I did accomplish quite a bit this past week,but I still have a couple of problem areas that I will get to this comming week.Thats a soleum promise to me!

eliza ann

I was not good at accomplishing much last week and my house reflects it. Goals for this week:

*Resume evening and morning routines.
*Resume Flylady's daily Zone Missions.
*Take stuff to Goodwill.
*Help DD clean her desk so we can see it again. :)

Sheryl

I didn't accomplish very much last week either. I did okay over the weekend, but still need to do better. I'm going to set very modest goals right now. I HAVE to get the W-2's & 1099's out at work. Normally this would be simple, but we switched accounting systems part way thru the year & the new system doesn't have all the YTD info yet, so you can see the problem. There may be some long hours between now & the end of the month. At least I know that next year it'll just be a matter of printing them.

So, my goals for this week:
*Clear off my dresser
*Finish cleaning out my nightstand (I started but never got it completely done)
*Normal housework - laundry, vacuum, etc.
*Do at least 15 min. of decluttering in the sewing room each night - this room is still a problem for me since we tend to use it as a junk room

Greta

Greta

This week will be a little tougher for me - we're reintroducing our nightly workouts every night this week except Weds (pool league night), so that's 1-1.5 hours a night that will be spent at the gym instead of at home (a "get fit" challenge for DH's work - I've been working out at home which doesn't take as long, but I want to support him with this and I need exercise too, so I'll head to the gym with him). So I think my goal this week will just be to keep up with the new garbage routine I set up last week, and keep up with my daily routines and nightly meal prepping while adding in those nightly workouts. I have a three-day weekend Sat/Sun/Mon, so I should be able to get some actual organizing and cleaning done then. :-)

Speaking of getting fit, we spent practically the whole day skating on Saturday, and nothing else got done. I have been frustrated by the looks of things (at home), so on Sunday I made a conscious effort to pick up handfuls of papers to go through. We have a laundry basket full of papers and stuff we dumped in there to clear the living room for company, and it just sits there and sits there. My goal is to set up boxes and mark them "Mine", "His" and toss or quickly file the rest, just to get things moving.

Well, pathetic as this is, my only goal this week is to get the Christmas decor down! I hate "de-decorating!" I think I'll put on Christmas music (though I should probably play it backwards?!) to make it go faster.

Brenda

Tomorrow's my day off, so I am definitely tackling some of my goals. I'll hit Starbucks first, get a HUGE coffee, and work off of the caffeine! :)

Jamie, good for you for supporting your DH by going with him to the gym. You have to organize time for that or else it won't get done!

My house is in even worse shape than yesterday. I have my work cut out for me!

Sheryl

This week I plan to finish painting the 5 doors I started on the weekend. I got one done tonight after work.
I also plan to do 1 load of laundry a day.
Work out at least 3 days.
Prep and paint 3 kitchen windows.
More organizing in the basement.
Prep more doors.

I can't do weekly goals because then I really feel like a failure if I don't accomplish them.

I CAN do daily though...today I will do my laundry (that has managed to pile up and explode again); I will vacuum the area rugs, dust, and mop the kitchen floor.

I had other plans for errands outside the home, but my dog is sick today and cannot be left alone right now :-(

I'm in. Today I will work on prepping the area in the garage that houses the washer/dryer so the new set can be installed tomorrow. That means clearing out the items on either side, as well as sweeping, dusting and wiping down the floor wherever I can reach.

I also have to stop by the grocery store and Target for a few items, including a couple of things my daughter wants for her class trip-she leaves tomorrow.

Ann

Ackkk
I'm not doing so good starting the week gals.
I was tied up on the phone for a good part of the night taking care of some tax business that *HAS* to get done soon -so actually that was an accomplishment just not from my list

So anyway I am behind and hope to try and get caught back up but generally my good days are Monday and Tuesday and slides down from there Wednesday Thursday and Friday. I think its my energy level.
Still trugging along here.
Slowly

Clean out my craft and all around junk closet. That's a huge task.

Also, I'm still trying to put back the stuff I took down for Christmas. We have a few pictures that I LOVE we don't have room for now and I don't know what to do with them. I fear a storage bin.

And still the one load of laundry a day is working well!!!! Where did that idea come from? It's a great one!

Clean out the storage room next to the furnace room and throw out a lot of 'stuff'!

Eliza ann

OK
I was sick at the beginning of the week(strep Throat) and not up to much and now I feel much better and want to work. Last night I did quite a few things and will finish them by this weekend-Sunday.
I am going to post on the bragging post about what I did-LOL

And I will post about my Weekend plans on that post too!

Something I can add here:
I went to the library today and picked up a couple of videos(free for a week!)for DD and us and got two books. An organizing one by Julie Morgenstern(sp) and one about curtains because I want some "faux" roman shades in the extra room and my Mom will help(actually mostly do*grin*)me with them if she has an idea what I want.
I am sewing challenged!!!

LOL Nan - I'm not a sew-er either...but my mom is, and luckily for me, she *loves* to be helpful when possible. Mom's are nice that way, aren't they? ;-)

I didn't stick to my garbage schedule last night - even though it needed emptying. It was -8°, and there was just no way I was going out in the cold anymore than absolutely necessary. Bah humbug.

But DH and I *have* been doing our nightly workouts...only one at the gym, but we've been doing the rest at home, since it's too cold to leave. Imagine working out on a "power rider" (old piece of exercise equipment) with a fire going in the fireplace just 10 ft. away, and favorite shows on TV. Can't really beat that! LOL

Keep trying, Nancy...you'll get it one of these weeks!! ;-)

My goals were:
*Resume evening and morning routines.
*Resume Flylady's daily Zone Missions.
*Take stuff to Goodwill.
*Help DD clean her desk so we can see it again. :)

The results are:
*routines were followed! (Yeahhh!)
*daily zone missions were accomplished (and now I have a nice clean fridge!).
*Did NOT take stuff to Goodwill.
*Did not help DD clean her desk (which now resembles a very tall mountain of junk).

So 50/50 isn't *too* bad!

Jamie, that is too cold to be out! And I thought we had it bad at 30 degrees! We are in the middle of an "ice storm" and can't even walk down our driveway, so we've been indoors the entire day. I think I'll cozy up and watch a movie. Stay warm!

Sheryl

Hi all.

1. Get the bathroom sorted this week;
2. Try doing a bit in the evening (small evening routine) it's always the evening one that I never manage to do;
3. Take three bags to goodwill (they are just waiting to go)

Well my update:
Laundry I give myself about 80%. This is not as good as I would like but I am trying to let go of the perfectionism where I would have just stopped because it wasn't 100%. I will try try try.

Decluttering: Well this is getting easier for me because I have thrown out a LOT of my stuff in the last 2 weeks and now it will get more difficult because I need to start on clutter that is not mine but still clutter none the same.I have to work on family:(

Kitchen: I worked on the kitchen and didn't get 100% in there either but I really like what I DID accomplish and will try to work on it somemore.

Great job everyone! I am starting a new goal week post in a second!