Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom
Today I’m finishing up all this cleaning talk with a post over at Steady Mom. (Somehow posting before & after photos of my toilet doesn’t seem appropriate in this venue!)
If you’ve missed any posts in this series, be sure to check out Part One and Part Two.
From my post:
“If the shelves are dusty and the pots don’t shine,
it’s because I have better things to do with my time.”
~ Author unknown
Diary of a once a month cleaning day in action:
The night before: The kids are taking a bath, so I’m able to change a few sets of sheets on beds upstairs. I put other sheets in the wash so they’ll be ready in the morning. (Doing this makes me feel like I have a headstart on the day’s work tomorrow!)
6:45 am, Cleaning Day – I wake up with purpose and get busy. Seems like the perfect time to declare a “hat day” instead of fixing hair. By the time the kids are ready for breakfast, I’ve finished changing the rest of the sheets and have dusted a few rooms upstairs too.
9:00 am – After breakfast I send the kids outside to play in the backyard. This is our normal morning routine–usually I use this time to work on the blogs. But today it’s all about the cleaning. So I get started in the dining room, kitchen, and half-bath. These are the areas where I can work while still keep an eye on them.
