Housework

"The secret of surviving housework is simply to do it. Pull the plug on the part of your brain that always wants to negotiate everything. You need to change a diaper, rinse a bottle, clean a spill, fluff a pillow? Consider it done. it's a no-brainer. End of conversation. End of story.

Not postponing chores-and not spending any mental energy equivocating, temporizing, or stalling-is actually a lot more restful than worrying about what needs to be done." - Veronique Vienne

This is the attitude I need to cultivate towards housework. Instead of constantly complaining about how none of the kids help out, and how they just make more messes, I need to just clean the house. I can also tell them more often to come and pick up their things.

I didn't get as much cleaning done yesterday as I would have liked, although the kitchen did remain clean! So that's a win! I watched five episodes of Eureka and finished reading a book (Paris in Love - a memoir).

To Do List: Remainder of 2017

1. Create a Page and list my large goals for 2018.
2. Break my 2018 goals into smaller goals.
3. Finish Christmas shopping.
4. Finish watching The Big Bang Theory.
5. Finish watching Supernatural.
6. Read all the books I currently have checked out from the library.
7. Deep clean and organize the laundry room.
8. Deep clean and organize the kitchen.
9. Deep clean and organize my office area.
10. Deep clean and organize the dining room.
11. Deep clean and organize the living room.
12. Deep clean and organize the hallway and stairs.
13. Deep clean and organize the bathroom.
14. Deep clean and organize my bedroom.
15. Deep clean and organize the boy's bedroom.
16. Deep clean and organize the game room.
17. Deep clean and organize Siera's bedroom.
18. Deep clean and organize Tiana's bedroom.
19. Take the garage stuff to the dump.
20. Make sure Tiana is caught up with school and ready to return.
21. Make sure Siera is caught up with school and ready to return.
22. Make sure Andrew is caught up with school and ready to return.
23. Finish watching the seasons of Eureka that I own.