Daily Homemaking Routine

Starts In The Evening

I cannot stress this enough; although the thought may seem strange, you MUST have the beginning of your daily routine start before you go to bed the night before.  Make sure your kitchen counters and sink are wiped down.  Then, sit down; look at your calendar and make a to-do list for the next day.  Do a quick pick up of the untidy areas, and lay out your outfit for the next day.  Make sure you get good sleep, go to bed at a decent hour.  

Beginning The Day With A Bang

Get up with enough time to complete a few household tasks, before the rest of your day begins.  Start a load of laundry, make your bed, plan dinner.  You should also, touch up the bathroom, tidy the kitchen after breakfast.  

 Afternoon Reboot

When you arrive back home, it is the perfect time to finish up the daily laundry.  That way it doesn't become an unmanageable monster task.  Prepare and serve the dinner you planned in the morning when you got up.  Leave the kitchen spotless, pick up a few odds and ends, and then you are off to bed.  

So, because we know that mommy brain doesn’t get better when you have toddlers running around the house - put all this list down on a Homemaking Schedule template. A pretty one; that has a place for your daily routine, a section to list the meals you will cook today, a section for any household chores, and a section for any appointments and calls to make. 

Product Review - Scour Off™ Heavy Duty Paste by Shaklee

I have a confession:   My walls haven't been cleaned since June.  The kiddos used crayons, chalk, and some pens on white walls!  Woo Hoo!  It was beautiful, but NOT what it needed to be.   Nothing beats children's artwork and winding up on what had been pristine white walls.   I did wipe it occasionally to get the color faded,  but I promise you no cleaning product has touched it.

Washing walls is one chore that I dislike.   Mainly because I hadn’t discovered a natural cleaning product that worked to gently remove the art or finger prints.  I don’t like hazardous chemicals or toxic fumes.  I’d first heard about the amazing Shaklee product line a few months ago from a friend.   For the last six months or so,  I’ve been scouring the blogging world in search of Shaklee giveaways because of all the wonderful things I’ve heard about their products.   When a friend happened to give my SO and I a huge basket of cleaning supplies when we moved into our new apartment, Shaklee Scour Off Heavy-Duty paste was among the goodies, I could not resist to finally use it on this unloved project.

As soon as I remembered about he Scour Off Heavy-Duty Paste, I got to work on my walls.   Remember,  they hadn’t been cleaned since June.  Now, there was walls full of new artwork, and old marks, but it certainly wasn’t clean enough for me to be happy.   Typically, I spend what feels like the better part of a day scrubbing away at our walls.  Even with the semi-gloss, the paint holds marks horribly.  With Shaklee, my entire world changed.   I followed the instructions, which advised you to use lots of water with the products.  I could feel my sponge sliding through the marks with ease.   It rinsed cleaning,  leaving no gritty residue that is common with traditional cleaners.  Another bonus – no toxic fumes!  Scour Off Heavy-Duty paste is made from natural mineral abrasives and biodegradable cleaning agents.  It doesn’t contain chlorine bleach or dye!  I don’t dread cleaning the walls now.  The scent of the Scour Off Heavy-Duty paste is so pleasant,  kind of like a crisp raspberry summer drink.

There are so many benefits to using this product – not only can it be used to clean your walls, you can also use it to clean sinks, tub, tile, ovens, ovenproof glass, stove top, grout, cement, and ceramics.   The list seems to go on and on.   Shaklee Scour Off also removes rust – so you can bet that come Spring, I’ll be using it in on my metal lawn ornaments to shine them up!

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You can hurry over here and purchase the Shaklee Scour Off Heavy-Duty Paste right now!  You can also find more information about the entire Shaklee line up.