Also, you can easily clean a mousepad with regular dish detergent and warm water. Just scrub pad with dish soap, rinse well with water, and pat dry with a paper towel!

A mouse is easily cleaned by removing cover from in front of ball, taking out ball, and cleaning out any dirt inside with cotton swabs dipped in alcohol.

You can also save time and money in a home office in high traffic carpet areas, and places where sliding chairs sit by purchasing heavy plastic floor mats made for this purpose (just like you see in office building) at your local office supply superstore, such as Staples. This will make your floor cleaning so much easier, and will extend life of your carpet.

To give your office a quick lift if you have artificial flowers or plants is to spray pants directly with an aerosol air freshener. Not only does it make leaves instantly shiny, it also leaves a pleasant scent that will last.

If you own a pet, like I do, and you are constantly trying to remove pet hairs from chairs in your home office, a simple way to remove them is to wrap clear shipping tape backwards around your hand, sticky side out, and pat away at chairs. An even simpler and faster way is to use an old paint roller, wrapping tape backwards around it, and rolling it quickly across furniture to remove hair. The tape can be reused until it has lost its stickiness.

Remember, motivation and perseverance are keys to a clean home! Stay focused, and best of luck!

Now head over to cabinets. A lot of people avoid cleaning out cabinets because they assume it to be difficult when in all reality, it isn't so hard. To keep your cabinets clean, it is very useful to purchase low-cost "non-slip" rolls of cabinet liners. They come in a lot of colors, and not only keep shelves clean, but also extend life of glasses, china, and fragile dishes. So to begin cleaning your cabinets, work on one at a time, and start by removing everything from cabinet. Once you have everything out, wipe down inside, and lay down your matting if you opted for that, or simply replace everything in an orderly manner.

If there are any dishes, tackle them next. Wash smaller items first, then mid-sized and save large and greasy items for last. If you have a double sink, fill one side with water and soap, and other just fill with hot water as a "rinse" since, and just toss washed dishes in there, then move them to drainer. It saves a lot of time to do things this way instead of washing each dish separately. you may wish to look at my other articles for a more in-depth look at making cleaning dishes easier.

Clean countertops, and everything on them separately. For kitchen countertops, an all-purpose cleaner with an added de-greaser is a plus. I personally recommend using diluted pine-sol in a spray bottle.

Clean a microwave as I have previously mentioned in an article by placing water in a microwave safe bowl, and bringing it to a boil in microwave, and letting it sit for a 5-10 minutes, then taking it out and easily wiping inside of microwave clean.

After everything on mid-level is finished, then clean walls by using a solution of 1/2 cup bleach (OR Mr. Clean) to 1 gallon of water. Using a sponge or rag, wipe walls down by starting at bottom, and wiping your way to top. That way, if any water runs down, it won't leave those hard to remove streaks!

Lastly, clean floors. If you have a wood floor, use your usual method. For vinyl flooring, I recommend using Mop-and-Glo two step method. They sell two bottles for two steps. One cleans floor, one waxes and shines it. If you wish to use a cheaper method, a great way to skip first step is to mop floor using a solution of 1 part ammonia to 2 parts water, and mopping with that to remove old wax and residue, then using a mop-n-glo type floor polisher.

See that wasn't too hard! As always, stay motivated, know that you can do it, and REWARD YOURSELF afterwards!!