The best tool I have found to getting all of my housework done each week is a:
SCHEDULE
My 2010 Weekly Schedule looks like this:
Mondays – Menu and Market Day
Tuesdays: Toilets, Tubs and Towels Day
Wednesdays: Wash (laundry day)
Thursdays: Dust
Fridays: Floors
This schedule has been so easy to follow since the task matches the first letter of the day. It takes me no more than 2 hours a day to complete the daily task (usually it takes only an hour – but on laundry day and grocery shopping day it takes 2 hours). I do not follow it rigidly – so if you bump into me at the grocery store on a Friday – do not be dismayed! I use my schedules as guides to be sure I get everything done every week.
It’s easy to write a schedule -the hard part is following it! It takes discipline, diligence and eagerness to get it all done every week. I am reminded of Proverbs 31:13 which says “she works with eager hands.” Do you have eager hands today? We must role model this eagerness for our children and train them to have eagerness also – the home is a classroom for our children and mothers – we are the teachers. So pursue an eager spirit as you take care of your home today.
If you have a weekly schedule – please share it in the comment section – you never know – it might become my 2011 schedule lol!!
Walk with the King!
Courtney
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Love reading all the schedules. I sort of use the Flylady method but have changed it a bit to work for me. Here’s my schedule:
Daily: Up at 4 am > coffee & news
Shower & dressed at 5 am
In the kitchen to make breakfast by 5:30 am
From 6:30 to 9 am I’m straightening the house
wiping the bathrms down, making bed, feeding the
dogs, reading Bible & computer time.
Weekly: Monday > Laundry day
Tuesday > water plants
Wednesday > clean out refrigerator
Thursday > Laundry day (bedding)
Friday > Home Blessing: Dust w/ swiffer
Vacuum & mop floors
Collect ALL garbage
Clean glass doors
Wipe down kitchen
Wipe down bathrms.
Sweep porches
Monthly: 1st week> Detail clean appliances & bathrms.
2nd week> Detail dust whole house
3rd week> Move furniture & vacuum, Scrub floors
4th week> 2 times a year – wash windows & curtains
the rest of the year I use this week to
do the misc., i.e. closets, drawers,
clean porches & patio, etc.
As for yard work that is left to my husband & sons
I read your schedule. Its amazing you are up at 4am what time do you go to bed.
I am an artist and an art teacher and i cannot keep up with the housework and run my business effectively as wekll. i employ agardener and a house keeper for 4 hours a week and it cost me $55 which I think is money well spent as I can easily nmake $55.00 in an hour.
The thing is even though I have this help there is always the other chores like keeping things tidy and window washing appliance waskhing etc.
I just dont know how to fir it all in and compared to my friends I live in a tip. Their houses are up market and pristine whereas mine is arty rustic and casual. I am too embarrassed to invite friends over as my house is not up to it. It needs redecorating and I havent got the time. Help
Thank you for sharing your routine. I’ve tried it for a few weeks, and it’s worked wonderfully with my schedule. I wrote a blog today sharing your plan with others: http://www.jennifervdavis.com/?p=710 Thanks, again!
I found your website on google and read a number of your other posts. freezing added you to our Google News Reader. Keep up the good work look ahead to reading more from you later on.
I cannot wait to read more of this wonderful topic. So much today Ive never even talked about. You sure did put a good solid twist on something that Ive heard a lot of about. I dont believe Ive actually read any situation that does this subject as good justice as you simply just did.
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