Yesterday’s mail came with an invoice for tuition and I realized that opening any mail which comes from school still puts a smile on my face. I love the feeling of enriching my life, the sense of accomplishment that comes with each passing year, and the act of reaching for my very own stars.
I wonder if I would have been this fascinated if I would have gone to college right out of high school? No real way of telling but I’m sure if would have been much easier to balance work, school and the daily lives of a full functioning adult. I wish I had the bills of an 18 year old. How did I ever manage to survive on a paycheck less than my car payment? Oh that’s right… I had no bills and I still lived with my parents.
With just two short weeks left of my summer vacation I’m under the gun to finish my summer cleaning and organizing. Thanks to Google and Pinterest my plans are all coming together.
I found this handy little print out at http://www.my3monsters.com/2011/09/housekeeping.html. Women by nature are pretty visual people, and who doesn’t love a pretty little list. I figure I can print this out every month and cross things off as I go. The daily portions will be helpful to Adam who’s not sure what items should be done on the night that I’m at school until bedtime. (I doubt he’s as excited about this little find as I am)
In addition to keeping things visual for myself, we’ve also implemented a chore schedule for the kids and have put the older of the 3 in charge as supervisor to make sure all jobs are done on time and preformed to the acceptable standards. This ought to be interesting since I’m somewhat of a perfectionist and control freak when it comes to the way my house is organized and cleaned. I don’t cut corners or half ass things. I am my Mother’s daughter and you can tell by the way my towels are folded. :)
Getting everyone into a better routine to help out with items around the house should take some of the stress of me while I’m away attempting to learn things with this old brain of mine.
In addition to the above list I found this helpful monthly list of deep cleaning projects that I adore!! My plan is to make this into a magnet! Cute right?? Oh… I… Know!
Let the 2 weeks of decluttering, dejunking and over organizing begin!!
Good order is the foundation of all things.--Edmund Burke
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