Sorry the posts have been so spaced out. We have been so busy and when I do have free time I have been choosing to rest. Since I've been trying to focus on preparing us for the new baby I thought it would be good to finally cave and look for an actual cleaning schedule. *deep sigh* I am a self proclaimed clean freak. Things have to be clean or at least in place. I can not function when the house is messy. I literally shut things down until things get clean again.
Normally I like to do what we call "Power Hours" of cleaning. Lately due to my lack of energy those power hours have turned into power days. I'll just pick a day during the week and go hard all day. Cleaning every thing from top to bottom. That's exhausting so I figured looking for a real schedule to use as a guide would be helpful. With a new baby coming there's no time like the present to get into a new way of keeping things tidy around here. From time to time I'll read something on social media or hear a woman say, "You know you're doing a good job as a Mom when your floors are dirty." Maybe that's not the exact quote but you know what phrase I'm talking about. I just can't get with that.
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I'll be the Mom that's secretly going crazy and not totally present with my kids because things are out of order. Call me crazy. (It's ok you wouldn't be the first.) But I have always been this way. It's how I was raised. I would much rather give up something else to be labeled as a good Mom. A clean house does not make me a good Mom but it does make me a lot nicer to be around. I'm not saying things have to be perfectly spotless but I am saying that at least one of the two levels of clean have to be achieved. So here is the pin that I found that will be helping me. It's my new strategy to keep myself sane around here.
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I'll be using this when we move. I keep it clean around here but since we don't have adequate storage options it's not as tidy as I would like so I am looking forward to a clean slate where the clutter is minimal
ReplyDeleteWe live in base housing where the houses are over 100 years old. There's no storage at all so it's easy for it to get really cluttered. It drives me crazy. Hopefully this schedule will help me. I enjoy all the posts you do about your home buying progress. Can't wait to see how you decorate!
DeleteI just came to the realization the Monday Clean Up day can't happen anymore. I was doing all of our laundry for the week, all the bathrooms, floors, etc. I recently came up with a day by day that I started this week (so we'll see how it goes). I'm not exactly a neat freak, clutter does not bother me usually, but at some point I have to draw the line and I get a little neurotic. My schedule will change week by week because there may be some things that don't need to be done every week, and I can substitute in things that need to be done bi-weekly. Doing laundry twice a week has been great, I just have to stay disciplined about it!
ReplyDeleteThat's what I had started doing too! Cleaning everything on Monday. That was working fine until I started getting tired after about 3o minutes of cleaning, LOL!! I think this new schedule will make it easier for me to feel more accomplished at the end of the day too. I feel so overwhelmed when it starts to get out of hand. I really need to work on that, LOL!
DeleteWell I must be an excellent MOM then!! Thanks for the post I needed it :) I am printing out the chore list as well!!
ReplyDeleteHahaha!!!! I hope this list is effective cause I need a good guide!
DeleteI was good until we had baby number two... now I'm looking up info for a cleaning lady. For real. Never thought I'd go there but...
ReplyDeleteCam, if I could get a cleaning lady I would. I thought about looking into it for some help until the baby comes. There's no shame in that at all. I have friends who have had cleaning ladies and they had nothing but great things to say about it. I think it's money well spent when you have little ones.
DeleteREALLY!!!!!!
DeleteLadies. I had a cleaning lady when my kids were younger. I felt the money spent was well worth it, it meant I could spend quality time with my kids the whole weekend. I had nay sayers who judged me for it. To me quality time with my kids really was priceless!
DeleteI ended up hiring a lady during my most recent pregnancy and you're right, it was so worth it! Money well spent!
DeleteLove this. I'm the exact opposite of you and can function perfectly fine in a house full of clutter. Not something I'm proud of, though...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cleaning method/routine? The "clean when you can" method. Yeah.
Thanks for this daily list. Not sure how realistic it is for me, but it's a bit of motivation. :)
So far it's been helpful. The one load of laundry a day is killing me though. I hate putting laundry away, LOL!
DeleteMy closet space is limited as well. Clutter drives me nuts. I definitely need to use this to keep things in order.
ReplyDeleteLimited storage makes it so tough. We're having a yard sale in a couple weeks and I am hoping to get rid of some of this stuff. Hopefully that will make what little storage space we have more functional.
DeleteI have the opposite problem. Too much storage space. The more storage space you have the more STUFF you accumulate. It is time to declutter all those closets and cubbies that I fell in love with when we bought the house.
ReplyDeleteIsn't funny how that happens?! All of our closets get filled up pretty quickly too!
DeleteThis is amazing!!! I'm looking forward to using it. How do I download it?
ReplyDeleteIf you click the Pinterest link under the photo it will take you to the original poster. She may have a download link there. If not, try doing a right click save. Hope this helps!
DeleteKeep a bag for goodwill handy at all times. Amazing how it can fill up.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great list but as a mum who works full time outside of the home and is out of the house for 12+ hours a day this is impractical unless I get up at 4:30am. Any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteMy suggestion would be to do what you can when you can. A little bit go cleaning everyday keeps things from getting out of control. We all go thru times where we're not able to keep up with it all and that's okay.
Deleteive been doing this type of schedule for 30 yrs my house is always clean, cook several meals at one time it makes things easier mother of 5 gma of 7
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