After staying at home with my children for 7+ years and doing all the "magic elf" work. The "magic elves" I speak of, are from Grimm's Fairy Tales, "The Elves and the Shoemaker" about a cobbler who would wake up every morning to wonderful, perfect shoes would have been made. By who? The magic elves. When I was a full time homemaker I felt like an elf (except I didn't work in the nude, unlike the elves in the tale). I was doing all this "stuff" that nobody really registered I was doing; there was food available, toilet paper stockpiled, requests filled, needs anticipated but it all just magically happened somehow. Everyone was happy, then oh no, I went back to work. The standard of living that my family was used to has come to a halt. I just don't have the time to do everything I used to do. My husband is doing some of the basics but it is time for "those people" (the children) to put on aprons. A few months ago, I gave each of "them" a chore list and left the completion schedule up to them. From what they tell me, they are not able to fit chores in with playing, television and harassing each other. But I may have found their kryptonite. The website Chorebusters.net will automatically generate a "fair" chore schedule that lists names, chores by level of difficulty, desirability and completion frequency, then will email the schedule to me daily or weekly. Fair and efficient.
After the kids have it together, the dogs are next. I wonder if I can train them to do their "business" directly into the Doggie Dooley or at least near it. The Doggie Dooley is a septic contraption that the dogs "business" is put in, eliminating bags of "business" and stinky trash cans. The possibilities are endless.
After staying at home with my children for 7+ years and doing all the "magic elf" work. The "magic elves" I speak of, are from Grimm's Fairy Tales, "The Elves and the Shoemaker" about a cobbler who would wake up every morning to wonderful, perfect shoes would have been made. By who? The magic elves. When I was a full time homemaker I felt like an elf (except I didn't work in the nude, unlike the elves in the tale). I was doing all this "stuff" that nobody really registered I was doing; there was food available, toilet paper stockpiled, requests filled, needs anticipated but it all just magically happened somehow. Everyone was happy, then oh no, I went back to work. The standard of living that my family was used to has come to a halt. I just don't have the time to do everything I used to do. My husband is doing some of the basics but it is time for "those people" (the children) to put on aprons. A few months ago, I gave each of "them" a chore list and left the completion schedule up to them. From what they tell me, they are not able to fit chores in with playing, television and harassing each other. But I may have found their kryptonite. The website Chorebusters.net will automatically generate a "fair" chore schedule that lists names, chores by level of difficulty, desirability and completion frequency, then will email the schedule to me daily or weekly. Fair and efficient.
After the kids have it together, the dogs are next. I wonder if I can train them to do their "business" directly into the Doggie Dooley or at least near it. The Doggie Dooley is a septic contraption that the dogs "business" is put in, eliminating bags of "business" and stinky trash cans. The possibilities are endless.
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