Domestic Goddess… on a daily basis?
I really really really need a cleaning schedule. My skills in tidying and organizing are unmatched. I do believe I have conquered the menu-planning and grocery shopping demons. But my days as a stay-at-home mom have left me in the habit of doing all my house cleaning – the vacuuming, kitchen, bathrooms and dusting – in one day. And it’s not getting done.
Well, sometimes it is. But when it is not, I shudder to go into certain rooms and I don’t enjoy cooking when the kitchen is a mess. More money gets spent on fast food and the anxiety related to it all being left until I have one chunk of time to dedicate is stressing me OUT!
I must change.
Since kicking myself in the pants for the past few weeks has failed, I am toying with the idea of a daily cleaning schedule. Something I’ve never tried before.
My answer began by opening Google Calendar. I created a new calendar. I gave it a pretty pink color and designated a task to each day. On {pix-elated} paper it looks good.
I’ve made the transition from SAHM to working mom over the past few years. It’s been a long haul. Crossing my fingers that this is the answer because it is the last piece of the puzzle. Once I can get this down, life can settle into that steady rhythm my heart is crying for, that unmissable beat that gives extra room for freestyle drum fill sections – the spice of life!
Do any of you find a daily versus one day blitz works for you?
So here’s the plan I came up with…
Monday – Vacuum the house, Any necessary Ironing
Tuesday – Kitchen: Counters, Sink, Mop
Wednesday – Bathrooms: Everything
Thursday – Wash Bed Linens, Menu Planning, Pay Bills @ end of month
Friday – Grocery Shopping, Dust, Water Houseplants
Saturday – LIVE
Sunday – Bake and eat tasty treats
My logic is as follows:
- I am home Mondays and Wednesdays and so want to do big jobs those days.
- And yes, bathrooms are a big job – we have three in the place we are renting. Too many imho!
- Tuesday and Thursdays are lighter because I’m working.
- I totally need reminding to water plants or they just shrivel up and make me sad.
- And Sunday seems to be the day of late that I am hungry for something sweet.
- Laundry is a non-issue. When the hamper is full, I wash. lol
What do ya think?!
Robyn
cecilia
Kalanna
I do the one day blitz — once a month, if that. Bathrooms, I clean as I go.
It’s funny you posted this because I had this overwhelming urge to clean last night and got out the duster, vacuum cleaner, and the Lysol and started cleaning. Now I’m good probably until November. In 2010.
I wish you great success with your schedule! (I’ve yet to have any with ones I comes up with!)
hey Steph you must do a pretty exceptional job!
in many ways i totally intend to fail, but there is something about laying out this brickwork and having to rip it up again later that is part of the process of defining which path is for me. call me strange. i know that i will at least find a handful of bricks that i want to lay for good – with love.
Forgot to ask… Jo, what *does* work for you?
I attempt a schedule but nothing usually happens of it. Before we had Beau my husband used to work Saturdays and I would devote that day to housecleaning and do it all at once. I loved it. I had the radio turned up, the windows open, and felt awesome when everything was spic and span. Now, we’re both on a M-F schedule so Saturday is no longer my cleaning day. I’m off Wednesdays so I attempt to do the big stuff then, and scatter the little chores throughout the week. Of course I still get in those moods, usually late in the afternoon when I want to do a deep clean on everything! I do want to try a calendar though!