I have a plan!! I know at least one person is interested in this! (Shout out!) But I also think having it here on the blog will be an easy way for me to reference it...
I am no cleaning pro, let's get this down straight. In fact, I am so terrible at it that I desperately needed a plan to help me keep up! Oh sure, we could hire someone, but I can't really justify that unless I am hugely pregnant or have a newborn and it's safe to say we are out of that stage for a little while. So, in an effort to get a grip on my cleaning I came up with my new cleaning plan.
A few tips:
Practice ten-minute or twenty-minute tidy every day. It's amazing what you ca do running around the house like a mad-woman in brief spurts!
Never leave a room empty handed. I read this a couple months ago and it's changed my LIFE. There's always something that needs to go where you are going.
If you see something that needs to be pick up, do it. You know, like the little tiny pieces of paper that come off of Dylan's needle every morning... No one else wants to do it. Just do it.
Monday
Kitchen
Dishes
Declutter counter
Dishes
Wipe down appliances
Clean out refrigerator
Wipe floor under garbage can
Wipe counter top
Wipe table
Wipe down high chair
Wipe trim, doors and light switches
Straighten pantry
Sweep
Laundry
Run through
Fold
Put away
Pick up laundry room
Empty weekend diaper bag
Tuesday
Laundry
Sheets
Vacuum mattresses
Master
Dylan
Duncan
Ian
Run another load (you know there is one... Or is that just me?)
Finish putting away left over laundry
Bedrooms
Pick up/organize kid's toys
Dust
Vacuum (also living room rugs)
Declutter
Wipe trim, doors and light switches
Wipe window sills and blinds
Wednesday
Bathrooms
Declutter counters
Wipe counters
Wipe toilets
Clean toilet
Wipe floors
Wipe tub
Clean mirrors
Fill hand soap
Pick up toys
Launder and replace towels
Wipe trim, doors and light switches
Laundry room
Declutter
Wipe appliances
Sweep
Clean floors
Clean dog dishes/mat
Wipe trim, doors and light switches
Thursday
Floors
Toys from under couches
Vacuum
Mop
Living room
Wipe tv
Clean mirror
Wipe window sills/blinds
Wipe trim, doors and light switches
Clean fireplace glass
Clean tv table glass
Dust
Vacuum under couch cushions
Hall
Trim
Wipe corners
Wipe walls
Friday
Front room
Dust
Vacuum
Vacuum stairs
Downstairs
Vacuum
Wipe trim, doors and light switches
Bathroom
Plants
Water
Trim dead leaves
No, this plan does not include a day off during the week. Really it's jam packed with jobs to do... But I have nothing on Saturday, so if a day is missed it can easily be made up (or skipped altogether depending on the job and if I did a thorough enough job last week)
Also, my house really needs to be vacuumed ever couple of days which usually works into my cleaning schedule nicely (and sometimes let's me have a light day on the official vacuuming day!)
Oh and I know you aren't going to climb up and take apart your light fixture every week, why would you? But if it's on the list you will at least look at them and see if it needs to be done right? Same with shutters and trim... Vacuuming mattresses? Every week might be over kill! But while you have the vacuum out...
Boy did I have a busy week the week I put this together. I wanted to start fresh so I did everything on this list! Phew... Now I can take a couple of weeks off. Just kidding!
So there we have it. Sounds like a plan!
