ZONE 5 RecRoom/Bathroom/Food Storage

ZONE 5
5th Mon thru-last day of month
RecRoom/Bathroom/Food Storage Area

RecRoom

Scrub Cat Box Area
Wash Windows
Wash Curtains

Dust and Polish Furniture
Polish Electronics
Straighten Games
Dust and Polish Machines

Purge Books

Purge Storage Items

Dust and Polish Bookcases
Baseboards
Vacuum Floor & Steps
Clean Carpet
Brush Pooltable & Parifanilia
Dust & Polish Chairs
Polish Light Fixture
Spot Clean Walls
Clean Switch Plates
Dust Pictures

Bathroom

Sink

Toilet

Tub

Tiles

Wash Shower Curtain

Wash Rugs

Baseboards

Clean out Trash can

Clean Mirror

Spot Clean the Walls

Sweep & Mop Floor Straighten

Purge

Food Storage

Purge Expired Food

Straighten and Organize

Change Filter

Pruge Storage Items

Vac

ZONE 4 PJ'S Room & Bathroom/Guest Bedroom

ZONE 4
4th Monday thru Sun
PJ'S Bedroom & Bathroom/Guest Bedroom

Bathroom
Sink
Toilet
Tub, Tiles and Doors
Wash Rugs
Baseboards
Clean out Trash can
Clean Mirror
Spot Clean the Walls
Sweep & Mop Floor
Straighten and Purge the Cabinets
Purge Medicine Cabinet


PJ's Room

Purge Toys
Dust and Polish furniture
Wash Linens
Wash Curtains

Straighten and Purge Drawers
Clean Under the Bed
Straighten and Purge Closet
Dust & Straighten shelves including closet and Above Window
Wipe Baseboards
Vaccum and Clean Carpet
Trash
Dust Electronics

Guest Room

Wash Linnens

Wash Curtains

Dust & Polish Furniture & Electronics

Clean out Under the Bed

Clean Desk

Trash

Straighten & Purge Closet

Straighten & Purge Drawers

ZONE 3 Master Bed/Bath & Laundry

ZONE 3
3rd Monday thru Sunday
Master Bedroom/Bath & Laundry

Master Bath
Sinks
Toilet
Inside Windows
Tub Surround
Scrub Shower
Floor
Baseboards
Clean Trashcan
Clean Mirror
Walls
Wash Rugs

Purge Uner the Cabinets
Vac and Scrub Floor




Master Bedroom
Wash Sheets and Blankets
Dust and Polish
Put Away Laundry
Clean off Hope Chest
Patricks Dresser
Wipe out Refrigerator
Straighten and Purge Drawers
Dust and Windex Entertainment Stand
Rugs
Vaccum Lampshades
Under Bed
Polish Electronics


Laundryroom
Wash all Laundry
Wipe off Washer
Wipe off Dryer
Clean Vent

Purge Shelf
Straighten and Purge Linen Closet
Baseboards
Vaccum and Mop Floor

ZONE 2 Kitchen & Familyroom

ZONE 2
2nd Monday of the month thru Sun

Kitchen & Familyroom

Kitchen
Water Plants
Clean Refrigerator
Purge Counters
Purge Drawers
Purge Cabinets
Scrub and Polish Stove
Stove Filters
Microwave
Vac Vents
Dish Drainer
Spot clean Walls & Doors
Purge Pantry
Under the Sink
Coffee Pot (vinager)
Clean Trash Can
Cat Dishes
Wash switchplates
Polish Appliances
Table & Chairs
Wash Rugs
Wash Floor
Wash Inside Windows/frames
Clean light fixture above table
Wipe down cabinets (trashcan)

FamilyRoom
Vaccum Fireplace
Wash Blankets
Wash Pillows
Water Plants
Dust and Polish all Furniture
Clean Furniture
Dust Ceiling Fan
Vaccum Under furniture
Spot clean walls & Door
Wash Inside Windows
Vacum Curtains

Purge Toys

Purge Books

Clean and Purge Computer Area

ZONE 1 Foyer, L/R & D/R & P/R

ZONE 1
1st Mon in the month thru Sun
Foyer, L/R & D/R & P/R

Foyer
Wash Mirror
Wash Windows & Frames
Clean Banister with Murphy's Oil
Dust
Dust Basebords
Dust Air Vents
Vacuum Floor
Wash Floor
Spot Clean Walls
Shake & Wash Rugs
Wipe thermostat
Wash switchplates

Dust what-nots including the landing


Livingroom/Dinningroom
Dust Table & Chairs
Straighten DVD's
Water Plants
Vacuum Furniture & Lampshades & Pictures
Dust China Cabinet & Bookcases
Clean out Dresser

Vacuum Floor & Baseboards
Wash Floors

Organize craft supplies & Learning materials
Scrub Cat Box

Powderoom
Wash Rugs
Toilet
Sink
Spot clean walls
Floor
Trash
Baseboards
Dust Shelf
Clean Mirror

For more information on breaking your home into Zones visit FlyLady.net: The Flightplan - this week’s activities. Use it as a guide. Make it your own. Play with it and change it up until it works for you. Just remember to not wear yourself out deciding and planning. It's no good to you if you don't use it.

A note about Flylady. The woman gets on my last nerve. However, there is no denying that this system has worked for me. I don't get her emails or visit her site often. I also don't clean the toilets first thing in the morning. Just a swish or not I'm waking up to a fresh pot of coffee not the Tidy Bowl Man.

I don't do well with encouragement in laziness. In other words, I don't need to be told it's ok to leave the laundry in the basket for another time or the dinner dishes until morning. The day seems so much brighter when I start it with a clean slate instead of yesterdays baggage.

Where is our work ethic? Why are we women not holding ourselves and each other to a higher standard? Why are we insisting instead on bringing others down to our standards instead of encouraging them to press on and get the job done?

Daily & Weekly Zones

I assign a zone a day and a zone a week. I do NOT, I repeat I DO NOT always follow my own plans and I certainly do not clean all the time or even most of the time.

The following is the plan I'd like use until Summer at which time I'll be spending more time in the backyard, gardening, at the park and at our local pool and I don't plan to be babysitting.

Sunday~ Daddy Day

Babysit on Monday- Zone 1 Foyer/Living Room/Dinning Room/Powder Room ~Preschool

Market & Errands on Tuesday~ Zone 2, Kitchen & Family Room

Babysit & Garden on Wednesday~ Zone 3, Master Bedroom/Master Bath and Laundry Room~Preschool

Babysit on Thursday~ Zone 4, PJ's Bedroom/Bathroom & Guest Bedroom

Fun on Friday~ Zone 5, Rec Room/Bathroom/Food Storage~Preschool

Electric on Saturday~ Weekly Zone/Vacuum entire house & Heavy Laundry (we are on a plan where the electricity is cheapest from midnight to 8am daily and from 8pm Friday til Monday at 8am) Our laundryroom is upstairs so clothing gets washed as needed in the evening (moderate rates apply from 8-12 am/pm). I like to do sheets, blankets, rugs, etc. on the weekend.

I try to do zone work daily but it doesn't always get done, for whatever reason (3yo wants to spend the day outside, visitors, not feeling good, sometimes the room just needs to be tidied not zoned).

I like to have a list of things because sometimes I just get sidetracked or caught up in something else. Sometimes I have a pocket of time and my mind blanks as to what to do (unexpected nap for instance). If I am feeling overwhelmed it's easy to look at what should be done and take one step at a time towards a big picture.

Having every single detail written down allows me to choose what I want to tackle and I don't have to remember what else I wanted to do in that room. Sometimes just looking over the list motivates me to get crackalackin'. It works for me.

In the coming days I'll try to post my individual zone areas. They need to be redone since I haven't updated them since my son was an infant. They won't be perfect as I don't want to get caught up in putting everything down at once and postponing implementing the plan. I can easily spend a lot of time putting it all down just so and not get around to digging in.