Often, my husband and I are called the “young fun couple” which is really flattering, but I feel myself trying to live up to the hype. We have a two year old son, own a home (that’s almost impossible to keep clean), both how full time jobs, very active in our church, have a social life and love to spend incredible mounds of time together.

Working 40 plus hours a week it’s hard to spend time together, and it’s even harder for me to relax and have “family time” when the bathrooms, kitchen and other rooms are not clean in the house. Most people argue about money, but we argue about quality time and cleanliness. My husband (Justin) and I have come up with some great solutions to spending more time with each other and Ian and also living comfortably! Well… as comfortable as comfortable is gonna get, we’re still very much normal and get lazy sometimes.

So, me being the elementary teacher that I am have Created a Cleaning Checklist. I know it sounds cheesy! Lol but it really works! I found the document on Microsoft word and just added the household chores that needed to be done daily, every other day or once a week. I even created. Seasonal cleaning which is more intense.

Basically I laminated the checklist (but you can definitely use a sheet protector) and we initial our name in each box. Whoever has done the most household duties by then end of the week gets treated to a gift and a great date night. Fun right?! It makes cleaning into a sexy game, and still teaches your little one about cleanliness.

As you can see my cleaning checklist has been heavily used. Lol. This can be done using a dry erase marker and an eraser or a paper towel.

Remember when dating or post marriage being clean is always the sexiest!

Love always, the ultimate party-ish mom,

RaShina