Kitchen Drawer Wednesday – Getting Organized

Getting Organized:
In your home and homeschool
 

Today, I want you to pick one kitchen drawer to declutter. It can be any drawer in your kitchen. You will use the same system that you are using with the cabinets. Pick one drawer a month, and after several months, you will have them all decluttered and organized. Last month, I decluttered my 2 junk drawers. They were not bad, so, I was able to do two of the in 15 minutes. That is the goal I want you to use. Declutter for 15 minutes, and if you can get two drawers done, great! If not, it’s ok. We are all in different places and have different needs in the decluttering department. The drawers that take me the longest to declutter are the ones in my school cabinet. They house a lot of school supplies, so I spend 15 minutes at a time and stop. I can go back to them another day. If you get used to decluttering one small area in your home at a time, you will work you way around your house over time.
Zone Mission: Declutter 1 Kitchen Drawer
 

 
I will be speaking at the Teach Them Diligently Conference in Nashville, TN, March 17-19, 2016. If you are in the area, please sign up and attend. I would love to meet some of my readers. I will also be at the other two Teach Them Diligently events in Atlanta, GA, and Sandusky, OH. In June, I will be speaking at the North Carolinians for Home Education conference in Winston-Salem, NC. You can read more about these events on the Events Page on my website. 

Grocery Shopping and Errand Day – Take your list, pack snacks, and water bottles.

Home:
  • Make Your Bed (Do this as soon as you get up.)
  • Get Dressed Down to Your Shoes
  • Swish and Swipe
  • Start Your Laundry
  • Decide on Dinner
  • Check Your Calendar
  • Start the Day off with a Shiny Sink. Don’t leave the breakfast dishes sitting.

School: Are you doing a read aloud book for the whole family? If not, pick one out and read at lunch time or in the evening. It will bring a new dimension to your school day.


Afternoon Routine:
  • Eat Lunch
  • Clear off One Hot Spot
  • Reboot the Laundry
  • Declutter for 15 Minutes (Be sure to have your children declutter, too.)
  • Drink Your Water
  • Errand day: Make your plan for grocery shopping and errands. Pack water bottles and snacks for everyone. Pack up your library books that need to be turned in.
Family Fun: Plan a fun activity while you are out. I am in the habit of checking for free activities that are going on while we are out doing errands.
When you get home from doing errands, have everyone work together to unload and put away everything.

Before Bed: (This starts right after dinner.) 
  • Check the Calendar for Tomorrow
  • Lay out Your Clothes for Tomorrow (Have your children lay their clothes out, too.)
  • Put things at the Launch Pad that you will need first thing in the morning
  • Shine Your Sink
  • Clean Off a Hot Spot
  • Go to Bed at Decent Hour

FB Cover - Tami Fox

Please like & share:
This entry was posted in homeschool; organization and tagged , by Tami. Bookmark the permalink.

About Tami

Tami Fox is a homeschool mom of 6, who in age from 26 to 11. She and her husband have homeschooled for 17 years and have graduated three of their children from their homeschool. They are currently homeschooling 3 boys who are in grades 11, 9, and 6. They use hands-on learning and unit studies to ignite the fire of learning in their children. Tami is a homeschool author and conference speaker. You can contact her by email at Tami@TamiFox.com. Buy her book, Giving Your Children Wings at https://tamifox.net/giving-your-children-wings/.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>