MY HOUSE IS A WRECK! 😬Messy To Minimal Clean + Declutter w/ me! | my MINIMALIST cleaning routine
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- MY HOUSE IS A WRECK! Messy To Minimal Clean + Declutter | MINIMALIST cleaning "routine"
If you are new here, hey! I am Natalie - follower of Jesus, wife to my childhood best friend, and homeschool mama to three.
I’m also the ORIGINAL creator of “MESSY TO MINIMAL”- a widely-popular extreme decluttering and home organization series that I started in 2020. In the course of about a year, my husband and I worked to simplify our home and lifestyle. With our first pass through our home we got rid of over 80% of our possessions.
Nowadays, we’re not keeping track of the number, because decluttering is more of a maintenance task to invest into the health and simplicity of our home and family life moving forward!
I continue to share this series as a way to completely DEMOLISH the idea that decluttering is a one and done activity (especially in a home with young children!) I am here to give you non-judgmental encouragement and some gentle motivation for your own decluttering and simple-living journey!
If you’re just tuning in to this series or would like a refresher here’s that full playlist: • MESSY TO MINIMAL SERIES
I love sharing about my life as a mom and homemaker/homesteader. Around here we embrace the coziness in the chaos and the magic in the mundane. I believe simple joys and a home filled with love (not STUFF) are more important than "keeping up with the Joneses." I'm glad you stopped by!
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Hailey dancing in the rain melted my heart 🥹 💖 rainy days are beautiful too!
Clear out your fridge when you write your grocery list, that way you can check for ingredients at the same time 😊
It’s women like you who help us feel better about ourselves, that cleaning/house chores are on going. That we are not alone.
This may be unpopular but I have a cleaner come twice a month to clean everything thoroughly. I’m a clean freak and it helps me mentally so much and I budget it as part of self care.
Of course there are daily tasks and I freshen things up every few days but it’s peace of mind knowing the big stuff will get done!!
I LOVE this for you! NOTHING wrong with hiring help if you're able to. ♥️
We do this too. I’m a mom of 4 (ages 6m to 6y) and some days it feels impossible to catch up on everything. It’s so nice knowing that every other week, every single room in my house will get cleaned all at once! Even if it doesn’t last long with all these kids 😂 We originally hired her when I was extremely pregnant with my third (and dealing with a lot of pelvic pain that made it difficult to get any cleaning done some days!) but her price is so reasonable ($20/hr and it only takes her 1.5 hours so $30 plus a tip!) that we feel it’s well worth it.
Same here! My cleaners save me from mental breakdowns
Same! I have had a cleaning crew come every other week for almost 10 years. I am super organized and tidy, but my house is too big to clean alone! It take four women two hours and it is the best money I spend every month.
It is not a bad thing. But because cleaning was my part-time job for five years while studying ( cleaned a kindergarten and a disabled friends flat) I somehow think it would be strange to pay someone else to do MY job. Just a psychological barrier.
I recently created a cleaning checklist once we started our family. It keeps me focused on certain tasks during each day so I can spend the weekends enjoying time with my family instead of feeling like I have to clean the entire house. It also stops me each day after I get certain tasks done instead of jumping from one task to another because I know those tasks are for another day. Keeps me in check.
Yes, I eeek out ALL my toiletries ! I cut my Burts Bees handcream tubes in 1/2, put them in a ziplock bag, and use them up entirely! I use some every night and can get almost a month's worth this way!! I " dig" for the last of the lipstick and lip balm. I cut open toothpaste tubes. I use the slivers of soap . I add water to shampoo and conditioner bottles, shake them up, and use it up.....
You are not alone frugal mama! 😉
Thank you for always being encouraging, especially when it comes to not comparing and acknowledging that different seasons of life have different realities. We just had our third baby and minimalism has helped but our house is just dirtier right now. Instead of stressing over not cleaning it all, I focus on what I am able to do in 5-10 minutes.
This is such a great, realistic mindset!
I'm about to have our third baby, so this is a great reminder!! 😅❤
I love having these videos on in the background while I work remotely. It definitely brings up the mood and makes me want to work productively too.
What i luv about this channel is that you, Natalie, actually read subs comments. That is one reason folks feel an attraction to ur channel. You are so real and genuine.
Oh wow! Thanks for the kind words. I LOVE my community and enjoy the conversations we get to have in the comments! ♥️
My partner and I keep a cleaning schedule to make sure we’re evenly splitting the chores
If we leave it to chance then I’ll do everything so it makes sure I’m not overloaded without me having to tell him to do chores- it helps us feel like equal partners with no awkward conversations
For things like lotions, toothpastes, shampoos and conditioners you can cut the packaging open and scrape the rest into a little Tupperware to continue using from there. You'll be amazed how many days of use are still left inside!
Nope. I need to develope a cleaning schedule. Sometimes things get forgotten about for waaay too long. And it's a problem.
I love your bins for the kids! We've done something similar where I make a pile and ask them to bring it to their rooms. But it's still me asking them to do it. I love how the bins get it out of your way but keep it THEIR responsibility to take care of. I will be trying this for sure with my 3 and 4 yr olds.
Great to see the kids so willingly jump in. Good for you and your hubby for raising such beautiful, caring kids. And I too, was melted when Hailey was dancing in the rain - such unadulterated joy. We could all learn from that.
I totally agree with the idea of staying on top of the daily tasks, and I love that you discuss how it's finding what works for you. I'm not naturally an organized person, but I thrive with structure; it wasn't until I made a daily/weekly/monthy tasks list did I ever make cleaning a sustainable habit for myself. Also, my list is always adapting based on what tasks need to be daily seasonally and just what is and isn't working. Bloggers sharing their cleaning lists is lovely, but it wasn't until I started adapted them to my life and my home did I feel like it was attainable and helpful. There's no one right way :)
Your “gentle motivation” verbiage is one of my favorite things ever ❤️ it’s exactly what you provide in your videos!
🥹I’m so glad it resonates with you!
A couple weeks ago, "Vicki Marie Living Life" posted a video where she talked about "responding in the moment" when it comes to cleaning. This was so validating to me because I could never stick to the various cleaning schedules that I've sort of tried, like I'm not going to wash baseboards with no visible dust or dirt on them! If I see prints on the windows, I wash them. If I see dust/crumbs/mess/whatever, I just take action at that time. There are certain things I do every day because resetting the bedroom and kitchen fit with that "responding in the moment" philosophy but there are plenty of other things that only get done every week or 2 or more 'as needed' rather than according to a set schedule that inevitably sets me up for failure.
Yes, I use the last drop of everything before discarding the bottle. No need to waste. 😁. I used to follow the fly-lady system of cleaning and I loved it. Now I’m disabled and in this season of my life I have established a system of cleaning one room a day. I simply can’t do more than that, but I’m so thankful that I can do that much and that pretty much keeps everything going. I always look forward to your videos. They are so uplifting!
People tend to assume I'm very organized, but I have drawers that bother me because I can't seem to keep them organized, but I do well. I even created a shopping list of items we can buy for our house to help with organization or cleaning.
On the minimalist side of things, I've been working on minimalizing our home. I've decluttered (almost) half of our kitchen since it's just my dad, brother, and me.
I've gotten to a point with my clothes so I can keep everything out year-round without worrying about it being stuffed in a tote. There are better ways than that, but I only have a few winter clothes, and most of what I'd wear for the fall-winter months I have to wear for my job.
I think comparing myself to others is what used to get to me. I love your channel so much! You are so real. And I feel like your encouragement has gotten me out of the need for a cleaning schedule. I dont like that pressure. But I just like you have things that need to be done weekly. My goal is simple living as well!❤ thank you
Hailey asking for tea and having a cozy tea time after dancing in the rain, tugged at my heart!
Lol. I grew up having to clean with my siblings every Saturday. I couldn't go play until it was all done to my mom's perfection. She wanted everything cleaned and baked for Sunday incase we invited someone over for dinner after church. Monday was wash day. Tuesday was ironing . I can't remember what she did on Wednesday, but on Thursday she would go visit grandma or her sister. I hated Saturdays so much that to this day I refuse to clean😂 unless we're going to have someone over on that day. You would think I would be over that since I'm 70😅😅😅 I hate schedules. But I do have a morning routine that keeps my house clean but it's my routine. 😊
The light at 8:47 in the school room looks like it’s smiling at us 🙂 so cute!!
I vacuum hardwoods everyday along with dishes, laundry, and wiping counters. As far as a schedule I wash sheets and vacuum carpets on Friday. Clean out the fridge every week before garbage day and mop when it’s done raining, the ground is dry, and no rain on the forecast 😆
Bathrooms and dusting happen randomly.
I’m also a naturally very tidy person. I’ve been that way my whole life. So cleaning and maintaining my home comes very easy and naturally for me. I joke it’s the only thing I’m good at. 😆 all those blogs you see like “10 habits of tidy people” I could have written every.single.one.of.them. 😆
Minimalism most definitely helps maintain a home no matter if you’re naturally tidy or messy.
I’m physically not at a great point right now but I started with this video and have been doing an easy slow tidy the rest of the day. Even got to decorate shelves that have been an eyesore for weeks.
Love being encouraged and motivated to clean alongside with you, Natalie! And I have felt the same way in my current season, doing away with cleaning a room of the day or whatever. I just do it as I can. And sometimes that means a day or two reset and thats ok! Love how you feel about company coming over too. I'm with you on that. No one cares about the pile of laundry or dirt in your house. After all, we LIVE in our houses. Thank you for your authenticy and sharing all the fun side things you do. Real life, coffee, cutting hair, mopping 3 days later than you were shooting for 😜
16:20 you are so refreshing to hear, these ideas were also brewing in my mind for a long time.
I cut open lotion or toiletry bottles when they are on their “last drop”. Usually I can get several weeks or a months worth of product! I clean on Saturday mornings and throughout the week.
Girl!! ❤ I had been in such a slump since a massive surgery in December that almost took me out. I had a HARD time finding myself again. Somewhere along the way i discovered you... You gave me my inspiration back. Motivation. Passion for my simple life again. I feel like I lost my why. Your gentle and kind ways of sharing your life got me motivated again. I just had to say a BIG thank you for your kindness. We all go through hard times and have to get back up, that's normal. Having your videos and insta helped me mentally so much. Just wanted you to know that ❤ I'm doing GREAT now, but felt the urge to say keep up the great job with your home and family. Spreading kindness never gets old ❤❤❤
Wow! This comment brought tears to my eyes. I’m so very honored and humbled to have been a source of motivation and encouragement for you. 🥹 it’s why I do what I do!
@@NatalieBennett it definitely shows in the beautiful videos you share. Nothing is forced or put on. Just a friend encouraging a friend ❤️ have a beautiful day, Natalie.
I have a laundry schedule/ routine but not a cleaning one. Definitely a work in progress. Love how Hailey is enjoying the rain and tea time. ❤
I TRY to at least clean our kitchen daily. I’m 4 months pregnant currently so it’s not really daily anymore, instead now I just try to at least tidy my toddlers toys daily while she’s napping but sometimes mama needs a nap too!!
I have a schedule but I don’t use it all the time. I don’t get overwhelmed like I used to but when I do; I go back to my schedule to know where to start and that makes me feel better.
I loved watching Sweet Hailey sipping on her tea! The boys getting their haircuts were fun to see!!
Love this!
Ya I definitely feel overwhelmed and like how do I heal my body from multiple health issues that affect my daily life(just found out), grow spiritually in my walk with the Lord, disciple my four children 8 and under, grow in my marriage, homeschool, cook as healthy as I can, clean, declutter and still be present and loving my kids and husband and that’s not even exercising😵💫 all while sleep deprived and sometimes mentally not doing well🥴
Hailey dancing in the rain brought back memories. I loved dancing in the rain as a little girl, cuddling up with a book in a window seat as a teen. I tried to cultivate that love with my kids, but only the girls grew in it. I have 1 that still loves to go walking in the rain & curls up in a window seat staring out at the storminess...dreaming. ❤
As for checklists... I loosely follow flylady. I use it more as a suggestion. Lol. As a homeschooling mom of 5 littles, I needed checklists to remind me what needed to be done and what got done. My brain felt frazzled much of the time. Today, I am homeschooling my last in his last year, and things are slower. My brain is much less frazzled. 😅 But, I still find myself referring to flylady tips, suggestions, etc. I do have a power hour each Monday to restore order from the weekend. I still vacuum and mop on Mondays and Thursdays. I dust on Mondays and Thursdays. I do laundry on Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday. Hubby just moved my clothesline to its new location closer to the house, and I am loving it. I change my bedsheets on Friday. It's a small way of helping my husband relax and leave the workweek behind him by crawling into crisp clean sheets Friday night. I reset my bathrooms daily as well as my kitchen and living room. I try to have the kitchen all buttoned up before bed, but there are other souls in this house who don't go to bed when I do. 😂 Flylady has helped me in the decluttering. I'm such a hoarder at heart, and there are some things I will never get rid of. But in this new season, I need to declutter homeschool books, and that is hard for me. It's emotional. It makes me weepy. I miss my littles. But decluttering schoolbooks and donating them is what I am doing this week....as soon as I get the dust off my ceiling fans. When did that get there? 😮😊
Awh I’m from western WA too. Lived in Kent/Federal way/Tacoma area my whole life. My husband and I moved to Arkansas a few years ago, and it’s such a change. I love it here but I also miss that PNW weather and scenery. It’s currently an oven here in the south. Living vicariously through you!
If you ever want to switch away from whatever window cleaner you're using, I bought the purple Norwex cloth and it just needs water and leaves beautifully streak-free windows and mirrors! Definitely worth it. I have one for upstairs and one for down. My daughter has started taking her three kids into one room and working with them for just 30 minutes to declutter/clean. After 30 minutes, they are done, whether the room is finished or not, but it's that same teamwork concept as well as the idea of making them stewards of their home. I do that with my husband for an hour at a time, but not every day. But I'm short, he's tall, and sometimes there are things I just can't do without him. Teamwork gets'er done!
I use the E-cloth window cloths! They don’t require any cleaner-just water, but I add some window cleaner just for fun!
@@NatalieBennett Yes, I've heard great things about those as well, but haven't tried them yet because I have two of the others. Also, can I add, you're just so sweet! Beautiful soul!
Thank you for being willing to show the reality of life with kids and daily messes! I had someone comment "wow how can anyone live like such a slob" to a reel I posted about how I am reorganizing our homeschool/dining room. Seriously...you try it and me know how that goes 😅🤦♀️
I’ve already gotten a few of those comments/ messages! So unkind of people to say things like that when they have no idea what it’s like to live in MY house with MY children!
Great video! Miss Hailey dancing in the rain and drinking tea knows how to enjoy life ❤, so sweet!
Honestly, I have a cleaner because with a fulltime job and a small child cleaning is just daunting! We just do small top cleaning in between visits, like hoovering and wiping down the bathrooms. My husband cleans the kitchen and I do the laundry. We try to do household tasks weekday evenings so weekends can be relaxing family time
*top-up cleaning!
Love this!!!
I dont have a routine with many house things. Towels weekly, sheets F/N. Bathrooms weekly, kitchen as we go. Dusting and vacumm/mop of rest of house is what I struggle with. I'm saving for a robot vac/mop to help me be on top of this stuff. Thx for your encouragement and how your family runs. So sweet.
I appreciate how real you are and show what a real home looks like.
I love watching because you are real - I don’t get the RUclipsrs who mop and hoover everyday and change the bedding three times a week! This last few weeks have been sunny in the UK ( yes it is sunny here sometimes) so we have spent our time in the garden - the house can wait until it rains - just like you. A few times a year we have big family get togethers and the house gets blitzed ( next one in August) the rest of the time we clean as we go. It’s always tidy as I’ve decluttered and our kids have grown but the cleaning gets done when required - life’s too short for constant housework. Thanks for all you do ❤❤❤
Love that you state progress over perfection.
Thank you for mentioning that you don’t keep cleaning schedules and checklists. I am such a messy person and have been working so hard to declutter and reframe my thinking and it is always so encouraging to watch you say that you kind of wing it too! I stress myself out with lists if I don’t get them done the day I say I’m going to do. You’re one of my favorite RUclipsrs these days as I feel like I’m a couple years back from where you are, starting a minimalism journey with young kids! Thank you for always putting out such relatable content!
We just moved into our first house and I think I’ll need to make a cleaning schedule for this first season of living here so I don’t get so overwhelmed with the amount of work we have to do now.
Idk what it is about this season but I am totally with you!! My house is a disaster and I feel like I can’t keep up. I need to rewatch your decluttering videos ago give me some motivation to get it under control!
I appreciate your peaceful music selections 💕
I have tried so many things to be more organized with cleaning-i even bought the Passionate Penny Pincher organizer in the hopes that having something that tells me what to do each day would help and it still didn't work 😕. Decluttering and getting rid of stuff like you do on your channel has helped more!
1. Seeing your garden out the window when you were cleaning it, totally made me feel a Peter Cottontail kind of moment! That you could totally go outside and little bunnies would hop right up to you and birds would land on your shoulder.
2. I 100% use the last of the product! I would cut the end of the tube so I could get the last bit out.
Thank you for this video. My life is crazy busy right now and we have a heatwave here. And it shows. My house is a mess. You reminded me to be kind to myself and that good enough is good enough. ❤
I used to have a cleaning schedule that worked well most of the time for weekly things and bigger things just got done as needed.
Then pregnancy with the youngest happened + two depression diagnosis and things went down hill from there. So now two years later and finally realizing that old routine just doesn't work anymore, but we desperately need cleanliness, routine, and order for all of us to function better, not to mention we start our homeschoolingforbthe firsttime in the fall to add to the craziness. So I've decluttered a ton over the last two years, and currently starting to experiment with the flylady app to see if zone cleaning will be better and adjusting her sysytem to fit with what i already have in place that does work.
Hi Natalie, I never understood daily housework lists. When something needs to be cleaned, it needs to be cleaned right then. It wouldn't make sense to wait around until my chore list tells me I can tend to that task.
I agree!
My family and I spent the last 8 days in the Tacoma, Puyallup, and Bonney lake area. The weather is exactly what this Arizona family needed in the middle of the summer. We visited Owens beach and the Zoo and the Hands on children's museum. It was all so nice, and again the weather was amazing!
I really appreciate hearing that you don't have a fixed schedule. I'm in baby and toddler world right now so I just try and keep up with the basics.
2:26 that look of mom love is so sweet! What a great moment of unbridled joyful dancing to capture, and what an awesome song choice 'summer rain on a window'! 🥰
I've had to take a break from watching vlog type videos for a while now - and yours is the first I've watched since then. I just want to *thank you* for being so real and gentle and encouraging. This video felt like such a welcoming space and just the reminder I needed to love my home and the season I'm in. Be well!
Love this video thanks. The main schedule that I have for our family of 5 is a laundry schedule. I do one load a day that way I don't fall behind and I wash each person's laundry basket full at a time. This eliminates sorting into multiple people. The kids get device time if they fold and put their laundry away. It has been an amazing thing for our family.
I am glad I found you! Yes I appreciate your journey of where you are at! I just started this little corner & invite you to my real journey as well. It is very difficult to share real life sometimes because it's embarrassing for me, but I decided to take a risk and share that not all on yt is perfect pretty. Some of us are real people with real struggles lol. I love your personality! I always say progress over perfection and I am taking baby steps! I look forward to seeing more of your other videos that I will be binge watching! lol. Many Blessings!♥✨🐝💛🦋📒📒🌟🌻✨💛💛♥💛❤❤❤
I don't really have a cleaning schedule. I clean daily and as needed. I have 3 teenagers and a 5yr old so bathrooms tend to get wiped down daily. I also try to declutter as I go. I used to stress out about it but have learned to relax and give myself grace!
I love your clean with me videos. I’ve been using an app that helps me keep on top of odd cleaning jobs (baseboards, light fixtures, etc) as well as regular ones. I love checking things off and the little “ding” it gives me when I get things done.
I'm a bad subscriber and save your videos for days I'm not feeling motivated. Mostly I know that's not ideal for the algorithm. But thanks for encouraging me to work with you. It works!
I also clean the bathrooms before guests, I have boys too! I use a passionate penny pincher planner that has weekly and daily lists. I don't check them all off but it helps me know when I've done stuff and helps keep me accountable to myself. I've had chickens a year and just have started getting into the habit of checking the fridge for giving them the leftovers. My fridge has really stayed cleaned up easily now!
Love the authentic, cozy corner of the internet you've created. ❤❤❤
I really just clean a bit each day. Set goals for bigger cleaning that i would like to get done that week...and i do not beat myself up if it doesnt get done...i do enjoy cleaning...but i do love a clean house...so i tend to do whats important like the kitchen counters and toilet and let everything else fall into place naturally.
Yes! We’re so similar!
Absolutely loving how cozy and real this intro feels 😊
I’m so glad you enjoyed
I clean out the fridge every week before garbage day. I wash the sheets on Friday and vacuum the carpets. I mop when it’s done raining and everything is dry and there’s no rain for the foreseeable future haha. That probably wouldn’t work in the PNW.
I do laundry, vacuum the hardwoods, wipe counters and dishes everyday.
Natalie, what Era-20’s, 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s would you of liked to live in? I would of loved to live in the 50’s. 😊🌸 I just clean the house during the week when needed. I don’t have a schedule. I just make sure I wash sheets and towels every Monday.🌸 I am so happy you have found a less demanding way of getting your house clean and your receiving less stress. So wonderful! 🌸
Aww little boy wanting to clean the bathroom's floor. So cute.🧡 I really enjoyed that video as usual. You did really great with cutting your boys's hairs :) xxx
I don't have a cleaning routine or anything written down. However, I would like to. We do sweep after every room since the baby drops food. We also do all the dishes every day. Other than that we do things as needed.
I have a loose routine so certain things get done each week. I sometimes do Mon & Tues stuff Monday if I have an appt on Tues, etc. if I want to swap out different days tasks for whatever reason I'm flexible. Decluttering is a maintenance task. My desk can get messy, but I tidy the kitchen 2× a day quickly. Different seasons life chapters may require/ lean toward different routines. We do try to do at least a load of laundry a day so it doesn't get out of control. An equal partner, and simple pared down living makes my goals much more attainable.
The only regular "scheduled" chore is something I picked up from Kallie B from But First, Coffee - today's Carol can do something for tomorrow's Carol. I always make sure to wash my dishes/ clean kitchen every night so that i wake up to a clean kitchen tomorrow morning. It has helped so much & it's incentive to do other things.
Hi Natalie. I'm not sure if you realise. But you have so much ASMR content that you could make shorts of. The kitchen counter scrubbing was lovely the trigger sprayer onto the window. The window wiping, the sweeping, mopping, vacuuming.😊 Very relaxing to see and hear someone clean.
Anytime I tell people I have a cleaning schedule they look at me like I have two heads 😅. M/Tu/Wed/Th it is laundry day for each member of our family. Thursday is a clean day. So that my Fri/Sat/ Sun is only dedicated to family, friends and fun time or just relaxing.
I literally folded laundry that has been in my living room floor since 1weeks before finals and college graduation! Super grateful for my westside bestside RUclipsr! All the love from the dry side! -Raisa
“Just pick something and clean it.” YES! Thank you for giving me motivation today!
Natalie, I continue to be so thankful for your comforting, honest content, you’re such an encouragement to me in my mothering and homemaking 💓 Even my 3-yr-old son votes for you by name when I browse for a “mom video” on RUclips on occasion in the morning 😍 Thank you for sharing your talents and your home life with us!
I don't have a cleaning schedule, but I think I need to make one! One thing about the refrigerators, though, is that I use "trash night" as my reminder to get all the yuck out so it all goes to the curb for the next morning pick up. :)
My cleaning schedule is really basic (and all my kids are under age 6 so my house is never fully clean).
Every morning I empty the dishwasher, that way dirty dishes can go straight in during the day. I try to clean up all the way after each meal.
At night, I run the dishwasher on a delay cycle so it’s ready to unload in the morning.
At night, I also start a delay cycle of clothes washing. In the morning when I wake up, it’s ready for the dryer. Then at noon after I get kids down for a nap, clothes are dry and ready to be put away.
I try to vacuum and get a good clean on Fridays and Mondays. We usually have company for dinner on Sunday night, so I clean the house then, too.
Other than that, I clean everything as I see it on an “as needed” basis.
First-I don’t have children at home and I’m very careful what comes in the door so the house doesn’t get piled. But I do office work and business accounting/payroll and laundry on Tuesday -I always fold laundry to your video. Thursdays I clean my bedroom and bathroom and one other section of my house. I’m pretty strict with myself with this schedule and my mind is free the rest of the week and then my house is mostly company ready.
Nothing better than dancing in the rain Hailey (sp?) . . you go girl. She makes me smile all the time because (except for the glasses) she is almost identical in looks to my 6 y.o. granddaughter - white hair and all - who ALSO loves to dance to her own tune - in the rain or out !!!!!.
I'm totally the Type A needs a checklist telling me what to do or I'm just frazzled and forget.
I just updated my daily and weekly tasks. More or less adapted FlyLady to my needs. I have some liats in my phone and some on paper. Both work for me.
I have a wipe-clean folder on a magnet with a hand-written task sheet slipped inside. I wrote the days of the week with a few tasks under each and can cross them off as I get them done (not necessarily on the "correct" day). Keeps me organized with a 4, 2 year-old, and 6 month-old. I wish they made that chai drink without all the sugar! Sounds so good.
Hi Natalie,
I am answering your question about having à specific schedule for the cleaning. I tried the detailed daily routine but it did not work for me.
Instead, I wrote a detailed list of all the chores that must be done and I separated them by frequency.
At the top is the list of the daily chores. Then, the weekly ones, followed by the monthly and bi-monthly chores. I even have a small list for the semester.
They all fit on one pièce of paper that I laminated. Every monday I write the day and the month at the top with an erasable marker and I check each chores one by one in the order that fits my time and désires during the week. The aim is to check off all the chores by rhe end of the given period (deoending on the list). I still have the choice to do what I want (sometimes I do not want to fold the laundry at all) and I do not feel pressured by a detailed schedule.
Plus, my husband does not ask me "what do I need to to?" anymore, he just needs to check the laminated sheet! It would be good for the Kids too! They can take action by themselves without having to ask. I hope my explanation was clear, and that it will be useful for some people! Sorry for the random capital letters or for the mistakes, my Phone is not used to write in English ! 😜
about the using the very last drop, i thought i used the last drop of things like lotion and toothpaste until i met my husband. he cuts the tube open and you wouldn’t believe how much product is left in the corners! 🤣🤣 needless to say i’m a convert who gets 5 more brushes out of my toothpaste tube! 🤪
my housekeeping routines: clean fridge out before trash day. clean kitchen up fully after each meal. pick up house before bed. fresh sheets on sundays. when i don’t want to clean the kitchen i just make it a 'gift' to my future self lol
I have “daily dos” that are must haves every single day and then other chores as needed/when I have time to! (Usually main things once per week such as bathrooms, mopping, dusting etc)
Cleaning schedules don’t work for my family either. I work rotating shifts, and especially in this current season (pregnant with number 2) I have to do what I can when I have the energy and motivation to do it.
Natalie, when my kids were growing up, I cleaned faithfully every week. Now they are grown & on their own, I just roll with it, lol; as needed. :)
In case you’re in the market for a floor cleaner to save you time, I got a shark wet floor vac/mop from Costco for my birthday. It vacuums and mops at the same time. It has almost like a paint roller spinning mop head thing. Love it because it’s two tasks in one and my floors are so clean. Bonus, it’s cordless. 🎉
If you cut the aveeno tube In half you will see how much is left, you can put the cream left in the top half into the bottom half then insert the top into the bottom. You can use what’s left for about a week.
I actually filled it with water and shook it up and got the last out that way!
I make the bed when I get out of it, I do the dishes all the way down to putting them away, plus I vacuum the floor and take out the garbage after dinner so the kitchen is entirely clean for the next day. I used to wipe down the bathroom every day but now I'm working outside my home I never seem to have time so I only do it once a week.
I have scheduled days for laundry: My/daughters clothes along with sheets (we both have a minimal wardrobe) on Monday, Towels on Tuesday, White and Work clothes on Wednesday (that basically takes care of hubbies stuff and all underwear) and then cleaning Rags on ThuRsday.
looking forward to the announcement and also the closet declutter which is what I just did, but now I need to figure out how to organize it. My closet is tiny but I want to make it mighty hahaha. TFS! Many Blessings!♥✨🐝💛🦋📒📒🌟🌻✨💛💛♥💛
Just had to say, I'm watching this a few hours after my daughter was born. Nursing her now, exhausted, and amazed. After miscarriages and a super early preemie we just had a baby born a day after her due date! God is so kind so us in giving us this beautiful, healing birth and healthy baby. 😭😭
Just had to share, because a few times my "favorite things to share has been that she made it to x number of weeks. 😊
Oh wow!!!!!!!!! Congratulations, Anne! I’m so very happy for you. ♥️
I don’t have a cleaning day, but we move once a week (RV life) so we clean the day before move day so it’s ready to close up. We tidy daily as we transition from work, to family, to recording studio, which helps a lot! Or when I rage clean lol
I don’t schedule cleaning the same every week. If we are leaving for a few days or just gone to go to the beach, or even having company on a certain day I will organize my weekly cleaning around what’s happening. So it’s not the same every week. We homeschool too so we are home alll day most days and the house gets messy. Tidying a little every day helps keep the messy a little less messy.
I have a pretty organized cleaning schedule! Not that I actually follow it most of the time, mind you. I have 10 pages (7 pages represent the deep clean tasks I do on each day of the week, and I separate it into rooms/spaces, and 3 more pages; 1 with an "as needed" list, 1 has my every day cleaning, and also 1 just a list with which room I do on which day, to help me stay organized) printed and laminated and taped up on a door in my kitchen for me to check things off my list. I have the "type a" cleaning schedule, but I am NOT consistently a"type a" person 🤣 I try my best to follow it, and it helps me to keep on top of some things.
But I have 3 kids 6 years and under, and I have a particular mindset about things right now: even if my entire house is a tornado, then at least I got some laundry and dishes done 🤷♀️ even if that means my husband picks up the slack and blesses us with his GLORIOUS burgers on the grill 😋
Thank you for the gentle motivation to get up and clean. After visiting my family in South Carolina recently my husband and I decided we are selling our home here in the PNW and moving across the country to be closer to them. Which means I need to seriously declutter and downsize. I know it's a really good decision for my family's future but I am going to miss it here. 😌
I love your big windows looking out towards your garden 🌸
I love the music you play in your videos! 😄
Your windows and views of the garden, chickens, and your greenhouse are amazing! 😊
Love the calming effect of this video! I love the self acceptance, its really helpful to me.
Oh that Haley dancing out in the rain is just beautiful xxxxx❤ I don’t need the check list I just love being part of watching your cleaning up. You’re an inspiration 🎉
Im a retired elementary music teacher and now a homemaker and i love it ❤