Following Crystal’s Day 1 of the Making our Homes a Haven challenge to make our homes a blessing to our families and guests, these are my steps to improve my home for day 1. The first step is to take time to spend with the Lord each day followed by making a purposeful plan for this. This definitely falls in line with the starting place of Shopping for Time by Carolyn Mahaney as I learned from previously.
First 5 steps for each day
This is a routine I wrote on my frig awhile back, and it has been so helpful in getting me off on the right foot each day. This challenge has renewed me afresh in walking it out each morning before starting my day.
1. Morning devotions
2. Make myself look presentable for the day (to please and bless my hubby! Gives me a little boost too for the day)
3. Prepare breakfast
4. Quick house pick up (this is definitely not in-depth cleaning, just picking up from the day before to start afresh! Pick up the entry, clean up any dishes leftover, etc.)
5. Make dinner preparations (This means I just pull out of the freezer any ingredients I need for the meal, or soak some ingredients, etc. This helps keep me on track, so I am not stressing at the end of the day, when I am tired no less, and need to make dinner. I thought ahead to save me the stress!)
Secondly, she encourages everyone to start with organizing one thing a day. Today it is the entryway, the first place our guests enter in and see. With this in mind, I have realized the importance of keeping my stairway cleared of clutter, being that that is a focal point in my entryway. The bottom of the stairs always seems to accumulate clutter, such as mail, things hailed in from the car, jackets, shoes, etc. If I can be purposeful in just keeping this cleaned and organized my entry way looks 100% improved. That is my first goal for making my home a haven!
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If you clean up the nite before, you will start off w/a clean start. My mother taught me that. I clean up everything before going to bed. Wake-up and have a clean home!
PS — I forgot to add that I really liked your previous post stating your position on frugality. I have often thought about doing a similar post about keeping balance in that area, but never have. Thanks for doing it!
Hi Lindsay! This is my first visit, here via Crystal’s blog.
I enjoyed having a look around and will probably be back!
hi beautiful lindsay…just wanted to say “great post”…
and, thanks for your Friday help.
blessings…
I like #5 – Make dinner preparations!!! That is so important to a smooth running day for me.
Way to go!!!
Blessings,
Heather – Doodle Acres
P.S. What a cute baby!!!