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 - DONE - OVERDRAFT PAID OFF AND NOW DEBT FREE
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
13/20 NSD
£415.80/£310.00 - 18 Mystery shops/audit and a VAT credit of £90.00/Tax rebate due of £66.80 and cheque found in paperwork £12.00 - another 2 mystery shops booked in - £24.00

- 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
21/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
21/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ...... - He's starting today - 18th October 2009/now 19th October 2009 ..... 21st October .........22nd October

- 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 - START TODAY - START TODAY - START TODAY - NOT STARTED YET

- 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 - DONE AND CHECKED WITH ACCOUNTANT

Today's Challenges:- School Holidays!

06.00 - 07.00 - Dress to shoes - Sink shiny! - sandwiches made - TD/RB/Exercises - Wash on/out and away
07.00 - 09.00 - Cleaning job, DH to drop DS off at friends.
09.00 - 12.30 - Accounts job
12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch DS and I
13.30 - 16.30 Photocopy and post Tern invoices/Hand shoes in/Pick up clock from WH Smith/BV/Phone sister - MUST DO TODAY
16.30 - 17.30 - Work through admin for DH
17.30 - 18.30 - Spaghetti carbonara and green veg
18.30 - 22.00 - Gym - Body pump - sauna and chill with my book
22.00 - 22.30 - Evening routine.

Must remember:
DS sock challenge - still outstanding - wash more socks today - THIS WILL BE KNOCKED OFF THE LIST TODAY.
Find nail polish remover so that I can touch up my toes.


Diet Day
Porridge and fruit
Scrambled egg on toast
Spaghetti cabonara and greens

Update: Well today hasn't gone as planned at all. My poor friend's car broke down in the middle of nowhere, so I went out to rescue the kids, while she waited on the AA man. 2.5 hours later they turned up and she is now safely back home.

Since, safely depositing the children, I have been involved in the mother of all warranty disputes, and I am awaiting a final decision from the car dealership. Been really interesting though. It is amazing how often dealerships use warranty loopholes to negate a customer's legal rights.

As they say, life is what happens when you are busy making other plans. That just about sums up how this week has gone, but i'm trying to be Zen about it and go with the flow.

Fly lady Day 21

"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 21



Check Your Control Journal Every Morning and Evening
Today I am going to show you something else on our website. Each day(Monday-Friday) our WebDude Lee puts up an Ask FlyLady Question and I answer it. http://flylady.net/pages/askflylady1.asp - DONE - WILL NEED TO THINK OF A GOOD QUESTION TO ASK HER:- FLYLADY THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - "CLEAN IS CONTAGIOUS, LOL"

Overwhelmed...

Dear FlyLady,

I have been flying for a long time now. My attitude has changed, I'm not yelling at my babies or dh, I've been doing the 15 minutes of decluttering each day and I haven't seen a dent. I've been making donations and putting out the trash, sometimes 3 giant trash bags a week, in addition to the regular cans, I know it didn't get messy in a day, I'm trying to focus on all the accomplishments, but lately, I have been feeling so discouraged and overwhelmed

Any hints?
Dear Friend,

You answered your own question; Your home did not get messy in a day and it is not going to get clean over night. It took me almost nine months of decluttering my home in 15 minute sessions, 27 Fling Boogies three times a day and 5 minute room rescues. Every bag out of your home is one less bag to look at, walk around or try to organize. You can't organize clutter; you can only get rid of it. Use your zones to focus on one area at a time. You need to see some progress. This will encourage you. Clean is contagious.

- FlyLady

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
13/20 NSD
£415.80/£310.00 - 18 Mystery shops/audit and a VAT credit of £90.00/Tax rebate due of £66.80 and cheque found in paperwork £12.00 - another 2 mystery shops booked in - £24.00

- 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
21/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
21/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ...... - He's starting today - 18th October 2009/now 19th October 2009 ..... 21st October .........22nd October

- 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 - START TODAY - START TODAY - START TODAY - NOT STARTED YET

- 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 - DONE AND CHECKED WITH ACCOUNTANT

Today's Challenges:- School Holidays!

10.00 - 11.00 - Dress to shoes - Sink shiny! - sandwiches made - TD/RB/Exercises - Wash on/out and away
11.00 - 18.30
- Refund B shop
- Tern invoice - moved to tomorrow
- Photocopy diet sheet
- Shoes in for re-healing - moved to tomorrow
- Phone HMRC with query
- Reading with DS
- Post Flat Stanley/Thomas postcard and forward letter on to cousin - include stamped addressed envelope.
- Pick up Next vouchers as thank you for friend - moved to tomorrow
- Phone Johnstone publishing re: wages
- Prepare for tonight
- Buy nail polish remover - move to tomorrow
- Get socks sorted
- Update Hackers Plan
- Time at park with DS
- Look for ISA savings account with a decent rate
- Transfer standing orders for professional membership and SE NI contributions over to business account
- Transfer BT broadband and telephone account over to business account
- e-mail finance information for cousin
- Spaghetti carbonara and greens for tea.

ORGANISE THE ABOVE LIST TO GET IT DONE IN MOST EFFICIENT WAY

Ok - i've done the fun things, long lie in, soak in the bath, had fun with DS, but I am in danger of snuggling up on the couch and doing nothing for the rest of the day, and I am not ready to drift back into the old ways - so a 15 minute on off challenge will begin at 12.00 - going to plan it now. Update - It worked pretty well.

Overall a good, relaxed day. I forget that in the school holidays, I sleep in and spend a lot of time with DS, and spend more money on him, so I must remember to adjust plans for month accordingly in future. It made more sense to move things in red until tomorrow, as they are nearer to yet another mystery shop that I will be performing.


Diet Day
Porridge and fruit
Scrambled egg on toast
Spaghetti cabonara and greens

Day 22



Check Your Control Journal Every Morning and Evening
Have you been procrastinating about building your Control Journal? I know that perfectionism can rear its ugly head and keep us stuck. If you just can’t seem to get yours together; I have made one for you. It is in our FLY Shop
http://flylady.net/pages/FlyShop_CJ.asp
All the BabyStep directions are on the website too. Just click on the link underneath FlyLadys feet. http://flylady.net/pages/cjmain.asp

Control journal is beside me Mam, just going to tweak the morning and evening routines now!

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
13/20 NSD
£425.80/£310.00 - 18 Mystery shops/audit and a VAT credit of £90.00/Tax rebate due of £66.80 and cheque found in paperwork £12.00 - another 1 mystery shops booked in - £10.00

- 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
23/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
23/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ...... - He's starting today - 18th October 2009/now 19th October 2009 ..... 21st October .........22nd October ..... The weekend

- 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 - START TODAY - START TODAY - START TODAY - NOT STARTED YET

- 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 - DONE AND CHECKED WITH ACCOUNTANT

Today's Challenges:- School Holidays!

08.30 - 09.15 - Dress to shoes - Sink shiny! - sandwiches made - TD/RB/Exercises - Wash on/out and away
09.15 - 12.30 - Accounts job - DS to friends
12.30 - 14.00 - Organise for afternoon/lunch
14.00 - 15.00 - Mystery shop
15.00 - 16.00 -
- Tern invoice
- Photocopy diet sheet
- Shoes in for re-healing
- Pick up Next vouchers as thank you for friend
- Buy nail polish remover
16.30 - 21.00 - Pick up DH and family to see 3D UP movie
- Fish and chips treat afterwards.
Evening routine

Diet Day - don't think so
cheese on toast
weight watchers chinese
fish and chips

What a lovely day, UP is a great film, very poignant. Carl is so like my dad.

Day 23

Check Your Control Journal Every Morning and Evening
Today we are going to add another routine to our day. I like to call this our get home from work routine or get home from school. Whatever you name it; it is your afternoon routine. Make a new page in your Control Journal for your Afternoon Routine. As with any of your routines; you will have to adapt to fit your family. Your Control Journal is your guide for BabyStepping your way through you day.

Already done, and tweaking it along with the morning, and evening routines. I've got to admit, i'm getting speedy and efficient at household organisation and chores that used to take me a long, chaotic time. Amazing really. Typing that to remind me not to fall back into the old STRESSFUL ways.

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
13/20 NSD
£425.80/£310.00 - 18 Mystery shops/audit and a VAT credit of £90.00/Tax rebate due of £66.80 and cheque found in paperwork £12.00 - another 1 mystery shops booked in - £10.00

- 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
24/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
24/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ...... - He's starting today - 18th October 2009/now 19th October 2009 ..... 21st October .........22nd October ..... The weekend ..... Next weekend.

- 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 - START TODAY - START TODAY - START TODAY - NOT STARTED YET

- 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 - DONE AND CHECKED WITH ACCOUNTANT

Today's Challenges:- School Holidays - DH off out with DS - so will catch up.

09.30 - 10.30 - Dress to shoes - Sink shiny! - TD/RB/Exercises - Wash on/out and away - take sausages out of the freezer. Complete morning routine.
10.00 - 11.00 - Write up mystery shop, check bank balances, update all spreadsheets, move money about as necessary
11.00 - 13.00 - Drive to town - re-heal shoes/cheques paid in/Tern invoice sent recorded delivery/Tesco vouchers for JK/Nail polish remover/Daily Record lego offer/Tesco £30.00 shop using Somerfield coupon.
13.00 - 14.30 - lunch
14.30 - 15.30 - Catch up on everything still in red
15.30 - 16.00 - 30 minutes on off challenge
15.30 - 16.00 - Sweep thorough downstairs/dust and mop floors/clean surfaces of kitchen.
16.00 - 16.30 - Book
16.30 - 17.00 - Two bathrooms cleaned
17.00 - 17.30 - Book
17.30 - 18.00 - Hoover stairs and dust all rooms upstairs
18.00 - 18.30 - Book TW.
18.30 - 19.30 - ONE HOUR ON PARA LEGAL
19.30 - 21.30 - Toad in the hole, onion gravey and mash -Organise for Sunday and Monday - trip - free hotel spa break. Complete evening routine.
21.30 - chill with x factor.

Diet Day
Porridge
Baked potato - cottage cheese
Toad in the hole, carrots and mash - onion gravy

Bit behind, but enjoying today. Got three copies of the Sun, as £5.00 off voucher for £30.00 spend in Somerfields, is being accepted at local Tesco. So saved a fiver today and will use the other two vouchers in next week's shop. Used to save a lot of money with coupons and free delivery, but it's getting much harder to do these days.

Oh dear, only managed the good bits on the 30 minutes challenge, need to stick to 15 minutes challenge, I think. Never mind, extra hour tomorrow to catch up, and I have been really laid back and chilled, it is the holidays after all!

Day 24



Check Your Control Journal Every Morning, Afternoon and Evening
One of the things that make our home always ready for company is the fact that our main bathroom is clean. Each morning as part of my Morning Routine I do something I call a Swish and a Swipe. This means I swish the toilet with a toilet bowl brush and I wipe down the counter tops and sink with a rag and put away all the things I have gotten out. This takes all of two minutes to keep our bathroom ready for anyone. Add Swish and Swipe to your Morning Routine

This makes sense, and what is two minutes, duly added mam!

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
14/20 NSD
£435.80/£310.00 - 18 Mystery shops/audit and a VAT credit of £90.00/Tax rebate due of £66.80 and cheque found in paperwork £12.00 - £10.00 off Tesco using vouchers - another 1 mystery shops booked in - £10.00

- 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
25/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
25/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ...... - He's starting today - 18th October 2009/now 19th October 2009 ..... 21st October .........22nd October ..... The weekend ..... Next weekend.

- 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 - START TODAY - START TODAY - START TODAY - NOT STARTED YET

- 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 - DONE AND CHECKED WITH ACCOUNTANT

Today's Challenges:- School Holidays

09.30 - 10.30 - Dress to shoes - Sink shiny! - TD/RB/Exercises - Wash on/out and away. Complete morning routine.
10.30 - 14.30 - Do everything in red from yesterday/organise for night away
15.00 - Monday night-
- Head to spa hotel, for swim in afternoon with family and evening meal.
- Spend night in hotel, after breakfast head out to Sea Bird Centre and meet up with friend and her son for the day.

Diet Day - No way

Day 25



Check Your Control Journal Every Morning, Afternoon and Evening
You have only been doing your routines for 25 days now. I am so proud of you. Keep in mind that you are not ever going to be perfect and we don’t expect you to be. In fact we don’t even like that P word. Right now you have your routines written down in your Control Journal. It will help you to practice them each day. These habits are not automatic yet; so you are still going to have to use your Control Journal, sticky notes and our reminders to help you establish your habits. Another tool you have is your calendar and stickers. We love giving ourselves a sticker when we are establishing a habit. I know that I have thrown a lot at you in the last 25 days but don’t give up now. Every time you do your routine you are one step closer to developing your habit and running on automatic pilot. Today I want you to read how I started developing my routines one habit at a time. It took me several months to do this and here I am expecting you to get it in four weeks. Well here is the deal; I don’t expect you to do this in one month. Be nice to yourself and don’t beat yourself up. Your consistent BabySteps will get you there.
http://flylady.net/pages/WhyFly_PersonalTest.asp Now go give yourself a gold star for doing your Morning Routine.

Nice big one

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
14/20 NSD
£435.80/£310.00 - 18 Mystery shops/audit and a VAT credit of £90.00/Tax rebate due of £66.80 and cheque found in paperwork £12.00 - £10.00 off Tesco using vouchers - another 1 mystery shops booked in - £10.00

- 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
26/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
26/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ...... - He's starting today - 18th October 2009/now 19th October 2009 ..... 21st October .........22nd October ..... The weekend ..... Next weekend.

- 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 - START TODAY - START TODAY - START TODAY - NOT STARTED YET

- 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 - DONE AND CHECKED WITH ACCOUNTANT

Today's Challenges:- School Holidays

Had a lovely freebie, bed and breakfast in bed, at a top country hotel last night. We smuggled in our own wine and nibbles, so it cost nought.

Then today we met up with a friend and her DS and had a lovely day at a seabird centre and mucking about on the beach. Finished the day off with the obligatory fish and chips, on a bench, by the sea. The weather was great, and it was a very relaxing day.

But, this is the last day of the school holidays so normal service resumes tomorrow. On that note plan for the rest of today:-

17.15 - 18.30 - Meatballs and spaghetti for DH and DS
- Wash on/away and out
- Organise DS bag for Tuesday - Forest School/Reading Book/HW
- Evening routine - All clothes ready for tomorrow and sandwiches/salads
- Find gym stuff
18.30 - 22.30 - 20/20/20 gym and sauna with good book


Day 26

Check Your Control Journal Every Morning, Afternoon and Evening
It takes us a month to establish a habit. I set it up this way because I knew that I would miss a day here and there and I didn’t want to throw the baby out with the bath water. That was how I had always done it with my perfectionism. If I missed a day I gave up; well I factored in this part of our personalities into our FlyLady system. This is why we take a whole month to establish one habit. Today I want you to go look at the bottom of any email that I have sent out. The first sentence is what I want you to look at and incorporate into you FLYing!

"Let's not fail to live because we are afraid of making a mistake. Our perfectionism is keeping us locked away in shame. We don't have to live in fear anymore." ~FlyLady

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'.

"When you create structures for the chaos in your life you free yourself. You free up your time and emotional energy for the good stuff." Dr Joan Minninger.

- PAY £277.00 OFF OVERDRAFT - DONE - OVERDRAFT PAID OFF AND NOW DEBT FREE
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
14/20 NSD
£435.80/£310.00 - 18 Mystery shops/audit and a VAT credit of £90.00/Tax rebate due of £66.80 and cheque found in paperwork £12.00 - £10.00 off Tesco using vouchers - another 1 mystery shops booked in - £10.00

- 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
27/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
27/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ...... - He's starting today - 18th October 2009/now 19th October 2009 ..... 21st October .........22nd October ..... The weekend ..... Next weekend.

- 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 - START TODAY - START TODAY - START TODAY - NOT STARTED YET

- 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 - DONE AND CHECKED WITH ACCOUNTANT

Today's Challenges:-

06.15 - 07.15 - Morning routine
07.15 - 08.15 - Dress to shoes/family up and out with bags and sandwiches/wash on and out
08.15 - 09.00 - Kids to school/lollypop job
09.00 - 09.30 - TD/RB/Now factor
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts job
12.30 - 14.40 - Cleaning job
14.40 - 16.00 - Lollypop job
16.00 - 18.00 - Afternoon routine - Make lentil soup/DS homework
18.00 - 19.00 - Tea and evening routine
19.00 - 22.30 - Family film night with popcorn

Remember
- Forest school stuff for DS
- Cleaning outfit for afternoon and lunch
- Pick up a copy of the Daily Record for lego voucher
- Print off hour sheets at Accounts Job

Diet day
- Porridge and nuts
- Salad with l/O meatballs
- H/M lentil soup and ciabatta bread

I am really struggling with my paralegal course, just don't seem to be able to fit it in, and I really want to pass it, to move on to the next stage of building up my business.

So, the new plan. I will try something called the unschedule. I will study for just 30 quality minutes each day, any time I like, and at the end I get to colour in a square and match the 30 minutes with something fun, for me. Think the one hour chunk was just too much for me to handle.


Day 27

"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



Check Your Control Journal Every Morning, Afternoon and Evening Today I want you to think about what you are fixing for dinner before 6:00 pm rolls around. You can do it as part of your before bed routine for tomorrow or as part of your morning routine for today. Write this in your Control Journal.

OK here, I have been menu planning for a while, and think it's great.

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'.

"When you create structures for the chaos in your life you free yourself. You free up your time and emotional energy for the good stuff." Dr Joan Minninger.

- PAY £277.00 OFF OVERDRAFT - DONE - OVERDRAFT PAID OFF AND NOW DEBT FREE
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
14/20 NSD
£478.80/£310.00 - 18 Mystery shops/audit and a VAT credit of £90.00/Tax rebate due of £66.80 and cheque found in paperwork £12.00 - £41.50 off Tesco using vouchers - Overtime - £10.00 - Pinecone survey

- 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
28/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
28/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ...... - He's starting today - 18th October 2009/now 19th October 2009 ..... 21st October .........22nd October ..... The weekend ..... Next weekend ...... Next month.

- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - Study session on Tuesday and Thursday - Now doing half an hour a day and colouring in squares - START TODAY - START TODAY - START TODAY - NOT STARTED YET - BUT WILL START TODAY 28/10

- 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 - DONE AND CHECKED WITH ACCOUNTANT

Today's Challenges:-

05.45 - 07.00 - Morning routine include water and swish and swipe
07.00 - 08.15 - Dress to shoes/family up and out with bags and sandwiches/wash on and out/exercise
08.15 - 09.00 - Kids to school/lollypop job
09.00 - 09.30 - TD/RB/Now factor
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts job
12.30 - 13.30 - Pick up re-healed shoes/transfer money from business account to home account/pay in cheques/post letters/pick up copy of Daily Record for lego and Daily Express for gastro pub.
13.30 - 14.30 - Chill lunch and MSE/Telly - Make vegetable burgers and fries
14.30 - 16.00 - Lollypop job
16.00 - 16.30 - Tea break
16.30 - 17.00 - Choose this time for my quality half hour - para legal
17.00 - 17.30 - Start watching 'The Way We Were' with soda/lime and ice as treat.
17.30 - 18.30 - Cook vegetable burgers and chips/evening routine/DS homework
18.30 - 22.00 - Body pump/swim sauna with good book/wash and blow dry hair at gym.

Remember
- Gym kit for DS
- Letters


Diet day
- Porridge and nuts
- Salad with Ham
- Vegetable burgers and chips

I've come home to a nice surprise, £26.50 worth of vouchers. Tesco double points has been good to me. Have already used some for Pizza Express tokens and Cineworld tickets for a nice treat in November.

Done some overtime today too and a Pinecone survey, so £10.00 a day challenge is finishing in style - £478.80 so far or £17.10 a day.

Just come back from the gym. Nearly knocked myself out on the side of a door as I went to put back my weights. I've got this great big gash down my forehead and a lump the size of a gob stopper. What a sight for sore eyes I am.

Overtime at work ate into my study time, so I will address the balance tomorrow. I will, I will.



Day 28

"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 28



Check Your Control Journal Every Morning, Afternoon and Evening Many times when we can’t seem to get going it is because we are not taking care of ourselves by eating right, drinking our water or getting enough sleep. As part of your routines I want you to remind yourself to eat good food, drink your water and get your rest.

Part of morning routine, will be to fill up my water bottle, and drink throughout from it throughout the day, as I never drink enough fluid.

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'.

"When you create structures for the chaos in your life you free yourself. You free up your time and emotional energy for the good stuff." Dr Joan Minninger.

- PAY £277.00 OFF OVERDRAFT - DONE - OVERDRAFT PAID OFF AND NOW DEBT FREE
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
14/20 NSD
£478.80/£310.00 - 18 Mystery shops/audit and a VAT credit of £90.00/Tax rebate due of £66.80 and cheque found in paperwork £12.00 - £41.50 off Tesco using vouchers - Overtime - £10.00 - Pinecone survey

- 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
29/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
29/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ...... - He's starting today - 18th October 2009/now 19th October 2009 ..... 21st October .........22nd October ..... The weekend ..... Next weekend ...... Next month.

- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - Study session on Tuesday and Thursday - Now doing half an hour a day and colouring in squares - START TODAY - START TODAY - START TODAY - NOT STARTED YET - BUT WILL START TODAY 28/10

- 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 - DONE AND CHECKED WITH ACCOUNTANT

Today's Challenges:-

06.30 - 07.00 - Morning routine include water and swish and swipe
07.00 - 08.15 - Dress to shoes/family up and out with bags and sandwiches/wash on and out - check bedding
08.15 - 09.00 - Kids to school/lollypop job/milk/Daily Record/Flowers/polish/microfibre cloths - £30.00 weekly shop from Tesco - with voucher - goodies from M&S.
09.00 - 10.00 - TD/RB/Now factor/Exercise/Breakfast
10.00 - 11.00 - Paralegal - Went shopping to M&S and Tesco instead
11.00 - 12.00 - Early lunch and 'The Way We Were' - as above
12.00 - 13.00 - Deep Clean Lounge/dining room - Suite/lights/under sofa/dust/glass
13.00 - 13.40 - 'The Way We Were', Tea and chocolate
13.40 - 14.40 - Deep Clean kitchen/surfaces and fridge
14.40 - 16.00 - Lollypop
16.00 - 17.00 - Make and change beds - hoover and dust upstairs
17.00 - 17.30 - Clean upstairs bathrooms
17.30 - 18.00 - Go through presentation with DS/H/W
18.00 - 19.00 - Organise for going out to friends
22.30 - 05.45 - Bed

Remember
- DS to pick up homework assignment
- Banking reconcilliation
- Phone sister
- Bags organised
- Shop

Diet day
- Porridge and nuts
- Salad with Ham
- Fishcakes/baked potato and vegetables

Day 29



Check Your Control Journal Every Morning, Afternoon and Evening
We have worked very hard this past month. I hope that you have become familiar with our email FLY Washing system and you are seeing some progress in your home. It took me nine months of building my routines one habit at a time to get our home running on automatic pilot. Please do not beat yourself up over this. Anything you do today is better than it used to be! Celebrate each accomplishment and enjoy the process. Before you know it you will be having more time for the things that you love to do. Right now I want you to look at the bottom of our homepage and find the weekly Pamper Mission and read it. Then think about when you are going to do it. You may have to put it on your calendar to really make it happen.

Ok - There is an amazing autumn walk, through the hills by a local castle. I will take myself off there, for a hike, next Wednesday afternoon and have coffee and cake on top of the hill. It's a very restorative spot.

On that note, feel like I didn't sleep last night. Head throbbing, going to press on though. C'est la vie.

Just back from shopping. My sister is coming up for a long weekend, so I wanted to get in some goodies and wine for her. I went to M&S for their 25% off, wine offer. They had an offer on at the weekend of a family roast dinner with vegetables, desert and wine, for £15.00. We had the roast beef option on Saturday and it was delicious. When I popped in today they had all the same stuff, which obviously hadn't sold as well as they had hoped, but with a further 75% off. I bought three big lambs roasts and two massive Oakwood chickens for less than £12.00, and six bottles of decent wine for only £20.00. Yum, Yum.

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'.

"When you create structures for the chaos in your life you free yourself. You free up your time and emotional energy for the good stuff." Dr Joan Minninger.

- PAY £277.00 OFF OVERDRAFT - DONE - OVERDRAFT PAID OFF AND NOW DEBT FREE
Plan - £10.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers
14/20 NSD
£478.80/£310.00 - 18 Mystery shops/audit and a VAT credit of £90.00/Tax rebate due of £66.80 and cheque found in paperwork £12.00 - £41.50 off Tesco using vouchers - Overtime - £10.00 - Pinecone survey

- 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
29/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
29/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Project manage DH on this one, tactfully of course ...... - He's starting today - 18th October 2009/now 19th October 2009 ..... 21st October .........22nd October ..... The weekend ..... Next weekend ...... Next month.

- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - Study session on Tuesday and Thursday - Now doing half an hour a day and colouring in squares - START TODAY - START TODAY - START TODAY - NOT STARTED YET - BUT WILL START TODAY 28/10

- 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 - DONE AND CHECKED WITH ACCOUNTANT

Today's Challenges:-

06.00 - 07.30 - Cleaning job
07.30 - 08.15 - Morning routine include water and swish and swipe/Dress to shoes/family up and out with bags/DS maths h/w
08.15 - 09.00 - Kids to school and Lollypop job
09.00 - 09.30 - TD/RB/Now factor/Exercise/
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts job focus on debt collecting
12.30 - 13.00 - Lollypop job
13.00 - 18.00 - Out with sister and ds - spa or castle?
18.00 - 23.00 - Pizza/garlic bread/salad and wine and chill


Remember
- DS to hand in H/W assignment
- Money for sponsoring African child
- Pinecone survey
- DS outdoor gym kit
- Red Magazine
- Daily record for lego token
- Remember Sun - Somerfield £5.00 off voucher for Tesco - today or tomorrow - check.

Diet day - Not today
- Porridge and nuts
- Salad with Ham
- Pizza etc

"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 30



Check Your Control Journal Every Morning, Afternoon and Evening
Look at your calendar for next month. Does anyone have a birthday? We forget to send cards and purchase gifts. Put this on your errand list so you can to buy cards and gifts on your errand day. To learn more about a Basic Weekly Plan; You don’t have to start doing it yet. Just think about it. http://flylady.net/pages/FLYFaq.asp#weeklyplan

Going to graduate onto the basic weekly cleaning plan and zones from 1st November 2009. Planned my budget for November.

No events in November, though would like to treat mum to her favourite, Molton Brown. I will buy 'Red' magazine today and use the £10.00 off token.

November Treats - budgeted for:-
Weekend with sister - Use Historic Scotland pass and Spa vouchers
Cinema night out and meal with friend - vouchers - Vue
Cinema night out and meal with family - Tesco vouchers - Pizza Express and Cineworld
Weekly pamper treat - Free walks with coffee and cake, this month
Weekly date night (DH) -Saturday night (indoors)
Weekly family film night - Tuesday night (indoors)
Present for mum - Molton Brown
DH has given me money for a winter coat, bag, boots, hat and scarf, so will be looking for some bargains this month.

Had a lovely afternoon with my dear sister, just wish she lived nearer. Chose the castle option, as sister loves history and culture, then we went for a walk in the hills, bliss...

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