qaA bit late in posting what happened on Friday, since it is now Saturday evening, but... in the idea of completing what I started. Here is my Friday.
Friday was a very uneventful and yet still very productive.
The Morning Routine- Done!
MY To Do list: 1) Buy cat food (poor cat has no food!), and a few other items that are a "good Deal" this week at Shop Rite. Done! 2) Finally get to bank and deposit b-day check.-- done! 3) Clean off Hutch and put up nativity and make room for Xmas Cards. - Done!
My 15-20 minutes- was spent straightening up before heading to work.
The day went smoothly and all my To do items were done right after I got home from work.
After dinner we had our December Fridays family night- The kids opened the puzzle, and game and we worked on the puzzle (more like just Garrison and I, with a little help from Kailtyn) then the family played Scooby-Doo Trouble - Kailtyn won! The kids them watched the Drake and Josh Christmas Movie on Nickelodeon.
So that ends our week. Not too much excitement, yet I got stuff done- little by little. I still have a ton to do before Christmas and therefore have had a bit of Christmas on the brain. I'll be posting some ideas on Christmas this weekend.
Hope you enjoyed your week!!
Showing posts with label Making Your Home a Haven. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Making Your Home a Haven. Show all posts
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Making Your Home A Haven- Day 4
Today's plan was to catch up on ONE CHORE. I had said yesterday I had to tackle the mountian of clean laundry slowly attacking my living room, BUT, I didn't. I did get one load folded and put away, but I hate folding laundry and chose to get all those dishes washed instead. All those dishes began piling up when I decided to put the Christmas tree up after dinner and not load the dishwasher yesterday.
So my day went as follows,
5 Mins of Quiet- Done! (always done, it's my favorite part of the day!)
Morning Rountine- all 5 steps done! (that was the first chunk out of the piles of dishes) **Just to refresh you- MY Morning Routine is coffee, wake Kaitlyn, pack lunches and make breakfast, put a load off laundry in, & load the dishwasher before leaving. **
Planning: 1) Get bags of gifts out of car (they have been "hiding " there, until I could move them with no kids around. - Done! 2) Take Chocolate to SIL, even if not walking the dog. - Done! 3) Bake Brownies tonight- Done! 4) Fold and put away ALL laundry- not done, decided to tackle dishes instead- dishes done!
15 mis of something- check baseball website to reigster for spring baseball but site wouldn't work- emailed sister to see if she could - and she could, and she did- what a lifefsaver!! Spring Baseball Registration- Done!
Positive Attitude- took a dive when the baseball website wouldn't work- but better now!
Great day here, and "realtively" peaceful evening, all kids in bed by 9pm and more quiet time for me. Looking forward to tomorrow- TGIF!!
For our Making Your Home a Haven Challenge- the final day- lets look forward to the weekend. Find something to put on your To Do list that will help get you ready for your weekend. For me this will mean Really, Truely getting the laundry folded! Somewhere in there is my son's freshly washed basketball uniform and his first game is Saturday. Better to get it all folded and put away so we can find it Sat. morning, than to be dumping the laundry baskets all over the living room floor in a mad rush to find all the pieces of the uniform right before game time.
I will check in tomorrow and we can all rejoice that the work-week is over!!
Happy Friday everyone!
So my day went as follows,
5 Mins of Quiet- Done! (always done, it's my favorite part of the day!)
Morning Rountine- all 5 steps done! (that was the first chunk out of the piles of dishes) **Just to refresh you- MY Morning Routine is coffee, wake Kaitlyn, pack lunches and make breakfast, put a load off laundry in, & load the dishwasher before leaving. **
Planning: 1) Get bags of gifts out of car (they have been "hiding " there, until I could move them with no kids around. - Done! 2) Take Chocolate to SIL, even if not walking the dog. - Done! 3) Bake Brownies tonight- Done! 4) Fold and put away ALL laundry- not done, decided to tackle dishes instead- dishes done!
15 mis of something- check baseball website to reigster for spring baseball but site wouldn't work- emailed sister to see if she could - and she could, and she did- what a lifefsaver!! Spring Baseball Registration- Done!
Positive Attitude- took a dive when the baseball website wouldn't work- but better now!
Great day here, and "realtively" peaceful evening, all kids in bed by 9pm and more quiet time for me. Looking forward to tomorrow- TGIF!!
For our Making Your Home a Haven Challenge- the final day- lets look forward to the weekend. Find something to put on your To Do list that will help get you ready for your weekend. For me this will mean Really, Truely getting the laundry folded! Somewhere in there is my son's freshly washed basketball uniform and his first game is Saturday. Better to get it all folded and put away so we can find it Sat. morning, than to be dumping the laundry baskets all over the living room floor in a mad rush to find all the pieces of the uniform right before game time.
I will check in tomorrow and we can all rejoice that the work-week is over!!
Happy Friday everyone!
Making Your Home a Haven- Day 3
Today was much better than yesterday!
5 Mins of Quiet- Done!
Morning Routine- Done, except for loading dishwasher.
Planning/3 ToDos-
1) Find "cookie" sign up sheet for school, and copy ice skater sheet- done
2) Go to bank (deposit check)- not done- stopped at mom's after work to pick up a gift and didn't get to the bank.
3) Get Christmas Tree Up and Decorated. -Done
15 mintes to do something now- did #1 on list above, before leaving for work, glad to have that done and out of the way before the day really started.
Positive Attitude- it's back! Done.
For today I was extremely glad to get my tree up and decorated. I put it up, and the kids and I decorated it while watching the Rockerfeller tree lighting and all the singing that went with it. It was very festive here from 7pm-9pm. But getting the tree up means I have a counter full of the dinner dishes, which never made it to the dishwasher. Tomorrow I had better not skip that "load the dishwasher before leaving the house" on my morning routine. And although I do manage to wash and dry a load of laundry every day.. I now have 4 baskets of laundry waiting to be folded and put away... but, the Tree is UP!!
So for Thursday let's all focus on ONE CHORE that we have fallen behind on. Maybe it's the dishes, or the laundry, or the vacuuming.. whatever it is for you - choose just ONE CHORE and plow through it until it is all caught up. For me I already know tomorrow will be laundry day- folding and putting it all away.. ALL of it!
I'll check in tomorrow and let you know how I did. Please feel free to commnet and let me know how you did.
Happy Homemaking!!
Sneak peek for next week-- I am planning to post a 5-day series on easy ways you can save money.
5 Mins of Quiet- Done!
Morning Routine- Done, except for loading dishwasher.
Planning/3 ToDos-
1) Find "cookie" sign up sheet for school, and copy ice skater sheet- done
2) Go to bank (deposit check)- not done- stopped at mom's after work to pick up a gift and didn't get to the bank.
3) Get Christmas Tree Up and Decorated. -Done
15 mintes to do something now- did #1 on list above, before leaving for work, glad to have that done and out of the way before the day really started.
Positive Attitude- it's back! Done.
For today I was extremely glad to get my tree up and decorated. I put it up, and the kids and I decorated it while watching the Rockerfeller tree lighting and all the singing that went with it. It was very festive here from 7pm-9pm. But getting the tree up means I have a counter full of the dinner dishes, which never made it to the dishwasher. Tomorrow I had better not skip that "load the dishwasher before leaving the house" on my morning routine. And although I do manage to wash and dry a load of laundry every day.. I now have 4 baskets of laundry waiting to be folded and put away... but, the Tree is UP!!
So for Thursday let's all focus on ONE CHORE that we have fallen behind on. Maybe it's the dishes, or the laundry, or the vacuuming.. whatever it is for you - choose just ONE CHORE and plow through it until it is all caught up. For me I already know tomorrow will be laundry day- folding and putting it all away.. ALL of it!
I'll check in tomorrow and let you know how I did. Please feel free to commnet and let me know how you did.
Happy Homemaking!!
Sneak peek for next week-- I am planning to post a 5-day series on easy ways you can save money.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Making Your Home a Haven- Day 2
Oh my was today bad- well at least the morning was.
As for my five steps for Making Your Home a Haven, I scored about 1 out of 5.
5 Minutes of Quiet- done! (and then that was it)
Morning Routine- coffee- check, wake kaitlyn- check, then it was down hill from there. Kaitlyn woke up in a bad mood and was difficult to move and keep moving all morning- so much so, that we missed the bus! Twice! (it goes up our street and about 10 minutes later it comes back down). Nothing else got done until about 10am. Between getting everyone else up and lunches made and everyone to school. Kaitlyn's school is about 15 minutes from our house so when she misses the bus- it eats up about 35 minutes of my morning to drive her into school.
I got home about 9:45am. Tuesday is the one morning I have off from work, and it ususally gives me an extra 2 hours to get stuff done. But with driving Kailtyn to school I was down to about 1.5 hours. Then I tried to print out a google calendar for my class, which I had worked on over the weekend but had trouble printing. (It said I needed the recent updates on Adobe Reader- but then the updates wouldn't load- so I wasn't able to print). I spent about 20 minutes trying to get the updates to download so I could print, but it wouldn't and after 20 minutes I gave up and hand-wrote a calendar for December. It looked awful! And after about 1.5 hours of time (the weekend plus that morning) I had crap to show for it. SO went most of my day... if it could go wrong or take longer than normal it did. So my positive attitude for today was missing along with most parts of my five steps.
Monday night I did take a few minutes and create a To Do list for Tuesday- so I did accomplish the "Planning" step- but only a few of those items were actually completed. I had done this because Tuesday was supposed to be the day to do all those "little things" , so I had pre-planned to make sure I had a solid list and included ALL the little things I needed to get done.
So here was my original Tuesday To Do List: (and what did or did not happen)
As for my five steps for Making Your Home a Haven, I scored about 1 out of 5.
5 Minutes of Quiet- done! (and then that was it)
Morning Routine- coffee- check, wake kaitlyn- check, then it was down hill from there. Kaitlyn woke up in a bad mood and was difficult to move and keep moving all morning- so much so, that we missed the bus! Twice! (it goes up our street and about 10 minutes later it comes back down). Nothing else got done until about 10am. Between getting everyone else up and lunches made and everyone to school. Kaitlyn's school is about 15 minutes from our house so when she misses the bus- it eats up about 35 minutes of my morning to drive her into school.
I got home about 9:45am. Tuesday is the one morning I have off from work, and it ususally gives me an extra 2 hours to get stuff done. But with driving Kailtyn to school I was down to about 1.5 hours. Then I tried to print out a google calendar for my class, which I had worked on over the weekend but had trouble printing. (It said I needed the recent updates on Adobe Reader- but then the updates wouldn't load- so I wasn't able to print). I spent about 20 minutes trying to get the updates to download so I could print, but it wouldn't and after 20 minutes I gave up and hand-wrote a calendar for December. It looked awful! And after about 1.5 hours of time (the weekend plus that morning) I had crap to show for it. SO went most of my day... if it could go wrong or take longer than normal it did. So my positive attitude for today was missing along with most parts of my five steps.
Monday night I did take a few minutes and create a To Do list for Tuesday- so I did accomplish the "Planning" step- but only a few of those items were actually completed. I had done this because Tuesday was supposed to be the day to do all those "little things" , so I had pre-planned to make sure I had a solid list and included ALL the little things I needed to get done.
So here was my original Tuesday To Do List: (and what did or did not happen)
- List two sets of golf balls on ebay - done!
- Take photos of and list purple snowsuit set on ebay-- when looked at closer, it needed to be washed before photos- so it went in the wash, and still has not had photos taken or gotten listed on ebay.
- Email family about 3rd grade concert- done, after work
- Email basketball schedule to family- done, after work
- Call and make payment by phone to my mortgage- not done- will hopefully do Wed
- Fax reimbursement form and reciepts to FSA for reimbursement- not done
- Go online and register for spring baseball- tried once in AM and twice in PM- but site does not seem to be working- there is In-Person registration this Thursday night if iI don't get it done online before that.
- Match up and put away socks and other "whites" from laundry done on Monday- Done
- Print out December's calendar for class- not really done- handwritten after 20 minutes of aggrevation
- Create name cards for class to be laminated so kids can trace them with wipe-off markers- not done (had my assistant do it during class today)- so done, but late and not by me.
- Call and schedule play dates for Friday- not done
- Call Gale and see if she can watch Sophia a few Fridays in December- not done
- Order some Christmas gifts online with free shipping codes I have-- done, after work
- Go to bank and deposit Gary's b-day check- not done
- Look over Joe & Lisa's Wedding photos- not done
Each of these thing should have taken 5-10 minutes each, some less. But with all the delays I only got 3 things done, and 3 more after work. Humph!
And as I sit here I am looing at 3 baskets of clean laundry waiting for me to fold and put away. I am also staring at 5 rubbermaid bins and 2 very large christmas tree boxes in the corner of my living room. I got all the christmas stuff down on Sunday, but none of it has been put up yet! Humph!
So I am looking forward to going to bed tonight and forgetting today and moving onto Wednesday. For Wednesday let's try for a Little Bit Of Christmas! Try to get one thing done that helps you prepare for Christmas. I'll check in tomorrow and let you know how my Wednesday goes.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Making Your Home A Haven - Day 1
Ok, so how did my day go? Very well. I followed my Making Your Home a Haven Routine and the only thing I didn't get done was to load the dishwasher before leaving the house in the morning.
Here's how it all went today:
5 Mins of Quiet- Done
Morning Routine- Done, except dishwasher
Planning- 3 To Do's : 1) mail out 5 Ebay boxes 2) go food shopping 3) finish downloading Herhsey park pictures- All are Done!
15-20 mMinutes to Start Something- I did a "quick clean of house" before leaving- opened blinds, wiped up bathroom counters, picked up any laundry on floors, straightened beds, & straightened up the living room.--Done!
Positive Attitude- Done!
I even got a few extra To Dos done. This evening I did 3 loads of laundry and folded them, and listed 3 more items on Ebay for auctions ending Friday. Whoo Hoo!
It was a great day, and now to keep it up.. into Tuesday!
For Tuesday lets focus on "all the little things". My To Do list for Tuesday will probably have about 10 things on it, but they will all be LITTLE things, so I plan to "just do it!" and plow through all those little things. I will check-in tomorrow to let you know how it goes.
Happy Homemaking!
Here's how it all went today:
5 Mins of Quiet- Done
Morning Routine- Done, except dishwasher
Planning- 3 To Do's : 1) mail out 5 Ebay boxes 2) go food shopping 3) finish downloading Herhsey park pictures- All are Done!
15-20 mMinutes to Start Something- I did a "quick clean of house" before leaving- opened blinds, wiped up bathroom counters, picked up any laundry on floors, straightened beds, & straightened up the living room.--Done!
Positive Attitude- Done!
I even got a few extra To Dos done. This evening I did 3 loads of laundry and folded them, and listed 3 more items on Ebay for auctions ending Friday. Whoo Hoo!
It was a great day, and now to keep it up.. into Tuesday!
For Tuesday lets focus on "all the little things". My To Do list for Tuesday will probably have about 10 things on it, but they will all be LITTLE things, so I plan to "just do it!" and plow through all those little things. I will check-in tomorrow to let you know how it goes.
Happy Homemaking!
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Creating my hectic home into a Haven
I love to follow other bogger's Making Your Home A Haven series. So this week I am hoping to check in each day and let you know how my Haven-Making is going. This is a good week to do this for me since I was away this weekend this will be one of those weeks that could be crazy, stressful, OR I can try to create a sense of peace and order and still get it all done- little by little.
In case you forgot the 5 starter steps of Making Your Home A Haven are:
1) 5 minutes of quiet- first thing in the AM
2) Do your Daily Routine- choose a few things (no more than 5) that you will do every morning.
My Daily Routine: Coffee & quiet time, Wake Kailtyn, Put a load of laundry in, Make breakfast & pack lunches, Load the dishwasher before leaving for the day
3) Make a quick To Do List for that day (weekdays I limit myself to 3 things)
4)Start right away by spending 15-20 minutes on one of the items on your To Do list
5) Keep a positive attitude.
So each day I am hoping to jump in here and let you know how I did that morning. I plan to let you know:
Since I am still catching up from being away over the weekend many of my To Dos for the early part of the week would normally be done on the weekends. After that I have some holiday things to get done later in the week.
If it helps anyone who is following this blog (anyone, anyone.. Buler? Buler?) I will give each day a theme- so if you want to follow along with me to Making Your Home A Haven, Monday's theme will be "Catching Up" - pick something this weekend that didn't get completed and make sure that is one To Do on your list for tomorrow!
As I check in each night, feel free to comment on your progress each day also!
In case you forgot the 5 starter steps of Making Your Home A Haven are:
1) 5 minutes of quiet- first thing in the AM
2) Do your Daily Routine- choose a few things (no more than 5) that you will do every morning.
My Daily Routine: Coffee & quiet time, Wake Kailtyn, Put a load of laundry in, Make breakfast & pack lunches, Load the dishwasher before leaving for the day
3) Make a quick To Do List for that day (weekdays I limit myself to 3 things)
4)Start right away by spending 15-20 minutes on one of the items on your To Do list
5) Keep a positive attitude.
So each day I am hoping to jump in here and let you know how I did that morning. I plan to let you know:
- if I got 5 minutes of quiet and completed my Daily Rountine
- what my 3 things for that day's To Do list
- what or even if I got 15 minutes of something done right away,
- if I completed my to do list for that day.
- And did I keep a positive attitude! :-)
Since I am still catching up from being away over the weekend many of my To Dos for the early part of the week would normally be done on the weekends. After that I have some holiday things to get done later in the week.
If it helps anyone who is following this blog (anyone, anyone.. Buler? Buler?) I will give each day a theme- so if you want to follow along with me to Making Your Home A Haven, Monday's theme will be "Catching Up" - pick something this weekend that didn't get completed and make sure that is one To Do on your list for tomorrow!
As I check in each night, feel free to comment on your progress each day also!
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