Having a one year old and being a stay at home mom, I have to find ways to clean our house easily and in a short amount of time.  Melody follows me around and likes to be right underneath me, so I don't want to spend all day cleaning.  I usually clean early in the morning right after she gets up.  She is happiest during this time of day, and she will usually play more without being right under me.  So this gives me an hour or so a day to clean or do some sort of chore.  I can also do some things during her naps, but I usually like to decompress and blog during that time.  So below are just three things that I feel have made a huge difference in my household cleaning!