HHBC Week 4!

[Annainprogress]

Here is this week's HBC! Points should be posted in a new post in this thread by Monday, December 3rd by 12N PST.

The winners of this week's challenge will each get a small prize from me. The two categories are: small family (either family of 3, or family of 4 if all children are under 5, or single/couple) and "the rest" ;). Unless your signature tells me you're in a small family, I'll assume you're not unless you tell me otherwise!

Daily Chores:
Spiritual/Emotional
10 Minutes of Quiet Time (Devotional, Read, Tea, Pray) 100pts
10 Minutes of Mama Time (Pamper yourself!) 100pts
Dishes
Any dishes done 20pts
Empty sink when you go “off duty” 40pts
Each load done by hand 20pts
Laundry
Each Step (Wash, Dry, Fold, Away) 5pts
Bonus for each completed load 5pts
Each load dried without a dryer 5pts
Ironing (per minute spent) 5pts
Beds
Each bed made (or helped to make) 20pts
Misc
Hot Spots (choose 3) (max of 45pts per day) (each 5 min) 15pts
5 Minute Challenge or Daily To Do List Thread Participation 50pts
Declutter (90pt limit per day) (each 5 min) 15pts
Create a New Habit #1 (Keep the same habits for the 12 weeks) 20pts
Create a New Habit #2 20pts
Table and Counters wiped before you “clock out” 25pts
Animal Care (per type of pet) 25pts
Rubbish/Recycling (per bag) 25pts
Tidy Time (per 5 minutes) 20pts
Meal Prep
Time spent in meal preparation (per 5 min) 20pts

Weekly Chores:
Plan Your Week
Calendar Review: Coordinate your Commitments 25pts
Assign AHB Chores & Challenges to Specific Days 25pts
Plan Your Menus for the Week (each meal & snack) 5pts
Start your grocery and/or Household List 25pts
Make a To-Do List and check it often 25pts
Desk Time (Bills, Budget, Appointments, Phone Calls, etc) 50pts
Kitchen:
Away with Non-Kitchen Clutter! 25pts
Wipe Down Appliance Exteriors 25pts
Wipe Down Cabinet Doors & Drawers and Handles 100pts
Clean out the Fridge and wipe down the interior 100pts
Microwave interior cleaned 25pts
Sweep the floor (can claim pts each day!!) 50pts
Mop the floor (double points if scrubbed by hand) 75pts
Bathroom: (You can claim your bathroom as many times as you clean it per week)
Clean Mirror(s), (each) 5pts
Wipe down the sink and surround (can claim pts daily) 20pts
Toilet (can claim as often as you clean it) 50pts
Bathtub/Shower walls wiped down, hardware shined, etc 50pts
Each switchplate, doorknob, cabinet handle, drawer pull wiped 5pts
Sweep the floor (can claim 1x per day) 25pts
Mop the floor (claim double pts if scrubbed by hand) 50pts
Finished all bathrooms in the house 100pts
Bedding
Sheets changed (per bed) 25pts
Wash comforters/duvets/quilts (per bed) 30pts
Dusting/Floor Care
Clean Windows (each window) 20pts
Dusting (per 5 min) 15pts
Each room vacuumed or swept or washed (excl. kitchen and bathroom) 50pts
Your Room on Wheels
Empty the trash 15 pts
Wipe out the cup holders 15 pts
Vacuum the carpet/upholstery 50 pts
Dust the dashboards 15 pts
Clean the interior windows 30 pts
Whole Home Blessing
Best done on a Friday
Spend no more than 15 minutes in each room doing a general tidy up. Run the vacuum through the middle of each room, straighten things up, etc., per room 50 pts

Challenge 1 - Kitchen Scrubbed within an inch of it's life! this week, take double points for all kitchen chores, also no "declutter" time limit a day on kitchen decluttering only. If you complete all kitchen chores and your counters, table and floor are fully decluttered take a bonus 100 points

Challenge 2 - Laundry Mountain I've reduced mine in the past couple of weeks but it's still there..... take double points for laundry this week and try to get to where you don't have a full load to run! (if you only wash duvets etc periodically this could be a good week to wash them!)

Challenge 3 - Seasonal Fun! spend some time this week doing something seasonal with your children/family. Suggestions include: taking a wintry walk (if you have wintry weather); put up some bird feeders; make and put up some seasonal decorations - e.g. for Christmas or Hannukah, or just general "winter" decorations, but you can come up with your own! 300 points

[Daria_Aleksandrovna]

:cup

like the challenges))


Here is this week's HBC! Points should be posted in a new post in this thread by Monday, December 3rd by 12N PST.

Daily Chores:
Spiritual/Emotional
10 Minutes of Quiet Time (Devotional, Read, Tea, Pray) 100pts 100 100 +5*100=700
10 Minutes of Mama Time (Pamper yourself!) 100pts 100 100 =700
Dishes
Any dishes done 20pts 20 20200=240
Empty sink when you go “off duty” 40pts 40 40=120
Each load done by hand 20pts 20 20 = 240

Laundry
Each Step (Wash, Dry, Fold, Away) 5pts 40 20=140
Bonus for each completed load 5pts 10 5 = 30
Each load dried without a dryer 5pts 10 5 = 35
Ironing (per minute spent) 5pts

Beds
Each bed made (or helped to make) 20pts

Misc
Hot Spots (choose 3) (max of 45pts per day) (each 5 min) 15pts 15 15 90
5 Minute Challenge or Daily To Do List Thread Participation 50pts 50 150
Declutter (90pt limit per day) (each 5 min) 15pts 30 180
Create a New Habit #1 (Keep the same habits for the 12 weeks) 20pts
Create a New Habit #2 20pts
Table and Counters wiped before you “clock out” 25pts 50
Animal Care (per type of pet) 25pts
Rubbish/Recycling (per bag) 25pts 250
Tidy Time (per 5 minutes) 20pts 40 80 240
Meal Prep
Time spent in meal preparation (per 5 min) 20pts 120 5 180*5=900 (done big massive party)

Weekly Chores:
Plan Your Week
Calendar Review: Coordinate your Commitments 25pts - 25
Assign AHB Chores & Challenges to Specific Days 25pts
Plan Your Menus for the Week (each meal & snack) 5pts - 45
Start your grocery and/or Household List 25pts 25
Make a To-Do List and check it often 25pts 25
Desk Time (Bills, Budget, Appointments, Phone Calls, etc) 50pts
Kitchen:
Away with Non-Kitchen Clutter! 25pts 50
Wipe Down Appliance Exteriors 25pts 100
Wipe Down Cabinet Doors & Drawers and Handles 100pts
Clean out the Fridge and wipe down the interior 100pts 200
Microwave interior cleaned 25pts
Sweep the floor (can claim pts each day!!) 50pts 100 ===300
Mop the floor (double points if scrubbed by hand) 75pts 300 ==300

Bathroom: (You can claim your bathroom as many times as you clean it per week)
Clean Mirror(s), (each) 5pts 5
Wipe down the sink and surround (can claim pts daily) 20pts 20
Toilet (can claim as often as you clean it) 50pts 50
Bathtub/Shower walls wiped down, hardware shined, etc 50pts
Each switchplate, doorknob, cabinet handle, drawer pull wiped 5pts
Sweep the floor (can claim 1x per day) 25pts ====25
Mop the floor (claim double pts if scrubbed by hand) 50pts ===50
Finished all bathrooms in the house 100pts
Bedding
Sheets changed (per bed) 25pts ======25
Wash comforters/duvets/quilts (per bed) 30pts
Dusting/Floor Care
Clean Windows (each window) 20pts
Dusting (per 5 min) 15pts
Each room vacuumed or swept or washed (excl. kitchen and bathroom) 50pts ==100
Your Room on Wheels
Empty the trash 15 pts
Wipe out the cup holders 15 pts
Vacuum the carpet/upholstery 50 pts
Dust the dashboards 15 pts
Clean the interior windows 30 pts
Whole Home Blessing
Best done on a Friday
Spend no more than 15 minutes in each room doing a general tidy up. Run the vacuum through the middle of each room, straighten things up, etc., per room 50 pts

Challenge 1 - Kitchen Scrubbed within an inch of it's life! this week, take double points for all kitchen chores, also no "declutter" time limit a day on kitchen decluttering only. If you complete all kitchen chores and your counters, table and floor are fully decluttered take a bonus 100 points 100

Challenge 2 - Laundry Mountain I've reduced mine in the past couple of weeks but it's still there..... take double points for laundry this week and try to get to where you don't have a full load to run! (if you only wash duvets etc periodically this could be a good week to wash them!)

Challenge 3 - Seasonal Fun! spend some time this week doing something seasonal with your children/family. Suggestions include: taking a wintry walk (if you have wintry weather); put up some bird feeders; make and put up some seasonal decorations - e.g. for Christmas or Hannukah, or just general "winter" decorations, but you can come up with your own! 300 points 300

[easygoinmomma]

:cup By small family do you mean only 3 people in the family or 3 kids?

[Annainprogress]

3 people. I've noticed a big divide between the highest points totals of those with bigger families, and those with just one or two kids. My guess is it probably relates to stuff like size of house, amount of washing needing doing etc.

[Kiara.I]

Okay, I *have to* participate this week. Have to. Generally over the past three weeks either Monday or Tuesday has been good, and the rest's been a write-off. Must do this week. Preferably at least *most* of the week.

Question about laundry points in general--for "load completed", if I've had a pile of clean laundry sitting on the hall floor for days and I fold it and put it away, is that a load completed? Or is load completed only for a load you do all in one day, washed to put away?

[arelyn]

I love cleaning challenges!! And since DS1 is 5 I guess we're with "the rest."

Daily Chores:
Spiritual/Emotional
10 Minutes of Quiet Time (Devotional, Read, Tea, Pray) 100pts 100
10 Minutes of Mama Time (Pamper yourself!) 100pts

Dishes 80 40
Any dishes done 20pts
Empty sink when you go “off duty” 40pts
Each load done by hand 20pts

Laundry 25 15
Each Step (Wash, Dry, Fold, Away) 5pts
Bonus for each completed load 5pts
Each load dried without a dryer 5pts
Ironing (per minute spent) 5pts
Beds
Each bed made (or helped to make) 20pts

Hot Spots (choose 3) (max of 45pts per day) (each 5 min) 15pts 15
5 Minute Challenge or Daily To Do List Thread Participation 50pts
Declutter (90pt limit per day) (each 5 min) 15pts
Write in Journal 20pts
Nail Care 20pts 20
Table and Counters wiped before you “clock out” 25pts
Rubbish/Recycling (per bag) 25
Tidy Time (per 5 minutes) 20pts

Meal Prep
Time spent in meal preparation (per 5 min) 20pts

Weekly Chores:
Plan Your Week
Calendar Review: Coordinate your Commitments 25pts
Assign AHB Chores & Challenges to Specific Days 25pts
Plan Your Menus for the Week (each meal & snack) 5pts
Start your grocery and/or Household List 25pts
Make a To-Do List and check it often 25pts
Desk Time (Bills, Budget, Appointments, Phone Calls, etc) 50pts

Kitchen:
Away with Non-Kitchen Clutter! 25pts
Wipe Down Appliance Exteriors 25pts
Clean out the Fridge and wipe down the interior 100pts
Sweep the floor (can claim pts each day!!) 50pts
Mop the floor (double points if scrubbed by hand) 75pts

Bathroom: (You can claim your bathroom as many times as you clean it per week)
Clean Mirror(s), (each) 5pts
Wipe down the sink and surround (can claim pts daily) 20pts
Toilet (can claim as often as you clean it) 50pts
Bathtub/Shower walls wiped down, hardware shined, etc 50pts
Each switchplate, doorknob, cabinet handle, drawer pull wiped 5pts
Sweep the floor (can claim 1x per day) 25pts
Mop the floor (claim double pts if scrubbed by hand) 50pts
Finished all bathrooms in the house 100pts

Bedding
Sheets changed (per bed) 25pts
Wash comforters/duvets/quilts (per bed) 30pts
Dusting/Floor Care
Clean Windows (each window) 20pts
Dusting (per 5 min) 15pts
Each room vacuumed or swept or washed (excl. kitchen and bathroom) 50pts

Whole Home Blessing
Best done on a Friday
Spend no more than 15 minutes in each room doing a general tidy up. Run the vacuum through the middle of each room, straighten things up, etc., per room 50 pts.

Challenge 1 - Kitchen Scrubbed within an inch of it's life! this week, take double points for all kitchen chores, also no "declutter" time limit a day on kitchen decluttering only. If you complete all kitchen chores and your counters, table and floor are fully decluttered take a bonus 100 points

Challenge 2 - Laundry Mountain I've reduced mine in the past couple of weeks but it's still there..... take double points for laundry this week and try to get to where you don't have a full load to run! (if you only wash duvets etc periodically this could be a good week to wash them!)

Challenge 3 - Seasonal Fun! spend some time this week doing something seasonal with your children/family. Suggestions include: taking a wintry walk (if you have wintry weather); put up some bird feeders; make and put up some seasonal decorations - e.g. for Christmas or Hannukah, or just general "winter" decorations, but you can come up with your own! 300 points

[Cat]

:cup

[Annainprogress]

If that's ok Arelyn :hug. I was kinda basing it on "age at which they can help a little more", though I know it's individual how much children can/will do.

Kiara - I do "completed loads" by completed in the same day, so don't often get much for that because usually I start loads in the evening, so either they're still hanging drying until next evening, or even if dried in dryer and folded, kids clothes don't get put away because I don't want to wake them. We could always have a discussion about whether people would like it to mean "completed that day" or "completed that week"?

[Daria_Aleksandrovna]

I use 'complete' if all done within 24 hrs :)
I, too, start loads in evenings and hang laundry during the night or following morning.(not using dryer). They get dry fast, so they tend to be folded away into wardrobe by evening to free up drying rack for next washing load.

[Niphredil]

Ok, last week was crazy pants, but I'm back now. :)

[easygoinmomma]

Daily Chores:
Spiritual/Emotional
10 Minutes of Quiet Time (Devotional, Read, Tea, Pray) 100+100+100+100+100
10 Minutes of Mama Time (Pamper yourself!) 100+100
Dishes
Any dishes done 20+20+20+20+20
Empty sink when you go “off duty” 40+40+40
Each load done by hand 20+20,+20+20
Laundry
Each Step
Wash 10+10+10+10+10+10+10+10
Dry 10+10+10+10+10+10
Fold 10,+10+10+10+10+10+10
Away 10+10+10+10+10+10
Bonus for each completed load 10+10+10+10
Ironing (per minute spent) 10+10
Beds
Each bed made (or helped to make) 20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20
Misc
Hot Spots (choose 3) (max of 45pts per day) (each 5 min) 15pts
5 Minute Challenge or Daily To Do List Thread Participation 50+50+50+50+50
Declutter (90pt limit per day) (each 5 min) 15+15+15+15+15+15+15+15+15+15
Create a New Habit #1 20+20+20+20+20
Create a New Habit #2 20+20+20
Table and Counters wiped before you “clock out” 25+25+25
Animal Care (per type of pet) 25+25+25+25+25
Rubbish/Recycling (per bag) 25,+25,+25+25
Tidy Time (per 5 minutes) 20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20
Meal Prep
Time spent in meal preparation (per 5 min) 20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20 +20
+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20+20

Weekly Chores:
Plan Your Week
Calendar Review: Coordinate your Commitments 25pts
Assign AHB Chores & Challenges to Specific Days 25pts
Plan Your Menus for the Week (each meal & snack) 5pts 75
Start your grocery and/or Household List 25pts
Make a To-Do List and check it often 25pts
Desk Time (Bills, Budget, Appointments, Phone Calls, etc) 50pts
Kitchen:
Away with Non-Kitchen Clutter! 25+25
Wipe Down Appliance Exteriors 25+25
Wipe Down Cabinet Doors & Drawers and Handles 100pts
Clean out the Fridge and wipe down the interior 100+100
Microwave interior cleaned 25+25
Sweep the floor (can claim pts each day!!) 50+50,50+50+50+50
Mop the floor (double points if scrubbed by hand) 75pts
Bathroom: (You can claim your bathroom as many times as you clean it per week)
Clean Mirror(s), (each) 5+5+5+5+5
Wipe down the sink and surround (can claim pts daily) 20pts
Toilet (can claim as often as you clean it) 50+50+50
Bathtub/Shower walls wiped down, hardware shined, etc 50pts
Each switchplate, doorknob, cabinet handle, drawer pull wiped 5+5+5
Sweep the floor (can claim 1x per day) 25pts
Mop the floor (claim double pts if scrubbed by hand) 50+50
Finished all bathrooms in the house 100pts
Bedding
Sheets changed (per bed) 25pts
Wash comforters/duvets/quilts (per bed) 30pts
Dusting/Floor Care
Clean Windows (each window) 20pts
Dusting (per 5 min) 15pts
Each room vacuumed or swept or washed (excl. kitchen and bathroom) 50+50+50+50+50+50+50+50
Your Room on Wheels
Empty the trash 15 pts
Wipe out the cup holders 15 pts
Vacuum the carpet/upholstery 50 pts
Dust the dashboards 15 pts
Clean the interior windows 30 pts
Whole Home Blessing
Best done on a Friday
Spend no more than 15 minutes in each room doing a general tidy up. Run the vacuum through the middle of each room, straighten things up, etc., per room 50+50+50

Challenge 1 - Kitchen Scrubbed within an inch of it's life! this week, take double points for all kitchen chores, also no "declutter" time limit a day on kitchen decluttering only. If you complete all kitchen chores and your counters, table and floor are fully decluttered take a bonus 100 points

Challenge 2 - Laundry Mountain I've reduced mine in the past couple of weeks but it's still there..... take double points for laundry this week and try to get to where you don't have a full load to run! (if you only wash duvets etc periodically this could be a good week to wash them!)

Challenge 3 - Seasonal Fun! spend some time this week doing something seasonal with your children/family. Suggestions include: taking a wintry walk (if you have wintry weather); put up some bird feeders; make and put up some seasonal decorations - e.g. for Christmas or Hannukah, or just general "winter" decorations, but you can come up with your own! 300 points


Monday - 1015pts
Tuesday - 745pts
Wednesday - 1250pts
Thursday - 1060pts
Friday - 1385pts

[easygoinmomma]

I had 5455pts. Not bad.

[Annainprogress]

I want to count mine so I know myself but today has been hectic so I didn't make the deadline (not that I'm eligible for a prize anyway since I'm hosting this week lol)

[Daria_Aleksandrovna]

5570. Late anyway...

[Annainprogress]

But the first past the deadline to post points in the "small family" category ;) so that makes you the winner there :) And easygoinmomma wins in the "larger family/rest" category. I need to go get myself and kids dressed now but will PM you both later.