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Creating a House Cleaning Schedule
By Polly | April 23, 2008
The key to keeping house cleaning from overrunning your family life is to create a plan consistent with your housecleaning philosophy and stick to it. As with any new plan or change there will be bumps along the way, so don’t be afraid to fine tune it as you go along or change it as your schedule changes.
How to Start
Begin by making a master list of all your house cleaning chores. After you have made your master list, go through the list and indicate whether they should be done on a weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually time basis.
After you have your master list complete, go through and clean it up by writing it on a house cleaning schedule. You can use one of ours, create your own to suit your own tastes and style, or try using an online chore organizer like MyChores to help get you organized.
House Cleaning Schedule - PDF Format
House Cleaning Schedule - Word Format
After you have a clean copy of your house cleaning schedule, print off a copy to keep in your Kitchen Folio or attached to your refrigerator and bulletin board.
Also, be sure to add the chores to your family calendar or planner as well as to your daily routines.
Tips to Make House Cleaning Easier
Get the entire family involved in the house cleaning by assigning age appropriate chores to kids and consider paying them a weekly allowance.
Avoid adding a lot of cleaning to the days when you have a lot of appointments or errands.
Keep it flexible - be willing to move things around a bit to fit in last minute requests from the kids or work or the school
Don’t save everything for one day of the week. Do a little bit every day so that you don’t become overwhelmed. It is much easier to find a free 30 minutes here or there rather than a 2 or 3 hour block of time to clean the house.
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May 9th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
I really wish i could make a schedule! Between working and my child, i would like to schedule time to pee and eat a warm meal! LOL
trisha
http://www.thekiddieclique.com