We have been having wonderfully cooler temps here and I am LOVING it!!  The temps are low 80's for a high and sometimes into the 60's at night, so much better than 100 for a high! 

VBS if over and things are starting to get back to normal around here.  It seems to be taking awhile though.  For a few days, I was fighting off some flu/cold bug and it really zapped me.  I am over it now, praise God, but for some reason, I can't get my energy level back to normal.  I don't know if it is truly a lack of energy or perhaps I have gotten lazy .  I have gone back to more proper food combining and cutting back on pop, which I had been drinking during VBS.  Hopefully, it will boost my energy levels back to normal.  Goodness, I hope so because I really need to get some deep cleaning done.  I have been keeping the house picked up, but not done any deep cleaning for awhile.    My plan is to spend a good week cleaning and then, get started back with schooling.  I am still working on making our daily schedule for this year.  I don't want a really rigid one, but we do need at least a skeleton of a plan so we accomplish all that needs to be done in a day.  Any suggestions?  How do you all get everything done while you school?  Yes, I know, we have been over this question many times and I have even given advice to others on this topic.  However, this year we need to buckle down a little more than we have in the past, so I am redoing our scheduling (again). 

I better get going and get some of that cleaning done while dh and the two older boys are gone to football practice.

Have a blessed weekend,

Rashel

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Posted by gabbie427

I'm a SAHM of a 2 year old. I don't homeschool, but this is how I do the cleaning and still have lots of time to spend with our little one:

I wrote down each room in the house, and then made a list of everything that needed to be done in that particular room weekly. Then I wrote down how many loads of laundry we do every week.

Each day, I do the daily things (make the bed, start laundry, dinner prep such as putting dinner in the crockpot or chopping vegetables ahead of time, and unload or load the dishwasher), in the morning and then follow my weekly plan for housekeeping. I clean 2 rooms every day. I started timing myself on the jobs, and most days I can clean both rooms from top to bottom within 1 hour!!! (wiping surfaces, windexing, dusting, tidying, vacuuming, etc)

So, for me, I set a time in my daily schedule to clean for one hour in those 2 rooms, and Noah loves to help and I feel I am teaching him cleaning and organizing skills early. He knows more about where things go in this house than hubby does now! LOL Throughout the day I have to remember to switch laundry, check on the crockpot if dinner is in there, etc. but mostly, I am done within that one hour. Another thing that helps with this is Hot Spot cleanings every evening after Noah goes to bed. I have certain areas that seem to get cluttered on a daily basis such as the table beside my chair (drink glass or books I have been looking at), and the dinng room table (hubby's stuff he brings home from work, etc). Also, Noah must pick up his toys, with my help each night before going to bed. This way the house is tidy before going to bed, and that is just a few less things I have to do the next morning.

I still have lots of time even with meal preps and eating, and naps to spend quality time with Noah, and hubby appreciates coming home to a nicely kept home. He thinks it must take me ALL DAY to do everything, and I am not about to burst his bubble on this one! LOL

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo

***Thank you Amy Jo for letting me know how you do it. I really enjoy hearing how others keep up with things. It sounds like you have a great system down.
Blessings,
Rashel

Edited by rashel on Monday, August 18, 2008 at 09:34

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