Saturday.
The day routine goes out the window. This is the best and the worst thing about Saturday. It’s nice to relax, spend time together, get things done that just don’t fit into the schedule of the week.
However, I tend to neglect any mundane routine on the weekends. Things such as laundry, dishes, kitchen cleanup, etc just pile up for Monday. This is something that has to change with my new way of doing things.
The beauty of today is that there were barely any dishes to put into the dishwasher. There was just a little trash to throw away. There were just a few cups on the kitchen table. In the past, I would have enjoyed the fact that there were “just a few” by ignoring them. The reality is that it took me less than 5 minutes to make the kitchen look nice. Wow. 5 minutes.
Checklist:
Made bed.
cleaned up kitchen.
Swept kitchen.
Go me!
I find it very easy just to spend my weekend with the family and not do any housework. I try not to do any major work on Sunday and we spend a day at Church and then home with the family hanging out and trying to stay off the computer. However Saturday I should be keeping everything from going to pot but instead I hang out with the fam. I only run the diswasher or washing machine if we need clothes or dishes.
Then on Monday morning I am overwhelmed by the fact that there are no clean dishes, even more dirty laundry and no one has picked up after themselves all weekend.
In reality I probably should be making my girls help me do some light housework on Saturdays to keep things from getting out of hand. Now just to figure out a way to implement it.
I seriously am loving reading all of your posts. It’s like this blog was made for me! Wheat blog site did you use to make your blog? I wanna do one to help keep me accountable as well I’m reading your blog front to finish! I LOVE it!
Marissa, I just started on blogspot.com. It’s free and you can TRULY get set up in minutes.
I’m reading your blog from the oldest to the newest. I haven’t read everything, but when I get a task done, I reward myself by reading another post. So far I’ve 1) Made my bed 2) Swept kitchen floor (took me half an hour!) 3) Took out a bag of trash. I wonder how many bags of trash I’ll take out before my house is clean? I have a deadline. My mom is coming for Thanksgiving. The last time she was here she cried and wondered how she had failed me… THAT CAN’T HAPPEN AGAIN!