can anyone please give me some effective ways to run a household?

Answer 1

Routines!!! have a basic plan to get it done!!! Make a list of everything you need done on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly. Examples:
Daily: Dishes, make the beds, one load of laundry, one room gets full attention, spend 10 minutes picking up at the end of the day.
Weekly: Vacuum, change sheets, clean out the cars, mop kitchen and bathroom, grocery shopping, pay bills, plan meals, clean out fridge, clean bathroom.
Monthly- wash floor mats, shower curtain, curtains
quarterly- Flip/turn mattress, change batteries in smoke detectors, change oil in cars, swap out of season clothes, cull clothing that doesnt fit.

Personally, I Make a big list and i have a specific day to do everything, like friday i pay the bills and clean the bathroom, Monday i do the grocery shopping, tuesday is clean out the fridge and empty all the trash cans b/c wed is our trash day and i have to have it out the night before.

The key is to make the list to fit your needs... you may have a gigantic, hair spewing dog that needs to be brushed once a week, or you may need to do more than one load of laundry daily, depending on your family size.

Answer 2

im really not sure what you want to know, make sure you get up early enough to get everything done, make lists, keep your baking goods and so on in order so you can tell what you dont have at a glance so you can get your shopping list ready, try to only do your grocery shopping once a week. plan meals in advance, a week at a time. if you dont want to repeat meals each week then plan a whole months worth at a time. then make your lists of what you need to get. when you clean house start each room at the top, dust fans, window frames vac drapes, then move down to picture frames, shades, lamp shades, blinds, etc, table tops, chairs, then do waste baskets and carpets last. always empty vac when finished and rinse out dust cup and filter, list things that need to be done weekly, daily, monthly, etc. monthly is changing your furnace filter, dusting off the outside of the air conditioner, replacing most cleaning supplys, bug sprays and so on, changing baking soda in the fridge, and such, weekly, if you just have two of you you might get buy with vac once a week, if not maybe twice a week. say monday and thursday. when i was a kid there were the seven day dish towels which told you what you did each day, monday was laundry, tuesday was ironing, friday was shopping, and so on, most people dont stick to that anymore but if you did you would know what you needed to do. most of us dont iron a lot anymore.most of my ironing now is during the process of quilt making or sewing new clothes. but most women didnt work outside the home then either. with all our modern helps i dont think we have any more time because everyone is trying to jam so much into a day, no more at home moms who can be depended on to keep watch over their kids and have the meals ready when dad steps in the door. Life is changing, do the best that you can with your life, good luck

Answer 3

grocery shop only once a month (after payday). Dust, run the vacuum and scrub and wax floors on Saturday mornings. Wash dishes after every use or hide them in the dishwasher till you have a full load. Wash clothes some evening during the week. What else would you like to know?

Answer 4

Use your time as wisely as you can. Plan ahead. Made meals as simple as you can using veggies and lots of chicken that you can freeze and heat up. Chicken breast works best. Give everything a home so that your not looking for it when you most need it.

Answer 5

get up everyday make your bed vacuum the house every other day dust do dishes set a time for everthing and soon it will become routine and I wash the floor every day I can not stand a dirty floor good luck

Answer 6

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Answer 7

every thing has a place and every thing in its place,don;t leave clothes,dishes & things sitting around, every one pick up after them self's.