Insomnia

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Its 4:30 in the morning and I can't sleep.  I've actually been awake for the past hour. Lucky for me today is Friday which means a short day at work.  Looks like I'll probably be napping with DD this afternoon!  And drinking lots of tea.......

So rather than just stay in bed not sleeping, I got up and started playing on the computer.  Where in the FlyLady universe is insomnia dealt with?  It is certainly far too early in the morning to do any cleaning or decluttering -I am not going to take the chance of accidently waking DD up.  I may be unable to sleep but I'm not up to being momma just yet.

Hmmm, maybe it is time I blow the virtual dust off of my Electronic Control Journal and make some changes :)

What do you do when you can't sleep?

New Year, New Routines

Fall has always seemed to me a time of new beginnings, more so than January 1. Probably the influence of going back to school! So its a good time to think about starting over. It has been far too long since I used my CJ. I have no excuse -it's right there next to my email! I think it may be time to tweak it a bit. S&S just doesn't happen for me in the morning, so I will try it in the evening.

On Monday, I took a break from all my housework. I was tired of feeling like I wasn't accomplishing much, and what I did do was immediately undone by someone else. You know what? The house fell apart. The dishes somehow never even made it to the kitchen. Those dishes that did make it to the kitchen were unceremoniously dumped into the sink, and or any other available surface rather than the empty dishwasher. Clothes and books lay where ever they hit the floor. Obviously, I had been doing more than I had thought!

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Since yesterday was a short day for me, I tackled the kitchen while DH did the LR. Within an hour I had my shiny sink back. I still need to mop the floor, but that can certainly happen later! But my kitchen is clean, which means I'm much more likely to cook, and my LR is clean so I'm much more likely to relax!

Control Journal: Inspirational Page

Babystep 11: Add an inspirational page to your control journal

What fun! Spend 15 minutes writing down inspirational phrases. Well, I'm a visual person so I think I'll use pictures as well. I'm not sure how to add this to my electronic control journal system I have going, so I'll do it here!

Morris, William
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. ~William Morris

I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage. ~Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu, Pensées Diverses

I could keep going, but my 15 minutes are up! I think maybe the next time I'm feeling down I will do this assignment again :D

Today's BabyStep: Get a 3 ring binder & put paper in it

I may have mentioned this before, but I don't do well with paper! So far my electronic Control Journal (CJ) is working well for me. I now use Google calendar to write down my menus and appointments & I can see them from my email page. DH has a link to the calendar as well. I will be adding my school calendar so by the end of the summer I should have a comprehensive "what I need to do" thing going on! My summer to-do list is on the google Task List, also seen from my email page. Finally, Remember the Milk has wonderful Firefox extension which allows me to see my control journal tasks on my email page. I'm using different programs to keep my life organized, but they are all in one place - just like a CJ! Need to check to see if google has an address keeper function.............

School's...out...for....summer!

I consider this the first day of summer holidays. This past weekend being Memorial Weekend seemed like, well- just a holiday! Today the real work begins. As DH has the day off today, I'm not exactly sure how much I'll get done:) My Control Journal is coming along nicely. I love being able to see my tasks, email & calender all in one place! So far, I use Google calender for my menu & appointments, Remember the Milk for my Control Journal, and Google Task List for my summer ToDo list. Which is incidentally, growing longer each day!

Time for getting the summer routine in swing.....wonder how long it will take?

Electronic Control Journal

I'm happy to report that the Firefox extension for Remember the Milk is working very well! Once I open my gmail in the morning, I also login at RTM. My daily routines pop up next to my mailbox & I am able to just click them off when I finish:) Having the time to do everything is a little difficult right now. It's the last week of school, I'm helping my sister get ready for my nephew's graduation, and I'm still working on my Rocket Moms project!

In case you missed it, I did manage to write about my favorite teas: C-Joy Drinking Tea. I'm drinking a cup right now:)