So last night I was talking to my friend Kinsi about my clutter, and need for structure and schedule. He turned me to this great site: http://www.flylady.net/
It's awesome, just what I need. It's great for taking baby steps back to learning how to clean and be organized. One of the first things they have you do, is clean your sink till it shines every night. And they even tell you step by step how to do this "till it shines".
Well, late last night I didn't have time to clean my kitchen sink, on account of I'd have to organize under it to put my dirty dish container (since I don't have a dishwasher) and dishrack. So I cleaned my bathroom sink till it shined instead. I used windex on the fixtures and mirror, and even chipped my nail digging out a couple years of soap buildup from the ceramic soapdish. Normally this would have been traumatic for me, but seeing as how all my other nails are broken and short, I didn't shed a tear :P
So this morning I put on some upbeat music after coffee and breakfast, and start de-cluttering under my sink. I threw out crap I didn't know I had under there. I made enough room to put in my dirty dish container, and dishrack. Then I started to clean my sinks really really good. Like, with comet and pink latex gloves (snap!). I got my fixtures to shine, but then as I was rinsing out, I noticed a new problem....the drain was backed up.
Mental note: go get drain-o after work.
I went upstairs to get dressed, and decided... you know... if a clean kitchen sink is the FLY lady's way of hugging me, then making my bed is that to myself. I don't know why, but a made bed just makes me smile. And it's a heckova lot better when I'm doing it for that reason, than because I can hear my mom's voice in my brain yelling at me to make my bed when I was a kid.
I did a ton of laundry yesterday, and of course, clean laundry usually stays put in the baskets... that's how I know it's clean! right? No..? Well today the slacks I needed for work were near the bottom of a basket, so rather than just search and pull, I actually PUT STUFF AWAY till I got to the slacks. Amazing!!! All this just because my friend Kinsi told me of this website.
Now to face my moral dilemma: Do I wear clean white socks with black pants and black shoes... or do I wear not-yet-smelly-but-not-laundry-fresh black socks?
Monday, February 12, 2007
Fly Away
Posted by Raene at 6:35 AM
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3 comments:
FlyLady is great! I do have a horrible time with her "dress to laced-up shoes" mandate though. We don't wear shoes in the house to minimize dirt on the carpets, and being a SAHM I'm in & out of the house/yard all day long, so I'm not changing shoes each time! And I'm WHINING, which FlyLady does NOT allow. So I'll stop. :)
I find if I shine the sink, make my bed and do the "swish 'n swipe" in the bathrooms every morning, my day goes wonderfully. Try and stick with it in some form, sweets, it really can make a difference. :)
Staying on top of stuff as it happens is THE best way to stay clean. If things got to be a mess, she's right, take small steps, tackling one area at a time to get it all nice and neat and clean.
Once it is all clean, don't let it relapse, instead, make rituals of staying clean.
Like dishes,.. for me, when I didn't have a dishwasher, I'd always do the dishes right after eating. It was tough for a while, but I got used to it and it became habit.
The only thing I'm bad about is vaccuuming. I saved up my money and bought a Roomba. <3 my Roomba! hehe :)
Good luck with getting things straightened out! You deserve a clean place to live. It'll make you feel better, just like that made bed! :D
yay! I'm stoked its working. And it's totally motivating me to get my ass back in gear.
And go with the white socks with black shoes. I do it and don't care. I consider it a fashion statement now.
People who are cool are too cool to care about being cool. Maybe the same goes for being fashionable!
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