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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
£483.80/£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 - £3.00
- 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
31/31
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
31/31
- 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 - NEED TO RE-THINK THIS AGAIN
- 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:-
08.00 - 10.00 - Pinecone survey, breakfast, TD/RB, Wash on and out, dust house, clean bathroom, put washing away, dress to shoes, get ds organised, exercise
10.00 - 12.30 - Bus into Edinburgh with sister - voucher spends - Laura Ashley/Molton Brown/WH Smith - George Street.
12.30 - 14.00 - Lunch Cafe Rouge - Frederick Street
14.00 - 14.30 - Walk to Scottish Parliament at Holyrood.
14.40 - 15.40 - Guided tour - general - booked on
15.40 - 16.00 - Coffee
16.00 - 17.00 - Artwork tour - booked on
17.00 - 18.30 - Head back to cooked dinner
18.30 - 23.30 - DH cooking roast lamb for us and mother in law
Must remember
Choose book in WH Smith for book-club
Diet day - Not today
Poached egg/mushrooms and tomatoes
Cafe Rouge lunch
M&S roast lamb/trimmings and chocolate pudding with raspberries.
"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 31
Check Your Control Journal Every Morning, Afternoon and Evening
Don’t get bogged down by wanting to know everything about our system. As your clutter goes away you will find that you will have time to do the zone detailed cleaning, weekly home blessing hour and some of the fun things we do in our email and on the website. You don’t have to see the top of the staircase to take the first step or the 30th step; you just need to keep FLYing! I am so proud of you!
A beautiful autumn day today, i'm looking forward to the trip into town, and i'm going to keep flying into November.
Amazing weather today, We were sitting at a pavement cafe today watching the world go by in t-shirts.I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
Goals for Knockout November 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.
- STICK TO BUDGET AND SAVE £450.00
Plan - £5.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers - 0/£150.00
£150.00 from wages - £150.00 transferred.
20 NSD'S - 1/20
PAD into tin - stick any money lying around/change/money found into tin - £3.00/£50.00
Transfer current account to Alliance and Leicester to take advantage of £100.00 offer.
- 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
Follow Flylady - morning/afternoon/evening routines and weekly zones
1/31
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
1/31
- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Buy paint and start doing it myself, hoping DH will take over.
- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - cutting back on work hours and devoting Tuesday and Thursday, Friday afternoon, Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon to this course. Deadline is 6th December 2009. I can keep this up for one month.
Planned 70 hours quality work and to colour in a square after each hour.
- NATURE AND CULTURE
- Wednesday afternoon - walk/cake and coffee
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False
Today's Challenges:-
No structure chill day with sister
Must remember
Chill
Diet day - Not today
"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
Before Bed Routine: Start as soon as dinner is finished don’t wait till 10:00pm.
1. Shine your sink; go to bed with a clean kitchen.
2. Put things away from your Hot Spots.
3. Lay out your clothes for tomorrow; check your calendar for appointments.
4. Take some time to relax; bubble bath, good book or magazine.
5. Go to bed at a decent hour.
Morning Routine: Start as soon as your feet hit the floor.
1. Make your bed.
2. Get dressed to lace up shoes.
3. Put a load of laundry in the washer.
4. Empty dishwasher.
5. Eat breakfast, drink your water, take your vitamins.
6. Check your calendar for appointments.
7. Think about what’s for dinner.
8. Police your Hot Spots and put things away.
9. Set a timer and declutter one little area for 15 minutes.
10. Where is your laundry? Put it in the dryer.
11. Take a break and rest while you check your Holiday Control Journal.
12. TD/RB/Exercises
13. MSE time
14. Family up/out/with everything they need
Afternoon Routine: Start as soon as you get home from work.
1. Start dinner, put hot soapy water in your sink, and clean up as you cook.
2. Fold and put laundry away.
3. Set the table.
4. Enjoy dinner.This week we are in the Living Room Zone and I want each and every one of you to go into your living rooms and stand there. While you are standing there I want you to look around you and look at the flat surfaces (end tables, coffee tables, tops of tv's/entertainment centers, bookcases, mantles, etc)
What do have on these surfaces? Are they the same decorative things that you have always had? Do you really love them? Are they cluttered up with too many things? Too many ducks, bunnies,candles, cows, precious moments etc? I am not condemning those things but asking you if they still bring you joy and do you still love seeing them in your living room? Or are you just used to them.
What about the piles of magazines and papers? Do you NEED those? You would be amazed at how much neater your living room will appear by just removing a few things.
How much easier would it be to dust these areas without all that stuff?
Your mission is to get rid of the stuff that is cluttering up your living room. Take 5 minutes to let go of some things. I am willing to bet that more of you will find you do want to get rid of some things because they do not bring you joy and you are just used to them being there.I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
Goals for Knockout November 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.
- STICK TO BUDGET AND SAVE £500.00
Plan - £5.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers - 58.00/£150.00 - £43.00 in vouchers and £15.00 mystery shop
£150.00 from wages - £150.00 transferred.
20 NSD'S - 2/20
PAD into tin - stick any money lying around/change/money found into tin - £5.26/£50.00
Transfer current account to Alliance and Leicester to take advantage of £100.00 offer + £50.00 Topcash back
- 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
Follow Flylady - morning/afternoon/evening routines and weekly zones
2/31
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
2/31
- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Buy paint and start doing it myself, hoping DH will take over.
- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - cutting back on work hours and devoting Tuesday and Thursday, Friday afternoon, Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon to this course. Deadline is 6th December 2009. I can keep this up for one month.
Planned 70 hours quality work and to colour in a square after each hour.
- NATURE AND CULTURE
- Wednesday afternoon - walk/cake and coffee
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False
Today's Challenges:-
05.45 - 08.10 - Morning Routine - MSE chill time - Baked potato in m/w
08.10 - 09.00 - drive kids to school and Lollypop job
09.00 - 09.20 - SP
09.20 - 12.30 - Accounts job - focus on debt collecting
12.30 - 14.30 - Everest man to fix door - Flylady task - Lunch - afternoon routine - gym stuff organised
14.30 - 15.45 - Lollypop job
15.45 - 17.30 - Go to friend's house to help her with her business plan - DS play with her kids
17.30 - 18.30 - Evening routine - Lamb curry - DS reading homework
18.30 - 22.00 - 20/20/20 class - sauna/jacuzzi/MacNeice book
22.00 - 22.30 - Chill - soda and lime - ice MSE
Must remember
- Sandwiches DS
- Phone sister to make sure she got home safe
- NSD
- Payment a day
- Water bottle DS and I
- Pick up parcel
- Weed front driveway and buy plants for hanging basket at some point this week
- Daily record for lego voucher
- Apply for new account with Alliance and Leicester for £100.00 cash back if accepted + £50.00 Topcashback
Diet day
- Porridge
- Baked potato and tuna salad
- Lamb curry and basmati rice
"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
Before Bed Routine: Start as soon as dinner is finished don’t wait till 10:00pm.
1. Shine your sink; go to bed with a clean kitchen.
2. Put things away from your Hot Spots.
3. Lay out your clothes for tomorrow; check your calendar for appointments.
4. Take some time to relax; bubble bath, good book or magazine.
5. Go to bed at a decent hour.
Morning Routine: Start as soon as your feet hit the floor.
1. Make your bed.
2. Get dressed to lace up shoes.
3. Put a load of laundry in the washer.
4. Empty dishwasher.
5. Eat breakfast, drink your water, take your vitamins.
6. Check your calendar for appointments.
7. Think about what’s for dinner.
8. Police your Hot Spots and put things away.
9. Set a timer and declutter one little area for 15 minutes.
10. Where is your laundry? Put it in the dryer.
11. Take a break and rest while you check your Holiday Control Journal.
12. TD/RB/Exercises
13. MSE time
14. Family up/out/with everything they need
Afternoon Routine: Start as soon as you get home from work.
1. Start dinner, put hot soapy water in your sink, and clean up as you cook.
2. Fold and put laundry away.
3. Set the table.
4. Enjoy dinner.This week we are in the Front porch/entrance/dining room
New Habit for November 2009 - Menu Planning
This month's new habit is menu planning. Now don't go running to the closet and hide. This is quite simple when you take just a few minutes each week to do this. You can't eat what you don't have in the house. Just the simple act of sitting down and thinking about what to fix for the next week then going to the grocery store and purchasing the food will give you more freedom than almost anything. This will save you time and money and put good food in your pantry. When you have nutritious food in your home you will feel better about what you and your family are eating. We are going to focus on how to jump start our menu planning and more! Look for lots of Food For Thought from Leanne Ely, our resident nutritionist!! Stay tuned!
http://www.flylady.net/pages/focus_nov.asp
Zone Missions for November 1 - 7, 2009 - Zone 1:The Front Porch/Entrance/Dining Room
Zone 1: Mission #1 Monday
Dear Friends:
We are in Zone 1 this week, that is the Front Porch, the Entrance area and the Dining Room.
Today you are to sweep your front porch area around your front door. Shake out your welcome mats and wipe down your front door. This makes a huge difference in how your home looks. We have a tendency to neglect this area and yet it is the first thing that people see when they come to your home. (weed and buy plants for hanging basket at some point this week)
Spend 15 minutes taking care of this, you will be pleased with the results!
Really enjoyed having sister to stay, but felt very lethargic today, after she left, and hit a wall about 7.00 pm, where felt totally exhausted. Went with the flow and had an early night, will catch up with things in red tomorrow.I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
Goals for Knockout November 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'.For the Front Porch, Entrance and Dining Room, put out the fires that are burning in your hot spots. Get rid of the pile of shoes by the front door, get rid of the pile of junk mail and put away the magazines and school papers that are piled on the dining room table, and clean door and step that didn't get done yesterday.
"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.
- STICK TO BUDGET AND SAVE £500.00
Plan - £5.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers - 58.00/£150.00 - £43.00 in vouchers and £15.00 mystery shop
£150.00 from wages - £150.00 transferred.
20 NSD'S - 2/20
PAD into tin - stick any money lying around/change/money found into tin - £7.88/£50.00
Transfer current account to Alliance and Leicester to take advantage of £100.00 offer + £50.00 Topcash back
- 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
Follow Flylady - morning/afternoon/evening routines and weekly zones
2/31
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
2/31
- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Buy paint and start doing it myself, hoping DH will take over.
- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - cutting back on work hours and devoting Tuesday and Thursday, Friday afternoon, Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon to this course. Deadline is 6th December 2009. I can keep this up for one month.
Planned 140 half hours of work and to colour in a square each time I pick the book and go with the flow. 5/140 - 3.6% :T. Also I am going to start each day where I want too.
- NATURE AND CULTURE
- Wednesday afternoon - walk/cake and coffee
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False
Today's Challenges:-
05.45 - 08.10 - Morning Routine - MSE chill time - Baked potato in m/w
08.10 - 09.00 - drive kids to school and Lollypop job
09.00 - 09.30 - TD/BR/Exercise - Tea
09.30 - 10.30 - First timed hour on para-legal
10.30 - 11.30 - Biggest loser on television
11.30 - 12.30 - Second timed hour on para-legal
12.30 - 14.30 - Cleaning job - Exercise
14.30 - 16.00 - Lollypop and tea break - 30 minutes - DT/BR
16.00 - 17.00 - 2nd timed hour on para-legal
17.00 - 18.00 - Afternoon and Evening Flylady routine
18.00 - 19.00 - Third timed hour on para-legal
19.00 - 22.30 - Family film night
Must remember
- Sandwiches DS
- Gym kit DS
- NSD
- Payment a day
- Water bottle DS and I
- Weed front driveway and buy plants for hanging basket at some point this week
- Check DS has brought h/w home
- Take money to school for trip
- Print off information for friend
Diet day
- Porridge
- Baked potato and tuna salad
- Salmon/baked potatoes/sweetcorn/kale
"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
Before Bed Routine: Start as soon as dinner is finished don’t wait till 10:00pm.
1. Shine your sink; go to bed with a clean kitchen.
2. Put things away from your Hot Spots.
3. Lay out your clothes for tomorrow; check your calendar for appointments.
4. Take some time to relax; bubble bath, good book or magazine.
5. Go to bed at a decent hour.
Morning Routine: Start as soon as your feet hit the floor.
1. Make your bed.
2. Get dressed to lace up shoes.
3. Put a load of laundry in the washer.
4. Empty dishwasher.
5. Eat breakfast, drink your water, take your vitamins.
6. Check your calendar for appointments.
7. Think about what’s for dinner.
8. Police your Hot Spots and put things away.
9. Set a timer and declutter one little area for 15 minutes.
10. Where is your laundry? Put it in the dryer.
11. Take a break and rest while you check your Holiday Control Journal.
12. TD/RB/Exercises
13. MSE time
14. Family up/out/with everything they need
Afternoon Routine: Start as soon as you get home from work.
1. Start dinner, put hot soapy water in your sink, and clean up as you cook.
2. Fold and put laundry away.
3. Set the table.
4. Enjoy dinner.This week we are in the Front porch/entrance/dining room
New Habit for November 2009 - Menu Planning
This month's new habit is menu planning. Now don't go running to the closet and hide. This is quite simple when you take just a few minutes each week to do this. You can't eat what you don't have in the house. Just the simple act of sitting down and thinking about what to fix for the next week then going to the grocery store and purchasing the food will give you more freedom than almost anything. This will save you time and money and put good food in your pantry. When you have nutritious food in your home you will feel better about what you and your family are eating. We are going to focus on how to jump start our menu planning and more! Look for lots of Food For Thought from Leanne Ely, our resident nutritionist!! Stay tuned!
http://www.flylady.net/pages/focus_nov.asp
Zone Missions for November 1 - 7, 2009 - Zone 1:The Front Porch/Entrance/Dining Room
Zone 1: Mission #1 Monday
Dear Friends:
We are in Zone 1 this week, that is the Front Porch, the Entrance area and the Dining Room.We are going to have a multi
They are smoldering so get to it!
Still feeling very lethargic, and I need to go and do a cleaning job for a couple of hours, so I am changing things around today. This was to be the first day of the big para-legal stint and it is not happening. Trying to re-jig my thinking here again. Right given myself some time to think. The para-legal is happening. I have done 1/2 an hour so far today and I have coloured in my first square (which are now half hours)
:p:p:p Well done me. A 140 step journey begins with one step, and i've taken the first half hour step. Only another 139 half hour steps to go.
"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
Confucius
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
Hi Scroogie
I totally lost your thread or perhaps I mean I end up reading loads of others whilst searching...8 hours later - nothing done!
So I made myself only look for yours and today I have got some things attended to.
Hope you don't mind me saying but it looks like you are having a bit of a block with your studies. I have had this in the past. I totally have stage fright at the sight of a blank sheet of paper. Laptops are a bit more friendly! I eventually went to get some help and amongst other things I had to look at my motivation and reasons for wanting to study and after eventually gaining a distinction for a course I have called a halt to it because I was doing it to prove something to others and maybe myself and wasn't actually enjoying it.
The best thing I was taught was the 'taking the pressure off'. I would tell myself I would do five minutes, no more or I would flick through the book and only read the things that caught my attention. Next thing you know you've been sucked in. (A bit like Flylady and the shiny sink). The great thing about laptops\computers is that you can cut and paste and rejig your thoughts as you go along so it doesn't have to be perfect, just type anything and edit later, it's amazing what happens.
It's just that you say you have to do quality work etc and you may be putting yourself right off with that thought in your head before you even start. What d'ya think? Good luck with it all :j0 -
Thanks DeeDeeinDooDoo, I found your input really helpful, it's actually getting me down this inability to complete this course.
It was paid for two years ago, and the extended, absolute deadline is December 6th for course work. The subject matter interests me and I need this qualification to really develop my own business, which is what I would love to do.
I can then move completely away from the cleaning, mystery shopping etc, etc.
I think you are right, I am going to get rid of the word quality, and just aim for five minutes at a time and hope to get sucked in. That will be the equivalent of the Flylady kitchen sink, which really worked for me. Housework has never been easier.
Also, I thought the idea of starting at the most interesting part was great. I was thinking linear, but it doesn't have to be.
Off to try that now.
Thanks again.I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
Hi all can I join up for November. Doing grocery challenge £60 and want to have 10 NSD's. Put Grocery Challenge tgt on that thread. Is there an NSD one too. If not it's on my sig so I'm committed.'The road to a friends house is never long'0
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Of course you can. Welcome Souk08.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2042113
It's a very quiet thread, the original inhabitants left a while ago, and I've been getting away with ever longer, early morning posts, that have been extremely helpful to me.
Anyway, the very best of luck with your November challenges.I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
You're a genius DeeDee, that worked really well.
I picked a section that really interested me, a couple of hours ago, intending just to do five minutes and that's me just finished now. I'm actually looking forward to having another five minute session tomorrow.
Very MSE too, think what I would have had to pay for therapy _pale_I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
Goals for Knockout November 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'.Well, It has been a good day today, I am feeling much more positive, and enjoyed doing my coursework. I have just networked with an ex-colleague and can see some real potential for developing the company, so quite enthused about that.
"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.
- STICK TO BUDGET AND SAVE £500.00 - 377.02/500
Plan - £5.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers - 68.00/£150.00 - £43.00 in vouchers and £25.00 in two mystery shops
£150.00 from wages - £150.00 transferred.
20 NSD'S - 3/20
PAD into tin - stick any money lying around/change/money found into tin - £9.02/£50.00
Transfer current account to Alliance and Leicester to take advantage of £100.00 offer + £50.00 Topcash back - accepted.
- 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
Follow Flylady - morning/afternoon/evening routines and weekly zones
3/31
- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
3/31
- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Buy paint and start doing it myself, hoping DH will take over.
- DO MODULE 2 AND 3 OF PARALEGAL COURSE
Plan - cutting back on work hours and devoting Tuesday and Thursday, Friday afternoon, Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon to this course. Deadline is 6th December 2009. I can keep this up for one month.
Planned 140 half hours of work and to colour in a square each time I pick the book and go with the flow. 5/140 - 5.0% :T. Also I am going to start each day where I want too.
- NATURE AND CULTURE
- Wednesday afternoon - walk/cake and coffee
- Book club book - Louis MacNeice - The Strings are False
Today's Challenges:-
05.45 - 08.10 - Morning Routine - MSE chill time - Baked potato in m/w
08.10 - 09.00 - drive kids to school and Lollypop job
09.00 - 09.30 - TD/BR/Exercise - Tea
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts job
12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch and chill time
13.30 - 14.40 - 5 minute para-legal
14.40 - 16.00 - Lollypop job/Mystery shop
16.00 - 17.00 - Afternoon and evening routine/flylady
17.00 - 18.00 - 5 minute paralegal/DS homework
18.00 - 18.30 - Meatballs for tea
18.30 - 22.30 - Gym - Body pump - sauna and good book
Must remember
- Sandwiches DS
- Gym kit DS
- NSD
- Payment a day
- Water bottle DS and I
- Weed front driveway and buy plants for hanging basket at some point this week
- Check DS has brought h/w home
- Take money to school for trip
- Print off information for friend - ask DH - problem with document
- Mystery shop for GR
- Tinned tomatoes
- Invoice for Shirley - approved
Diet day
- Porridge
- Baked potato and tuna salad
- Spaghetti and meatballs
"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
Before Bed Routine: Start as soon as dinner is finished don’t wait till 10:00pm.
1. Shine your sink; go to bed with a clean kitchen.
2. Put things away from your Hot Spots.
3. Lay out your clothes for tomorrow; check your calendar for appointments.
4. Take some time to relax; bubble bath, good book or magazine.
5. Go to bed at a decent hour.
Morning Routine: Start as soon as your feet hit the floor.
1. Make your bed.
2. Get dressed to lace up shoes.
3. Put a load of laundry in the washer.
4. Empty dishwasher.
5. Eat breakfast, drink your water, take your vitamins.
6. Check your calendar for appointments.
7. Think about what’s for dinner.
8. Police your Hot Spots and put things away.
9. Set a timer and declutter one little area for 15 minutes.
10. Where is your laundry? Put it in the dryer.
11. Take a break and rest while you check your Holiday Control Journal.
12. TD/RB/Exercises
13. MSE time
14. Family up/out/with everything they need
Afternoon Routine: Start as soon as you get home from work.
1. Start dinner, put hot soapy water in your sink, and clean up as you cook.
2. Fold and put laundry away.
3. Set the table.
4. Enjoy dinner.This week we are in the Front porch/entrance/dining room
New Habit for November 2009 - Menu Planning
http://www.flylady.net/pages/focus_nov.asp
Zone Missions for November 1 - 7, 2009 - Zone 1:The Front Porch/Entrance/Dining RoomZone 1: Mission #3 Wednesday
Dear Friends:
Today take a look at the walls and the windows in your dining room. Grab some cleaner and a cloth and go after the finger prints and smudges that those mysterious little elves seem to leave behind as they run through your house when no one is looking! LOL
Be careful with the walls as not to rub too hard to remove paint if you have a flat finish.
"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” - ConfuciusI learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0
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