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Make the Bed Cadence Drill: Cleaning Tips & Bed-Making Help for Homemakers

Q: What's the best way to make a bed?

 A: Sing a cadence song in your head!
"A messy bed is not for me. A tidy bed is what I need." Make the Bed Cadence Drill by Eve Penman. Photo from Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Make the Bed Cadence Drill by Eve Penman

Rise and shine and make the bed
Fluff those pillows for your head!

 Throw the covers back and let the sheets air
Spray disinfectant* everywhere!

It looks good (it looks good)
It feels great (it feels great)
To make the bed (to make the bed)
Every day (every day)!

 Wash the sheets (wash the sheets)
Once a week (once a week)
To keep the bed (to keep the bed)
Hygienic (hygienic) [pronounced hy-gen-eek]!

Make the bed look nice and neat
For a touch of luxury!

 When it’s time to get some rest
A bed that’s made is the best!

Start the day (start the day)
The right way (the right way)
Make the bed (make the bed)
Right away (right away)!

 Make it look (make it look) 
Real good (real good)
Damn good (damn good)
Like it should (like it should)!

A messy bed is not for me
A tidy bed is what I need!

 Making the bed is nothing to hate
Making the bed makes a homemaker great!

Happy bed making!
(Sing the cadence out loud or in your head, and repeat until the bed is made)

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*OdoBan is my preferred disinfectant; learn more about it here; no affiliation, just information.

 Housekeeping 101: Mix 5oz of OdoBan with 1gl of water for a virucide that kills HIV-1 (AIDS Virus), Influenza A/Hong Kong and Herpes Simplex type 2 in 60 seconds!
  • I buy OdoBan in the concentrate form and keep a pre-mixed gallon on hand at the virucide level to refill smaller spray bottles for various uses around the house; 
  • I spray the bed sheets down every morning while the bed airs out; 
    • I let the bed air out for 30 minutes; during this time I take care of the morning dishes, kitchen prep work, and other household tasks;  
  • I also spray the top of the bed and the pillows after the bed is made; 
  • I spray it on the laundry basket and into the laundry hampers too.
Copied & pasted from the OdoBan website:
OdoBan® is a Hospital Disinfectant for pre-cleaned surfaces at 5 ounces per gallon of water, Bactericidal according to the AOAC Use Dilution Test Method and a Mildewstat according to the EPA Mildew-Fungistatic guidelines in 10 minutes, and Virucidal* according to the virucidal qualification in 60 seconds, against germs ‡such as:
·         Pseudomonas aeruginosa
·         Staphylococcus aureus (Staph)
·         Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
·         Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VREF)
·         Escherichia coli (E. coli) 0157:H7
·         Listeria monocytogenes
·         Serratia marcescens
·         Aspergillus niger
·         Salmonella enterica
·         Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep)
·         *Herpes Simplex Type 2
·         *Influenza A/Hong Kong
·         *HIV-1 (AIDS Virus)
(Use of the terms viruses*, virucide*, or virucidal*, using the single asterisk qualifier symbol, refers to the viruses below:) Viruses*, virucide*, or virucidal* (goes to · · · *Herpes Simplex Type 2, Influenza A/Hong Kong, HIV-1 (AIDS Virus)


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