Is there something you spend too much time cleaning?

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I had to stop everything today to clean two things. One took no time at all, even though it's been bothering me for days. The other? Too much time! I burned popcorn in the microwave one night. The smell never seems to go away. Today I took some water with vinegar and some essential oil, put it into that microwave for 5 minutes and was able to clean it out easily. No more smell. That was a few minutes that have changed my life. My fan, however, is a major pain in my behind. It doesn't have a removable filter. In fact, when I looked up the manual for it, it states emphatically not to take it apart to clean. But the front of it was full of dust and cat fur. So when I run the fan (it's a tower fan), it irritates my eyes very badly. I finally brought a chair over to it, and a small pen. I sat for 30 minutes the first time, going into each section to try and pull the dust bunnies out. It takes forever! I got a good part of it all out and tried running it for a while, hoping the rest would blow out. They did not. I later went back with disinfecting wipes wrapped around the same pen and did it all again. The wipes took out most of the dust. It looks a lot better but it's still irritating my eyes. So I'll look at it again later when the sun comes around to this side of the building. I'll be able to see better what's going on in there. Have you had any problems with a cleaning project at your place? I'm ready to scream. Claudia