Babysteps, Day 23--3/23/09 WORKING ON

FlyLady:
Check Your Control Journal Every Morning and Evening

Today we are going to add another routine to our day. I like to call this our get home from work routine or get home from school. Whatever you name it; it is your afternoon routine.

Make a new page in your Control Journal for your Afternoon Routine. As with any of your routines; you will have to adapt to fit your family. Your Control Journal is your guide for BabyStepping your way through you day.


Cherylann:
Make Afternoon Routine:
AM:
Make couch: DONE
dressed to shoes: DONE
Check CJ: DONE
2 minutes reminders: DONE
posted reminders: DONE
negative voices: NONE
hotspots:
5 minute room rescue:
Decluttering 15 mins:
Kelly's mission:
Zone 4: Mission # 1 Monday
Dear Friends:
Your mission for today is to grab
a trash bag, set the timer and start tossing anything that is trash.
Just toss toss toss. Sometimes we have hidden trash in our bedrooms,
things that are disguising themselves as necessary items but really
they are trash. Toss those magazines, the junk mail that has been
tossed in a pile, the old perfumes that are never worn but still have
a place on your dresser, the old clothes that are on the chair that
need to be donated or tossed but are still there, empty tissue boxes
etc. Toss toss toss!
Look around your bedroom and ask yourself if there is anything laying
around that you would consider trash if it was in a hotel room. Your
bedroom should be your very favorite retreat!
Kelly
Laundry:
PM:
Check CJ:
shiny sink:
pick out clothes:
Hot spots:
Bed by 11pm:

Babysteps, Day 22--3/22/09 DONE

FlyLady:
Check Your Control Journal Every Morning and Evening

Have you been procrastinating about building your Control Journal? I know that perfectionism can rear its ugly head and keep us stuck. If you just can’t seem to get yours together; I have made one for you. It is in our FLY Shop

All the BabyStep directions are on the website too. Just click on the link underneath FlyLadys feet.

Control Journal

Cherylann:
AM:
Make couch: DONE
dressed to shoes: DONE
Check CJ: DONE
2 minutes reminders: DONE
posted reminders: DONE
negative voices: NONE
hotspots: DONE
5 minute room rescue: DONE
Decluttering 15 mins: DONE
Kelly's mission: NONE
Laundry: DONE
PM:
Check CJ: DONE
shiny sink: DONE
pick out clothes: DONE
Hot spots: DONE
Bed by 11pm: DONE....my new meds knocked my butt out

Babysteps, Day 21--3/21/09 DONE

FlyLady:
Check Your Control Journal Every Morning and Evening

Today I am going to show you something else on our website. Each day(Monday-Friday) our WebDude Lee puts up an Ask FlyLady Question and I answer it.

Ask FlyLady:

Cherylann:
Check out Ask FlyLady: DONE
AM:
Make couch: DONE
dressed to shoes: DONE
Check CJ: DONE
2 minutes reminders: DONE
posted reminders: DONE
negative voices: NONE
hotspots: DONE
5 minute room rescue: DONE
Decluttering 15 mins: DONE
Kelly's mission: NONE
Laundry: DONE
PM:
Check CJ: DONE
shiny sink: DONE
pick out clothes: DONE
Hot spots: DONE
Bed by 11pm: DONE....my new meds knocked my butt out

Babysteps, Day 20--3/20/09 DONE

FlyLady:
Check Your Control Journal Every Morning and Evening

One of the many reminders that we send out has to do with our laundry; when you include laundry in your morning and evening routine this makes getting up and getting dressed much easier. Laundry doesn’t take long to do when we don’t procrastinate about one of the five steps: Sort, wash, dry, fold and put away. It only takes a few short minutes. When you include laundry in your routines everyone is blessed. Nothing says I love you more than clean underwear!

Cherylann:
AM:
Make couch: DONE
dressed to shoes: DONE
Check CJ: DONE
2 minutes reminders: DONE
posted reminders: DONE
negative voices: NONE
hotspots: DONE
5 minute room rescue: DONE
Decluttering 15 mins: DONE
Kelly's mission: DONE
Zone 3: Mission #5 Friday
Dear Friends:
You have scrubbed, shined, swished, swiped and washed this week, now
it is time to enjoy the fruits of your labor! Your mission for
today is to take time out for you. Take a bath or shower and enjoy
it! Take your time when washing your hair, scrubbing your body,
shaving the forest off your legs and just enjoy the moment of being
alone in your fresh, sparkly bathroom.
Your laundry room mission for today is to place a picture of your
family or favorite pet or a picture of something that is special to
you in your laundry room. This allows you to see something pleasant
when you are blessing the laundry.
Love to you all!
Kelly
Laundry: DONE
PM:
Check CJ: DONE
shiny sink: DONE
pick out clothes: DONE
Hot spots: DONE
Bed by 11pm: NOT DONE....stayed up late with Jenny

Babysteps, Day 19---3/19/09 DONE

FlyLady:
Check Your Control Journal Every Morning and Evening

Here is another inspirational testimonial that is the first page of my book, Sink Reflections. Your home can be this too. You are taking the BabySteps to get you there.

Testimonial

Cherylann:
read testimonial: DONE
AM:
Make couch: DONE
dressed to shoes: DONE
Check CJ: DONE
2 minutes reminders: DONE
posted reminders: DONE
negative voices: NONE
hotspots: DONE
5 minute room rescue: DONE
Decluttering 15 mins: DONE
Kelly's mission: DONE
Zone 3: Mission #4 Thursday
Dear Friends,
Your next mission is to clean out your bathtub. If you don't do it
everyday, the bathtub ring takes on a life of its own. Let's wipe
down our tubs and get rid of that ring. If you haven't done it
in a while you may need to use a little cleanser. Most of the time a
little soap on a rag will take care of it.
Your Laundry Room mission for today is to empty the trash can
that always seems to get forgotten! You will get bonus points if
you remember to replace the bag once you take out the used one!
Kelly
PM:
Check CJ: DONE
shiny sink: DONE
pick out clothes: DONE
Hot spots: DONE
Bed by 11pm: DONE

Babysteps, Day 18--3/18/09 DONE

Check Your Control Journal Every Morning and Evening

Did you know that we have Eleven Commandments? You may want to print these out or write them in your Control Journal.

11 commandments

Cherylann:
read 11 commandments: DONE
AM:
Make couch: DONE
dressed to shoes: DONE
Check CJ: DONE
2 minutes reminders: DONE
posted reminders: DONE
negative voices: NONE
hotspots: DONE
5 minute room rescue: DONE
Decluttering 15 mins: DONE
Kelly's mission: DONE
Zone 3: Mission #3 Wednesday
Dear Friends,
When you go in your bathroom each morning do you have trouble seeing
yourself in the mirror. Is your beautiful image blurred from the
toothpaste splatters and water marks?
Grab your favorite window cleaner and let's bring a shine to the
glass. This will only take a few short minutes and while you are at
it, shine that sink too.
Your Laundry Room Mission is to clean out your lint filter and double
check your vent hose. Lint build up in the filter and in the vent
hose is a leading cause of house fires. Something so easy for us to
check but something that we just don't remember to do. Also look
underneath your dryer as well, lint has a tendency to fly around and
then get caught up under the dryer.
Kelly
PM:
Check CJ: DONE
shiny sink: DONE
pick out clothes: DONE
Hot spots: DONE
Bed by 11pm: DONE

Babysteps, Day 17 (3/17/09) DONE

FlyLady:
Check Your Control Journal Every Morning and Evening

Today I want you to think about what time you are going to bed each night. Set a specific bed time and stick to it. You need your rest. Put this on your Before Bed Routine.

Cherylann:
New Bedtime: 11pm....I usually don't go to bed until between 12-2am, and I get up at 4am most days.
AM:
Make couch: DONE
dressed to shoes: DONE
Check CJ: DONE
2 minutes reminders: DONE
posted reminders: DONE
negative voices: NONE
hotspots: DONE
5 minute room rescue: DONE
Decluttering 15 mins: DONE
Kelly's mission: DONE
Zone 3: Mission #2 Tuesday
Dear Friends,
This week we are in the main bathroom and the laundry room. Your
mission for today combines both of those rooms!
Have you noticed that your bathroom begins to smell bad and you
can't find the stinky culprit. We are going after these yucky odors.
Take your rugs, all the fuzzy stuff on your toilet, and the towels
that are just for show and we are going to wash them. While you
are in the laundry room grab an old rag or washcloth and wipe down
the lid of the washing machine and dryer. I am always shocked at the
dust and stuff that seems to just accumulate here. Shine those
babies up!
With the rugs in the washer: Sweep the bathroom floor and take a
dirty towel and wet it and just mop the floor. When the Rugs are
finished put them back in your wonderful smelling bathroom!
Kelly
PM:
Check CJ: DONE
shiny sink: DONE
pick out clothes: DONE
hot spots: DONE