Passionate Homemaking

Fol­low­ing Crystal’s Day 1 of the Making our Homes a Haven chal­lenge to make our homes a bless­ing to our fam­i­lies and guests, these are my steps to improve my home for day 1. The first step is to take time to spend with the Lord each day fol­lowed by making a pur­pose­ful plan for this. This def­i­nitely falls in line with the start­ing place of Shop­ping for Time by Car­olyn Mahaney as I learned from previously.

First 5 steps for each day

This is a rou­tine I wrote on my frig awhile back, and it has been so help­ful in get­ting me off on the right foot each day. This chal­lenge has renewed me afresh in walk­ing it out each morn­ing before start­ing my day.

1. Morn­ing devo­tions
2. Make myself look pre­sentable for the day (to please and bless my hubby! Gives me a little boost too for the day)
3. Pre­pare break­fast
4. Quick house pick up (this is def­i­nitely not in-​depth clean­ing, just pick­ing up from the day before to start afresh! Pick up the entry, clean up any dishes left­over, etc.)
5. Make dinner prepa­ra­tions (This means I just pull out of the freezer any ingre­di­ents I need for the meal, or soak some ingre­di­ents, etc. This helps keep me on track, so I am not stress­ing at the end of the day, when I am tired no less, and need to make dinner. I thought ahead to save me the stress!)

Sec­ondly, she encour­ages every­one to start with orga­niz­ing one thing a day. Today it is the entry­way, the first place our guests enter in and see. With this in mind, I have real­ized the impor­tance of keep­ing my stair­way cleared of clut­ter, being that that is a focal point in my entry­way. The bottom of the stairs always seems to accu­mu­late clut­ter, such as mail, things hailed in from the car, jack­ets, shoes, etc. If I can be pur­pose­ful in just keep­ing this cleaned and orga­nized my entry way looks 100% improved. That is my first goal for making my home a haven!