After an exhausting week of working O.T., maintaining course work, and running a home I asked Brooke to clean her room, clean their bathroom, and take the recyclables out today.
She says, "Could you do something?"
That is the 2nd time I've heard that comment in a couple of weeks so YES, I did do something ... I created the following list that will be her full responsibility starting Monday for 1 week and I am going to park my ass on the couch and watch tv every night after work ...
MORNING
·
Make
bed
·
Get
ready for school/work
·
Make
sure all lunches are packed and food put away
·
Wash
down all countertops
·
Put
everything in appropriate places in the bathroom
EVENING
·
Make
dinner, serve, and clean up
o
Load
and run the dishwasher
·
Wash
down kitchen
o
Countertops,
stove, refrigerator, dining room table, microwave
·
Make
sure the house is picked up before you go to bed
DAILY/WEEKLY
MAINTENANCE
·
Go
through the house and make a grocery/products list and go grocery shopping
o
Plan
meals for the week
o
Haul
groceries in and put it away
·
Constantly
check food supply to make sure we haven’t run out of necessary food items for
lunches
·
Sweep
floors every other day
·
Maintain
laundry being wash, at least 4 loads a week + towels
o
Divide
our clothes into 3 piles, per person out of the dryer, lay out flat and take
everyone’s items to their rooms
o
Fold
towels and put away
·
Load,
wash and put dishes away every day
·
Trash
goes out Friday morning
o
Drag
the trash can back up the driveway, nobody else notices it
·
Grab
the mail every day and sort through bills
·
Check
water supply 2x per week
·
Wash
floors 1x per week
·
Vacuum
2x per week
·
Change
bedding 1x per week
·
Wash
bathrooms 1x per week; however, wipe down and maintain during the week
·
Dust
everything 1x per week
·
Make
sure all the shoes are not gathering at the front/back door
o
Sweep
up the dirt
·
Drop
off recyclables 1x per week
·
Plan
“Technology-free” family night for Thursday evenings
·
The
driveway is covered in snow
o
You
may need to shovel a couple of times per day
o
Salt
·
Run
through the car was at least 2x per week and keep the car clean
·
Don’t
forget to check and make sure we are not running out of bread, milk, juice, and
water
·
Every
day know what you are making for dinner that evening and make sure you have all
necessary items
·
Make
sure there is always plenty of fresh fruit in the house
·
Make
sure there is chocolate stashed somewhere for PMS
·
Make
sure the lunch snacks aren’t being eaten at home for breakfast or in the
evenings, otherwise there is nothing good to put in lunches
·
Go
to work/school
·
Maintain
all homework assignments
·
Try
to find time for fun
