FLY LADY - Living Room/ Dining Room

 

The first full week of October is dedicated to the living room. I'm not sure a lot of  deep cleaning will get done as we'll be focusing on the changes we need to make to the green house and reorganizing the garden shed.

Traditionally, when Deep Clean week for the living room, I make sure to do the following:

* Detail the recliners

* Clean the ceiling fan blades and lamp globes

* Dust the Entertainment Center

* Sweep/ Mop  floor

The Living Room also includes the Dining Room since we have an open floor plan for this part of the house.

* Clean off the sofa table

* Dust china hutch and clean glassware

* Go through the garden book shelves

* Detail the pet food corner

* Sweep/ Mop floor

This month may be left to what I can do around the outside chores that have a specific deadline... they must be done before Bob goes back out on the 13th. 

Are you a Fly Lady Follower? Whether you are or not, I'd love to hear your cleaning schedule in the comments below!

~Kelly

FLYLADY - Week 3

  Hello, everyone!

I know I'm coming in the door late. My apologies. Glorious day in the Ozarks. I've put six loads of laundry on the line to dry in the fabulous breeze and warm sunshine. I've also made Carrot/ Zuccini muffins (recipe to come at a later date), baked my first buttercup squash of the season (there's a story for later in the week) and gotten a bit of housekeeping done, both on the computer and in the house.  I've had a busy morning. :-)

I will be working on future posts later in the week and getting them scheduled. My goal is to have all blog posts running by 9 a.m. We'll see.

Today's post, as well as all subsequent Mondays, will be about my Flylady Cleaning Schedule. If you're not familiar with the Flylady System, you can read about the program HERE.

In essence the key is to have a home you're not afraid for people to see when they just 'drop by'. Many people, once they get the hang of the system, customize the schedule to fit their individual homes.

I have broken my system down into five areas and assigned each area their own week on the calendar:

Week 1 - Kitchen/ Laundry

Week 2 - Living Room/ Dining Room

Week 3 - Bedroom/ Bathroom

Week 4 - Office

Week 5 - Basement

This week, I'm all about deep cleaning the Bathroom and doing some pitching out of the Bedroom. 

My tasks will include fresh sheets on the bed (which I do every week), dusting/ mopping the floor, dusting all of the furniture as well as decluttering my night stand.

I also want to go through my closet again and see what can go in the thrift store box I'll be dropping off later in the week. 

Cleaning the bedroom also means taking the air can to the electronics. You're electronics will last longer if you give them a frequent dusting. If you have animals, the dust bunnies really do multiply at a rapid rate.

I also do the bathroom this week which means aside from a good mop of the floor I will run soda/ vinegar down the tub/ sink drains, wipe down the baseboards, shine up the bubble tub,  mirror and fixtures.  I will also change out the Sensa melts and clean out the medicine drawers.

While this seems like a lot to do, keep in mind I'm not doing it every day or all in one day. This is DEEP CLEAN Week. I will work on these tasks throughout the week. After that, I simply give them a swipe and shine daily when we're finished with our morning routines to keep things presentable until their week rolls around again the following month.

Tomorrow is supposed to be a Travel post but I'm holding off on that until next week. I have a FUN place to take you to. So much fun in fact I need TWO parts to share everything!

Until next time...

Be Well, Be Safe