Post Yuntif cleanup when do you start?

amother

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 5:08 am

Do you start cleaning up right after yontif?
I’m procrastinating ahhh but here’s the list-
3 loads for the dishwasher- sounds gross to think I stuffed everything in the dishwasher from 2nd days
I have maybe 6 loads of laundry not including the linens and towels from company.

Cleaning lady’s coming to do the heavy cleaning bathrooms, kitchen

amother

Papayawhip

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 5:12 am

Clean up happened last night and sorting laundry. Started a load and then went to bed. Have to do maybe 6 loads today and help dh take down the sukkah.

amother

Papaya ↓

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 5:13 am

I ran and then unloaded the finished dishwasher, stored the plata, and did two loads of laundry. Did a quick basic clean of counters and floor and emptied garbage cans. Cleaned out the fridge a bit. Will be remaking beds with clean sheets when cleaning people come on Friday. It’s a process and fortunately we have Sunday. I recognize our sisters in Israel do not get today. Looked at the calendar for Pesach and saw that in the US, both Sundays are chag.

amother

Mustard

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 5:18 am

Hopefully doing cleaning part all today. 4 or 5 loads of laundry, change beds, deep clean kitchen and bathroom, vacuum rest of house. Tomorrow we need to grocery shop and I will do some cooking to replenish my freezer.

amother

Gardenia

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 5:53 am

I've barely started. Need to finish doing the cleaning up of my house along with all my laundry. Normally, I wouldn't rush to do my towels and linen loads, but since we had guests for first days and then we are hosting for a Simcha this shabbos, all my linens must get washed so I cam make beds this week yet again. (And I don't have cleaning help)

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amother

Watermelon

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 6:09 am

Dishes, sweeping all started minute after zman was finished before havdala. Next major job was baths for all little ones while men folk dismantled succa. Coloreds and most dark delicate hang dry done.
Rest today

amother

cornflower

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 6:29 am

Wanted to start right after YT was over but of course baby woke up screaming and spitting up so everything got pushed off for a while. Finally managed to get dishes done and two loads of laundry. More to come today.

amother

↑ Papaya

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 7:09 am

I was so proud that I had started the cleanup until I discovered the fleishig silverware that someone put in my milchig dishwasher and yes it ran with a full dirty load. Hope this is a batel veshishim solution. Ugh. Emailing my LOR.

amother

Olive

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 12:22 pm

Right after havdalah, starting with getting the wax out of the candleholders (and off the candlesticks, if need be) using the hot water left in the kettle on the blech. Next, pop a load of the most urgent laundry in the machine, send dh to take out the trash and recycling, and then go on to other things.

SingALong

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 12:29 pm

Did a few loads last night. Let most hanging to dry to put away tomorrow. Last night left my kitchen a flying wreck. Today I emptied unusable leftovers out of the fridge. Will use up rest for supper tonight (no WAY am I cooking today). Today lady came to clean bathrooms, mop floors, and change linen from guests.
Succa was taken down today, most decorations are in the storage boxes, I need to finish the rest. My boys willow iyh put away succa chairs in basement storage later, for now my porch looks like a war zone

amother

Buttercup

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 12:30 pm

amother OP wrote:

I cleaned the living room, dining room, and kitchen (besides dishes) on shabbos afternoon. I did the dishes on motzai shabbos. Today both me and my husband have been throwing in loads of laundry anytime we see the washer or dryer has finished. We have a huge pile of laundry needing to be folded—that part might have to wait for the Tuesday cleaning lady 🙈.

juggling

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 12:42 pm

shabbatiscoming wrote:

All last night. Today was a work/school day in Israel, so back to life, back to reality.

Well, on the other hand Friday wasn't chag here. I know I did a few loads of laundry on Friday and the sukkah was completely put away before shabbat, plus the food/dishes situation was not like after a three day chag.

↑ shabbatiscoming

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 12:47 pm

juggling wrote:

Oh, of course, we also took our sukah down on friday.

amother

Pansy

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 12:48 pm

So since everybody is superwoman here..I did NOTHING last night. Today had a cleaning lady till 3:00 and I helped her a bit. I just started the first load.

amother

NeonGreen

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 12:58 pm

amother OP wrote:

The second shabbat ended I started the dishwasher and the laundry

amother

Orange ↓

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 1:03 pm

amother Pansy wrote:

So since everybody is superwoman here..I did NOTHING last night. Today had a cleaning lady till 3:00 and I helped her a bit. I just started the first load.

Starting clean up right after shabbat does not make anyone superwoman.
Some women just like to get on with it. Or myself, I hate the mess. I need, for my mrntal health, to stsrt the clean up right away.

amother

Camellia

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 1:09 pm

amother Papaya wrote:

but we had Friday

amother

↑ Orange

Sun, Oct 27 2024, 1:18 pm

amother Papaya wrote:

But we did not have chag on friday.
Many of us did a lot on friday. I know we were mostly done before shabbos even started.