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Finished my cleaning schedule
With so many changes in our life lately (my husband's school is over, we just moved into a new home, our baby has turned into a 15 month old, etc) our cleaning schedule first got tossed to the wayside and then when we went back to it found it didn't work for us anymore.
So I took a couple of weeks to see how our daily/weekly flow was and sat down to make a schedule. There are always questions about them here so I figured I'd write mine up.
I *live* by google calendars. You can set things for more than 'every monday' or 'every 15th'. You can do weekdays only, the 12th thursday of the year, every 5th weekend of a month, etc.
First, a couple of things:
* To give a preemptive apology- I love making lists and scheduling things. This is going to get long.
* As with life, it's a constant work in progress.
* It may seem like a lot or that it's overly complicated but a) it's really not and b) I can't stress enough how much help google calendars is in keeping all this straight.
DAILY:
* Dishes (put away clean, load dirty, wash the ones that don't go in the dishwasher)
* General kitchen clean up
* General rooms pick up (stuff from the morning, our son's room, the living room, wipe down the sinks)
MONDAY: NOTHING
* This is the day where we either finish the weekend chores we didn't have time for, clean something early if we're going out on that scheduled night, or just relax)
TUESDAY: BATHROOMS
* We have two but neither require an habitual hard clean so one Tuesday I'll do the mirrors/toilets (mirrors are easy, toilets are hard) and the next I'll do the tub/shower (tub is easy, shower is hard).
WEDNESDAY: LAUNDRY
* One load, no more. If I try to do more I'll never finish and a wet load will sit in the washer until Saturday. Gross.
THURSDAY: MISC/MEALS
* 1st Thurs of month - change air filters
* 2nd Thurs of month - update iPod
* 3rd Thursday - clean out the fridge
* Every Thursday - meal plan
FRIDAY: KITCHEN
* 1st and 3rd - clean oven/microwave
* 2nd - mop
* 4th - dust living room
* Every Friday - sweep
SATURDAY: OUTSIDE
* 2nd and 4th of month - farmer's market
* change sheets (hung outside)
* all laundry
* pull weeds/general garden maintenance
* sweep porch
* 1st and 3rd - clean out car
SUNDAY: EVERYTHING ELSE
* give the dog a bath/trim nails
* finish laundry
* vacuum
* groceries
* 4th Sunday of month - clean out couches
SPRING CLEANING: OUTSIDE
| clean out garage |
| clean/repair out door furniture |
| inspect roof |
| scrape/prime/paint peeling spots on trim/woodwork |
| clear away dead foliage/weeds |
| begin landscaping |
| remove cover over outside faucet |
| clean gutters |
SPRING CLEANING: INSIDE
| clear out wardrobe |
| wash windows |
| clean curtains |
| wash window sils |
| vacuum under furniture |
| service a/c |
| drain sediment from hot water heater |
| vacuum baseboards |
| launder pillows |
| vacuum condenser coils of fridge |
| wash light bowls from light fixtures |
| check hurricane emergency kit |
FALL CLEANING: OUTSIDE
| touch up paint on house |
| check caulk around windows/doors |
| wash outer windows |
| drain/put away hose |
| install cover over outside faucet |
| clear gutters |
FALL CLEANING: INSIDE
| clean curtains |
| clean window sills |
| vacuum baseboards |
| vacuum under furniture |
| launder pillows |
| wash winter covers |
| vacuum condenser coils of fridge |
| wash light bowls from light fixtures |
| drain sediment from hot water heater |
Re: Finished my cleaning schedule
I knew I'd forget something!
If you do use google calendars, take advantage of their colour coding system. For example, all my cleaning is in green and all the meals I plan for the week are in orange. Makes it easier to find things I'm looking for at a glance.
I love, love, love lists, love google (gmail and google reader) and my house is a mess, so this is great!
*off to figure out google calandar*
Thanks.