Are UFOs out of control in your home? If your house is like mine, perhaps sometimes you glimpse an Unidentified Flying Object out of the corner of your eye–some new motorized helicopter, paper airplane, or other airborne objects.

I won’t try to tell you how to rid your home of flying things. Instead, we will look at another kind of UFO: Un-Finished Objects.

Yes, those partially done cross-stitches lurking in the work-basket are UFOs. Perhaps you have a dress fabric cut out, but have yet to introduce the fabric to the sewing machine. Did you leave off spring cleaning with only half the windows washed? Is the new shelf, purchased for your laundry room, still sitting unopened in the depths of the coat closet?  

Perhaps some of your UFOs are homeschool related–I know I have all of  last quarter’s work to file in my children’s binders, and there is an art curriculum that sits on the shelf begging to be used.

Some UFOs are even relational. In my case, there’s a few friends I’ve been meaning to call or email, but fail to make the time.

This week, target a few specific UFOs to eradicate

I'll share my list for the week:

• File work and catch up on entering our last few weeks of school in Home School Tracker
• Write a letter to my friend.
• Sew up the petticoat that’s been cut for a year
• Do something with a bag of cherries in the freezer that has outlived its welcome
• Tackle the mending (the ominous mending)
• And, my fun UFO: Finish compiling our book inventory with  Library Thing

Go forth and eradicate some Un-Finished Objects!

Domestic Chaos Tamer and Homeschool Mom of Five, Dell  writes about home, heart and hearth.