Continuing a successful series of accountability threads, especially for my own time-budgeting, the 2016 Holiday Whole-House Cleanup Thread is now in effect.
Yes, I realize I'm posting it quite a bit earlier this year, but with the way things have worked out, I'll need to host my family shindig on 12/11 because nobody's going to travel to my house on Christmas Eve. (I truly don't blame them one bit.)
I've already divided my house into "zones" that I can probably clean up in an hour or two, so two zones per day should be a decent goal if they're substantially decluttered to begin with.
AVAILABLE WEEKDAYS:
WEEK 1
Tuesday, 11/15; Wednesday, 11/16; Thursday, 11/17; Friday, 11/18 'til noon-ish (reading to DD's class at 2pm)
WEEK 2
Monday, 11/21; Tuesday, 11/22; Wednesday, 11/23 'til 1pm (DD has early dismissal from school)
WEEK 3
Monday, 11/28; Tuesday, 11/29 ('til 1pm - early dismissal for DD & parent-teacher conference at 2pm); Wednesday, 11/30; Thursday, 12/1 ('til 1pm - early dismissal); Friday, 12/2
WEEK 4
Monday, 12/5; Tuesday, 12/6; Wednesday, 12/7; Thursday, 12/8; Friday, 12/9
ZONES:
ZONE 1
Living Room
ZONE 2
Dining Room
ZONE 3
Kitchen
ZONE 4
Upstairs Hallway - includes linen closet (4C) and guest bath (4B)
ZONE 5
3rd Floor - includes three closets, two of which have been sorted
ZONE 6
Entryway, Stairs, & 1st Landing - includes coat closet (6C) and powder room (6B)
ZONE M
Master Bedroom - includes linen closet (M-L), clothes closet (M-C), and bathroom (M-B)
ZONE DD
DD's Bedroom
Priorities:
ZONE 1, ZONE 2, ZONE 3, ZONE 4, and ZONE 6.
Nice-to-Have pre-Party:
ZONE 5, ZONE DD, and ZONE M
To Do's for today:
- Evaluate status of cleaning supplies
- Budget for more supplies (i.e. - mop heads, liquid cleaners, large sponges, rubber gloves)
- Figure out which house areas are easiest to clean together
- Develop declutter plan
Fortunately, pre-Halloween, I did quite a bit of de-cluttering and reorganized our coat closet (6C), so I'm a couple hours ahead of last year.
ETA: Will post tomorrow on the attack plan for WEEK 1.