Weekly Cleaning Update

A while back, I posted about my weekly cleaning schedule.  This was in our old house, which was much smaller.  I wasn't sure this was going to continue to work in the new house, but we gave it a try.

The old schedule:
Monday- Dusting/Pickup
Tuesday- Bathroom
Wednesday- Floors
Thursday- Kitchen
Laundry- 2 or 3 loads/week (throw them in before you do the other task)

Avery waiting for Josh to come home.  She is so excited to see him and have him vacuum up her hair! 

We had to do a bit of updating to make this work for the new house.  Here is our updated cleaning schedule:
Monday- Bedrooms
Tuesday- Bathrooms
Wednesday- Floors
Thursday-Common Space
Laundry- 3 or 4 loads/week

On Mondays, we put clean clothes away, change sheets, and generally tidy the bedrooms.  On Tuesday, we clean the bathrooms.  This usually means cleaning the toilet, sink, and mirror.  We use daily shower cleaner, so we do a deep clean of the shower/tub once a month.  On Wednesdays, we vacuum all floors and steam mop the wood floors.  On Thursdays, we tidy up the common areas (kitchen, living room, family room, and dining room).  I have gotten in the habit of doing all my loads of laundry on one day.  We have a fancy new washing machine which completes a load in 35 minutes, so this is pretty easy for me.  When we had longer load time, I was trying to do one load per day.  Either way works well for whatever works better in your life schedule.

I am the first to admit that there are MANY days and sometimes whole weeks that this doesn't get done.  Fortunately, you can jump right back in and it is easy to catch up since it is essentially only tackling one task at a time.  So kick back and enjoy the nice, summer weather while we still have it!