Schedule Your Household Chores
by Monica Resinger - Plantldy98@aol.com

Description: Tips for making time for household chores by creating a schedule.

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My family went on a mini vacation last week which included a stay at a very nice hotel. During our stay, I admired how clean the room was and wished my home could be that clean. We had a long drive home and I thought about how I could start keeping my home that clean or close to it. The reason my house isn't as clean as I'd like is because I don't do everything that needs to be done when it needs to be done--in other words, I procrastinate.

What I came up with was a chore schedule list. I started out by writing down every chore that needs to be done for each room in the house, then I labeled them with either a D (for daily), a W (for weekly), an M (for monthly) or 2 x a year. Then I went to the computer and opened up 4 new documents and saved them as Daily, Weekly, Monthly and 2 x a year. On each of these documents I listed each chore for each room in the house (living room, bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, laundry room, and porches) and left an area for checking off each chore on each day, week or month when completed. I also write the date the job was completed so I can tell when the job is due again. This is a great method for me because it tells me when a chore is due and it shows me that there really isn't that much to do to get it all done.

More about scheduling household chores. Monica Resinger is a loving wife and doting mother of two who enjoys gardening, tap dancing and most importantly, homemaking. She edits and publishes the free e-zine, The Homemaker's Journal that features a useful homemaking tip and scrumptious recipe of the day; if you'd like to subscribe, just send a blank e-mail to: HomemakersJournal-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

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