Tricks of the Trade 3, Weekly Essentials

Weekly Essentials.

I have tried to conquer the weekly chores in a variety of ways, I think flexibility is neccessary with a growing family and changing lifestyles. I am smack dab in the midst of tweaking this set up, but I will share the way I tackled weekly essentials until now. First off, make a list of things that need to be accomplished on a weekly basis and assign them a day of the week. My main list is as follows.

Monday-Mudroom (This is an unheated/uninsulated sun porch off the front of our house and therefore part but not part of the house and doesn't get covered in regular daily housework. My dream is to have this room properly shelved and benched with creative storage ideas but for now it's a hodge podge MESS 95% of the time)

Tuesday-KiTchen,-this involves one shelf of the fridge each week, deep cleaning one section of the stove (dials, range, oven, front/side) per week of the month, spray down and wipe cupboard doors, take care of recycling)

Wednesday-Windows (spotclean)

Thursday- FeaTHer duster

Friday-Floors (vaccumed and washed, they get swept/swiffered on a need be basis)

Splitting my weekly essentials up into daily chores means they take only a 10-15 minutes per day. Also, whenever possible I get my kids involved in helping out with these chores. Especially dusting in low places, and windexing/polishing lower surfaces. They are also the official furniture washers (we have cream colored leather furniture, what was I thinking...)

stay tuned for more on how I tackle individual room rescues/deep cleaning/ and organizational projects.