Hello, good morning,
Hope you had a restful and peaceful sleep. I hope this morning finds you rejuvenated for the Saturday ahead.
Saturday's at my house use to mean cleaning in the morning, and then the fun in the afternoon. Unless we had baseball games, or soccer games, or basketball games, karate tournaments, band competitions, cheerleading competitions, or whatever Saturdays are filled with., Then if we were lucky the house got cleaned in the afternoon, or not at all!
One year when all 4 kiddos were still at home, and I was trolling Pinterest, I found a cleaning schedule, and my life (cleaning) changed! I like schedules so a cleaning schedule fit right into my life. How had I never thought of this before? The schedules I found were amazing, but I needed something that I could follow, so I tweaked it a bit and made it my own.
This is my house cleaning schedule:
Morning: Make Bed, Empty dishwasher, One load of laundry, the chore of the day.
Evening: Load dishwasher, wipe kitchen counters, sweep/spot mop kitchen, pickup.
Chore of the day:
Monday: Mop/vacuum floors
Tuesday: Toilets n tubs/ Clean bathrooms
Wednesday: Wipe/dust furniture, Wipe down kitchen cabinets
Thursday: Thrift/budget and bedrooms
Friday: Free day: Or makeup day
Saturday: Swing Day
Swing Day: Once a month
Week 1: Windows/Mirrors
Week 2: Scrub oven microwave, and refrigerator
Week 3: Wipe walls baseboards and doors
Week 4: Upholstery
Week 5: Purge/organize
This takes about 20 mins to 1 hour per day, but then the house is clean.
I am not an OCD person, so this schedule may not work for you. Change it look for other schedules and make them your own. Im telling you changed my life. Yes, I still follow this schedule even though my kiddos are now kidults, I just like not having to clean the whole house every Saturday Morning! And Fridays Yahoo!