Comments on: Creating A Workable Cleaning Schedule Part 2

By: ladykemma2

ladykemma2 — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:25:16 +0000

you do it the way i do it. in fact your zones are similar to mine. takes an hour a day. easy peasy!

By: A Day Of Planning & How I Plan | A High And Noble Calling

A Day Of Planning & How I Plan | A High And Noble Calling — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:20:19 +0000

[...] mentioned before that I already have a cleaning schedule prepared (you can see it here and here), on Monday morning I am ready to [...]

By: Cardamoms Pod

Cardamoms Pod — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:34:20 +0000

This is exactly what I’m working through right now. And I’m so glad you said you “scratched several ideas down” on paper… I keep doing that, and it gets a little better every time. Large Family Logistics helped me a lot, and Raising Olives has a great plan, with a similar number of children. What I’m working on now is the basic before breakfast chores, and the table/kitchen cleanup and that’s going more smoothly after rearranging the chores and assigning them to different children. I grew up in a family of 2 children, so we usually just cleaned in one fell swoop on Saturday mornings – DOES NOT WORK FOR MY FAMILY ! What’s amazing is how I fall back into that routine if we don’t get much cleaning done through the week – I feel like it HAS to all be finished by Saturday. I’m just about ready to re-introduce a daily cleaning time. Thanks for the encouragement to keep at it, and to keep tweaking. I like to plan on paper, and then it usually falls apart a bit (or a lot) when I implement it and sometimes I give up. I’m learning to just be analytical and see why it falls apart, and change it. The side benefit to this process is that as I explain to the children the how/why I’m making changes – they become comfortable with trying different things (i.e. following a different list each day!) until we all find a solution.

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By: PennyW in KS

PennyW in KS — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:30:26 +0000

So, here I am 9 days later and was so frustrated with my HN that I was ready to chuck it and just wing it….which would negate the whole Planning part of the 4 P’s

So I took a tip from Miss Stephanie here and just worte a simple list of the rooms in the house. Then I stopped to think about what I really did when I was cleaning, and laid out my daily routine (which is pretty set now); then thought about HOW I tackle the rooms when I do the heavy cleaning…and HELLO – Lightbulb moment – THOSE are my ‘zones’. So while I was waiting for my truck to get serviced after work today, I simply wrote the zones out on sheets of notebook paper.

Once I got bak home I pulled up my ‘chore lists’; first thing I did was change their names to Home Blessings and had a ball revamping. The good thing is, I smile when I see them now (instead of cringing at all the work); and I think if I stick to the planning, I will actually be able to find time every other week to work on some of my craft projects again
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Penny,
That is so awesome! Keep us posted as to your new home blessing schedule goes!

By: Buildeth Her House

Buildeth Her House — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:38:35 +0000

Great idea!!! This is exactly what I was looking for. I will do the same thing with my cleaning and see how it goes. I will keep you updated after I get a week into it. You are such a blessing for this. WHOOO!!!

By: PennyW in KS

PennyW in KS — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:36:13 +0000

Okay – you saw from the blogging and such that I was working on my Household Notebook last night…Well – I pulled up all the documents and I know I already like the way my zones are laid out….then it hit me…I’m a list maker….Just having it listed wasn’t working. What attracted me to YOUR notebook is that you have space to actually CHECK IT OFF WHEN DONE….so, I brought my files in to work, used Word to create checkboxes and I will print them off at home tonight See, I ALSO found out that I do NOT like my household notebook in plain old black and white laser LOL I like it in a different color ink, and a little bit of clip art. If I don’t make it fun….it won’t get done!

babysteps, babysteps, babysteps

By: PennyW in KS

PennyW in KS — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:11:58 +0000

I reread this post and I realised that you clean your home the same way my friend in Kansa City does it LOL. She also cleans 1 or 2 rooms a day and it works very well for her. I’ve tried several different approaches and it always feels like the ‘harder I work, the behinder I get’ LOL You’ve given me some food for thought here. Thanks, Stephanie…I am soooooo glad you decided to keep going on with Homemaker’s Haven!

By: Amy @ Finer Things

Amy @ Finer Things — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:35:22 +0000

I desperately need to get organized (and motivated!) in this area of homemaking. Thanks for the tips!

By: PennyW in KS

PennyW in KS — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:11:44 +0000

Looks a lot like my Household Notebook….but I never seem to get everything done. I’ve tried numerous Zones, Room by Room. Most times I think it’s just hopeless.

Any chance of getting you to link to some docs? PWEEEEEZ

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:36:21 +0000

THAT is an excellent idea! I have my own little cleaning routine, but nothing near as organized as this. I think having lists and notes like this reallly do help with getting things accomplished. Sometimes just “seeing” what you’ve accomplished on paper is a real motivator. Ok…I’m gettin’ motivated! Thanks!