Anyone else have a cleaning schedule? I have the hardest time sticking to mine. #1 reason I hate cleaning and #2 reason I hate cleaning!
So, here is my weekly cleaning schedule:
Monday - Dust upstairs, Bathroom upstairs
Tuesday - Vacum upstairs
Wed - Dust downstairs, mop kitchen/living room/breakfast area
Thur - Vacum downstairs, all trash out of house to curb
Fri - Bathroom downstairs
Sat - clean out fridge, organize desk & go through mail
Sun - sheets
Okay so there it is. I orginially made this b/c I was getting so frustrated with spending a whole day cleaning. I thought if I did a little each day I wouldn't get burned out. Well instead I get to Tuesday and say oh that's not too much I'll just do that tomorrow. Then a few more times that week I do that and before I know it I spend the whole day on Friday cleaning the whole house.
Any more tips for staying on top of housework? Sometimes I wish I worked outside the home just so we could have our house cleaned by someone else!!!
This is great! I have a cleaning schedule too because I hate to clean. I clean one room a day (we have 7 total if you count the master bath and bed as one and jake's room and bath as one). And I don't do anymore than that! Sometimes I don't clean at all, but usually I try to do one room a day : ) Do you have a dust buster? I just bought one and don't know how I ever lived without one!!
ReplyDeleteI do work outside the home but didn't realize that meant I could have someone else clean the house... maybe someone needs to send my husband that memo! I suppose you meant that then you could afford it, but we can't, so this is how we handle it.
ReplyDeleteI just do what needs to be done, as it needs to be done. my biggest job is the laundry, which i have to do every weekend, and it's at least 4-5 loads. i try to do some during the week if I can, but we have 2 nights a week where we are at church, so it's hard to use my few free nights to do laundry... ick!
as for the other things, I just do them when i notice them, and it's usually on the weekend. except last night, i had to mop the kitchen because my son spilled some newly potted plants in there. the mopping probably would have waited another week if not for that...
i guess when you work outside the house, you just have to decide what is really important. i would rather spend that time with my husband/kids then stress over the dust on my bookcases.
sorry for such a long comment!
get out of my head! I blogged about this not long ago and how desperately my family needs routines. I asked for tips on cleaning schedules. Copper's Wife (www.xanga.com/copperswife) has an extremely detailed cleaning routine. It consists of weekly tasks and monthly tasks. If she follows it, she must have the cleanest house ever!
ReplyDeletei have a confession ... when i started the business at home that is exactly what i did .. i have a blessing for a woman come twice a month and do it all ... it is the best money i ever spent... i just couldn't keep up working and cleaning... and i would much rather work ... and if i ever stop working i will cut something out of the budget but not my cleaning helper ... and she cutes my hair too ... she is fabulous !!!!!
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