Lenten Flylady Challenge (from Anneline)

[AnneLine]

Monday of Holy Week

 

Almost done in the Living Room!!!! This is getting exciting!!!

 

I am ON TARGET for having a clean house by Holy Thursday!!!!

 

The living room and basement are what is left -- the final frontier!!!!

 

Rather than get totally burned out before Easter, I'm working a realistic plan.

 

I have a lot of papers to sort that are all in the living room right now. There is NO WAY I will be able to get these sorted by Easter. Nor do I intend to do so!

 

I have broken the stuff into five basic categories. I am bagging and boxing the stuff by category and storing them in the basement. I am calendaring a week to work on each category between Easter and Pentecost. More details about this soon.

 

It's obvious I won't be able to fit all the books I own into the bookcases I have at present (which is why they are piled all over the house!). I'm planning a bookcase cull in the next few weeks as well. Some will be given to good homes.... and I might need another bookcase. We will see!!!

 

I think this will work. One step at a time.

 

 

PRAY FOR ME AND ALL THOSE USING THIS THREAD AS I PRAY FOR YOU!!!

 

 

FLYLady's 28th Day

 

 

As part of your routines, remind yourself to at good food, drink water and get enough rest.

Add 'Eat Breakfast and drink your water!' and 'Eat Dinner and drink your water' to your morning and evening routines.

Add 'Have a healthy snack and drink some water!' to your afternoon routine.

 

 

MORNING ROUTINE:

 

Make Bed

Dress to shoes

Swish & Swipe

Eat Breakfast and drink your water!

Check your Control Journal

Go to Fly Lady group and read messages

What's for Lunch & Dinner?

Do I need any supplies/to get something started?

Check your calendar

Check your control journal

Recognize negative voices and change them

Put out hot spot for 2 mins

5 minute Room rescue (any room). Set Timer & Go!

Wash ONE load of laundry

Spend 15 minutes Decluttering each day. You can't organize clutter.

and/or

Spend 15 minutes doing one of Kelly's Missions

 

 

AFTERNOON ROUTINE:

 

Reboot (dry) ONE load of laundry

Have a healthy snack, and drink some water!

 

 

EVENING ROUTINE:

 

Eat Dinner and drink your water

What's for Lunch & Dinner tomorrow?

Do I need any supplies/to get something started?

Shine your sink before you go to bed

Check your calendar

Put out your hot spot

Fold and put away ONE load of laundry

Lay out clothes for tomorrow

Go to bed at your bedtime

[AnneLine]

Tuesday of Holy Week

 

Monday was interesting. Got almost all of the Living Room clutter triaged and ready to work on over the next few weeks. So far so good! BUT... I also got a surprise that nearly derailed me!

 

Found out over the weekend that because of some maintenance to our building, I would need to put all the 'outside stuff (planters, flower boxes, etc.) into our garage for about a week. By Tuesday!!! And that garage already was FULL of things.... and I really didn't know how I would put the garden things into it! My first thought was... NO, not this, not after I have worked SO HARD to be done this week! GRRR!

 

Then I realized.... I needed to work the problem. Maybe I could use this as a way of pre-sorting the garage as well as putting the garden things in there. It took some time -- a few hours in fact -- but now I have the garden stuff in one part of the garage and the rest of the stuff assembled for my after-Easter project! What felt like a de-rail became a real asset -- it just took asking the Holy Spirit what to do first, second and third! I would never have thought of doing this if I hadn't had all the space cleared in the living room and kitchen -that gave me the space and perspective I needed to see what to do.

 

And... taking the time to eat well really did help keep me energized... because there was a LOT of stuff to move!

 

~~~ + ~~~

 

I am SO READY to take advantage of today's step!!! I'm planning a day of rest and self care on Wednesday.

 

It seems to be a great way to prepare myself to really be present for the Triduum on Thursday through Sunday!

 

I am also making sure that any supplies I need for Easter will get into the house on Tuesday and Wednesday, too!!!!

 

PRAY FOR ME AND ALL THOSE USING THIS THREAD AS I PRAY FOR YOU!!!

 

 

FLYLady's 29th Day

 

You have worked very hard this Lent.

 

It takes time to set up routines that work; it includes trial and error, and advancing step by step.

 

ANYTHING you do is better than it used to be!

 

 

Part of your routines needs to be personal care and maintenance.

 

God has entrusted YOU with your own body, and you need to take time to really honor and appreciate that gift!

 

Today read FLYLady's Taking Care of You page.

 

http://www.flylady.net/d/taking-care-of-you/

 

Choose one of the Pamper Missions -- there are dozens to choose from!

 

Put it on your calendar, and make it happen!

 

You can do it now... or you can make it part of your Easter Week!

 

It is very important to remember to schedule some "YOU" time on a regular basis!!!

 

 

MORNING ROUTINE:

 

Make Bed

Dress to shoes

Swish & Swipe

Eat Breakfast and drink your water!

Check your Control Journal

Go to Fly Lady group and read messages

What's for Lunch & Dinner?

Do I need any supplies/to get something started?

Check your calendar

SCHEDULE SOME TIME TO DO SOMETHING NICE FOR YOURSELF!

Check your control journal

Recognize negative voices and change them

Put out hot spot for 2 mins

5 minute Room rescue (any room). Set Timer & Go!

Wash ONE load of laundry

Spend 15 minutes Decluttering each day. You can't organize clutter.

and/or

Spend 15 minutes doing one of Kelly's Missions

 

 

AFTERNOON ROUTINE:

 

Reboot (dry) ONE load of laundry

Have a healthy snack, and drink some water!

 

 

EVENING ROUTINE:

 

Eat Dinner and drink your water

What's for Lunch & Dinner tomorrow?

Do I need any supplies/to get something started?

Shine your sink before you go to bed

Check your calendar

Put out your hot spot

Fold and put away ONE load of laundry

Lay out clothes for tomorrow

Go to bed at your bedtime

[AnneLine]

ALMOST the entry for Wednesday of Holy Week..... getting ready to land!

 

 

No, I haven't forgotten to post the FLY LADY stuff today.  I just have been SUPER busy with the last bit of stuff and taking a little time for me.

 

And... I have been praying over this video.  It is eight weeks of work on a piece of wooden sculpture... compressed into 8 minutes.

 

And I have been thinking... give or take a week, we've put in about 8 weeks of work over the 40 days of Lent

 

If this is eight weeks compressed into 8 minutes, then this is a graphic of what Lent looks like.... or 8x5 days of FLYLady work.

 

THIS is what the little discouraging evil spirits don't want us to see... what God is making out of our lumps of wood.  THIS is how GOD sees the things we do for love of Him during Lent.

 

Wow. Just... wow.... 

 

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3L9hSx6Kso[/media]

Edited March 27, 2013 by AnneLine

[AnneLine]

Still not quite ready to post....

 

Last of the stuff still going on....

 

Spent the Evening at a parish function, and just home now...

 

Going to be praying Evening Prayer with a friend and then finish up the last of today in a little while.

 

Will post before bed, I promise.

 

And praying in a special way for all of you. 

 

Would LOVE to hear from people over the next few days......on what has or has not been working for them on the FLYLady challenge... or how your Lent has gone in general.....

[AnneLine]

Had hoped to get last day up before now, but Phorum Issues made it impossible to do.  

 

Now need to forcus on my God and my Family for a little while....

 

Last bit of FLYThread for Lent will be coming soon....

[AnneLine]

Wednesday of Holy Week

 

Holy Saturday... and EASTER!!!!

 

Well....end of Holy Week crept up on us, didn't it!

 

I'd PLANNED (thought, aimed for, you know....) this to be posted on Wednesday, celebrating the end of the 30 days of FLYLady and ushering in the Triduum.

 

God had other ideas. (Funny how that happens!)

 

 

I actually am very happy it ended up this way. This is the first year that I have a clean home, don't feel rushed or overwealmed, and managed to really spend time with Jesus in his last days and hours.... all at the same time. And I felt very connected to all of you ... even those who may have stopped reading this thread weeks ago. You are still part of my Beloved, and you are still part of what is in my heart.

 

 

Just finished a nice late lunch of the left-overes of the Holy Thursday night dinner. Sent Mr. AnneLine off to work with a good lunch and a nice late breakfast (he'll be working till 7Am on Easter!!!!) and I will be getting in a short nap before getting ready to walk down the hill to the Easter Vigil.

 

Always feels like I am joining the women on the way to the tomb, so somehow, it just feels appropriate to be walking at the end of what had to have been a VERY grim Saturday, enlightened only by the faith coming from the heart of the Mother of God, who knew... at her deepest level... that her Son would Rise. It is she who encourages us, and who inspires us in doing our simple, every-day tasks with great love. She's the patron of this thread, and hopefully our model in all things.

 

In a day or so I will be starting a different thread, the 40 days of Easter... heading off to Pentecost!....continuing to implement the work of this thread. I hope you will be joining me!

 

See you on the other side of the tomb!

FLYLady's 30th Day

 

 

Don't get bogged down by trying
to figure it all out.

As your clutter goes away, you will have time to do zone cleaning, weekly home blessing hour and some of the fun things on the FLYLady's website.

 

You just need to keep on flying at this point and it will all fall into place.

 

 

And we'll be starting it again in a few days in a different thread! Watch for it!

 

FLYLady says-- and I agree with her: "I am so proud of you!!!!!"

 

MORNING ROUTINE:

 

Make Bed

Dress to shoes

Swish & Swipe

Eat Breakfast and drink your water!

Check your Control Journal

Go to Fly Lady group and read messages

What's for Lunch & Dinner?

Do I need any supplies/to get something started?

Check your calendar

Awake!  Jesus is Risen!  Schedule some extra time with God!!!!  HAPPY EASTER!!!!

Schedule some time to do something nice for yourself!

Check your control journal

Recognize negative voices and change them

Put out hot spot for 2 mins

5 minute Room rescue (any room). Set Timer & Go!

Wash ONE load of laundry

Spend 15 minutes Decluttering each day. You can't organize clutter.

and/or

Spend 15 minutes doing one of Kelly's Missions

 

 

AFTERNOON ROUTINE:

 

Reboot (dry) ONE load of laundry

Have a healthy snack, and drink some water!

When did you last remember how much God loves you? 

Or tell Him how much you love Him?

DO IT NOW!!!!

 

 

EVENING ROUTINE:

 

Eat Dinner and drink your water

What's for Lunch & Dinner tomorrow?

Do I need any supplies/to get something started?

Shine your sink before you go to bed

Check your calendar

Put out your hot spot

Fold and put away ONE load of laundry

Lay out clothes for tomorrow

Rest in God's Love!!!! Christ is Risen!!!!!!!!

Go to bed at your bedtime