Sunday Routine

Sunday is my day of rest. I don't make my bed when I wake up, because I have big plans to get back in it after church, nightgown and all! For Christmas my husband gave me an after church nap option since we attend our ward at 9:00, it was all I wanted. In fact, I took such a glorious nap yesterday, it felt fantastic! I don't do laundry, vacuum, dust, clean bathrooms etc. I do dishes and keep up on the kitchen, and I straighten a bit but that's all. Sometimes circumstances are that I need to do a load of wash, or vacuum after hosting dinner, or do more extensive straightening so I do it. But most of the time I try to rest from the housekeeping I do the other six days and just rest and play with my family. I wake up to a big mess on Monday but since I cleaned deep on Saturday it doesn't take me that long to catch up.

Daily Routines

Once your house is pretty organized and pretty clean, having a daily routine makes it a much quicker and easier job when it comes time to do your weekly and monthly cleaning projects. This is what I do everyday...

1. Make Beds; specifically my bed. The older kids do their own. Why? See dust mite post! Plus I love the look of my bed made, it's pretty :)

2. Dishes: no explanation needed.

3. Laundry: see laundry post.

4. Straighten, Straighten and Straighten - seriously: I pick something up and put it where it should be, otherwise you get piles, lots of piles. I'll admit I make piles to go upstairs and piles to go down, but I take it with me the next time I go up or down. Unless I'm holding the baby.

5. Wipe down kitchen counters with cleaner of choice. I can't think of any other surface in the house that gets used as much as the kitchen counters, except floors. I do this at least four times a day. After each meal and then before I go to bed, I love waking up to a clean kitchen.

6. Mail: handle mail one time and decide where it goes. Garbage, recycle, coupons, things to do, or bills.

It doesn't take me long to do this, except straightening, that's an ongoing thing. When it comes time to do my weekly cleaning on Saturday* it's much easier, and quicker leaving more time to play!

*Right now my weekly cleaning day is Saturday because my husband is home and he'll take care of the baby. In the past Monday was my cleaning day simply because the house gets trashed during the weekend when everyone is home more.

Choose the day that works best for you, or do a little bit all week. I like to get it done in one day, but that's just me. Happy New Year!