Back to the FlyLady

I have been a member or in FlyLady world, a flybaby for years...I think when Spencer was a toddler. I love her ideas and concepts, but to be honest, struggle often to stay on the Flywagon due to my ADHD. Plus I think part of me is rebellious to the fact that here I am an adult and I need someone to tell me HOW to keep my house clean. It's embarrassing!

Fast forward to our move this past spring. I was going to hit the ground running with keeping everything clean, not let things backslide to what I've always struggled with: Chaos, clutter, and over all keeping on top of things.

I did GREAT this summer!! I had several people comment at how proud they were, and were amazed at how I was doing it, on top of running my daycare business this summer. I was also very impressed with myself. I didn't know that I could do it, since consistency is a weekly struggle, maybe more like daily.

Then real life entered and changed my life(& my family's) this fall. It threw me a curve ball...make that lots of curve balls. Looking back I think I went into a bit of a depression because of all of it. Then again...maybe I'm not alone where life gets to be just a little to much at times, and you just "walk away" for a little while. These are times that I need to allow myself to trust in the Lord and ask that He carry me (like the Footprints poem).

This Fall: Kids starting school, my uncle having his brain hemorrhage, getting pregnant(having the worse morning sickness ), then the kids and I getting H1N1 and etc. It became way to much for me, and the house started to slip back into it's former existence (like when we were at the apartment). I tried to do several other ways of cleaning, knowing in the back of my mind what really worked for me. But I was still rebelling. I didn't want to acknowledge that I needed FlyLady. But I do.

But I've come to the realization, that our life this summer was smoother because of FlyLady. Granted we didn't have as much activity in our lives then, but she kept us on track. And I was a nicer, happier mommy because of FlyLady.

So a week ago tonight, I started back at the beginning and am back to taking my babysteps. I have kept my sink shined for a week solid. Now today I cleaned the entire kitchen...well that's not true. I didn't get to the floor yet, but I'm taking babysteps. I'm not letting that perfectionist in me get in the way. My house will be clean and organized again like last summer...just need to do it the FlyLady way.

http://www.flylady.net/

There is the link to her website, if you are not familiar with FlyLady or are like me and need a little help getting the Chaos back under control.

Speaking of FlyLady, I need to go work on Mt. Washmore a little bit.

God Bless,