FlyLady - Shine Your Sink

When I started the FlyLady (flylady.net) program about a year ago it really helped me get my house in order, then I started to neglect my routines and well the house was no longer in order nor was it as relaxing as it should have been. 

The times when our lives are most peaceful are generally when our home is in order and we stick with a schedule to insure that everything gets done when it needs to be done!

It all starts with shining your sink! For me this tends to be where it all starts to go downhill. Since we chose not to have a dishwasher in our home, we wash all of our dishes by hand. If we do not keep up with the dishes, then the sink is not clean and this causes stress. Just keeping our dishes washed up and making our sink shine is the first step for us to a peaceful and relaxing home. 

The next thing that keeps us on track is our household notebook (or in the FlyLady program, our "Control Journal"). In our control journal we keep our plans, routines, detailed cleaning lists, projects, monthly menu planners, shopping lists, to-do lists, gift lists, vehicle maintenance schedules, financial information, holiday plans, birthday plans, list of birthdays & anniversaries, address book, and emergency information. 

 If you are like me and tend to get "sidetracked" or don't know where to start to get your home in order, you might consider visiting flylady.net to try it for yourself (it is free), then create your own control journal to get started.