I hate to clean. There are few things I'd rather do less than clean. I don't like living in a dirty house, but I also don't like having to remove the dirt. I dislike so many chores so much that I have a hard time pointing out a least favorite. But I think bathrooms and dishes top the list, with laundry close behind (folding is repetitive!). (I'm not a promising candidate for getting organized and into orderly shape, am I??) Couple this with the fact that I only have 1.5hrs at a time to do anything, and a cleaning schedule is in order! I figure if I divvy up the chores onto different days, I can hopefully do a little bit each day and keep things in order throughout the week.
The cleaning schedule I devised follows as such:
Monday: Bathrooms
Tuesday: Vacuum, dust, and Eliza's room
Wednesday: Our bedroom
Thursday: menuplanning, coupon cutting, etc.
Friday: laundry and hopefully some time for hobbies? Maybe?
Saturday and Sunday: my goal is not to clean on these days besides what has to be done every day so that Saturday can be a catch-up day if something goes "not according to plan" and Sunday can be family day.
The kitchen requires attention every day, sadly. (Maybe I hate kitchen duty the most? Because it seems that no matter how hard you work, there is always more work to be done!)
So far... the schedule hasn't worked out at all! But, that was just last week I tried to implement it. I hope this week goes better. As it's currently Monday and still the morning (cleaning comes in the afternoon), I can't tell you how this week is going to go, but I have good intentions. Only, already the laundry is coming into play earlier than I'd hoped. How is that just between Nick and I our laundry basket is already overflowing when I just did laundry late last week?? It boggles the mind. I expect we'll probably have several laundry days as our family grows, unless we get really massive closets and have enough clothes to go more than a week in!
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