flybabies june 26th

PODA: Church newsletter -- an all-day affair.

It's nice to be back. My grandmother was on my dad's side of the family, Southern Baptists from Georgia, and she got a proper Southern burial with loads of family and friends, and plenty of fried chicken and sweet tea afterwards. So I at least got to see some relatives I don't see often, who came out for the funeral.

Right now I'm staring at the mess DH managed to make while I was gone for three days, before he came and joined me. I started cleaning it up and it looks as though it will be quicker and easier than I originally thought, but I still don't wanna clean. At least he always remembers to feed the cats properly.

PODA:

-Clean up DH's mess (I might be able to talk him into doing it but don't want to count on that) and wash the dishes (NOT all his, I left without doing them)
-Call DH's insurance and doctor re his check-up appointment tomorrow
-Get down to our property management office to get an extra front gate key
-Call and reschedule the physical therapy and professional organizer appointments I had to cancel for the funeral
-Possibly play a little tennis with DH, if we both feel up to it!

Since we had the 20th high school reunion family gathering at our house yesterday, it is the best looking it's been in 6 months! Yippee! And I got my Sink Reflections book and started reading this morning.

TADA
dishes
sink shiny
all dirty clothes/towels, thrown down this morning
bed made

PODA
laundry
dinner (I'm cleaning out the fridge, freezer, and cupboards this week)
hang out and enjoy the peaceful, beautiful house!

I AM going to keep up with the whole Flylady system, and keep this house clean!

See ya,
-Jo

I think I missed that your grandmother died, Becky. I'm very sorry. I'm glad you had a good weekend with family.

I am feeling awful. I actually ate ribs -- twice! -- in Memphis. That and general road food junk has me extremely unhappy today. Back to veggies for me!

Must go lie down while kids are at the pool!

Shaun
www.homeschoolblogger.com/shaunms

Yesterday's PODA turned out to be a SLUG. Machine needed servicing.

Today's TADA: bought materials to refinish the kitchen cabinets. The test door is being stripped now.

Just finished it, and I loved it. Now so much makes sense to me that I wasn't totally getting before. I guess having a book works better for me than reading off the computer. I made morning and before bed routines, and am excited to really follow the system, I think it will be exactly what I need.

Jo, how cool! I just re-read most of it, but a friend of mine was interested in the program, so I lent it to her. She was so excited when she got to swim lessons this morning (with her crew of 4 kids under the age of 5. LOL! A DD5, twins DS3, and surprise DSalmost2) and she said, "I have shoes ON, my sink is CLEAN, and laundry is FOLDED!!". LOL!

I also found at Walmart a really good family organizer. It has a weekly calander, and on one side of it is where you put your menus. The other side of the page has a todo list, and a grocery list. The grocery list then tears out for you to take to the store! It also has monthly calenders and some other pages for other info (like a babysitter page). And stickers! And it's not too big, but not little, either.
Here is the website for it:
http://www.familyorganizer.com/

Ok, how have I been flying? Well, the past couple of days I've been decluttering a bunch because we have lost Harry Potter #1 book. But I'm thinking that one of the girls accidently took it to school and it was "lost" there (though they won't admit it). I've searched everywhere. But at least the other 5 are where they belong. Maybe I'll just start again on book two (we are going to read them together. I read the last two so fast, I want to re-read them anyway).

The new AC is supposed to be installed tomorrow. Hopefully it will.

TADA:

went to school
took a walk
crocheted part of a gift
came home and collapsed

How are you girls?? We are doing good- taking each day as it comes Some days I am flying and other days I am falling on my face.

Jo, I loved sink reflections. You have inspired me to take my copy out tonight. I know what you mean about reading vs the computer. It makes more sense to me in a book for some reason.

Jenny, love the organizer. My problem is I buy them but never use them. I need to brush up on how to use a calendar. I have been keeping my planer on the kitchen counter and writing everything in it. But I dont take it with me and then I find I need it when I am out.

Quick hi to all the other fly ladies out there!
TAda and poda:
~cleaned up kitchen. I actually set my timer did what I could for 15 minutes and that is it
~27 fling boogie. First one in a while. I need to get back to the basics
~1 load laundry folded, 1 drying need to put away tonight
~played with twins down the block
~ate lunch
~working on drinking water.
~going to dmothers for a swim in the pool when the munchkins wake up from their naps. Oh and a tada for Luke- he giggled out loud this am- it melts my heart. He is starting to flirt with me and it is so cute OK sorry ot Have a good day Love JAck

Bless those routines! Those few minutes twice a day is making a huge difference!

Thanks for the planner info Jenny, it looks like just what I need.

Do you ladies do the zones and keep a control journal? I'm not planning to to them yet, but I'm curious how helpful they are.

Jo, I have all my zone chores on a program in my computer. It's a program I got YEARS ago (in fact, it says it's for Windows 95 and when I got it, CD-ROMS weren't out yet. It came on 5 floppy disks!), and I don't think it's even available anymore. It's from Daytimer, a company that makes organizers. I have all my routines and zone chores set in there to come on when they need to be done automatically (not that I DO them). Daily chores show up daily, weekly chores on the day they are SUPPOSED to be done, and zone chores on the week we are in that zone. It also has all my addresses, birthdays, and other info in there.

I used to have a control journal the size of Flylady's. But it takes up so much space in my little kitchen. The organizer I got though isn't as big and works better.

AC is FIXED! YEAH!! I haven't done much today though. It was town day, I was of course already there for swim lessons. We got groceries, got DH lunch to give him while he is on the tractor today (all. day. long), and came home. And I've flopped since then. Even accidently took a nap while feeding the baby. LOL!

Good Evening!

You all sound like you are doing well. We have been busy with swimming,camp,summer life etc..
Today DD had a playdate after swim lessons. DS is getting excited about the play next week. We need to go to the thrift store for part of his costume.

Need to make a fruit salad for the 4th so will buy fruit over the weekend. We are headed over to a friend's house for a cookout on the 4th then to our old neighbor's later on for watching fireworks.

What are you all doing for the holiday?

See ya all later,personal posts next time

Heidi

We usually go camping for the 4th. My inlaws own a bunch of land in a real remote mountain location in Sangre de Cristo Mountains. But I don't think we are going to go this year. My camper is a MESS (thanks to the fire and dust storms all winter long). And DH will probably still be busy planting the hay. So, it will just be another day here.

We'll be visiting DH's family, and staying on for DH's fifteenth high school reunion. We're leaving Saturday.

Yesterday I ran a bunch of errands.

PODA:
-call my sister and grandfather, and some other family members with info about our summer itineraries
-call some friends in MI and arrange to get together
-help DH with grading some papers b/c he has to turn the grades in today or he won't get paid!
-laundry
-dr. appointment
-pick up around the living room

Good Evening!

Jenny-bummer about the camper,maybe you and the girls can whip it into shape and camp out on your ranch!!!???

Becky-have a fun and safe trip. My 20th reunion is this summer but I am not flying down to Florida for it,oh well.

Jackie-get those giggles on tape,you don't want to forget those sounds.

Pizza for dinner here,gonna pick it up in a few minutes.

TADA
morning routine
DS to camp
DD to swimming
lunch/playdate at museum with friends
sorted mail
picked up DS
read paper
ordered pizza

PODA
eat pizza
watch video
bonfire out back

Later all...

Heidi

Just got it on Sunday, and it is sitting next to me right now (under my tea cup). Good to know that you like it so much, Jenny. I thought it looked really good too. My week of flu kind of prevented me from getting started with it.

Hope you have a great trip to MI, Becky. We are not going to MI this summer, and everyone is very disappointed. We can only travel so much in 3 months! (Well, DH can only travel so much. I'm always willing to pick up the laptop and deliver the grandchildren somewhere. )

We are probably getting together with friends on the 4th -- no big plans. No plans at all, actually, except that we'll do something together.

I am finally feeling halfway decent today. Been consuming a lot of liquid calories -- mainly Koolaid -- and today I actually had some flavored rice and strawberries. Not sure what to try for dinner. I can tell my brain is not quite up to speed yet, though! Man, that flu was nasty.

Shaun
www.homeschoolblogger.com/shaunms

Whoohooo, I have something to TADA today!:

*took down and washed my huge, poofy, ruffled country curtains in the dining room.
*washed the windows (washed, with soap and water, THEN window cleaner)
*washed the blinds one by one
*scrubbed down the light fixture in there, too.
*moved out the table and chairs and shampooed the carpet
*put all back, but not the rug, because I want to shampoo it too, and because the floor isn't dry enough for it yet
*and I scrubbed down all the chairs

As a reward, I made chocolate chip cookies and am eating them right now with a tall cold glass of MILK!

Three more days of planting and DH will hopefully be done. That is, as long as a big gully washer of rain doesn't come and wash all the seed away, while hoping that the seed has enough moisture to come up good or just a nice gentle rain (which really doesn't happen here). THEN we can go on vacation (in a couple of weeks).