I am trying a new housekeeping schedule.... it is really nice to have a list to go by - makes me feel like I might actually accomplish something during the day besides clean up mess, organize toys, clean up mess, organize toys, again, and again!
Yesterday was clean kitchen day! I cleaned countertops, mopped floors, cleaned out fridge, and decluttered a certain area that seems to have some strange magnet that attracts papers, earrings, hair bows and lots of other stuff!!
I even, drum roll please, loaded the dishwasher and UNLOADED it on the same day!! Walking into my kitchen this morning didn't give me hives - which is normally what happens, I break out in hives, cry hysterically and stamp my foot wondering why the kitchen fairy didn't come during the night!! I kid! But usually I am met with a dirty dish or two or fifteen or some other crazy mess - this morning - it was just countertops and a clean floor!!
Today's agenda calls for tackling the bedrooms - sheets, dusting, vacuuming - ICK! We only have two bedrooms - but I think I will be busy all day!!
The other part of this neat cleaning guide is that it reminds me to vacuum the main living area and do a little laundry and decluttering a bit everyday as well.
Now, my house will never be really clean, or tidy - I have accepted the fact that a three year old is going to keep it messy for many years to come -- -and getting a new puppy isn't going to do anything but add to my list of chores - but I do think that on a somewhat regular schedule, we might just be happier living amongst it all!! And GOOD NEWS - Hannah is old enough to help with the cleaning!!!
I am wondering, do any of you have a similar cleaning routine? How long have you stuck to it? Is it working for you?
Living Happily Ever After,
Beverly
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We have an awesome job chart that we flex for the school year and for the summer seasons. We have special jobs that can be done to earn monies, or that must be done to work off a disciplinary action. Plus, in our regular summer routine, we don't really do anything (unless it's raining!) after 11 or 12 - then we're poolside till dinner :)
Somehow, somewhere in all that, I do laundry and blog and cook and oversee all the other jobs on the chart. It's the joy of having older kids who can work for their supper :)
But this week, as it's full of up and down emotions AND it's the first week of break, we are all focusing most of our energies on prepping for a yard sale to raise $$$ for the adoption. (Bittersweet work today. . . )
Why is it that the kitchen seems to always needing a cleaning? I hate clutter but it's always there!
Where did you find your cleaning schedule? We are canceling our cleaning lady at the end of the month, now that I have enough energy to actually do the cleaning myself (hurray!). I need something to keep me on track since we have 4 bedrooms, 2 bonus rooms, and 3 levels to vacuum/dust.
I usually just get on a hormone-induced cleaning spree every month, and in-between times I just do what's necessary. I'm thinking that having an actual plan would probably be a good thing. :-)
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