The Reality of Spring Cleaning

We'll get to it tomorrow...
#sotrueyall #itsasouthernthing

[@PokingAngel]

The dangerous thing about cleaning the book shelf is sitting down with an old book you haven't read in ages and suddenly it's 3 hours later and the bookshelf is no cleaner

[@ruthmeow4262]

And then you realize you can fit a few more books on it as well, so off to the bookstore, because solid books beat e-readers every day of the week.

[@emerencespringer]

Boooooooks 📚

[@mandyprescott2279]

I've been cleaning my bookshelves for over a month now. Lol!

[@doughesson]

And once you get into the plot & realize that the same author is still writing....

[@jsharp3165]

This.

[@carolynpastorek9228]

Actually, as the decades (and I do mean decades) have past, I have settled on a housekeeping philosophy that’s just right for me. Basically it boils down to staying one jump ahead of the Health Department.

[@pattywilliams788]

Brahahaha! 😝😆🤣😂

[@baskervillebee6097]

Works for me.

[@elultimo102]

Just keep all your treasures inside, so they don't see them.

[@cathyshirley8541]

Omg. This is so me.🤣

[@emerencespringer]

Bwahahahaha.... That's a good one. LoL

[@goblinqueen4991]

She finally takes the bags to the thrift store... and then comes home with all new junk she found there to replace the junk she just got rid of.

[@Sc0tt69]

Sounds like my wife.

[@elultimo102]

@@Sc0tt69 What's worse, i when she buys back her own stuff.

[@zuzuspetals9281]

But thrift store prices!

[@suzieq9009]

That is me whoo some gone buy some more

[@juliayoung537]

Amen

[@WizardToby]

I like how the British voiceover changes to a soutnern accent when she says "I need a drink..." xD

[@michellebrown3563]

When it showed all those donations in her trunk, i immediately said “those will stay there until she needs room for the luggage for summer vacation. Then the donations get put in the garage”. It takes me forever to take donations off. I don’t know why.

[@BloomingRose862]

I look for donation/non-profits that come to my house. Put it on the front porch and they're there and gone in 5 minutes!

[@j_emceee]

Yep, every time I'm ready to get the donations dropped off, I realize it's Sunday and ofc they're closed

[@thejohnbeck]

Procrastination always gets done promptly and thoroughly

[@samiam619]

I learned that word in the fifth grade… and been a faithful follower ever since! Procrastinate, that is…

[@mik1of3]

My mom didn’t call it spring cleaning. She waited until each kid went to either summer camp, vacation with friends, or a long visit with relatives. Then she’d swoop in and do a “deep clean and purge”. We’d come home to a sparkling clean room with half our stuff gone! I think that’s why I’m such a hoarder today…want to make sure nothing disappears!!

[@justcurious1146]

I stopped calling it spring cleaning years ago. Now I call it energy surge cleaning because that is when I do it, and no it isnt often LOL

[@ruthmeow4262]

Cleaning mostly happens at my place on sunny weekend mornings when I don't have gardening happening. Because if I don't have the motivation to do it in the morning, it's not happening any other time in the day. If the sun isn't shining I just feel blech, have to do it on a day off so I don't feel pressured before work. And gardening, why would I want to clean if I can garden?

[@zaram131]

Love it😂

[@cherylhee9762]

@@ruthmeow4262 absolutely correct about the gardening! I'm like I have to wait to do laundry, vacuuming etc until a rainy day because I need to be outside! Lord help me if we are in a drought!

[@johnglue1744]

Those cleaning surges come less and less as you get older too lol.

[@justcurious1146]

@@johnglue1744 LOL so true

[@a.j.marcantonio153]

Legend has it Talia still hasn’t made it to the thrift store.

[@rayjohnson2387]

She paid Adam to take them

[@tracigresham7164]

She probably put half of it back in the house to keep 😂

[@idjtoal]

@@tracigresham7164 Well, good for her if she did.

[@tracigresham7164]

@@idjtoal that's exactly what I have done in the past. If it sits around a while, I end up taking some of it back out and keeping it 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@ChanaRo613]

Neither have I. The trunk of my car is full. 🙄

[@pattywilliams788]

This is my experience, y’all. I get that Scarlett O’Hara voice in my head that says “I’ll think about that tomorrow because tomorrow is another day!” 😝😆🤣😂

[@janicesullivan8942]

How ironic that this video just appeared, as I just sat down for a little break from “spring cleaning.”

[@samiam619]

Oh, sure! WE Believe you! (Muffled laughter)

[@WmRob]

To be honest, Talia could sit on a couch and eat chips and I’d still watch.

[@Taracinablue]

The narrator's cheery, old-timey voice was perfect--and the interaction between cleaner and narrator unexpected and fun =)

[@lisasmith8471]

She ends up putting the stuff for the thrift store in the garage because she needs space in the vehicle for the luggage when they go on summer vacation.

[@doughesson]

The US Navy spent two months teaching me how to fold an entire sea bag issue of dungaree pants, Chambray shirts,socks & underwear to fit inside an18" " 18" space for storage aboard ship. "A place for everything & everything is in its place" It was so we'd learn to pay attention to detail & not forget anything that could prove to be crucial. After Boot camp graduation,I walked out the gate to go to Main Side to start my A school. Ten seconds after clearing the shadow of the gate, I'd forgotten every folding technique & just rolled every thing up to fit.

[@Nyante]

Ha! That's the spirit! 🤣🤣🤣

[@deborahpetipas9365]

I swear your videos are so good. Truth disguised as satire. This one makes me kinda paranoid. I've got bags and boxes for the thrift store from before Christmas. " I'm working on it!"

[@cynthiajohnston424]

Perfect timing - and a great laugh ! Just today I decided to do my Spring cleaning ... from 2015 !!!

[@AB-ez4rm]

She is such a good actress. Very enjoyable to watch.

[@ayakotami3318]

Brought back my own childhood of mom literally meticulously dusting, mopping, vacuuming every single nook and cranny in the house. She's not that way anymore but still. . .😓

[@suzannehartmann946]

Oh my mom was that way and recruited us kids to do more than our share lol.

[@jerrykinnin7941]

if you don't disturb the dust you don't need to dust Right?

[@debraseiber8820]

My late mother who checked every nook and cranny for dust ,cobwebs etcetera . That part of folding those clothes over and over yep that's her.

[@mik1of3]

My mom was sneaky. She’d wait till we were at summer camp, vacation with friends, ling visit with relatives and she’d go in and do what she’d call a “deep clean and purge”. We’d come back to a sparkling clean room with half our stuff gone!

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

This is so true y'all but you forgot one thing. Once you clean off the porch the pollen comes and turns everything green.

[@janicesullivan8942]

Hahahahaahaha….so true.

[@jphilb]

It is pollen season. Soon to be June bug season.

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

@@jphilb ugh don't remind me.

[@christinamanis4351]

Hubby washed my car yesterday...it's yellow again...

[@tracigresham7164]

@@christinamanis4351 🤣 I started to rinse mine off at least and then I thought...Nah

[@patrickschardt7724]

Love Talia Her reactions are spot on The biggest problem with cleaning is how sidetracked I get after seeing something I hadn’t seen in a while

[@janicesullivan8942]

“A dried leaf can expire.” LOL. I have a fitted sheet that needs folding, I’m postponing that job hoping the world will end before I have to do it.

[@juliayoung537]

So true! I'm an old southern woman but folding a fitted sheet "properly" won't happen 🤣

[@rayjohnson2387]

@@juliayoung537 try and fold it halfway...get irritated...throw it in the closet...go watch TV 🙂

[@robyndrake4798]

I cannot fold a fitted sheet to save my life.

[@cheryljohnson6448]

You are my spirit human😊😊😊

[@janicesullivan8942]

@@rayjohnson2387 Haha, so true.

[@harrymarsee1872]

Life long Southerner here, I live by the motto, American by birth, Southern by the Grace of God and these skits hit sooo close to home, it's unreal!🤣🤣🤣

[@katherinetyrrell8810]

A Midwesterner here,but I should have been born a Southerner. I couldn't be one, so I married one. ;).

[@harrymarsee1872]

@@katherinetyrrell8810 Close enough!

[@iwanttobelieve5970]

I started howling at the donation pile. 😂😂😂

[@joshuawells835]

In my family, we have Spring Culling; my father's more aggressive form of Spring Cleaning. I'm pretty sure I've lost a few books to Spring Culling.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Did you try hiding some favorites before the Time of Tears comes? Worked with my step mom lol

[@joshuawells835]

@@TragoudistrosMPH I did not and even if I did, my father is methodical. He'll get to it and if it currently has no function or use, it's trash.

[@hughbrackett343]

@Joshua Wells sounds like my late father-in-law. According to my wife, one day, he'd decide to clean out the garage and haul it to the dump. Two weeks later, he'd be looking for something he threw out and swear someone had come in his garage and stolen it.

[@rocker5732]

:) I love it when it’s a southern thing posts

[@MephistoAngel]

Love this! 😂 being a female born in 1952 I heard all those things we were suppose to do ……but I never did them 😂

[@lmboh8585]

Yesterday Liz was my spirit animal, today its Talia. You all have set up cameras in my house haven't you?

[@blanchekonieczka9935]

I hang all my clothes up in my walk in closet except for bras, underwear and socks. Those go in a bag that hangs on the closet handle. Takes minutes to put away my clothes after doing laundry and everything is easy to find. This works for me because my sons are grown and I'm happily divorced. Perfect system for a joyous single!

[@rayjohnson2387]

And it frees up a bunch of drawer space in your dresser

[@brittanysmth90]

That’s really smart!

[@blanchekonieczka9935]

@@brittanysmth90 thank you!

[@blanchekonieczka9935]

@@rayjohnson2387 I moved a year and a half ago and left my dresser behind. The bedroom in my new apartment is a bit smaller and I wanted my computer desk in the room so the dresser was sacrificed. My lazy system made my dresser less important than my desk. 😁

[@agerven]

@@brittanysmth90 Thank you. We single men have been doing that for ages!

[@ellerj641]

The folding of the shirts was my nightmare for years. I tried different techniques. Some were too difficult, some made my shirts super super wrinkly, others took up ten times more space in my drawer. Like rolling the shirts. Yeah, that does not save space. That took up ten times more space in my drawer and made my shirts super wrinkly. I finally resorted to the five second fold, with an extra fold added in to make the shirt smaller, and bam! Perfectly small, folded shirts that don't leave wrinkles. But I have also resorted to just hanging 80%-90% of my shirts just to save time and drawer space.

[@zuzuspetals9281]

But do they spark joy?!

[@adnama9654]

Or just uhm toss it in a bunk like us teenagers do

[@thebazile5253]

I use that Marie kondo method and it allows me to put in so many more things in the draws and know what's in there. It's especially helpful because we don't have that much room to begin with

[@clrobinson1776]

I just stick my shirts on hangers. Winkle problem solved. It also forces me to get rid of some when I can’t move the hangers on the rod.

[@rayjohnson2387]

@@clrobinson1776 I hang up everything...my dresser is just for decoration 🤣

[@highvibrationalwoman4435]

I ain’t even from the south and I’m addicted to this channel

[@stephaniesmith5584]

It doesn't end there. Where I live the donation shops are stingy on when they accept donations. I drove around with two bags in my trunk from October through March before I found one that was open to donations.

[@TheJoyBinkley]

oh yes! "Donation" trips actually turn into trips to the places for donation And a follow up trip to the dump where we further sort through whatever didn't get taken. Hubs will drive around for a While with "donations" accumulating in the trunk. 😅

[@living4mylord]

This. Soooo sick of the work and then try and donate and yeah, timing is NEVER right. I will refrain from mentioning my solution to avoid incriminating myself *cough*

[@christine4223]

Homeless shelters take donations as will some churches. I have the National Kidney Services - I think that's the name - pick up donations. When I finally remember to call them.

[@arielvaldez1050]

I feel attacked.. 😂😂😂 there are definitely two boxes of pots & pans and a trash bag full of clothes in the trunk that have been headed for donation for almost five months 🥴🥴🥴🥴

[@zaram131]

Same here, except it’s a pile in the garage. So glad I’m not the only one!

[@ChanaRo613]

Me too!

[@carolynpastorek9228]

I’m impressed with everyone’s generous spirit, and the fact that the donations made it to the trunks of your cars. Mine sits accusingly on the floor of my studio.

[@billstephens396]

Me: - has a drink with the narrator - Wait... Why are you a whole keg ahead of me?!? Narrator: 5 years of this crap and you'd be an alcoholic too! - taps the second keg -

[@AA-hy6nb]

That was just perfect description of any big cleaning!

[@bubbles9975]

I love this channel 🥰❤️🥰

[@theoriginalchefboyoboy6025]

I thought it was going to end with Talia either going to the thrift store to buy different stuff (or maybe buy her own stuff back!), or going to Dollar General and loading up...

[@JasonMoir]

You can't throw away your kid's drawings. That's a ticket to hell, I tell you what.

[@KevinCrouch0]

I feel Talia's " I'm working on it!" My backseat is full of recycling... From months ago

[@needsbeer]

I was in a bad mood. This cheered me up. Thank you.

[@rosalindr4975]

Cheers

[@needsbeer]

@@rosalindr4975 Same to you. 🍺

[@rosalindr4975]

@@needsbeer thanks! I stick with ginger or root beer & a joint, I used to be a black out drinker. Designated driver now. This channel is good for the soul and a laugh

[@needsbeer]

@@rosalindr4975 I wish you all the best. Be safe and well. Keep the good content flowing.

[@ghostlyrose8946]

Right after spring cleaning is garage sale season... So true, y'all! 🤣

[@nanbowman7639]

So much truth!

[@lizzyhuo9789]

THANK YOU!!!! this explains EVERYTHING!!!! It's not me, it's my roots!

[@hannahrosegirl9]

Ahh spring cleaning my mothers favorite way to torture me and my siblings

[@ayakotami3318]

Yep. Memories of a childhood indeed. 😓

[@elultimo102]

All that work, just to have it get dirty again...😂

[@was1958]

Dirt should not be a reason for cleaning.

[@coconuts-vanilla]

the voiceover is 🤌🤌🤌🤌 ✨✨✨✨

[@ShawT347]

I love y’all videos and y’all are the best I personally come from Mississippi but from the beach part and I am still considered southern so

[@lindariley7037]

Mississippi is thoroughly Southern all over the state!

[@Thunder_Dome45]

It's nice to see these videos again. The shorts are cute and funny but either I missed them or they aren't being done like this anymore.

[@davidsinclair47]

We are doing my wife's favorite mode of spring cleaning, yes indeed we are moving again.

[@FelisTerras]

Which reminds me, I have to bring these old clothes to the donation booth tomorrow...

[@kirsbeasley87]

I felt this in my soul. The accuracy was borderline frightening.

[@En_Marche]

Spring Cleaning: A long-honored tradition widely reduced to lip-service only once the internet went public in 1993.

[@marschlosser4540]

Phyllis Diller once said, thank God the river flooded or I would never have gotten the laundry done. Of the house cleaned :)

[@cy_torrent]

I just cleaned my room... This was so relatable, all the stuff from that no longer fits me, or pieces of paper that I left behind that hold value. I even found stuff like I didn't know I had a jewelry box from my parents hidden in my closet lol

[@katarh]

This hit home. There is a pile of books in the middle of the living room that have to go to a donation bin, on Saturday morning. If I don't do it now I'll cave and put them back on the shelf.

[@TexasUSMCVet]

"That's gotta go" (as she puts it back). Classic. Dunno how many times we've done that! :D :D :D

[@suzz1776]

Duuuuuuudddddeeeeee this is sooooo me. Especially putting the bad thing right back in the fridge. Lmfao....thx God for my mother who loves to clean and organize and always helps me out with these tasks. Lol

[@wesballard7602]

LOVE Y'ALL!!!

[@pnw838]

I recently saw a meme where someone's 3 million year old Himalayan salt had an expiration date! 🤔😄

[@suzanneroberge494]

Outstanding! Thank you, it's both true & hilarious.

[@mrs.carlin]

Ugh!!! SO TRUE!! I have a box to donate but instead of putting it in my car I put it in fhe garage. 😳 There has to be some sort of support group for me. 🤪😂

[@merpius]

Color coding books is the worst abomination to ever come out of the twisted mind of an interior designer.

[@benjie128]

I'm a historian. Mine are by subject.

[@merpius]

@@benjie128 that is a comepletely reasonable means of organization. Just about anything is better than "by color." How many people go to the bookshelf because they're after a (not a particular) magenta book?

[@idjtoal]

Agreed, but then there's the thing where you turn them around so all you see is the pages, not the spine. I'm not sure which one's worse.

[@merpius]

@@idjtoal ah, yes, I had blocked that from my mind. It is worse than sorting by color. If you do that just donate the books to someone who doesn't hate them and themselves.

[@hazelwitherspoon2721]

Love her trying to do the KonMari method…..especially the folding.

[@yvetterobertson2770]

A clean house is a sign of a life wasted.

[@MrArob826]

Liz, you're too funny....lol

[@donnajernigan5821]

I am the mama that keeps everything. I have every baseball/softball uniform my kids have ever played in. I also have all their baseball and softball equipment and old cleats. I don’t know why I can’t let it go. Lol

[@streetofdreams4538]

Everything in that "cleaning out a bin of old stuff" scene around 2:35 is so real, haha!! 😆

[@keric3730]

I follow several minimalist lifestyle (moderate lifestyle, not extreme, not aesthetic minimalism) and there are people in the comment section that are on their 5 year of decluttering. It's like an onion; we get rid of stuff and then later come along and realize we can get rid of a little more, then a little more. This is on top of practicing general maintenance and having a plan in place for how to remove stuff from our homes. It takes time but it's worth it

[@agerven]

Let's not talk about the reality of general maintenance please ... I've seen the worst of that when lodging over night in a friends home and i try to not sink so deep in my home. Mind the "so deep".

[@marygames8003]

This was so relatable.

[@haimroman6518]

One of the best that I've seen so far!

[@katwitanruna]

Actually I fold my shirts and roll my socks but I’m a Navy brat. LOL

[@TheMrAshley2010]

Love Liz's voice in this!

[@rennigaderedd9483]

That is so much like my roommate. I'm still waiting for him to unpack boxes from 14 years ago! LOL 😆 I throw something out, and he brings it right back in. I try to clean, and he clutters. I organize,and he just does whatever. It's driving me nuts! What do you expect from a Damn Yankee though? LOL 😆 🤣 😂

[@rosalindr4975]

I’m a transplant from upstate New York. Don’t let him get a China cabinet, ever.

[@rennigaderedd9483]

@@rosalindr4975 Parish the thought! There are to many tables, chairs, beds, etc...as is, so a china cabinet is a no go if it's not brought up. LOL 😆 🤣

[@RexTheDinosaur1]

That has nothing to do with him being from up North. My mother is from up North and she kept a very clean house. The only reason why she doesn't clean anymore cuz she's in a wheelchair. But I know people from down south and they don't keep clean houses. Some people just were never taught. They were spoiled as kids.

[@rennigaderedd9483]

@@RexTheDinosaur1 What I said was a joke, and he's not from the North, he's from the West Coast. Anyone can have a messy house, and it has nothing to do about if they were taught, or not. I know people who had clean freaks for parents, and still had a messy house, and I've also known people whose parents kept a messy home, but they're clean freaks, it has to do with the person themselves.

[@rosalindr4975]

@@RexTheDinosaur1 clutter can be spotless or filthy

[@eight10aaronn]

Keeping all the junk, trash, and donations in the trunk for months without taking it to the thrift store is relatable 😂

[@chelsealong5191]

“I’m tired from fighting traffic…” same and I only have to go 5 minutes 😂

[@deevargas4780]

Love this!

[@vvkelly97]

❤️

[@TheSouthIsHot]

I loved her acting. She's a true comedian!

[@mark-be9mq]

One of your best. So true

[@denisadellinger4543]

It's like if you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to want a glass of milk to go with it.

[@lynnsmith3995]

Talia- Thank you from the bottom of my heart. And nice accent, English Lady. 🤩

[@grace7701]

LOL I literally have bags in my trunk that I've driving around with in trunk for who knows how long that I'm supposed to drop off at the thrift store. 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@zaram131]

I have a bag of clothes and shoes to drop into the donation bin that has literally been in my car for at least half a year. It’s so embarrassing.

[@kgish99]

Loved this! Had me laughing out loud. Really.

[@claymitchell2335]

People, I use herbs and spices that are DECADES old. The nutmeg's still good at 30+ years. (I swear. We put in in a tupper-ware container that has never been refilled.) Some of the other labels on our spices have faded so that we had to use markers to keep them identifiable. Still have 'em.

[@plumeria9990]

I gave my bags of clothes and boxes of books to my best friend to take to the charity. She will do it! Spring Cleaning!💐

[@M335h1]

Omfg yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss this is exactly (eh close enough) the movie that played out in my head when I first discovered those old propaganda films from 30s-50s teaching young women hygiene and beauty routines to new wives household care routines all distributed by male led companies. As I was watching them a film like this comparing the modern women to those antiquated standards played in my head. This. Is. Beyond. Satisfying. Now spoof the introduction to new kitchen technology videos that feature ridiculously too enthusiastic housewives showing off all their new appliances to the daughter plz ty yes. So. Effing. Glorious. If I had income I would throw so much money at you rn for this video alone. Great work team. 👏

[@jb6712]

I have one single box that's ready to go to the local thrift store, which is 3/4 of a mile away. I packed the box one year ago. I'm still thinking about putting it into the car, but now I have a different car that may, or may not, be able to take the box in its far smaller trunk than my other car had. The rest of my apartment is clean.....I live alone, so nobody to mess things up.....but I have to get motivated to get that one single box out of here. Maybe tomorrow.... The end.

[@ksrenreno6196]

I was told by a friend that dust is a protective coating.

[@MsLeslieke]

LOVE the English accent. Then it gets frustrated and needs a drink! ❤️❤️❤️

[@loving_lioness3518]

😂🤦 I JUST officially dropped off a clothes donation bag that sat in my room for 4 months then in my trunk for 3 weeks.

[@gcb345]

Retired navy here. I, among many career sailors learned how to fold clothes for maximum storage in a locker aboard ship.

[@promiscuous5761]

Thank you.

[@aliaperez7809]

Loving the Doris Day music in the background!

[@user-zg1qz8oz2u]

This one caught me in the middle of my Spring cleaning,lol.

[@idjtoal]

"When it comes to sorting through children's keepsakes, try to limit it to one or two items, then the rest is bye, bye baby!" -- Just wanted to say, there is something deeply, deeply wrong with someone who actually thinks like that. Good episode, even if it does ( apparently? ) hit a little too close to home, lol.

[@jsharp3165]

If you've gone through enough dead relatives bins full of junk, you appreciate this type of thinking. It all ends up in the trash anyway. Except for one or two things.

[@idjtoal]

@@jsharp3165 After someone dies, sure, but that's a little different. How many times have you pulled a box out of the back of the closet and gone through it, and remembered things you hadn't thought about in forever? Memories are part of your identity, really?

[@Chahlie]

After all my kids had been gone from home a couple years and were relatively settled I went through all their old papers and photos and gave each one a box of stuff, with actual photo albums to put it in. Kept one album for myself which can go overseas. Threw out literally garbage bags of photos from back in the day :(

[@kevins4213]

Liz is awesome on the voice over hahah

[@bieuxyongson]

🤣🤣 I can’t let my husband see this…ever. We do not share the sense of time. I have a room that needs serious attention (and a few closets). Talia and I must share a soul!

[@irishiz498]

This is *SO ME* right down to rolling my clothes !!😃😄😀😀😂

[@EricDaMAJ]

I just found it easier to call Spring Cleaning Winter Cleaning.

[@timmmartin2640]

Love the way Talia's voice changes to the little southern girl when she arrangin the books. They look so pur-tee

[@lorenstribling6096]

I would love for Talia and Liz to come and help me with spring cleaning. I will provide the wine!