Housecleaning 101

Unfortunately that housekeeper you requested from Santa Claus didn't come through, so it's up to you to clean the house once again! Start the new year out right and organize your cleaning jobs! Here's a few tips to make that a little bit easier:

1. Delegate - There are many jobs around the house your children are perfectly capable of doing. Give them the job of folding laundry or putting away dishes. Setting the table and sweeping are also jobs that most children can easily do!

2. Make lists! Make a list for each room of all the things that you need to clean every day.Make a new list of things that need cleaning once a week and finally make one last list of all the jobs that need doing semi annually or annually (like cleaning windows or dusting behind the refrigerator).

3. Get to work...that's the most important thing I can tell you. The longer you let the mess go, the longer it will take you to clean it up. Start with 1 room and keep going until you reach the last corner or the last room.

Having a clean house makes life go so much smoother. So get off the computer and get to work! You'll be so thankful you did :) Now, it's time for me to take my own advice, I'm off to clean! Stumble It!

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