Just Keeping It Real

Posted by Hallee on Dec 13, 2011 in Housekeeping, Life

I have a schedule for a reason. It works best when I stick to it. I don’t really know what happened. Last weekend, I was pretty sick with a bad cold, upper respiratory thing. Monday all day I spent at a cardiology appointment then Gregg and I went Christmas shopping.

Tags: chores, Homemaking, Housekeeping, laundry

A Housekeeping Confession

Posted by Hallee on Aug 24, 2011 in Housekeeping, Life

I hate cleaning out my refrigerator.

Tags: chores, Cleaning, cleaning out the refrigerator, groceries, Homemaking, Housekeeping

It’s a Dirty Job

Posted by Hallee on Jun 23, 2011 in Housekeeping

Some things in life are what I call “necessary evils.” I think cleaning the garbage can is one of them. I can’t stand for my garbage can to be dirty, though, so I clean it regularly. I also have this extravagant contraption for my kitchen garbage can that was bought with the intent of keeping the dogs out of the garbage (yeah, right — my dog has learned how to step on the lever to open it) and allow for easy cleaning, because the inside pulls out, but it is flawed in its design, and actually makes the cleaning more difficult. So, the more often I clean it, the less work I actually have to put in to keeping it clean.

Tags: chores, deodorizing power of the sun, disinfecting power of the sun, garbage cans, Homemaking, housecleaning

Staying on Schedule

Posted by Hallee on Apr 26, 2011 in Family, Housekeeping, Life

You can make schedules all day long. The challenge comes in implementing the schedule. Here’s the way I’ve looked at it: I’ve thought about how a hired housekeeper for a large home is able to stay on task, keep it immaculate, and cook meals in the process. The answer is: she doesn’t play around on Facebook all day, she doesn’t watch television in the middle of the morning, she doesn’t read a murder mystery in the middle of the afternoon — the housekeeper clocks in at a certain time in the morning, performs the daily tasks as the job description requires, and leaves in the evening. When I worked, I was able to do my job efficiently and exceptionally because I worked – all day long, I worked. I had a schedule, I kept it.

Tags: chores, Discipline, hired housekeeper, Homemaking, housekeeper, Human behavior, keeping schedule, Labor, Management, Personal life, Planning, scheduling, Time management

Expectations

Posted by Hallee on Mar 3, 2011 in Parenting, Raising boys, Raising girls, Raising teens

I read it kind of confused with myself. I’ve been a mother for nearly 14 years. Why didn’t I have anything worthwhile to add to the conversation? Then it occurred to me.

Tags: chores, incentives, Parenting, Raising boys, Raising girls, rewards chart

3 Chores You Should Do Every Night

Posted by Hallee on Jun 1, 2010 in Housekeeping

Evening chores are the hardest. Most of us have put in a long day and our bed beckons. It’s so easy to think that you can tackle it in the morning refreshed and ready for another day. But when you put it off, then you put it off again and put it off again until you’ve lost the control of your environment. If you can accomplish these three chores evening, before retiring for the night, you can keep a handle on your household. These are the three main areas that typically get out of control and bog down our time when it’s time to clean. If they’re already done, then we can focus on the actual cleaning rather than catching up.