Sept - start of a 'new' year

viv1956

As an ex teacher I have always seen September as the start of the 'new' year and so am going to set myself some goals now instead of in January.

• Lose 2 stone
  
• get rid of clutter
  
• get a housework routine going

Now setting the goals is easy but achieving them is a different matter so some real effort is going to be needed. So far today towards it I have

• cleared my drinks shelf and got rid of old tea/coffee sachets, old part jars etc
  
• thrown away a half eaten bag of marshmallows
  
• Thrown half a carrier bag full of old creams and lotions

However I know this is probably not enough so need to think how to set in motion some way of changing my behaviours and to that end I am going to post at least daily my efforts at achieving my goals......for the rest of today I am going to concentrate my efforts on the kitchen. Will let you know how I get on

snowleopard61

thrown away a half eaten bag of marshmallows

I was reading this with less than total attention, and at first glance read it as 'eaten half a bag of marshmallows'. Which would be a rather less promising start, especially given your first goal

Good luck with the 'New Year's' resolutions.

viv1956

Thanks snowleapard61

I have now started on my cleaning cupboard as I feel that needs organising if I am to sart on resolution 3 - getting a housework routine organised. I have discovered I have 4 boxes of cleaning cloths -just how many cloths does one person need?

Buffythedebtslayer

As a teacher I do this too (do you have a second career/job now ? - looking for ideas )

also need to lose two stone and with you on the decluttering

good luck! xx

alice-mary

Ditto to all that Buffy said! I can tell it's nearly September, the air has that "back to school" smell in it!
Good Luck,
Alice
xx

pigpen

viv1956 wrote: »

Thanks snowleapard61

I have now started on my cleaning cupboard as I feel that needs organising if I am to sart on resolution 3 - getting a housework routine organised. I have discovered I have 4 boxes of cleaning cloths -just how many cloths does one person need?

I did my cupboard last week.. 16 sponges.. not including the 3 I binned, the 2 packs of green scrubbers, 2 yellow dusters (!!!!!!?? I have not used one of those for about 30 years!) 1 pack of blue j-cloth things I have never used and a pack of sponge cloths which I have never used!!!

viv1956

Thanks Buffythedebtslayer and Alice-Mary.

As to what I do now, I mark exams and sell bits of my sewing. I took early retirement and so have a tiny tiny pension and my DH is kind enough to help support me. I know I am very very lucky that he was so supportive when I decided I needed 'out' Thats also one of the reasons I want to get this place sorted as I now see it as my 'job' as he works long hours in a job he hates.

viv1956

nd what did you do with them all pigpen?

pigpen

viv1956 wrote: »

nd what did you do with them all pigpen?

put them back in the cupboard neatly :o:o:o

viv1956

pigpen wrote: »

put them back in the cupboard neatly :o:o:o

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

StarLight

Hi Viv

...have followed you over from another thread. Hope you don't mind. Can I join you with your new start, because this is exactly what I need to do too. My DD is back at school next Thursday and I am a SAHM (partly because I want too, but also partly because I can't find a job that fits my skills and allows me to take DD to school and pick her up!).

My resolutions are:

Continue to loose weight, started last Thursday. Lost 3lbs first week and want to loose a further 10lbs. Calorie counting aswell as trying to follow a budget for food!

Walk back from school, weather permitting, so dog gets at least one walk a day and we save some money on petrol (that can be used for other things)

Do Housework instead of sitting on the laptop most of the time, and seeing that as my job and doing well at it. (Very good at tidying not so great at the actual cleaning part)

Cope with the money that I have and stop getting anxious about not having any!! Not buy stuff we don't need. If I do need something to try and get it second hand or from the charity shop.

Spend quality time with DD when she is back from school and at the weekend and find other ways to treat her that don't involve spending money.

Well done for making your start and for prompting me to get my a**e in gear:T I look forward to hearing how you get on.

Now I just need the rain to stop so I can load the car and get some stuff to the charity shop!! On another thread I was bemoaning doing a car boot. Have come up with a solution to that one. Will keep items that I think are of real value and share a table with a friend who I know wants to do a car boot. The rest has to go to Charity. Much calmer now I have made that decision.