What's up everyone? I'm Kirsten Johnson the Renaissance woman and welcome to my show where today We're going to be discussing how to prepare your apartment before you leave to travel So today like I said we're discussing how to prep your home for when you're going out of town Out of the country to your man's house to anybody's house We're going to be for an extended period of time one of the most important things you can do is prepare your home For your arrival. So I'm going to give you a few steps wash your clothes wash your sheets wash them dishes Never ever ever ever ever leave home for a long extended period of time with any dishes in your sink I don't think I need to remind you but pests come where pests like to lay in dirty moldy Sninky areas. So if you leave food in your sink Anywhere out you can come home to nasty mess full of roaches full of pests full of all of these things But you did not have to worry about prior to leaving Secondly, make sure you unplug Everything that you have plug in minus your fridge. Obviously you can't let your food go bad But unplug your clocks unplug your lamps unplug anything in your wall even your TV Yes, even your TV because these things are constantly Still being built to you is using up energy. It's raising your energy bills You can come home to an additional $50 that you could have saved had you unplugged everything even if your TV is off if it's still plugged in It's still using electricity now save that money save them coins unplug what doesn't need to be plugged in and make sure you lower your bills now three there's nothing Nothing better than traveling for five to seven hours and when you come home that bed. It's just It's so clean. It's so fresh the pillows and the sheets are waiting for you Clean them sheets prep yourself so that you're coming home to a clean Relaxing environment. Welcome back to work and number four Make sure you are cleaning out that fridge a lot of us forget about the food that we have sitting in our fridge prior to traveling You've got that leftover lasagna You've got those leftover fries some fruit vegetables clean it out clean it out clean it out Because what you're gonna come home to is a very stinky house Nine times out of ten if you leave food in there to go bad It will seek into your apartment you ever walk into your house like what is that smell and you can't find the smell Check your fridge. It's probably in your fridge So prior to leaving make sure you don't have to come home and say What is that smell because you've cleaned your fridge out? You want to avoid mold you want to avoid pest and you want to avoid coming back to a foul smelling apartment and last but not least number five after doing all All that cleaning you got to take that trash out baby Take that trash out because if your fridge ain't smelling the trash darn sure will so make sure you take your trash out Make sure you clean out your fridge make sure you clean them sheets make sure you wash them dishes Make sure you unplug all those Flugs with the holiday season coming up Thanksgiving is the most traveled holiday in this country prepare your home for your absence Prepare it for your welcome back arrival as well enjoy the holidays and get ready to prepare your home for it You