My Daily Flipper

Here it is: The sheet that for 2 glorious days has kept my house picked up, and me sane.

For years I tried (in vane) the Mary Poppins finger snapping route, but finally gave up.

This is my floater page, meaning once I have the rest of my room pages done, they will be in a book, but this one won't so I can have it next to the rooms cleaning page. (That probably didn't make a bit of sense did it?) Plus having a floater page beat writing the daily stuff 7 times over so I could have a copy for everyday of the week.

I know I am still having new routine giddiness, but really, its kept my house tidy for 2 days, if I do it for a week, I'll be impressed, a month, and I'll know I'm on to something.

None of it takes very long either, in the morning, I can have the kitchen whipped back into shape in about 10 minutes after breakfast. Monday is bedroom cleaning day, and I did that, my daily stuff, and I had SEVERAL HOURS OF "FREE" TIME!!!!!!!!!! They were taken up by Miss Crankypants, but still. Bedroom days are usually some of my worst.

I have it broken down into Morning, Afternoon, and Evening, and here is what goes along with them:

 Morning: beds made; clothes picked up;breakfast dishes washed; booster seats wiped down; kitchen swept; kitchen tidied (counters/table washed, breakfast stuff put away); downstairs bathroom sink wiped out; upstairs sinks wiped out; showers sprayed; my bathroom tidied (if necessary)

Afternoon: Living room tidied; Family room tidied; lunch dishes washed; boosters wiped down; kitchen swept; kitchen tidied (see above, but with lunch stuff); bedrooms tidied (before naps, and after sometimes); beds made (after naps); vacuum down stairs

Evening: Supper dishes washed; boosters wiped down; kitchen floor swept; kitchen tidied

Steps cleaned off; bedrooms tidied (before bed); living room tidied: family room tidied; supper dishes put away; dishwasher emptied (Honesty moment- that didn't happen last night); water filter filled; coffee set up.

 It may seem like a lot, and maybe to simply broken down, but its working, and none of it takes very long.  I also have it broken down "chronologically"- in the order that works best for me. No, I don't go back to it after every little job, but I like that I can flip up my card, and have only one small task staring at me, instead of a whole list.

Also, if for some reason I should miss room cleaning one day for whatever reason, I will still have a neat house, and then feel less guilt and angst over it.

I know, I still haven't posted the pictures of the other stuff, yet, but they are taking me a bit longer to put together than I thought. (I wasn't counting on a teething baby).  HOPEFULLY, by the end of the week.

Now, I am off to water my flowers, pick a few peppers and have my quiet time before small people are up.