| Tip #1 - Don't turn your computer on until you have | | | | have even finished brushing. |
| done your chores for the day. How many times have | | | | Tip #10 - Write all important dates on the calender. |
| you gotten online quickly to check your email only to | | | | Write everything from birthdays to kids library days. |
| find yourself still sitting at the computer 2 hours | | | | Don't forget to check your calender each night so |
| later? | | | | you know what is happening tomorrow. |
| Tip #2 - Cook two meals at a time, eat one and | | | | Tip #11 - Clean the main living areas first. Your |
| freeze the other. It's no harder to cook a double | | | | kitchen, lounge, dining room, bathroom and toilet |
| batch than a single batch and you will feel so good | | | | should be the first rooms you clean, you can always |
| knowing there is always something in the freezer for | | | | shut the bedroom doors and clean them later. |
| the days that just don't go to plan. | | | | Tip #12 - Teach your children to put things away |
| Tip #3 - Do a load of washing in the evening so it | | | | when they have finished with them. |
| can be hung out early in the morning. This is especially | | | | Tip #13 - Learn to say NO. Don't over commit |
| good in winter when the sunlight hours are shorter | | | | yourself. |
| and you need to take advantage of as much sunlight | | | | Tip #14 - Get the children to help you fold and put |
| as possible. | | | | away the washing. |
| Tip #4 - Get the children involved in chores by | | | | Tip #15 - Clean the shower while you are having a |
| making it into a game. Have a race to see who can | | | | shower. |
| pick up the most toys in 1 minute. | | | | Tip #16 - Make the children responsible for their own |
| Tip #5 - Keep a shopping list on the fridge and try to | | | | bedrooms. |
| only go to the store once a week. | | | | Tip #17 - Limit your childrens clothes. They don't |
| Tip #6 - Don't be too fussy. Your home doesn't need | | | | need 20 outfits and you certainly don't need to be |
| to look like a magazine picture for your family to be | | | | washing those 20 outfits. |
| happy. | | | | Tip #18 - Make school lunches while you are in the |
| Tip #7 - Play your favourite music or listen to a | | | | kitchen preparing dinner. |
| podcast while you are doing your housework. | | | | Tip #19 - Teach your children to use the vacuum |
| Tip #8 - Write a to-do list. Add to it when you think | | | | cleaner. What kid doesn't like to play with the |
| of something that needs doing and check it off once | | | | vacuum??? |
| you have completed a task. | | | | Tip #20 - Ask for help when you need it, don't try |
| Tip #9 - Clean your bathroom sink while you are | | | | to be a super mum because you will end up being a |
| cleaning your teeth. Grab a face washer and wipe | | | | stressed and frazzled mum. |
| down the bench and bath, you'll be done before you | | | | |