Friday, September 8, 2017

Housekeeping 2

It began with Almost Amish (Nancy Sleeth) and continued with Flosstube.  Flosstube are videos posted on You Tube by cross stitchers during which they share things they're stitching, cross stitch stash they've purchased, plans, finishing, etc. There is one flosstuber who has 131 WIPs.  WIPS stand for Works In Progress.  One Hundred Thirty One pieces, patterns she's started.  131!  Oh my land!  She has this spread sheet and uses a computer random number generator to determine what she should be stitching on each day (all of her WIPS are numbered).  I can't even comprehend and have decided one until done is better than her program, though it works for her. 

Most of the stitchers share plans and they often go something like this; Tonight I am going to spend 2 hours working on X and 30 minutes on Y, the next night I'll work on Z and the following night A...  These people have all this time to cross stitch and I have little!  Do they all have maids?  Cooks?  Lawn men (women)?  I want to stitch as much as they do, but hello, life calls. Laundry piles up, the lawn needs mowed, the floors need swept... Its always something.  So, I've decided to try a weekly chore chart.  I've been planning this for several weeks, but didn't get around to starting it until recently.  Heres what I've come up with;

Monday:
Trash Night!
Clean out the refrigerator
Take trash to the curb
Clean, straighten up kitchen counters/surfaces, floor
Wash dishes
Clean, straighten up laundry room

Tuesday:
Laundry (clothing, towels)
Put away clean dishes washed on Monday
Clean bathroom

Wednesday:
Put away clean laundry washed on Tuesday
Dust, straighten up and vacuum dining room, living room, hallway and bedroom

Thursday:
Bible study 

Friday:
Rest and Enjoy

Saturday and Sunday:
Yard work
Extra Laundry (bedding, slip covers, rugs...)
 
This is a basic list.  I'm sure I've forgotten to list many things and I've entirely left off the basement and upstairs rooms.  Those will be squeezed in whenever. As will mopping the hardwoods and other non weekly chores.  Its only a guideline to help me stay on focus and free up time for relaxing, stitching, reading or whatever else I want to do, but never seem to find time for.  I've done this now for two weeks and zero stitching gets done on Monday or Tuesday evening. Those chores take the longest. For me, this is working. I like lists and crossing things off the list. I also love sitting and stitching without thought of what all I should be doing. 

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