Holiday House Prep: Oct 20th – Oct 25th

Today I sat down and made a “must do list”.  It contains 3 items I simply must accomplish this week. 

1. Clean up Laundry Room
2. Clean Up Review Items
3. Catch Up Emails and Blog Stuff

Then, I broke each item down into smaller tasks. 

1. Clean Up Laundry Room:
1. Put away clean laundry
2. Shelves on Back Wall
3. Shelves Over Washer and Dryer
4. Shelves Behind Door
5. Organize Freezer (what needs using, etc)
6. Wipe Appliances
7. Sweep and Mop
2. Clean Up Review Items:
1. Draft Holiday Gift Guides
2. Post Non-Guide Items
3. Put Away “DONE” items
4. Corral non-“DONE” items
5. Clean up Hall Closet to contain Review Stuff
3. Catch Up Emails, Etc:
1. Draw, Post, Contact Spooktacular Winners
2. Get All Emails Done
3. Figure out Mr. Linky problem and get new one on Giveaway Tuesdays Post

That is 15 items that need completing.  I have decided that I can accomplish 40 small tasks per day.  I am hoping that doing these tasks each day will finish the above AND help me get my house et al back under control.

I made my list up in Word and printed one each for Tuesday – Saturday.  I also added a few blanks at the bottom of each day just in case I think of a couple things I need to accomplish.  How does my list differ from yours?  What can you stick in the spots you don’t need?  What things do you need to do this week to get your home holiday ready?  I need to get stuff DONE so I can enjoy my holidays and not stress over the blog stuff and hidden rooms.

My To Do List

Regular Tasks:

1. 15 minutes on emails

2. School

3. Supper

4. 10 minutes making house better

5. Load of Laundry

6. Load of Laundry

7. Load of Dishes

8. Load of Dishes

9. Empty Trash Cans

10. 10 minutes on Crafts

Laundry Room Clean Up:

11. 10 minutes putting away laundry

12. 10 minutes putting away laundry

13. 10 minutes putting away laundry

14. 10 minutes putting away laundry

15. Clean and reorganize 1 wooden shelf

16. Put away 5 non-laundry items

17. Clean off 1 appliance

18. Clean off and reorganize ½ wire shelf

Miscellaneous Weekly Tasks (basically done once):

19. Tuesday: Big Cans to Road

20. Wednesday: Big Cans in from Road

21. Friday: End Current Contests

22. Sweep & Mop Laundry Room

23. Inventory Freezer

24. Make a dessert for my patient family

Reviews:

25. 10 minutes on Holiday Gift Guide Drafts

26. 10 minutes on Holiday Gift Guide Drafts

27. 10 minutes contact Companies about Holiday Gift Guides

28. Write a non-holiday review (if a LONG review, do only 15 minutes)

29. Write a non-holiday review (if a LONG review, do only 15 minutes)

30. 10 minutes putting away DONE items

31. 1 Shelf in Hall Closet

32. Choose a Box and GO! (clean it out, make notes, etc to get it out of my corners)

33. 10 minutes in Company Contacts

34. 10 minutes on other review tasks (posting about on Forums, emails, etc)

Emails:

35. Write & Handle a Winners Post

36. 10 emails

37. 10 emails

38. 10 emails

39. 10 emails

40. 10 minutes on other blog things like: Linky, 100 Days, Etc

Gosh, when I break it down like that it is a little overwhelming, but I have faith that I can do it… and if I don’t I can put it on next weeks. LOL!