It’s that time of year when we start to set goals and make priorities for the upcoming year. It’s especially good time for me, personally, to re-organize “life”. Between working full time, running our boys to all their activities, cooking, cleaning and church stuff, life is FULL! We are thankful for a night at home with nothing on the calendar!
My supportive and amazing hubby has been kind enough to offer for us to have someone come in and clean to help relieve my duties a bit, but I have to admit that anytime someone has come in the past, I’ve not been thrilled with the job they have done.
Honestly, I have a pretty good system going of cleaning something different everyday AND I have 3 boys that are at the age where they help are expected to help out a lot. Weekly they clean their rooms, bathrooms and basement.
Even through there are times their job might not be as good as I would like, I’ve learned to either ask them to re-do it, or relax and let it go as is! The older they get the better job they do and I’m so thankful for their help!
Beyond the day-in and day-out weekly cleaning stuff, the thing I struggle with the most is the deep cleaning. With no set schedule, I can’t remember when I dusted the blinds last or swept behind the refrigerator!
I know I need a system in order to make sure these tasks get accomplished. So, I came up with a Simple Yearly Cleaning Checklist (download the checklist below). The best part is that there are only 3 things to do each month. I plan to do one item each week and take the 4th week of the month off!
The yearly cleaning schedule is simple enough it does not feel overwhelming, but rather is very manageable. I hope this helps you feel a little more organized this upcoming year!
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Rene@Bargainhoot says
January 8, 2014 at 9:19 amThank you for the list! I need to be more organized in my cleaning and this is sure to help!
Heather Moritz says
January 9, 2014 at 7:34 amYou’re welcome, Rene!
Caroline says
January 16, 2014 at 9:27 amHi, I’m stopping by from the Thrifty Thursday link up. Thanks for sharing this. I definitely need the motivation and the simple reminder to do all these things in my house!
me says
March 14, 2014 at 10:07 amyou miss spelled SeptemBER! lol Love this list anyways though! Thank you!
Heather Moritz says
March 16, 2014 at 9:46 amthanks for catching that!! i’ll be sure to fix it!
Katy says
December 21, 2014 at 7:42 amIt’s always good to follow a checklist for cleaning because usually we get confused or are overwhelmed with all the cleaning we have to do. When we have checklist, we are then sure what steps we need to take every month. Thanks for sharing the checklist.
Heather Moritz says
December 22, 2014 at 4:02 pmGlad to share…it’s what helps keep us on task!
RAchel says
February 2, 2015 at 1:22 pmI am prepping for baby #2 and am not comfortable having someone come in to clean for me – SO happy to have found all of your deep-cleaning checklists to help me get through all the tasks 🙂 !!!
Heather Moritz says
February 9, 2015 at 10:52 amI feel the same way, Rachel..and I prefer the way I clean over others! LOL..I think I am a control freak!
Jen Knoedl says
October 31, 2015 at 1:47 amThis is super useful! Do you have a printable version?
Heather Moritz says
November 4, 2015 at 11:46 amAt the very bottom of the post, there is a text link titled, ” Yearly Cleaning Checklist Download”. Just click that to download and print!
Ada Allison says
December 8, 2015 at 9:18 amFantastic list! I am going to print it immediately. If I stick this checklist on the fridge I will see it everyday. This way I coudn`t find a reason to skip cleaning. Thank you for sharing this article! Best regards!
Meynard Hill says
January 5, 2016 at 7:05 amWeekly they clean their rooms, bathrooms and basement. Even through there are times their job might not be as good as I would like, I’ve learned to either ask them to re-do it, or relax and let it go as is!
Paula says
November 9, 2016 at 7:39 amWhat a great list! Thank you
Lyle Baker says
November 21, 2016 at 11:38 amVery cool checklist for easy cleaning, I will try to see if it will work for me.
Vas says
July 29, 2018 at 4:45 amWhen we have checklist, we are then sure what steps we need to take every month. Thanks for sharing the checklist.
Sarah Leavitt says
August 24, 2018 at 6:33 pmHi! I printed this once before but it got spilled on and crumpled a little and I was hoping to print it again. I have tried to download it again and it isn’t working. I keep entering in several email addresses and it will just say 50% complete and it never gets sent to my email. Do you think you could send it to me again? Thank you!
Heather Moritz says
August 26, 2018 at 7:25 pmSent you an email!
CONNIE D ALF says
January 4, 2019 at 9:24 pmtried downloading also, goes to 50% then stops
Heather Moritz says
January 5, 2019 at 8:53 pmLooks like it arrived in your inbox, Connie! Let me know if that’s not the case!
Laci says
May 10, 2019 at 5:08 pmIt’s not being sent to my email 🙁
Heather Moritz says
May 12, 2019 at 8:02 pmIt didn’t look like you opted in? I just sent it out to you.