Category: Cleaning

Happy New Year!

Are you ready for a totally awesome year?

I am. I have a plan, and I am 7 days strong on my plan. It’s not easy. Only after 5 days did I notice a difference and am I really feeling good. I am enjoying waking up and walking, (slightly hobbling down the stairs). I look forward to my planned meals, and cooking them. My New Year resolution was a perfect one.

I love that my kitchen is clean every morning.

Had you going? Working out, sore muscles, and meal plans are not new to me. But having a clean house, I just don’t know where to start. I have tried FlyLady, and an app I heard about unF* your habitat. I have also tried a good old fashioned chore chart.

Maybe I am just lazy.

Despite some nights when I really just want to go to bed, I suck it up and wash the dishes, wipe down the counters and stove, and sweep the floor. I am slowly working on transitioning it to encompass the kitchen table also. But I feel like it is this catch all, that never gets clean. Maybe when I finish my online classes and the table isn’t also my desk…

Whole: Cleaning and Decluttering with FlyLady

When I feel like life is running me over, I always revert back to what basics am I not doing.

Lately, I feel like the chaos in my house is controlling me, not me control it. So, back to a daily routine I go. I have this vision, of what I want my routines to be, but it doesn’t happen. Because of life, toddler meltdowns, or my own laziness.

Years ago, a friend told me about FlyLady. I have started and stopped, flapped and crashed. I really like FlyLady and her baby steps.

Especially, step one, which some days is all I can do.

Shine your sink.

Seriously, I am lazy. I don’t want to be. I would love to have a spotless house, and not have to look for random things.

Now that my methylated B Vitamins are starting to kick in, I am feeling so energized. I am jumping in and starting FlyLady again! Here is my email I sent as part of my Babystep Day 2!

Dear FlyLady,

I don’t know how many times I have started your baby steps. But recently I have been feeling overwhelmed, and I was cleaning out my email, and I found a folder of saved emails from you. And I thought, why not. 15 minutes, and maybe in a few weeks we might be actually eating dinner at the table. Low expectations I know, but every month I tell myself this month, we will be eating dinner at the table before the month is over. I hope by Sept 13th, I can tell you we are!

Here is my shining sink. Plus, for the first time since elementary school I have tomorrows outfit picked out.

My shiny sink
My shiny sink