Day 4 - ?

It is sometimes hard to update because of my current computer situation.  Please be forgiving!


Thursday was Day 4 for me.  I did good!  Went to bed with a shiny sink and woke up Friday morning to a shiny sink.  It is a great feeling to wake up to a shiny sink, even if the rest of the kitchen (and apartment) is a mess.  


Friday was Day 5 and I did good until.... I decided to make a cheesecake.  I have a dear friend who has a birthday today and there was a gathering at her house last night.  I made a cheesecake for her birthday on Friday because I was afraid I wouldn't have time to do it on Saturday.  The cheesecake turned out great but not without giving me its fair share of hardship (lol).  You can read about that on my other blog at www.clothdiaperadventurer.com


Anyway, after all the catastrophes that were making the cheesecake and then finally being DONE with it all sometime after midnight I had no energy to clean up.  I still haven't quite learned to clean as I go and the dishwasher was in the process of cleaning what was in it.  I'm not trying to make excuses here.  The fact of the matter is I was just to tired to deal with it so I didn't.  


Saturday started off okay.  I was taking it as Day 6 but due to another gathering for said birthday girl, and feeling a profound need to take some real rest (a sabbath, which, as a Christian, I've been hearing a lot about lately.  I took my cue from the Holy Spirit to just leave everything for the time being and I don't think FLYlady would have a problem with me doing that) I didn't end up getting the sink shined before bed.  


Oh well.  It really isn't that bad.  I feel a bit behind though.  But then I remember a favorite quote of FLYlady, "You are not behind! I don't want you to try to catch up; I just want you to jump in where we are. O.K.?" That is at the bottom of every email she sends out.  But again I find myself wondering what it means in this case to  "jump in where we are".  Do I reclaim Day 6?  Do I pick up on Day 8?  Is perfectionism leading me to try to pick up on the perfect day?


I think I'm going to do what I did before and pick up on Day 6.  That is where I kind of left off.  Rather than leaving Day 6 and 7 undone I will pick up there.  So today is Day 6 and I am on my way.  I'm already dressed (except for shoes) and I will go shine my sink as soon as I put my shoes on!


Blessings to all of my readers!

Day 3 - Finally!

After my last post I thought the worst of my illness was over.  I was wrong.  I took a turn for the worse the next day but did eventually get well.  It's just hard sometimes to get back in the swing of things when you've been out of it for so long.  I ran into that problem.  Everything else seemed too important.  A friend would call and want to spend time together or I would feel like I needed to do something OTHER than work on housework.  And to be fair, to some degree I was just avoiding it.  

Housework has always been something that is horrible for me.  Yeah, you get a great feeling when it's done, but even as a pre-teen I can remember spending HOURS cleaning my room, because I couldn't just go in there and pick up the stuff on the floor and clean off the dresser.  I had to pull all of my furniture away from the wall and vacuum under and behind it.  I had to change the sheets on my bed, dust the furniture, organize the closet and the dresser drawers, etc.  And honestly, who wants to spend that long to clean a bedroom?  Who wants to spend that much time to clean a kitchen, living room, bathroom, etc.?

So now FLYlady comes along and says "You don't have to clean the whole kitchen!  Just shine your sink!" It's a wonderful thought, but harder to practice.  You have to see each accomplishment as a victory and stop obsessing over making it all perfect!  My sink is shiny!  The countertops are messy, the floor feels grainy under my (oops!) bare feet and dishes are piled up on the counters and the stove... but I have shined my sink and I need to think of that as a victory!  

Yesterday was officially Day 3 for me.  I didn't do it perfectly, but that's okay.  I woke up to a shiny sink this morning and I did, in fact, smile. :-)