I could use some help. I'm hoping someone here has had this problem and can help, or some else is just really organized and can throw something together. I need some good ideas for a family home cleaning scedule. I have already bought a dry erase board and I am ready to put it into motion. I am past tired of being the only one in the house who does any housework. Between my boyfriend and my daughter, they haven't done any cleaning without me yelling at them in over 4 months. I could use some good ideas for a weekly schedule. Thank you for any help and ideas.

When I lived with two other housemates, we made a weekly cleaning schedule: cleaning the living room, kitchen, and bathroom were three separate chores. Each of us did one a week, and we rotated, so we'd each take turns doing each.  Our own rooms were, of course, our own responsibilities, and we worked out something else for cooking and cleaning up; I'm fuzzy on the details now.  I do remember that we had a chart on the wall with whose turn it was when, and the breakdown of chores:  living room, you dust, vacuum, clean the mirrors, kitchen, you clean the counters, sink, mop the floor, etc.  For me, having that there in front of me worked especially well.  Having a visual reminder works well for me, and it's a point of pride to be able to check off what I've done. We also had a range of about three days in which they were to be done--i.e. between Friday and Sunday (though as I recall, we used different days).  Since we all had different schedules, we couldn't necessarily clean on the same day, but we did need to set it up so that if you cleaned the living room last week and it's my turn this week, I'm not doing it two days after you did it and then leaving it undone for almost two weeks.

It sounds like you're not only thinking of chores like that, but smaller ones, too.  Something like that might also work.

But don't make a chart like that without consulting your boyfriend and daughter.  If you do, they'll probably feel you're forcing it on them and resist.  Let them have input.