the benefits of schedules / outlines

Thanks to keeping my outline for the day i am able to sit beside my sweet little lady and have a snack as we wait for our time to head to pick up everyone. This small time is so sweet. Sure she took my sausage and then finished her apples, but still so sweet. It's also nice seeing her eat meat. Usually she's not a big fan. But deer sausage, yum. also she's laying down. next to me. my busy body gal, is not busy. good time.

When it comes to home cleaning, work, outings, ministry, & pretty much anything i do, it all falls into some sort of schedule. Whether it's the days I'm at home or volunteering, meal planning or working, all have some routine i use with them. I hope if you don't have a routine you are looking to start one. Mass chaos can happen with out one, constant winging it is not good.

If you need some examples for you base your off of you can use mine.

Laundry:

M-Play/Delicates

Tu-kids/diapers

W-Sheets/ towels {also dry fluff all the comforters and every other time pillows}

Th-Play/ delicates

F-Kids /diapers

I have this posted just above my dryer to help remind me.

Weekly schedule:

Out of the house 2 days to run errands {if needed}

Home on Big clean day

The other two days are open to run more errands and also do work/shopping for work

Also every other Thursday i meal plan. I plan and shop for two weeks which really frees up some time so I'm not scanning for deals and grocery shopping every week. sure i may not get all the deals, but deals vs. sanity, my sanity wins.

I used to have a time at each day i left to run errands. This got old real quick. I was always doing something every day. Running as many errands as i can really works well for me and i do it usually while i only have the Little Lady. Pack snacks and a cup and she's good. I do still have a time i try to be home so that we have a rest before picking up everyone {one car family} which sometimes takes a bit.

On Wednesday i do my "home blessing"/ big clean

this is the day i change bedding, vacuum, bathrooms and light dusting.

I am working on a rotation for cleaning the shower, steam mopping, and cleaning the ceiling fan. so far no problems doing them just trying to stay on track of them so none get out of hand.

Most of my home cleaners i try to make. Look on my clean tab for some quick recipes. Also i heart my steam mop, i almost gave up on it, it was so hard to push. turns out i had just been using the wrong pad. hope you have a productive week of doing whatever it is you've planned.

another thing nice about using a schedule/outline is the fact you know where and when you should have extra time. Time for crafts, soon i will be putting up links to the crafts i am making for the holidays.

If you need some more encouragement of how to use a outline for good check out this post on simple mom.