Working on conquering the house!
Doesn't that sound better than "cleaning the house"? I love it. I feel like the warrior when I say I am conquering my house. LOL. This weekend we'll be doing the livingroom and then next week is the bathrooms and boys room.
I am trying to follow flylady but I find it hard sometimes. The concept is great, but the shoes are a huge turn off for me. You'd find me sitting on the couch for amount of foot pain I was in if I actually wore shoes all the time. I did find an alternative to it though. Putting on make-up. Even a little bit, like lip gloss, makes me feel better about myself.
I am trying to get my household notebook together but I really need to do it my way. The Before Bed routine and the morning routine are okay, but the zones miss a lot of my house and there is no "yard" zone either. But I am tweaking it again to make it work for me. I am not sticking to the zones as much anymore... my livingroom needs more attention than a few days a month. It needs a whole week of it's own too.
I am starting over again since I want to "spring clean" without traumatizing the poor house. I really do like the declutter advice she gives. I can handle that!
SOOOOO, next week the boys and I will be on AO week 4 and getting ourselves on a semi-schedule. Since I am home now, I can see a schedule working. But nothing too rigid. I panic and freak out if I am on set schedules. I can handle "after breakfast do this" and "before dinner do this" schedules with flexible hours, but I tried the schedules that have set times just make me feel like crud when I don't stick to it religiously. If I stray off it by 5 minutes, I feel rotten.
Well, I am going to go get bags ready for Meigs Ministries Thrift Shop and numb my mouth with ambesol and try to get to sleep. Why can't dentists just pull the teeth? Why does every last one have to be saved if you just want dentures? Why? Is it so wrong to want a pain-free mouth for once? To have the headaches, mouth pain, seering, blinding, throbbing, buring pains to stop? Is that too much to ask? I guess so.
Friday, March 17, 2006
Sunday, March 12, 2006
This weekend feels so lazy
I guess it is because it is nearly 80 degrees in the house. I opened all the windows and actually FEEL like spring cleaning. I just have to remind myself to not get carried away with it like before. I tend to do that y'know. Miles has a friend staying over for the day. They are out in the woods playing right now. I can still see them. They watched a movie this morning and I am working on cleaning house. The heat is making me groggy so I am trying to remember to drink plenty of water but that gets hard to do sometimes. I'll try to get more pictures uploaded this week and put on the blog.
Still waiting
We're still waiting to see if dh's orders get extended or not. I am getting a case of nerves over it. I want the house to be perfect when he gets home, even though I know it won't be. I am getting worried about money issues and trying to get a positive outlook but it is hard when you are worried about money, house, hoemschool, etc. I am going to concentrate on the house though and try not to think about it. Is that possible?
I guess it is because it is nearly 80 degrees in the house. I opened all the windows and actually FEEL like spring cleaning. I just have to remind myself to not get carried away with it like before. I tend to do that y'know. Miles has a friend staying over for the day. They are out in the woods playing right now. I can still see them. They watched a movie this morning and I am working on cleaning house. The heat is making me groggy so I am trying to remember to drink plenty of water but that gets hard to do sometimes. I'll try to get more pictures uploaded this week and put on the blog.
Still waiting
We're still waiting to see if dh's orders get extended or not. I am getting a case of nerves over it. I want the house to be perfect when he gets home, even though I know it won't be. I am getting worried about money issues and trying to get a positive outlook but it is hard when you are worried about money, house, hoemschool, etc. I am going to concentrate on the house though and try not to think about it. Is that possible?
Thursday, March 09, 2006
There is a God! And She LOVES ME!
She must have heard my cursing in the laundry room today :) With the dryer on vacation, I haven't been able to keep up with laundry. I can do 1-2 loads a day and it takes about a day and a half for them to dry! I hate humidity! This is one of the few places I have lived where you can't line dry clothes becaue they DON'T... or take days to.
Anyway, I was in the laundryroom pulling out the deep freezer to check the breaker switches (which BTW, Mendel, it is attached with a jumper, they aren't seperate... POO!) so I was grunting and sweating and swayering up a storm. As I cleared off the dryer to put everything back, something made me take notice of the dry setting (which I took the KNOB OFF b/c people couldn't leave it alone!!!) and lo and behold! The dry setting was on "fluff, no heat".
What is that setting for anyway? And who put it on that setting? So I borrowed the knob for the start button and turned it back to heat and I now have a load of clothes that are DRYING as I type, as you read this too... Because I am SO far behind on laundry that I will be washing clothes for DAYS to catch up! Oh, I am so glad to have my best friend back! Now, if only the dishwasher would spring back to life. Anyone have a dishwasher I can buy? Or a slave I can buy? Hire a maid for me? I only need the maid to wash dishes and put away folded clothes. I'll let her sleep in my bed and I'll sleep on the floor. Please? No? Okay, then, I'll go wash the dishes. Just so you know, I want chinette for Easter.
She must have heard my cursing in the laundry room today :) With the dryer on vacation, I haven't been able to keep up with laundry. I can do 1-2 loads a day and it takes about a day and a half for them to dry! I hate humidity! This is one of the few places I have lived where you can't line dry clothes becaue they DON'T... or take days to.
Anyway, I was in the laundryroom pulling out the deep freezer to check the breaker switches (which BTW, Mendel, it is attached with a jumper, they aren't seperate... POO!) so I was grunting and sweating and swayering up a storm. As I cleared off the dryer to put everything back, something made me take notice of the dry setting (which I took the KNOB OFF b/c people couldn't leave it alone!!!) and lo and behold! The dry setting was on "fluff, no heat".
What is that setting for anyway? And who put it on that setting? So I borrowed the knob for the start button and turned it back to heat and I now have a load of clothes that are DRYING as I type, as you read this too... Because I am SO far behind on laundry that I will be washing clothes for DAYS to catch up! Oh, I am so glad to have my best friend back! Now, if only the dishwasher would spring back to life. Anyone have a dishwasher I can buy? Or a slave I can buy? Hire a maid for me? I only need the maid to wash dishes and put away folded clothes. I'll let her sleep in my bed and I'll sleep on the floor. Please? No? Okay, then, I'll go wash the dishes. Just so you know, I want chinette for Easter.
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Sugar High!
Well, I think Mendel will do better with his Byetta in the morning. This morning before lunch his blood sugar was 171. Way too high! Especially considering he only had a PB sandwhich for snack, and an egg for breakfast. So we are definitely going back to morning shots. I remember those better anyway. Easy to do, easy to remember, gets it out of the way and we can go on with other stuffs.
Working on quitting
Today I have not had ONE cigarette! I'm not turning on the TV or radio either b/c everytime I try to quit, I do GREAT! for about a day and then I turn on the TV. And I am sitting there watching something fun. Then, inevitably, some commercial for the patch (which costs WAY too much!) comes on and starts out with "We know how hard it is to quit smoking..." Well, up til that point it was easy... A little Goody's powder, a cup of tea, a bit of yoga... but then I turn on the radio and they just HAVE to remind me that it's supposed to be hard to quit. WHY do they always have to remind me it's hard? I do fine with distracting myself. My goodness, we have done 3 days of homeschool in one trying to keep busy, I've been washing dishes and laundry like crazy... so WHY do they have to bring it up? It must be a marketing ploy. Wait until Dotchi is having a good quitting day and then play EVERY quit smoking, anti-smoking commercial THAT day! It's a conspiracy I tell you! Or maybe my nerves need another calming cup of coffee extract...
Well, I think Mendel will do better with his Byetta in the morning. This morning before lunch his blood sugar was 171. Way too high! Especially considering he only had a PB sandwhich for snack, and an egg for breakfast. So we are definitely going back to morning shots. I remember those better anyway. Easy to do, easy to remember, gets it out of the way and we can go on with other stuffs.
Working on quitting
Today I have not had ONE cigarette! I'm not turning on the TV or radio either b/c everytime I try to quit, I do GREAT! for about a day and then I turn on the TV. And I am sitting there watching something fun. Then, inevitably, some commercial for the patch (which costs WAY too much!) comes on and starts out with "We know how hard it is to quit smoking..." Well, up til that point it was easy... A little Goody's powder, a cup of tea, a bit of yoga... but then I turn on the radio and they just HAVE to remind me that it's supposed to be hard to quit. WHY do they always have to remind me it's hard? I do fine with distracting myself. My goodness, we have done 3 days of homeschool in one trying to keep busy, I've been washing dishes and laundry like crazy... so WHY do they have to bring it up? It must be a marketing ploy. Wait until Dotchi is having a good quitting day and then play EVERY quit smoking, anti-smoking commercial THAT day! It's a conspiracy I tell you! Or maybe my nerves need another calming cup of coffee extract...
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