FOR MEMORY...

"By wisdom a house is built,
and by understanding it is established;
by knowledge the rooms are filled
with all precious and pleasant riches."
(Proverbs 24:3-4)

FOR EVERYDAY...

Morning To Do List :: {if all else fails, I'll try to do this list every day....even if it takes all  day!}
--Quiet time
--Drink water
--Exercise
--Pack lunches
--Make bed
--Shower, dressed, make-up, hair
--Start laundry
--Clean up kitchen and dishes
--Wipe up bathrooms
--Water plants
--Put water bottles in fridge

Afternoon To Do List :: {this will help my day go a whole lot smoother}
--Drink water
--Take vitamin
--Finish and fold laundry
--Early dinner prep
--Update checkbook
--Quick clean-up
--Fix dinner
--Kitchen and dishes cleaned up

FOR THIS WEEK...

Weekly To Do List :: {this includes my weekly housecleaning}
Day 1 :: trash and recycling; clean purse
Day 2 :: weekly cleaning tasks (including vacuum, dust, mop, bathrooms, mirrors, appliance fronts)
Day 3 :: files and paperwork 
Day 4 :: wash sheets; wash delicate laundry; make next week's menu; make grocery list
Day 5 :: catch-up on any tasks I've missed during the week
Day 6 :: calendar planning; clip and file coupons; grocery pre-list (I do these tasks on the weekend)

Monthly To Do List ::  {if I miss something this week, I'll catch it next month}
kids' rooms
~Day 1 :: trash - The children have a nice little trash basket in their rooms, but the floor is much more tempting. Today, we'll get rid of the old tissues (yes...gross), plastic wrappers, broken toys, and crumpled papers that are littering the room. This should take less than fifteen minutes (especially with some kiddo-help).

~Day 2 :: clothes - All of a sudden, it seems like there are too many clothes and not enough closet. Many of the clothes taking up valuable space are simply clutter. They're outgrown or out of season. It is only worth keeping the clothes that will actually be worn. Everything else either needs packed away, thrown away, given away, or sold.

~Day 3 :: toys and stuff - Please don't get me started. Please. The kids have too much stuff and no one takes good enough care of it all. That's all I'm going to say. Moving on...we need to work together to get things sorted and straightened so we'll have a place for what we'll pick up off the floor and flat surfaces later this week. It doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to be better. Playing beat-the-timer will help keep hands moving and relieve fears that this task will take "all day". This task may require a few rounds of beat-the-timer spread throughout the week.

~Day 4 :: floor - We buy them bins, boxes, shelving units, and color-coded compartments...but the floor is still the first choice for storing toys, magazines, and books. Please don't ask me why this is. It just is. Today, all that valuable "stuff" needs picked up and put somewhere, hopefully with the junk goodies we straightened up yesterday. Remember: It doesn't need to be perfect, just better.

~Day 5 :: flat surfaces - There is just something about bedside tables, shelves, and desks that begs for good (and not-so-good) stuff to be piled high. Keeping in mind that it's a real kid's room and not a magazine shoot, straighten and organize the visible flat surfaces. Throw away trash, put away toys and books, display the things that are important to the children (such as Lego creations or crafts). Set a timer and, again, remember that it doesn't need to be perfect, just better.

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:: THIS WEEK'S DAILY DO LIST ::

"Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Give her the fruit of her hands,
and let her works praise her in the gates."
(Proverbs 31:30-31)

Morning To Do List :: {if all else fails, I'll try to do this list every day....even if it takes all day!}
--Quiet time
--Drink water
--Exercise
--Pack lunches
--Make bed
--Shower, dressed, make-up, hair
--Start laundry
--Clean up kitchen and dishes
--Wipe up bathrooms
--Water plants
--Put water bottles in fridge

Afternoon To Do List :: {this will help my day go a whole lot smoother}
--Drink water
--Take vitamin
--Finish and fold laundry
--Early dinner prep
--Update checkbook
--Quick clean-up
--Fix dinner
--Kitchen and dishes cleaned up

Weekly To Do List :: {this includes my weekly housecleaning}
Day 1 :: trash and recycling; clean purse
Day 2 :: weekly cleaning tasks (including vacuum, dust, mop, bathrooms, mirrors, appliance fronts)
Day 3 :: files and paperwork 
Day 4 :: wash sheets; wash delicate laundry; make next week's menu; make grocery list
Day 5 :: catch-up on any tasks I've missed during the week
Day 6 :: calendar planning; clip and file coupons; grocery pre-list (I do these tasks on the weekend)

Monthly To Do List ::  {if I miss something this week, I'll catch it next month}
master bedroom
Day 1 :: floor clutter
Day 2 :: furniture clutter
Day 3 :: clothes
Day 4 :: closet clutter
Day 5 :: closet or under the bed

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