Chore Chart

Motherhood has shown me a whole new outlook of life. On top of wanting to be the best mother possible to my daughter, I try to be a great wife, spend time with my family and work a full time stressful job in the ER as a nurse. On top of every day life we are trying to sell a house, living in a house that is too small for us, we just bought 10 acres of land that we have to build a house on so we are trying to get those plans together and I haven't even mentioned trying to keep in touch with my friends, probably because I'm not very good at it. If we don't make plans I tend to not make a very great effort which I know is one of my faults, I really should work on that more, note to self.

As much as I LOVE Pintrest, I now believe that I should be a crafty mom, keep my house pretty clean for all those house guests, and exercise to get my pre-baby body back. I feel like the list goes on and on and keeping up is more than I can handle. So what I did is put together a chore chart that I have been seeing so much about on Pintrest. I figure I only have an 800 square foot house and before I move into a house 4 times that size I should start getting a pretty good routine down. So I thought about how I needed to go about this because my 30 minutes everyday of cleaning isn't working when I am doing the same thing, the deep cleaning never gets done. So what I will do is start with this list and continue adding to it and maybe give an update in about a month.

CHORE CHART

Everyday

Dishes

Garbage

Empty diaper pail

Pick up toys & “stuff”

Monday – Kitchen/Dining

Sweep & Swiffer floor

Scrub counter & sink

Clean out microwave & oven top

Clean out refrigerator

Wash windows & blinds

Tuesday – Living Room

Dust

Wash windows & blinds

Vacuum carpets

Vacuum & wipe down couch

Sweep & Swiffer tiles

Wednesday – Bathroom

Scrub counter & sink

Deep clean tub & shower

Wash carpets & towels

Sweep & Swiffer floors

Scrub toilet

Wash window & mirrors

Thursday – Riley’s Room

Dust

Vacuum carpets

Laundry & fold clothes

Clean toys

Wash windows & blinds

Friday – Our Bedroom

Dust

Vacuum carpets

Laundry & fold clothes

Wash windows & blinds

Saturday – Garage/Office

Organize boxes

Sweep floors

Clean washer & dryer

File papers

Pay bills

Sunday – Outside

Mow lawn

Weed flower beds

Sweep walkway & driveway

Clean out car

Grocery shopping

Monthly

Clean under couch cushions

Clean out clothes in closets

Clean out kitchen cabinets

Wash down doors and walls

Vacuum & dust out car

Clean outside windows

Clean inside oven

So my attempt at this scheduling thing is going to be waking up and getting myself ready while Riley sleeps a little bit longer in the morning. When Riley gets up get her ready and play until she takes a nap and then attempt to get most of the cleaning done at that time. We then usually go for a walk before lunch and then another nap, more time to clean if needed or crafting! I have been getting my workout done during my lunch break at work in the physical therapy room so it is uninterrupted and that has been working fairly well.

I am fully aware that this is not a perfect schedule and that some things will come up that will not allow me to always fulfill my cleaning schedule but there are some things on this list that don't get done for months so I figure even if it is once or twice a month that it gets done then I will be pretty happy with myself.