Being the first year as a stay-at-home mom, I needed to attack this thing I dread head on. I was determined to conquer, not only cleaning, but spring cleaning. As if regular cleaning wasn't bad enough, I had to get the winter out of the house and start bring in the summer. I planned two weeks at the end of March to attack. The week before, I sat down and strategically planned this attack. I went around the house with a pad of paper and a pen, went room to room, looked around, and wrote down everything (and I mean everything) that needed to be done. After I had my list, I sat down at the computer and scheduled what would be done and on which day. To disperse the work, I decided to have two hardcore cleaning days per room and about two things on the rest of the days until I ran out for that room. Throughout the rest of the week, I added and tweaked up until the day before. Once midnight hit of the first day, the schedule was set in stone and was to stay. This is what I ended up with this:
Friday, March 21, 2014
Kitchen
- Clean range hood
- Clean behind & under stove
- Clean oven
- Clean back splash
- Change lights
- Clean front seats
- Clean mirror
- Clean light switches
- Clean door
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Kitchen
- Clean behind & under fridge
- Clean freezer
- Clean fridge
- Dust ceiling
- Wipe down walls
- Clean back seat
- Clean windows
- Dust ceiling
- Change lights
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Kitchen
- Organize Tupperware
- Clean under sink
- Clean stove
- Clean under couches
- Organize arm rest
- Clean under entertainment center
- Dust ceiling
- Wipe down walls
- Clean vents
Monday, March 24, 2014
Kitchen
- Clean dining room side counter
- Clean lights & switches
- Organize drawers
- Clean vents
- Wipe down walls
- Clean windows (in & out)
- Clean blinds
- Clean window sill
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Kitchen
- Organize cabinets
- Clean windows (in & out)
- Clean blinds
- Clean window sill
- Wipe down walls
- Dust ceiling
- Clean lights & switches
- Change lights
- Shampoo couch
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Kitchen
- Wipe down cabinets
- Clean appliances
- Clean lights & switches
- Change lights
- Clean table & chairs
- Clean under counter
- Shampoo carpet
- Dust bookshelf
- Dust DVDs & books
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Kitchen
- Clean drains
- Scrub floor
- Clean trash can
- Organize cabinets
- Wipe down cabinets
- Clean under sink
- Clean vents
- Clean lights & switches
Friday, March 28, 2014
Truck/Car
- Clean consoles
- Wipe down walls
- Scrub floors
- Clean door
- Dust ceiling
- Change lights
- Clean shower curtain
- Clean lights & switches
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Truck/Car
- Clean cup holders
- Clean tool boxes
- Clean faucets
- Clean drains
- Change lights
- Rearrange furniture
- Vacuum under dresser
- Vacuum under nightstand
- Vacuum under crib
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Truck/Car
- Vacuum
- Clean bed/trunk
- Clean door
- Shampoo carpet
- Vacuum under bed
- Clean closet shelves
- Go through clothes
- Vacuum closet
- Wipe down closet doors
Monday, March 31, 2014
Storage Room
- Go through everything
- Wipe down walls
- Clean lights & switches
- Change lights
- Clean vents
- Organize closet
- Clean windows (in & out)
- Go through dresser
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Storage Room
- Clean door
- Sweep & mop (mop x2)
- Dust ceiling
- Wipe down walls
- Check & clean smoke detectors
- Clean blinds
- Clean window sill
- Go through nightstand
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Truck/Car
- Shampoo
- Go through everything
- Organize
- Wipe down walls
- Clean door
- Clean shelves
- Clean cabinet shelves
- Organize cabinets
- Check & clean smoke detectors
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Truck/Car
- Car wash
- Vacuum
- Shampoo carpet
- Vacuum
- Shampoo carpet
- Wipe down cabinets
- Shampoo carpet
- Shampoo closet
Of course, Hubby is going to help out even though he has a short attention span causing him to sort of clean (for example, this one time he took out the trash, he got out a new bag and opened it up and everything...but it never made it into the trash can even though you just have to turn ninety degrees from where the bags are and there you go). The way I think of it, I am the supervisor and he has to do everything to my standard. Needless to say, he's going to want to kill be by the end of spring cleaning due to all of the "You need to clean that more!", "You still need to...!", "Do it this way!" s he's going to hear. It's probably a good thing that I planned the first week (which has the most demanding days) around when he'll be home from getting his wisdom teeth taken out. Nothing like having a doped up husband to take any nagging that may occur. I'm not that mean to him, though. I'm giving him simple things like cleaning the windows or cleaning lights and switches when he's on his meds (give him the easy things so I can focus on the harder things and not have to worry about whether or not he's doing it right).
Well, I'm off clean! I'll post a one week update next week with pictures. Wish me luck!
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