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Daily Checklist and a CLEAN BOYS’ ROOM!!!

November 16, 2009 By Dana White | 2 Comments

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I’m running around like crazy trying to think of the bajillions of things there are to do before my husband and I leave to go on a trip on Thursday. I’m very excited, but feel completely unprepared.

Today I:

Made bed.

Swept kitchen.

Hubby ran the dishwasher AND emptied it yesterday, so it wasn’t full enough to run again last night.

Did five minute pickup.

Checked bathrooms for clutter.

Started the washer and then put the clothes in the dryer.

Last night, I put clothes in the washer for today, didn’t think to look in the dryer, made lunches, put out clothes, and wiped down the bathrooms. I also did a check for clutter.

And, this morning, I took a little over an hour to FINISH CLEANING THE BOYS’ ROOM! This is huge. It was getting so scary in there, and Friday’s marathon clean had only made a dent. I tried to make some organizational decisions that would make things easier in the future. I removed the really cool nick-knack shelf/junk and chaos collector and put it in my own newly cleaned closet to be used for shoe storage. I also brought in a kiddie storage thing that was not being used properly in the playroom. I’m planning to actually label the bins this time, now that both boys can read. The biggest bin is for boxing gloves, and another is for exercise equipment like their weights that are their prized possessions. If the weights got put up properly, maybe we’d have fewer stubbed toes in this house.

I’m really happy with the success in there. I’m planning/hoping to start working with them on building good habits, but it’s always seemed so hopeless. I know that “a place for everything, and everything in its place” is a cliche, but the more I work on this stuff, the more I realize that it’s a cliche because it’s the only way to do this.

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New Non-Negotiable for the Week

November 16, 2009 By Dana White | 1 Comment

0shares 0 0 0I’m actually excited about this one. For several weeks now, I’ve been working on laundry. Laundry gets on my nerves. I still don’t have it conquered, by any means. I did do better this week, but it’s definitely not a habit yet. But I am tired of different aspects of laundry dominating […]

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Saturday Checklist

November 14, 2009 By Dana White | 1 Comment

0shares 0 0 0Saturdays are hard when it comes to the daily tasks. Today was a fun day. I forced my kids into a photo shoot in the front yard before my husband raked up all the leaves. They actually smiled and looked cute. I don’t have to tell any other mother how difficult it […]

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Daily Checklist

November 13, 2009 By Dana White | 2 Comments

0shares 0 0 0Made bed. Emptied dishwasher. Swept kitchen. Made pumpkin muffins. (Yes, I’m trying to be like all the cool bloggers who’ve ALL been making pumpkin muffins lately.) Mopped kitchen. (Go me!) Did 5 minute pickup. Not totally focused, but I need to get this written before I go pick up the boys. Checked […]

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Working on the Boys’ Scary Room

November 13, 2009 By Dana White | 10 Comments

1share 1 0 0REALLY scary. This is not a post about some big success. I didn’t even take a before picture. I might take a half-way through picture and say it was before. That’s how bad it is. I feel so bad about the example I’ve been to my children. Why in the world should […]

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Daily Checklist

November 12, 2009 By Dana White | 3 Comments

0shares 0 0 0Today I: Made bed. Emptied dishwasher. Swept kitchen. Cleaned kitchen. Checked bathrooms for clutter. Did focused 5 minute pick-up. Started a load of laundry, and put it in the dryer. Last night I: Put the load of laundry in the washer, ready to be started this morning. Made lunches. Put out the […]

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Thirteen Things I Found at the Bottom of my Closet

November 12, 2009 By Dana White | 10 Comments

2shares 0 0 2 What exactly is the point of having a walk-in closet if you can’t walk into it? I cleaned out my closet today, which was one of my big goals for the week. It’s time to start taking inventory of Christmas gifts so I can know what I still need to buy. […]

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Daily Checklist

November 12, 2009 By Dana White | 1 Comment

0shares 0 0 0Today I: Made bed. Emptied dishwasher. Swept kitchen. (Just now, at almost 9pm, purely so I could write this post with a clear conscience.) Checked bathrooms for clutter. Did concentrated 5 minute pickup. (Again, just now.) Last night I made lunches, wiped down bathrooms, and put out the boys clothes. I didn’t […]

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Enjoying My Office!!!

November 10, 2009 By Dana White | 8 Comments

1share 0 0 1 I finally finished painting the office last week, and I have been really happy with the color. The only problem was that I hadn’t put it back together yet. So although the walls were pretty, the room was in total chaos. The furniture was still shoved together in the middle of […]

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