What's Your Spring Cleaning Repetoire?

Don't go into it looking at the whole house. Look at it room by room. Such as, "Okay, today's Monday, I need to start spring cleaning. So let's start small. I'm going to completely sanitize the very small downstairs bathroom from ceiling to those little bolts that hold the toilet seat on."

Personally that's how I do it. Start with the smallest room, and work my way up. Then by the end of it all, when I'm faced with that last very large room, I can get into, "This is the last one. Let's do it!" mindset.

Check out ringaroundtherosies.net. I believe back in March, she posted a detailed spring cleaning To Do list by day. Maybe that will help you. I'm a terrible cleaner so I don't have any advice. Good luck!

Hi, Mom:
Call in the Maid Brigade.
Good luck.
D.

In addition to all of the regular housecleaning duties I wash all the windows on the outside of the house by spraying them with the hose on jet and then using a squegee (sp?) to wipe them down. I also get the screens out and spray those down as well before putting them in the windows. It always amazes me how much clearer and brighter the house suddenly becomes.

I also do a ton of yard work because the yard is always a mess after the winter/early spring season, so lots of raking.

I kinda go room by room and do extra organizing, wipe down walls, blinds, wash curtains etc.
At least get the kids to help with windows and dusting!!!!