Friend Makin Monday: 20 Questions

This week, Friend Makin Monday is being hosted by {ae filkins} and there is a list of 20 questions to answer. Here goes!!!

1. Do you cook every night? I try to, though some nights it ends up being chicken dinosaurs and veggies. I am hard at work on attempting to do monthly meal plans.

2. What kind of laundry detergent do you use & why? I use ECOS, the big jug from Costco. I am trying to make "greener" choices.

3. Do you do laundry every day or loads at a time? If I want to stay on top of the laundry, I must do one load a day (except Sundays.) Right now, I am a few days behind...and the pile of clothes waiting to be folded is getting pretty high!!!

4. How often do you eat out per week? Not too much. We probably eat out at a restaurant maybe twice a month. Eating out with seven people is not cheap!!!!

5. Where do you usually eat out? Wherever I have a coupon to. Yes, I am cheap like that! {smile}

6. What is your favorite retail store? the Goodwill . I hate to admit it, but I LOVE shopping at second hand and thrift stores. I don't really have the patience to look for clothes at the Goodwill, but I am a sucker for finding something and repurposing it!!!

7. What's your favorite thing to drink? Hmmm, high C orange from McDonalds or a white hot chocolate from Starbucks...I don't get either of them very often! {smile}

8. Do you take vitamins? What kind? Yes, I take a multi-vitamin, vitamin C & calcium. Don't know the brands off the top of my head.

9. What percentage of the household chores to you do? Hmmmm, tough question. I do most of the stuff inside the house, unless I get in one of my funks and my husband takes over for awhile to help lighten the load. He is VERY helpful whenever I need him to be. He does, however, handle all of the outside stuff and the trash.

10. Do your children do chores? {Or will they, did they, etc} Yes, they have chore charts that they complete each morning and night. I also have a helper of the day to help with anything else that needs to be done. I plan to post about all of this sometime in the future.

11. Do you go to church? Yes.

12. Do you have a housework schedule? Yes, I use the SHE method and I hope to post about it in the future.

13. Do you keep a working budget? Yes! We don't always stick to it perfectly. Sometimes I do a bit of finagling, but because of our budget, we have eliminated all of our credit card debt as well as some other loans!

14. What do you do at night as a family? When we are all here, we eat dinner together, bathe the kids (not every night though), play with each other, and have family prayer time.

15. How do you prepare yourself for a new week? I try to do most of my planning for the upcoming week on Saturday or Sunday. This mostly involves lesson planning and making sure that I have everything that we need for school for the week.

16. What do your mornings look like? Well, you can read about our schedule here.

17. What time do you get up in the mornings? Realistically, I get up around 7. I wish I got up earlier though. I have my quiet time (Bible reading and prayer)...which sometimes isn't so quiet with the kids anxiously waiting for me.

18. What time do you go to bed at night? I try to get in bed around 10, but it always seems like it is closer to 11.

19. How do you manage all of the paperwork that floods into your household? {bills, school work, magazines, ads, etc} Well, I have a file cabinet with everything anally labeled and filed. Yes, it is all my fault! I am an organizer. I also have a hanging folder type thing just above my desk that houses bills. There is also a standing folder on my desk that is my "needs to be taken care of" area. Anything that still needs attention to goes there. I also purpose to only check the mail when I am free to go through it...that way it doesn't end up lying around somewhere. We also shred and recycle stuff.

20. How do you keep your household organized? {calendars, charts, etc} I keep a calendar by my desk and I keep a small one in my purse. I use the SHE method which is an organization method with index cards. I have chore charts for the kids. I keep a grocery chart that I use to mark items that I need as we run out of them. That way I don't have a whole lot to do to get ready for my monthly Costco trip!

Well, there you you, my 20 answers! Be sure to stop by {ae filkins} for more answers to these 20 questions!

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