(This post was planned for Sunday 29-12-13.....As is usual with me...I didn't get round to it! ....Another bad habit I need to break!)
So, what have I been up to this week?
Not a lot really....it's been SO WET here in the UK! It hasn't stopped raining in what feels like DAYS!!
Hubby (a Coach Driver) has taken a group over the Holland for a Badminton Tournament for the next few days, so the house is quieter and the smalls are occupying themselves with their Christmas games and purchases. The eldest is holed up in her room "allegedly" doing school work but more probably watching films on her laptop!
I have ticked off a few jobs on by "to do" list.
# I've just about finished my planner for the next year.....pictures when I can get them....at the moment it's so DARK in the house they are coming out all grainy....plus I'm not entirely sure where I put the cable to transfer them to the computer!
# I've counted all the boxes and bags I need to empty on my quest to find the house.......there is A LOT!!!!
So many infact that they are probably a post all on their own! We're talking into 3 figures here, combined!
It's a number that shook even ME....and I live with them all day every day!
# I've thought...I mean *REALLY* thought about my goals for 2014.
So all in all I think I'm doing OK.
As long as I keep it up!
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Showing posts with label promise. Show all posts
Sunday, 5 January 2014
52 Weeks of Organising
There are a lot of "spelling mistakes" in this blog. Some because I'm hopeless and can't spell for toffee when I'm typing and some that are "deliberate"......seeing as I'm English, and so I write with English spelling!
Here it's "organiSing"......I have to remember when I go searching the net that most other people write 'organiZing'!
Hey Ho!
My plans for 2014 are to follow as many organising plans and challenges as I can possibly find - most of which I've tried before! And failed at!.....Because I've never really bothered.
I can't do that this year. I *HAVE* to get it right.
I'm 45. I can't faff about any longer.
Me eldest is 17. She wants to bring friends round - people important to her. She can't.
Not because I'm ashamed of the mess - I mean, I AM, but that's not the reason why. No, she can't have people round because there simply isn't ROOM for them IN the house!
There are other reasons too, that I won't go into now, but will probably become apparent as the year goes on. Sigh.
So, what am I doing? Well, I like the idea of quick, little projects that will motivate me and organise small areas as the year goes on. So I'm using Organized Junkie's 52 weeks planning sheet from her 2012 series, found HERE
But I ALSO like the room by room projects sent out by Home Storage Solutions HERE ......So I'll be having a go at those too! -Well, at least for the rooms we HAVE!
And finally, every year since I discovered it, I've attempted Organized Home Challenge......and never actually managed it.....so I'm having a go at that one too - again with tweeks for the rooms we actually have!
SOMETHING has to stick....doesn't it!
We'll see!
I'll be back to let you know how I'm getting on - and to post my 52 week projects - once I've worked out how to add documents to the site!
(Planned for 28-12-13....running late - it's now 5-1-14!)
Here it's "organiSing"......I have to remember when I go searching the net that most other people write 'organiZing'!
Hey Ho!
My plans for 2014 are to follow as many organising plans and challenges as I can possibly find - most of which I've tried before! And failed at!.....Because I've never really bothered.
I can't do that this year. I *HAVE* to get it right.
I'm 45. I can't faff about any longer.
Me eldest is 17. She wants to bring friends round - people important to her. She can't.
Not because I'm ashamed of the mess - I mean, I AM, but that's not the reason why. No, she can't have people round because there simply isn't ROOM for them IN the house!
There are other reasons too, that I won't go into now, but will probably become apparent as the year goes on. Sigh.
So, what am I doing? Well, I like the idea of quick, little projects that will motivate me and organise small areas as the year goes on. So I'm using Organized Junkie's 52 weeks planning sheet from her 2012 series, found HERE
But I ALSO like the room by room projects sent out by Home Storage Solutions HERE ......So I'll be having a go at those too! -Well, at least for the rooms we HAVE!
And finally, every year since I discovered it, I've attempted Organized Home Challenge......and never actually managed it.....so I'm having a go at that one too - again with tweeks for the rooms we actually have!
SOMETHING has to stick....doesn't it!
We'll see!
I'll be back to let you know how I'm getting on - and to post my 52 week projects - once I've worked out how to add documents to the site!
(Planned for 28-12-13....running late - it's now 5-1-14!)
52 Weeks to Christmas 2014
(So, it's not REALLY 52 Weeks to Christmas - but it was when I *SHOULD* have written and published this post!)
Helloooooo!!!
I've been missing in (in) action for AGES, but I'm back, the fight is back, and I'm ready to go.
Christmas 2014 WILL be the most amazing one for a LONG time!
I am determined!
....But then, I've said that before!
2014 is my make or break year.
The year I either get things right, or things change....forever.
There is a lot going on in my life at the moment. They have been simmering under the surface for a good 18 months - possibly even longer, it's hard to pinpoint an exact time that I became aware of them. Suffice it to say, if they happen, I'll let you know, if they don't......well, the blog will carry on to 2015!
So, it's Boxing Day here in the UK. The madness of Christmas is over, and it's a day to relax and spend with family.Except all mine are either skulking in the kitchen, carefully *not* listening to the football on the radio, or holed up in their bedrooms playing with yesterdays presents!
I'm sitting about, thinking about next year. And what it means. And what I'm going to DO about it all!
I started this blog the week before Christmas 2011, because the house was a pigsty and I was in a flap about getting ready for Christmas......I vowed it would NEVER happen again, that I *WOULD* be organised next time......... It hasn't happened yet!
So 2014 WILL be the year it doe....and this Blog will capture every back breaking second of it!
I've already listed dates in my diary and the outline of what I want to post about.....so lets see if THIS time it works!
(Except, I'm already behind! This post was in the diary for 26-12-13....and it's already 5-1-14!! But lets not let minor details like that stop us hey!)
Helloooooo!!!
I've been missing in (in) action for AGES, but I'm back, the fight is back, and I'm ready to go.
Christmas 2014 WILL be the most amazing one for a LONG time!
I am determined!
....But then, I've said that before!
2014 is my make or break year.
The year I either get things right, or things change....forever.
There is a lot going on in my life at the moment. They have been simmering under the surface for a good 18 months - possibly even longer, it's hard to pinpoint an exact time that I became aware of them. Suffice it to say, if they happen, I'll let you know, if they don't......well, the blog will carry on to 2015!
So, it's Boxing Day here in the UK. The madness of Christmas is over, and it's a day to relax and spend with family.Except all mine are either skulking in the kitchen, carefully *not* listening to the football on the radio, or holed up in their bedrooms playing with yesterdays presents!
I'm sitting about, thinking about next year. And what it means. And what I'm going to DO about it all!
I started this blog the week before Christmas 2011, because the house was a pigsty and I was in a flap about getting ready for Christmas......I vowed it would NEVER happen again, that I *WOULD* be organised next time......... It hasn't happened yet!
So 2014 WILL be the year it doe....and this Blog will capture every back breaking second of it!
I've already listed dates in my diary and the outline of what I want to post about.....so lets see if THIS time it works!
(Except, I'm already behind! This post was in the diary for 26-12-13....and it's already 5-1-14!! But lets not let minor details like that stop us hey!)
Sunday, 18 December 2011
53 weeks until Christmas!
UPDATED 04-01-12 with photos.
OK, so in a few days time it will be Christmas 2011.....and my house looks like a bomb has hit it :-(
Well, actually, a bomb might have made it a bit prettier.
For the last couple of years I've been in a funk and it needs to stop. And if that means I have to "air my dirty linen in public" (..actually, most of it's clean and hanging up to dry, you can see it all in the photo!) to give myself the metaphorical kick up the bum to make it happen, than so be it!
Here it all is, warts and all. Hopefully I can show that we ALL get in a pickle, but that we CAN all "dig ourselves out of it"
I must get on, but I'll be back this evening with some photo's of the house as it stands, with a bit of look, as the weeks go on you - and I - will see an improvement. And NEXT Christmas??? Well, I'm inviting you all round for mincepies and coffee!
That's a promise!
OK, so in a few days time it will be Christmas 2011.....and my house looks like a bomb has hit it :-(
Well, actually, a bomb might have made it a bit prettier.
For the last couple of years I've been in a funk and it needs to stop. And if that means I have to "air my dirty linen in public" (..actually, most of it's clean and hanging up to dry, you can see it all in the photo!) to give myself the metaphorical kick up the bum to make it happen, than so be it!
We hang wet shirts and towels on the stairs
- they dry faster!
Here it all is, warts and all. Hopefully I can show that we ALL get in a pickle, but that we CAN all "dig ourselves out of it"
I must get on, but I'll be back this evening with some photo's of the house as it stands, with a bit of look, as the weeks go on you - and I - will see an improvement. And NEXT Christmas??? Well, I'm inviting you all round for mincepies and coffee!
That's a promise!
The rest hangs on a drier
where ever we can fit it!
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