Routines

Ever since getting home from NYC, K and I have been slightly under the weather. This was her first major illness, ever, and it was only a cold. I also got her cold but got over it pretty quickly. I took some serious vitamin doses and I think it helped.

Now that everyone is on the mend, I am trying to clean up our neglected house.

I am not great with housework. I try to run the vacuum once a week, I wipe down the kitchen daily and keep up with the bathroom. I do my best to ignore the tumbleweeds of cat hair and the thick dust on the window sills, but I am getting to the point where I cannot ignore it much longer. Not to mention that we have many boxes never opened or unpacked from our move to this house (a year ago.)

This morning I took out the vacuum and attachements and took care of all the tumbleweeds. I set the oven to self clean and cleaned all the radiators. It felt good and I noticed a major improvment in my sneezing.

I would like to take one day a week and really deep clean a room until I have made it through the entire house. I would also like to make an effort to fill 2 bags a week, one with trash and one with donations and get those out of the house. I have been looking at some cleaning routines on Real Simple (I know there is Fly Lady but that is not for me) 

Here is a good Fall cleaning list, and here are some good deep cleaning references for kitchen (and appliances) bathroom, living room, dining room and bedroom. Once you get everything clean, here is a quick routine for keeping it up on a daily basis. 

I am writing myself a schedule for one room a week. I feel like I can fit that in between our other activities. I try to schedule one day a week where Kennedy are home without other plans. I feel like we need that time to catch up and slow down.

Besides, Kennedy likes the hard work!