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Today In the Spotlight | More Topics |   from Jen Hubley It's a very good thing that we're not doing Christmas at my house this year. I'm not going to say that the place is a mess, but we would be imminent danger of being suffocated by dust bunnies. I picture them all lying in wait under various pieces of furniture, biding their time until dessert. Then, when we're sufficiently distracted, they would rise up and take over my house.   In the Spotlight 15-Minute Cleanups for Every Room I'm not going to get off scot-free, however. I'm on cleanup patrol at my Mom's house. And while her house is certainly cleaner than mine - sorry, Mom, you did your best with me - it can use a quick once over before company arrives.              More Topics Dorel Recalls Nearly 450,000 Car Seats Toddlers 10 Gifts They'll Eat up Baking Could Loneliness Be Contagious? Psychology Twitter Trends in 2009 Web Search Best Gifts for Travelers National & State Parks Creative New Year's Resolutions Painting Follow Us on Twitter! About.com Basic Cleaning Supply List My first job, as always, will be to run to the store for supplies. I always volunteer for this, as it gets me out of the first round of tidying. (I'm sneaky like that.)   9 Tips for Speed Cleaning Ooh, this is good advice: "The room you always leave until last is the best one to start in. Procrastinating the rooms we hate cleaning only makes us feel worse when we say that we're done." Guess that means I'm starting with the bathroom.     Sponsored Links   Feeling Under the Weather? Evaluating Your Cold Symptoms How to tell when a runny nose is just a cold, and when it might be turning into something more serious and require a visit to the doctor. More> Today Ads House Cleaning Rate Cleaning Maids Maid Clean Mold Clean Up Mould Cleaning Advertisement     Visit Related About GuideSites: Arts & Entertainment Automotive Careers Citysearch Cities & Towns Computing & Technology Education Food & Drink Health & Fitness History Hobbies & Games Homework Help House & Home Industry & Business Magazines Money News & Issues Parenting & Family People & Relationships Religion & Spirituality Shopping & Style Small Business Sports Teens Travel Search About      Sign up for more free newsletters on favorite topics. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Today newsletter as fashionin2010.fashionin2010@BLOGGER.COM. If you wish to change or remove your email address, please visit: http://www.about.com/nl/usgs.htm?nl=todaysl&e=fashionin2010.fashionin2010@BLOGGER.COM About respects your privacy. Our Privacy Policy. Our Contact Information. 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2008 About, Inc.