You must have a routine to follow. A weekly cleaning schedule and also a daily chore list! Your daily chore list must get done every single day..no excuses!! A sample of daily chores would look like this:
WIPE DOWN KITCHEN, LOAD AND UNLOAD DISHWASHER
SWEEP FLOOR
MAKE BEDS
QUICK WIPE AND SWIPE OF THE BATHROOMS
AT LEAST ONE LOAD OF LAUNDRY, WASHED, DRIED, FOLDED AND PUT AWAY
QUICK RUN THROUGH THE HOUSE FOR A PICK UP AND PUT AWAY
FAST SWEEP AFTER MEALS, DISHES IN DISHWASHER AFTER EVERY MEAL..NEVER LEAVE DISHES IN THE SINK..EVER!
FAST WIPE DOWN OF FINGERPRINTS..USE THE MR.CLEAN MAGIC ERASER AND GO THROUGH THE HOUSE WHILE YOUR ON THE PHONE WITH YOUR FRIEND OR MOM..JUST WIPE DOWN FINGERPRINTS AND AROUND THE DOOR JAMS, LIGHT SWITCHES, ETC.
QUICK WINDEX OF MIRRORS AND WINDOWS IF NEEDED
If your consistent with these daily chores, your home will always be company ready!
For your weekly schedule you may have to play around with it till you find something that works for you. No two schedules will look the same. Some women work and find doing all their cleaning on the weekends works for them. Others find doing one room at a time is the key to their success! Here is just a sample of what my weekly schedule looks like! While most women who have small ones aren't able to do the whole house in two days, just do what you can when you can! Make a list of 10 things to do each day, and if you do it everyday, your home will be in order!
My weekly schedule
MONDAY:
Daily chores
Clean out the refrigerator
Go grocery shopping
Mop kitchen floor
TUESDAY:
Daily chores
Vacuum stairs and family room and any other rooms if needed
Project Day. This is the day that I will clean a cupboard, drawer, closet or any other out of the ordinary chore that is not on my schedule. Each week I’ll see something that needs to be done. If I notice that the boy’s drawers are getting messy, I will make a note and do it on Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY:
Daily chores
UPSTAIRS CLEANING DAY
Strip beds and wash sheets
Clean bedrooms and upstairs bathrooms
BEDROOMS DETAILED LIST
- Strip beds
- Vacuum mattresses
- Take everything off dressers and dust/wipe down
- Wipe down everything before returning it to dresser
- Windex the mirrors and windows
- Dust the baseboards and windowsills
- Vacuum the rugs
- Put fresh sheets on the beds
BATHROOMS DETAILED LIST
- Remove all rugs/towels and throw into the wash
- Wash/clean
- Toilet
- Bathtub/shower
- Vanity and sink
- Wipe down everything
- Clean light fixtures
- Dust off baseboards/window sills/tp holder and towel rack
- Wipe down the walls
- Vacuum the floor
- Mop the floor
- Put out fresh hand towels
Hallway
- Dust the baseboards
- Vacuum the rugs
- Stairway
- Dust the railings and spindles
- Vacuum the stairs
THURSDAY:
DOWNSTAIRS CLEANING DAY
Daily chores
KITCHEN DETAILED LIST
- Remove all rugs and throw into wash
- Anything that can go into the dishwasher goes in. If you have burner trays, knobs from the stove, sponges, cookie jar, canisters (my canisters are lined with plastic bags, so I only have to pull the bag out), microwave tray, any other washable kitchen knick-knacks or items. They all come out nice and shiny and you didn’t have to scrub anything.
- Remove all other items from the counters. Scrub the counters well and scrub everything before putting back onto the counters. The less you have cluttering your counters the less you have to clean!
- Scrub sink
- Wipe down all the outlets and behind the sink really well
- Wipe down cabinet and drawer fronts and handles
- Clean light fixtures
- Wipe down table legs and chair legs
- Wipe down the refrigerator and top of refrigerator.
- Clean out inside and outside of microwave
- Clean stove top and front
- Windex windows
- Get into the corners of the kitchen with your vacuum attachments
- Clean the baseboards and corners
- Sweep/vacuum floor
- Mop floor
FAMILY ROOM, LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM DETAILED LIST
- Remove all knick-knacks and dust/clean surfaces (now is a good time to throw in knick-knacks that are washable into the dishwasher…vases, decorative dishes etc)
- Dust/clean baseboards and corners
- Dust ceiling fans, light fixtures
- Vacuum cushions on couch, if removable, remove and vacuum under cushions
- Vacuum the rugs
POWDER ROOM DETAILED LIST
- Remove and wash rugs
- Clean toilet and sink
- Clean baseboards
- Windex window/clean window sill/windex mirror
- Vacuum and mop floor
- Put out fresh guest towels
Vacuum, mop hallways, dust all baseboards and throw rugs into wash
FRIDAY:
Daily chores
This is a “FREE DAY!!!” The house is clean and as long as I keep up my daily chores, it stays that way.
I may vacuum if needed on these days.
I also recommend having “free days” for the purpose of flexibility.
You never know when you may have a sick child, or you yourself is sick, or some other life issue that pops up during the week.
This day can be used to stay on track and keep your schedule!
If my son is ill on Wed, then I’ll just push everything up a day.
So I’ll do the upstairs on Thurs and the downstairs on Fri. Nothing gets left undone and I don’t have to spend the weekend cleaning!
SATURDAY:
Daily Chores
“FREE DAY!!!”
SUNDAY:
Daily chores
Make out Menu plan and shopping list
