To Clean Or Not To Clean

When Babe and I made the decission for me to quit work and stay home to take care of PooPie, I do not remember anything in my job description except "take care of child". That was it, the decision was made for me to stay home and take care of our delicate little baby because we didn't trust anyone else to do it. Somehow, Babe went behind my back and changed my job description so now I am the child care provider, the resident chef (big mistake there buddy), pastry chef, maid, laundry person, and so much more. I guess I should have known that I was going to be doing all that because even working I was doing it, but I don't think I ever realized how much harder it was going to be with a baby hanging around, not to mention 2 babies! However, I embraced all my titles and went with it and have worked for 2 1/2 years to master the best plan that I could to get done all that I need to get done. It is far from perfect and it really does change from day to day and week to week, but I really think that I am almost to the point of perfecting my perfect cleaning plan.



As of right now, I have a chart set up in Word with just a couple chores a day for me to do. I only do 1 or 2 things that way I can usually get them done while PooPie eats breakfast and is watching t.v. and then we have the rest of the day to play and do what ever we want. On Saturday nights, after the kids are asleep, I go in and add in anything that we have for the week such as doctor appointments, Babe's work schedule, and the dreaded meal plan for each day - I really hate deciding what to fix everyday. Everything has a color, chores are one color, meals another, appointments another. Some weeks, I get a little ambitious and try to think of special cleaning things/decluttering for each day such as cleaning out my closet or my bathroom cabinets. I actually haven't had the time to do that since Mohawk was born, but hope to get back to that in the next few months. When I was following Flylady.com, the house seemed to be less cluttered, so hopefully I can develop my own edition of that soon.



Here is my basic cleaning schedule: (my chart won't upload so this isn't exactly how I do it , but you should get the idea)

Sunday:
Off

Monday:
Water Plants
Change my sheets, girl's sheets
Wash sheets and towels
Study
Walk, weights
Dinner
8-4

Tuesday:
Vacuum
Clean master bath
Laundry
Girl's laundry
Study
Walk, weights
Dinner
8-4

Wednesday:
Clean kitchen - counter, stove, fridge
Mop - kitchen, foyer, bathrooms
Study
Walk, weights
Dinner
8-4

Thrusday:
Clean girl's bath
Laundry
Study
Walk, weights
Dinner
8-4

Friday:
Vacuum
Dust
Study
Walk, weights
Dinner
8-4

Saturday:
Off