New House, New Cleaning Routine

We just bought our first house a few miles away from the farm in Dousman.  It is a little bit bigger than our rental down the street from the farm, but still nice and cozy.  We are in the process of fixing it up so we can actually live in it and as you might know, remodeling can get a little dirty.  Between all the dust from demo, the soot from chimney removal and walking in and out a million times a day, the dirt has kind of taken over.  Being a little OCD about laundry, I couldn't take the kids black socks anymore so, even though I know there will be more dust and it might seem futile, I HAD to wash the floors.  Might not seem like a big deal, right?  Well we have hardwood floors in the living room that we just had refinished (beautiful job Robert Nelson from Nelson Flooring) and laminate in the kitchen and dining area so I couldn't just whip out any old thing to clean it with.  The guys who did the hardwoods recommended WATER ONLY and I knew laminate could be touchy too.  I decided to swiffer the floors with a dry cloth and then go back over it with a very slightly damp cloth.  Worked great! Floors are now sock approved and ready for action.  But I got to thinking: If I can't use cleaning products on my new floors, what am I going to to do with the swiffer sweeper and wet jet that I had been using?  I know I can use the dry cloth, but what about tougher messes?  I tried wetting the swiffer dry cloths and that worked for now, but with all the hard surfaces, I know I will be going through a lot more of them than I had been.  Hmmm...what to do... I know!  I'll make my own pads!  What about cleaning solution?  Hello Google!  There are about a thousand videos and tutorials on making your own pads, but more importantly reusing the swiffer wet jet bottle.  So now I can put all my awesome sewing skills and some of the extra cloth diapers doublers that I have to good use!  And I can keep using my wet jet with plain water instead of cleaning solution.  I knew my husband was pretty smart, but who knew deciding to have the floor refinished instead of carpeted would actually end up saving us money in the end!