and I have not even tackled Day 15. Well, FlyLady says it will take longer than 30 days to complete the baby steps.
I’m not killing myself over it. William had a cold last week. He was sweet enough to kiss me on my lips and kindly give me his cold.
This morning Allan had a fever. I gave him some Motrin and now he’s better, but I know it’s temporary.
Life as a single parent is NO JOKE man.
I read Kelly’s essay on calendars. Got it. Done. Will apply when I get home.
I do need to buy a 2008 wall calendar. doh
The Fly Lady doesn’t want us to copy stuff from her site. So no more post it note photos.
I did everything, even Kelly’s mission. You never know where you will end up. I ended up in the bedroom today. Yay me! I love the bedroom.
BTW, that is not my bedroom. Just the one I want.
That was tough because I had mail in my box from her since April 2006.
Folks, please delete your mail daily.
Today I was suppose to spend 15 minutes writing down some of my favorite inspirational phrases.
Ok, I wrote an entire long quote.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
That is my favorite inspirational quote. I had to do it.
The FlyLady says:
You can do anything for 15 minutes. This is all about getting started and giving ourselves permission to stop when the timer goes off. You cannot restart the timer either. This is not a race to finish in 15 minutes either! The timer helps to keep us focused on what we are doing.
Now set your timer for 15 minutes and go gather up all the trash you can find to throw away and put it in the garbage can outside. Then set your timer for another 15 minutes and sit down and put your feet up and read a favorite magazine till the timer goes off.
I did it and it is done.
Are you hearing any of those nagging negative voices popping into your head? I want you to take a piece of paper and write down what you hear then I want you to turn those ugly words around and say something nice to yourself to negate the ugly words that they said.
This is the most difficult so far. I have a very hard time writing my negative voices to myself. I have no problem ignoring them. However they are there nagging me into an internal anger. I realize that is dangerous and not good for my mental and emotional well being.
Here goes:
negatives
they think you’re irresponsible
you can’t do everything
you think you can do everything
you’re being lazy – get up
you spend too much time on the computer
they world wants to use you
you need more
you need to do more
you need to be more
turn arounds
they don’t know me. I am doing well. I take care of me and mine. Keala is responsible.
I shouldn’t try to do everything. I am only one person and I should take my time to do what I can when I can in a reasonable amount of time. Keala is beautiful.
Keala is a very special woman.
The world doesn’t know me to want to use me. I am my own person.
I have all that I need right here.
I am all that I need to be within me.
My own acres of diamonds are right here within me.
Done. That was difficult, but well worth it. I feel better already.
Today is ALWAYS better than yesterday. That’s my motto man.
Well, today I was suppose to repeat days 1 and 2. I was successful I might add. However, I still have to make sure my sink is clean before bed tonight. Keala will be successful.
My bedroom will be yellow for my birthday this year.
was day 1 for me and I failed. I was so tired last night. I cooked dinner and left the dishes for the boys to do. I fell asleep early.
Oh yeah, and when I got home I had an unexpected guest in my house on my home phone. My neighbor’s phones are off and she was in my house using my phone. I was NOT prepared for that and it through a monkey wrench in my evening plans. She stayed a while to dump all of her woes on me.
Some people just have bad Karma. I’m doing my best to keep mine good.
Today I failed again. I did not put my face on. The good news is I get to try all over again tonight and in the morning.
I just have to give up on this one to put a time limit on a more important goal in my mind. I will be adding this back after I set that 31 day time limit of FlyLady Beginner Baby Steps.
