Stick to my Flylady routines like glue

My hubby & I sat down yesterday and came up with morning, afternoon, and evening routines. He even came up with some for himself. This morning, as my son was working on his routine, Baby Girl started crying because she wanted a job too. Hopefully we’ll all be able to keep it up and encourage each other.

Been awhile. But I’m still here and still trying to fly!

Last week I started working with my son to develop an after-school routine. It developed out of me being tired of finding rotting food in his lunchbox. Now when he comes home, he cleans out his lunchbox, puts papers from school on the table, and feeds the dog. Not bad for a kindergartner! I’m at work when all this happens, but I’ve been calling to check in and he’s been so proud of remembering everything on his list.

I think I’ll start adding more to it little by little. Who knows…before long he might be cleaning the whole house! :)

I’ve been sticking to my routines like flour paste. Sometimes I do part of them, sometimes I ignore them completely. And it shows. The dresser, which the cleaning off of daily was part of my morning routine is piled high with clothes, diapering equipment, several different bottles of lotion, and loose change.

I’ll print up my routines tonight and look them over and try putting them back in place.

Baby steps yet again.

I don’t have much of a weekend routine, other than trying to get a little laundry done, and just doing some general straightening. So today I’m going to do about 20 minutes of decluttering and then tomorrow I’ll either do some zone work or a mission.

I folded laundry with the kids while my husband made the most delicious calzone. Now, before I putter around on the computer any more, I’m going to get my evening routine done.

Morning
Shower
Swish & Swipe
5 Minute Exercise
Kids & self dressed
Clean off dresser
Tidy downstairs couch
Put clothes in dryer

After work on non-dinner making days
Drink water
Sit with kids and chat
5 minute living room tidy
Fold laundry

Before Bed
Laundry in wash
Clean face
Set out clothes
Make lunch
Clean off kitchen counters

I’m going back to work tomorrow, which I’m not at all looking forward to—I need another week! But at least I’m ready for the morning. I’ve got everybody’s clothes laid out for the morning and I even had D pick out his own clothes to wear (very cute… he wants to wear a cowboy shirt with dress slacks and a belt). I cleaned in the kitchen, now I just have to go to bed. No more night owl for me.:(

After a week of non-routine of any sort, I’m ready to go back into full Fly Lady mode. The rest of the fam is upstairs playing board games. I’m going to get my evening routine done.

so keeping on top of my routines is essential to my sanity. I stayed up late last night obsessing about what I would wear this morning, then laid out the clothes I finally chose, along with the kids clothes. So I got that part of the evening routine taken care of.

I’m up early. Off to complete my morning routine.

at my computer right now in my pajamas and have been her for a good 30 minutes or so. I’m hearing FlyLady right now telling me to get up and get going, so this is the last I’m going to post for this morning until after I get my routines done. I’m also going to enlist my step-daughter’s help in getting a few of the weekly home blessing items done.

In addition, I’m going to spend 15 minutes on my desk, a spot so hot it’s on fire, and 15 minutes in whatever the zone of the week is.

Thanks for inviting me here Lisa! This feels good.