One load of laundry every day but Sunday. We have three children and two adults in our household. Monday: children's load - Tuesday: whites - Wednesday: darks - Thursday: children's - Friday: towels - Saturday: one set of sheets from one bed (we have four beds so everyone gets clean sheets once a month).  I do the same thing with my 1500 square foot house. I have it broken into manageable "zones" that only take 20 minutes to clean (except for the kitchen on Saturday it takes about 45 minutes). We have two bathrooms that I alternate weeks but clean as I go all the time. No cleaning on Sunday. The other thing I do because of our schedule is to cook in bulk and freeze dinner size portions to simply reheat for a fast healthy dinner time. As an example: I will buy the Costco pack of chicken thighs/legs/breasts. On a Saturday I will spend about 90 minutes grilling all the meat. I will vacuum seal it with my Food Saver in dinner portion packages and put it in my freezer. When we are ready to eat it I take the meat out of the freezer in the morning and by the time my husband gets home with the children at 6:30 it is defrosted and ready to heat up in the microwave. With a few noodles and a veggie we call it dinner in about 15 minutes. I do this with meatballs as well. I will buy the Costco ground beef and make about 70-100 meatballs (the children love to help form the meatballs) using my cookie sheets in the oven to cook them, put them in vacuum sealed dinner size portions and freeze.

OK, so when I read the question, I wasn't at all thinking that large a scale. My first thought that I have found helpful was to buy one of those caddies, to put all of my cleaning products in (glass cleaner, bathroom cleaner, Pledge, rubber gloves, sponges etc.), so that I can just grab that, instead of hunting through the cabinet for the item I need. However I do something similar to what Julianne posted, in that I try to break up the whole house chores into sections. This is a rough schedule of what I do, though it varies depending on what else might be going on. Generally I do these things during Calvin's afternoon nap, though some get done while he is awake (laundry and vacuuming, for example). When I was working, I used to do pretty much all of it on Saturdays, but I don't generally have that huge a block of time these days (about 5 hours or so). Monday: Laundry (adults & sheets), take out recycling, vacuum (only one room of carpet) Tuesday: Dry mop hardwood floors, finish any laundry that didn't get done on Monday Wednesday: Vacuum, sweep kitchen floor, straighten up the kitchen, take out garbage Thursday: Dry mop again (we have a dog), dust the furniture, do baby laundry Friday: Vacuum, clean bathrooms, sweep and mop kitchen and bathroom floors (every other week, unless they are especially grungy), - my husband is off on Fri afternoon and can watch Calvin while I do all of this Saturday: Clean kitchen and finish up any-thing that didn't get done during the week, dry mop Sunday: Nothing! Every other month, I clean the hardwood floors with cleaner. My husband is also really good about straightening up the kitchen before he goes to bed- it drives him crazy if there are dishes or things out. I think it is so interesting to see how we all do this- cool question!

My husband installed an Elfa organizer in my son's closet. We can rearrange the shelves, clothes hangers and drawers at anytime. In fact, we just rear-ranged it this weekend so that more of the shelves are at Sam's level. We also found that we need less hanging space right now and eliminated some in exchange for toy shelves. We'll also be able to adjust the system as he gets older and his clothes get longer. The Elfa system is available at the Container Store.

We used to keep all Brianna's toys in a toy box, but there were lots of toys she never played with. After rearranging furniture in some of the rooms, I had an extra 3-shelf bookcase. I think I got it at Pier One. It's a "portable" bookcase. When not in use, the three shelves fold up and the sides fold in. We put the bookcase in the family room as a temporary solution, and what a great idea. She sees all the toys; and there hasn't been a neglected toy since. When she is old enough to move the toys to her room, it will be an easy transition.

To help organize my son's small toys (i.e. parachute men, bouncy rubber balls, playing cards, hot wheels etc.) I purchased a clear hanging-on the door shoe organizer. I believe I purchased it at Rite Aid or Longs. I am very proud of that organization. The rest of my house is completely in disarray...hee hee.

I "meal plan" for a month at a time. I have a binder with all my recipes (the ones I /really/ use) organized in there by category (beef, chicken, pasta...etc.). They are glued to colored construction paper and put into sheet protectors (so when they get splashed I can just wipe them clean.) This may take some effort, but is totally worth the time. At the beginning of the month, I print out an empty calendar from the computer. Then I go thru the binder and begin picking meals. I try to do two or three meals in a row, then a night of leftovers to clean everything up. I change up the recipes from month to month so rarely do we have the same thing in 6 weeks time, unless its a favorite. And then only sometimes so it stays a favorite! I have the monthly calendar clipped to the outside of folder, where just before each shopping trip I pull out the upcoming meals from the binder (and put away the ones we just had), make my shopping list, and store those upcoming recipes until I need them. When I come across new ones I'd like to try, I stick them in there as well and they end up in the binder loosely until they are tried or I get sick of looking at them. I go grocery shopping once a week (more or less) and get enough for the 4-6 meals that are coming up. Anyway, I'll go to the store (or 7-11) if we're out of milk or need a fresh veggie, but I'm never wondering at 4:00, "What am I making tonight?".