If you work full time, please tell me your daily routine..

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Especially if you don't have a cleaner or dog walker!

I used to work evenings, then nights, then shifts and now my entire housekeeping and being organized routine has gone out of the window!

Moving to more regular hours for the first time in over a decade so looking for 'normal' people's routines, please!

At the moment, I get up, coffee, clean up the kitchen, dust and tidy the lounge room, throw cleaner down the toilets and wipe and tidy the bathrooms, let the dogs out for a wee, then get ready and go to work. BUT when I am on an early shift such as tomorrow, I am up at half four to do this to leave at half five.

I guess it might be more reasonable when I work more 'office hours' ?

I do things like getting clothes ready the night before already.

My main point was it seemed like I had more time than I will soon when my hours were all over the place as I had a morning free, for example, so it seems like a 'late start'. So I wondered how everyone else runs their day?

DH deals with dinners, grocery shopping, washing ( i just put it away!)
Hoovering etc gets done on my days off. I tried TOMM but I couldn't seem to stick to it as my days off change all the time.

Basically, whats your day like?

Goodness you sound pretty organised already! I don't think I'll be much help .

I get up 6.30ish, drink tea, make packed lunches and breakfasts.
Wake kids around 7.15, tell them to get up x10, boot one out the door at 8am. Then I shower, dress and leave with kid 2. At work for 8.30.
Get home around 4pm, clear kitchen a bit, cook dinner, tidy a little (not that anyone would notice), eat, load dishwasher, chase kids for lunch boxes and to pack their bags, plus do their homework. Crash for an hour, then switch the dishwasher on as I or DH goes to bed.
All other chores, cleaning and washing get done at the weekends.

Get yup 7:15am, shower and wash hair, get dressed and leave for work around 7:55am. Have coffee and toast once I get to work.

Arrive home around 5:30, cook dinner, clean kitchen a bit and wash the dishes. Sit down.

No way would I get up at 4:30am to do cleaning/tidying/dusting - that can either be done in the evening after dinner or more likely, wait until the weekend.

Up at 6.00. Coffee and back into bed for 30/40 minutes, chat to DH while he gets ready.

6.40 wake DS and get myself showered.

7.00 get DS into shower while I get organised, hair etc.

7.15 make breakfasts and packed lunches. DH leaves for work.

7.40 tidy kitchen, dishwasher on, quick wipe down, food out freezer for dinner if needed.

7.45 finish getting ready, hair, make up. If not running late, quick Hoover or put wash on/hang out.

08.15 leave for work and DS leaves for school bus.

4 pm DS home from school and empties dishwasher and does the bins then homework.

5.30 I am home. Dinner on. Dinner in the week is different for the three of us due to DH work and DS Clubs etc. DH home anything between 7.30 and 9 pm.

Early evening, clean up kitchen, clean round bathroom, general cleaning washing, change sheets etc. usually do 30/40 minutes or so depending on DS Clubs, pick up and drop off. Garden is tidied in the summer months.

9.00 mumsnet 😊

Food is a Tesco delivery every Saturday morning. I don’t iron. Everything has a place and I try to keep the kitchen, bathroom and lounge clean and tidy as I go. Bedrooms can be messy during the week. We are just 3 of us, not a huge house and commute isn’t far for me.

I just can't get past the fact you dust and clean the toilets daily. Is that a thing?

I work 10 to 12 hours shifts so by the time I get home, currently an hour commute cutting down to 1/2 hour, I am knackered and nothing gets done. hence the dishes in the am as none of the other household members seem to know how to do them
I need to tidy and dust each day as we have a GSD puppy who likes to -tear things to pieces-- get stuff everywhere. And somehow the black glass coffee table attracts dust from both dogs. I ignore the spiderwebs in the corners though!

@NotVictorianHonestly

I just can't get past the fact you dust and clean the toilets daily. Is that a thing?

I have male variety teens and a female one too. I think this needs no further explanation on daily bathroom and toilet cleaning needed.

6.30 alarm goes off, I wake dc's (12+13) make sure they're getting ready for school while I sulk at being awake.
7am I make a brew and breakfast and make sure said kids are still getting ready.
7.15 kids leave for school, I stop sulking, make my lunch, get ready for work.
8.15 go to work.
4.30 -5pm get home, drink brew dh has made.
5-6pm cook tea. Eh washed up.
In the evening make sure washing is folded, put a load on if needed, socialise with family, run kids to various hobbies/activities, spend too much time online.

Dh mostly works from home so he tidies up after I go to work, at the weekend we all muck in doing the cleaning.

Oh I forgot, also in evening make kids packed lunches and have a bath.

Wake up at around 7, let the dogs out while having a coffee.
Shower, get dressed have another coffee then off to work.
Come home from work, let the dogs out and eat my evening meal.
Read a book or go online for a while etc, speak to my DH on the phone if it's a Monday, have a bath and go to bed.

I work 5 days a week, no cleaner,
no dog walker, no gardener...
6am get up, shower, get dressed and have breakfast
Let dogs out into the garden
6.55am Leave the house
7.25am Drop DS at bus stop for school
7.30am -6pm at my desk working or 3 days a week I leave work at 6.45pm
30mins drive home
Home by either 6.30pm or closer to 7.30pm
Cool supper
Collapse in bed with exhaustion.

DH now works from home so he lets the dogs out and walks them in the day time,
he will also put the odd wash on.

All cleaning is reserved for the weekend....

I find it really tough and exhausting

Just two adults here, and currently both WFH, but there is a rolling rota of housework which we split, and nothing like what you are doing! Maybe we are very slovenly, but we do:

Monday - laundry
Tuesday - clean bathroom
Wednesday - wash towels
Thursday - wool wash
Friday - clean bathroom, hoover, dust/polish, strip and change bed, wash bed linens (DP finishes at lunch, I finish at 3.30)
Saturday - mopping
Sunday - clean bathroom, bins/recycling

Daily - sweeping hard floors (very hairy cat), cleaning kitchen surfaces down, dishwasher done as needed

Cooking is split fairly equally between us and we do a meal plan every Sunday. Online shop twice a month. I do iron, usually one big batch a week, but less just now that DP isn’t wearing “work shirts”.

I think we keep a pretty tidy/clean house, but I would definitely prefer to sleep another hour than be cleaning first thing in the morning.

I think you do too much; at the very least teenage DC should be keeping their toilets clean themselves.

Wake around 7, ask my DD to wake a million and one times. Go make breakfast, get ready and leave house at 8:30.
Work until 3ish pick DD up from school
4:30 start tea
After tea : tidy, put wash on, bath then normally work on my PhD until around 11ish.

We both work ft, but from home. I should be travelling abroad a lot but covid keeps me home.

Currently -

dh wakes me with coffee about 7am. He has already let out dogs.

I get up, ensure dc awake - if they get detention for being late so be it.
Watch news, check emails. Dh walks dogs. Unload dishwasher. washing on, dryer as day goes
Work
Dh makes lunch
Work
Dc come home. Dc walk small dog, homework, they are responsible for their rooms and bathroom. We do have a cleaner but she is not a tidier upper. No tidy room- no cleaner in it.
Dc unpack dishwasher and de poo garden
Dh finishes work and starts dinner.
Dh or I feed/ walk dogs.
I tidy kitchen dc help
Bit of ironing.

Work, char to dh.
Before going to bed, lounge is tidied, kitchen tidy.

Dh does meal planning and shopping. I do budgets. All cleaning used to be done sat / sun but no time really. Do run hoover round weekend or dc do, and kitchen floor always clean due to muddy paws.

Once a month cleaner fridge, clean out dryer, clean out knife drawers etc. Use dishwasher for cleaning stuff like the racks in oven and the extractor bits that get grimy.

Helps the house painted inside with washable paint:)

I mess about in the garden as well, I hate housework.

Bit different now as work from home. Up at 7:00, have a coffee while I unload dishwasher and make oacked lunch/breakfasts. Wake ds 1. Ds2 usually awake already. Boys have breakfast, I sit with them and finish my coffee. We usually do a few minutes of spellings/phonics/timetables. My dh gets the boys dressed and I sort their bags and get myself ready. Whoever works from home does school run. Whoever works from home spends a few minutes on break between meetings doing laundry, sort life admin, hover etc. Depends on what needs doing that day. Pick boys up at 5, back for 5.30. Make dinner while supervising reading/homework. Boys eat then shower/bath and play. Dh usually does reading with the big one and cleans kitchen and I read to and do bedtime with the little one. Then dh and I will spend some time together usually watching a series and double check who is doing what in terms of logistics the next day. If I habe to work fulltime back in the office again I'd need to apply for flexible working.

My DS 16 bless him does wipe the seat after he's used it. I caught a glimpse of him doing this one time and my heart just melted.

I work long shifts so do get tired. I used to have a cleaner,
DD is good at making a mess but also has bizarre moments of deep cleaning the kitchen.

I get up at 7am, quick wash as I shower the night before, grab coffee from percolator with a timer and lunch from fridge. Cleanse face with micellar water, serum, moisturiser, mascara. Wear a mask all day so no need for much make up.

Come home, prepare dinner, prep lunch and coffee machine, shower, put washing on, dishwasher. Will hoover and mop floors now and then. I properly mopped, steamed and hand scrubbed the floors a couple of days ago for a super new year deep clean. Cleaned the house from top to bottom, randomly spray anti bacterial spray on areas we touch often or use an anti bac wipe on door handles etc. I wipe down the kitchen tops daily as I go along and the bathroom gets a quick wipe and bleach and limescale remover used daily down toilet as I'm obsessed with having sparkly white toilets.

7am up and shower/dress/make up/hair
7.40 to 8.00 cup of tea/clear kitchen/social media
8.00 switch on laptop
Lunch time - prepare evening meal/ironing
Throughout day -see to Washing/tumble drying/folding
3.45 turn off laptop
4 - 7 pm x 2 days. Pick up GC , take them to activity, take them home, feed them
4 - 6 pm x 1 day walk dog With friends
4 - 7 pm x 1 day Walk dog with partner Then pub
7pm evening meal/clear kitchen/sweep floors/mop/general clean round
8pm sit down and chill
1030pm bed

No cleaner, no dog walker, a partner who shares housework equally

@whattodo2019

I work 5 days a week, no cleaner, no dog walker, no gardener... 6am get up, shower, get dressed and have breakfast Let dogs out into the garden 6.55am Leave the house 7.25am Drop DS at bus stop for school 7.30am -6pm at my desk working or 3 days a week I leave work at 6.45pm 30mins drive home Home by either 6.30pm or closer to 7.30pm Cool supper Collapse in bed with exhaustion.

DH now works from home so he lets the dogs out and walks them in the day time,
he will also put the odd wash on.

All cleaning is reserved for the weekend....

I find it really tough and exhausting

I used to do all my cleaning at the weekend when my kids were at home cos I was too knackered to keep up with it during the week....it’s really hard isn’t it...I feel your pain

@NotVictorianHonestly

I just can't get past the fact you dust and clean the toilets daily. Is that a thing?

I clean both my toilets daily....don’t know anyone IRL that doesn’t.... it takes 5 minutes

No cleaning in the mornings for me. Lots of prep the night before (uniform out, bags packed etc). I wake up at 6:00. Breakfast, clothes, leave by 6:45 (have a shower and wash my hair the night before so only need a quick wash in the mornings). I wake DC1 before I leave and they get themselves ready. DC2 commutes with me to school.
In the evenings I do dishwasher, washing, wipe surfaces over but that’s about it. Virtually all cleaning gets done on the weekend.

Why the hell would you be dusting and cleaning toilets before work?! Daily???

Surely if you have housework to do the more sensible time would be after work (or weekend?!).

I’m up for 5.30. Bottle for DS and change him. He settles back down. I wash, dress and make lunch and I’m out the house for 6.10. Work 6.30-4pm, collect DS at 4.30 then home, play for a bit, bath and get DS ready for bed.. start dinner (or heat dinner if I have batch cooked) while he plays (he eats dinner at CM so just had a snack) eat dinner then out DS to bed. Then clean/tidy for a good hour or three, hopefully find time to watch Netflix for a bit or shower then bed. Thankfully DP works from home so can keep on top of clothes washing and hoovers on his break etc. He also does CM drop off in the morning. Our house is tidy but I do a more intense clean on a Saturday morning. I’m a very early morning person so can literally have half the house done on a weekend before DS and DP are awake.

I work 3 days a week but the other days I'm running around after DC so

Work days:
Up at 6.30
DD has milk, I jump in shower.
Get DD dressed
DD breakfast
Shove lunchbox in bag
DH drops her to childminder
I get dressed, quick makeup and hair
Have some breakfast and tidy kitchen / make beds and clean teeth
Out the door for 8am

Finish at 5.30
Pick DD up from childminder
Make dinner for us all
Bath DD and jarmies on
DH will clean kitchen
Put DD to bed
Pack her lunchbox for tomorrow and pack her bag so it's ready for the morning
I usually do a bit of housework just the top ups
Get my tomorrow's clothes out the wardrobe and DDs (these little things make mornings quicker)

Sunday is bed change sheets / house work day.
DH is a great help though so a support system is always really good to have.

We don't have a dogwalker or a cleaner. DH and I both WFT, and both WFH.

Up at 7, one of us showers whilst the other feeds cats and dog and unloads dishwasher. Then other one showers.

Eat breakfast then dh puts washing on if needed.

Start work at 8 or 8.30, one of us takes dog for a walk late morning, the other one takes dog for a walk mid afternoon.

Finish work around 6 or 6.30. I cook dinner. I do all the cooking, dh does all the laundry.

No cleaning other than in the kitchen during the week. Saturday morning we have an online food shop delivered and we clean the house between us. If the loo needs a clean mid week DH. or I just chuck some cleaner down and give it a quick scrub.

Pre Covid we both worked in offices, with a 45 minute commute each, but dh wfh 2 days per week so did some additional stuff then. We acquired our dog in lockdown, luckily he is a non shedding type so no dog hair to deal with.

When I switched from PT to FT work, the dc were young teens and we instigated that they were responsible for their own laundry, which helped a lot. Also, once ds1 finished college and started work, we agreed that he would clean the family bathroom as only the dc use it. We do have to nag him about that as his standards are lower than ours!

You’re all so domesticated!!!
Me and two terms here.

5:30 get up, brew
6am gym
7am home, shower, breakfast
8am start work
Lunchtime - quick tidy of the kitchen
4-5pm finish work, any odd jobs
6pm tea
After tea - nag kids to wash up/clean kitchen/put their laundry away

Weekend- big clean

Food shop - Amazon prime delivery every 3-4 days, done between work jobs

Laundry - as and when between jobs, left in piles on the dining table for everyone to put away

Bathroom - general wipe round after use, ‘proper’ clean at the weekend