Must go to bed to get a nap before the kids come home, but I'm going to try to start using this journal again. My life is in a very different place now. I'm working full-time, my husband is back in school, but I really need a place to focus.


( So...Today I will... )

I hope I can do as well with my list today as I did yesterday. *gold stars*

The List

Showered, dressed, make-up, hair
Empty Dishwasher
Clean off kitchen table/counters, do dishes
Swish and swipe and sweep bathroom
Make bed
Eat Lunch
Bring up garbage cans
Shine sink
Replentish paper supplies
Sweep kitchen
Make grocery list/menu
Grocery shopping
1 load of laundry done (1/2 done!)
Hot spots x2
Book shelf (school) rescue x5 minutes
Paper patrol
Dust ceiling fans and light fixtures

I was sick this morning with my dear husband's cold (from hell!) and didn't sleep hardly at all last night, so I slept ALL MORNING LONG *cough*and into the afternoon*cough*. I feel better now, so I'm still going to try to salvage this day. :D


the list

make bed
empty dishwasher, reload
clean kitchen counters & table
shine sink
garbage out to curb
eat lunch
showered, dressed, make-up
swish and swipe bathroom
1 load of laundry (DD) (1/2 done!)
5 minute room rescue (bedroom)
5 minute room rescue (living room)
balance checkbook
hot spot clean-up

Christmas has come and gone. One of the best presents that I got was when I found out that I got straight A's this semester when I thought I had B's in two of my classes. Very exciting! I got all kinds of goodies...
( gift rambling and stuff going on our lives right now )

Unload dishwasher
Fill out and get ready rebates to send out (x3)
27 Fling Boogie the Living Room
Vacuum the living room
Sweep Kitchen
Call in prescription refills
Hot spots x2
Get cell phones/PDA listed on eBay
Balance checkbook
Do Dishes
2 loads laundry (washed, dried, folded, put away)
Feed/Water cats

The kids are on vacation right now and starting to drive me a little crazy. I get that they want to play all day, (don't we all?) but I can't stand when they won't even brush their teeth without a fight because it interrupts play time. They're old enough to understand why they need to do those things and I hate having to be a nag! Grrr! *deep breaths* Just needed to vent. I feel better now.

My exams are done. My dishes are all done. My laundry is all done. My bills are all mailed out and the checkbook balanced. My Christmas shopping is all done. I feel so liberated. I called my friends and went out to lunch with one of them today and just had fun! I hung out with the kids tonight and just enjoyed them. What an awesome feeling!

Studying like crazy. I feel like my brain is going to squish out of my ears if I try to shove any more boring information in there! :) On the bright side, only two more tests until I'm done with school for a whole month. Yay!

It's Christmas tree day. I love the place that we go to get our tree. They have a sleigh drawn by horses through the snow to where the trees are, then you get to cut down the tree you want so it's super fresh and good smelling. It's just a guy who grows trees on his large country lot, and he's super nice and always gives the kids a Christmas coloring book and crayons. They love it. I'm very excited.

But before we get the tree...

( Daily Do )

I really need to find my motivation. I lost it somewhere around March 2006 and haven't seen it since. Really.

So, in an effort to get my home and life back on track, I figure writing down some goals would be a good place to start. I'm thinking small for starters; I'll work my way up. It's gonna be a long climb.

( daily do )

I'm going to beat this dreary funk that I've been in. Christmas is coming, semester's almost done; happy thoughts, happy thoughts, happy thoughts! :D

I'm still enjoying my streak of motivation. I've gotten so much done in the last half a week. I swear, I'm starting to think this is a hormonal thing. My cleaning desire is almost directly linked to what time of the month it is. Does anyone else have this happen, or is it just me, or is this just entirely TMI? LOL.

I'm not going to post a list today because I finally got my control journal done! I have a page with all my routines to print out for every day of the week. It works for me cuz I like to start out the day with a checklist and I can see my progress. The only thing left to do is put it in a binder which I will do today. :D

I used Freecycle for the first time today. I'm a bit nervous about it, so wish me luck! I have a huge antique upright piano that I just don't love. It's a pain to dust all the time and it doesn't match my living room, it's too big for me to move so I can't clean behind it, and it's just rather ugly. So that's my major fling for today in my Living Room since I really don't have knick-knacks or much clutter there. I should post those pounds at the flylady site once I get rid of it (hopefully I'm not counting my chickens before they hatch!). It's got to be at least 300 pounds!

Oh, and I uploaded a Queer as Folk moodtheme made by raelala today as well! teh_del showed me instructions on how to make one so that it's free! So, yay for that!

Well, time to start lunch! I'm hoping that everyone's doing well!

[Mood| Accomplished ]