Moving

Moving is such a joy I get to say bye to my home town, bye to my family and friends, bye life I know. Why are we moving? My husband is about to get out of the military and we are in military housing so we are going to need a place to stay till he finds a job and a place of our own, so moving in with my mother in-law. my husband says how he misses his home town and his family that he really has not seen much the whole six years he has been in the navy. So we have to move just over 400 miles away to a place i have only been to about 3 time and a week at a time. Joy right? The thing I know I'm going to miss the most is my oldest daughter, who long story short lives with my aunt here. I still have to tell her we are moving. I just don't know how to tell an 8 year old that mommy, daddy (he is her step-dad), sister and brother are moving so far away from her that she will not beable to see us for months at a time if not longer. What joy moving is right?

A homemaker's resume

Accountant

• Budgeting (planning how money should be spent on food and other family needs)
  

Small diner manager, chief, and waitstaff

• Planning meals
• Buying food
• Preparing and cooking food
• Serving food
• Washing-up after meals
• Preparing lunches
• Feeding babies
  

Housekeeper

• Cleaning the house
• Doing seasonal cleaning like washing all the curtains
• Washing clothes
• Ironing clothes
  

Inter decorator

• Decorating (arranging the furniture and ornaments, and choosing the colours of things)

Seamstress

• Mending clothes (and sometimes making them)
  

Personal assistant

• Shopping for new clothes and other family needs
• Getting children and partners ready for school and work
• Bathing and dressing children
• Wiping noses and bottoms
• Remembering every body's birthday.
• Driving the kids to school, sport etc.
• Finding lost things
• Playing with children
• Comforting babies, children and partners
• Remembering everything that everyone else has forgotten
• Putting people to bed
  

Nurse/vet

• Doing first aid
• Caring for sick people
• Caring for pets
  

Entertainer

• Entertaining guests
• Playing with children
  

Teacher

• Helping with homework
• Supervising music practice
• Reading storybooks

Mediator

• Stopping fights
• Listening to people's stories of their day
• Giving good advice
• Comforting babies, children and partners

Handyman/woman

• Fixing everything that goes wrong
  

Volunteer

• Volunteering for school canteen and other jobs
  

Most important job we have is mom or dad, wife or husband

Zone cleaning to prepare to move

I have 5 weeks till I move and my husband is deployed, so I'm having to do all the move out cleaning my self. What joy? Well 5 weeks 5 zones, so here is the game plan. First I am altering Fly lady's zones to help me out. My zones are....
Zone 1- kitchen
Zone 2- living room
Zone 3- Kids' bedrooms and their bathroom
Zone 4- My room, bath room, and ½ bath
Zone 5- Laundry room, back yard and storage area
My cleaning list for these zones are/with deadlines ....
Zone 1

Kitchen
EMPTY REFG/CLEAN THOROUGHLY
CLEAN MICROWAVE INSIDE AND OUT
CLEAN STOVE/OVEN
STRAIGHTEN DRAWERS/CUPBOARDS
WIPE FINGERPRINTS OFF WALLS
WASH INSIDE WINDOWS
CLEAN FAN/VENT-A-HOOD FILTERS AND HOOD
SCRUB DOWN CABINET FRONTS
CLEAN LIGHT DEFUSING BOWL/ CEILING FAN
CLEAN UNDER SINK/THROW AWAY OLD RAGS

Zone 2

Living room
CLEAN COBWEBS
CLEAN WINDOWS
STRAIGHTEN DESK
CLEAN OUT END TABLE
STRAIGHTEN CLOSETS
WIPE FINGERPRINTS FROM WALLS
DUST FURNITURE
CLEAN PHONE
CLEAN UNDER CUSHIONS
MOVE FURNITURE AND VACUUM
SHAMPOO CARPET

Zone 3
Kids' rooms
DUST FURNITURE
CLEAN COBWEBS
CLEAN WINDOW
STRAIGHTEN TOY
CLEAN UNDER THE BED
CLEAN OUT THE CLOSET
PUT AWAY STRAY ITEMS
SORT OUT-GROWN CLOTHES
VACUUM UNDER BED/ CLOSETS
DUST BASEBOARDS
CLEAN FINGERPRINTS OFF DOOR/ WALLS
Kids' bathroom
STRAIGHTEN CABINETS
CLEAN TUB STALL
SCRUB BATH TOYS
WASH DOWN OUTSIDE OF TOILET
THROW AWAY EMPTY BOTTLES

Zone 4
My bedroom
POLISH FURNITURE
CLEAN OFF THE DESKS
CLEAN COBWEBS
EMPTY TRASH
WASH WINDOWS
CLEAN OUT CLOSET
My bathroom
STRAIGHTEN UP MAKEUP
WASH DOWN OUTSIDE OF TOILET
STRAIGHTEN CABINETS
CLEAN SHOWER STALL
½ bath
WASH DOWN OUTSIDE OF TOILET
CLEAN MIRROR

Zone 5
Laundry room
WIPE DOWN THE TOP OF THE WASHER AND DRYER
CLEAN THE GUNK FROM UNDER THE WASHER LID
THROW OUT EMPTY BOTTLES AND BOXES
EMPTY THE GARBAGE CAN
SWEEP AND MOP THE FLOOR
REMOVE THE COBWEBS
LOOK BEHIND APPLIANCES FOR ODD SOCKS
Back yard
PICK UP TRASH
DEFLATE KIDS POOL
PICK UP TOYS
MAKE SURE GRASS IS CUT
Storage area
MAKE SURE NOTHING IS ON FLOOR
MAKE SURE NOTHING IS LEFT ON SHELFS