Good morning, hope you are having a great start to your week. If you are looking around at your home this morning and getting overwhelmed by the mess everywhere, I encourage you to look back and start at part 1 of this series of how to set yourself up with a cleaning system. If you are willing to sit and take a couple of hours to work through this, I promise it will change your life—as far as cleaning house goes.
We all like things to be easier. It just sometimes takes some hard doing to get to that easier:)
Let’s keep working……………
Now that your daily and weekly chart is all done, it is time to work on our monthly chores. These are the chores that you need to do only once per month. In our family these chores consist of:
- washing the girls bedding
- washing the boys bedding
- washing our bedding
- washing the throw blankets
- organizing the freezers—to know what I have for meals
- wiping the dining room table legs and bench legs
- wiping the washer and dryer off
- spot wipe all high traffic areas on walls
- wipe switch plates
- wipe fan blades
- vacuum out air and heating vents-replace filters
- wipe down bathroom cabinets
- wipe and dust wall decorations
- vacuum behind/under/inside couches and chairs
- dust light fixtures
- clean oven
Typically you get 4 weeks out of the month to do these chores. In our home, I divided up the chores by the number of weeks that I had. I then made a list.
Week 1
- wash our bedding
- wipe the dining room table legs/benches
- wipe the fan blades
- dust light fixtures
Week 2
- wash girls bedding
- spot wipe all walls
- wipe switch plates
- wipe/dust wall decor
Week 3
- wash boys bedding
- vacuum out vents
- vacuum out couch/chair
- deodorize trash cans
Week 4
- wash throw blankets
- wiped down bathroom cabinets/walls/fixtures
- clean oven
Notice that I grouped similar chores together. Instead of getting out the vacuum each week, I put all the “vacuuming” jobs on week 3. When I was going to wipe all the walls, I decided to do all the extra chores that were similar to that chore for week 2. We have a large family and I cannot do too much laundry, so I space out when I have to wash everyone’s bedding.
Now when do I get all these chores done? Do I have a “set day?” Not always. Typically I will have my list all printed out and then on Monday, I will look at my list of what I have to do for the week. If I get a few free minutes here or there, I will tackle a job. Sometimes I wait and designate it all to be done on Saturday when I have extra time. These jobs are good for children who don’t obeyJ They are not much fun and work well if I have someone who has an attitude problem. That isn’t always the case, so we just tackle them and get them done somewhere in between life.
You can also delegate who does that by placing their initial after the chore. Do what is best for your family.
Here is your free printable to help you with this task.
Have a blessed day today as you strive to be the BEST women of the home!
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