Help for Homemakers: A Weekly Household Plan

I hesitate to share about organization because I am by no means the world's most organized person. However, in the last year, some real strides have been made, and, with a lot of trial and mostly error, I've figured out some things which work for me.

One of those things is having a weekly household plan. I've assigned a different project or goal for each day and these are written up on the Weekly Household Plan page in my homemaking binder as a reminder in case I forget.

Here's how our plan works right now:

Sunday is our rest day. We got to church, share a meal with church families, and then come home and rest, relax, read, talk, have family time, and often sleep. The computers stay off and we have very simple food to eat. I often even leave the dishes until Monday morning!

Monday is laundry and ironing day. Though I do a load of laundry most days besides Saturday and Sunday, I usually do a few on Mondays to catch up from the weekend. I also wash all the bedding on Mondays. I save all of the ironing to do on Monday afternoons.

Tuesday is our baking day. This is one of my favorite days! Kathrynne and I usually spend around 2 hours baking in the morning. If I come across a recipe throughout the week I'd like to try, I usually write it down to save for Tuesday. If we've gotten a good deal on ripe bananas or something at the store on Saturday, I save them to be baked into something on Tuesday. I also bake up anything I might be needing for guests or events later in the week and then freeze. By spending a few hours one day a week baking up stuff for the freezer, it guarantees I usually always have baked goods on hand for Jesse's lunch and quick snacks throughout the week.