I recommend the Sweepy app! Keeps track of everything and when it’s due again. I also like that I can focus on one task at a time and make my cleaning as big or little as I can fit in. Plus the check sound is addicting.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone want to do a group cleaning/organizing effort?

This part of DCUM is my fav because there is a nice community in here. It might be fun to plan a group effort…we could decide on one room each week to tackle or one odd cleaning task to do?

I know there are cleaning calendars online. We could even borrow one of them to get idea?

Sounds like a good idea. Start small and see how it goes?

Grateful to the very thorough PP. the question was how to keep a home as if it has professional cleaners. I have 3 kids, one with special needs and the only way to keep on top of things is to have a daily routine start-to-finish so things don’t get out of hand. The first half of the pandemic was a tailspin for our family and home. We’ve been working our way out, and with a solid routine each week gets easier. I do some things in the morning before I go to work, some while dinner is cooking, and then some after the kids are in bed. I have 2 blocks of time each week for deeper cleaning and every few weeks I’m surprised at how much less deep scrubbing there is since I’m no longer playing whack-a-mole with the dirtiest areas.

It’s definitely true that pre-pandemic a lot more people spent the day in offices and most of the offices had housekeeping. Often invisible night crews. So there was housekeeping support for a big part of many people’s indoor time and then suddenly that was gone.