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How are things going? Are you doing your 7UP every morning, your Ahhh afternoon every afternoon, and Clocking out in the evening? Today we get to the nitty gritty – those things that need to be done every month, not to be confused with Zone work:
Here are some examples of mine:
Change Air Filters
Change Oil / Check fluids / Check tires
Declutter Medicine Cabinet
Wash Rugs
Baking Soda & Vinegar in drains
DAY ELEVEN– You remember that we should spend 15 mins per day cleaning our zone… at the end of the week your zone/focus area should be nice and clean. But, you may need to do some major decluttering first. OK, let us get our lists going.
Zone work is that deep cleaning stuff:
Windows
Window Sills
Wash Linens
Shampoo Carpets or spot clean them
Dust
Fan Blades
Baseboards
Door Frames
etc
Go into the following rooms:
Kid’s Bedroom – if you have lots of bonus rooms, it might be a good idea to separate the playroom into week 5, also.
Put each room on its own sheet of paper and look around, what all needs doing in these rooms? Make your list – this is Zone/Focus #5 The fifth week of the month gets devoted to this area.
DAY TEN– You remember that we should spend 15 mins per day cleaning our zone… at the end of the week your zone/focus area should be nice and clean. But, you may need to do some major decluttering first. OK, let us get our lists going.
Zone work is that deep cleaning stuff:
Windows
Window Sills
Wash Linens
Shampoo Carpets or spot clean them
Dust
Fan Blades
Baseboards
Door Frames
etc
Go into the following rooms:
Master Bedroom
Master Bathroom
Put each room on its own sheet of paper and look around, what all needs doing in these rooms? Make your list – this is Zone/Focus #4 The fourth week of the month gets devoted to this area.
DAY NINE – You remember that we should spend 15 mins per day cleaning our zone… at the end of the week your zone/focus area should be nice and clean. But, you may need to do some major decluttering first.
OK, let us get our lists going.
Zone work is that deep cleaning stuff:
Windows
Window Sills
Wash Linens
Shampoo Carpets or spot clean them
Dust
Fan Blades
Baseboards
Door Frames
etc
Go into the following rooms:
Guest Bathroom
Playroom
Office
Laundry Room—these are the Bonus rooms, the rooms not covered during the other zones.
Put each room on its own sheet of paper and look around, what all needs doing in these rooms? Make your list – this is Zone/Focus #3 The third week of the month gets devoted to this area.
Here’s Mine:
#3 Front Bath, Laundry Room, & Playroom
Front Bathroom Detailed Cleaning List
WASH AREA RUGS
SCRUB/WAX FLOOR
STRAIGHTEN DRAWERS/ CABINETS
CLEAN SHOWER STALL
CLEAN SCALE
THROW AWAY EMPTY BOTTLES
SCRUB BATH TOYS
Office Detailed Cleaning List
CLEAR OFF THE SURFACE OF YOUR DESK
THROW OUT ALL THE TRASH
PUT ITEMS TO KEEP IN A PENDING FILE
STRAIGHTEN ONE DRAWER AT A TIME
CLEAN OFF THE MONITOR SCREEN
ESTABLISH A PLACE FOR CURRENT BILLS
VACUUM UNDER DESK AND THE WHOLE ROOM
DUST FURNITURE
CLEAN WINDOWS
REMOVE COBWEBS
Laundry Room Detailed Cleaning List
WIPE DOWN THE TOP OF THE WASHER AND DRYER
CLEAN THE GUNK FROM UNDER THE WASHER LID
THROW OUT EMPTY BOTTLES AND BOXES
EMPTY THE GARBAGE CAN
SWEEP AND MOP THE FLOOR
REMOVE THE COBWEBS
PUT AWAY ALL CLOTHES
LOOK BEHIND APPLIANCES FOR ODD SOCKS
Empty Lint Thing
I will be back on January 2nd to get back on this manual. Have a Happy New Year’s!
DAY EIGHT– You remember that we should spend 15 mins per day cleaning our zone… at the end of the week your zone/focus area should be nice and clean. But, you may need to do some major decluttering first. OK, let us get our lists going.
Go into the following rooms:
Kitchen
Dining Room
Breakfast Nook
Put each room on its own sheet of paper and look around, what all needs doing in these rooms? Make your list – this is Zone/Focus #2 The second week of the month gets devoted to this area.
Here’s mine:
#2 The Kitchen & Dining Room
Dining Room Detailed Cleaning List
Clean the cobwebs
Dust window sills
Clean the window
Clean and straighten any drawer
Clean off top of Dining table and Polish
Dust the bottoms of the chairs.
Dust the baseboards
Move furniture and vacuum underneath
Add personal touches to the table (table cloth, pretty flowers)
KITCHEN: DETAIL CLEANING LIST
EMPTY REFG/CLEAN THOROUGHLY
CLEAN MICROWAVE INSIDE AND OUT
CLEAN STOVE/OVEN
WASH CANISTER/KNICK-KNACKS
STRAIGHTEN DRAWERS/CUPBOARDS
WIPE FINGERPRINTS OFF WALLS
WASH INSIDE WINDOWS
CLEAN FAN/VENT-A-HOOD FILTERS AND HOOD
SCRUB DOWN CABINET FRONTS (only a few at a time)
CLEAN LIGHT DEFUSING BOWLS
CLEAN UNDER SINK
CLEAN PET DISHES
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