After much prayer, Bible study and reading, the Lord has finally brought me to this point in my life where I have a chores system that works (when I work it lol!). I wasn’t taught homemaking. The emphasis in my home was education. I was the first one to go to college, “even” an Ivy League school. Then I went to law school. However, I didn’t know how to make bread, clean house, or cook for a family.

It took about a year and half to develop this system by the grace of God (that is no cliche, trust me) and so I hope that by sharing it, I can save you lots of time and frustration. Be in prayer about what system the Lord would have you use. Feel free to copy/use this in the meantime. Remember, God has commanded you to be a keeper of the house, and therefore, He will faithfully supply your needs (including knowledge of how to be homemaker).

I received color coded rolodex cards from someone on freecycle.org (for free), and separated the chores into three colors:

Declutter Chores: Green

Weekly Chores: Orange

Daily Chores: Clear

Each chore is written on a separate card along with the estimated time for each. I use a timer when doing my chores and require my daughter to do the same. By the way, she has her own color coded cards and I will dedicate a separate post to her chores. If something isn’t addressed in my chores, they’re apart of her chores system.

You’ll notice that my husband doesn’t have any chore cards. His role is not to keep house. It’s mine. I have heard some Christian women in the past brag about having their husbands doing the shopping, cooking and/or cleaning in the house. That doesn’t please God. How do I know:

“teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.“ (Titus 2:4-5)

Here is the list:

Declutter Chores (done everyday, here and there while my children work independently on homeschool):

Put away brother’s toys, books, and declutter playpen. (10 min)

Declutter bedroom side table. (10 min)

Declutter storage room. (10 min)

Declutter and tidy bathroom closet. (10 min)

Declutter laundry area. (10 min)

Declutter bathroom cupboard, medicine cabinet and tub organizer. (10 min)

Declutter and wipe bookshelf. (10 min)

Declutter counter tops. (10 min)

Daily Chores (at the top of each card, I have initials for the room where the chores will be done. I do all of this together while my daughter also does her chores between 1PM and 3PM) -

Room:

Make up bed and crib (10 min.)

Hang/fold/out away all clean clothes and put dirty clothes in the hamper. (25 min)

Vacuum bedroom. (5 min)

My Desk (used only to store teacher’s editions for homeschool, my tickler files, household finances, and a few files for this ministry)

File and tickle papers. (10 min)

Put away books and misc. items. (5 min)

Wipe desk and clean computer screen and keyboard (if dirty). (5 min)

Bathroom

Scrub bathtub. (10 min)

Wipe bathroom and hallway mirror. (5 min)

Kitchen

Clean fridge and freezer. (15 min)

Organize/arrange food pantry and fridge . (20 min)

Clean stove, microwave and dishwasher. (15min)

Wash pots and pans. Clean grills and gridle. (15min)

Car

Clean car. (10 min)

Weekly Chores:

Declutter fridge and freezer. (10 min)

Wash and disinfect trash cans. Replace liner. (10 min)

All Laundry. (1 hour)

Iron Bob’s work clothes and all church clothes. (30 min)

Mop Floors. (20 min)

Check and clean liter box. (15 min)

Declutter top of fridge and sponge the front. (10 min)

Clean door knobs. (10 min)

I hope this helps.  I’ll post on other chore systems in the future.