FLYLady today & other stuff

While I was waiting for DD to go to sleep last "night" (3 am), I worked on my control journal. Because my home had fallen into such a state of complete CHAOS, I pulled things from my daily routine & combined them with this weeks zone work. I made a list by day of what I want to acomplish. WHY? This way, all I have to do is look at one page instead of flipping back & forth...allowing my SHEness to rear it's ugly head. I have managed to get 1/2 of my list completed so far. The rest I'll tackel after I've completed this entry. I was proud of myself today because I was getting sidetracked like MAD this morning, but then I heard FLYLady's "voice" saying "Baby Steps my friend, Baby Steps". She was also telling me "You can do ANYTHING for 15 minutes". It sounds strange to those that aren't SHE's, but to those that ARE...they understand. I got Mt. Washmore under control this weekend...in one day instead of three like PF (Pre Flylady). My sink is shining, my countertops in the kitchen are sparkeling & my chef is "Le Crock Pot". My dishwasher isn't empty, as I'm cheating until things are more under control, the dishes are loaded & the Electrasol tab is in place. All I have to do is turn the dishwasher on after dinner tonight. Then the only dishes I have left to do before I turn on the dishwasher is what we ate & drank from. I even have a clean towel on my clean countertop...waiting to be used. This weekend, I picked up Turtle Wax to wax my shower for the first time. I'll do a heavy cleaning on it to remove any unseen soap scum & hard water buildup, then I'll wax it to my hearts content. Since I've been FLYing, my shower has stayed pretty clean. That is an acomplishment since DH comes home from work greasy everynight. After DH gets home, I'll be blessing my heart. I'm looking forward to it. My 50 pound dog looks forward to time with his human "mom" on our walks.

Did anyone watch Starting Over today? Isn't Josie's little Chloe the sweetest little girl? I'm a bit biased but I believe MY daughter is the sweestest little girl on the planet...like many OTHER mothers believe THEIR children to be. LOL Tomorrow we get to find out if Jonathan is the father or not. HUMMM....sorry but if she hasn't ALREADY dumped him...I think he needs to GO! Unless he's sought some serious counseling for his control issues with Josie. My EX-HUB was similar to him & I often say that the best thing he ever did for me, was to get seperated from me. It made ME see HIM for what he REALLY was & ME to really KNOW what I needed from a marriage. He just didn't fit the bill. The bill being honest, faithful, supportive, & remembering that I was a person with feelings & thoughts...not just a sperm receptical. My DH #2 is all these things & more. He's my best friend.

I recently have begun dealing with the pain of some decesions I made earlier in my life. Part of that is loving myself enough to do so. Part of that is finding an on-line support system that allows me to do that at my own pace, in my own way & with support of those dealing with many of the same issues. To the creator of that place...thank you. Thank you a thousand times over. I truly believe that I found both that place & FLYLady at the time in my life when I was ready to receive the support & guidance I needed. My life is far from perfect, but hey...it's already much better than it used to be.

My sister is in the ARMY & is a Vetrenarian. She just returned to her family after 2 long months of being apart from them. The ARMY required that to further her "training". She did return home just in time to begin celebrating Samuels 6th birthday, Issac's 4th birthday & Rebecca's 1st birthday. All three of them were born in the month of September. She missed them & her DH so much while she was away. I could just hear it in her voice when we spoke of them. I'm just glad that she's stateside during these troubled & turbulant times. I pray nightly for all of the servicemen & women from all the countries with troops in Afghanistan & Iraq to be safe. This isn't a place that I'll state my opinion on the US involvement over there, as I don't discuss that with anyone other than my DH, but I DO keep all of the soldiers & their loved ones in my prayers.