I am on my way!

  So, who has begun the first week of "Project Clean Up 2017" in your home? I am just so excited about this process that I can't stand it! 

  I began my days of Week 1 by starting with "Organizing my Mind" and making my daily "To Do" list first thing. I post mine on the refrigerator so it is in a neutral location to write down things as I think of them. If I need to move to another floor, I carry it with me. After writing down my "To Do's," I separated them into A, B, and C categories so I knew when to do each. A is today, B is this week, C is sometime in the future.

 One of my "To Do" items was to find myself a journal to jot down my thoughts in. I came across this one, from Goodwill of all places! It has my favorite quote on the front so I knew this was the one that was going to represent my year.

  I scheduled in exercise from 8-9pm with my daughter, Kaplyn, every night. In our home, things definitely have to be scheduled in especially if a TV will be involved. We exercise in our Game Room which is also the main communal area that the older boys share so they have to move their lives elsewhere for an hour.

  As part of "Organizing my Priorities," I made a Priority List with my Top 10. What I picked, I feel, are the things most on my mind. Some are things I have done over the last few years and some are new. This is what I came up with:

 1. Date Night with Hubby (every other week)

 2. Parent/Child Day Out (every other off week)

 3. Discovery/Story Nights (Wed) and Movie/Board Game Nights (Fri) (back and forth each week)

 4. Double Date with our best friends (each quarter)

 5. "Me" Day (once a month)

 6. "Us" Day (with our at home littles, every Wed)

 7. Exercise (Every night 8-9pm) Weigh In (Every Saturday)

 8. Craft Project (once a month)

 9. Parents/Best Friend Time (every other month)

 10. Family Day Out (once a month)

  It is a lot to schedule in, but I only have a few additions to what I had been doing all along until now. 

  As another piece of my "Mind Organization," we sat down with our kids and went over our year and how we are breaking it all down. They are on board with everything. Hopefully everything intertwines nicely along with our 3 older kids' jobs. 

  As for my "Cleaning Schedule Organization," I have always had a system that works great that I am sticking with. Just needed this new process to help with my "Overall" De-cluttering and Cleaning system.  

  How have you done thus far? Do you have your Top 10 Priority List ready?

  I'll be checking in with you soon!