tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post5876363272936977150..comments2024-03-29T00:10:51.155-04:00Comments on Blue House Journal: Home Routinesterricheneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06865436021565986224noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-53907810004899692952017-04-18T08:11:17.941-04:002017-04-18T08:11:17.941-04:00We were all sick last week, so I'm catching up...We were all sick last week, so I'm catching up on blog reading now. Recently I adopted a new-to-me routine around the house that seems to be working for us for now. <br />Monday - kitchen day - clean out the refrigerator, quick inventory of the pantry, prep food for the week including baking, then cleaning of counters, floors, and straightening cupboards and drawers as needed<br />Tuesday - deep cleaning day - weekly rotation of concentrating on "zones" which include living/dining, bedrooms, bathrooms, porches/garage/car.<br />Wednesday - laundry day - we do laundry daily, but this is the catch-up day. I do our sheets, rugs, any odds and ends in the laundry room. I also take this day to clean the laundry room and check inventory of supplies.<br />Thursday - office day - work in the den, pay bills, do correspondence, etc.<br />Friday - errand day - I have to go to town on Friday mornings to do some things at work, so I do my errands then, too. These include grocery shopping, library, post office, dropping off donations, any other shopping that needs done.<br />Saturday and Sunday are catch-up and rest days. Lots of times I work one or the other or both days, so instead of assigning chores, those days are open to just whatever needs doing.<br />There are daily tasks, of course, like dishes and keeping the bathrooms picked up and neat. The kids help out before bed by picking up their things. This summer they'll have a daily/weekly chore list to get done before any pool time or library programs. Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05396880852810370044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-23039220938820956162017-04-15T15:18:38.122-04:002017-04-15T15:18:38.122-04:00So much for brief, lol
Debby in KSSo much for brief, lol<br /><br />Debby in KSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-37243261190456542872017-04-15T15:17:25.928-04:002017-04-15T15:17:25.928-04:00A new routine sounds nice. I'm also a zone cl...A new routine sounds nice. I'm also a zone cleaner. My friend loved Flylady and that's where I got the zone idea. I started there and fine-tuned it to fit me. I have daily zones and weekly zones. Since most are probably familiar, I'll be brief.<br />Daily-<br />Monday-Upstairs bedrooms<br />Tuesday- Living Room, Dining Room, Entry, & Front Porch<br />Wednesday- Upstairs bathrooms and hallway. Entire basement, including bathroom.<br />Thursday- Ironing, bill paying, desk work like shopping lists, bday cards, etc. Essentially all the things that make life run without curse words.<br />Friday- Kitchen & laundry room, clean out cars, purse.<br />Saturday- Yard<br /><br />Week 1- Basement<br />Week 2- Kitchen<br />Week 3- Bedrooms<br />Week 4- Bathrooms and hall pantry<br />Week 5- Living room & Dining room<br /><br />I have a chore each day for deeper cleaning. Like the kitchen may be<br />M-Clean & reorganize a drawer or pantry shelf.<br />T- Check stock of homemade soaps & make any, if needed<br />W- Deep clean fridge<br />Th- Deep clean freezer<br />F- Clean windows<br /><br />I have two monthly lists that I change every other month. Some chores are needed like the deep cleaning fridge every month. Others are only on one because they need doing less often, like making soaps.<br /><br />My regular thing is to vacuum every day. We have a lovable hairy mutt that sheds and I have asthma. For the same reason, I dust the bedroom daily. I swish the toilets daily with baking soda between big cleans. I also check the calendar, sort the mail, & make any needed calls in the morning.<br /><br />As a general rule, the big cleaning is done in the morning before lunch. Once I have lunch, I get to do fun activities like sewing, mending, or essentially anything that doesn't require my back! <br />I keep a basket near my office shredder and put stuff in there for weekly shredding. That's Wed. because I split the shreds among clean wastebaskets. If someone wants to dig thru' them, be my guest, but do so at your own risk!! I used to mix it with cat litter for my cat. :D <br /><br />Terri, you have me thinking about shaking things up a bit just for my boredom....<br /><br />Debby in KS<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-48895964037643544722017-04-14T20:17:40.208-04:002017-04-14T20:17:40.208-04:00I think Martha has an entire staff to dust for her...I think Martha has an entire staff to dust for her!Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-27303650167109828822017-04-14T20:10:04.608-04:002017-04-14T20:10:04.608-04:00There was a lot of inspiration and good ideas on t...There was a lot of inspiration and good ideas on this post from you and from your readers. I must admit I agree with Lana about the dusting. The whole house every day may be a bit much for one person to accomplish and still manage to get everything else done. I'm pretty sure Martha S. has plenty of help around her house.<br /><br />Your Good Housekeeping book on Housekeeping from 1924 sounds so interesting. You were lucky to find it.susie @ persimmon moon cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653330247272673990noreply@blogger.com