Happy April! I know a lot of people have already started their spring cleaning schedules, but since I was still fighting morning sickness and extreme fatigue for most of March, April just seemed like a better time to start. Hopefully I’m catching you all before you’ve started yours too – or maybe I’m bringing your attention to the whole spring cleaning thing for the first time this year. Whatever the case may be, I hope you’ll follow along with me this month as I tackle some yearly and seasonal house chores alongside my usual cleaning schedule! As an added incentive to track with me this month, I’m hosting an April cleaning essentials giveaway! I’ve been wanting to find a way to give back to you all and show you how much I appreciate you being here for a while now – and I don’t think there’s a better way to…

Scroll to the bottom if you’d like access to your own FREE editable cleaning calendar! Happy New Year, y’all! Of course, not only is it the start of 2020, but it’s also the start of a new month which, here on the blog means the start of a new cleaning calendar. I normally don’t change much on my calendars. I usually just remix what days I’m deep cleaning which room. But going into the new year I’m switching things up a lot. Let me tell you really quick why. The past couple months have felt super stale to me in terms of my cleaning routine. Something that once made me feel accomplished and organized was really just starting to feel overwhelming and it just wasn’t working anymore. So, I sat back and really thought about what was really going to make sense for our home and our lifestyle. I asked…

As I was running through my home-keeping calendar, adjusting my cleaning cards and getting ready for the month of October a couple weeks ago, the idea popped into my head for this post. Since there are so many different aspects of upkeep when it comes to your home – and the things in and around it – I thought I would jot down a few things you might be forgetting to do as you knock out chores each month. To be honest, this serves as just as much of a reminder to me as it may for y’all, so if you’re not great at keeping up with these 13 items don’t feel bad – you’re not alone! I can definitely see myself adding to these in the future as I realize more and more things that I should do each month to make my life easier and home cleaner –…