Making a New start, Stepping into the New year

[BlackCatinChristmasChaos]

Hi all, After a pretty rough ride last year (2012) I think I feel ready to start again with babysteps
So who's with me for the journey?

Old and new steppers are welcome!

Lets do this one small step at a time!

First day back at work today but after tomorrow I'm not in again until tuesday

I do have a Control Journal, because I do love a good list! - I don't see it as anything controlling though, more of a list of reminders & I don't get upset if I don't do them all.

Collie I am trying to take a photo of my garden every day this year to give me a better idea of what plants we have & where the gaps are - unfortunately I forgot this morning, but I shall try again tomorrow!

theonewiththehair that's what I found, doing one little thing made me want to do more. So far so good.
Going to wash my tea-cup, shine the sink, put a bath towel beside the shower and go to bed.

educatingarti, hope you are doing better this evening!

Still havent gotten my bloody decorations down, but I did shine my sink and got two loads of washing washed dried and put away. Thats a pretty big thing to me, i have a tendency to leave all the clothes next to the drier and pick as i need things!
Got the car taxed and spent the rest of the afternoon out with a very rare lunch trip minus the kids!

Dont think the control journal is going to be for me either, seems like a lot of faff.

Done everything on my list apart from clearing out handbag and work bag, but I did also sort through a couple of kitched drawers - I'm terrible for getting distracted but it all needs doing. All the toys now pretty much fit in their designated places and there's now a huge charity pile in the hall - must get rid of that before the DC start poking around in it.

DH disappeared off to work (he has his own business) for most of the day but has promised to sort through his papers tomorrow

Just got to shine my sink now and that's me done.

I tried making a control journal (probably about this time last year) but I've hardly looked at it. I had a complicated system last year involving two diaries and flirtations with various apps on my iphone. I've had an A5 filofax and wads of paper for Christmas so will try to use that. I've made a section for each month to house to do lists etc. Hopefully that will work. It's not very portable, but I can't seem to get on with just using my phone.

All set for tomorrow: sink shined, towel beside shower ready for me to step straight in in the morning

Have done nothing on my list but:

get SB & I up & dressed
keep SB fed & watered
make cranberry sauce (in slow cooker now)

We went out today and this evening I've just been vegging in front of Spooks, doing some lists and emails playing games and cruising Pinterest.

Tomorrow is another day!

DD's bags packed for tomorrow. My lunch & breakfast made. Washing up done & sink cleaned.

Spangle I do like the HomeRoutines app (I use the timer on it alot!), but it just doesn't quite work for me. Mine is now a spreadsheet which I used to print out & tick off, but alot of it became habit, so I stopped bothering. I should probably update & print out again!

I just spent a lovely few minutes catching up on Pinterest, but off to bed now.

I'm a bit like you Spangle in that I made a control journal last year but found a lot of the time I didn't look at it. I still have it in the cupboard.
I find what works best for me is I have a clipboard and I attach my To do list to it and cross things off as I do them. This tends to stop loose pieces of paper getting lost amongst the clutter as a clipboard is big enough to find --most of the time-- .
I use a diary or calender for any dates I need to remember and I have started a separate book for any bills I physically have to pay (school trips etc).
Everyone is different though so what works for one person might not be right for someone else.
It might take a while to figure out what suits you!
Some of us have been doing this for over a year. For various reasons I have had to take breaks from trying Flylady, That's life though, shit happens!
I am hoping now though things may start to improve and I am really trying this time!

Sorry that was a bit of a ramble! I get a bit carried away sometimes.

Hope everyone is getting on o.k.

It's lovely to have so many new people join us!

Here is babystep 3

It's up to you whether you do this one or not but some of us don't.

Not sure how much I will get on here tomorrow so thought I would do the link tonight.

Must get off to bed soon, it's been a long day.

Update

Shopping done and put away,
E-mails done
3rd load of washing on
Had a snack
Currently watching DD2 in the pool before I do dinner

I may not get my walk in this evening as I now have back ache (AF type), but I shall try. Off to do dinner now, need to make my bed too, only 1 set of sheets and those are on the line.

See you all tomorrow

I'd like to start! Made the sink very shiny this evening and also managed to do the gettin up thing (by chance, as I only found this thread this afternoon) so I'm almost caught up on time for day 3!

Well done Sephy and welcome.

Update on my update, I managed my walk- 40 minutes with 1 dog. It was a cool 24C when I set off at 9pm and a positively chilly (did you see what I did there )22C by the time I got back. Back feels a little better for it.

Rubbish has been put out, DDs stayed up playing basket ball with OH. He survived his year end accounts, now knows exactly how much in the red the accounts are. Last wash is hung out. DW is on, thanks OH

Up and dressed to socks. Bed made. With my phone no longer allowed in my bedroom a tidy house there's nothing to put me off getting up!

Morning all

Had abit of a rubbish day yesterday, hoping to get more done today!

I have been trying to declutter and really need to continue with this. So far I have at least 4 bin bags of clothes sorted (mostly baby clothes) and have more to sort through. Also need to sort out kitchen drawers and sort through paper work, but this will be a job for when kids are in bed!

Today:

Hoover downstairs
Clean kitchen sides
Sort top of dresser in dining room
Put some washing away
Wash on
Clean kitchen after meals and dining room table
Mop kitchen floor
Sort car insurance
Send parcel

Have a good day everyone

Pink -thank you. I did manage better as the day went on. I did a total of 4 hours work plus some bits and pieces of housework.

Off to put a load of washing on before I go out. I've got lots on today so unlikely to do much housework-ish type stuff but I 'm hoping to do more tomorrow!

Arti, glad to hear you had such a productive day in the end.

I'm not going to do step 3, i know the site pretty well, been getting her emails for a while now!

Sink is shined after breakfast, definitely taking the decorations down today. I've been putting it off saying i'm too busy, but they are annoying me now. Will wash the living room floor once they are down.
I want to keep on top of the laundry too, need to put clean stuff away and get another load done.

Have a good day ladies!

Pink Taking down my Christmas decorations and putting them in the loft is my goal for today too.

So far, I have taken down and packed the decorations and tree and hoovered round. I'm a bit scared of the loft so I've decided to reward myself with Africa on iplayer before I venture up there!

I'm up and showered
Dustbin is out

My goals for today are
Breakfast
Feed dogs
Rouse DDs
Get DDs enrolled in beach volley ball, if there's still space
Put away the last of yesterday's washing
Maybe take down tree and decos, depends where OH has put the boxes. we keep them in the loft of the garage and I really don't like going up there

Probably need to do other things which I'll remember as I go along.

Have a good day everyone.

Can I join please? I just feel exhausted with the amout of clutter and mess in every room I've been receiving emails from Flylady on and off for 2 years now, but I think it doesn't work for me as no one is checking up on me and just reading this thread is motivating. So thanks for that and now I'm off to do 15 minutes in the hallway!

Hi all, Just checking in, Hope everyone is o.k. Gonna read through today's posts^

Welcome to all new people ,

I'm taking things slow today. I did manage to get myself and 2 DC dressed by 9.30am though so that is progress!

Went out this morning with DM. DD spent some of her Christmas money on a few toys.
I have done lunch (earlier) and done a bit of washing up, more to do though.
I find it a bit hard to concentrate on getting things done with the DC still off school.

Gonna make a in a mo as I feel I need to motivate myself again.

Everyone sounds like they are of to a good start so "Well done!"

Christmas decorations down today.

That's enough for one day! I'm probably a bit dim, but what is baby step 3 About?

christmas not a clue!

Hello,

I've done none of the steps yet, but I have done all of upstairs and my lounge. Today I tidied and swept/steamed the hall floor and hoovered the stairs.

Yesterday I also tidied and ordered all of my shoes and clothes.