If you’re anything like me, you probably live in a relatively “surface-clean” house.  The kitchen counters are clean and your table is wiped off (usually).  The kids toys are picked up and the living room floor just MIGHT be vacuumed.  The bathroom could probably use some more work but at least there are no pee spots visible on the floor or toilet.

The house never gets really filthy enough for you to explode and do a 10 hour marathon clean.  

So the problem is, without some sort of cleaning schedules in place for your household, there are cleaning jobs that just NEVER get done.  When is the last time you actually scrubbed down your electric can opener?  Seriously, I looked at mine tonight and was grossed out, and then instead of taking a minute to wipe it down … I said to myself “I’ll have to clean that one of these days”.  How many other areas of your home do you do this in?  Those light switch smudges, the dirt layer on the top of your bathroom baseboards, the fridge drawers … EEEK … the list goes on and on.  So how do we overcome this inherent problem?

Cleaning Schedules 101

On top of the daily house cleaning jobs like dishes and putting away toys, there are other tasks which must be done once a week or so. Vacuuming, dusting, mopping, laundry. You know, the things that really stand out if you put them off for very long. But on top of THAT we must have cleaning schedules for the more thorough deep cleaning in our homes. Doing these things once a month or so (before they get TOO nasty) will give you a great feeling that your house is always CLEAN and takes way less time than if you put it off for 6 months.