Eye makeup:

When you're supposed to: Every 3 months

When I do: Basically only when it breaks.

Sheets:

When you're supposed to: Once a week.

When I do: When a child spills milk on the bedding + when I remember/ have the physical and emotional capacity to strip the bed, put on fresh sheets and wash the dirty ones.

Sponges:

When you're supposed to: Every other week

When I do: Once they are noticeably slimy/stop absorbing soap and only after I have run it through the dishwasher

Humidifier filter:

When you're supposed to: Every 1-2 months

When I do: When I notice that the black stuff on it and it's at a state that's alarming

Pillows:

When you're supposed to: Every 2 years

When I do: When they commit suicide

Spices:

When you're supposed to: Every 2-3 years

When I do: When I run out.

Baking soda in the fridge:

When you're supposed to: Every 3 months

When I do: I am too cheap to buy an extra box just to keep in the fridge.

Mattress:

When you're supposed to: Flip it every 3 months

When I do: Never, ever in my entire life.

Electric toothbrush head:

When you're supposed to: Every 3 months

When I do: By this point I'm just too embarrassed to say.

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