Tuesday 5.31.2011 Day 4 Write These Things Down

Hows this?  Looks like I am running out of white board or am I using the space inefficiently?  I wonder if I can fit these routines on sheets of paper the size of a playing card.  You see I used to play Magic: The Gathering and I have lots of card protectors and dry erase pens obviously so I can mark of the items as I do them and clean them at the end of the day.  Hmmmm must think on this....

Today was not an especially good day for me mind wise.  I kept forgetting to do things my DH asked of me to the point where he jokingly and lovingly asked that when he asks something of me I put my finger in one ear so what he says doesn't go in one ear and out the other... Lets just hope I don't plug the wrong ear so it can actually make it in one ear....  I also kept getting distracted LOTS.  My MR didn't get done til 12:30pm  Part of it was distraction part was trying to catch this blog up.  I got up at a semi reasonable hour. (Alarm set for 7a didn't get up til 8:30a) Everytime I tried to do something on my living room something came up that I needed to do.  There is something in my head that is shying away from cleaning that room I don't know what it is.  The room is driving me crazy as is this thing in my psyche that is keeping me from cleaning it.... even for 15 min. I expressed my frustrations to my hubby via txt msg and he replied back "Flylady would say not to be just soldier on and do better next time"  I love him.

Well all of my dishes are done and just simply need to be emptied out of the dishwasher in the morning.  Sink is shiney (even DH is impressed with that one) second load is in the dryer.  If not dry in the morning will just start dryer again and start another load in the wash as soon as I take my shower. As for the 15 min of loving movement.... well not sure if its loving if I tripled the time and my feet and ankles are telling me the payback will be hell in the morning and to make sure I have my stick right by the bed.  I went for a walk shortly after sunset and just kept going till I felt it was time to head home...  unfortunately my feet and ankles were threatening me before I got home...  I will pay for it tomorrow... lets see what I can get done in spite of them.

Monday 5.30.2011 Do What we have done before

Ok Doing that.  But I have a problem.  I can't leave a mess alone.  I get done with what I am told to do and I can't just sit around.  You see I am used to working 50 hrs a week.  I have managed to chill out a bit but there is a saying in my old work world.  "If you have time to lean you have time to clean"  It was understood ya gotta have breaks from time to time but I can't spend all day trying to read with this mess cluttering my mind.  check the Flikr photo stream on this page.  This is my house now as I am trying to declutter.  I live in a 2br house that has only five rooms total, the other three are a bathroom, living room and kitchen.  In total its about 850sq ft.  I have a 12x12 storage building out back that is also mostly full.  I have enough stuff to furnish a 4br house with dining room, living room and den and it would still be cluttered (but at least the furniture wouldn't be part of the clutter as it is now)  I have begun enhancing the Motivation Ctr and as I have read through the pages I realized that some stuff is perpetually on the TO DO list.  so I have started a Morning Ritual list and an Evening Ritual list and a Daily Chores List and a Weekly Chores list and will go from there.

Sunday 5.29.2011 the new Motivation Ctr

You see I have been trying to get these up for quite a while (and failing)  I wanted to put them up in the hallway but the only place avail wasn't that great for the large blank one as it was too heavy to be mounted on glass.  Oh you don't know.  The previous owner of this old house tore out the old non functioning fireplace and chimney that was between the bathroom and the BR2 and removed the tub in the tiny bath and put in a shower.  he then put a window from the shower to the hallway. (check the photo stream below) I have a shower curtain there now and my laundry sits in front of it in the hall way.  So what I did was move a big brown shelf unit that was not being properly used and moved it to the BR2 and put everything up here in the kitchen.

Sunday 5.29.2011 Day 2: Dress to the Lace Up Shoes

Ok I don't have any lace up shoes that are comfortable for any amount of time. so I have these.  These are water shoes that don't care if they get immersed in water.  They have the issue when I try to take them off quickly tho that the insoles threaten to come out and often do *sigh* So I just leave the durned things on.  But they are comfy and protect my feet from the mess on the floor. 

My Shiny Sink on Friday 5.27.2011

Day 1: Shine your sink

Well I did and not as satisfied as I would prefer to be with it but I understand Perfect is a four letter word with the FlyLady (+ 3)

Getting Started

I am creating this blog as kind of a "diary" of my journey as a FlyBaby.  Whats that?  Well... It starts by going to www.flylady.net  and reading her page.  As you begin to follow her steps in learning to love yourself and creating a CHAOS free home you become a "Flybaby."  I am kinda late starting this as I started as a FlyBaby on 5.27.2011.  Well lets get started and see how this goes...