MamaCoop04 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 wash your floors?? REALLLY?? Not intend to :) I just want to know if I'm the only one out there that intends to once a week but gets to it whenever it really needs it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennsmile Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 :iagree: I do love my steam mop though and need to use it more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassy Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Before homeschooling, and then getting a dog I always intended to wash my kitchen floor every week, but it would really only get done after a kiddies party, or after I'd been cooking with a 3 yo and 5 yo. These days it really does get washed once a week, Sunday morning when they're all out at Church (I have asked if they could take the dog too). Now the floor in our hallway is another matter altogether ... I'm longing to wash it at the moment, but really haven't been able to find a spare hour half hour :glare:. Does that help? Maybe not :D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elinor Everywhere Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 wash your floors?? REALLLY?? Not intend to :) I just want to know if I'm the only one out there that intends to once a week but gets to it whenever it really needs it :) Before my kids were old enough: I meant to do it weekly....:tongue_smilie: Now that my kids have mopping on their chore charts: once a week! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMissMagnolia Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I was doing it once a week (or more if needed)---but have gotten lax lately and it's been a few weeks....I did it today.....:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycalling Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 1-2x per week. We shoot for twice, but it's only once a week about half the time. BUT, my husband does it about once every week or two and the kids either get it as a punishment or get paid in $ or candy to do it. I hardly ever wash the floors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 When asking one of the kids to "get a damp paper towel and wipe up that spot please...oh, and that one, too...oh and there's another one over here..." just doesn't cut it anymore. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I spot clean until that doesn't cut it anymore. Ideally I would clean it every week, but reality is more like every other week... Or so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In2why Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Swiffer JET is my lifesaver!!!! I sweep and then mop with that thing almost daily (we don't have carpet except in our bedrooms) and only have to really mop once a month or so unless there is a major spill. Before I got the swiffer I mopped when it got to disgusting to walk on lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 More now. With our hardwoods I could just sweep most of it and it looked good. Now we have linoleum and it's keeping me busy! I swifter mop twice a week now. The parquet floor I can get away with sweeping and not mop as often but the swifter is so easy and it's out already--basically for once I am keeping up on the mopping. Before it was only when it needed it ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Once or twice a week in the kitchen. It definitely needs it. We come into the house from the garage, right into the kitchen and it gets gross quickly. But, I just mop it. I only get down on my hands and knees and scrub it once a year. I mop the hardwoods once a month on average, but I do vacuum them weekly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidiyaDawn Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Honestly? Rarely. We have wood floors and when I actually mop them they get all streaky looking - and that's with barely any cleaner in the water, so I don't know. I just sweep and clean up dirty/sticky spots with a cloth these days.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 You're supposed to wash your floors :confused:.... :lol: ;)!!!! When someone spills a glass of water and I wipe it up, does that count???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 When I can't stand the way it looks anymore (not often). :iagree: Yep, me too.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 When I can't stand the way it looks anymore (not often). :iagree: Or the morning of the day my father is visiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie in NE Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 You're supposed to wash your floors :confused:.... :lol: ;)!!!! When someone spills a glass of water and I wipe it up, does that count???? :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 The LR and DR/school room get done once a week but the kitchen gets done nightly because we are slobs :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Sadly once a week. With 12 of us, plus 2 cats and a dog - my floors really do need it at less once a weekeven if we sweep after every meal. And the living room barely looks decent even though we vacuum it every other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Um, never? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I haven't mopped in over 3 yrs. Its just not a job you can manage 1 handed. So, it gets done when Wolf gets to it, or when I bribe Diva. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I sweep every couple of days and mop when there is no other cleaning that HAS to be done, at least once a month. It gets a good wipe down in between. My kids have both become very clumsy with their water cups.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I spot clean until that doesn't cut it anymore. Ideally I would clean it every week, but reality is more like every other week... Or so! Yep....this is how I do it. My oldest dd comes and does it for me once a month because she is stronger than me right now. In between, me and the little boys grab mops and we do it together. The bathroom floors get mopped daily. The bedroom, school room, living room floors get swept and vacuumed daily...and mopped on Saturday morning. The kitchen floor is the bane of my existence....and that one needs to be scrubbed....that is why dd comes to help. Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Until we moved, it was every other day. We had all tile in our other house, and I hated feeling sticky or sandy under my feet. I vacuumed daily, sometimes twice, and used my steam mop every other day. Now our house has carpet, so I just vacuum daily, including the kitchen and bathrooms. I mop the bathrooms and kitchen twice a week or more if it needs it. I am rather obsessive about floors though lol.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) Somewhere between once a month and once a season! I sweep the floor fairly often and we all wear slippers. The dog licks up anything really yummy. ETA: I forgot to mention. I wipe the floor around the toilets at least once a week with a cleaning wipe. Two many men in this household not to. Laura Edited November 5, 2011 by Laura Corin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieZ Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 My floors get mopped exactly twice a week. Of course, I do none of that mopping. My housekeeper comes twice a week, ;) If I didn't have my beloved housekeeper, I don't know what I'd do, but mopping twice a week wouldn't be on the list. Probably once a week ideally, but realistically, twice a month and especially the day before company was expected. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 (edited) I spot clean with a rag after most meals because my son is an extremely messy eater. Usually I just wipe the table and then use the rag on the floor too though. I steam mop areas too as needed--I love my steam mop! I haven't done the hands and knees whole floor from corner to corner in a very long while. I probably should. I don't vacuum enough either. Floors aren't a big deal to me I guess. Edited November 5, 2011 by sbgrace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnaM Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I spot clean and try to get to the floors once a week but more often than not its once every other week or when DH starts to complain that his feet are sticking to the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 You're supposed to wash your floors :confused:.... :lol: ;)!!!! When someone spills a glass of water and I wipe it up, does that count???? Wehavelived here 18 months., the answer is not yet. My housekeeper has done it maybe 6 times. (she lives far away and comes up rarely and when she does we do big projects such as painting, garage reorangizing, tearing the cardboard and squirrel lived in installation from the attic.... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginszoo Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Every 3-4 weeks in reality. :scared: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I don't remember the last time I really washed the floor.. with an actual mop (and not a quick swipe with a cloth). :blush: how embarrassing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moniksca Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Just finished doing the floors a couple minutes ago. I do them every saturday, keeps me active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robyn Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 My youngest is walking so... not as frequently as I used to. I shoot for once a week for the kitchen, once every other for the wood floors. That doesn't actually happen anymore. I have always gone barefoot in the house, but since we've moved out of the city, I have taken to wearing slippers. My boys track in a constant stream of dirt from the backyard. Since I can't feel every crumb under my feet now, I have lowered my standards considerably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danybug Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I would say I wash my whole first floor once a week, maybe a week and a half. After seeing me washing them on my hands and knees a million times, my sweet husband does a room or two for me now. I just can't stand when I start seeing the grime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 once a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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