Today is my day off so I decided to play Happy Homemaker. I don't like doing chores on workdays, weekends or any day for that matter. But since they need to be done I attempt them on my one weekday off.
I have a system for my chores. I pull up a movie on the Wii via Netflix, today was Romancing the Stone. Then I start with the laundry so that it is working while I'm working. After the first load is washing I fold any laundry that has been lying around since the last day I did laundry.
Today I also threw a sweet potato and butternut squash in the oven to make some puree.
Then I tidy the bathroom. I like to do the bathroom first since it's the smallest room in our treehouse. So the bathroom got windexed and wiped down plus new towels.
To make chores more fun my shadow, Samuel, follows me around trying to help. Today Samuel helped by pushing empty laundry buckets around, pulling clean kitchen towels out of their drawer, re-stocking the TP in the bathroom, and leaving his car in the kitchen.
Now Samuel is taking a nap and I'm about to start my nap. Once up, we'll finish the laundry and puree the sweet potato and squash. I might even make the bed after my nap. Tyrone will come home tonight and go into shock that I have cleaned. He'll do this cute gasping thing were he's in such disbelief he can't breathe.
Tyrone acts like this cause he is the one who usually cleans. He likes things very tidy and his mother trained him well. He does toilets, sinks, showers, dishes, kitchen, his own laundry, and vacuums. When we first got married I wasn't allowed to clean the bathrooms, load the dishwasher or do his laundry. He's relaxed a little I can now load the dishwasher and windex the mirrors and windows.
So I feel pretty productive: Laundry - Done, Bathroom - Done, Purees - Done.
Nap-Time
I have a system for my chores. I pull up a movie on the Wii via Netflix, today was Romancing the Stone. Then I start with the laundry so that it is working while I'm working. After the first load is washing I fold any laundry that has been lying around since the last day I did laundry.
Today I also threw a sweet potato and butternut squash in the oven to make some puree.
Then I tidy the bathroom. I like to do the bathroom first since it's the smallest room in our treehouse. So the bathroom got windexed and wiped down plus new towels.
To make chores more fun my shadow, Samuel, follows me around trying to help. Today Samuel helped by pushing empty laundry buckets around, pulling clean kitchen towels out of their drawer, re-stocking the TP in the bathroom, and leaving his car in the kitchen.
Now Samuel is taking a nap and I'm about to start my nap. Once up, we'll finish the laundry and puree the sweet potato and squash. I might even make the bed after my nap. Tyrone will come home tonight and go into shock that I have cleaned. He'll do this cute gasping thing were he's in such disbelief he can't breathe.
Tyrone acts like this cause he is the one who usually cleans. He likes things very tidy and his mother trained him well. He does toilets, sinks, showers, dishes, kitchen, his own laundry, and vacuums. When we first got married I wasn't allowed to clean the bathrooms, load the dishwasher or do his laundry. He's relaxed a little I can now load the dishwasher and windex the mirrors and windows.
So I feel pretty productive: Laundry - Done, Bathroom - Done, Purees - Done.
Nap-Time
Wow! You are amazing! You have such a plan and system.
ReplyDeleteYou have a husband that is so far beyond the comprehension of most women that they will do the gasping thing when they read this entry! Well done, my dear! You found one as fabulous as your daddy!
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