Home Chore List: Daily Cleaning Chores (2)by Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 10 Sep 2007 10:30 AM
If you have been following this series, on Friday I gave you some of the daily chore list. These are things that should really been done every day. On that list, I included the following: Make the beds Put dirty clothes in the hamper Clean up daily spills. Now I would like to add a few more things to the list. And then later, there will be some extra credit tasks that you might want to adopt for a really organized home. Ready? Wash the dishes. There is really no way around this, I am afraid. And, I speak as a person who hates doing dishes. Piled up dishes are an eyesore and a health hazard. And if you turn your back, they tend to breed like rabbits to the point where it is hard to contain them. One method that works well for me is to start the day with an empty dishwasher to which I load the dirty dishes. Anything that needs to be washed by hand, such as a large pot of the blades for my mixer gets washed on the spot, as soon as humanly possible. The dishwasher then gets done at night and then opened to air dry while the family sleeps. What if you have more dishes than will get in one load? Well, you could always run a second load if needed. Many of today's dishwashers offer a "small load" feature. I generally will just wash any remaining pieces by hand in a sink full of suds. Wipe the kitchen. This really isn't as bad as it sounds. While you are waiting for the microwave to beep, the pot to boil, your mother-in-law to finish telling you how to raise the kids..., take a damp sponge and wipe down any sticky surfaces, such as the counters, stovetop and refrigerator door. Dining tables should be wiped after meals. That is it! Get into the habit of those daily chores and your home is well on its way to staying clean. Check back next time for a list of extra credit daily chores that will take your cleaning to the next level without breaking a sweat. (Including a tip from Jonesx6!) Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here. Related Articles Home Chore List: Daily Cleaning Chores (1) Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevanthome tags holidays | children | weight loss | relationships | christmas | parenting | ideas | baby | Kids | family User Comments jonesx6 (1606) 12 Sep 2007 06:25 AMMary Ann, The kitchen is the first area I start when I am trying to tame the mess. By around 3 o'clock in the afternoon my downstairs is a mess!! Toys are everywhere, books are thrown, dishes are in the sink, etc. I start at the sink and work my way out from there. Our washer and dryer are in the kitchen so I switch up a load. I generally get the boys to bring up the baskets of clean laundry. Wiping down the counters and table come next. I guess it sort of snowballs from there. Don't forget to include the children in helping. After all they do sort of help make the mess. lol Great tips!! Laura  Mary Ann Romans (26886) 12 Sep 2007 09:45 AMGreat comments, Laura! It is funny how messes occur so quickly. I left for the park with a claen house. We came back and had lunch. Now there are dishes in the sink, spills on the table and crumbs everywhere. Oh and a dress and pair of little girl panties on the floor (she decided she wanted to change LOL). jonesx6 (1606) 13 Sep 2007 06:33 AMMary Ann, That sounds like something that would happen here. Our main problem is SOCKS. The boys throw their socks everywhere. lol Laura PS-The good thing about a dog is that they clean up the crumbs off the floor. Mary Ann Romans (26886) 13 Sep 2007 08:14 AMHmm, but dogs generate dog hair. So I guess it is a trade off! How do you handle your single socks? Y'know, the ones that disappear. jonesx6 (1606) 13 Sep 2007 08:59 AMI generally throw them back into the hamper. My thought is that one day that missing sock will be found. The other day I realized that I may need to throw some of the mismatched socks out. Sometimes the boys will wear mismatched socks. lol Laura jonesx6 (1606) 13 Sep 2007 09:00 AMYes dogs do have A LOT of hair. I think I would rather sweep up crumbs than have dog hair. Ugh! Laura  Valorie Delp (49340) 14 Sep 2007 07:53 AMFor mismatched socks. . .I tend to throw them back in the hamper too but about 4x per year I have to do a massive clothing reorganization. Pull out the new season's stuff, figure out what the kids have and need, etc. I do this right after I've done the laundry and so any mismatched socks either get made into puppets or get thrown out. ;-) Or get added to the furniture dusting pile if they're adult socks. ;-) Community Tags Cleaning, chores, Daily Tasks, dishes, home Discuss this article
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Have you been struggling with getting everything done around your home? It is wonderful to have a clean and organized home, but sometimes, well, most of the time, it can be tough to maintain. Or as Shelbybear62, a busy mom, employee and student said, it is a struggle keeping all of those balls in the air. I have found that having a list with set chores on it really helps me from getting that overwhelmed feeling and not knowing where to start. 
