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I grew up in a "messy" disorganized home...and i guess that carried over into my married life. Well, after 2 years on saving advice, we have our financial life in control - and this fall I was finally prepared to take my home back into control as well! I was (in my eyes) fortunate to be laid off and given the chance to work in my home and be proud of it the way i always wanted to be - so back in early october, I started (once again) to read through fly lady.
I've adopted many of her methods to suit my family - and after over a month now of following my routines, much of what i do has become habit and im blessed with a consistantly clean home! I don't follow her to the T, i just "adapt" what would work for me (for instance, I would never ever wear shoes in my home or get fully dressed in good clothes to clean my bathroom!)
Here are some things I do
~ Scheduled routines each day for different sections of the house (monday - clean living room, dust, vaccuum; tuesday - clean kitchen, mop; etc...).
~ Morning routine involves a "swish and swipe" of the bathroom sink, toilet, and kitchen surfaces (i keep clorox wipes in each bathroom and the laundry room beside the kitchen). I also have a motto of "one load a day, at least". at night, i load the washer if needed and start it, then empty the dryer - folding clothes into a basket on the dryer ready to put up the next day, in the morning i load the dryer, and load the washer again. same with the dishes - load at night, empty in morning.
~ "declutter SOMETHING" every day. i modify the 27 fling boogie just to mean "declutter" for me. if i get stuff up to donate or pass on to friends, i consider that a plus.
Much of what i do now is complete habit - such as wiping off the washer and dryer with a chlorox wipe while waiting on the water to fill. my basic maintainance chores also never take more 15 minutes, and my thorough cleaning takes about an hour and a half. My house is always clean by doing this and my husband is so proud. my mom also cant believe it! you would have to know me to understand how much this has changed my life - i was the queen of mess (my bedroom at home as a teen didnt get cleaned -besides pure trash- for 3 years once) and our first year of marriage was plagued with piles of clutter and overflowing laundry everywhere.
my bathroom routine, one of my now-most-ingrained habits, keeps it guest ready all the time - i bought each bathroom a $2 toilet brush that sits in its own little bucket, then i filled with half water and half lemon pine sol. in the mornings, i take the toilet brush, and swish around in the bowl to clean then i wipe down the outside bowl and seat with a clorox wipe, toss in , then flush. the whole process takes no more than 90 seconds and the toilets look great (believe you me, toilets can get scary if they aren't cleaned often!!!).
anyway - i have just been busting at the seams with the thought that "yay! i have a clean home finally!" that i wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this with flylady routines.
Oh, and might i add - before i started all this nearly 2 months ago, we were seriously considering a maid. haha..imagine how wasteful that would have been and how much that would have COST!!
I've adopted many of her methods to suit my family - and after over a month now of following my routines, much of what i do has become habit and im blessed with a consistantly clean home! I don't follow her to the T, i just "adapt" what would work for me (for instance, I would never ever wear shoes in my home or get fully dressed in good clothes to clean my bathroom!)
Here are some things I do
~ Scheduled routines each day for different sections of the house (monday - clean living room, dust, vaccuum; tuesday - clean kitchen, mop; etc...).
~ Morning routine involves a "swish and swipe" of the bathroom sink, toilet, and kitchen surfaces (i keep clorox wipes in each bathroom and the laundry room beside the kitchen). I also have a motto of "one load a day, at least". at night, i load the washer if needed and start it, then empty the dryer - folding clothes into a basket on the dryer ready to put up the next day, in the morning i load the dryer, and load the washer again. same with the dishes - load at night, empty in morning.
~ "declutter SOMETHING" every day. i modify the 27 fling boogie just to mean "declutter" for me. if i get stuff up to donate or pass on to friends, i consider that a plus.
Much of what i do now is complete habit - such as wiping off the washer and dryer with a chlorox wipe while waiting on the water to fill. my basic maintainance chores also never take more 15 minutes, and my thorough cleaning takes about an hour and a half. My house is always clean by doing this and my husband is so proud. my mom also cant believe it! you would have to know me to understand how much this has changed my life - i was the queen of mess (my bedroom at home as a teen didnt get cleaned -besides pure trash- for 3 years once) and our first year of marriage was plagued with piles of clutter and overflowing laundry everywhere.
my bathroom routine, one of my now-most-ingrained habits, keeps it guest ready all the time - i bought each bathroom a $2 toilet brush that sits in its own little bucket, then i filled with half water and half lemon pine sol. in the mornings, i take the toilet brush, and swish around in the bowl to clean then i wipe down the outside bowl and seat with a clorox wipe, toss in , then flush. the whole process takes no more than 90 seconds and the toilets look great (believe you me, toilets can get scary if they aren't cleaned often!!!).
anyway - i have just been busting at the seams with the thought that "yay! i have a clean home finally!" that i wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this with flylady routines.
Oh, and might i add - before i started all this nearly 2 months ago, we were seriously considering a maid. haha..imagine how wasteful that would have been and how much that would have COST!!
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