What a happy event in the mid 1800’s when Mrs. Beeton published her book”Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management“.  We still strive to achieve the perfect balance of household management to be the most cost and time effective household possible.  What a glorious feeling to have your house running like a well tuned engine so you have enough free time to “play” with your family and friends and pursue your work, ambitions and hobbies.  All this, while making your perfection in household management look effortless!  Planning, planning and more planning.  Foresee the pitfalls and make adjustments to prevent them.  Keep flexible enough to accommodate sudden unavoidable events.  This is how the Domestic Pro excels.

Before bed, make a list of tomorrows appointments, errands, purchases and chores.  Organize this list.  Prioritize the items on the list.  Give them number order for the day and set times to the list so you keep on schedule.  For example:

Drive 2 school, exercise, walk the dog, dry cleaners, drug store(shampoo 4 kids), post office, bank, wash fence in back yard, touch up paint in hall ways, shower, reply to Smith wedding.

1. exercise
2. walk the dog
3. drive 2 school at 8:00 a.m.
4. post office
5. bank
6. drug store(shampoo, soap, toothpaste, band aids, greeting card 4 wedding)
7. dry cleaners
8. food shop 4 dinner tonight(lettuce, tomatoes, taco shells, gr. turkey, taco seasoning, shredded cheese, refried beans, Spanish rice mix, 14 oz. tomato sauce can, Chocolate pudding mix, 1/2 gal. milk)
9. arrive home – touch up paint
10. eat lunch
11. wash back yard fence
12. reply to wedding(address card for mailing on June 3 and note the calendar)
13. Get in the mail and sort it for everyone in the home
14. SHOWER!
15. prep 4 dinner(5:30 p.m.)

This is a typical day of efficient household management.  Every day check your calendar before you begin your list.  Include all your calendar items with your errands.  Even your hobbies and fun should be noted on your daily “list”.  Live by the list!!!

So many considerations for pest defense!  I chose the trap and release method.  Bait the trap  and place it under the kitchen sink where the “nightly trail” appears.  Next morning, the top was eaten off of the trap and the bait devoured!  Try, try again.  Next trap is a see-saw type where the bait goes into the back end of the trap, and the trap opens when tipped back.  Upon mouse entry, the door should fall shut thus trapping the pest.  I tried this two nights, traps were tripped, but no mouse inside. www.victorpest.com/live_mouse_traps.htm

Now the smell begins to appear.  If you’ve ever owned a pet gerbil, guinea pig, or hampster, you  know the nesting smell I’m talking about.  Ugh!  It stinks!  Time to get serious.

$24 for the pest silent sound device that plugs in to create an irritation to the mice so they leave the area.  And most troubling, the glue stick traps that capture the mouse, but no release this time.  Come on, I was desperate.

His little frantic face was so sad as he stood trapped in the glue pad.  I poured oil onto the pad and set it outside so the mouse had a chance to escape into nature.  He was dead near the pad in a few hours. 

Now the cat sits by the kitchen sink.  Where was he when I needed him?

Today while running on the treadmill at the gym, I saw a TV segment on “Today” with Dr. Mark Hyman.  Dr. Hyman has a new book out, but one thing he was talking about on the show was foods that fight inflammation in the body.  Garlic, curry and rosemary were three of the foods that fight inflammation.  I’d like to learn more about this research.  I plan to use garlic tonight in preparing dinner.  A domestic professional is constantly learning and researching to bring the best information into the home for the family members who have other roles to fill.  Check out Dr. Hyman’s suggestions:  http://www.ultraprevention.com/healing/pain.htm

Today is the birth of my blog!!  I want to open up to the world and tell about the life that I enjoy and relate to others like me.  My days are varied and flexible.  Never two the same!  I truly feel like I am a domestic professional.  My efforts to remain domestic and professional will be the core of my blog.  Please join me and enjoy the fun.♥