Cleaning & Organizing
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A spin off of "cleaning schedule"
Hey I just got done reading a previous post about cleaning schedules...
For those of you who are not SAHMs and work full time away from home...how do you manage a clean, organized home? I work 9-6 M-F and get home at about 6:45. After dinner it's probably close to 8:00pm. Most of my cleaning is devoted to the weekend. And if there is an event, birthday party etc, forget about it.
How do you do detail cleaning, dusting, cleaning cupboards, under furniture, mopping, windows, baseboards, etc. meanwhile washing laundry-folding and putting away, grocery shopping (and searching flyers and coupons and list making) and making dinners. How do you ladies do it?!
I don't even have kids yet and I can't keep up with a clean house.
I definitely will not win the housekeeper of the year award.
For those of you who are not SAHMs and work full time away from home...how do you manage a clean, organized home? I work 9-6 M-F and get home at about 6:45. After dinner it's probably close to 8:00pm. Most of my cleaning is devoted to the weekend. And if there is an event, birthday party etc, forget about it.
How do you do detail cleaning, dusting, cleaning cupboards, under furniture, mopping, windows, baseboards, etc. meanwhile washing laundry-folding and putting away, grocery shopping (and searching flyers and coupons and list making) and making dinners. How do you ladies do it?!
I don't even have kids yet and I can't keep up with a clean house.
I definitely will not win the housekeeper of the year award.
Re: A spin off of "cleaning schedule"
"hidden" time are seconds and minutes while you're waiting for other things to happen... mail to arrive, pot of water to boil, laundry to finish, etc The time you spend staring at the pot, checking your phone, watching tv, could be spent emptying/refilling the dishwasher....or throwing in a load of laundry. It sounds funny, but sometimes I 'race' my microwave. "Okay, 43 seconds? I can totally run upstairs and grab the windex and paper towels and make it back downstairs before it beeps." I do the same thing with commercial breaks.
Another trick is that I do a lot of the paperwork and laundry folding at night during DVR'd shows. It keeps my hands busy while still letting me feel like i'm relaxing. I'll keep netflix or pandora on my ipad and carry it around me while I clean or do other not-fun tasks. It helps keep my mind entertained and me in a good mood!
meals are typically planned about 2 days in advance, so I have a good idea of the time commitment or any prep that needs to be done....or if i need to stop at the store on my way home from work (SO much better than coming home and then realizing you have to go back out again!).
I am a HUGE supporter of the 'tidy when you leave the room' philosophy. It keeps the house feeling neat and un-cluttered, which does a LOT for my sanity
A typical weekend 'cleaning/laundry day' to do list looks like this:
Wake up
Throw laundry in
Clean bathrooms (2)
Switch Laundry
Dust house
Switch Laundry
Vacuum House
Clean/tidy kitchen, snack on something
Switch laundry
Shower, Get dressed
Put laundry away
DONE! (do other things with my day)
--- total time: about 4-5 hours. end result = clean house, laundry done, shower-fresh wife!
A typical weekday looks like this:
Wake up
Shower, dressed
Quick dinner prep (usually taking meat/fish out of the freezer)
Grab lunch (packaged from the night before)
Work
Errands if needed
Home
Dinner
Mail/paperwork
Relax/misc tasks
Clean/tidy kitchen, lunch prep
tidy house on the way upstairs
bedtime
Again, its different for everyone....what I do works for my family. Good luck!
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Expert tip for 'hidden' time while boiling water. Keep yourself within 'emergency sprinting distance'. somehow the pot ALWAYS boils over the second i turn my back. gah! I quit trying to clean outside the kitchen, and have now taken to lunges, counter pushups and leg raises hanging onto the counter instead.
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I also would win no awards for my housekeeping skills. Two things I do:
Sometimes I "time" myself. I will "straighten things" for 10 minutes. Or spend exactly (and only) 15 minutes doing kitchen stuff. I get a lot done and my whole evening isn't shot!
I will also give myself a goal. Second floor? I have to "do" 5 things. Change bathroom towels. Striaghten the bed. Put away my slippers. Fill the bill I paid yesterday. Sweep the hall.
It really helps in the long run!