As part of my New Year's resolution to get the house in better shape before the baby arrives - please see the ticker (isn't this cool, BTW, I totally stole the idea from another blog I read, but it was too cool to pass up!!) - I recommitted myself to Flylady. And then I immediately fell off the fly-wagon. I've been doing well on the sink, but I just cannot bring myself to get dressed including shoes. We don't wear shoes in our house - unless you count Happy Apple's little soft ones, but those I put on him just to keep him from pulling off his socks, because it's cold. Everyone - even guests if I can manage it without appearing too rude - takes their shoes off when they come inside. This cuts way down on dirt and detritus that we all track in from outside, and theoretically cuts down on the time I spend sweeping (or rather, that I SHOULD spend sweeping). So, I'm not getting dressed to my shoes - but I am dressed - if you count sweats and a T-shirt as dressed, and my hair is washed and brushed, etc. s0 I could open the door should it ring without being embarrassed, so I think that counts for something. I believe the Flylady zone this week is the kitchen, and I'm kind of looking forward to getting things in order around here.
In order to give myself some more accountability, I'm going to detail some more of my goals for the week here - we'll see how I do:
Transition closet from everyday clothes that no longer fit to maternity clothes that might. DH brought the bins down from the attic last night, but I need to sort through the clothes that are already in the closet before I can add new things in. My long term goal is to make the transition back from mat clothing to regular clothes go smoother with the new baby that it did with Happy Apple. Last time, we lived with large bins of clothing in our master bedroom for 6 months. Tomorrow when Talker is in school, I will go to Target and get some bins, and get moving while Happy Apple is napping
Create a menu plan for the week. This seems like a reasonable goal, and if I can get into the habit, I think it will be a good long-term strategy
Spend 10 minutes a day organizing the "green room" and 10 minutes a day cleaning out the secretary in the living room. The green room is in our basement, it has green walls, and it could be a lovely office/sewing room/crafting/journaling space IF I got my act together and straightened it out. DH and I spent days working on it before Happy Apple was born, and then we had a small flood, and I was stockpiling things for Christmas, and now the room is totally out of control again. I'd like to get it into better shape. The secretary in the living room is just a nice piece of storage furniture that was in my room as a kid and is now here. At the moment, it's full of all kinds of detritus, but it could be a good kind of "mom-office" if I got it sorted.
Start tracking our grocery spending. We are blessed with a degree of financial security, but I would like to increase our savings rate from 10% to at least 11% this year, and I control most grocery spending, so this is where I'm going to start.
Spend more time playing with Talker. He's 4, and in school 4 mornings a week, and I worry that he's getting a bit overlooked.
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