Third Tuesday of the month and SECRET NUMBER 3

I have been quite lazy the last two weeks. It has been way too hot to get excited about housework. Finally it is down to about 29 Celcius so I got busy and looked up the routine to see what had to be done today.
Third Tuesday is vacuum the downstairs bedrooms and dust upstairs Venetian blinds and clean the windows.
I started about 9:15.
I picked up a few things in the bedroom and put clothes in the washing basket and straightened the bedclothes. It is not clean out the bedroom day so it is not perfect.
Before:

After:

I put the washing on.
Before:

After:

There are only the towels to do now. I will put them in next.
Upstairs there are two rooms with blinds. I dust these then clean these two windows.

I use two sheets of paper towel and fold it over to 1/4 size. The paper and cleaner is from Aldi.

Very little dirt on the windows even though it has been about 6 weeks since I last cleaned them. I clean the window sill at the same time.

I emptied the dishwasher and cleaned up the sink and counters from yesterday and took out the garbage. I only clean the kitchen once in the morning each day.
All done by 10:15.
I still had to hang out the clothes but I just do the washing in between other things I do throughout the day.
Wednesday is a free day since I go to quilt group in the morning. So next day is Thursday.

Secret Number 3
Don't worry about catching up. If you miss an item in the routine just leave it til next month and only do what is listed for that day.

Cheers,
Val

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Getting it Done and SECRET NUMBER 1

It is the third Tuesday of the month. So what! you say.
This means that when I look at my housework routine I have to vacuum the bedrooms.
Here they are - 3 bedrooms, the toilet and bathroom and laundry. I put the stop watch on and it took me 12 minutes.

What else is on the list?

Dust the two venetian blinds in the lounge room. They are a bit of an aerobic workout cause I have to climb on the big desk for one window. 5 minutes and 35 secs.

Now I have to clean the sliding door and the window that face the pool. You can see them in the picture.
13 minutes and 15 secs and that included about 1 minute to walk into the kitchen to get the paper towel and spray then put it away at the end.

This door and window have been cleaned quite a few times now. This is the dirt from the inside of the door.

And that is the house cleaning for the day.

While my oatmeal cooked for breakfast I stacked what I could in the dishwasher and washed up the cutlery that I refuse to put in the dishwasher. While my oatmeal cooled in the bowl I put the clothes and hand towels in the washing machine and got it started because Tuesday is one of my washing days.
Today I have done a load of clothes and a load of bath towels. About 10 minutes each.

Vacuuming 12 minutes
Dusting 5 minutes 35 secs
Window cleaning 13 minutes 15 secs

31 minutes plus 10 minutes dish washing and 20 minutes clothes washing.
A total of 1 hours work.

SECRET NUMBER 1
Divide your house into sections. Rooms, floors, windows, blinds. For example. my floor vacuuming is split into three sections - bedrooms every Tuesday, kitchen dining every Thursday and lounge every Saturday.
Assign each section to a day on the calendar month.