I only work 2 days and struggle too but have done a few things that help me. I make a big dinner on the Tuesday night (night before my first day of work) and we eat that for 2 nights so nobody has to worry about cooking on the Wednesday. I also find doing a big clean up helps here, although if you have a nanny the kids might be making mess during the day? Whereas for us they aren't home so it stays relatively tidy. I tidy up after work before going to bed - no cleaning but I pick up clothes and toys off the floor -even if it is a washing basket run - where I walk through the main areas with a basket and chuck everything in there to be sorted on my days off. I also subscribe to the The Organised Housewife on FB and email. Although I don't go through all her lists I do use it to motivate myself and get myself organised and thinking of what I do need to do. I do one load of washing every day and on Fridays it is usually 2. We don't have a dryer so they come off the clothes horse's and back on again.
I also have a motto that close enough is good enough, if it means the floors are swept but not mopped so I can sit down and play dinosaurs with the kids or do some craft I have had to release some of the control I need over making the house perfect....Admittedly I will play with them then usually leave them to play alone while I DO mop but you know what I mean! I think having a list of things you want done on certain days is the way to go - I don't have a cleaner either but would love one just to do the bathrooms - for me they are the biggest things that get neglected. Good luck hun and you are working with very young ones - go easy on yourself, set your expectations to realistic and know that soon they will be old enough to help us out while we kick back and drink coffee
My place isn't very big so that helps. But I'm always having to rearrange and get rid of things which can take up oodles of time.
I just found those Flylady tips like putting shoes on, doing a load of washing every day, doing one chore on each day of the week - say vacuuming a help to me.
But you've got to do what works for you, it's like organizing a cupboard but with time, and so you know you might have things that are easier to access in a cupboard; the same with chores, you have things that are must do's and the rest gets done sometime or not at all.
I only work 2 days and struggle too but have done a few things that help me. I make a big dinner on the Tuesday night (night before my first day of work) and we eat that for 2 nights so nobody has to worry about cooking on the Wednesday. I also find doing a big clean up helps here, although if you have a nanny the kids might be making mess during the day? Whereas for us they aren't home so it stays relatively tidy. I tidy up after work before going to bed - no cleaning but I pick up clothes and toys off the floor -even if it is a washing basket run - where I walk through the main areas with a basket and chuck everything in there to be sorted on my days off. I also subscribe to the The Organised Housewife on FB and email. Although I don't go through all her lists I do use it to motivate myself and get myself organised and thinking of what I do need to do. I do one load of washing every day and on Fridays it is usually 2. We don't have a dryer so they come off the clothes horse's and back on again.
I think having a list of things you want done on certain days is the way to go - I don't have a cleaner either but would love one just to do the bathrooms - for me they are the biggest things that get neglected. Good luck hun and you are working with very young ones - go easy on yourself, set your expectations to realistic and know that soon they will be old enough to help us out while we kick back and drink coffee
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