My Cleaning Schedule(and why I love it!)

I'm lucky. I get to be a stay-at-home mom. As any stay-at-home mom will tell you, sometimes, we play it fast and loose with the term "stay-at-home". There's errands, and school, and play dates and church and sometimes you just need a change of scenery.

I love a clean house just as much as the next person, maybe even more, but if having kids has taught me anything at all, it's how to let go of the OCD, everything-must-be-in-its-place-at-all-times obsession I had. With two very active kids who can't always play outside(or alone. Or quietly.), it's hard to keep the house clean 24/7. I try, I really do. I also teach my children to put away their toys when they're done playing. They're kids and sometimes, I'm tired. Or cooking dinner. Or doing laundry.

For a long time I would stress myself out trying to get everything done in one day.  Every single day. But then I found on Pinterest a post about a cleaning schedule. It kind of changes my life. It was like a light bulb went off. "Lauren, you don't have to do everything every single day!"

My schedule took a few weeks to get it just right for our family, but it really works great! It looks like this:

Every day - General straightening

Monday - Laundry, straighten laundry room

Tuesday - Den

Wednesday - Kitchen

Thursday - Bedrooms & Bathrooms(Insave the bedding laundry for this day!)

Friday - Clean out car!(I try to do this throughout the week, but I try to concentrate on it on Fridays)

I "take the weekends off". Which really just means that I don't have any dedicated tasks in each day.

I hope someone can benefit from this like I have!