I Need a Plan

I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed these days. Although Alie's sports schedule has calmed down a bit now that basketball is over and my busiest time has passed at the office, I'm still feeling disorganized. The weather will get warmer (eventually), so we'll be outside more - running, kids' sports activities, yard work, etc. That means that the inside of my house will suffer more than it has already this winter. I can't keep up with everything that I need to - work, transporting kids to their activities, monitoring homework, exercising, cleaning, cooking, etc.. So, I've decided that I need a plan.

I love lists! I have checklists for nearly everything at the office. Even the most mundane tasks get put on a checklist - what a great feeling to make that check mark! So, I think I need to develop some checklists at home. Not too overly detailed because we'll all get bogged down in the minutia of it all if there's too much on it.

I think I need a daily/weekly checklist for at least myself and a chore and homework checklist for the kids. I hope this will help all of us get more accomplished in less time.

I've never had a formal "house keeping" plan (e.g. dust on Tuesdays, floors on Fridays, etc.) or an exercise plan, but I'm gonna start. I would like to have a formal exercise plan in place by the time spring arrives. Right now, it's hard to work around the weather, but in the Spring when Matt and I are back to running in the morning before work (i.e. 5:00 a.m.), I want to have a plan (e.g. Mondays will be intervals/speedwork, Wednesdays will be hills, etc.). In short, I need to exercise more. Running alone just isn't cutting it - I should be exercising every single day.

I would also like to get a better handle on the food we're consuming - adding more veggies, less junk food, etc. I don't feel like I've got this food thing under control (for any of us), so I would like to work on a plan for that, too.

My first charge will be to spend some real time cleaning this week. I haven't seen my dining room table completely free to "stuff" since Christmas. That's sad. I need to get the house in decent shape and then work on my checklists.

That's my goal for the weekend - cleaning, organizing and planning. Wish me luck . . .