Is it just me, or does it take a few weeks to find your groove when you start a new school year.  Because I took the time to do more planning the week before we started, I felt that we got off to a good start and stayed on schedule the first couple of weeks.  We had a few trips (1-2 days) planned over the next couple weeks, plus a playdate with another homeschooling family, so we have had to adapt our schedule to those, but they have worked out fine and we are keeping up with the basics and have a little catching up to do in some of our secondary subjects.

I don't have a good enough (read: rigid) schedule that my laundry is always caught up, that the house is always drop-in clean or that meals are planned well in advance and on the table in a timely manner.  I am working on that.  But first, I am trying to declutter my house some more so that cleaning it will be easier for myself and the children.  Our lives have become increasingly busy in the last two years and I haven't quite adapted to this new level of activity.

This weekend my sister is coming to help with some long-put-off decorating projects that I promised my daughters and we are going to go through several totes of kids clothing that I had kept for her kids.  If she doesn't want them  then they are going to go to an outreach center that a friend's church has opened.  It will be good to get them out of my storage area, as it doesn't appear that I will be having more kids (my youngest is approaching 8 this winter).  Next project after that is to sell some of the books that are overtaking our house.

Perhaps when we are staying indoors more this winter, I will have more time to attack these projects with a vengeance.  I have the makings of a menu planning system, but have not implemented it.  My sister came up with the system and it works pretty well.  She did say that she was getting tired of the recipes she originally put into her system and is looking to expand her choices.  I have used the card system (SHE's) and Flylady, and I think that my daily routines are the thing I need to get back to using.  Hopefully, I can get back into the routine of doing those things.

Will post back on my progress, when I get a chance.

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Posted by BarbaraLee

One thing I found handy to have is a spray bottle with water & cleaner. Just use your cleaner you use to clean with. This makes it handy for quick clean ups. I use it on a daily bases.

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Posted by Kristi67

Barbara,

I do keep a spray bottle handy, with orange oil, vinegar and water and use it to spray down nearly everything. Thanks.

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Posted by Kathy

Can you give the ratios of each of the ingredients? I bet it works really well.

BTW, I love your blog.

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Posted by Kristi67

I don't really measure, I just pour. I would suppose about an ounce of orange oil (maybe 1/4 or 1/2 cup), then I put in about 3/4 cup vinegar and fill the spray bottle with water. Definitely not a science!

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Posted by Kristi67

I hope that my blog postings are something that others enjoy reading. Please stop by often. I need to be reminded that I haven't posted in a while to spur me on to get more written. I have been wanting to write more, but life seems to get in the way.

Kristi

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Posted by momonajourney

How's your organization coming? If anything like mine, some good days and some bad! I'm trying a MOTH schedule for the first time. IT's helping me to stay on task.

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