1950s Housewife Daily Schedule
CREDIT: NeedleStack (Upgoat/VOAT)
A copy and paste of a list I found on the interwebs:
- Throw back the covers and let your bed air out.
- Open up the blinds and windows.
- After breakfast clean up the kitchen and eating area.
- Gather a basket for tidying. As you tidy the home, pick up items that don’t belong in that room and add them to your basket. When you enter a new room place the items from the basket that belong in that room where they go.
- Straighten up the living areas, pick up clutter, lightly dust, straighten pillows, and water plants.
- Make the beds.
- Tidy the bedroom, including a light dusting.
- Hang up any clothes that may be about or ensure dirty ones are in the hamper.
- Do a light tidying of the bathroom including removing and replacing used towels, refilling toilet paper and soap (as needed), and cleaning the sink area including soap dishes.
- Wipe down kitchen work surfaces and inside the fridge and discard any old food.
- Dispose of garbage from around the home.
- Rinse dishcloths and hang them to dry.
- Sweep or mop the kitchen floor.
- Handle weekly chores that need to be done that day. (See examples below)
- Set the table for dinner.
- Arrange the living room for evening enjoyment with the family.
- Do a quick sweep of the floors and ensure the entranceways are clear.
- Clean up the eating areas after dinner and ensure all dishes are washed.
- Set the table for breakfast.
Once a Week Chores
• Use metal polish on bathroom fixtures.
• Clean and disinfect all kitchen appliances.
• Scald and disinfect bread boxes, garbage pails, and bins.
• Replace flowers with fresh bouquets.
• Laundry (including bedding).
• Vacuuming and mopping.
Pretty standard stuff honestly.