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zone work.

1/8/2019

This week, as part of the Farmhouse654 12-week Challenge, we are looking at our habits and routines.

We have chosen a few areas of our lives where it would be helpful to have a routine written down so we can follow it for the next month and make it a habit.

I finally feel like I am to that point with my Morning Routine.

I wake up and start my favorite coffee in the Keurig.

I make my bed,
do my quiet time,
start a load of laundry,
shower,
& get ready for my day...

A morning routine...without even thinking about it! Wow!

I'm currently working to get my bedtime routine just as automatic.

Two of the big pieces of my bedtime routine include laying everything out for the next day AND doing a "quick pickup" of the house, where all five of us set a 15-minute timer and do just what it sounds like...PICK UP!

This really has helped the house to not get too out of control lately.

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These daily routines are so important to help keep the house manageable.

And when I started following the FlyLady 10-15 years ago, I learned how important cleaning zones in our homes can be too for those "deep-cleaning" tasks.

The basic concept is for you to divide your home into various zones.

I used to try and make sure I was getting through every single zone every single month.

However, starting this next week, I think I'll put my house on an eight-week zone rotation.

Front Porch, Living Room, Deck
Kitchen & Mud Room
Dining Room & Laundry Room
Downstairs Bathroom & Mattie's Room
Our Bedroom & Office
Older Girls' Bedrooms Upstairs
Upstairs Bathroom & Playroom
Outside the House & Basement

Today, and for the rest of this week, I'll be focusing on deep-cleaning the front porch, the living room, and our deck.

I make a list of tasks to get these three areas "all spiffied up" and I work on that list for 15-30 minutes a day (depending on each night's activities).

Here is my list for this week. ⬆️

As I am working through my list for this week, I'm thinking about my zone for next week (kitchen & mud room) and things that need to be finished in those rooms.

I just work to get what I can finished each evening and try to finish up on Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon.

Zone work isn't meant to be stressful.

It's just a way to get some of those deep-cleaning tasks (that we often neglect) finished every eight weeks. If you get to the end of the week and a few tasks aren't complete, just move on and get those tasks finished on the next round.

So...your task for today is to divide your home into zones.

You can decide how many.

You can decide what types of tasks to put on your zone lists.

The important part is to start to develop some habits for deep-cleaning a little at a time, instead of just constantly being stuck in the cycle of having a BIG cleaning day every few weeks.

Working my zones at the farmhouse this morning!

❤️?❤️

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room reveal: farmhouse office

9/26/2018

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When I knew I was going to be leaving the classroom at the end of last school year, I discovered that there was lots of work to be done...starting with cleaning out 13 years of teaching supplies from my classroom.

I was moving from a room that housed myself, over twenty children at any given time, and years and years of classroom materials, personal belongings, and random items I had kept "just in case".

As I mentioned in my blog post on Monday...usually, "just in case" never came.

I started the process of getting my room emptied just as soon as school was out.

I donated.
I trashed.
I boxed up.
And I even sold a few items.

By the end of June, all that was left was a pile of tubs in the middle of the room that needed to be moved down to my new office.

On the afternoon of June 29th, I started the process of transforming my new office into my own.

I didn't think to take any "before" pictures at the very beginning of the process, but I did take some after I had started moving the tubs in (see right).

It took me the better part of July to feel like I had really transformed the space into the "farmhouse-style" work environment I was envisioning.

I have worked hard over the last year to be very intentional about what decorative items I bring into the farmhouse and I wanted to be just as intentional when I was building my work space at school.

I started to think of my office in terms of the "zones" I would need to have.

I needed:

somewhere to store books & other resources in binders.
an "inbox" for people to drop things off for me.
an "outbox" for items that needed to be delivered to various parts of the building.
a flat workspace where I could spread out when I was working on a project.
a place to hold my computer monitors and sound equipment.
storage for office supplies and other miscellaneous items.
seating for when I need to hold meetings.

With these goals in mind, I started the process of going through every single drawer and shelf in the office.

After I had been through every piece of paper and book in the office, I started to organize what was there.

Finally, I decided what items I would keep from my tubs and sent the rest home or to the donate pile.

When my systems were clear, I was ready to decorate.

Armed with my clearance finds from Hobby Lobby and Big Lots, the transformation was complete.

So without further ado...here's my farmhouse office.

The new position has been all I had dreamed of and more.

I'm so thankful for God's providence and guidance over the last several years to bring me to the place I am right now.

Happy Sunday night from the farmhouse, friends.

❤️🏡❤️

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zone work.

room reveal: farmhouse office

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