Chore buster

I have to admit that one of the hardest things about staying home is managing the house. It isn't something that I relished as a kid, so when my mom was trying to actually teach me about that stuff, I kind of rebelled.

Now I sit on my pretty Durapella couch and wonder why I still have a pile of socks on my coffee table and is there a single bone in my foot that isn't hurting from stepping on Fuller's blocks? And when folks pop in, I am constantly saying, "Sorry for the mess."

I would say that part of the problem is I am lazy, the other part is that I am disorganized, and the other part is could be that I don't want to do it all myself.

This is where Chore Buster comes in.

In its simplest form: Chore Buster is a website that allows you to set up a chore list and the people in your home available to do the chores. Then chore buster assigns chores to each person available.

Each chore is assigned a value and each person is also assigned a percentage of the chores. For example, Fuller can have a chore or two, but he won't get as many chores as me.

I signed up and started by adding Damon and Fuller. Then I added chores. When I added the chores, I was able to exlcude people from ever doing a chore. Like dinner- I don't want Damon or Fuller to fix dinner. When I went to save the chore, I got an error that I excluded everyone from doing the chore.

I forgot to add myself to the list!

So went back and added myself. I also set it to email me my list of chores for each day.

Setting up chores is easy because they have a lot of preset chores in their lists. You can also set what days the chore has to be complete on (clean bathroom every other day, for example). I also love that it has a section for "Daily chores." These are the tiny things like brushing teeth, taking vitamins, and rotating the compost that have to be done every day.

Once I added all my chores (I only added 5 chores) I went to view the chore list and as expected, I had the most chores. Damon and Fuller each had one chore a day. I then printed the chore list. I printed one week and it did put the daily chores at the top of the list, but they were only listed once. I guess I need to print out one day to use as a daily check list, which is fine. I don't mind printing out a list every day, if it helps in getting the work done.

Chore Buster also has community involvement, where you can see other chore lists (great way to get ideas) and a forum to ask questions and get feedback.

I know I have used Flylady in the past, but this time, I want to go this route, with a check list of items to just get done. We will see how it works.

If you are curious about Chore Buster, they have a demo area where you can check it out. And, if I know you in real life, feel free to pop in, I might have a clean house!