I hope that one day I will have this all figured out, but today I don’t. I can not seem to find a way to consistently organize housework. It was better in the days when David had a normal schedule. He used to work Monday-Friday 7am-4:30pm. That was so much more conducive to a normal household routine. *sigh*
Now he works a schedule that while predictable for the most part, is not easy for me to schedule. Let’s say last week he was off on Wednesday and Thursday, this week he will be off Friday-Monday. Then he will not be off again until two Wednesdays after that to start the pattern over again. Now, often he ends up working off days because they need him.
I can not schedule cleaning or school on the days he is off because we never know what is going to go on those days. Soooo, what I have been doing is winging it and doing whatever I see needs to be done whenever I can. But, I don’t like that. I am a structured and orderly person by nature, but I have lazy tendencies. If it can be put off until tomorrow, it is likely that it will be. Yes, you can roll your eyes at me here. 
I am a procrastinating perfectionist. Not a happy mix.
I LOVE to have things orderly and clean and uncluttered and fresh and… you get the idea. But, as I stated in my last post about housework, I am not always willing to put in the effort to accomplish that all the time.
If you were to walk in my house today it would not be as clean as I like it to be, especially if I have company. The girls bathroom is dirty (they are responsible for it but I have to check up on them), my bathroom is okay, but I need to clean the toilet and the shower and rinse the tub out. My desk is cluttered, even though it seems like I unclutter it everyday. All the floors need to be vacuumed. My bed is not made. There are clothes on the couch that need to be put away. I have a pile of clothes and a box of toys for a maybe-one-day garage sale by my bed. Oh, and my closet is an absolute mess.
Now, lest you think I’m too bad, the kitchen gets cleaned 2-3 times a day. The living room is always clean and neat by the time David gets home. My bathroom sink, counter and mirror are clean. So is the outside of the toilet, I just haven’t put toilet cleaner in the bowl yet. My bathroom floor is clean. The girls beds are made and room picked up. The shower needs to be cleaned but yet it isn’t really dirty, but if I let it go much longer it would be YK? All the trash cans are clean and emptied. Laundry is being done, and I only have two loads sitting waiting to be washed. Most of my cabinets are fairly organized.
Hmmm, I am making myself feel a little better 
Anyways, the point of my post is I am going to be working on figuring out how to have a workable household routine with David’s schedule, that includes homeschooling. I don’t have it all figured out yet, but as I am working it out I will post updates. Maybe it can help someone else out there as well.
