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If you have a cleaning schedule-help
DH and I have tried before to have a cleaning schedule. But we'll do good one or two days and then we dont clean at all for several days. Then when we clean again things seem to be out of control and I get so frustrated. Our house is not such a mess but I would like to have a clean and organized home and not just things picked up here and there. How long did it take you to adjust to your cleaning schedule? Any tips or suggestions. TIA
Re: If you have a cleaning schedule-help
DH and I just set up a very managable cleaning schedule. We have never had one before, but I will be teaching 3 very different classes this school year, so structure is a must. We decided on the following:
Daily chores: Thoroughly clean kitchen (dishes, dishwasher, countertops), put all clutter laying around the house in flexible baskets (bought 1 for each of us)
Weekly chores: Vacuum floors, run through with the swiffer duster, wipe down bathrooms, laundry, put away baskets of clutter
Monthly (or bi-monthly depending on time) chores: Completely clean bathrooms (soft scrub, windex, tub, etc), mop floors well, polish furniture, dust walls and fans
I know it's pretty simple, and I should probably be doing a lot more than that, but I need to just keep to the basics. We considered having a cleaning person come 2x a month, but with this list we will be okay. My goal is not to let things pile up so that we have a neat house. I also spent a LOT of time this summer competely purging every room in my house. I got rid of over half of my clothes, and TONS of clutter that has been building around the house and in our closets. I think this will help the most!
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Sunday is Laundry
Monday is Kitchen
Tuesday is a Bathroom (this rotates weekly so that all bathrooms are cleaned at least once a month, we have 2.5 baths)
Wednesday is a Random room (Living room, bedroom, office, guest bedroom... this rotates like the bathrooms so that each room gets cleaned once a month)
Thursday is Floors (sweep and mop all floors)
Friday and Saturday are Rest days
We try to do one "big" chore a month. Sometimes it is clean windows, wipe baseboards, clean out a couple closets, clean basement, clean garage, put up Christmas decorations, Take down Christmas decorations - you get the idea. But we have 12 of those chores that take roughly 4-8 hours depending on how intensive it is.
Thank you ladies... these tips have helped me also.
I need to get a schedule down. I have none.
And I always seem overwhelmed, so I end up putting stuff off which just makes it worse. I have decided, I just need to start with one room and finish that.
The best tip that I've found in having a cleaning schedule is to keep a day where nothing's scheduled.
For us, that's Monday. On this day we can finish laundry that didn't get done over the weekend, clean an area a few days early if we know we're going to be out late, or just use that day to put our feet up and marvel at the fact that there's nothing to clean that day. lol
Good for you sis, your house is not that mess. I am always frustrated as well how to make things organized at home. Especially my 4yr old son he is always playing around and all his toys are scattered. I always do the laundry once a week either Sat or Sun. I always clean the house before going to bed. Hays!
Thanks
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