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

scrooge2008

Goals for Knockout November are as follows:- Main Focus is the Course:-

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 - 381.75/500
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 - £13.75/£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
4/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
5/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Buy paint and start doing it myself, hoping DH will take over. 15% off week starting next Thursday at B&Q, I will go and get the paint and equipment needed next week.

- 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. 11/140 - 7.8% :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
09.00 - 10.00 - Chill - Biggest Loser USA Families
10.00 - 12.00 - 5 minutes paralegal, start where I want session, for as long as I want session
12.00 - 13.00 - Lunch and chill time - Tuna baked potato and salad
13.00 - 14.40 - 5 minute para-legal session as above
14.40 - 16.00 - Lollypop job - tea break - aero snack bar
16.00 - 17.00 - Afternoon and evening routine/flylady
17.00 - 18.00 - DS homework/Evening Prep/Lentil Soup
18.00 - 18.30 - Lentil soup for tea
18.30 - 22.30 - Out at friends


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 homework book home
- Take money to school for photographs
- Print off information for friend - ask DH - problem with document
- Write up mystery shop for GR
- Print off invoice for Shirley - approved


Diet day

- Porridge
- Baked potato and tuna salad
- Lentil soup

"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 Room

Zone 1: Mission #4 Thursday

Dear Friends:

We are heading into the Entrance area of your home today. Let's grab all those shoes, books and jackets that seem to pile up right by the front door and put them away. In my house, no one ever drops their things there, they get up and walk there all by themselves! LOL! Grab these things and set your timer. I bet you can do this in less than 15 minutes.

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” - Confucius

I got some lovely clothes for DS yesterday in the 50% off, online, M&S sale, including a really nice grey wool suit and shirt. Can't believe how little I paid after taking off the 50% then 10% discount code, quidco cashback and free delivery to store.

scrooge2008

Goals for Knockout November are as follows:- Main Focus is the Course:-

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 - 381.75/500
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 - 4/20
PAD into tin - stick any money lying around/change/money found into tin - £13.75/£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
5/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
5/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Buy paint and start doing it myself, hoping DH will take over. 15% off week starting next Thursday at B&Q, I will go and get the paint and equipment needed next week.

- 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. 11/140 - 7.8% :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 = Lentil soup and baked potato
13.30 - 15.30 - Cleaning job
15.30 - 16.30 - GR mystery shop - M&S to pick up £10.00 treat meal
16.30 - 17.30 - Pick up DH, go to leather discount shop to look for a new bag
19.00 - 20.00 - M&S Meal for two for £10.00 - Butternut squash lasagne, was yummy.
20.00 - 21.00 - Tesco to shop, using Sun voucher.
21.00 - 22.30 - Chill

Must remember

- Gym kit DS
- 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 homework book home
- Take money to school for photographs and charity - make sure DS pays it.
- Take invoice for Shirley - for payment
- Squeeze in para legal at work using ongoing case
- Post electoral registration/information needed by TNS/Docs for TNS/Lego offer coupons and money/DD for HMRC S/E contributions.


Diet day

- Porridge
- Lentil soup baked potato
- spaghetti carbonara

"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 Room
Zone 1: Mission #5 Friday

Dear Friends:

Today we are going to do that in the Dining Room and Entrance Way. Let's go after the ceilings, light fixtures and window sills!

Using a feather duster or dust rag get the window sills, the light fixtures, the dusties in the corners and the ceiling fan if you have one (remember to put something underneath this to catch the falling debris, one member uses an old pillow case and slips it over the blade and wipes so the dust stays in the case, I thought this was brilliant!)

This is one babystep at a time! Keep Flying!

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” - Confucius

Well I didn't get accomplished nearly as much as I hoped for today, but such is life. Main reason was bagging a couple of great pairs of leather boots 1/2 price from Debenhams, online with 10% off code and Quidco on top, and choosing a book from Priceminister, another great offer - £5.00 back with Quidco, and £5.00 off first order, meaning a profitable transaction on a book that I wanted. Also DVD from Tesco, earning me 500 extra clubcard points. This was all with money DH had given me as a present.

I really enjoyed choosing the goodies, but meant I had to re-arrange the cleaning job. Getting stuck in horrendous traffic mucked things up as well on my way to yet another mystery shop, but just managed to get there just before closing time.

Still overall a very enjoyable day, finished off with the Dine in for two M&S offer, which we thoroughly enjoyed.

scrooge2008

Goals for Knockout November are as follows:- Main Focus is the Course:-

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 - 381.75/500
Plan - £5.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers - 78.00/£150.00 - £43.00 in vouchers and £35.00 in two mystery shops
£150.00 from wages - £150.00 transferred.
20 NSD'S - 4/20
PAD into tin - stick any money lying around/change/money found into tin - £22.75/£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
6/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
6/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Buy paint and start doing it myself, hoping DH will take over. 15% off week starting next Thursday at B&Q, I will go and get the paint and equipment needed next week.

- 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. 11/140 - 7.8% :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:-

08.30 - 12.30 - Lazy morning and lunch - Post office/ms write up
12.30 - 13.30 - Tesco shop - £30.00 max and use £5.00 off Somerfield voucher
13.30 - 15.30 - Clean through house thoroughly - f/l
15.30 - 16.30 - TW/RB/TD/ coffee and treat
16.30 - 19.30 - Five minutes paralegal go with the flow
19.30 - 23.00 - DH's roast dinner.

Must remember


- Weed front driveway and buy plants for hanging basket at some point this week
- Post electoral registration/information needed by TNS/Docs for TNS/Lego offer coupons and money/DD for HMRC S/E contributions.


Diet day

- Porridge
- Soup and roll
- Roast chicken, stuffing, med veg and wine.

"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

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” - Confucius

Just got an amusing product to test for the next couple of weeks, from one of the survey companies.

Had my hubby in stitches. I sometimes think dedicated MSE'ers operate in a paralel universe.

I got sidetracked from the para-legal, looking at the permuations of buying another 9 CD's/DVD's from Tesco getting me to the maximum of 5000 points. I am targeting 8000 points for a weekend away and meal and cinema treat in the first quarter of next year. I bought a selection, intending to re-sell on ebay 7 of them. Three, I really wanted anyway and another 2 DVD's could be well used. Went ahead and did it, with the idea that worse case scenario after cash back was roughly £65.00 for the equivalent of £200.00 of deals and 3-5 CD's/DVD's that we will enjoy, depending on how many sell.

scrooge2008

Goals for Knockout November are as follows:- Main Focus is the Course:-

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 - 381.75/500
Plan - £5.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers - 78.00/£150.00 - £43.00 in vouchers and £35.00 in two mystery shops
£150.00 from wages - £150.00 transferred.
20 NSD'S - 4/20
PAD into tin - stick any money lying around/change/money found into tin - £22.75/£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
6/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
6/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Buy paint and start doing it myself, hoping DH will take over. 15% off week starting next Thursday at B&Q, I will go and get the paint and equipment needed next week.

- 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. 14/140 - 10% :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:-

08.30 - 16.00 - Lazy day out with friends and lunch
16.00 - 16.30 - Diesel fill up and collect washing from w/l - use Tesco 5p off till split.
16.30 - 19.30 - 5 minutes para-legal - go with the flow
19.30 - 21.30 - Make curry and evening routine


Must remember

- Weed front driveway and buy plants for hanging basket at some point this week
- Post electoral registration/information needed by TNS/Docs for TNS/Lego offer coupons and money/DD for HMRC S/E contributions.


Diet day

- Porridge
- Ham salad roll and crisps
- Chicken curry

"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

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” - Confucius

scrooge2008

Goals for Knockout November are as follows:- Main Focus is the Course:-

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 - 406.75/500
Plan - £5.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers - 84.00/£150.00 - £43.00 in vouchers and £35.00 in three mystery shops - £6.00 in surveys.
£150.00 from wages - £150.00 transferred.
20 NSD'S - 4/20
PAD into tin - stick any money lying around/change/money found into tin - £22.75/£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
8/31

- PLAN EACH DAY AND WORK MY PLAN - 31/31
Plan - Post each morning on MSE and do it not just view it
8/31

- COMPLETE KITCHEN
Plan - Buy paint and start doing it myself, hoping DH will take over. 15% off week starting next Thursday at B&Q, I will go and get the paint and equipment needed next week.

- 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. 14/140 - 10% :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 - 06.15 - Morning routine - TD/BR - Breakfast
06.15 - 06.30 - Post here
06.30 - 07.00 - MSE time
07.00 - 07.15 - Exercises
07.15 - 07.30 - Check everything ready for family getting up
07.30 - 08.00 - Dress to shoes
08.00 - 08.10 - Check DS washed/dressed/had breakfast etc.
08.10 - 09.00 - Drop kids at school - Lollypop
09.00 - 09.30 - Read Now factor
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts job
12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch - America's Biggest Loser
13.30 - 14.30 - 5 minute para-legal flow
14.30 - 16.00 - Lollypop job
16.30 - 17.30 - 5 minute para-legal flow
17.30 - 18.00 - Afternoon and evening routine/DS H/W
18.00 - 19.00 - Chicken soup - Flylady.
19.00 - 22.30 - 20/20/20 gym - sauna/hydro pool - swim - chill


Must remember

- Weed front driveway and buy plants for hanging basket at some point this week - getting them at B&Q with paint at end of week
- Post electoral registration/information needed by TNS/Docs for TNS/Lego offer coupons and money/DD for HMRC S/E contributions.
- Ring friend arrange to pop around to help with business plan/as requested.
- Sign up for Scottish Power through Quidco.
- Print off and send off Assoc invoice
- Hand in invoice to Shirley with back-up sheet
- DS letter for school - P/P
- Literary Circle
- Sandwiches D/S - Salad D/H and I.

Diet day

- Porridge
- Cottage cheese/baked potato and salad
- HM chicken soup

"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.

New Habit for November 2009 - Menu Planning

http://www.flylady.net/pages/focus_nov.asp

Zone 2: Mission #1 Monday

Dear Friends:

We are in the Kitchen this week and we are going to work our way through from top to bottom!! :eek:

Your mission for today is to look UP! Now I am only 5 Ft 4 and I have a tendency to only see what is at my eye level. Today we are going to look up, set your timer for 10 minutes and take a broom or a feather duster and get those dusties and cobwebs that are hanging on the upper walls that are taller than you, the corners and the ceiling. If you are feeling adventurous ask someone in the house to help you and take a damp rag to the light fixture and/or ceiling fan. Please be careful!! Check out the top of your refrigerator as well. I am always so floored at how much dust accumulates on top of the fridge!! Don't get obsessed and take your light fixture apart or repaint the ceiling! Babysteps!!!!

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” - Confucius

My savings this month are going to be wiped out by an unexpectedly large bill from Npower for gas and electricity, which occured due to estimated bills last cycle and their six monthly billing system, but mainly because I haven't been a Scrooge when it comes to gas and electricity usage. I'm afraid this is going to have to change too :rolleyes:.

They have increased our direct debit by 300%, and our rate is now uncompetitive, even after they agreed to change us to their best rate.

After some deliberation we are changing to Scottish Power, through Quidco, £110.00 cash back and the best rate for our area, but we will have to pay off arrears in an immediate lump sum. On the positive side, at least we can cover that now without going to the CC. It is this sort of thing, that is the budget killer, because it is never in the budget :rolleyes:. Must build up emergency fund !!!

DeeDeeinDooDoo

Hi Scroogie,

Glad things are going really well with the studying. Another little trick I was taught if I was struggling with reading/bored was to just read the first sentence of every paragraph. Sort of reverse psychology. When you are told not to read those paragraphs they suddenly become more interesting! Also if the text book is well written then the opening paragraph sentence should be quite succint.

I've managed a few things here but still procrastinate a lot. I googled 'hackers plan' and spent a day reading that. Some good points made such as you just have to come to terms that you might experience hunger but have to accept that it is for short term etc.

I have (I thought) a detailed budget but there is always unexpected things turning up eg an old bill from last year due to a change over £115! Son wants to do Duke of Edinburgh £25 to be in school by Wednesday, growth spurt so new school shoes Size 10 man's so £50 ...

All in all though tightening up finances and budget has got to be a winner!

Bye for noo!

scrooge2008

Hi DeeDee,

Yep, your post was a turning point for me. I will incorporate the other tips above too. Just finished another of my 5 minute para-legal sessions and the hour flew by.

I have just picked up a nice silk top from Coast for £5.00, on grabbit board, so pleased with that. My reward.

Keep up the good work. Budget's are always a work in progress. Good to hear from you. Off to Lollypop!

scrooge2008

Goals for Knockout November are as follows:- Main Focus is the Course:-

"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.

"Let go of the fantasy that you can escape work by procrastinating. There is no path in life that requires no effort. Prepare yourself for making a commitment to your goal by recognizing that there are costs involved in both working and trying to avoid work. The choice is not working or not working, but which type of work: even feeling guilty because of procrastinating takes some effort. When you commit to a goal, you're committing to a form of work that brings ongoing rewards. When you procrastinate, you're choosing a self-punishing form of work.

Clearly, work is required when you decide on a goal, commit to the path, and continually stretch beyond your current abilities toward the goal. But it also takes work to feel unfulfilled and to maintain a list of unachieved resolutions". The Now Factor, Neil Fiore.

- STICK TO BUDGET AND SAVE £500.00 - 406.75/500
Plan - £5.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers - 84.00/£150.00 - £43.00 in vouchers and £35.00 in three mystery shops - £6.00 in surveys.
£150.00 from wages - £150.00 transferred.
20 NSD'S - 6/20
PAD into tin - stick any money lying around/change/money found into tin - £22.75/£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
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 - Buy paint and start doing it myself, hoping DH will take over. 15% off week starting next Thursday at B&Q, I will go and get the paint and equipment needed next week.

- 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. 22/140 - 16% :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 - 06.15 - Morning routine - TD/BR - Breakfast
06.15 - 06.30 - Post here
06.30 - 07.00 - MSE time
07.00 - 07.15 - Exercises
07.15 - 07.30 - Check everything ready for family getting up
07.30 - 08.00 - Dress to shoes - wash on/out and away
08.00 - 08.10 - Check DS washed/dressed/had breakfast etc.
08.10 - 09.00 - Drop kids at school - Lollypop
09.00 - 14.30 - Go with flow para-legal day
17.30 - 18.00 - Afternoon and evening routine/DS H/W
18.00 - 19.00 - Salmon - Flylady x 2
19.00 - 22.30 - Family film night/popocorn

Must remember

- Weed front driveway and buy plants for hanging basket at some point this week - getting them at B&Q with paint at end of week
- Post electoral registration/information needed by TNS/Docs for TNS/Lego offer coupons and money/DD for HMRC S/E contributions.
- Ring friend arrange to pop around to help with business plan/as requested.
- Sign up for Scottish Power through Quidco.
- Print off and send off Assoc invoice
- DS letter for school - P/P
- Literary Circle
- Sandwiches D/S - Salad D/H and I.
- Presentation day - Next Monday
- DS H/W book
- £20.00 for school trip - Hand in today
- Phone Dad
- Phone ESA with query

Diet day

- Porridge
- Cottage cheese/baked potato and salad
- Salmon and vegetables

"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.

New Habit for November 2009 - Menu Planning

http://www.flylady.net/pages/focus_nov.asp

Zone 2: Mission #1 Monday

Dear Friends:

We are in the Kitchen this week and we are going to work our way through from top to bottom!! :eek:

Your mission for today is to look UP! Now I am only 5 Ft 4 and I have a tendency to only see what is at my eye level. Today we are going to look up, set your timer for 10 minutes and take a broom or a feather duster and get those dusties and cobwebs that are hanging on the upper walls that are taller than you, the corners and the ceiling. If you are feeling adventurous ask someone in the house to help you and take a damp rag to the light fixture and/or ceiling fan. Please be careful!! Check out the top of your refrigerator as well. I am always so floored at how much dust accumulates on top of the fridge!! Don't get obsessed and take your light fixture apart or repaint the ceiling! Babysteps!!!!

Dear Friends:

Back to the kitchen we go! Your mission for today is to wipe down the doors of your cabinets. Use a damp rag and wipe down the fronts and the edges of your cabinets. This is really a simple thing to do but we have a tendency to ignore the cabinets because there is always so much more going on in the kitchen. Finger prints and grease attach themselves to the cabinets and make them a little sticky. A good wipe down will make such a difference. Remember we are taking babysteps!!! Small little missions that add up to a shiny kitchen.

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” - Confucius

scrooge2008

Goals for Knockout November are as follows:- Main Focus is the Course:-

"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.

"Let go of the fantasy that you can escape work by procrastinating. There is no path in life that requires no effort. Prepare yourself for making a commitment to your goal by recognizing that there are costs involved in both working and trying to avoid work. The choice is not working or not working, but which type of work: even feeling guilty because of procrastinating takes some effort. When you commit to a goal, you're committing to a form of work that brings ongoing rewards. When you procrastinate, you're choosing a self-punishing form of work.

Clearly, work is required when you decide on a goal, commit to the path, and continually stretch beyond your current abilities toward the goal. But it also takes work to feel unfulfilled and to maintain a list of unachieved resolutions". The Now Factor, Neil Fiore.

- STICK TO BUDGET AND SAVE £500.00 - 406.75/500
Plan - £5.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers - 84.00/£150.00 - £43.00 in vouchers and £35.00 in three mystery shops - £6.00 in surveys.
£150.00 from wages - £150.00 transferred.
20 NSD'S - 6/20
PAD into tin - stick any money lying around/change/money found into tin - £22.75/£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
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 - Buy paint and start doing it myself, hoping DH will take over. 15% off week starting next Thursday at B&Q, I will go and get the paint and equipment needed next week.

- 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. 24/140 - 19% :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 - 06.15 - Morning routine - TD/BR - Breakfast - Hairwash and straighten
06.15 - 06.30 - Post here
06.30 - 07.00 - MSE time
07.00 - 07.15 - Exercises
07.15 - 07.30 - Check everything ready for family getting up
07.30 - 08.00 - Dress to shoes - wash on/out and away
08.00 - 08.10 - Check DS washed/dressed/had breakfast etc.
08.10 - 09.00 - Drop kids at school - Lollypop
09.00 - 09.30 - Go with flow para-legal 5 minutes
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts job
12.30 - 14.30 - Cleaning job
14.30 - 15.00 - Go with flow para-legal 5 minutes
15.00 - 16.00 - Lollypop job
16.00 - 17.00 - MSE chill time
17.00 - 18.30 - Afternoon and Evening routine/Toad in the Hole/Flylady/DS Maths Homework
18.30 - 22.30 - Body Pump - Sauna and chill - Louis book

Must remember

- Weed front driveway and buy plants for hanging basket at some point this week - getting them at B&Q with paint at end of week
- Sandwiches D/S - Salad D/H and I.
- Presentation day - Next Monday - Do presentation
- DS H/W book - Get new one from school
- £20.00 for school trip - Hand in Thursday
- Phone mum
- Phone ESA with query - they haven't rang back
- Check next TNS appointment
- Ring Associa about booking
- Check Shirley has paid my invoice
- Take cleaning clothes to accounts job
- Put bin out
- Sew hem on DS trousers.

Diet day

- Toast
- Salad/Cottage Cheese/Tuna
- Toad in the hole/mash/gravy and veg

"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.

New Habit for November 2009 - Menu Planning

http://www.flylady.net/pages/focus_nov.asp


We are in the Kitchen this week and we are going to work our way through from top to bottom!! :eek:

Monday

Your mission for today is to look UP! Now I am only 5 Ft 4 and I have a tendency to only see what is at my eye level. Today we are going to look up, set your timer for 10 minutes and take a broom or a feather duster and get those dusties and cobwebs that are hanging on the upper walls that are taller than you, the corners and the ceiling. If you are feeling adventurous ask someone in the house to help you and take a damp rag to the light fixture and/or ceiling fan. Please be careful!! Check out the top of your refrigerator as well. I am always so floored at how much dust accumulates on top of the fridge!! Don't get obsessed and take your light fixture apart or repaint the ceiling! Babysteps!!!!

Tuesday

Back to the kitchen we go! Your mission for today is to wipe down the doors of your cabinets. Use a damp rag and wipe down the fronts and the edges of your cabinets. This is really a simple thing to do but we have a tendency to ignore the cabinets because there is always so much more going on in the kitchen. Finger prints and grease attach themselves to the cabinets and make them a little sticky. A good wipe down will make such a difference. Remember we are taking babysteps!!! Small little missions that add up to a shiny kitchen.

Wednesday

It is Anti-Procrastination day we are diving into the refrigerator! Grab your trash can and take it over to the refrigerator and throw open the door. First toss out any leftovers that have gotten pushed to the back and have now started to turn into a science project. Second, check the fruit/vegetable drawers and toss what no longer is appealing to eat. Third, check the meat and cheese drawer, check the expiration dates on your items in there and toss what needs to go. Fourth, check out the doors of the fridge, toss the empty condiment jars and bottles that always seem to magically go back into the fridge when empty, LOL, but when full get left on the counter. Last, grab a damp rag and wipe down the shelves. Do not take every single thing out of your refrigerator and then take the shelves out to clean them. Just wipe them down. How many times have we decided to tear the fridge apart and three hours later we would rather move out than ever do it again.

Don't let yourself get sidetracked!! Have fun and enjoy your sparkling refrigerator!

scrooge2008

Goals for Knockout November are as follows:- Main Focus is the Course:-

"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.

"Let go of the fantasy that you can escape work by procrastinating. There is no path in life that requires no effort. Prepare yourself for making a commitment to your goal by recognizing that there are costs involved in both working and trying to avoid work. The choice is not working or not working, but which type of work: even feeling guilty because of procrastinating takes some effort. When you commit to a goal, you're committing to a form of work that brings ongoing rewards. When you procrastinate, you're choosing a self-punishing form of work.

Clearly, work is required when you decide on a goal, commit to the path, and continually stretch beyond your current abilities toward the goal. But it also takes work to feel unfulfilled and to maintain a list of unachieved resolutions". The Now Factor, Neil Fiore.

- STICK TO BUDGET AND SAVE £500.00 - 420/500
Plan - £5.00 a day challenge - Mystery Shopping/Budget Cuts/Vouchers - 97.00/£150.00 - £46.00 in vouchers and £45.00 in four mystery shops - £6.00 in surveys.
£150.00 from wages - £150.00 transferred.
20 NSD'S - 7/20
PAD into tin - stick any money lying around/change/money found into tin - £22.75/£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
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 - Buy paint and start doing it myself, hoping DH will take over. 15% off week starting next Thursday at B&Q, I will go and get the paint and equipment needed next week.

- 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. 26/140 - 19% :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 - 06.15 - Morning routine - TD/BR - Breakfast - Hair straighten
06.15 - 06.30 - Post here
06.30 - 07.00 - MSE time
07.00 - 07.15 - Exercises
07.15 - 07.30 - Check everything ready for family getting up
07.30 - 08.00 - Dress to shoes - wash on/out and away
08.00 - 08.10 - Check DS washed/dressed/had breakfast etc.
08.10 - 09.00 - Drop kids at school - Lollypop
09.00 - 12.30 - Accounts job
12.30 - 15.30 - DS treat - Subway and castle
15.30 - 16.30 - GR Mystery shop
16.30 - 17.00 - Write up MS
17.00 - 19.00 - Flylady - tidy through house - Spaghetti carbonara
19.00 - 23.00 - Going with friend for drink and film - An Education

Must remember

- Weed front driveway and buy plants for hanging basket at some point this week - getting them at B&Q with paint at end of week
- Salad D/H
- Presentation day - Next Monday - Do presentation this week
- £20.00 for school trip - Hand in Thursday
- Sew hem on DS trousers.
- Book car in for warranty job, next Tuesday - chase up
- Copy and send out letters.
- Take bacon out the freezer

Diet day

- Cereal
- Tuna Subway
- Spaghetti Carbonara - now pizza

"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.

New Habit for November 2009 - Menu Planning

http://www.flylady.net/pages/focus_nov.asp


We are in the Kitchen this week and we are going to work our way through from top to bottom!! :eek:

Monday

Your mission for today is to look UP! Now I am only 5 Ft 4 and I have a tendency to only see what is at my eye level. Today we are going to look up, set your timer for 10 minutes and take a broom or a feather duster and get those dusties and cobwebs that are hanging on the upper walls that are taller than you, the corners and the ceiling. If you are feeling adventurous ask someone in the house to help you and take a damp rag to the light fixture and/or ceiling fan. Please be careful!! Check out the top of your refrigerator as well. I am always so floored at how much dust accumulates on top of the fridge!! Don't get obsessed and take your light fixture apart or repaint the ceiling! Babysteps!!!! (Felt like a trapeze artist/do people do this for real on a regular basis? As for the top of the fridge freezer, I was so ashamed, I haven't been up there since I bought it! It was also a hot spot for masses of clutter, and I hadn't even realised. ) :rolleyes:

Tuesday

Back to the kitchen we go! Your mission for today is to wipe down the doors of your cabinets. Use a damp rag and wipe down the fronts and the edges of your cabinets. This is really a simple thing to do but we have a tendency to ignore the cabinets because there is always so much more going on in the kitchen. Finger prints and grease attach themselves to the cabinets and make them a little sticky. A good wipe down will make such a difference. Remember we are taking babysteps!!! Small little missions that add up to a shiny kitchen. (Not too bad here, had wiped them down for sister coming last week):p

Wednesday

It is Anti-Procrastination day we are diving into the refrigerator! Grab your trash can and take it over to the refrigerator and throw open the door. First toss out any leftovers that have gotten pushed to the back and have now started to turn into a science project. Second, check the fruit/vegetable drawers and toss what no longer is appealing to eat. Third, check the meat and cheese drawer, check the expiration dates on your items in there and toss what needs to go. Fourth, check out the doors of the fridge, toss the empty condiment jars and bottles that always seem to magically go back into the fridge when empty, LOL, but when full get left on the counter. Last, grab a damp rag and wipe down the shelves. Do not take every single thing out of your refrigerator and then take the shelves out to clean them. Just wipe them down. How many times have we decided to tear the fridge apart and three hours later we would rather move out than ever do it again.

Don't let yourself get sidetracked!! Have fun and enjoy your sparkling refrigerator!

(Had to disobey here. I took the refrigerator apart and spent the three hours on it and freezer, it was a health hazzard, it's glorious now). :rolleyes:

Thursday

It has come to the time to go after those counter tops!! Your mission for today is to scrub those counter tops. Not just the average wipe down that we do after dinner. Now it is very easy to make this task overwhelming but if you take this slow and easy you can do this! DO NOT TAKE EVERYTHING OFF OF THE COUNTERS AT ONE TIME!!!! I promise you will get sidetracked and then you will all email me crying that it is all my fault!! LOL! You just move your toaster (or coffee pot or whatever this is an example here! :>) ) over to one side and wipe down the counter, then move over a foot or so, move aside what is there and wipe down some more and so on. We are not marathon cleaning the kitchen here, just getting all the crumbs and junk that seems to build up behind and under things. Have fun! Don't obsess! Enjoy! (This was easy, previous Flylady declutterings mean there is practically nothing on the work surfaces).

Friday

Today is our last day in the Kitchen!! For today I want you to grab your broom and your mop. Sweep your kitchen floor really well and then mop. There are several ways to mop a kitchen floor and no real wrong way. Hot soapy water and wipe. There is no "perfect" mop and no "perfect" way to do it. Just Do It!

Don't obsess and get caught up in perfection! It won't matter if you don't mop the way your Mother did as long as you do it. Remember House work done incorrectly still blesses your family! (Easy, the floor gets a regular brush and mop, so only took a few minutes :A)

Just discovered flylady has a personal trainer (let's be honest here, she could do with some toning), will be checking him out in December