Cleaning to Whole House - a family affair

Cleaning this house has been....different from cleaning the house in town. the point of entry is now the kitchen and not the living room/dining room. If I don't have a clean kitchen, and someone comes in...they see it....which causes me a mini panic attack. Seriously. It's not pleasant. Then I usually throw myself a little temper tantrum...followed by a day of cleaning. no more. I'm done with it! I want a consistently tidy and clean home (allowing for the obvious "we have 5 kids" grace) BUT I obviously for my sanity, my kids and my marriage needed something to change. Now don't get me wrong, we weren't living in filth...I just don't want a sink full of dishes, clutter on the counter, blankets in the corner, shoes in the hall...that's the stuff that got me! So I'm done yelling. We are changing systems. I like lists. I really like lists! I broke the house down into 9 sections:

KITCHEN
HALLWAYS
PLAYROOM
LAUNDRY ROOM
DINING ROOM
LIVING ROOM
BEDROOM
BATHROOM (DOWN STAIRS)
BATHROOM (UP STAIRS)

under each title is a list of things that need to happen in that room to make it "clean". In most rooms this starts with dealing with stuff out of place. Putting away the stuff and throwing away any trash. "straightening up" in general. After that is wiping down and then sweeping/mopping/vaccuuming. Obviously there are other rooms that require more or less items but we pair things up like whoever gets the kitchen does only the kitchen.
So far so good and even the kids are loving it!