Being a navy wife means that more often than not I find myself doing all the chores around the house on my own. It's forced me to come up with a system so that I don't constantly find myself out of cups, no dinner ready, gross counters, etc. Here is what I do as soon as I put the kids to bed.
1. Take out the trash
2.empty the dishwasher
3. prep dinner for the following night (take out meat to defrost, put out crock pot w/ non perishable ingredients next to it and the recipe book open to the corresponding page, chop vegetables, etc.)
4. prep laundry for the following morning
I want to start adding a number 5...organize lesson plans for following day...onto the list. I know that would be a HUGE help for making my day run smoothly.
Prepping laundry = put powder soap in bottom of washer, put clothes in (pretreat stains with shout), set dials to correct setting. If dh is home I put a note on the door for him to press start when he leaves for work. If not I can just press one button in the morning and my wash is started. It saves me so much time in the mornings.
3 comments:
I'm curious why you don't just wash the clothes at night, so all you have to do in the morning is dry and fold?
I've done this once, genius that I am. LOL
There are a few reasons!! One is that I find the clothes are very wrinkly if I let them sit all night. Another is that where we live it's very humid and I'm afraid of mildew...i also have forgotten them before and they sit WAY too long in the washer. However, if I'm just washing towels or sheets I will often wash them the night before. I can bleach those if need be!
You are so organized! I don't know how you do it all. :)
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