Housework: Mary Poppins Style

Okay, so in writing this post I am revealing myself to be somewhat of a nerd. For the last few years I've been endeavouring to find a strategy for dealing with housework that works for me. Both my husband and I come from homes of hoarders and have resolved not to go down the same path. I was very inspired by Cynthia Ewer's ideas on www.organizedhome.com and have tried lots of different methods that she mentions including scheduling housework into my daily timetable. The propblem for me is I always end up doing the same tasks and leaving out others. I also get into a bit of a funk and just don't feel like doing any chores.
Recently however I've tried to make housework tasks more of a game. In the words of Mary Poppins:
"In every job that must be done
There is an element of fun
you find the fun and snap!
The job's a game"

So I sat down and wrote out all of the housework tasks that I want to get completed every week. I cut out each task and folded them up and put them all in a dish. Now whenever it is housework time I pull out a lucky-dip housework item and go and do that job. I have to finish all the items within a week, but it doesn't matter how many I get done on any particular day. For some reason this is really working for me and helping me to get my house to a reasonable level of clean. My husband thinks I'm very silly and nerdy, but hey, anything that can make housework more exciting is okay by me!

The benefit of this scheme is I think it will also work very well for family cleaning sessions as well as working for individual cleaning (but don't tell Hubby that yet!)

Happy New Year!

Well, the New Year is always a time for resolutions, so my resolution for this year is to resurrect this poor neglected blog and be a more faithful blogger.
I'm also resolving to comment more on the blogs that I read rather than just lurking in the background.
I think I should find this resolution a bit easier now, since this year involves a lot of change for me. I am no longer a full time worker, instead I will be working part time for a few weeks and then beginning maternity leave for my first baby! So I should have a lot of material to be writing about at any rate.

I also want 2010 to be a time of more gardening, more cooking from scratch, learning more crafting skills (I already have some projects on the go) and generally more simple-living skill building.