I have been asked about our weekly chore list. It's a little humbling to admit that we actually do so little but, we do, so here goes. There are some excellent resources available that are much more detailed and extensive than what we are able to accomplish over here. But, here is the list we use each week and it's what works for us. A few times a year I get really motivated and we do some deep cleaning, but, honestly, I am pretty dirt-tolerant. Clutter drives me batty but dirt I can live with.
Morning routine -
Get up and get dressed (shower, whatever)
Personal quiet time
Breakfast (with family as much as possible)
Chores
School
Evening routine-
Be sure room is straightened up
Think through the next day and do whatever prep plans are needed (clothes, backpacks, etc)
I often throw a load of laundry in and/or turn on dishwasher. I also think through meal needs
for the next day and do any advance prep work that I can.
Mondays - Laundry (wash, dry, fold/put away)
Bathrooms (toilets, sinks, floors - tubs/showers as needed...which often results in different
interpretations of what "clean" means...)
Vacuum all floors
Dusting
Empty trash cans/ take trash to street
Tuesdays - just basic kitchen duty
Wednesday - basic kitchen duty
Thursday - laundry
empty trash cans
Friday - Bathrooms (same routine as Monday)
Vacuum all floors
Wash towels and bed linens (OK - in the spirit of full disclosure, my bed linens don't get
washed every week - don't tell DFACS)
I recommend a website called flylady.net This has really good lists of what all needs to be cleaned every week and lots of other info. I aspire to it all but my above list is what we can actually accomplish.
Morning routine -
Get up and get dressed (shower, whatever)
Personal quiet time
Breakfast (with family as much as possible)
Chores
School
Evening routine-
Be sure room is straightened up
Think through the next day and do whatever prep plans are needed (clothes, backpacks, etc)
I often throw a load of laundry in and/or turn on dishwasher. I also think through meal needs
for the next day and do any advance prep work that I can.
Mondays - Laundry (wash, dry, fold/put away)
Bathrooms (toilets, sinks, floors - tubs/showers as needed...which often results in different
interpretations of what "clean" means...)
Vacuum all floors
Dusting
Empty trash cans/ take trash to street
Tuesdays - just basic kitchen duty
Wednesday - basic kitchen duty
Thursday - laundry
empty trash cans
Friday - Bathrooms (same routine as Monday)
Vacuum all floors
Wash towels and bed linens (OK - in the spirit of full disclosure, my bed linens don't get
washed every week - don't tell DFACS)
I recommend a website called flylady.net This has really good lists of what all needs to be cleaned every week and lots of other info. I aspire to it all but my above list is what we can actually accomplish.