Cleaning Schedule

The majority of our house is either wood or tile flooring (excluding our bedrooms). Although I love the look of it, it is starting to get very difficult to keep clean. Between Bella and Raja, who are starting to shed more and more due to the change in weather, I feel like I spend the majority of my weekend cleaning floors and dusting. Also, I moved from a VERY small apartment which I shared with 2 other VERY clean girls to a 3bed/2bath house with the hubs (who is very clean... for a guy) and 2 animals. Not only did the amount of cleaning space grow, but the number of people/pets/things I am cleaning for also grew.

I love love love my house clean. It makes me not only feel accomplished when the house is clean, but I also am convinced I sleep better knowing my house is clean. So alas, I have decided to do a cleaning schedule. I've seen cleaning schedules on a few blogs and had the time today - plus, I am in an organizing mood - so I've decided to make one. I'm thinking that the hubs is not going to be overly excited to see his name on the list... so we'll see how this goes tonight :)

So far the list of to do items are :

Laudry
Grocery List
Grocery Shop
File papers / bills
Mirrors
Toilets
Bathroom counters
Tubs/Shower
Kitchen surfaces
Dust
Vacuum carpers
Vacuum hardwood / tile
Mop hardwood / tile
Kitty Litter
Bella Bath
Deep clean kitchen / dining room
Deep clean bathrooms
Deep clean bedrooms
Deep clean living room / laundry room
Yardwork / Porches / Garage

I have somewhat organized who is to do the task. The hubs and I have have talked about some of these things but not all. Currently, some of the things on the list we split (like kitty litter because I am a fanatic about having it cleaned - like at least 2 times a week, so we switch back and forth), some things we do together (grocery shopping & Bella's bath), and some things just I do (dusting, laudry, grocery list, etc) or he does (yardwork, tubs/showers, etc).

I have also come up with a schematic for the frequency of cleaning. I have the list organized by either:
twice a week
once a week
once every other week
once a month

Of course, there are some items under "deep cleaning" that can really be quarterly. I have a rough list of deep cleaning for each room like baseboards or cabinets. I do need to go through each of the rooms when I get home to make sure I didn't miss anything.

I'm going to show this to the hubs tonight - the month of April will be our trial month of this new cleaning schedule.