FLYlady update, week 2

I am so proud, this is the best I've EVER done starting this!  My sink is STILL shining (or, it will be before we go to bed tonight, dinner dishes are still there at the moment), I've picked up the swish and swipe in the bathrooms again and those sinks look awesome, I'm laying out my clothes, putting out hot spots (decluttering), and even trying to focus on putting out those negative thoughts and replacing them with positive ones.  What a difference a week makes! 

My confession is that I can't always get dressed to shoes first thing in the morning because I have a baby!  and she is demanding spirited, and I can't very well make her wait 20 minutes while I get out of bed, get dressed, brush teeth/hair and slap a little moisturizer, concealer, mascara, and cheek glow on  (and that's if I don't need a shower).  Since she is still not STTN I refuse to get out of bed before she does--I'm frankly too exhausted with the 5.5-6 hours of sleep I'm getting (on a GOOD night).  BUT I'm doing the best I can and I DO get around to this every day!  Even if it's not till after the morning nap (that's not just Staci's naptime!). 

I'm a bit behind, but I am on day 8 and today's task is to start the control journal.  This is where I keep track of all the new routines I am creating--kind of like a check list so if someone needed to take over for me for a day, they'd be able to and know how to keep the house running. 

Gotta keep FLYing--First Love Yourself.  workin' on it!

My New Year's is Finally Starting!

I have been avoiding this post for only one reason: I am a little bit lazy. And distracted. And over-tired. You get the drift.  But as January draws to a close, I am beginning to feel antsy to get started.  My new year's resolution is to begin the Fly Lady program (for the five-hundred-and-eighty-sixth time) and actually stick with it!

For those of you that have never heard of it, go and check out http://www.flylady.net/.  It's a step-by-baby-step program to get lazies easily distracted people, like me, into a routine of keeping the house clean and orderly.  I honestly thought that once I had my own place I would keep it clean.  I moved off to college and that didn't happen.  Then I thought when I wasn't working or in school full time THEN I could keep up with house work.  Nope.  The house really benefited from the nesting phase of pregnancy, but since I gave birth this house has taken a beating.  I'm so overwhelmed with the clutter it puts me in a bad mood.  I don't want that anymore! I don't want to rush around cleaning before people come over so I'm not embarrassed at the state of my house.  I'm sick of fur-tumble weeds.  I'm tired of not knowing where anything is.  It's time to get busy!

Step one of the Fly Lady program is to shine your kitchen sink.  I did this today, and at potentially great peril to my cat I'll have you know--he smelled mysteriously like bleach water at one point today.  So, you can see I'm dedicated. 

In proof I'm posting a picture!  Here is my nice, shiny sink!

Tomorrow's step is to get dressed to lace up shoes.  There are some days  I don't even get out of my pj's, so this is a good step for me!  I probably won't take a picture, so you'll just have to trust me.  That and keep the sink clean.  Wish me luck!