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.

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

Amen

I do wander in the produce area, but not in the rest of the store

But most produce areas are pretty wide, Beth.

I'm all in the ethnic foods aisle and two women with 5 kids between them are just standing there, chatting, blocking the whole aisle. And not just me.

I wanted to snarl "Get the hell out of the way -- you're blocking the basmati, bitches!"

And how hard is it to pull your cart over to the side and leave the aisle free rather than abandoning it in canned soup while you wander off to pickles and leave it grazing like a mutant bovine, catercorner, blocking as much space as possible? And then have the effrontery to glare at me when I dare touch your cart to ease it over to one side so I, and the three carts backed up behind me, can pass?

I wanted to snarl "Get the hell out of the way -- you're blocking the basmati, bitches!"

"Nobody puts basmati in a corner!"

BWAH!

To BT and Beverly.

I gotta go eat. I haven't today, so I am extra-ragey.