20 Minute Mini Mission - Cleaning An End Table

This morning I decided to attack my end tables in my living room.  

Yes, another dumping ground. 

So I spent about 20 minutes taking everything off, sorting it and putting what did not belong there away!

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After

I place the doily my Mom made me years ago under the lamp.

It looks goo there!

Cleaning My Couch...OUCH!

Yes, I had to clean off my couch.  Why?  Well we got a new entertainment center last week, it's a little smaller than our last one and I kind of used it was a drop of station (not good).  So I had a huge pile of items that did not belong there, then it all got put on the couch!

Not a good sight!  So the first thing I did was gather some bins and boxes and marked them Keep, Trash/Recycle and Donate.  I sorted everything!

So I spent an hour sorting and putting everything in there "homes".  Well after I clean of the couch, I decided to investigate under the it, because we haven't been able to sit on the left side because some springs broke and I have been procrastinating about fixing it.  Well with a little sweat, muscle and patients I fixed it!  It's like new again!!!

Now my couch looks GREAT!  Not sure what I'm going to do tomorrow?

A New Look!

Today I was going out straight with my house work. Well, actually I attacked my bedroom. That is the worst room in my home. I've been dreading doing it for a long time! But my sister in law suggested to bring all the boxes and bins out in to the living room and sort them. Well I was going to do that, but decided to just pull a couple boxes and bins out at a time (no one knows how many boxes and bins I have in there, and if I brought them out...oh boy, I wouldn't have a living room, LOL). So while I was going through the boxes and bins I found some curtains that I had packed away. They smelled so good, (cedar) and decided to take down the curtains that were in my kitchen and replace them with these.

This picture was actually taken a year ago when I started Flylady the first time.
I have to say, my kitchen isnt' that clean anymore:(




And here is my new curtains I just put up!
I really like them. They give a new feel in the kitchen!




Noticed I made sure you can't see my floor, LOL.
Don't worry, my kitchen will be clean by the end of the weekend.
I'll post some before/after photo's.

Flylady Babysteps - Day 7

Day 7, and I'm starting out slow. Tonight I will need to pick out my clothes for tomorrow. I will check my calendar and the weather for tomorrow that way I'll have the right clothes to wear.

So far I am...

- Getting Dressed to lace up shoes
- Keeping our sink shining
- Reading 2 minutes of Reminders
- Looking at our posted reminders in the kitchen and bathroom
- Recognizing the negative voices; change them and FLY!
- Put out your Hot Spot for 2 minutes.

Me, after I showered, dressed to my shoes and fix hair & make-up

My challenge for today is picking up the living room.

Here are the before & after pics...

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3 By 3 In 6

Today I decided to try something new. Since cleaning is not number one on my list, I thought I do some in small intervals. So, I chose to do 3 feet by 3 feet in 6 minutes, and this is what I did.

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I even vacuum this small area only, all in less than 6 minutes!

Floor Below Counters Clean...check

When I take a picture of my pigpen, I tend to make sure I don't get the whole picture. When I cleaned my counters, I made sure I didn't have any clutter below visible. So now, I'll show you what is below the counter, a mess.

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This mess has a 3 drawer organizer which is suppose to be near my desk, my baking flour, which I have no idea what to do with it since I don't have a container big enough to put it in, and a lot of stuff I bought from Costco the other day that hasn't been put away yet.

After about 15 minutes I had all my groceries put away, I placed my flour in my pantry, my cart rolled over to my desk area, and my recycling put away.

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Clean Counters....check...

I washed my dishes this morning, not to many in the sink, but usually if I only see a few things in the sink I think to myself, oh not enough to do, I'll just wait for later. Later comes along after 1, 2 sometimes 3 days and the dishes pile up high. But I'd rather spend 5 minutes washing a few dishes than 1 hour for a pile of them.

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I cleaned my counter too, oh it was bad.

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It's amazing how good a person feels after some clutter is out of the way!

My Dishes - Ugh

I hate washing dishes. This has been an off and on challenge for me. I start off good but then I fall off the wagon and next thing you know, there is a pile of dishes in my sink again. I've done Flylady which I really do recommend, but it's just like anything else, you have to still commit to doing things. One thing I've learned from Flylady, is creating a new habit. Sadly, I've never committed to the 28 day's (except for the babystep program she does) to create a habit. Today, I've decided to start a 28 day challenge, which hopefully at the end of the 28 days I will start a new, good habit. Since washing dishes is so hard for me to do, I'm going to commit myself to doing dishes at least once a day. Yeah, I've gone day's without washing dishes, it's sad but true. I feel I have to do dishes 3 times a day, but seeing that on my to do list can seem overwhelming and dreadful. So if I do it at least once (more if I feel like it), I may not feel so ugh about washing dishes.

Here are some before and after pics of my dishes today.
I have to say, this is not the worse I've ever had.

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My Clutter Diet Progress! Hallway

One of this week's focuses is the hallway.


Got rid of all floor clutter


Straiten up pictures & dust them


Return all “Elsewhere” items to their respective places in the house

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After:

Quick go to The Clutter Diet now, so you can join the fun!