Today I focused on the food cabinets. I took a mental inventory of the contents while sorting like things together. This will be important for tomorrow's task. I have a general system of putting canned goods on two shelves, pasta on another, cake and brownie mixes on yet another, and so on. I sorted further today...all the green beans, corn, peas, and carrots with each other, brownie mixes then cake mixes, etc. I only had to throw out four things which had expired. Two boxes of graham crackers were down to the last few and a box of jello mix. The other was a half eaten bag of marshmallows which were strangely dry AND oozy. This task was really easy even though I was sort of dreading it yesterday...I think that making a conscious choice to tackle chores with a better attitude is making a difference. I have such a sense of accomplishment and I have only worked for an hour and a half over the last three days!
This sense of accomplishment has carried over into other not so fun jobs...laundry to be exact. I have been staying on top of the clothes. I know that the laundry room is on my list of to dos so I am trying to make it easier when that time comes. I must say that yesterday's task was better because Luke did it with me. I have decided to tweak of few of the jobs that I want to get done so that I can get "help" from my children. It may take a little longer but that doesn't matter. And who knows, maybe that timer will motivate them too!
Tomorrow I am going to plan our October supper menu. I try to do this weekly but while our supplies are fresh in my mind, I doing it for the month. I usually plan five meals a weak and wing it on the other two nights. I am planning on scheduling a crock pot meal for Mondays, sandwiches and wraps on Tuesdays (our busy day), beef on Wednesdays, and chicken on Thursdays. I am not planning for Fridays and the weekends now. I think that scheduling the meals and sticking to it will give me the strength to go through the toys...remember this task is looming!
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