Life with Our Magnificent 7: WEEK 5

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 5 - My Holiday Planning

Time to get the public/common areas of the house spruced up!

Week 5 –Living Room/Stairs/Entry/Halls/Family Room–House Room Week:

SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 5

DEEP CLEAN:

Living Room

Stairs

Entry

Upstairs Hall

Downstairs Hall

Family Room

Zone 5 & 1 – Living Room/Stairs/Halls/Family Room:

Reorganize Cabinet Space in Bookshelves

Reorganize Books on Bookshelves

Scrub Entry Room Floor

Reorganize Linen Closet Drawers

~~Reorganize Family Room Shelving~~

Reorganize Bookshelf by Food Storage Room

PLANNING AHEAD:

Plan Holiday Décor (Form)

Inventory Holiday Decorations (Form)

Décor Declutter (Storage Form)

Decorate for Fall

Schedule Houseguests & visits with family!

Schedule any houseguest stays/family visits

Make guest “pamper basket”

Hold Scheduling Session

Type Recipes in Cookbook

Check Back to School Clearance for Craft Supplies

Decide on Halloween Costumes

Going somewhere for the holidays?

Plan Family Advent Celebrations

Double one meal and freeze half for the holidays.

Set up Christmas gift-wrapping center.

Divide Budget List in 1/3 to BUY gifts & supplies & time to buy.

Create an Email Christmas Card List

Purchase Address Labels for Christmas Cards

Purchase Christmas Cards Qty _____

Purchase Christmas Stamps Qty _____

Print Address Labels

Put labels on envelopes

Begin signing Christmas Cards & File to add photos, etc.

Time to pick Holiday Letterhead!

Purchase Christmas Letter Paper

Write Family Christmas Letter

Print Family Christmas Letter

Wrap and label packages. Get shipping boxes if needed.

Sign Christmas Cards.

Pick apples at (?) to bottle.

Plan Mom Pampering Session(s)