When kids were younger, I had a schedule for cleaning. It was manly because of everyones activities.

Now I clean as needed now. If I see dust, I dust. If the carpet looks dirty I vacuum. If I see cobwebs, I get them down.

I just cleaned windows last Wednesday, but I see that I really did a poor job. That's bothering me so I'll probably do them over today.

Bathrooms and Kitchen get a daily cleaning.

Gayle

Clean as I go daily, but a big major "move the furniture and super clean" every season.
We have a window guy who comes because my windows are so high !
Laundry every three days so it doesn't pile up, and the dishwasher is on delay and runs at night when we're sleeping. In my next life I want a housekeeper! Kathy

When I was working, it was almost impossible to keep the whole house clean. I would concentration on the common areas of the house, the most, and let the bedrooms slide, until I had a day off.
Everyone needs to pitch in. Even a small child, can pick up his toys.

When I was playing the piano at church, I got into the habit of cleaning house every Friday night since Saturday was the only non-work day I had, and I've just kept that routine except now that Steve works my hours, we clean on Thursday evenings and buy groceries on Friday nights. However, if the bathroom sinks look dirty, I'll clean them no matter what the day and I usually run the vacuum cleaner another time during the week.

I wish I could find a routine that worked for me. I work full time and by the time I get home at night and get dinner done, the kitchen cleaned and maybe a load of laundry done I am exhausted.
I hate cleaning on Saturdays...it's my day off too and I want to do fun things.
Two nights a week I set the kitchen timer and make my husband help me. We get as much done as we can in a half hour and I call it good.
Saturday I cleaned house really good so we should be good for awhile.

I'm pretty much a creature of habit...I start my cleaning in the bedroom and just move through the house...Mind you I have a housekeeper so I am not spending any time doing things like scrubbing showers or floors. I just do the same routine maintainence type cleaning every day...I do laundry always on Monday and any other day of the week that it needs to be done but with just two of us, once or twice a week is usually it.

I clean rooms when they need it, or when company is coming!

When my daughter was small and I worked, I HAD to get organized. I came up with this schedule. Monday: floors, vacum rugs and mop tile or vinyl, wash bathroom rugs and dog towels/blankets. Tuesday: clean bathrooms, wash bath linens, clean bathroom mirror. Wednesday: dust. Thursday: wash down kitchen/appliance surfaces-stove, fridge, microwave, washer and dryer. Friday: bed linens, change and wash. That kept the house clean and I didn't have to feel like I needed to do cleaning once a month all in one day.

I kind of developed a schedule when my kids were little but I still stick to it years later because it seems to work for me. Tuesdays are bathroom nights, Wednesdays are laundry (whites only), Thursdays I change the sheets & do 2 more loads of colored clothes, Fridays are towels & any leftover stuff that needs to be washed, Saturday mornings DH & I grocery shop & I wash the floors (just an apt. not a house) & Sundays I leave for vacuuming. Since we never really do much or go anywhere in my boring life :-), I use the week-ends to clean, too, as I work M-F. I think a routine of any kind helps a lot. I've never just cleaned when something's dirty unless it's so totally dirty, I can't stand it, which usually doesn't happen. They laugh at me at work because I'm so organized but I've just always done things this way. Oh and dusting - my least favorite job - I kind of work in when I feel like it or the dust gets really bad. I used to dust all the time but got to the point where I really hated doing it.

schedule? clean? since it's just the 2 of us it's more upkeep than cleaning...lol

routine:
Arise from bed, perform ablutions and dress
have breakfast
greet the maid at the front door
go to work

Flylady.

Huh????

I clean every Tuesday and Sat,Everything,I dust,vacumn,clean bathrooms,do laundry.But Im thinking of hiring someone as I dont feel too good lately.I only have 2 days off so if I dont feel good or have an appointment,grocery shopping I get behind quick.

Flylady isn't someone someone incubating houseflies.

She's a lady who offers advice and assistance along the line of getting organized, especailly regarding housework ... sorry, I don't know her website (and a visit to this house would confirm that).

As for my routine ... I try to get most things done, about once or twice a year.

A few weeks ago when I thought that I'd either have to buy some more underwear (and how much more than over half a dozen or more with tired elastic waistband and half a dozen fairly new ones does one need, as one approaches 80?) or do a small wash and either hang on basement line or start up the dryer ... we had a mild spell and I was able to do some washing to hang the clothes on the outside line.

My friend of over 30 years (who's offered to drive me around) came to bring her income tax, the other day, and commented that some straightening seemed to be needed. How right she is! I only had to move a couple of things to give all three a place to sit.

I have a number of dried-out tomatoes still left in cardboard trays from the time that I was ripening them in here that should be dropped back on the garden plot - there were 25 trays, in the beginning. Still some in the basement.

I hope that you're all enjoying spring ... after this about-the-earliest-ever Easter (with snow on the ground).

ole joyful