Sandy's House Cleaning Plan

As you all know, my passion for cleaning comes from my mother!
My mother had and still has a passion for cleaning. She lovingly raised my brother and I on daily home cooked meals while keeping a full time job, a beautiful garden and a spotless house. No one dust-sneezes in her house…ever!
Growing up I kept my eye on her as I did my share of chores and watched the secrets of her household success unfold.
Here are some of spring cleaning tips I learned a long time ago!

Sandy’s House Cleaning Plan

Most people honestly do not take the time to develop a house cleaning plan - rather they simply pick a chore and complete it on a "needs to be done" basis.
Not only is this not time effective - but it often creates a negativity towards house cleaning that really doesn’t need to exist.
Cleaning your house on a regular - pre-set plan is fast – easy - and prevents those endless weekends where everyone is madly cleaning before they can go and have fun.
There are basically three types of cleaning jobs, daily, weekly and monthly.
Daily chores are those that need to be done everyday to keep the house looking sparkling and clean.

They usually include:

• Washing dishes
• Cleaning the kitchen counters
• Cleaning the bathrooms sinks, toilets and showers or bathtubs
• Picking up games, toys, crafts etc
• Garbage removal
• Picking up dirty clothing and laundry
• Making beds
These may be done more than once a week depending on the room, number of people and overall use of the area.
Weekly chores are those that are the big items that are necessary to keep the house looking good.

Weekly chores typically include:

• Dusting
• Vacuuming
• Washing the floors
• Taking the trash to the curb
• Checking the fridge and cleaning out old food items
• Caring for plants
• Laundry
The monthly chores are those that are done infrequently - usually these tend to be larger - more involved projects.

Monthly chores may involve:

• Washing windows and walls
• Shampooing carpets and rugs
• Oven cleaning / fridge cleaning