{"id":8925,"date":"2014-04-02T11:36:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T18:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=8925"},"modified":"2014-04-02T13:05:38","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T20:05:38","slug":"kitchen-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2014\/04\/kitchen-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To really keep a home clean, I need a schedule of jobs to follow. I know there are fancy systems and motivational email lists to which people subscribe that can help, but I like my simple list of daily jobs and weekly jobs.<\/p>\n

Here are a few of my daily<\/strong> cleaning guidelines. If I do these things, I don’t feel like things are out of control.<\/p>\n

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  1. Make the bed as soon as I get up<\/strong>. Remind the kids to do the same.<\/li>\n
  2. Clean up the kitchen after each meal.<\/strong> Kids put dishes directly in the dishwasher after meals.<\/li>\n
  3. Keep the formal living room clean.<\/strong> This is the only room that most people see when they come to the door.<\/li>\n
  4. Take out the kitchen trash each night.<\/strong> It’s icky to wake up to a house that smells like a dump. Amen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These are just guidelines. If there are dishes in the sink as I run out the door to do something, I don’t beat myself up. If all I do before I run out the door in the morning is make my bed, wow, what a difference that makes when I come home. Simple habits can be powerful helps to us.<\/p>\n

    To maintain our home, I follow a weekly<\/strong> schedule. I try to involve the kids. If I miss deep cleaning a room one week, it’s no big deal. Next week will come around soon enough. This is just a framework.<\/p>\n