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May 4

Good Nutrition

Guiding at least some people in food preparation is the Food Pyramid, that colorful triangle designed as an amount guide (the pyramid’s peak represents what we need very little of each day, rather than what is most important).

The pyramid is filled with blocks explaining how many servings of each food group are recommended by food scientists to provide good nutrition for a healthy body. Of course, what our bodies need are things called protein, vitamins, minerals, and carbohydrates, but we don’t open packages from the grocery labeled “2 lbs. (32 oz.) protein.” No, we buy some fruit, salad items, a bag of rice, a package of chicken, and a carton of milk.

If you know the food pyramid, you know those purchases are “good” choices, covering needed vitamins and minerals, carbohydrates, and protein, as well as the milk lobby! Read more

Apr 21

See the Servings 2

What scoop to use for adult servings, you wonder? How about a scoop for your eight-year-old? Here is another area for research and experimentation in the home sphere, another topic for Executive Oversight time study, another life responsibility requiring attention and training from this generation for the next generation. Food in the home is a big deal. But it needs to be a big deal away from the dinner table, so every table time is full of conversation. Read more

Mar 2

Week Seven and Eight: Ingraining New Habits

If you are living alone, or have no help from others in the household, only you can keep up routine cleaning and attend to the deep cleaning tasks. Stay professional by doing tasks with an analytical spirit. Look for ways to streamline. Experiment with a different way of doing the jobs. Pinpoint the interruptions or events that  delay or set you off track.

If you still have organizational problems in certain rooms, now is the time to make them disappear and go away for good. If you conquered them earlier, fine, but if not, make an appointment with yourself to handle them. Get the storage equipment, bags, or shelving needed to corral (if not eliminate) the problem.

I have one question: What is harder than doing all this work yourself–even after designing such great routines?

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Feb 28

Week Six: Riding into the Future

The drill is ROUTINE by now: maintain your routine weekly schedule, doing deep cleaning tasks from the perpetual calendar.

If you have also be doing 1) reading about how to clean and 2) weekly evaluations of how things are going in your real world, you’ve probably done a lot of tweaking to your routine plan and how you work that plan.

If you are looking forward to apprentices shouldering responsibility, then it’s  time to think about when and how you will work yourself out of a cleaning job. Read more

Feb 26

Week Five: Testing the Deep Cleaning Chart

After all the long, arduous instructions to build the calendar, this week is a breeze: just begin doing what is on the deep cleaning chart by your preferred method.

Of course, you need to decide on a plan to do the deep cleaning tasks as well as the routine cleaning.

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