An excellent site for everything to get you organised is http://www.busymothers.com.au/

Lots of planners, timetables etc etc etc!

Cheers, Miriam

You and I are the same in this area! lol.  We have so much rubbish accumulated and are only now just starting to get rid of it all, after more than 7 years! 

I feel lazy too, but I think it is more lack of motivation.  who wants to clean house any way when there are more interesting things to do! lol.  I put my fave music on, really loud, and get stuck in that way.  It takes longer, but I sing , dance and clean all at once.  Everyone thinks I am nuts, but it works for me.

I have to write out a schedule too, but just thinking about doing that is mind boggling. 

I found this on Ebay if it helps.  It's a chart for kids, but I'm sure it can be adapted for the whole house to use. Rewards Chart  I'll keep looking and see if I can find the one I was thinking of getting.  Sadly, computer crashed before I could add it to my watch list, and it ended before I could fix things!

 Well you could break things down from the daily things and the weekly. Everyday do the kitchen, lounge and washing as needed. If not washing that day then do the bathroom. I take one weekly task and do that each day, like the bedrooms, windows or vacunming. As long as things are generally tidy, its much easier to keep on top of it all. Thats what I try to do anyway. Hope this helps.

Have you heard of the FlyLady? Check it out here http://www.flylady.net/

The FlyLady has a yahoo group set up and if you join it, it will send you a daily email (be prepared to get a LOT of emails) that will tell you what to do each day. And in addition, they have daily projects. For example, may this month the focus is on the master bedroom to get it cleaned and organized.

It's really neat if since you want a routine. You can get a lot of cleaning done without feeling like you've exhausted yourself beyond action.

I guess you just have to figure our what suits you best........

Me, I like to do all my big stuff in one day, in this order - dusting all over, cleaning benches, bathroom and laundry, vacuuming all over, moping.

Whereas I have a friend who likes to do a room a day.

Washing for us is everyday and I find if I don't keep ontop of it I have piles everywhere of folding and ironing. Some days I'm great, some days not so great. Get the kid's to there part too, dirty clothes go in basket as soon a sthey get undressed, they can clean their rooms. It's up to you if they help with other cleaning duties.

As you're starting from scratch, I would do each room at a time together and decide what things should really be kept. De-cluttering can be hard when you first start because it's very much a healing process. My MIL did it not that long ago and it was very hard for her as she is the worst hoarder I've ever met, but she did it!!

Amanda xxxx

Working out a routine kind of depends on what else you have going on, but it might help if we all give you an insight into what a general domestic day consists of, so here goes.

Up, breakfast,school run. Kitchen and Dining room tidy, washing on. Cuppa and toddler time. Washing out, or in drier, quick set right and hoover downstairs or upstairs depending on need. More toddler time, then iron yesterday's washing. Lunch. Out of house tasks, shopping,kiddy clubs. School run, dinner prep, then while the girls are playing togeather, I will strip a bed,put washing away or do the bathroom or an upstairs room. Dinner, we all clear up food debree, have some family time, all run around clearing up any toy's etc and set things straight,then bath,bed books. Thankfully I have at least one free day when Caty and Ruth are out all day, so I do the big jobs then.

I alway's make sure the Kitchen and Sitting room are tidy at our bed time, so we dont have a big job facing us in the morning.Daddy has his jobs, he empties the dishwasher before leaving for work, does the bins, irons his own shirts and mows the grass. Also he will do a job as seen like hoover up if the garden ends up inside, or stick a washing on or out if one builds up. We all try to keep the house reasonably tidy by having all in clear ups, as things start to spread during the weekend.

I think I know my tasks, and then encourage everyone to follow my direction on their tasks, if everyone does their little bit,then it makes the whole easier to handle.

Good luck. Winnie.xxxx

Im a little over the top I dust vacum do bathroom and toilet every day, my washing is done daily put out and brought back in by the afternoon, it is realy important for me to have a routine if I get out of this routine the hole house is out.  We have a cooked meal every night and I make this our time together to chat.

Then after tea bath and bed by 7pm then its my time. I find if i keep up to every thing on a daily basis then there isnt as much to do the next day.

Hope this helps

I was just browing the net and I found somthing that may help you.  Take a look here, you need to scroll down to the second article.

Hope it helps.

I know exactly what you are talking about!  I have the same problem!  the thing that works for me is to find a good plan and just stick with it. If you look on line for a good cleaning schedual you will find all kinds!  the worst ones are the ones that have you cleanign alot everyday, liek it will say to dust th livign room monday then turn around and dust the dinning roon Tuesday and it goes on like that with EVERY Chore.   I find it best to just  Dust on Tuesday, do a general pick up every day, (if you keep it up it will really only take a few minutes, but I have a problemjust getting up adn actually doing it!!)  vaccume on tuesday after you dust and do a load of bedding on Wednesday, and the rest of the laundry on Saturday so your hubby can help! (tho mine never seems to help even when I get mad and yell at him for not helping)   the dishes is always what gets stacked up (besides the laundry!)  I hate the dishes, but if I just do them its not that bad. !  my hubby tells me to just do them after I cook, but with all the people that are inmy house I would be doing idshes all day!  so I just do them at night after I put the kids to bed and then I relax...

I hope this helps, just look on line for a goon schedual for you, or make uyour own.  write it on paper adn hang it on the fridge. If you have older kids have them help, My son is 2 and he can pick up his and Sister's toys and put the dishes in the sink.  its not much but it is helpfull.