Cleaning/Chore Schedule: I am the WORST housewife ever & this is why...

Okay, okay, y'all. It's time to take over the house again. It's been over 4 years since I've felt normal (kids will do that to you!) enough to actually keep a cleaning schedule. Here's what I've come up with so far:

This week is really the first week I've been able to put my plan into action because Froot Loop was still on Christmas break last week and it was all chaos here. Plus, we were all feeling cedar-y and hacking up lungs and all that.

Seriously. 

I started off by joining a group that serves to get the house organized and decluttered one 15-30 minute task per day at a time, over a year. I've been doing great so far. January's first two weeks are getting the kitchen done, and I'll tell you, it's like having a whole new kitchen again. 

Next, I want to keep the house clean after putting all this time and money into it (I decided we're spending Honey Graham's Christmas work bonus check on buying organizational items), it needs to STAY CLEAN. 

So, I got the ol' graph paper out and made up a chart. Every week day, I will clean 2 rooms of the house, and do one load of laundry (with a built-in catch-up day on Wednesdays). Weekends, it's up to my husband to get his laundry together for me/him to do (or he can do it on Wednesday), and I will clean 1 room. I also have my daily decluttering task which is supposed to take 15-30 minutes. 

I gave Honey Graham and Froot Loop a daily task to do as well. This is because I want Froot Loop to start doing chores and helping more around the house. He still has to clean up his toys in his room and in the living room and also put his dishes in the sink and trash in the trash can every day. I thought it would help him if Daddy had a daily chore/task to do as well, plus I could use the help. 

So, here's the schedule for now: 

Sunday: Mama cleans/organizes the entryway area. Daddy and Froot Loop get the trash together and out in the trash can for trash pickup the next morning. 

Monday: Mama does the kitchen and dining room and her laundry. Daddy does fridge inventory, meaning he takes out and disposes of any food that needs to be thrown away and makes me a list of anything we've run out of. Froot Loop gets a few baby wipes and gets to clean the doorknobs and light switches (he actually LOVES doing this). 

Tuesday: Mama works in the boys' room and the Living room and washes Froot Loop's clothes. Froot Loop gets to help me fold his clothes and Daddy gets to DUST! (I'm very allergic to dust, so someone else really needs to do this for me)

Wednesday: Since I have Kid's Choir and Adult Choir and often, a meeting in the evenings, I need this to be my slower day. Plus, I'd like to try to get my grocery shopping done on weeks we don't have morning playgroup. So, no laundry for Mama today, but I will clean the upstairs bathroom and the hallway. Daddy gets to spend a dedicated half hour cleaning off his desk area (it helps that the rest of us are at church Wednesday nights) and Froot Loop gets to gather all the rugs for me and take them outside for us to clean off. 

Thursday: Mama cleans the master bedroom and the downstairs bathroom and does Cocoa Puff's laundry. Daddy gets to vacuum (I generally swiffer the floors of the rooms I work on throughout the week, but we do need a good vacuuming once a week. Froot Loop gets to sweep off the front porch, another task he loves to do. 

Friday: Mama works in the spare bedroom and the crafting/music area and washes all the rugs and towels. Daddy's job is to straighten up outside and Froot Loop gets to help me fold towels and put the rugs back down. 

Saturday: Mama cleans the laundry closet and works outside. If Daddy's laundry is ready to go, then I'll do that; otherwise, it's up to him. Daddy's job is to work outside in the garage or do the other random misc projects he's got lined up. Froot Loop gets to help me clean up outside. 

As far as what I make Cocoa Puff do, 1 1/2 is really too young to do any sort of formal chore, but I do encourage him to help Froot Loop clean up, and I'll sometimes ask him to be a "go-fer," which he loves to do. 

Now that' I've looked at this schedule, I think I need to switch around Thursday's and Friday's laundry. This way, the rugs will be washed the morning after they're gathered up, and they'll be in the wash so Daddy can vacuum. 

I'll update in a month or so how this is going. 

What's your weekly cleaning schedule look like?