The secrets to keeping your sanity. Lesson 2- Bathroom Wednesday's

Cleaning the bathroom is no one's favorite pastime. Imagine my horror when I learned I would be in charge of...4 BATHROOMS!

My husband, bless him, cleans things better than anyone I know! He can take something I've worked on for an hour and have it sparkling in 10 minutes, NO JOKE!
But he doesn't do bathrooms.
I am okay with this because he does so much already.

So I set aside Wednesdays or hump day as Bathroom Wednesdays.
It helps that 3 of the bathrooms are upstairs.

Picture it...

It's Wednesday.
Payton's at school, Parker's outside, Sofia's watching a show or coloring, Sydney is napping, and Halle is doing the dishes, cleaning off the table, or sweeping, she loves to "help" so I let her as much as she wants.

I put my earbuds in my ears and my iPod in my pocket after turning up my House Cleaning Mix(no joke I'll share the songs later)
Down to the basement for a pile of clean cloths.
Into the pantry where I hang the household cleaner my husband swears by on my belt loop, tuck the toilet cleaner, Comet, and Windex under my arm, grab the broom and dust pan, and on my way out a few paper towels.

I start at the top back and work my way forward and down.
Turning on the HOT water I clear off the counter tops and spray them down with the household cleaner. Next is the mirror. Then I wipe the counter, light switches, door jams and sink with my cloth. Next I tackle the toilet. After that it's to the tubs and shower. To finish the job I change all of the towels, I sweep and mop.

I do this in every bathroom, the entire process takes about 45 minutes.
If they need me they know where to find me. Parker usually tries to "help" and brings along his own broom and dust pan. I have assigned him the job of gathering up all of the pieces of toilet paper and broken rubber bands from the floor and putting them in the toilet. He love this because he gets to flush when he's done :)

Bathrooms are done for another week unless...and I should also mention that everything is still in order every night and on Friday's I make sure the TP is stocked.

Ta-Da!
Another day down!

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House Cleaning Mix
*Man I Feel Like a Woman by Shania
*Another Night by Real McCoy
*Let's Give Them Something to Talk About by Bonnie Raitt
*Hey Soul Sister by Train
*Gotta Be Somebody by Bucky Covington
*The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson
*This by Darius Rucker
*I Do by Colbie Caillat
*Happily Ever After by He Is We

*Stuck Like Glue by Sugarland
*Break My Heart by Sara Ramirez
*Just One Kiss by Nick Carter
*Powerful Stuff by Sean Hayes
*Everyday by Sausalito Foxtrot
*Unglamorus by Lori McKenna
*I Want You to Want Me by Letters to Cleo
*Forget You by Cee Lo Green
*Breakeven by Xenia from The Voice
*Just The Way You Are by Tje Austin from The Voice

The secrets to keeping your sanity. Lesson 1- Laundry

Being a SAHM or stay at  home mom is not easy. Making the job harder is living in a remote area without the ability to experience "public" or talk with someone other than the kids 5 or 6 days in a row.
To combat the overwhelming sensation to scream :) I have come up with a schedule of sorts so I do not spend my days cleaning and being overwhelmed.

When we remolded our house I knew that I needed a schedule.

First things first. There are things that need to be done every day and I have a time schedule for some of those jobs like trash, dishes, sweeping, cleaning off the tables. I find it a great sense of accomplishment to cross jobs off after I've done them!

Today's post is about Laundry!

Laundry for 7! I found myself waste deep in laundry.


Included in everyone's Laundry Day is bedding and clothes.

My laundry system includes drawer assignments. I find it helps Dad know how to dress the kids in the chance I am gone and it also allows them to dress themselves without a fight.
Top drawer are tops to be worn to school or town, mostly out in public.
Second drawer are tops to be worn at home only.
Third drawer are outfits, cotton pants, and skirts.
Fourth drawer Jeans
Bottom drawer pajamas.

Monday's are Mom and Dad Laundry. 
I am not sure about anyone else but we don't dry the adults clothes, they are hung on a drying rack. So it is a bit more challenging for me. So on Monday's I wash no less than 4 loads of laundry but only have to fold 3 because the shirts are hung to dry.


Tuesday's are Halle and Payton's Laundry Day. I do not wash their clothes together. Another trick I learned. I spent more time sorting sizes, especially since throwing hand me downs into the mix and not remembering who is now wearing what. So I wash Halles clothes first, all except Jeans, I have a family Jean wash because they ruin other clothes.
When I fold I fold per drawer so I know what goes where.

Thursday's are Parker, Sofia, and Sydney. Unfortunately they don't get out of their pajamas some days so there is usually not a ton of laundry to do on those days.
I also put away the clothes on the drying rack this day.

Friday's are towels and rags day. 

So I have 3 laundry free days!

Any questions?