FLYLADY - Week 3

  Hello, everyone!

I know I'm coming in the door late. My apologies. Glorious day in the Ozarks. I've put six loads of laundry on the line to dry in the fabulous breeze and warm sunshine. I've also made Carrot/ Zuccini muffins (recipe to come at a later date), baked my first buttercup squash of the season (there's a story for later in the week) and gotten a bit of housekeeping done, both on the computer and in the house.  I've had a busy morning. :-)

I will be working on future posts later in the week and getting them scheduled. My goal is to have all blog posts running by 9 a.m. We'll see.

Today's post, as well as all subsequent Mondays, will be about my Flylady Cleaning Schedule. If you're not familiar with the Flylady System, you can read about the program HERE.

In essence the key is to have a home you're not afraid for people to see when they just 'drop by'. Many people, once they get the hang of the system, customize the schedule to fit their individual homes.

I have broken my system down into five areas and assigned each area their own week on the calendar:

Week 1 - Kitchen/ Laundry

Week 2 - Living Room/ Dining Room

Week 3 - Bedroom/ Bathroom

Week 4 - Office

Week 5 - Basement

This week, I'm all about deep cleaning the Bathroom and doing some pitching out of the Bedroom. 

My tasks will include fresh sheets on the bed (which I do every week), dusting/ mopping the floor, dusting all of the furniture as well as decluttering my night stand.

I also want to go through my closet again and see what can go in the thrift store box I'll be dropping off later in the week. 

Cleaning the bedroom also means taking the air can to the electronics. You're electronics will last longer if you give them a frequent dusting. If you have animals, the dust bunnies really do multiply at a rapid rate.

I also do the bathroom this week which means aside from a good mop of the floor I will run soda/ vinegar down the tub/ sink drains, wipe down the baseboards, shine up the bubble tub,  mirror and fixtures.  I will also change out the Sensa melts and clean out the medicine drawers.

While this seems like a lot to do, keep in mind I'm not doing it every day or all in one day. This is DEEP CLEAN Week. I will work on these tasks throughout the week. After that, I simply give them a swipe and shine daily when we're finished with our morning routines to keep things presentable until their week rolls around again the following month.

Tomorrow is supposed to be a Travel post but I'm holding off on that until next week. I have a FUN place to take you to. So much fun in fact I need TWO parts to share everything!

Until next time...

Be Well, Be Safe 

HITTING RESET!

 

Today's post is all about that big red button. Kind of reminds me of Red Nose Day from Walgreens.

I've sat for over six months,  not doing much of anything. Not even completing most of the journals I have started through Julie's challenges. Why?

Well, the reason finally came to me last weekend. I haven't been using my blog/ editorial boards or my planners since the end of February... when I started the reorganization of the studio/ office. 

I am a VERY visual person. Even during my days of selling Christmas Around the World, House of Lloyd and Undercover Wear whenever there was a promotion, I would buy a sheet of poster board and create a chart to track my progress towards a goal.

Saturday, I pulled out mynotepad and decided there were changes to be made.

 1- Work only with blogs that bring me joy.

I had six blogs. I made the definitive decision to close the Living Through Weightloss.

I find being motivated hard on the blog when there are no responses to posts... and only a hand full of readers. I thought that through my journey I could inspire others. I've gotten to the point where my time is to valuable for something that is not having any affect on me or others. As of today, that blog will be closing by end of the month - with the last post being today, similar to this one.

THIS NEXT ONE PERTAINS TO THIS BLOG!

Please Read and Share your Thoughts in the Comments below

Thank you! 

2 - Still In Debate

I started this blog back when I first met the Polish Sinfonia and needed a place to post pictures from the grade school students so that the orchestra members could all go look at them. I still like the blog idea but I'm making a couple of changes.

I want to keep talking about prepping, my garden and household. I was talking 'household' on the weightloss blo, after all a clean house does make for a better self-journey but something in me decided I could keep the household with the Ozarks Journal. I mean, I LIVE in the Ozarks. LOL So OJ will be more about my corner of the Ozarks and our home here.

 

3- Staying on Task

This required evaluating what I really want to do.

I want to write

I want the Etsy shop or some other sales form to destash my stuff and let it bring joy to others.

For that reason, I am putting a more solid YouTube stream in place, getting my shop open and Keeping THIS blog but with a few changes. I'll be talking about those on Friday.

 4 - More time to craft and to write.

I still have book series I want/ need to write. I'm starting back to a regular writing schedule next week. Hopefully, by the time Bob comes home I will have a routine where even if I only take thirty minutes, the words will flow.

Overall Goals

To create beautiful things while destashing our home

To stay more on Task

To write more books

To have a financial plan in place that has the house paid off in two years.

 

I'm not saying these goals will be easy, but with visuals in place  I have a much better shot

I'm spending the rest of this week getting posts written/ scheduled, batch-recording videos and putting the office back together from company last week.

I will see you back here on Friday (September 11)  to talk about the new schedule and give you a final flip-through of my Ausgust Assembly Line Junk Journal Challenge journal.

 until then...

~Kelly