Trust me, no one enjoys cleaning. I would much rather be at a spin or yoga class than scrubbing the floors. But with busy lives if I don't keep up with the house cleaning, than we start to look like a candidate for "Hoarders". I used to do all of the house cleaning on Fridays and it would take me anywhere from two to three house. That's a huge chunk out of, what at that time, was my only free day off. Whew!!
Enter the cleaning schedule. I decided to make a list of everything that had to be done for the house as far as cleaning and keeping it in tip top shape. Then I broke the list down by days during the week, so each day I only spend 20-30 minutes on the house, and it's easy to fit into any schedule and the house pretty much stays immaculate all week long; at least until the weekend when we are both home and making quite the mess.
So here is what my cleaning schedule looks like. Adjust yours accoring to the needs of your home and work schedule. It will save you some back breaking work all on one day. Especially helpful if you are like me, the one who does all the cooking and cleaning in our house.
Daily: I do a quick, general pickup of the house and put stuff back where they belong. Check the cat box, wipe down surfaces etc. Dishes are done daily.
Monday: Floors (vacuum, mop/wet swiffer, and wipe down baseboards). Mondays I also do the grocery shopping and prepare any meals for the week ahead of time such as lunches so they are ready for the hubby to grab and go.
Tuesdays: Kitchen (clean out fridge, throw out any expired food, wipe down inside of fridge, and outside of all appliances, clean stove and burners, clean and organize pantry, and wipe all surfaces)
Wednesdays: Bedroom (dust all furniture, laundry day and launder bed linens)
Thursdays: Bathrooms (clean and scrub bath, toilet and vanity, stock any toiletries etc)
Fridays: Floors again (with two animals it's hard to keep the floors spotless so we have to do them twice a week. I can't wait to see how dirty they get once there is a small child running around the house)
Saturday and Sundays: OFF have a cocktail and put your feet up
I ams sorry that I found this so late! I am a Gay House Husband as well and have been trying to find others like myself that have a bread winner spouse (husband) and I am the home maker. It's difficult to talk about this kind of thing with others without that "what category do i put this person in?" Since this posting is 3 years old I don't know if your situation has changed but would like to communicate if that is at all possible. you can reach me by e-mail mmfan.as.1@gmail.com
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