FlyLady day 14

She is a lady after my own heart. I am obsessed with calendars! I am glad to see her write an essay about it! I made you proud today FlyLady!

FlyLady Day 12

Now I am really getting the hang on this! I am so happy not having to freak out when someone calls and says that they are out our way and want to stop by. Before, I would have had a panic attack (actually happened). Now it takes 15 minutes for my house to be company ready with the exception of the toy room. But the way I see it is... We have kids. Kids make messes. If that is a problem for you, get out of my house and don't let the doorknob hit ya!

I was a bit reluctant to get dressed every morning, especially make up and hair. I mean it seems a bit silly to get dressed up for my kids, right? No, they seem to listen better when we are ALL dressed and ready to go at a moments notice. Which is excellent to be ready to go first thing in the morning because to be honest, before this challenge it would take us at least 45 minutes to get ready and that was certainly nothing fancy. we would be lucky if the kids clothes matched and I remembered that I was in PJ's. It is so much more relaxing. I feel better about myself. Grant it, I don't do my hair and make up everyday, but just getting dressed feels nice!

FlyLady Day 10

I am so behind! Three sick kids and sick husband makes a busy sick mommy! But I did get dressed and shined my sinks. I put out hot pots and set my timer for 15 minutes and threw away trash. We have too much junk because the difference made by just 15 minutes was amazing! My routine is coming together!

FlyLady Day 8...modified

I have modified day 8. She wants us to get a 3-ringed binder and start our "control journal" (aka notebook). Since I have been working hard on mine I am going to stick with it. I got dressed, shined my sinks and put out my hot spots.
I think the FlyLady would be proud.

Goals this Week

Family:
Get the toys sorted for our garage sale
Get Kaden writing and recognizing A-F and a-f and 1-4
Encourage Eythan's walking (he has been standing...YAY)
Pray for David and Kids daily (the need to be the focus of my prayers)

Personal:Cut those sweets
Start eating healthy
Set Fitness goals (step by step with rewards)

Household:Get house back in shape
Set financial goals with David
Keep working on Notebook
Keep FLYing

Business:
Pray for Dave's Employment test Thursday and encourage him
Keep sending resumes and getting interviews
Start step by step Scentsy plan

FlyLady Day 5

Dear FlyLady,
You would be so proud. Despite nature's best attempt to cause CHAOS at my house, I was able to get dressed and shine my sink. I am so glad that my sink was clean when I needed to give an emergency sink bath to my 15 month old! I was even able to take a nap yesterday before Carson's doctors appointment. I didn't have to rush to hide the mess before my mother came over!

FlyLady, you are my hero! You and and my notebook!

Love,

Make This Mama Over

Goals This Week

Goals This Week 4/16/12

Family:

Cook Every Night Except Tuesday (We Have Tee Ball)
Work on Kaden’s Writing
Work on Eythan’s Walking
Have one In-Home Date Night

Personal:

Start Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey It was so good that I finished it in 3 days!
Start The Fitting Room I tried, but no cigar. I just couldn't get into it. It was not quite what I expected.
Get Blog Up and Running Get Dressed Every Morning Pretty much
Research Couponing

Household:

Start the Fly Lady
Work on Household Notebook Work in progress.
Follow Cleaning Schedule
Work With David To Set Up Budget That's a big fat negative. We both got sick with this ugly cold. When we are sick, we can be mean so definately not the time to discuss money!

Business:

Create Scentsy Plan Get a Job Not successful yet, but I will get one!

I Hate To Clean

I Hate To Clean

FACT:  I don’t like to clean. Hate, no despise it! So what was I thinking when I married a military man?  It has been forced into their head to keep their living quarters clean at all times! That’s not something that changed when the get out either. So here is a look at our perfect worlds…

My World: When David walks in the door, the house is clean and the kids are dressed. The smell of meatloaf comes from the kitchen. The maid leaves.

His World: When he comes home, the house is clean and the kids are dressed and clean. The smell of meatloaf comes from the kitchen. I come prancing around the corner in a very June Cleaver way to greet him.

But in reality: David calls to say he is on his way home, but I am too busy screaming at the kids to not color on the walls to even hear him. He walks in as I am running to try to clear a path from the remains of what earlier in the day was our living room (but it was destroyed when the toy tornados hit). He asks if I got the dishes done like he asked. I grin my cutest grin trying to be cute so he won’t be mad that I didn’t get the chance. But how cute are you really when you are wearing sweats, your hair is a mess because you didn’t have time to shower, forget about makeup what about that giant smear of baby food on your cheek and oh man what is that smell? Oh its baby spit up! Yeah, not very cute at all.

I hate and love our reality at the same time. I love being with my kids and playing with them all day. I hate a messy house. I hate looking a mess and I hate smelling it even more. Today I am going to begin to change my sloppy ways. Starting with the house.

I have created a cleaning schedule and laminated it. I have put it in my house hold notebook (which is a major work in progress). I am going to start with it. I am also going to start FLYing with the Fly Lady. She is brilliant and I think it is an easy way to make my hubby happy!

Who wants to start this challenge with me? What ways are you cleaning up your act? How is your hubby or wifie or SO responding?