Works for Me Wednesday

If there is one thing I am not good at, it's deep cleaning on a daily or weekly basis.  I tend to do it on a random Saturday or when company is coming over.  To help me with that Day of Cleaning when I MUST get every inch of my house cleaned, I create a cleaning schedule.  I plan it around kid's lunches, picking up kids from school, my lunch and naps.  This is what my schedule looked like today:

by 10am--plant flowers, fold laundry
by 11am--Clean master bedroom and kitchen
by NOON--vacuum master bedroom, dust living room surfaces, wash windows and mirrors
by 1pm--Clean bathroom, clean living room (while kids eat)
by 2pm--Vacuum living room, mop kitchen floor, wipe down kitchen table and chairs (after lunch)
by 3pm--clean kids bedrooms, clean and mop foyer and laundry room
by 4pm--use weed whacker outside and sweep porch. (during naps.)
by 5pm--shower and relax

It works wonders.  I find myself finishing much earlier then my schedule, I tend to clean more thoroughly and I mark off my to-do list after each hour mark, which gives me a tremendous sense of accomplishment.

Definitely works for me.  For more tips, go here!

Comments

[Lori - Queen of Dirty Laundry]

Looks good - I'm gonna try this! I can't ever seem to stay on schedule; maybe your method will work better for me.

[tanyetta]

omg! i love the schedule and i'm dead tired just reading it :)

[Liza's Eyeview]

Way To GO!!!

[J. Fergie]

did you actually say "relax"? what's that?

[MonkeyKisses]

That looks awesome@!!! with my first baby i had a schedule and it worked awesome, but now that he is older it isnt enough.. I may steal your schedule!!!! wohoo!!!! Thanks!

[Michelle]

You do realize that with the schedule you will have cleaned more in one day that I will have in say, oh...6 months?!?! I have jobs for each day of the week....but if I'm busy, I skip them!! (maybe we need a house cleaning blog for true confessions on that part?!?)

[Gina]

You just wore me out. You are my hero!