What is your weekly housekeeping schedule?

[RockyFowlboa]

If you have one? I just quit the job I was working two days a week because I felt like I didn't have enough time to clean, get to the laundry, shop and cook for everyone, and maintain the yard, and also take care of myself. So I'm curious what other women are doing to get it all done. I think I need a better system.

Now that you’ve said how big the garden is I get it. And my house is less than half the size of yours. Think you need advice from others with similar size outdoor space (pro gardeners?)

I mop my floors and hoover them once a week. Laundry once a day. Bathroom (yes only one) cleaned weekly. Wiping surfaces daily, dishwasher on two to three times a day. I often am repainting sections of the house at the weekends as the house was in a bit of a state decoratively when I moved here.

This is in between working full time and looking after two young kids, one diagnosed autistic. I do an exercise class is one hour a week.

Managing 7 acres alone is a full time job in itself.
What you are expecting of yourself isn't doable.
You need to prioritise.
Did you ever want/ need 7 acres? Can you sell some or rewild some? I had a huge garden ( a garden a bit less than an acre is huge by uk standards) and worked, when my dc's were little. Even as someone who loves gardening, it was just not possible to keep on top of.
You are setting unrealistic expectations of yourself.

I think what most people doing this sacrifice on is sleep, exercise, family time, and/or hobbies, though

nope - out of the house 7:30/8-5:30 M-F, while both studying degree level qualifications and have 2 kids aged 8 and 4. We still manage to keep a decent house, I attend the gym twice a week and do 3 workouts at home, either weighted or treadmill. DH plays tennis or golf on Sunday mornings and then the gym 3 times in the week.

DS1 still wets the bed 3 times a week at least. So we have to fully strip his bed.

We still spend the weekend as a family, In bed by 10 and asleep before 11 and up at 6 every day so a solid 7 hours a night, I guess you could say hobbies are sacrificed but never really had any to sacrifice.

What is the absolute utmost important in our house, is having a husband who knows he has equal responsibility for all of it.

At our previous house, we had a big property that was being totally neglected, partly because I couldn't manage it with a small child, partly because the mosquitos were god-awful at all hours of the day for most of the year, and partly because of the scope of what needed to be done. The front yard was too steep to do on the riding mower, and the battery on the traditional push mower only lasted long enough to do half of it before needing several hours to recharge, and having a half-mowed lawn looked ridiculous. There was also so much leaf fall that bagging them before Leaf Pickup Day was a herculean task that usually didn't get done. Then I'd need to spend hours looking for a lawn care company who would actually show up to do the job (many of them came out to give a quote and just ghosted.)

With the new property, I'm trying to wait until all the leaves are down before I tackle them. It will be easier now that I'm not working on the days my DD is at school. At least here, I can compost some of them, mow most of them, and blow the rest into the wooded areas. I don't care if the grass dies right now; I've bought seeds for cover crops I'm going to put down that are pollinator friendly, aesthetic, mosquito-repellant, and tasty to chickens... I am very much in love with the huge vegetable garden the previous owner established, but it's going to need a lot of rehab, as it's suffered some neglect in her advancing age. I'm planning on hiring someone to pick up the poop in the dogs' yard, at least.

So I am working out somewhat of a plan