If you are one of those ladies with a wonderful household schedule that works for you, my hat goes off to you. If you have taken the time to make a homemaking binder with all the bells and whistles, and it works for you, all I can say is WOW! 
I'd never heard of a homemaking binder until a few years ago. It seemed like a great way of becoming more organized in my household duties and keeping track of everything. So I bought a large three-ring binder and set it up according to instructions. I wrote out a schedule that looked great on paper. And then reality set in.
The room-by-room method did not work for me. If I pull out the vacuum, I like vacuuming the whole house. Same with mopping, dusting, etc. Since our house is small, it just didn't make sense (to me) to vacuum one room per day or do anything one room at a time. For instance, if the living room floor is dirty, then the dining room is too as they both open into each other. The hallway is right next to the dining room, so might as well go there and the bedrooms are off the hallway, so I might as well do them too. In tight quarters, it just makes sense to go all the way!
I almost gave up on scheduling household tasks until I found another sweet sister who had a site where she spoke of working out a system according to tasks rather than rooms. Aha, now that sounded like something I could do. So I re-worked my schedule by tasks, i.e., vacuuming day, mopping day, laundry day, etc. Again, this looked good on paper, but not so good in reality. 
Though I could work with this scheduling system, I soon discovered that my children would not cooperate. They just couldn't understand why they could track dirt in only on the day before vacuuming/mopping day 
(and yes I did try to get them to not wear shoes inside. That works fine for when they're in to stay, but not for when they're running in for a water or bathroom break. They forget and so do I) And what was I to do, when the clothes piled up and needed to be washed before the scheduled laundry day. AND about when the floors were fine on floor day, but something else needed to be done. Our lives just don't work that way, I guess. Or my mind just can't wrap around this concept so good.
I am truly scheduling challenged 
as I can't seem to find ANY schedule that will work for me. So I have given up this grand endeavor and went back to what works for me. As I go through the day or at night, I make a mental note of things that need to be done. One thing I will change is I will now write out my to-do list as I have a few new responsibilities that are not part of my regular household stuff.
I would like to schedule things that are not routine day-to-day things, such as cleaning cupboards, behind frig, washing walls, etc. You know, the things that you don't see out in the open or think of until you move something or it gets really bad. Things that only need doing annually or seasonally. So if you have a list of such things and a schedule you'd be willing to share, I'd love to try it.
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Posted by 2peter318 I do have my kids take their shoes off, but we have an entry way, so there is plenty of room for them to come in before doing this. We didn't always do this, but we have new, light carpet, we felt it was a must. Once they knew the new rule, they obeyed it.
I do like my home management binder, because I put in there what helps me, not what people think I need. I hope you get one put together (if that's what you want to do) and it works for you. Otherwise, if you can remember everything without it, go for it. I just started using one, because I would forget to easy. :)
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