The Clean House Calendar

Here is tomorrow's checklist: Thursday, January 26, 2010 Morning Make bed(s). - 3 minutes each Empty dishwasher. - 5 minutes Prepare for dinner. -      This depends, usually this is just a thought' "What's for dinner?, Do I have everything I need?, Is there anything I need prep now?" If the answer to this last question is yes then it takes a few minutes if not I'm finished unless I need to run to the store to pick something up. And, then I need to plan for that activity. Kitchen cleanup. - 3 minutes,      unless I need to prep for dinner, then a little longer. Check planner. - less than 1 minute Take vitamins/medication. - less than 1 minute Start load of laundry. - 3 minutes Do morning pick-up/straighten. - 10 -15 minutes,      I usually do this at the same time I make the beds and the stared items below. Anytime Bible study/quiet time. - 20-30 minutes Exercise. - 45-60 minutes Sort mail/do daily paperwork...

Ok, folks, here's the deal. The original checklist has the master bedroom closet scheduled for cleaning and organization. And my master closet needs it, it really does, but earlier this week I decided to switch that up because the following week is the master bathroom and my dd has early release that day and we have planned a play date with a new friend and I won't have time to get it finished or hardly started. So I decided to do the media closet. However, today I changed my mind. The closet in my scrap room is in dire (I mean dire!) need and I need something out of the top of it before the end of the week as well. So I'm making an executive decision to switch the media closet and the scrap room closet.  I will be lucky if I finish the scrap room closet tomorrow - I'm not expecting to but I can finish before the end of the week and I know I can get the media closet finish in time for my dd play date the following week.  So that's the plan. And here is tomorrow...

Welcome to a brand new week.  It was suggested that I list the time it takes to complete each task beside it in the checklist because the checklist seems a little overwhelming.  So I thought I would do that for the next couple of weeks.  Watch for that each day. Also, if you aren't using the checklist because your feeling overwhelmed, start small.  Pick either the Morning or Evening section and just do that for a few weeks.  It will eventually become automatic.  And when it does (in about 21 days - they say it takes 21 days to develop a habit) add the next section until it becomes automatic and then add the Anytime section.    As for me and my progress I would like to report that I am transforming my closets and cabnets one week at a time, the rest of my home is staying much cleaner, and I am feeling much more confident.  My dh had friends over last night and I didn't spend the whole day cleaning.  In fact I only did what was on...