As I was laying in bed this morning around 7AM I was thinking about how I just finished telling y'all that I am a morning person and can only productively get things done in the morning. So, to that end, I hopped out of bed (yes I am one of the few who hops out of bed in the morning with a quick "Thank you God for another day") and started my projects. I started by cleaning the closet that holds all my "on hold" clothes. I filled a couple of bags for Goodwill, pulled several gorgeous beaded and sparkly things that I will put at the belly dance tag sale in October, and folded and put away laundry that was on the drying rack. THEN I really went to work. I culled through hundreds of videos, CDs, tapes, and DVDs and was left with only a small keep pile (in addition to the dozens of CDs that I keep for classroom use). The originals I boxed up for the tag sale, and the copies I boxed up to offer up to my students (for free) on Saturday. I also fairly well emptied a cedar closet in the laundry room (most for Goodwill, a few things for the tag sale).
I stopped when I realized that I have the whole summer for this project, and that I don't need to reach perfection and completion immediately.
WHEW, then I had lunch and just got home from grocery shopping. It's a happy day when the boxed peaches come in to Trader Joe's. I bought 2 boxes. Right now they are in a beautiful bowl on the kitchen table so I can just look at them, but will put them away tonight in the fridge because it is way too hot in the house.
Sandy - thanks for your reminder about Fly Lady. I went right to her website when I read your comment. I had forgotten that my habit of cleaning and polishing my sink at night and hanging fresh dishtowels comes from her! It is such a pleasure to come into the kitchen in the morning and having everything sparkly clean. When I leave it like that - and I usually do - my husband - who works into the evening and cooks dinner for himself around midnight, will also clean up after himself. When I leave it less than sparkling I often find his dishes have been added to mine, so I make an extra effort to clean even if I'm exhausted at night. I signed up for her newsletter and look forward to hints and motivation to see me through all my summer projects.
Hope you all enjoyed your Sunday, be it restful, worshipful, busy, or all three!
Miriam
Oh yeah! Flylady! I'll do better at that when the kids leave next month. Sink can be spit shiney and I awaken to... lots of stuff. I love Flylady's "set the timer for 15 minutes" and declutter idea. Used it for years!
ReplyDeleteYou're going to have a great summer! :)