Cleaning has always been a struggle for me. I have tried a few different schedules. I used to only clean on Sunday. Over the years it proved to not work. I would barely make any headway. I then turned to FlyLady. Her method is to clean only for fifteen minutes at a time. It is a great method, but your house should already be straightened before using her methods. Mine was not and again I was not really getting anything clean. I then turned to Pinterest. I'm not really sure what method or who I followed, but I finally found a schedule that worked for me.
I know after work I will not feel like cleaning, so I decided to use my lunch and breaks to get the cleaning done. On Monday I vacuum the whole house and Maddy cleans the toilet.
Tuesday, I tackle the kitchen. I clean off the kitchen table and wipe down the counters and appliances. I am also supposed to clean the tub, but I have had a hard time doing this every week. Maddy is responsible for cleaning the bathroom sink and mirror. She is an expert mirror cleaner.
On Wednesday I clean out the fridge and clean the kitchen garbage can. Maddy matches socks.
Thursday is laundry day as well as sweeping the kitchen floor. Maddy alternates between sweeping and mopping the bathroom floor.
Friday, I mop the kitchen floor. Maddy gets her room cleaned and makes her bed. I am not someone who makes their bed and have never enforced Maddy to make her bed. We both love getting into a nice made bed, but not enough to do it every day. We decided we would make our beds once a week and thought Friday was the perfect day to it.
Maddy has the weekends off from chores. She is still responsible for cleaning up after herself, but that is all.
The only chore I do every day are dishes. Due to the way our meal plan works, there is a day or two I don't have to wash dishes.
I have one more laundry day on Sunday. I only do one load of laundry on my scheduled laundry day. The only exception is when I am washing darks. On days I am washing darks I separate the jeans from the darks. Needless to say, I hate when it is time to wash darks.
That is my basic cleaning schedule. I have been using this schedule for over a year. I tried other schedules, but the order did not make sense to me.
On top of the basic cleaning schedule, I add in the FlyLady daily missions. The missions circulate between the different rooms in a house and are designed to help declutter. This is when I get dusting done as well. My house is not spotless as I do not dust every week. Everybody has days or weeks where they are struggling to get anything done. On those days or weeks, I just use my basic cleaning schedule.
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