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Daily Schedule Can Make a Difference
By:
O Quinn
Again as I work to get myself to get back on track after losing control
for a few weeks I am amazed at the power behind a simple daily schedule.
In reworking my Home Management binder I’ve had to come up with a new
daily schedule. As my daughter grows things change. Much of my time with
her is in creative ventures and teaching her how to do things. I can get
very caught up in that.
But enough about that. What really happened is I got so engrossed with
working with my soon to be preschooler that I kind of threw my schedule
out the window. Some things were no longer done on certain days or done
at all so as a result I dismissed my usual pattern of checking my daily
schedule throughout the day or when I felt unproductive.
The result? Chaos.
Well okay not complete chaos but I could definitely tell a difference. I
wasn’t sure where it was coming from but things were not as orderly as I
liked them. Dinner was often late, the house wasn’t getting vacuum
regularly, I felt like I had no time to do anything (but play with my
daughter) and even my baby girl seemed a little out of sorts.
After a few weeks of this I thought maybe it was time for me to get
serious about updating my Home Management binder. I reworked a new daily
and weekly schedule to get me going and....
Voila!
The difference is like night and day. As I sit here mid-afternoon while
my daughter takes her nap, and type yet another article (my third for
the day) I have already washed 2 loads of laundry, straightened and
vacuumed the house, straightened and inventoried the fridge and freezer
in preparation for menu planning tomorrow. The kitchen is clean and
tidy, in addition to the other rooms because I do walk through morning
and night. I won’t get into all of the other things that are taken care
of simply because my schedules reminded me that they needed to be done
(so I did them) but I will tell you most of all I don’t feel frazzled.
I still have things to do. Work and home alike but I don’t feel out of
control or overwrought because I know where they fall in my schedule.
Making a daily and weekly schedule is one of the most simple things you
can do to start organizing yourself and your home. You see your list
helps you to organize yourself because it’s a reminder in our all too
busy lives of what needs to be done to keep things moving smoothly. And
once you make your list USE it. Check it at least daily. It does no good
unless you put it to use. If you can only muster one ounce of energy
make it to check that list.
For complete organizing checklists for home and life visit
Household Notes
and for information on organizing your home visit
Homemaking Organized.
Article Source:
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Signs That it is Time to Clean Your Fridge
By:
Lara
I
am by no means a neat person. This humorous list is from my own vast
personal experience with the messes. You may have your own. However, if
you are organizationally challenged, you WILL relate to this humorous
top ten type list! I am an official wannabe neat freak. Unfortunately,
all you will get from me is humor, support, and insights into the mind
of an organizationally challenged work at home, homeschooling,
overworked, and underpaid Mom of two.
OK...so when these things are goin' on in el' fridgeO...well, it may be
time to...ya know...
* You have some old fruit that could be donated to science for a new
type of penicillin.
* Your magnets have gone on strike.
* Your Baking Soda is fuzzy.
* There is something in there with a hairdo.
* Your milk is still in a glass container from the 50's.
* There is a hardened mass at the bottom that may be used to cut
diamonds.
* You would rather use the fast food ketchup packs than what's in your
ketchup bottle.
* You swear that something is living in the veggie bin.
* Your lunch meat has become jerky...and you didn't plan it.
* You can smell the contents of your fridge from the living room.
* When there is a package in there that says cheddar, but you swear it's
limburger.
* And...when what you thought were brussel sprouts are actually icicles.
I hope this made you laugh and encourages you to clean your
refrigerator! It can be quite a daunting task, however, once you get it
clean, you will be happier! Plus, you will reduce the risk of getting
any food born illnesses!
I would love for you to stop by
ThouShaltClean.com and submit your own humorous tales. However, I
must warn you, if you are naturally neat, you may not fit in to the
chaos!
Copyright © Lara Velez,
ThouShaltClean.com
Lara Velez is a Christian wife and homeschooling Mother of two. She is a
published writer, successful web designer (designedbylara.com),
and the owner of
ThouShaltClean.com
(thoushaltclean.com), a site for the organizationally challenged.
She also enjoys cooking, writing, scrapbooking, and web design.
Article Source:
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Here's To You Mom!
Shelly
Adams
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