Cleaning schedule help

Youaremylolipop

I came to this board because I feel like the cleaning and organizing board is too dead, but I need help coming up with a cleaning schedule. I feel like all I ever do is go to work and sleep, go to work and sleep, and then some more working and some more sleeping. I just don't feel like I ever have time to clean but maybe having a schedule would help.

My work schedule goes like this

Monday,Tuesday,Thursday:1pm-7:30pm

Wednesday:2pm-7:30pm

Fri,Sat: OFF

Sunday: 7am-3:30pm

Also, do you have any ideas for how my husband and I can split the cleaning? He works over night so he is always home during the day.

 

MrsChanceW

My husband works nights too and I work days. He will do stuff like the laundry and the dishes and I will put them away when I get home. One of us will do the kitchen and the other will do the bathroom cleaning. I usually vacuum and dust on Fridays because I am off that day too. 

MommyLiberty5013

How many square feet is your home? That kind of determines how much you should aim to do in a week's time.

Make a list of everything in your home that needs to be done and then decide if you want the entire place cleaned every week, every 2 weeks, every 3 weeks, etc.

Your list can include things like bathrooms (maybe you want to clean toilets every week, but the rest of the space every 2 weeks), dusting, floors, vacuuming, wiping windows, cleaning appliances, sorting/filing, laundry (sub categories of linens and towels and ironing).

Be sure to have days that you don't clean at all and build the cleaning schedule so that the larger, more time consuming chores are on days that you have more open time.

Personally, I have 3 kids under 3 1/2 and I am a SAHM and I feel like it's my job to do the brunt of the cleaning around here. But in the past six months, I have had to go from a 2 week routine, to a 3 week routine, and last night I rewrote my schedule for cleaning to be a 4 week routine.

I do laundry every day, and clean the kitchen every day, and I still clean toilets 1x per week, but everything else is done every 4 weeks (ironing is done every other week). My DH travels a TON so I have to do this to fit it all in with the kids' routines and the errands as well as driving my DS to preschool.

Another tip I have, if you don't already do it, is to always remove your shoes before entering your home. It is amazing how much dirt it cuts out from sweeping and vacuuming. Also, stash cleaning supplies in each bathroom, so you don't have to remember where you last had the paper towels and windex - just knowing where it all is makes it a lot easier.

jessica490

We own a townhouse condo (1030 sq ft) and I usually clean each weekend by floor. This past weekend, I cleaned the downstairs level which included the living room, kitchen, small bathroom and stairs by the front door and garage. I dust, H vacuums. I also fully clean the bathroom. (about 1 hour)

Next weekend, I will do the upstairs hall, 2 bedrooms and full bathroom. I dust, H vacuums. (about 1.5 hours)

We rotate every weekend. Once inwhile, I will wipe down things with lysol like door handles, bathroom counters and maybe clean the toilet as needed. We just maintain the kitchen counted and dishes as we eat and clean up.

Laundry is done while cleaning every weekend. We do 2 loads per week.

It's a very simple process and I hardly end up doing any cleaning Mon-Friday except for some picking up and straightening.

formerlyGDaisy09

What about tackling just a few little things a day? here's what we've tried with our 1300 sqft 2 BR 2 BA house *no kids* *2 cats, 1 dog* each set of daily tasks takes roughly an hour

Monday: start a load of laundry, pick up things that are out of place around the house (don't leave a room empty handed), switch laundry, vacuum living room, kitchen, dining room, fold laundry

Tuesday: clean bathrooms, change out all towels, do laundry if needed

Wednesday: clean master bedroom (change sheets, pick up anything that's accumulated since monday) vacuume floor, vacuum guest room, laundry as needed

Thursday: Because of pets (dog sheds a ton) this day is a repeat of Monday

Friday: pick an area to organize (this week it's the coat closet)...you could also turn friday into laundry day since it's your day off (then you don't do laundry the other days)

Saturday: kitchen, thoroughly wipe down counters moving small appliances, once a month wash the floor, since this is your other day off] big jobs would fall here

Sunday: dusting

My husband does well with small lists....he's good at running the vacuum if I ask him, and we have a 4-bin laundry sorter (linens, whites, colors, hang-dries) so he knows (hot water, warm water, cold water, cold water no dryer) he's pretty good a tackling the laundry since we came-up with that system.

Janessadawn

I made us something like this. We still have to fine-tune it but writing it all down definitely helps. I broke mine up into four parts: daily, weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly. We work M-F so our weekly tasks get done on the weekends, and I structured it so that we have 1 "off" weekend each month.

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/71213237831305175/

backinaction

Thank you so much for all of the responses

This is youaremylolipop btw, trying to get back onto the knot.