Shiny Sink!

According to the FlyLady, order in the home and gaining control of housework begins with a shiny sink. So, having joined the FlyLady community... I now have a shiny, clean sink and a challenge to keep it that way for the next month...

Keeping Up Appearances

Well, the month of not buying 'smellies' is almost up and I have tried my hardest to stick to it - only buying 'essential' items, such as baby bubbles for our toddler son, and cleaning products for the home. Only item I have bought for myself, is shampoo.

Friday saw us use a babysitter for the first time - scary for TWO reasons...

Leaving our cherished 'baby' in the care of someone else is a big step.. however, perhaps more scary is overcoming CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) which is described by the Fly Lady http://www.flylady.net/pages/welcome_main.asp

Someone coming into your home and potentially judging it/you stresses me in a totally out of proportion way. I spent all day cleaning and by the time it came to the actual *going out with hubby* - I was knackered!

Have started de-cluttering again, bagging up the last of the baby clothes and will hopefully get the rest of the 'bric-a-brac' away to the charity shop this week - we have a guest staying at the end of the month, so actually need the spare room as somewhere to sleep - not a storage area.

Hubby also seems to be inspired, and did a few jobs round the house yesterday - hopefully we'll both have the DIY bug soon and can fall in love with the house again.