{"id":10817,"date":"2010-04-07T16:36:21","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T20:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/?p=10817"},"modified":"2010-12-01T13:42:15","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:42:15","slug":"a-cheerful-heart-clean-home-fresh-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/a-cheerful-heart-clean-home-fresh-start\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cheerful Heart: Clean Home, Fresh Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I realize that most people don&#8217;t LOVE to clean. It is a chore, but something that must be done. I would encourage you to have a cheerful attitude while you clean and organize.<\/p>\n<p>If you complain and work with a bad attitude your children are more likely to complain and dislike their chores. If you are cheerful and make cleaning fun (or at least not dreadful) your children <em>might <\/em>be inclined to happily participate in your projects.<\/p>\n<p>Put on some fun music or sing a song together as you work on cleaning and decluttering this month. If you are cleaning alone, put your favorite motivational music on your iPod and get working! The jobs will get done faster and everyone will be happier if you work with a good attitude.<br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/V-_3CLDUywQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xcc2550&amp;color2=0xe87a9f&amp;border=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/V-_3CLDUywQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xcc2550&amp;color2=0xe87a9f&amp;border=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/category\/homemaking\/clean-home-homemaking\/\" target=\"_blank\">Clean Home, Fresh Start<\/a><\/em><em> is a month long series to help you create a clean and clutter free home. Feel free to join in, follow along, share your tips and encouragement. Let\u2019s all help each other create a peaceful and welcoming home for our families, friends, and ourselves.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I realize that most people don&#8217;t LOVE to clean. It is a chore, but something that must be done. I would encourage you to have a cheerful attitude while you clean and organize. If you complain and work with a bad attitude your children are more likely to complain and dislike their chores. If you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[377,2490],"class_list":{"0":"post-10817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tips-and-tricks","7":"tag-clean-home-fresh-start","8":"tag-whistle-while-you-work","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10817"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15147,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10817\/revisions\/15147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}