Since deciding to stay here at University Student Housing, I have felt the Lord bless me with a desire to have patience, smile, be humble, be grateful, and really focus on turning this apartment into our haven. I don't want to just 'endure' our time here. I want to LOVE this apartment and these cinder-block walls and create the most inviting atmosphere that I can so that the Spirit of Christ can dwell here. This is MY home. This is where my family feels the safest, the happiest, the calmest, the most love....and it is up to me to create the haven that Nate and my children deserve to come home to every day.
So tie on your cutest apron!
(Disclaimer: I don't expect Nate to feel obligated to take a big part in keeping our home clean....BUT he, being the wonderful man that he is, always steps it up when I'm pregnant and plays Mr. Wifey until I'm feeling up to it again....especially the chores that are particularly difficult with a pregnant belly...like hauling laundry to the dryer, cleaning the floors, and scrubbing the bathtub. Love my man!)
Weekly Cleaning Schedule
Daily: Make beds, Dishes & Kitchen surfaces, Sweep kitchen floor, Vacuum living room, Toys picked up, Trash emptied
Monday: Grocery shopping, Kitchen appliances, Kitchen floor
Tuesday: Hall, Entry, Desk area (shredding, filing, etc)
Wednesday: Bathroom
Thursday: Laundry, Bedrooms, Change sheets
Friday: Playroom, Living room, Kitchen floor
Saturday: BathroomMonthly: Windows, Vacuum under furniture, Clean inside of kitchen cupboards and refrigerator, Disinfect toys, Clean inside of both cars
Other
*No Facebook/computer until breakfast is cleaned up, everyone is showered/dressed/combed, daily cleaning task is done, and personal scripture reading is done.
*No television/movies for the children in the evenings until toys are picked up, bath & jammies, family scripture reading done, and dinner is cleaned up.
*Children clear their own plates after each meal and empty the dishwasher (they LOVE this).
*Spend at least one hour outside every day (this will easily turn into 5-6 hours in the summer).
*Menu plan on Sundays.
*Crockpot meals or planned leftovers 3 days a week.*Splurge on a fresh bouquet of flowers each week for the kitchen table (made possible by doing the above-mentioned leftovers!)
*Make Nate's lunch by 8:30 on the mornings he works at 9 am.
*Bake bread weekly.
*Begin planning/budgeting for food storage.
8 comments:
Oh I've got no tips. Sorry! Schedules and me have never gotten along...
But good luck! This looks awesome!!
Me and my calendar are the best of friends. If it's on the calendar, I never forget it! Another thing that has helped me this last year is a little white board that we put on our fridge...it gives me a place to write down my big to-do's for the day.
For Aria, we've done a few different things. One was putting up pictures of her routines. So for bed time, there are little pictures on the wall of what we do and in what order for example. We also have a little chore chart system that shows what things have to be done before we can play, watch movies, etc. and it includes things like scripture study and cleaning our rooms.
Really, though, once you find something that works for your family then that's the right thing for you!
Also, I love your idea of a cleaning schedule! I definitely need to find a way to incorporate that!
want to come do my house too? :)
Good focus, my dear. You're inspired me!
I try to have schedules and plans etc.. but I find my house runs much more stress free when things happen as they will. Im not the best housewife/mom by far. Good luck, Im sure yours will go great!!!
go get em warner... wow, ambitious:) super fun though!!
I should be better at scheduling everything...sure it would make my days run more smoothly. I just try and get all of my cleaning out of the way first thing in the morning so I don't spend all day thinking about it! And I do a load of laundry a day otherwise it gets out of control
It's really not all that ambitious....like today, for instance, all I have to worry about today is cleaning the bathroom. Easy! The house is still never all clean at the same time, but atleast now I know each room is getting some attention every week.
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