Getting Organized: Tips from a Distracted, ADHD, Non-Multitasking Homemaker

OK, I will finally admit that I am a very distracted, ADHD, non-multitasking homemaker! I will also admit that I have this longing in me to have that home that is somewhat put together the majority of time. However, I go home from working 8 hours and I cook, feed, bathe, put to bed, then plop in front of the TV to veg a while and that is just on a day when there is nothing else going on in our family. Most days I also try to get to the gym, we have ballet and church on Wednesdays, and various other activities throughout the weekend.

My idea of a homemaker is somewhat traditional. A wife/mother that manages the household while the husband/father works and "brings home the bacon." Someone that keeps her house nice and tidy with everything in it's place. A wife that always has food on the table and clean clothes in the closet. A mother that greets every family member with a smile, no matter what and knows everything about every member in the house including where they are at all times. You know, kind of like June Cleaver.

Anyway, since I have been doing this blogging thing, I have come across some very Godly women that have, through their posts, inspired me. They have helped me to reprogram my brain as to what it means to be a homemaker. I will dedicate this publication to what many of them have "shown" me lately. I want and desire for my home to be a sanctuary. A place where they can feel safe to come, open up and be themselves. I want my family to feel that they have a place to come to that is warm and inviting. I want my friends, churched and non churched, to feel the presence of the Lord when they walk in my home. I want my home to be one of peace. These are all things we all want right? We can have that and I will!!!

This article will be full of links to some of those blog posts that I have been inspired by most recently. Here are a few things I am going to start doing to achieve this goal of becoming that homemaker I desire to be.

1. Pray: I know that this is the most obvious thing to do for those of us who are Christians, but let's be honest. Those of us that have gotten into the rut I have gotten into, have not been praying enough for their family and home. I can be honest. As terrible as it sounds and as much as it hurts, I have not bathed my family in prayer as I should.

2. Minimum Maintenance: This is a start for me to get my home back in shape. Rachel Anne and her sister Katherine alon g with a few others have really inspired me in this area. I had been lurking their blogs for a while before I started posting comments. I know they are not perfect but they have some really great ideas.

3. Holding my 3 and 5 year old more accountable: Who says they can't be held accountable for keeping their toys put away, "making their bed", picking up their clothes, etc..... Starting some kind of chore chart/reward system for them.

4. Setting up Schedules: Menus for the week, this has been a lifesaver for the last 3 weeks that I have actually done it and somewhat stuck to it and it has also helped the budget a bit! Weekly schedules, there are many to choose from, but these are the two I will start organizing my life with; working mom's schedule and a color coded weekly schedule.

Well, I guess that is enough to start with for this distracted, ADHD, non-multitasking homemaker. My prayer is that eventually I can drop this title and take on a new one!