Spring Cleaning!

It has been a long cold winter here in Wisconsin and unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon.  Spring has been teasing us, but doesn't want to seem to stick around.  I had Spring Break from school this past week which as been such a blessing.  I have been able to get caught up on so many things both at home and for school.

One big item that I was able to check off of my to-do-list was my spring cleaning.  Boy did the house need it!  Last year I created a Spring Cleaning List as I completed my cleaning to help me remember everything that I do.  Since that time I changed my weekly/monthly cleaning routines so I was able to take some items off of my spring cleaning list because I was now doing that on a monthly basis.  You can check out my weekly cleaning schedule here.  I do my monthly cleaning on Mondays.  This schedule is as follows:
1st Monday - Appliances (Stove, Refrigerator, Microwave, Washing / Drying Machine); 2nd Monday - Window Blinds; 3rd Monday - Throw Rugs; 4th Monday - Deep Clean Showers.  If there happens to be five Mondays it the month, that means I have a free night :)

Here is my Spring Cleaning Checklist.  I have divided it up by room in my house.  I clean some of the same things in each room, however I find it easiest to completely clean one room before I move on to the next.  I start with the top of the room (the lights and ceiling fans) and work my way to the bottom (the baseboards).  It is not on my list, but I usually also vacuum each room when I am all done to collect anything that may have fallen on the floor in the cleaning process.

I also give the house a good deep clean before I start school in the fall so maybe I should change this to my Fall/Spring Cleaning Checklist.  It feels so good to have the house nice and clean!