Life with Our Magnificent 7: WEEK 6

Welcome to the chaos we call our life & family!

My DH often says this is the chaos we like to call our family, or something to that effect. To answer the basic questions we here often: Yes! With 7 children we are busy! Yes! It often gets hectic, chaotic, crazy, & overwhelming, we love it anyway! No! We do not wish we had a smaller family we can't imagine our lives with less children, we love them all! Yes! It's tricky co-ordinating everyones schedules thank goodness for the FLYlady calendar (if you haven't heard of FLYlady I really recommend looking up her site!). Yes! We do cook a LOT of food, and we eat all or most of it in one sitting! No! You probably do not want to see our grocery bill, or how much we spend on clothes, footwear, sports, etc. each year! ;-) UPDATE 2019: We now have 1 of the original 7 that lives at home. We have added a 3 wonderful daughter-in-laws and an awesome son-in law, as well as 3 beautiful granddaughters and 3 handsome grandsons with our oldest 4. We have 2 adult daughters who have also moved to their own places.

Chaos, maybe, boring, NEVER! There is almost always something going on in our home, never a dull moment from the adult perspective anyway... you know kids, if it gets "too quiet" they are sure it's a sign of being bored! LOL

In 2008 we moved into a new "project home" I have posted some of the fun & craziness that has happened while replacing flooring, adding a furnace, roof, pantry, texture to the walls redoing a kitchen and much more.

2019 UPDATE: WE NOW have purchased a new "prject home = rehab home" that we hope to move into by the end of September 2019! Again feel free to join us for the ride as we continue our new adventure to upgrade get our home ready for move in! It has been interesting to say the very least!

Monday, October 7, 2013

WEEK 6 - My Holiday Plan List

If I'm going to do this I should do...ALL of the below!

WEEK 6 – Kitchen, Pantry, & Freezer – Wardrobe Week:

OCTOBER 6-12

Organize Kitchen

Organize Pantry

~~Organize Fridge~~

Organize Freezer

ZONE 2 – KITCHEN:

Clean up Countertops

Bleach Countertops

Clean up shelves inside of Food Storage

Clean up shelves inside of Fridge

Clean up shelves inside of Freezer
PLANNING AHEAD:

Remove out of Season Clothing

Inventory Holiday Clothing (Form)

Re-evaluate Laundry Center for efficiency

Begin Catalog/Internet Shopping (Form)

`Mix 9 dozen Christmas cookies. Freeze the dough in freezer in Ziploc` `containers.` `Label with cookie name & book it is from. Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies`

Bake 2 loaves of banana bread. Wrap and freeze.

Double one meal and freeze half for the holidays.

Buy 1/3 of TO BUY gifts. Save receipts. Ask for gift boxes.

Wrap and label packages. Get shipping boxes if needed.

Begin designing Christmas letter.

Plan decorating for living room.

Plan a holiday craft day for the girls.

Choose a project. Choose a date.

Scrapbook Day (Sunday).

List needed supplies.

Purchase Halloween Costumes

Purchase Orange & Black Container(s) for Halloween Storage