Wisdom House Homeschool

* BFS Assignment #103 It keeps going, and going, and going…. (Energizer) *

September 22nd, 2008 at 12:00 am

Memory Verse: 1 Timothy 4:15 (KJV)

Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

Please try to learn our memory verse this week. We will be sharing a new verse every week and hope that you will store them in your hearts and find a special joy in His words.

Intro: It keeps going, and going, and going…. (Marketing credit: Energizer)

Housekeeping: that household mess, it keeps going and going and going. It’s a perpetual chore that we diligently need to keep going on to stay on top it. We all have different ways of keeping ourselves energized.

Assignment:

How do you keep energized so you can get it all done? bouncy music? treat it like a workout? Do you use a schedule?, a housekeeping binder system? luck of the draw system?.. or is this an area where you need encouragement? Do you need God’s help to keep order and beauty in your dwelling place? Take this week to tell us how You diligently keep going with your housekeeping chores.

Picture ideas: Show us some before and after pictures of a space you’ve been working on /show us your favourite tools / share a youtube of your favourite housekeeping music that keeps you energized

Share your favorite scripture in your post.

I enjoy listening to music while cleaning , especially if it is a heavy duty cleaning. Our summer cleaning schedule is different than our "school" version. During the summer I clean the kitchen and the kids clean the living room. It is a chore that we do every morning. Our goal is to keep the house company ready. Of course now that school is in session we needed a more detailed chore chart to get all the details covered that can pile up.Here is a list of our chores.These are every day chores. Of course we have the deep cleaning day on Fridays where we clean our rooms and stuff like that. The kids and I rotate these chores everyday.

Dining Room Chore

Clean dining room table. Put away clutter. Sweep wooden floor in dining room and kitchen floor.

Vacuuming Duty

Vacuum carpets in the living room and dining room. Sweep crumbs off coffee table in the living room so they can be vacuumed.("crumbs" seem to accumulate here throughout the day as the kids snack.)

Dish Duty

Check living room for dirty dishes. Unload dishwasher and put clean dishes in their proper place. Load dirty dishes into dishwasher and start. Wipe down kitchen counters.

Sweeping Duty

Sweep all wooden floors in the living room and hallway. Sweep the bathroom too.

Dusting Duty

Spray feather duster with furniture polish and clean lamps, bookshelves, fireplace and top of t.v. Dust wooden furniture with dust cloth and furniture polish.

I also find that allotting at least 5 minutes each day in each room helps keep things clean and decluttered. Spending 5 minutes in the bathroom after you brush your teeth in the morning can get the tub sprayed and cleaned and the toilets and counters too.

Picking up things as you walk through a room helps too.

Proverbs 31:27

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

I have found that some days I have a lot of idle time. I want to budget my time more efficiently so I can get more things accomplished. I want to get back to work on my handstitched quilt and do more baking and stuff.