Showing posts with label Cleaning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cleaning. Show all posts

Friday, June 4, 2010

Happy House Cleaning: Week 2 Recap


I am doing disgustingly bad at this challenge.  Doing these tasks would make a huge difference in our household, but I never remember to do them.

Anyone have any tips on how to remember to do my tasks?  Maybe I could do a spreadsheet every week with the tasks, keep it on my fridge, and mark it off with a star when I'm done.  Actually, that might not be a bad idea.

We were out of town for 3 days, so my tasks were only out of 4 days this week.  

My Stats
Make the Bed: 1/4
Empty the sink: 0/4
Bonus task: Wipe off the appliances: 0/1

The day the bed got made was a day that my hubby felt the urge to make it.  Not sure why.  

If we emptied the sink every night, it would make such a huge difference in our household.  Our dishes just start to pile up until one of us go on a huge washing dishes spree.  We really need to get the hang of this one because our house will look so much better!

For week 3, the added challenge is to clear the clutter.  For me, that will include tidying up the area where we drop our bags when we get home and picking up any dirty clothes off the bedroom floor.  I'm bad about changing into something new when I get home and just leaving my work clothes lying next to the bed.  Need to fix that!

Friday, May 28, 2010

Happy House Cleaning Challenge: Week 1 Recap


For Week 1 of the Happy House Cleaning Challenge, we were supposed to make our bed every day for the week.  So, how many times do you think I did it?

Not a single one.  I completely failed this challenge.  Oops.

My Stats:
Make the bed: 0/7

Well, now this week, she has added some more challenges, so I need to get onto making the bed, as well as completing the other challenges for week two.

So, for week two, I'm supposed to make the bed for 7 days, clean out the sink for 7 days, and wipe down the appliances.

I think I can do this.  The bed was made this morning so that is a start.  I'm going on vacation this weekend though, so I definitely won't make it 7 days, since 2-3 of those I'll be out of town for.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Cleaning Schedule

I found an awesome cleaning schedule on Hip2Save.  We are horrible at keeping our apartment cleaning, so this is something I need to adapt to our household.  So, here's my adapted version of her cleaning schedule.

Monday
- Sweep all hardwood floors and vacuum

Tuesday
- Clean bathrooms

Wednesday
- Dust

Thursday
- Sweep patio

Friday
- Clean and sanitize litter box
- Wash clothes

Saturday
- Clean kitchen
- Wash towels

Sunday
- Change and wash all sheets and bedding
- Empty all waste baskets


Daily Duties
Bedroom
- Make beds
- Put dirty clothes in the hamper

Bathroom
- Wipe down sink
- Tidy countertop

Kitchen
- Wash and store all pots and pans
- Wipe down counter and oven
- Take out trash, if needed

Living spaces
- Pick up things that don't belong



Monthly Duties
- Windex all glass doors
- Clean and dust blinds
- Replace air filter on AC unit
- Wipe down walls and baseboards
- Organize cabinets in the kitchen
- Thoroughly clean top and inside of refrigerator
- Clean oven interior


Annual/Quarterly Duties
- Flip mattresses
- Rid closets and drawers of items to go to Goodwill
- Clean out medicine cabinet and towel closet
- Pull out refrigerator to vacuum coils
- Throw out expired food items in cabinets
- Shampoo carpets and rugs
- Clean dryer vent