Blessing Your Home – Getting Organized

Getting Organized:
In your home and homeschool

Are you struggling with getting your Weekly Home Blessings done each week? I spoke at a conference over the weekend, and this was a question of several ladies. They are having a hard time getting their weekly blessings done and homeschooling. So I broke it down for them. I thought my readers would also benefit from this. First, to make it easier to clean your home, remind everyone in the home to pick up behind themselves daily. With small children, it may be more than once daily. By having stuff picked up and put away, you are ready to do your Home Blessings.
Second, break down the Home Blessings over several days if you cannot focus on all 7 parts listed below in an hour. Decide what fits best on what day(s). I spread mine out to fit my schedule. On Monday, we sweep and vacuum. On Tuesdays, I hit the paper clutter and dust. On Wednesdays, I do the windows and mirrors. On Thursday, we wash some of the bedding. On Friday, we completely do the floors (sweep and mop), and the boys take out all of the trash. Each of these tasks is done in 10 minutes or less. We hit the high traffic areas. The detail cleaning is saved for the Zone Missions.
Third, you noticed I used the pronoun, “we” in the paragraph above. We have a team approach to Blessing our Home. It does not all fall on one person. This makes is faster, and it also means that we are daily working together as a family.
You can have a clean home and homeschool, too.
Zone Missions: Kitchen
 
Monday – Declutter Kitchen Counters and Wipe Down
Tuesday – Declutter Kitchen Hot Spots
Wednesday – Declutter 1 Kitchen Drawer
Thursday – Wipe Down Front of Kitchen Cabinets
Friday – Wipe Down the Microwave and Stove Top/Vent

Menu Plan for Monday – Grilled Hamburgers and Side Salad (buns for the boys, and lettuce bun for mom)

 

 
Daily Routines:

Home:
  • Make Your Bed (Do this as soon as you get up.)
  • Get Dressed Down to Your Shoes
  • Swish and Swipe
  • Start Your Laundry
  • Decide on Dinner
  • Check Your Calendar
  • Start the Day off with a Shiny Sink. Don’t leave the breakfast dishes sitting.

School: Pick your start date for school and check on school supply sales.


Afternoon Routine:
  • Eat Lunch
  • Clear off One Hot Spot
  • Reboot the Laundry
  • Declutter for 15 Minutes (Be sure to have your children declutter, too.)
  • Drink Your Water
Family Fun: Take a nature walk today.
Before Bed: (This starts right after dinner.) 
  • Check the Calendar for Tomorrow
  • Lay out Your Clothes for Tomorrow (Have your children lay their clothes out, too.)
  • Put things at the Launch Pad that you will need first thing in the morning
  • Shine Your Sink
  • Clean Off a Hot Spot
  • Go to Bed at Decent Hour

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About Tami

Tami Fox is a homeschool mom of 6, who in age from 26 to 11. She and her husband have homeschooled for 17 years and have graduated three of their children from their homeschool. They are currently homeschooling 3 boys who are in grades 11, 9, and 6. They use hands-on learning and unit studies to ignite the fire of learning in their children. Tami is a homeschool author and conference speaker. You can contact her by email at Tami@TamiFox.com. Buy her book, Giving Your Children Wings at https://tamifox.net/giving-your-children-wings/.

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Blessing Your Home – Getting Organized — 2 Comments

  1. Wow, this was so timely for me! I was just working on my home blessing schedule (and really over-complicating it!) when I read this. So thankful! Question…what schedule do you use for scrubbing tubs and showers? Is that part of swish and swipe? Thanks :)

    • Hi, Stephanie!

      You are quite welcome! I wipe down my shower walls and tub every day. This keeps it from building up and needing a deep clean.

      Tami

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