Work Day

Yesterday we called a house and yard jihad, cancelling school and declaring war on our property. Everyone helped.

Well, almost everyone.

(Photo credit: Evan)

Here's a picture of our whiteboard with the list of things that we wanted to get done. (The house and yard items are in the bottom left quadrant; the other lists pertain to other things like school, errands, or longer term projects.)

Here's what we accomplished:

Inside

Replace bad light switch in Evan's room

Everyone clean his or her own bedroom

Dust inside of china cabinet

Vaccuum cobwebs in ceilings and corners

Organize school supplies

Vacuum & dust

Clean bathrooms

Switch house house air flow to direct upward, close downstairs vents and open upstairs ones for summer cooling

Put away clutter and personal belongings around the house

Replace sunroom storm windows with screens

Throw out dead sunroom plants

Lubricate sticky sliding glass door

Outside

Pick up doggie poo

Mow

Pull weeds

Pick up yard trash and debris

Set out deck chairs

Connect garden hoses

Sweep steps and sidewalk

It's nice to have a neater house and yard!

(Photo credit: Evan)


And a clean bedroom!

Here's what didn't get done:

Trim shrubs

Mop

Clean windows

Wash curtains

We're having another work day on my husband's next day off (Tuesday) and if necessary, again the week after that. We have to get our garden planted! And there are still lots of things on the longer term task list, such as organizing books, cleaning the carpet, getting caught up on putting photos in albums, filing/shredding paperwork, and doing various small house beautification projects such as painting. But I think we got an amazing amount accomplished yesterday, don't you? Thanks, family! You're a great team!