The 'complete this challenge' challenge...suitable for all!

scrooge2008

Goals for Awesomely Outrageous October are as follows:-

I like this saying from Kung Fu Panda lol, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift and that is why we call it the present'.

- PAY £277.00 OFF OVERDRAFT
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
7/20 NSD
£170.00£310.00 - 12 Mystery shops/audit

- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
Plan - Gym/swim Monday and Wednesday nights and one other session a week
- Exercise every morning - Hacker's Plan
- Weight loss spreadsheet and calorie Plan - Hacker's Plan
- Wannabedebtfree's GUNNAGETTHINNER by xmas challenge 1/14 lbs

- BRING ORDER TO HOUSEWORK - AND SAVE TIME 31/31 GOAL
Plan - Flylady 31 baby steps - one step a day
7/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
9/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ......

- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - Study session on Tuesday and Thursday

Today's Challenges:-


07.15 - 08.15 - D/B/Exercise/Dress to shoes/family organised and out/house left tidy - keep that sink shining!
08.15 - 09.15 - Kids to school and Lollypop job
09.00 - 12.30 - Accounts Job
12.30 - 16.00 - DS's friends around - football - lunches etc
16.00 - 16.30 - Mystery shop taking them with me - BIG MISTAKE I THINK
16.30 - 17.30 - Write up mystery shop
17.30 - 18.30 - Tea for all/organise for Saturday
19.00 - 23.00 - CHILL

Diet Day

Meusli
HM minestrone soup
Pizza

Remember:

- DS sock challenge - 10p for every pair he can find in the huge pile - then chuck the rest away.
- Get my ring binder and paper sorted
- School money for sponsoring African child


Fly lady Day 9

"I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy."
Conran, Shirley

Day 9

Here is what we are already doing; Look in your Control Journal; leave the sticky notes up to help remind you. It takes us 28 days to develop a new habit. These are just BabySteps on our way to a new way of living.
Morning Routine
- Get up and get dressed to lace up shoes; fixing your hair and face
- Looking at your posted reminders in the kitchen and bathroom
- Recognizing the negative voices and changing them; YOU ARE FLYing NOW!
- Put out your Hot Spots for 2 minutes
Before Bed Routine
- Keep your sink shining
- Lay out your clothes for tomorrow
- Put out your Hot Spot (I have to do this twice a day) It makes me smile in the morning!
Today we are going to learn how to declutter our homes a few minutes at a time with some fun tools that I know you have been wondering about from the reminders you have been reading in our emails. Making it fun will get the job done!
http://flylady.net/pages/FLYingLessons_Declutter.asp Add a 5 minute room rescue to your Morning Routine.

Update: Well I realise why I usually give up Flylady at week two, she ups her game, and I don't feel quite ready for it yet. I could have done with another week 1.

Nevertheless, I will persevere, but this is going to take supreme effort as I have a bad case of MYSTERYSHOPPINGITIS. Done 12 so far this week, with another 8 to go until Sunday and I am cream crackered.

Just going to dig deep and and keep ploughing on.

Update 2:

Well I am very pleased to report, that having gone through my spreadsheets, and having paid in a large cheque, for a ridiculous number of hours that I worked last month, along with money from an equally silly number of mystery shops, I am very pleased to report that my overdraft is now clear and this is my DEBT FREE DAY.

I am also totally cream crackered!!

Now i'm going to concentrate on building up a savings buffer, to avoid slipping back into overdraft.
:T:T:T:T:j:j:j:j:beer::beer::beer:

scrooge2008

Goals for Awesomely Outrageous October are as follows:-

I like this saying from Kung Fu Panda lol, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift and that is why we call it the present'.

- PAY £277.00 OFF OVERDRAFT - DONE OVERDRAFT PAID OFF AND NOW DEBT FREE
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
7/20 NSD
£170.00£310.00 - 12 Mystery shops/audit

- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
Plan - Gym/swim Monday and Wednesday nights and one other session a week
- Exercise every morning - Hacker's Plan
- Weight loss spreadsheet and calorie Plan - Hacker's Plan
- Wannabedebtfree's GUNNAGETTHINNER by xmas challenge 1/14 lbs

- BRING ORDER TO HOUSEWORK - AND SAVE TIME 31/31 GOAL
Plan - Flylady 31 baby steps - one step a day
8/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
10/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ......

- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - Study session on Tuesday and Thursday

- COMPLETE VAT RETURN - TAX RETURN AND THIS YEARS ACCOUNTS FROM JUNE
Plan - Set aside a day to get this all organised

Today's Challenges:-

08.00 - 09.00 - D/B/Exercise/Dress to shoes
09.00 - 11.00 - Two hours timed house clean
11.00 - 12.00 - Lunch and TO DO list
12.15 - 14.15 - Hair cut and highlights - Study book with me
15.30 - 16.30 - Mystery shop manicure and pedicure
16.30 - 17.30 - Take back item to shop
17.30 - 18.30 - Tesco Shop
18.30 - 20.00 - CHILL/REST
20.00 - 23.00 - DH cooks roast dinner - DH time

Diet Day

Meusli
Cottage cheese and baked potato
Roast dinner


Remember:

- DS sock challenge - 10p for every pair he can find in the huge pile - then chuck the rest away.
- Get my ring binder and paper sorted
- School money for sponsoring African child - put in DS bag
- Daily mail for treat coupons



Fly lady Day 10

"I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy."
Conran, Shirley

Day 10

Morning Routine
- Get up and get dressed to lace up shoes; fixing your hair and face
- Looking at your posted reminders in the kitchen and bathroom
- Recognizing the negative voices and changing them; YOU ARE FLYing NOW!
- Put out your Hot Spots for 2 minutes
- 5 Minute Room Rescue (pick any room in the house) set your timer and go!
Before Bed Routine
- Keep your sink shining
- Lay out your clothes for tomorrow
- Put out your Hot Spot (I have to do this twice a day) It makes me smile in the morning!
We have already been using our timers for 2 minutes and now 5 minutes. Today we are going to learn the power of just 15 minutes. You can do anything for 15 minutes. This is all about getting started and giving ourselves permission to stop when the timer goes off. You cannot restart the timer either. This is not a race to finish in 15 minutes either! The timer helps to keep us focused on what we are doing. Now set your timer for 15 minutes and go gather up all the trash you can find to throw away and put it in the garbage can outside. Then set your timer for another 15 minutes and sit down and put your feet up and read a favorite magazine till the timer goes off.

Update: Was stuck at dreaded day seven, exhausted last night and didn't do any Flylady, but woke up this morning to find that DH had tidied up the hotspots and kitchen and got things organised for the morning, which I really appreciate. This is all without asking! So I am going to do a deep clean today and then I will be back on track.

Had a manicure and pedicure mystery shop today, and used dark red nail varnish. Also had my hair cut in a much shorter, more modern style with blonde highlights through it. So i'm feeling rather sassy, and it's a long time since that's happened!

scrooge2008

Goals for Awesomely Outrageous October are as follows:-

I like this saying from Kung Fu Panda lol, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift and that is why we call it the present'.

- PAY £277.00 OFF OVERDRAFT - DONE - OVERDRAFT PAID OFF AND NOW DEBT FREE
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
7/20 NSD
£170.00/£310.00 - 13 Mystery shops/audit

- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
Plan - Gym/swim Monday and Wednesday nights and one other session a week
- Exercise every morning - Hacker's Plan
- Weight loss spreadsheet and calorie Plan - Hacker's Plan
- Wannabedebtfree's GUNNAGETTHINNER by xmas challenge 1/14 lbs

- BRING ORDER TO HOUSEWORK - AND SAVE TIME 31/31 GOAL
Plan - Flylady 31 baby steps - one step a day
10/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
10/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ......

- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - Study session on Tuesday and Thursday

- COMPLETE VAT RETURN - TAX RETURN AND THIS YEARS ACCOUNTS FROM JUNE
Plan - Set aside a day to get this all organised

Today's Challenges:-

07.30 - 08.30 - Write up mystery shop
08.30 - 09.30 - D/B/Exercise/Dress to shoes
09.30 - 15.00 - Family day/walk
15.00 - 17.00 - Sleep
17.00 - 19.00 - Flylady up to date - get everything organised for Monday
19.00 - 23.00 - Roast chicken dinner and chill evening - well ended up as a chinese take-away courtesy of DH's treat money.

Had a lovely day today but still have loads of little jobs to do and need motivation - have decided on a mini flylady 15 minute and rest challenge:

17.15 - 17.30 - Upstairs bathrooms
17.30 - 17.45 - Procrastinator book and soda and lime in easy chair
17.45 - 18.00 - Upstairs bedrooms - dust and hoover
18.00 - 18.15 - Procrastinator book - soda and lime in easy chair
18.15 - 18.30 - kitchen cleaned and dishes done
18.30 - 18.45 - Procrastinator book - soda and lime in easy chair
18.45 - 19.00 - Dining room and lounge dusted and swept - clean floors in kitchen and hall - Chicken on
19.00 - 19.15 - Procrastinater book - soda and lime in easy chair
19.15 - 19.30 - Clothes and lunches for tomorrow - DS bag packed - DS sock challenge - Stuffing in
19.30 - 19.45 - Procrastinater book - soda and lime in easy chair
19.45 - 20.00 - Vegetable prep - wash on and out
20.00 - 20.15 - Procrastinater book - soda and lime in easy chair
20.15 - 20.30 - Finish veg and serve Roast Dinner
20.30 - CHILL CHILL CHILL

Well was all going really well and was working great, then my dear sister phoned and we had a lovely catch up, she's coming up in two weeks :T. Well you know how it is, two hours later :eek: at 9.30, poor DH wanders in and whispers where's tea, and that is how we ended up with a lovely takeaway. Oh the best laid plans.

Diet Day

Meusli
Tuna sandwich
Roast dinner


Remember:

- DS sock challenge - 10p for every pair he can find in the huge pile - then chuck the rest away.
- Get my ring binder and paper sorted
- School money for sponsoring African child - put in DS bag
- Daily mail for treat coupons
- Show DH the coat and boots i's like him to buy me as a DF present lol!


Fly lady Day 11

"I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy."
Conran, Shirley

Day 11



Morning Routine
- Get up and get dressed to lace up shoes; fixing your hair and face
- Looking at your posted reminders in the kitchen and bathroom
- Recognizing the negative voices and changing them; YOU ARE FLYing NOW!
- Put out your Hot Spots for 2 minutes
- 5 Minute Room Rescue (pick any room in the house) set your timer and go!
-15 Minutes Decluttering each day. You can’t Organize Clutter!
Before Bed Routine
- Keep your sink shining
- Lay out your clothes for tomorrow
- Put out your Hot Spot (I have to do this twice a day) It makes me smile in the morning! Today we are going to add another page to our Control Journals. We are going to call this our Inspirational Page. On this page I want you to spend 15 minutes writing down some of your favorite inspirational phrases. Some of mine are; You can do anything for 15 minutes, Housework done incorrectly still blesses your family and You can’t organize clutter; you can only get rid of it. I know you have others that you love. Use this page as a place to write them down when you see something that touches your heart.

Here's one to start courtesy of slowly fading:-

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind - Dr Seuss

scrooge2008

Goals for Awesomely Outrageous October are as follows:-

I like this saying from Kung Fu Panda lol, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift and that is why we call it the present'.

- PAY £277.00 OFF OVERDRAFT - DONE - OVERDRAFT PAID OFF AND NOW DEBT FREE
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
7/20 NSD
£170.00/£310.00 - 13 Mystery shops/audit

- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
Plan - Gym/swim Monday and Wednesday nights and one other session a week
- Exercise every morning - Hacker's Plan
- Weight loss spreadsheet and calorie Plan - Hacker's Plan
- Wannabedebtfree's GUNNAGETTHINNER by xmas challenge 1/14 lbs

- BRING ORDER TO HOUSEWORK - AND SAVE TIME 31/31 GOAL
Plan - Flylady 31 baby steps - one step a day
11/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
11/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ......

- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - Study session on Tuesday and Thursday

- COMPLETE VAT RETURN - TAX RETURN AND THIS YEARS ACCOUNTS FROM JUNE
Plan - Set aside a day to get this all organised

Today's Challenges:-

07.30 - 08.15 - Family up and out - Dress to shoes - Sink shiny!
08.15 - 09.00 - Lollypop
09.00 - 09.30 - RB and TD
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts job, take invoice in. FOCUS - move cleaning job to Tu
12.30 - 14.45 - Shopping - lots of bits and pieces - mostly voucher spends!
14.45 - 16.30 - Lollypop and MSE catch - up - Roast chicken on - plan 15 mins
16.30 - 19.00 - Try another 15 minutes on 15 minutes off session

Diet Day

Meusli
Tuna sandwich
Roast dinner


Remember:

- DS sock challenge - 10p for every pair he can find in the huge pile - then chuck the rest away.
- Get my ring binder and paper sorted
- School money for sponsoring African child - put in DS bag
- Daily mail for treat coupons


15 minute challenge:-

16.30 - 16.45 - Chicken on, tidy kitchen, clothes and lunches for tomorrow - stuffing prep
16.45 - 17.00 - Procrastinator book - soda and lime
17.00 - 17.15 - Wash on and out - hoover upstairs and dust house quickly
17.15 - 17.30 - Procrastinator book - soda and lime
17.30 - 17.45 - Vegetables for dinner - DS reading
17.45 - 18.00 - Procrastinator book - soda and lime
18.00 - 18.15 - Finish making tea
18.15 - 18.45 - Eat tea and chill
18.45 - 19.00 - Clean up after tea
19.00 - 19.15 - Change into gym stuff - look out good book - mop floors
19.15 - 22.30 - Gym/Swim/Sauna/Good Book

Fly lady Day 12

"I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy."
Conran, Shirley

Day 12



Check your Morning Routine in your Control Journal
Check your Before Bed Routine in your Control Journal
Keep the sticky notes up to help remind you to look at your Control Journal. Can you believe that you have been FLYing for 12 days? I am so proud of you! BabySteps will get you there.
You have your basic routine started and these are what you do for now. Do not try to do too much too fast; you will just crash and burn. Continue to take BabySteps to build your Control Journals. Do not allow your perfectionism to take over. We are building our routines and our Control Journals one habit at a time. Today I want you to delete from your inbox all the emails from FlyLady. Now don’t cringe. They will all come back around and I write something new every day.

Update: Well this is easy today. I learnt my lesson last time and refused to sign up for the e-mails, they drove me potty - so nothing to delete.

I think I will treat myself with W H Smith vouchers to a more inviting control journal though, in typical MSE stationery fetish style.

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind - Dr Seuss

scrooge2008

Goals for Awesomely Outrageous October are as follows:-

I like this saying from Kung Fu Panda lol, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift and that is why we call it the present'.

- PAY £277.00 OFF OVERDRAFT - DONE - OVERDRAFT PAID OFF AND NOW DEBT FREE
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
7/20 NSD
£170.00/£310.00 - 13 Mystery shops/audit

- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
Plan - Gym/swim Monday and Wednesday nights and one other session a week
- Exercise every morning - Hacker's Plan
- Weight loss spreadsheet and calorie Plan - Hacker's Plan
- Wannabedebtfree's GUNNAGETTHINNER by xmas challenge 1/14 lbs

- BRING ORDER TO HOUSEWORK - AND SAVE TIME 31/31 GOAL
Plan - Flylady 31 baby steps - one step a day
13/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
13/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ......

- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - Study session on Tuesday and Thursday

- COMPLETE VAT RETURN - TAX RETURN AND THIS YEARS ACCOUNTS FROM JUNE
Plan - Set aside a day to get this all organised

Today's Challenges:-

07.15 - 08.15 - Family up and out - Dress to shoes - Sink shiny!
08.15 - 09.00 - Lollypop
09.00 - 09.15 - Bus home
09.15 - 10.15 - Chill time - Jamies's American Road Trip
10.15 - 11.15 - Journal in order - posters - Kelly's mission - Tuesday's mission
Picked - Cleaning bin in the kitchen and 100 fling boogie for bags in dining room - to Robbie Williams new CD
11.15 - 12.15 - Walk to cleaning job - take sandwich - Tesco shop
12.30 - 14.25 - Walk to Lollypop
14.25 - 16.30 - Lollypop and bus home
16.30 - 17.30 - DS homework - Make pie while helping him
17.30 - 18.00 - Make tea and Evening routine
18.30 - 22.30 - Family film night - popcorn et al

Diet Day

Poached egg on toast - no butter
Tuna sandwich - no butter
Chicken and tuna pie with baked potato

Remember:

- DS sock challenge - 10p for every pair he can find in the huge pile - then chuck the rest away.
- Get my ring binder and paper sorted
- School money for sponsoring African child - put in DS bag
- Tesco - popcorn - aero bars - baking pots - weetabix - tomatoes - butter - take back lightbulbs.
- DS forest school clothes and sandwiches

Fly lady Day 13

"I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy."
Conran, Shirley

Day 13



Check your Morning Routine in your Control Journal
Check your Before Bed Routine in your Control Journal
Today I want you to find one of Kelly’s Missions and go and do it. They are fast and easy! This is going to introduce you to how we break our home into zones so that we never have to spring clean again.
http://flylady.net/pages/FlightPlan_Missions.asp Here is what we are doing so far. We are practicing our Morning Routines, decluttering for 15 minutes a day and doing our Before Bed Routines.

Tuesday's Mission!

Dear Friends,

We are back in the bathroom and your mission for today is to clean out your bathroom trash can. Use the tub to fill the can with hot water and add some general purpose cleaner or dish soap. Let it soak and then scrub the bottom, the sides and the outside. Turn it over and let it dry in the tub and then put it back before someone needs to bathe and ends up taking a shower with the trash can! Have fun! This is so simple and makes a difference!

Your mission for the kids room is challenge them to a 27 Fling Boogie! You know your kids - if 27 is going to be too much then scale it back, if they are small have them choose three toys that are broken or missing pieces and throw those away. Then have them choose three things that they no longer play with to bless another child with. Choose the number based on their age and maturity. Use BabySteps, remember that this is a teaching moment - not a battle.

No kids? Do a 27 Fling Boogie in a room of your choice! Do it fast and don't look back!


Love,
Kelly

Back

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind - Dr Seuss

scrooge2008

Goals for Awesomely Outrageous October are as follows:-

I like this saying from Kung Fu Panda lol, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift and that is why we call it the present'.

- PAY £277.00 OFF OVERDRAFT - DONE - OVERDRAFT PAID OFF AND NOW DEBT FREE
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
8/20 NSD
£196.00/£310.00 - 14 Mystery shops/audit - another 4 booked in £52.00

- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
Plan - Gym/swim Monday and Wednesday nights and one other session a week
- Exercise every morning - Hacker's Plan
- Weight loss spreadsheet and calorie Plan - Hacker's Plan
- Wannabedebtfree's GUNNAGETTHINNER by xmas challenge 1/14 lbs

- BRING ORDER TO HOUSEWORK - AND SAVE TIME 31/31 GOAL
Plan - Flylady 31 baby steps - one step a day
14/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
14/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ......

- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - Study session on Tuesday and Thursday

- COMPLETE VAT RETURN - TAX RETURN AND THIS YEARS ACCOUNTS FROM JUNE
Plan - Set aside a day to get this all organised

Today's Challenges:-

07.30 - 08.15 - Family up and out - Dress to shoes - Sink shiny!
08.15 - 09.00 - Lollypop
09.00 - 09.15 - TD/RB/Procrastinator book
09.15 - 12.30 - Accounts job
12.30 - 13.30 - Exercise/Lunch/Australia's biggest loser tape
13.30 - 14.30 - Control journal organised - mop floors hoover and dust all
14.30 - 16.00 - Lollypop
16.00 - 17.00 - MSE catch up - Chill time
17.00 - 18.00 - HM chicken soup and rolls - DS Literacy Circle homework
18.00 - 20.00 - 15 minute challenge - work out plan
20.00 - 22.00 - Gym and swim - sauna and good book
22.00 - 22.30 - Chill and bed

Diet Day


Meusli and fruit
Spinach salad
HM chicken soup and pitta bread

Remember:

- DS sock challenge - 10p for every pair he can find in the huge pile - then chuck the rest away.
- Get my ring binder and paper sorted
- Rugby clothes for DS
- Prepare for presentation TN
- Phone up gym - organise free massage for Thursday
- Phone up BV
- Send off log and receipts to Tern

Fly lady Day 13

"I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy."
Conran, Shirley

Day 14



Check your Morning Routine in your Control Journal
Check your Before Bed Routine in your Control Journal
There is tons of information on our website. I do not want you to get confused. Today I want you to go read an essay that Kelly wrote. Most of us are calendar challenged. Kelly has a way of making it so easy for us to understand. http://flylady.net/pages/FLYingLessons_UsingCalendar.asp

Kelly's Guide on How to Use a Calendar

Dear Friends:
One of the biggest tools that you can have in your journey to PEACE is a calendar. It doesn't matter what kind, it can be a wall calendar, a planner, whatever as long as you have one.
One of the first things that we tell you to do when starting our system is to establish routines and a basic weekly plan, this is why we had all of you go through the control journal exercises in the past few weeks. A calendar is the next step towards FLYing. A calendar should be a tool that keeps you and your family informed as to what is going on in your lives. If you are using a personal planner I still recommend that you have a family calendar that is located in a central location of your home so that all family members can see what is going on. This is what will save you from forgotten games, events, appointments and...disappointments!!! Your family counts on you to keep them going, using a calendar will help not only you but all of your family as well.
Once you have established routines and a basic weekly plan, you know that you are to sit down once a week to plan the next week, we call this desk day. This is the day that you look at your calendar to see what is happening the following week for your family.
The kicker is that if you don't have a calendar, than you have to rely on your memory to tell you what is going on for next week, well I think we all know how well that works! LOL!









So how do you use a calendar?

• Family Events: Take the time to sit down and fill in birthdays and general information that is consistent for your family; this will save you from ever forgetting a birthday or anniversary again! This is where you look at your calendar on desk day to see if there any cards or packages that you need to buy and or mail.
• Schedules: When you receive a schedule of events from anything that a family member participates in FILL IT IN ON YOUR CALENDAR IMMEDIATELY!! Examples are : school calendars, sports schedules, boy scouts, dance classes, church schedules, etc. When you get them write them down! Don't leave those schedules in a hotspot or the car! If you absolutely can't write them down that minute than take a paper clip and clip it to your calendar or put it in the pocket of your calendar to pull out and enter the information on the calendar when desk day comes around. This will allow you to know what events you can and cannot attend because you will be able to see if you have a schedule issue.
• Invitations: When you receive an invitation in the mail DON'T throw it in a hotspot or a pile of mail. First ask yourself if you want to go to the event, if you do than go to your calendar and see if the date is a good one for you or the person that has been invited. If you have looked at your calendar and know that you can attend, you write it down immediately! If the invitation requires an RSVP than take care of that right away. (By the way if you don't want to go to the event or it is something that doesn't work into your schedule then RSVP if required or throw the invitation away!)
• Appointments: When you schedule an appointment for Doctors, dentists, barbers, whatever, look at your calendar FIRST! Then after you have scheduled them WRITE the appointment down so that you will not schedule yourself into a conflict. When you are using a basic weekly you will have a day that is more convenient for running around. Try to set up most of your appointments on your errand day, you can make this decision.

Some calendars and planners come with stickers that save time and space by having them with pictures and/or words that you can help use to schedule things. If you have those USE them. They are little tools to assist you in your planning. If you have a sticker that says Dentist: than use it than you only have to write in the name of the person that is going to the dentist and the time, the sticker will tell you that it is a dentist appointment. Visual aids that will help you!!!! Colored pens, stickers, hi-lighters. Be creative!
Ask any Born Organized person that you know, they use calendars, planners and even the electronic date keepers. If you want to really FLY, using a calendar is a must! As I said before, it can be whatever calendar you choose: The wall calendar, a pocket planner, a desktop calendar, it does not matter as long as you use it!!!!
We want you to FLY! We promise that using a calendar will help you to FLY! Be consistent and dedicated about this and it will work for all of you!
Happy Planning!
Kelly

Back

scrooge2008

Goals for Awesomely Outrageous October are as follows:-

I like this saying from Kung Fu Panda lol, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift and that is why we call it the present'.

- PAY £277.00 OFF OVERDRAFT - DONE - OVERDRAFT PAID OFF AND NOW DEBT FREE
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
9/20 NSD
£196.00/£310.00 - 14 Mystery shops/audit - another 4 booked in £52.00

- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
Plan - Gym/swim Monday and Wednesday nights and one other session a week
- Exercise every morning - Hacker's Plan
- Weight loss spreadsheet and calorie Plan - Hacker's Plan
- Wannabedebtfree's GUNNAGETTHINNER by xmas challenge 7/14 lbs

- BRING ORDER TO HOUSEWORK - AND SAVE TIME 31/31 GOAL
Plan - Flylady 31 baby steps - one step a day
15/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
15/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ......

- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - Study session on Tuesday and Thursday

- COMPLETE VAT RETURN - TAX RETURN AND THIS YEARS ACCOUNTS FROM JUNE
Plan - Set aside a day to get this all organised

Today's Challenges:-

07.30 - 08.15 - Family up and out - Dress to shoes - Sink shiny!
08.15 - 09.15 - Lollypop - TD/RB - CHOOSE CAR DEALERS FOR TNS
09.15 - 09.40 - Exercises - Organise for Aqua aerobics
10.00 - 11.00 - Aqua aerobics
11.00 - 11.30 - Chill in sauna - dry
11.30 - 12.30 - Free body massage
12.30 - 13.30 - Treat lunch
13.30 - 14.30 - WH Smith - Filofax fillers - use daily express vouchers - Get gift voucher for DS's teacher who is leaving
14.45 - 15.45 - Lolly pop - prepare presentation for tonight - 15 on and off plan prepare - include hoovering and mopping - soup and DS literary circle h/w
15.45 - 18.15 - 15 minutes on 15 minute of plan execute
19.00 - 22.00 - Out with friends
22.00 - 22.30 - MSE catch up

Diet Day


Meusli and fruit
Baked potato and filling
HM soup and pitta bread

Remember:

- DS sock challenge - 10p for every pair he can find in the huge pile - then chuck the rest away.
- Prepare for presentation TN
- Send off log and receipts to Tern
- Look for BV receipt
- Everest leaking door
- DS has his photo taken at school tomorrow
- Get card and present ready for DS teacher


Fly lady Day 15

"I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy."
Conran, Shirley

Day 15



Check Your Control Journal Every Morning and Evening
You are starting on our third week of FLYing. Each day you are going to your Control Journal and using your sticky notes to remind you along with the reminders that you are getting in our inbox. Our habits are coming along nicely and we are seeing changes in our attitudes and our homes. On our new week of FLYing you are going to add Making your bed to your morning routine. If you will do this as soon as your feet hit the floor you are less likely to forget it.

That will mean making bed while DH is still in it . Anyhow today's task is OK, beds get done before I go out anyway .

scrooge2008

Goals for Awesomely Outrageous October are as follows:-

I like this saying from Kung Fu Panda lol, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift and that is why we call it the present'.

- PAY £277.00 OFF OVERDRAFT - DONE - OVERDRAFT PAID OFF AND NOW DEBT FREE
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
9/20 NSD
£196.00/£310.00 - 14 Mystery shops/audit - another 4 booked in £52.00

- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
Plan - Gym/swim Monday and Wednesday nights and one other session a week
- Exercise every morning - Hacker's Plan
- Weight loss spreadsheet and calorie Plan - Hacker's Plan
- Wannabedebtfree's GUNNAGETTHINNER by xmas challenge 7/14 lbs

- BRING ORDER TO HOUSEWORK - AND SAVE TIME 31/31 GOAL
Plan - Flylady 31 baby steps - one step a day
16/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
16/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ......

- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - Study session on Tuesday and Thursday

- COMPLETE VAT RETURN - TAX RETURN AND THIS YEARS ACCOUNTS FROM JUNE
Plan - Set aside a day to get this all organised

Today's Challenges:-

07.30 - 08.15 - Family up and out - Dress to shoes - Sink shiny!
08.15 - 09.15 - Lollypop - TD/RB
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts job
12.30 - 13.30 - Drop DS off at friends
13.30 - 14.30 - Organise banking/Everest call/TNS organise
14.30 - 15.30 - Mid month review - Print off Tern invoice
15.30 - 16.30 - Menu plan and order shop on-line
16.30 - 17.30 - Mop/hoover/dust - timed for one hour


Meusli and fruit
Baked potato and filling
Pizza and salad

Remember:

- DS sock challenge - 10p for every pair he can find in the huge pile - then chuck the rest away.
- Send off log and receipts to Tern - Take both of these to work
- Everest leaking door - Take both of these to work
- Remember DS has photograph today
- Give present to DS teacher


Fly lady Day 16

"I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy."
Conran, Shirley

Day 16



Check Your Control Journal Every Morning and Evening Today I want you to look in your inbox for an email from me. It can be a Morning Musing, a testimonial or an essay. Just take a few minutes and read over it. You never know what I am going to discuss.

Don't get her e-mails, so will attach a little motivation essay for myself.

FlyLady's Simple Guide to Menu Planning


"How many times have you stood in front of your refrigerator at suppertime and not had a clue what you are going to feed your family? All of us struggle with preparing meals and it becomes such a chore because we don't plan ahead. Part of FLYing is knowing "What's for Supper!"" - FlyLady

• Set aside time each week to do your menu planning. Start by planning menus with your family's favorites, or plan meals which use up the food in your freezer and pantry.
• Write down on your calendar what your are going to have for supper each day that week, even if you eat out. Don't forget the side dishes.
• Put together a grocery list before you go to the market. Then, only buy what you need.
• Now, you know what is for supper for the entire week and you know you have the ingredients! Happy cooking!

Once you have established this routine using your family's tried and true recipes, you may be ready to try some experimenting. We have some of our own family recipes to share with you. Enjoy! If you try the recipes, let us know how you liked them!
Meal Plan this week:-
Saturday - Roast beef and yorkshire
Sunday - Roast chicken and veg
Monday - HM chicken pie and veg
Tuesday - HM chicken soup
Wednesday - HM vegetable burgers and chips
Thursday - Spaghetti carbonara
Friday - Toad in the hold with mash and onion gravy
Shop done on line and fought TC customer services to get £5.00 off code re-instated, they are making it very difficult to use any coupons or vouchers at the moment. Will re-think whole shopping system next month

scrooge2008

Goals for Awesomely Outrageous October are as follows:-


Mid Month Review

I like this saying from Kung Fu Panda lol, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift and that is why we call it the present'.

- PAY £277.00 OFF OVERDRAFT - DONE - OVERDRAFT PAID OFF AND NOW DEBT FREE
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
9/20 NSD
£196.00/£310.00 - 14 Mystery shops/audit - another 4 booked in £52.00

This area is going really well, I have a refund due of £30.00 which will take me up to £278.00,
when all mystery shops are added. So just looking for £32.00. I will look for another three mystery shops this month to make up the shortfall. NSD's on target and debt free.
Verdict: extremely pleased with progress here. :j
- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
Plan - Gym/swim Monday and Wednesday nights and one other session a week
- Exercise every morning - Hacker's Plan
- Weight loss spreadsheet and calorie Plan - Hacker's Plan
- Wannabedebtfree's GUNNAGETTHINNER by xmas challenge 7/14 lbs

I am going to the gym 2/3 times a week, exercising most days and eating pretty well, overall. Alcohol consumption low too. Certainly looking toned and clothes beginning to be too big. Feeling much more energetic and able to cope better with curved balls.
Verdict: extremely pleased with progress here too. :j
- BRING ORDER TO HOUSEWORK - AND SAVE TIME 31/31 GOAL
Plan - Flylady 31 baby steps - one step a day
16/31

Enjoying Flylady, I am giving myself lots of praise, and although house still looks very lived in, it is gradually taking shape. Not been too heavy here and family have joined in the Flylady eccentricities. DH has christened his desk his kitchen sink, and has kept it clear and shiny.
Verdict: Slow and steady, but living up to the plan. :T
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
16/31

This is now a habit, not a chore, it really works for me and keeps me focused.
Verdict: Works well and will continue with the habit. :T
- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ......

No progress here, but have spoken to DH and he plans to get started on Sunday - watch this space.

Verdict: I am confident he will get started, not sure when though. :rolleyes:

- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - Study session on Tuesday and Thursday

This is going really badly. I have brainstormed why, and have nearly finished reading, The Now Factor, to see if I can change things here, as I have a major blockage. I have already had extensions and this should have been finished 16 months ago. My final deadline is 6th December 2009.

New plan - Draw grid with 40 squares on it, representing 40 short essays that need to be done to pass the course. I will do one a day, usually between 4.15 and 5.15 pm each day, until they are all finished.
As I finish each one, I will colour in a square and reward myself.
Verdict: This one is so hard for me. If I do this, then I will officially lose my procrastinator status. :eek:
- COMPLETE VAT RETURN - TAX RETURN AND THIS YEARS ACCOUNTS FROM JUNE
Plan - Set aside a day to get this all organised

This one is another killer, I am terrible for procrastinating here, and a fine would ruin my debt free status, so I am going to do these on Tuesday 20th October - VAT and TAX day.
Verdict: It's got to get done. I will develop a PMA and conquer my issues here. :eek:

scrooge2008

Goals for Awesomely Outrageous October are as follows:-

I like this saying from Kung Fu Panda lol, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift and that is why we call it the present'.

- PAY £277.00 OFF OVERDRAFT - DONE - OVERDRAFT PAID OFF AND NOW DEBT FREE
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
10/20 NSD
£196.00/£310.00 - 14 Mystery shops/audit - another 4 booked in £52.00

- WEIGHT TO STAY AT 10 STONE 7LB OR BELOW
Plan - Gym/swim Monday and Wednesday nights and one other session a week
- Exercise every morning - Hacker's Plan
- Weight loss spreadsheet and calorie Plan - Hacker's Plan
- Wannabedebtfree's GUNNAGETTHINNER by xmas challenge 7/14 lbs

- BRING ORDER TO HOUSEWORK - AND SAVE TIME 31/31 GOAL
Plan - Flylady 31 baby steps - one step a day
17/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
17/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ...... - He's starting tomorrow 18th October 2009

- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - Study session on Tuesday and Thursday - Now doing one hour a day and colouring in squares -

- COMPLETE VAT RETURN - TAX RETURN AND THIS YEARS ACCOUNTS FROM JUNE
Plan - Set aside a day to get this all organised - Set aside Tuesday 20th October 2009

Today's Challenges:-

08.45 - 09.45 - Family up and out - Dress to shoes - Sink shiny!
09.45 - 09.45 - P&L's with family - TD/RB
11.30 - 12.30 - Lunch for family
12.30 - 13.30 - Drop DH off at golf
13.30 - 16.15 - 15 minute off, 15 minute on plan - outlined below
16.15 - 17.15 - First hour of studying - fill in square
16.30 - 17.30 - Walk to Mr T for few items for DH
18.30 - 19.30 - TW
19.30 - 20.00 - Evening routine
19.30 - 23.30 - Chill time

Must remember:

Mop/hoover/dust - timed for one hour still outstanding
DS sock challenge - still outstanding
Money for sponsor - still outstanding

Meusli and fruit
Baked potato and filling
Roast dinner

15 minutes on 15 minutes off:

1.30 pm - 1.45 pm - Tidy broom cupboard/sweep floors in hall/lounge/dining room - put any displaced items on stair
1.45 pm - 2.00 pm - New mystery book - soda lime and ice
2.00 pm - 2.15 pm - Dust lounge and dining room - move stair items to real homes - hoover all rooms
2.15 pm - 2.30 pm - New mystery book - soda lime and ice
2.30 pm - 2.45 pm - Tidy kitchen - make sure all surfaces clear and shiny like sink! - Sponsor money in DS bag
2.45 pm - 3.00 pm - New mystery book - soda lime and ice
3.00 pm - 3.15 pm - Mop kitchen floor and hall floor - Dust upstairs bedroom and make sure all surfaces clear
3.15 pm - 3.30 pm - New mystery book - soda lime and ice
3.30 pm - 3.45 pm - Clean upstairs bathroom one
3.45 pm - 4.00 pm - New mystery book - soda lime and ice
4.00 pm - 4.15 pm - Clean upstairs bathroom two - wash on and out - tumble dry clothes outside.


That worked a treat - great book - Peter James, 'Dead Simple'. Gave me something to look forward to, and think about while I do all the jobs I hate above. House looking good.

DS to tidy his room - DH to tidy office -


Fly lady Day 17

"I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy."
Conran, Shirley

Day 17



Check Your Control Journal Every Morning and Evening Today I want you to think about what time you are going to bed each night. Set a specific bed time and stick to it. You need your rest. Put this on your Before Bed Routine.

BED TIME IS 10.30 PM EXCEPT ON SATURDAY WHEN IT IS 11.30 PM