & Barbie. 🤩
Lol! So I can't speak for Ol'Johnny,😂 but I know the deciding factor in that for me is which side of the sink has the garbage disposal, and it differs from house to house. In my house, it is on the right side and that is where you would wash the dishes so that all of the food that comes off goes down the garbage disposal. But if you don't have a garbage disposal on either side, I also would probably start from the left, rinse on the right, and put them to dry on the right. Does that make sense? Do you have a garbage disposal?
Question- Does cleaning with paper towels n soaking with these works just as well as with plastic wrap? I am always concerned over the extra plastic junk in our landfills that don’t break down. (😏)
I have used paper towels before (actually in my very first video) and it seemed to work okay, but not quite as well as the plastic wrap. But I hear ya, I know all the plastic is getting concerning.
TBH, I don't like any gloves as my hands get really sweaty in them, but the disposable ones at least I can throw away and start over with a fresh pair instead of just dealing with wet hands the rest of the time I'm cleaning. I do wear the thicker ones sometimes and try to dry them out in between, but it's not easy.
