FlyLady Report - almost Winter edition

FlyLady likes to call Wednesday "Anti-Procrastination Day," and so this week I was pushing myself to take care of a few things.


I cleaned out the fridge to some degree, especially the drawers. Wiped down the areas that I cleared out.

I threw out a bunch of things I've been meaning to ditch. The exact items escape me!

I called an estranged relative to wish them a happy birthday (they weren't in so I left a message).

I also sent a package and then went to the mall to catch a visit to Santa if we could (more about that later).

I replaced the furnace filter and vacuumed the old one. It's one of those filter you can clean, so we alternate between two of them.

I swept the floor.

Oo, and today I washed a bunch of random items that hang around my sink. AND I scrubbed down both sides of my kitchen sink. Mm, shiny!

I mixed up two kinds of cookie dough in preparation for Christmas cookie baking.

I called one of my friends I hadn't talked to in a long while and set up a playdate at a local children's museum.

I took at loooooong nap. I've been needing one of those!

I've been working away at clearing the living room, sorting which toys to store away during the Christmas season. Need to make room for the tree, ya know.


What things do you need to do that you've been putting off? Or just needing to fit into your schedule?
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FlyLady Report - mid Nov edition

I've been cooking, doing the daily jobs like laundry and dishes, doing my swish-n-swipe in the bathroom (well mostly), or at least cleaning up after the cats.

I mopped the kitchen floor. I swept. I threw out an old chair I had hoped to renovate but has been rotting on my porch instead. Chair, begone! I recycled the box my cherry tree came in... last Spring. I raked leaves and mulched a little. I threw out random bits of detritus like a plastic water bottle next to my bed and clothing tags.

I finally packed up clothes I've been meaning to get out of the house.

First my old over-sized jeans and my hub's oversized shirt he'll never wear, then that blouse/skirt combo that has nice colors, but that I'll never wear again because it's not the style I want to be. Into the trunk it went to join the big bag of children's clothes I had decluttered earlier. And the box of shoes I haven't been able to donate.

Oh! And I bagged up the three pot lids that mysteriously do not have matching pots, AND the little pressure cooker my husband used to cook rice in as a bachelor. It was well-used, but it hasn't been used for more than ten years.

It was time to let all of it go, so on my way around town, I went by the Goodwill donation door and threw the whole mess into the cart without a backward glance. Go, me!

Special mention for my ability to let go of that box of nice shoes I can never wear again since my daughter expanded my feet. Dress shoes, really nice leather shoes, hiking boots - le sigh. NO, I will never take the time or effort to sell them, sorry, so into the cart it goes, too.

And that was that. No regrets, no backward glance. Just a big sigh of relief. Out of sight, off my mind.

A big Thanks! to Flylady for her constant inspiration and encouragement.

Wooo! Go, me!
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