Baby Steps to a Brighter Tomorrow

A thirty year old woman, who lives with her girlfriend and their house-mate, works to get her life organised, and house clean one baby-step at a time.

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Closing this blog. Finding my own way. Her way is full of hate.

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Ta-da List for Oct. 14th

Morning Routine

fed cats

Dressed to shoes

made bed

drank water

read flylady email

Daily Mission - got cobwebs out of bathroom

Off to work on time

Night Routine

Set out clothes for tomorrow

checked hotspots

cleaned teeth

In bed by 11

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Ta-Da list for Oct. 13th

Morning routine

Fed the cats

Drank water

dressed to shoes(still in jammies)

made bed

read Flylady emails

Spent the whole day relaxing and talking with Sweetheart, Housemate, and Ford

Night routine

read flylady emails

already have clothes out for tomorrow

cleared hotspots

cleaned face and teeth

drank water

swish & swipe

in bed at midnight

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Ta-Da List for Oct. 12th

Morning routine

Fed cats

dressed to shoes

made bed

read FLYlady email

Drank water

very large grocery trip

put groceries away

Spent evening socialising with Sweetheart, Housemate and Ford(Friend-E)

Night Routine

Cleared a hotspot

Cleaned face and teeth

Set out clothes for tomorrow

In bed at 11 (3am)

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Ta-da List for Oct 11th

Morning routine

Fed cats

(slept in for 2 more hours)

Dressed to shoes

made bed stripped bed and put sheets in washer

read flylady email

drank water

Daily Mission - Sweep & mop kitchen (massive headache and very tired. No thanks)

Put sheets in dryer

Off to work on time

Put first load of clothes in washer

Cleared hotspots switched laundry and put second load in washer

Made bed

brought first load up and put second in dryer

Went over grocery list for tomorrow with Sweetheart

brought second load up, folded & put away all the clothes

Night routine

Checked hotspots

set out clothes for tomorrow

drank water

Clean face and teeth (can wait til morning)

swish & swipe (ditto)

In bed by 11 (lol nope, 2am)

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Ta-da List for Oct. 10th

Morning Routine

Read FLYlady email

Fed cats

Dressed to shoes

Made bed

drank water

Email convo with Doctors clinic ("We want to bring you in for a 3 hour long $900 exam to diagnose your food issues" LMAO thanks but no thanks. I'm no where near that rich.)

Email convo trying to schedule Thanksgiving weekend stuff

Off to work on time

Daily Mission - "wipe off the fingerprints, the spills and the dried food that gets stuck on the stove, the dishwasher and the refrigerator. "

No thank you. I'm sitting out cause I'm tired today and they're mostly clean already

Night Routine

Cleared hotspots

Set out clothes for tomorrow

clean face and teeth

swish & swipe

drank water

In bed by 11pm

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Ta-Da List for Oct. 9th

Morning Routine

Fed cats

Dressed to shoes

Made bed

Drank water & ate breakfast

Read FLYLady email

Daily Mission - "scrub those kitchen sink faucets"

SHOES ARIVED! (threw out old shoes)

Off to work on time

Contacted clinic for appointment

Night Routine

Checked hotspots

Set out clothes for tomorrow

Clean face and teeth

drink water

swish & swipe

in bed by 11:30

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Insights into my Psyche

I was thinking today that I'm not as gung-ho about all this and that I'm just going to do little bits here and there when it hit me... I'm SUPPOSED TO BE doing little bits here and there... babysteps remember?

I had been SAYING I was taking baby steps and REALLY trying my best to DO ALL THE THINGS! That way if I managed to not do-all-the-things then it looked like it was planned that way and if I DID manage to do-all-the-things I would just look better right?

I was all full of new project energy and drunk with the success of tackling the big ugly messes that had been weighing on my mind.... and I got carried away and kinda wore myself out.

I was telling Sweetheart that I kept seeing things in large chunks and not using my timer and she reminded me that even if I had only done a quarter of the counter today instead of the whole thing... it would have been a quarter cleaner than before. The lady's right... but it would feel like going for a shower and only washing my left foot. Seems kinda silly, since I'm there and ready with the tools needed, not to finish the job. 

It's some "stinkin' thinkin'" as FLYlady would put it. My dad used to say "If you're gonna do it half-assed I don't know why you even bother." Of course not bothering wasn't an option but he made me wish it was. To change that train to a new track I've added another FLYlady quote to the Inspiration page of my Control journal:

"Housework done incorrectly still blesses your family"

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Ta-Da List for Oct 8th

Morning Routine

Read FLYlady emails

Fed cats

Dressed to shoes

Made bed

Drank water

Babystep #31 - "Don’t get bogged down [trying to learn/do everything...] You don’t have to see the top of the staircase to take the first step or the 30th step; you just need to keep FLYing!"

Unloaded & loaded dishwasher in prep for mission

Hand washed a few delicate items in prep for mission

Loaded sinks with dirty pots in prep for mission (Housemate will wash them later)

Daily Mission - "Scrub down your counter-tops."

Cleaned counter-tops as well as wiped down the appliances that live on the counter

Off to work on time

Night Routine

Set out clothes for tomorrow

Cleaned face and teeth

Swish & swipe

Drank water

In bed by 11 (stayed up talking with SweetHeart so midnight)

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Ta-Da List for Oct 7th

Morning Routine

Read Flylady email

Fed cats

Dressed to shoes

Made Bed

Drank water before coffee

saw Sweetheart off to work

Daily Mission - "Clean your kitchen trash cans!" (They get wiped regularly by Housemate when he takes the trash out)

Babystep #30 - Check calendar for birthdays so you can get cards (I have my digital calendar remind me so I can send greetings but I don't do cards.)

Night Routine

checked hotspots

set out clothes for tomorrow

Cleaned face & teeth

Drank water

Swish & swipe

In bed by 11pm

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Ta-da List for October 6th

Morning routine (slightly interrupted by snuggle time)

Read FLYlady email

Fed cats

made coffee

Dressed to makeup(no shoes yet)

Made bed

drank water

emailed to confirm dinner date with Friend-E

Babystep # 29 - "A chat date with a friend" (had one yesterday and there's dinner tonight so... done!)

Finished helping SweetHeart declutter her clothes and packaged them for donation. 31 lbs in total!

Dinner date! :D

Night routine

Cleared hotspots

cleaned face & teeth

Swish & swipe

set out clothes for tomorrow

In bed by 11pm

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Ta-Da List for Oct. 5th

Morning Routine

fed cats

washed hair

Dressed to shoes

read flylady email

Made bed Sweetheart still in bed

Left for coffee shop meeting with Friend-A on time

Went to doctors

got a hold of Friend-E to get a raincheck on dinner

took a nap

Babystep #28 - "As part of your routines, remind yourself to eat good food, drink your water, and get your rest."

Added Drink glass of water to morning and night routines (already drinking lots at work)

Decluttered 1/2 a pound of paper and dead pens from my zipper binder/ portable office

Night Routine

Checked hotspots

Set out clothes for tomorrow

cleaned face & teeth

swish and swipe

In bed by 11 (10:15pm)

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Ta-Da List for Oct. 4th

Morning Routine

Read FLYlady email

Fed cats

Made bed

Dressed to shoes

Made coffee

Ate breakfast

Found out that Paypal is a pain in the butt when you don't use it often enough(they canceled the thing where I can just suck money out of my bank account on the same day)

Walked to convenience store during a pause in the rain to pick up Pre-paid Visa and walked home in the downpour that restarted

Put shoes in dryer

Started load of laundry

Bought online, on sale, new running shoes(oh boy do I need them) new winter boots(no cold toes this year)

Bought online, ClogCannon and RubbaScrubba

Babystep # 27 - "think about what you are fixing for dinner before 6 p.m. rolls around" (Not my responsibility, but on that note...)

Talked to HouseMate about possibility of doing a meal plan together because I shop and HM cooks... He refused. No meal planning yet.

Put Laundry in dryer

Daily Mission - quick sweep of living room & kitchen (entrance & dining room)

Off to work on time

Took laundry out of drier, folded & put away

Night routine

Set out clothes for tomorrow

Cleared hotspots

Cleaned face and teeth

Swish & swipe

In bed by 11(not tonight, it's about 1am)

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Ta-da List Oct.3rd

Morning Routine

Fed cats

Made bed

Dressed to shoes

Read Flylady email

Saved Flylady order form for tomorrow

Made coffee

Babystep #26 - read the bottom of FLYlady email & incorporate it into FLYing

"You are not behind! I don't want you to try to catch up; I just want you to jump in where we are. O.K.?"

Daily Mission - Grabbed a cloth and went after finger prints in doors and hallways

Off to work on time

Cleaned shower/tub top to bottom

Night Routine

Cleared Hotspots

Set out clothes for tomorrow

Cleaned face and teeth

Swish & swipe

In bed by 11pm

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Kacey Musgraves - 'Follow Your Arrow'

One of my new favourites

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I'm thinking of changing my bedtime to 11pm instead of midnight...

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Ta-Da List for Oct. 2nd

Fed cats

thought "hell no" and went back to bed for two hours

Morning Routine

Fed cats

Dressed to shoes

Made bed

Read flylady email

ate breakfast

Daily Mission (declutter dining room) - don't have one

Babystep #25 - read testimonial

Off to work on time

Night routine

Set out clothes for tomorrow

Hotspots Cleared

clean face & teeth

Swish & swipe

In bed before midnight