Now that we’ve finally, Finally, FINALLY, managed to finish up enough of the projects to pick all the protective paper up off the floor, I’m trying to claim control back over my life and surroundings. For my branch of OCD, that means lists and more lists, and then lists of all the lists.
With the first round of painting finished, everything has a place (even if it’s only temporary) so I can actually keep my dang house clean now. It is quite a lot more work than I’m used to. In all of our apartments I could clean the whole thing top to bottom in an afternoon. Now that I have three times the square footage, it takes a little planning. Which is of course my very favorite thing.
I thought that since I’d already done all the work, I would share my little chart with all of you lovely people. Click here to download the excel chart consisting of one tab with a monthly calendar full of once a month chores, and then another tab with a weekly calendar full of once a week chores.
On the monthly chores, I left quite a few days blank, because even the most fastidious among us can’t dedicate their entire life to cleaning. I also left a couple of days at the end because I couldn’t think of anything else I needed to fit in around my place. Please let me know if I’ve missed anything.
On the weekly and daily chores, there is no vacuuming listed because I have no carpets, but I would put that in the daily category for high traffic spots, and then maybe a thorough move-the-dining-room-chairs vacuum on the day you do the dusting. I also do all my clutter catching every day. I sort the mail over the garbage can and have a special drawer just for bills. Loose papers are my enemy.
Hope this helps someone, because it sure made me at least *feel* like I had a handle on things over here.
I *thought* my nerd alert was going off… [wink]I thought I was the only one with these pretty chore charts. I do like yours though. I'll have to borrow it when we get settled in the new house. I would have never thought to switch sponges… Your OCD is coming in handy for me!
That is so hilarious. And cool. Your OCD I think is worse than mine… Seriously, how cool is it to have a plan. Now keep us posted on how well you can stick to it. Have fun cleaning!Michelle