Hellobee Boards

I just...... do stuff. lol. I'm a horrible procrastinator and I tend to just not do things, even when they are simple, because I don't feel like it or because I may not be able to do it all at once. I make a serious effort now to just do stuff as soon as it needs to be done. And if I can't finish, that's fine. Sometimes it takes me 3 tries to get the dishwasher emptied... but 3 years ago it might've taken 3 days.....

Um, I am not the one to be asking this. I finally gave in and hired a monthly cleaning service. Having an infant is as good an excuse as any to have a slightly untidy house, but I dread anyone looking at my showers. Can you say soap scum? Yet another one of the many chores that I find I'm never able to get around to. And cleaning the oven, and washing the windows, and.... The cleaning service is a bit of a luxury, but my piece of mind is not!

I have a schedule for the laundry (I do kid washing on Tuesday and Friday, big people Wednesday and Saturday, then towels / linens and anything else on the weekend) and my husband is a very tidy guy! Seriously though, my husband is the tidy-up person in our house but I usually do the rest of the housework (vacuuming, bathrooms etc) so it works pretty well for us.

@MrBee: Um, I don't? JK. My house definitely isn't as neat as I would like it, but I prioritize. DS's laundry always comes first. And since we are cloth diapering, I make those a priority, too. Diapers are done every 2-3 days, his clothes and mine are done together on the alternate days. I'm now letting DH manage his own, since he seems to have more time in the evenings. I've gotten into the routine of folding and hanging right away, otherwise it'll sit in the basket. That's my only tip.

As for the rest of the house, we split chores. That way things are more manageable. DH vacuums and I mop/sweep. I clean counters and he does pots and dishes that can't fit in the dishwasher. My only complaint is that he prefers to do them when he comes home from work the next day, so they sit in the sink all day. All because he wants to "relax" after supper. To me, the house just doesn't feel clean with pots in the sink.

Still, there is lots that never seems to get done; see above comment.

Never feel on top. I always feel like as I work on cleaning one thing a couple other things are already getting dirty.

While DS is falling asleep for his nap I do a few quick things. (He's a light mapper so I try to be quiet during nap!)

And when DH is bathing DS I tidy up the toys and h load the dishwasher if needed and wipe the counters.

I need to increase my sweeping/mopping/vacuuming frequency for sure.