It's her DH, right? Yay Jars!

Possibly. The subject never came up and her facebook status said "in a relationship" so I assumed boyfriend. My bad.

We had another lovely day today wandering around Hampton court and then Pie and Pudding for dinner. So yum! And of course TCG is very much enjoying all of the beer available. So tired. Must fall down now.

Yeah, Jars and G. have been married for a few years now I believe.

Yay, London! Glad TCG is enjoying All The Beer!

I had not had a chance to meet her when they were last in MA, so I'm glad I finally got to do that.

Me too, they are awesome. As are you guys!

Aww, thanks!

That's why I think flylady has been so successful with me, because she makes me intend to do things.

I like that the first week's worth of baby steps basically boils down to "wash the damn dishes every night." She makes it sound much nicer (and, really, maybe that's 90% of it -- re-framing how I think about the confounded housework), but that's really all it is. The rest of week 1 is stuff like "get dressed down to your shoes," "go check out the online forum," etc., which is not what I consider actual work.

And I understand the reasons behind doing those other things, and I also think it's wise to make the first week basically "do the damn dishes every night." That way, it's really not more than committing to one chore every day.

Uh, not that I've been successful at doing the dishes every night, but I still think it's framed in a great way.

Yeah, I agree. And then I feel all accomplished about it even if all I did was wash the damn dishes every night. I made it all the way through the baby steps! So then I was all proud of myself, and I had to do crisis cleaning for guests, and then the next week was all the rooms I'd just done, so I basically took a week off, still doing the routines, but with no major tasks. I think it's built like that intentionally, with breathing room built in. Today the house is pretty messy with muddy paw prints and soot from the new fires, but I feel ok about it because I know I'll get to it with the weekly slipshod cleaning hour.

I still think it's framed in a great way.

I agree.

Yay, StW is coming over for takeout and tv. I could really use some snuggling about now.

Ok, Scrappy, your DH made me laugh and laugh.

and I might just need the flylady now that I am working full time. I'm pretty good at pulling things out that do not make sense to me ( Like the shoe thing) I have some basic routines, but I don't have a good way to get to the deal with bigger stuff.

I don't read the Flylady (I tried but the purple and the cheer gave me the wiggins) but since y'all have been talking about the clean the sink every night thing, I've been doing it for about three weeks. I've missed a day or two, when I felt shitty, but when I go in the kitchen to get coffee, it does make me feel better.

So I got some stuff sorted and priced for the garage sale, took a bunch of old magazines to Half-Books, got $5, which is what I expected, but was fine because I wanted to buy a candle, dammit! Went to Target, saved $9 in coupons, got a $5 candle (SPLURGE) and went to the grocery. I hate going to the store on Sundays.

Too many people, and they block the aisles and stand around like idiots, and they AMBLE. I want to get IN and OUT. I am a grocery shopping ninja. I have a list, a mental map and efficiency. Also, I'm poor, so if I amble, I want yummy stuff.

I swear, grocery stores should have a passing lane and a slow lane.