One week of Organizing!

     Here is the result of one week of organizing.  Iwas informed by my sister in law that she morphed her system from a book by Merrilee Boyack, "Parenting Breakthrough" and from a website called, "Fly lady."  After trying my version of her system this past week, I must say that I am happy with the results.  Some tasks didn’t get done in the way I may have done them but time was saved for me to take care of a list of chores I made for myself.  Also I spent some quality time with each of my girls helping them to complete their tasks. 

     Saturday brought a little glitch as Cora, who was excited about sweeping and mopping all week, all of a sudden didn’t want to do her job.  It took some time in the naughty chair and modifications of how she would mop to get her to finish her job.  In the end Brooke helped her and they both were crawling around on hands and knees with a rag.  She even did some skating across the floor on her rag.  Was it a beautiful, perfectly mopped floor?  No, but she accomplished a job she felt proud of, just as she was proud of her work wiping the tables and countertops all week long. 

 

     I have had some requests to see my arranged job chart so here you go.  I had to add Jeremy and my nephew who lives with us so I had enough people to cover the main chores I wanted done each day.  You’ll notice my name is not on the chart.  That’s because I get to help Cora, Brooke, and Ally plus I have my own separate job chart to take care of each week.  I don't have a separate job for Monday since I often sub that day and I do laundary on Thurs and Fri. since I sub Fridays and hate laundary.  On Tues and Wed I have swing jobs that rotate through a four week schedule such as deep cleaning the fridge, oven, microwave, windows, walls, cabinets, dishwasher pan and other various jobs that typically don't get done ever.  So far having this system has motivated me to take over my house rather than let my house take control of me!