To just do the house at weekends

[Poisongirl81]

I work full time so does OH. 2 kids.

All I seem to do at weekends is clean. I work and clean that is my life. OH helps but we seem to have so much to get through.

I just feel there must be more to life than this, at the same time I can't stand a dirty house.

Anyone else?

When you say OH 'helps', how much does he actually do? He needs to do half.

How old are your boys?

Get a cleaner in for an hour once or twice a week

I do a little bit in the AM, a bit when I get home and do my kitchen table& sides with the washing up after supper. Washing goes on of an evening, pegged before bed, batch cooking/making 1 night a week. I have set towel & sheet wash days. I iron infront of the tv for a bit every few evenings. People laugh at the routine but it helps me stay on top. In a busy week I know what to prioritise, too- won't kill me to not hoover or dust but I want a clean loo & sinks, ironing can wait and so can that rather scanty load of whites, but I do need to do some meals before weds etc.

I prefer to do Friday evenings and leave weekend out, probably takes 1 and a 1/2 hour, I do little bits other evenings but probably 10 minutes tops.

Since joining MN I have realised the only way to have a properly clean house is to have a cleaner or never stop cleaning yourself. I am currently not working but I am planning on hiring a cleaner for a few hours a week when I do.

Im on maternity and still feel like I spend all my time cleaning! 🙄
When I go back to work after having this baby I will be making sure we budget for a cleaner.

Maybe look into getting a cleaner?! Mine is only £12 an hour and she only comes one hour a week most of the time. I don't do the bathroom deep cleaning anymore and rarely mop. You could have them come on a Friday morning so it's nice for your weekend

I don't work BTW! I am a SAHM and also help my DH out with his business but couldn't say that was even part time really. I don't smoke and rarely drink so it's my treat.

With 2 full times wages, I'd honestly get a cleaner.

What cleaning are you doing every weekend?

We tend to be outside playing and 'working' every weekend, we hardly ever clean inside the house as we are hardly in the house.
Not sure I can say my life is more exciting but its not cleaning all the time.

if the boys are older than 8 or nine get them hoovering washing up making beds thats what kids are for no tv until beds are made no tv until clothes are away yay no football until ….. you get my drift you aren't a SP get his lazy arse up

I'd also say if you can find the money, get a cleaner. Three hours a week has us sparkly clean, time for some ironing in there. Or a couple of times a week if things explode into chaos quickly. Gives you your weekends and life back.

Can have small chores for kids if they are old enough, cleaner will get so much done and keep on top of it at about three times the speed you can, they are super human.

I wash clothes through the week mainly.

Then the 4 Work/School uniforms all get washed on a Thursday night & hung up to dry.

I iron it all on Friday night & hang up ready for Monday-Thurs.

Fridays uniforms can piss off wait until Sunday nights laundry.

Don't iron.

Clean bathroom every other day and take it in turns. If your partner doesn't do bathrooms have SERIOUS words with him/her.

Wipe down the kitchen surfaces before and after cooking.

Vacuum once a week.

Dust when you remember.

Repeat and rinse for the next 10 years or so. If you sell the house take two weeks off and get a skip.

We felt like this for a long time that we were spending entire weekends in the house cleaning and we also had work at the weekends as well so we wanted to be able to spend the most of our precious few hours together as a family without the jobs.
Now we do a quick clean every evening.....OH does downstairs and I do upstairs it's just a 20 minute quick tidy up putting stuff away where it's suppose to go and a quick run over the eating areas with a cordless Hoover. On Wednesday night the place gets Hoovered properly. A wash gets put on each evening as soon as dinner is done and it then gets put in the tumble drier straight away lifted out at bedtime folded and stuck away in the right places takes 5 minutes.
On a Saturday morning we still have to do a little cleaning but can literally do it in under an hour between the 2 of us. Its not a deep clean by any stretch of the imagination and there's a lot of areas of the house could be doing with a deep clean but that's not gonna happen any time soon but visibly it looks clean and tidy. If it's tidy and everything is away where it should be then it doesn't take long to run a cloth around the place and a quick Hoover and mop
It's all about finding a system that works for you. I find we were watching an hour or so of tv a night so now during that time instead of fast forwarding the ads we do any quick jobs that need done during the ad breaks.
It is do able but I think with children and jobs etc some times u just need to lower standards as well. I used to be very very fussy and house proud I'm much less so now as long as it looks clean and tidy who cares when behind the washing machine and the bathroom grout was last cleaned !

I hate wasting my weekends cleaning I do a bit each night I work full time also no kids just us and the dog

I don't work BTW! I am a SAHM and also help my DH out with his business but couldn't say that was even part time really. I don't smoke and rarely drink so it's my treat.

You really need to think more of yourself. I personally see a dogsbody who sacrifices a lot.

I have a cleaner ( worth every hard earned penny) every three week and low standards! I don’t even bother hoovering in between. Weekends are for fun stuff. I might spend a bit of time sorting washing on the week, but that’s it.

Seriously if you want to be happy lower your standards. Toilets don’t need cleaning every day. Just chuck a bit of bleach down every few days. Strip he beds less often. You always shower in the morning anyway don’t you. A quip sweep of the kitchen floor every other night is enough for me. Hate mopping. Washing often goes from machine to dryer to basket to worn again without even making it to cupboards!

But we always make the most of our weekends.

*cleaner every other week that should say!

Get a cleaner or lower your standards a little..

I lube in a 5 bedroom house and it takes 3 hours to clean on my own. Okay I'm not dusting every corner but that's full vac, tidy, surfaces and bathrooms. Beds get changed as and when but not every week.

I work full time and feel the same. Always cleaning at the weekend. I la convinced that the hoover is fingerprint recognition only Ie mine !

My DH ' works ' from home and can't even manage to run the hoover over or just wipe the bathroom down. I used to when I worked from home !

Between my cleaner and my robot hoover, my life is much easier!

I lube in a 5 bedroom house
No time for cleaning there then busybarbara

Cleaner. Get one. Sooo much easier.