A step in a direction toward organized

I'm the first to admit that I'm not the most organized person there is. But, I LOVE feeling organized, I just don't know if I've ever actually been.

This is a problem when you are a domestic executive.

There's no one keeping your schedule. There is no one checking in to make sure you clean and cook and laundry and do all the things that should be done, meanwhile keeping the child stimulated. For the folk who know how to do this, you're my inspiration.

I recently read a book titled "Sidetracked Home Executives." This was written in the mid-seventies by two sidetracked sisters about a card filing system that tracks your daily, weekly, monthly, etc. tasks. It sounded like a neat system, but let's be honest; I'm not organized enough to develop some kind of filing system.

The part of the book I really liked was a list of habits they created. It was decided that if you do something 21 days in a row, you can consider it a habit, so they tried to develop productive habits. A few that resonated with me:

1) Close cupboards, shelves and drawers before leaving a room.
2) Pick it up, don't pass it up
3) Put away your food makings before sitting down to eat.
4) Review tasks for tomorrow the night before.

In our time of transition between my wife's jobs, we have been living at my parents house. I've done my best to implement these habits even though it's not my house and guess what, I feel there is a certain appreciation for having a relatively tidy place with a two year old running around.

If you feel the need to read a really old and slightly outdated book, I highly recommend seeking inspiration with "Sidetracked Home Executives."

Full Blown DDD

I'm calling today a full blown Domestic Daddery Day, or DDD for short.

Up early to make breakfast and pack lunch for my beautiful bride, as well as helping her find the scarf to her ensemble. I then drove her to work, brought Michelle back home and made her breakfast. While eating breakfast, I cleaned the kitchen and am now running laundry. Of course I've had to break away a moment or two to change diapers.

Cleaning the kitchen has helped me take a quick inventory of our produce supply, and I realize that I have several apples that are about to go bad, so I think I'll make an Apple Crumb Pie. Oooh yum.

Next this morning, I'll vacuum and put the kiddo down for her nap. Then I'll be able to spend a little time working on my goal of learning 100 songs in 100 days. I'm writing about that in my other blog: spoon-and-fork.blogspot.com. Shameless plug? Of course.

Today is going to be a good day. I've already had a productive start and I'm taking time to write a post in my blog. Granted, the post is super lame, and I highly doubt anyone actually cares about my morning. But hey, sometimes we need to write stuff down.

Until next time.