Life with Our Magnificent 7: WEEK 4

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!

Friday, September 27, 2013

WEEK 4 - My Holiday Plan

Must Remember to Add the Fun in Christmas!!!

Week 4 – Master Bedroom & Mater Bath – Close to Home Week:

September 22-28

DEEP CLEAN:

Master Bathroom

Master Bedroom

Zone 4 – Master Bedroom & Master Bath:

~~Reorganize Dresser Drawers~~

~~Clean & Polish Dresser Top~~

Reorganize Endtable Drawers

Clean & Polish Endtable Top

Clean & Polish Jewelry Armoire

Reorganize Entable Cabinet Space

Reorganize Stacia’s Closet

Planning Ahead:

Begin Stocking Stuffers (Form)

Seasonal Spruce Up (Form)

Check Back to School Clearance for Craft Supplies

Decide on Halloween Costumes

Plan Family Advent Celebrations

~~Double one meal and freeze half for the holidays.~~ Sausage/Hamburger Mix Meat Only

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

Put labels on envelopes.

Begin addressing Christmas cards. Do not seal cards. Store them alphabetically.

Write notes. Add pictures from the past year that family and friends would enjoy.

Wrap and label packages. Get shipping boxes if needed.
Note winter clothing needed