What's your cleaning 'Schedule'?

[Emma1979]

wow mez80 i wish i could be so organised, i'm tired just from reading that...

we have just moved into an enormous house about 3 times the size of our previous one (which was small) and i have actually almost decided to get a cleaner in once a fortnight to do the bathrooms and floors, and am toying with getting a lawn mower man in for the lawns.... i know completely not what you were asking, i guess i'm just thinking out loud.

i'm over feeling like i can't keep up and don't want to sacrifice my downtime, and too tired with being pregnant so i am thinking to hell with it all and if we can afford it why not.

if the house wasn't so big i think i would be managing better, but i'm not complaining i love our new home.

[LucaJack'sMum]

Sararose... you DUST???? Ok this is just getting depressing LOL!

[~Kim~]

one word hun - flylady. I use her routines but adapted to what fits me.

[fionas]

I'll share DP's Cleaning Schedule:

Day 1 - put vacuum cleaner in the middle of the lounge room.
Day 2 - plug it in and leave it there.
Day 3 - Vacuum rug. Admire handiwork. Leave vacuum still plugged in.
Day 4 - Perhaps vacuum under dining table. Again, admire handiwork and say, quite a lot, "ooooh, I love my vaccum cleaner - it's so powerful".
Day 5 - put vacuum cleaner away.
Day 6 - rest.
Day 7 - rest.

[Gigi]

thanks for the Laff FIONA.

We have nowhere to put the vacuum cleaner away in this tiny unit, so the v cleaner gets admired, alot! (and tripped over alot - argh!).

one thing i read (but can't do, cos it doens't fit in our laundry) is to use a laundry divider. So instead of having A laundry basket, have a laundry trolley on wheels, divided into three, so you sort the laundry as you throw it in, saving you time for sorting - well that's the theory!

i am in awe of the people who dust and polish.

i once thought scheduled cleaning was ridiculous, but now, it's starting to have an appeal for me, i need more structure in my life i think.

must check out this flylady. i think i looked it up once, and found it a bit too overwhelming, must give it another try.

[DoubleK]

oh i love doing housework!

i like to always have a 'tidy' house. i clean one thing or another everyday, but i dont overly stress about it.

each day after brekkie, i do a tidy up- which is everything goes back where it belongs- toys, shoes, stray washing ito the basket, dishes stacked next to the sink, and a quick tidy of the bench (any mail or other important things get put into a pile under my diary, and each night i deal with that)

i then start with my room and make the bed, open curtains/windows, take out washing. then its Krystals lounge room tidy, then its the main lounge, then i put washing on and attack the dishes.

meanwhile i am playing with DD1 and put DD2 back in bed. after ive done all those things i shower and ill 'clean' so maybe the laundry, bathrooms, vaccuum, hang out washing, whatever it may be.

after lunch and more playing, i just go with the flow. i always fold and put away what comes in.

i l ike being organised, and i have a routine, but its not set in stone and obviously im flexible. if we have to go out, i just fast track the tidying- i might leave the dishes or leave the beds etc, but always do them when we get home.

this routine works for me because i hate mess and clutter, if something is not where it belongs, i put it back. having said that, my house is no display home! but i find if i dont pack up the toys (dd does help) they just get strewn further and further around, not necessarily played with again..

i just make all this part of my day. some days i do it really quick, other day i stretch it out and am still tidying when dp gets home at 2.30!

[Nelle]

I'm not sure you will ever get your washing baskets empty, unless perhaps it's really warm weather and you don't wear clothes for a day or two.

I think the important thing is to have a place for everything. And to put everything in its place straight away. Most of our mess is stuff that doesn't have a proper home, or stuff that someone's put here 'just for now', like bills, books, clean clothes, cups, bags.

[LucaJack'sMum]

I'll share DP's Cleaning Schedule:

Day 1 - put vacuum cleaner in the middle of the lounge room.
Day 2 - plug it in and leave it there.
Day 3 - Vacuum rug. Admire handiwork. Leave vacuum still plugged in.
Day 4 - Perhaps vacuum under dining table. Again, admire handiwork and say, quite a lot, "ooooh, I love my vaccum cleaner - it's so powerful".
Day 5 - put vacuum cleaner away.
Day 6 - rest.
Day 7 - rest.

OMG, that is hilarious! ... just like my current cleaning schedule! ROFL