Meg Logan’s Blog

These are the schedules I put together in Word, based on the information found in Managers of Their Homes, by Teri Maxwell. This is my Monday, Wednesday and Every Other Friday schedule. Tuesday is very different, but due to complications I’m not going to try to publish it here. Thursdays are still up in the air. I am trying to revise the old routine, which was to grocery shop all afternoon with four kiddos. I’d like to keep them out of the store more, and free up my afternoon for other important things, and also keep them home more, for stability. One other thing you just don’t get to see here is the beautiful colors that the schedule is ACTUALLY in.  After the schedule I also posted my Chore Chart, (special thanks to Donna Young for the original layout.)

Time	Mommy		P (b, 6)			J (g, 3)	J (g, 2)	R (g, 8m)
7	Laundry In Coffee Bible and Prayer		Bed			Bed	Bed	Bed
15
30
45	Nurse							Nurse
8	Start Breakfast		Bible Together				w. Mommy	HC
15			Play Together
30	BREAKFAST
45
9	Laundry Reboot Supervise Chores, AM Routine		Table, Dishes			Room & Chores	Bath	Johnny Jumper
15			Bible			Bath	Dress
30			Hebrew			Dress Table Time	Table Time	Nap
45			Vocabulary
10	Laundry Reboot, Folding, Quiet Training with Girls, Planning		Astronomy			Quiet Training
15
30			Spanish
45	Preschool	Piano				Preschool
11	Get kids ready to go out		Play				With Mommy
15	Pick a Chore, Project, Train Jenni
30
45								Play Alone
12	Supervise Laundry, Nurse		Laundry Away			Tidy Mudroom	Laundry Away	Nurse
15	Start Lunch		Play with Jenni			Help with Lunch	Play with Peter	HC
30	LUNCH
45
1	Time With Daddy
15
30									Mat
45	Chore Hour: See Chore Chart								Swing
2
15
30	Grammar		Grammar		Naps
45
3
15
30
45	Free: Nurse, Exercise, Comp		Literature/Comp		Naps				Nap
4									Nurse
			History Reading
15									Play Alone
30			Play with R						Play with P
45	StoryTime
5	Dinner Prep		Play with Jenni/ Table	Dinner Prep			Play with Peter/ Table		HC
15
30	DinnerTime
45
6
15	Floor, Counters		Dishes	Free			Free		Nap
30
45
7							bedtime
15				Bedtime
30
45
8			Bedtime

CHORE CHART

Morning-Noon Routine:

q Coffee, q Bible Time, q Make Breakfast, q Eat Breakfast, q Wash Table, q Start Table Time q Start Laundry, q Start School, q Curtains Open Slipcovers, q Dishes, q Re-Start Table Time q Master Bed/Trash, q Girls’ Chores, qMonthly Chore, q Daily Chore, q Laundry, q Training Girls, q Computer Time, q Make Lunch, q Eat Lunch, q Chore Hour,            q Naptime à Afternoon/Evening Schedule

Weekly Schedule:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
q Baths q Laundry q LR Trash q Stovetop q Clean Bathroom q	q Laundry q Polish Coffee T. q Trash Day q Recycling (E.O.) q PIANO q	qPlanning Day q Sheets q Light Switch (Juby) q Tidy Desktop q HEBREW (E.O.) q	q Baths q Grocery Shop q Dust LR, Off. q Sweep LR, Off q Stovetop qClean Bathroom	q Make Menu q Dust Master q Sweep Master q Tidy Sewing Area q Doug’s Nite q

Monthly Schedule:

Sunday	Monday: Kitchen Day	Tuesday: Living Room	Wednesday: Office/Sew	Thursday: Kids’ Rooms	Friday: Master	Saturday: D’s Office
1st week	qSweep Stairs/Hall	q Organize LR Shelves	q File Cabinet	q Dust, Sweep, Mop	q Closet
2nd week	q Clean Oven	q Vacuum LR Rug + Sofa	q Organize Homeschool Shelves	q Baby’s Bed	q Wash Comforter
3rd week	q Dust Ceiling + Lights	qDust Ceiling	q Organize Desktop	q Clothing  Organized	q Baseboards
4th week	q Fridge	q Dust Inside TV Cabinet	q Mop Office	q Wash Comforters	q Under bed

Seasonal:

January	Declutter toys	baseboards
February	Windows Throughout	Wall behind stove	Cabinets washed
March	Beat LR rug/ mop floor
April	Windows outside	Polish crib	Closets
May	Declutter toys	Clothing sorted
June	Beat LR Rug/ mop floor	Homeschool planning
July	Baseboards
August	Windows in and out
September	Beat LR Rug/ mop floor	Wall behind stove	Canning
October	Declutter toys	Clothing sorted	Organize kitchen
November	Curtains	Christmas cards	Closets
December	Beat LR rug

© Donna Young http//:donnayoung.org

Afternoon-Evening Schedule:

qtidy toys, q Living Room Table, q slipcovers, q trash in LR emptied, q Chore Hour (1-2pm), q Grammar, q school project?, q computer time, q make dinner, q Eat dinner, q food away, q dishes, q tables and counters, q floor in Kitchen

Notes/TO DO: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

by the way, all those q’s are boxes on my Word document.

So far so good!! I am planning to get some made for what to do when I am sick, either with a pregnancy or some other time… I hope to get one made up relatively soon. Anyway, using this schedule has greatly improved the standard of living in our house. Not only are we cleaner, and more organized, but mom is way happier, kids are happier and all around things run much more smoothly. I have only been using the schedule as its printed for about three weeks, with just some tweaking. I still hope to be able to add in more things as we get more efficient with the current routine.

Mrs.MegLogan

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