So this year when the new year rolled I made up lots of excuses why I shouldn't make any new years resolutions. Then about a week later I got an email from howdoesshe.com ( awesome website that has crafts, recipes and lots of other household related things, I LOVE IT!) titled 'How to Drink an Apple Pie." I was intrigued so I clicked on the e-mail to read it in more detail and under a couple of other subjects there was one about becoming organized. And it hit me.......that was my New years resolution for this year. To become organized (being disorganized was the exact reason why I decided NOT to make any resolutions.) I love to plan but being organized.........NOT my thing. I am almost completely UNorganized. The article was about a household binder. Brilliant, I thought! I decided this year I am going to have my very own household planner to help me become more organized. But knowing myself, I've decided to take it slow and do one section at a time. I knew if I jumped head in, I would probably become overwhelmed and not complete ANYTHING. After much thought, I decided to start with the CLEANING section first. I came to this conclusion because cleaning is what always falls behind and it seems like I can never keep up with it (Plus it will be a great way to prepare for the up coming move.) So I started to read some of the websites she had gotten her ideas for cleaning from and the one that really stuck out to me was www.flylady.com I really liked how she had zones for the house. After that my own plan to take form. I'm not very good at coming up with ideas just out of the blue but if I see some else's idea or can brain storm with someone else, my thoughts can take off.
As I was making this plan to become organized I read another article off of howdoesshe.com that had to do with taking the work out of housework. In this article, Julie, the woman they interviewed for this article talks about changing your attitude by taking pride in your home and part of that is coming up with a Vision statement for your home. When I sat down to do just this, I knew I wanted my home to be a place of love, peace, faith and a sanctuary from the influences of the world. It went along with topic for our ward conference this last Sunday. The topic was "Receive the Holy Ghost." A quote given was from Elder Neil L. Andersen, "A Gift Worthy of Added Care," Ensign, Dec 2010, 30-35:
"In today's world we must provide quiet, reflective times for our children and teach them how to listen to the still, small voice. With all the blessings our modern age has given us, let us not give up the things that promote the workings of the Holy Ghost: time alone to pray, ponder, mediate, and read the scriptures, and time with family undisturbed by noise, distractions, and too many activities." After I read this quote, I asked my Heavenly Father, how do we accomplish this? I received my answer: D&C 88:118-119, Matt. 5:13-16, D&C 87:8. You must make your home a temple, a place where the holy ghost will dwell. Each one can make our homes a temple, a sanctuary, a light and only you know how to best do that. For me it was to organize my home. I want my home to be all these things. If we can daily receive the Holy Ghost we will know how to achieve such a thing.
If you would like to know, here's how I started making my home a temple:
1st) I divided the apt. into zones.
4th) I preceded to make a weekly calendar and monthly calendar so I would know which day I would work on weekly or monthly tasks for which zone.
It was kind of like this:
Monday:
Daily: Zone 1-4
Weekly: Zone 1
Tuesday:
Daily: Zone 1-4
Weekly: Zone 2
And then I would take one day of the week off( except for the daily tasks) and then a second day of the week to get monthly cleaning done. So every Saturday, I do my daily tasks and a zones monthly task list.
Saturday:
Daily: Zone 1-4
Monthly: zone 1
Anyone is welcome to try it or if you have any other ideas that might work better I would love to hear them. If anyone does try this please let me know how it goes for you. I just barely started this week so I don't know how it will go but I figure in about a months time I can move on to another section of my household planner.
As I was making this plan to become organized I read another article off of howdoesshe.com that had to do with taking the work out of housework. In this article, Julie, the woman they interviewed for this article talks about changing your attitude by taking pride in your home and part of that is coming up with a Vision statement for your home. When I sat down to do just this, I knew I wanted my home to be a place of love, peace, faith and a sanctuary from the influences of the world. It went along with topic for our ward conference this last Sunday. The topic was "Receive the Holy Ghost." A quote given was from Elder Neil L. Andersen, "A Gift Worthy of Added Care," Ensign, Dec 2010, 30-35:
"In today's world we must provide quiet, reflective times for our children and teach them how to listen to the still, small voice. With all the blessings our modern age has given us, let us not give up the things that promote the workings of the Holy Ghost: time alone to pray, ponder, mediate, and read the scriptures, and time with family undisturbed by noise, distractions, and too many activities." After I read this quote, I asked my Heavenly Father, how do we accomplish this? I received my answer: D&C 88:118-119, Matt. 5:13-16, D&C 87:8. You must make your home a temple, a place where the holy ghost will dwell. Each one can make our homes a temple, a sanctuary, a light and only you know how to best do that. For me it was to organize my home. I want my home to be all these things. If we can daily receive the Holy Ghost we will know how to achieve such a thing.
If you would like to know, here's how I started making my home a temple:
1st) I divided the apt. into zones.
- Zone 1-family room and downstairs bathroom.
- Zone 2-Kitchen/dinning room
- Zone 3-Master bedroom and stairway
- Zone 4- Girls' bedroom and main bathroom
- Zone 5- Front porch and back porch (this zone I only do this zone monthly)
- Daily (Vacuuming, picking up clutter, doing dishes, making beds, etc.)
- Weekly (dusting, mopping, toilette cleaning, laundry, take out garbage, etc.)
- Monthly (clean stove and oven, clean fridge, clean vanity, wipe cupboards and walls, etc.)
4th) I preceded to make a weekly calendar and monthly calendar so I would know which day I would work on weekly or monthly tasks for which zone.
It was kind of like this:
Monday:
Daily: Zone 1-4
Weekly: Zone 1
Tuesday:
Daily: Zone 1-4
Weekly: Zone 2
And then I would take one day of the week off( except for the daily tasks) and then a second day of the week to get monthly cleaning done. So every Saturday, I do my daily tasks and a zones monthly task list.
Saturday:
Daily: Zone 1-4
Monthly: zone 1
Anyone is welcome to try it or if you have any other ideas that might work better I would love to hear them. If anyone does try this please let me know how it goes for you. I just barely started this week so I don't know how it will go but I figure in about a months time I can move on to another section of my household planner.
I love flylady!!! Back in the day, I used to do all things flylady. Many of the things have stuck. Her calender is the only one that I have found that is big enough to use for our schedule right now. Enjoy your home! Love you!
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