Introduction:
I absolutely love brainstorming with my best friend Kim.  I’d insert a picture but the uploader is being obnoxious.  Sorry.  Sometimes the random things we come up with are so brilliant I hardly know what to do with us.  Really.  Like our “The Princess and the Pirate” story/poem.  (Granted, that was mostly her… Anyway, moving on…)

As previously vented, housework is not my forte.    A few years ago in Washington (state) I managed to get into a pretty good routine of de-junking and keeping up with the day-to-day — it made a big difference.

But that’s a long boring story and this is meant to be a short, peppy post.  Like my new hair.  Which I still love, by the way.  WOW, do I love it.  Trisha, I shall be praising your great taste and hair-skills for a long, long time.  Boy am I in a rambling mood again.  I’ll have to go back and italicize everything that I prob’ly really shouldn’t be taking the time to write, given this late hour. 

The problem:
I need some visual checklist, some reward system to help me both remember and be motivated to do the monotous life-blood work of being a home maker.  Sticker charts are great for me.  Isn’t it silly that a grown woman gets excited about seeing a nice neat row of “I did it!” visual confirmation about housework?  Well, I do.  I’ll stay up and give that last little bit of myself just to earn that shiny sticker.

So I get a sticker on my calendar on the days I do all my stuff.  Easy enough.  But how to keep track of all that stuff?  I wanted something more fun than a simple checklist.  Besides, that involves keeping track of a writing utensil.

My new and wonderful "chore chart." Yes, I need one for me.

The answer:
Masking tape on our miniblinds.  LOVE IT!  When I do the chore, I flip it over.  So clever, so sneaky, so fun.  What do you bet my kids are going to be green with envy?  I’ll be it works great for them, too.  Huzzah!