Last week one of my readers asked why I had split the FlyLady’s Home Blessing Hour up throughout the week. As a homeschool mom, I have found it easier for me to focus on only one or two Home Blessings per day than to do them all in an hour on Monday. For many years, I did my Home Blessings on Monday, but with homeschooling and working from home, it was just too hard to do it that way.
On Monday, I don’t wash all of our bedding. I do one to two loads of sheets on Monday, and the teenage boys wash their bedding throughout the week. If you have a large family, it helps to teach the older children how to strip their beds, wash their sheets, and remake their beds. Then you can assign a laundry day for them to wash their bedding and clothes. You want them to be prepared for college and adulthood.
On Tuesday, I picked dusting and vacuuming. If you dust weekly, it does not take long at all. Just dust around everything. When we work in the Zones, then we detail dust and move things around. When you vacuum, just hit the high traffic areas, and then detail vacuum when we work in the zones.
On Wednesday, I picked windows and mirrors to wipe. By using my FlyLady purple cloths, I use a wet cloth and a dry cloth. I move quickly from room to room wiping windows and mirrors. This task takes less than 10 minutes because I am just hitting the streaks and smudges.
On Thursday, I picked decuttering paper and magazines. The FlyLady just recommends magazines, but I added paper for homeschoolers because we have a lot of paper in our homes. By spending time getting rid of paper regularly, it helps keep us from being covered up by piles of paper.
On Friday, I picked trash because that is the day we take our trash off. Then the boys help me with a quick sweep and mop.
Take a look at your weekly schedule, figure out what seems to fit each day the best. I started with trash day, and I like washing my bedding on Monday. Then I worked in the rest of the Blessings into my morning routine.
If you struggle with these, please email me.
Have a wonderful day!
Weekly Home Blessing Task: Declutter Paper/Magazines
Routines:
- 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:
- Play a game with your children
- 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
- 15 minutes of loving movement
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 your launch pad
- Shine Your Sink
- Clean Off a Hot Spot
- Go to Bed at Decent Hour
