Thursday, February 17, 2011

How do you find time?

I have been trying to live by certain principles. Some are more successful than others. Since being introduced to flylady I always: Get up, shower, get dressed, wipe the bathroom, put in a load of laundry. I have been quite successful with keeping the sink empty also. And since getting my room I have consistently made the bed. There are other steps she recommends that I have not quite adhered to which are: choose your clothes for the next day, declutter a hotspot, spend 15 minutes decluttering and some of her daily missions. I get up at 6:00 on weekdays, and leave at 8:25. Seems like plenty of time but something is not working efficiently, and I think it's making lunch that has slowed me down. Today I seemed to have run out of bread so it took me a while to find 2 pieces for the oldest one's sandwich, meanwhile he was late for the bus. Also I had to make the tuna salad this morning. So I think I have to go back to my old successful method of making lunch the night before. The problem is at night I am soooo tired. How can I have more energy at night? I've started to eat better during the day and I think it's helping. And a little shot of java in the afternoon definitely helps. How bad is that really?

Friday, February 11, 2011

Last weekend I cleaned for a party which was more successful than usual because I have more rooms and since my home is in an almost finished state, it was okay to have 1 room as the designated clutter room. However, that room is supposed to become a child's bedroom sooner rather than later. So now my mission is to enter that room and decide where to put all the things I have collected from around the house. So I really have to start thinking things like-where should cameras and video cameras go? Where do I put-well everything in that room. Art supplies, school supplies, office supplies, exactly what room are they supposed to go in? It's nice to declutter but you have to keep some things. The question is where and I actually have no answer so that is why the things have been stuck sitting in that room for the past 2 weeks.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

de-junking the bathroom closet

Today, another snow day, I attacked the bathroom closet downstairs. I found approx. 15 of those conditioners that come with hair color, threw those out. Reorganized the good stuff into categories so I'll actually be able to find all those extra toothpastes and deodorants that we keep buying. Found the q-tips! Threw out all kinds of no longer used lotions, perfumes, lipsticks, hair products, expired medicines and creams, even found a jar of bath salts that said "class 4-402" which was given to me in 1995. That makes 16 years that is sat in a closet. That's the kind of thing that can really make me laugh. Then under the vanity, I threw out old faucets that has been replaced, empty boxes, candle with no wicks, I found a whole bunch of Christmas Candles that people gave me as gifts, they should go right into the garbage but I kept them for some reason-maybe I'm not reformed yet. Old tape for wrapping wounds, old ace bandage that could no longer be unwrapped, bath toys....goodbye all.