Homemaking
For some time now I have had a Homemaking Folder to help me keep track of my daily and weekly routines for keeping our home somewhat under control. I also have a number of articles I keep in there as well as my list of projects (both fun and otherwise).
It’s something similar to Flylady’s Control Journal. I just wasn’t all that keen on the term “control journal” so went with Homemaking Folder.
I can’t say that I follow all of Flylady’s system and never really have. But the overall concept of babysteps and routines have stuck with me and make keeping our home in some semblence of order a lot easier.
Plus I joined the Flying in Australia yahoo group which is an awesome group of supportive women (don’t know if there are blokes as well). Some follow the system better than others but in general we’re about supporting one another and share common traits like perfectionism and procrastination.
Right now I’m doing a bit of a revamp of my homemaking folder. It’s not been used a HUGE amount in the past couple of years. It’s been more a matter of doing what I can when I can.
One thing that has stuck with me though has been my very basic weekly routine which goes something like this:
MONDAY - CLEANING DAY
TUESDAY - OFFICE DAY
WEDNESDAY - TOWN DAY
THURSDAY - KITCHEN DAY
FRIDAY - FUN DAY
SATURDAY - FAMILY DAY
SUNDAY - CHURCH & REST DAY
I find having some kind of basic structure helps me not to get so overwhelmed. There’s nothing worse than starting a day and not having a CLUE where to start. I end up achieving a LOT more by having some kind of guide for each day.
Of course there are also plenty of daily tasks like washing and so forth.
Now the purpose of telling you all of this was really to show you that I’ve revamped my homemaking folder so that it matches my blog. And more importantly makes me SMILE. 
Doesn’t it look snazzy? I used some contact that was left over from contacting Princess Singstar’s school books. It sits right next to my computer, subtly reminding me not to spend all day on here (what? I do NOT spend ALL day on the computer…… 
).
So maybe over the coming weeks (or months) as I revamp things, I might share bits and pieces from my homemaking folder.
Or maybe I’ll get so busy cleaning, tidying and decluttering that I’ll forget to post…..
Nah! That’ll never happen!
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I need something like this - organisation and release from the chaos.
I might join flylady too !
But i will not give up my modem or blog LOL.
Your folder is so ‘purty!’
I have a ‘control binder’ as well but I could do with using it more often to be more organised! I was a member of Flylady a few years ago but all the emails stressed me out…probably because they were interrupting my computer time…lol
So if I’ve got this right, you get to be a perfectionist, spending time perfecting the homemaking journal while at the same time procrastinating about the housework? Sort of “I didn’t get around to the laundry, but hey look at the font I used to make the chore differentiation list!”
Cunning!
Hmmm Stuffy…..
As for giving up computer time….the whole point of using routines is that it gives you more time for the “fun stuff”. So shouldn’t ever happen.
nice CJ!
lol
I need to revamp mine. Sigh.
Perfectionism, procrastination…………?????? I have no idea what you are talking about. Sorry, have to go, I need to have a coffee while I think about the best way to wipe the bench and get rid of the streak marks. The other 14 times that I did it didn’t work
Well, not perfectly anyway…….
Pretty folder.
Something about FlyLady and her website makes me want to take something pointy and sharp to MsFlyLady. She annoys me more than watching “The Fairies” for the 20 Bazzillionth time.
I do however love my “Home Comforts” book that mum gave me for Christmas a couple of years ago - the version I got has a pink cover even :grin:. Unlike this copy at Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Home-Comforts-Science-Keeping-House/dp/B000FTBPHI/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203913314&sr=8-1
You girls crack me up!!!!!
Yeah, I can understand that Marita. That’s kind of why I took the bits that worked for me and hightailed it outta there.
Yay for Marita! Someone besides me who wants to wave sharp pointy things in the general direction of flylady. I skipped over to her website several months ago and couldn’t believe what I was reading. Polishing the sink and keeping it clean by stuffing the dirty dishes in the cupboard under it???? WTF?? Is she trying to pretend that “real” people don’t live, eat, work and play there? she probably has a few good points but I couldn’t get past the polished sink bit.
I love the pretty pink contact on your Homemaker folder though.
Lovely binder! I, too, have a control journal, but I haven’t opened it up in months!
But, I do still follow the basic Flylady ideas - baby steps, spending just a few minutes everyday cleaning, trying to keep up with things so they don’t get out of hand. I used to have the daily themes like you do, but it just doesn’t work for me right now. I think when my daughter is a little older it will be easier to stick to something like that again.
oh please do share! I have been contemplating setting up a similar folder and would love some ideas! I am too scared to go look at fly lay or sign up for yet another yahoo group but I am loving that you are sharing your wisdom! I will have to link to you in one of my organise ‘08 posts!
I also do the flylady thing on a whim and generally like their system. I do not have a ‘control’ journal, just a calendar and notebook where everything stays, like your homemaking journal. I really should follow it more often but my sink is always shiny :).
I like your rough outline of your days. I am very haphazard with my work, as I often can hear my computer calling and then I just end wondering where the day has gone to. I love Stuffy’s comment I think that really is true.
BTW I love reading your blog, I have a lurker for a while.