ChoreSwap

I had a brilliant idea this morning. As I was picking up around the house and thinking about the long home to-do list running through my brain, I had a thought. I need to organize all of our closets. We moved in, threw stuff in them, closed the doors and haven't looked inside since. I need to take an afternoon and just ORGANIZE, make storage bins, etc. That sounds dreadful.

Then I remembered the time my mom came to visit and we did that in the condo. She spent all afternoon with me and it made it more fun, gave me more perspective ("Name 2 times you might ever use that. Seriously - throw it out.")and gave me an extra set of hands.

My mom is always willing to come help, but it's hard to get our schedules straight, and there aren't too many ways I can help her back (since her house is seriously immaculate. All the time.).

Here's the brilliant idea. My friend Ashley and her husband are also new homeowners. What if we each made a list of chores/tasks/whatever we wanted to accomplish, and helped each other do one task in each house each month?

Let me say that I love doing home projects with Zac (for the most part), but there are just some things that would not be fun together. Like organizing closets. And spring/fall cleaning. And making pillows. Things that would be fun with Ashley!

I won't feel bad asking her to spend her entire day helping me do something because I'll do the same for her. And - my mom likes her, so we can sucker her into helping too! :-)

Our first task is to each make a list of 12 tasks we want to tackle.  Here's what I've got so far:

1. Organize all the upstairs closets
2. Spring cleaning (in the spring)
3. Fall cleaning (in the fall)
4. Make this planter (for both of us, of course!)
5. Make pillows for the bay window bench in the living room
6. Go through my entire wardrobe and purge, organize, and re-style

What other things would be fun to do together?? And of course, we'll blog the process!