The Goddess on the Go

I could make excuses for not having been here posting as often as I should, but life is already full of excuses (and you know what people say about them).

Always the daring one, I once again started FLYing. Yes dear readers, the Domestic Goddess suffers from a chronic case of CHAOS (can't have anyone over syndrome). Oh, how I wish I had made that up. Alas, no.

http://flylady.net

It's been a week and, I have to be honest. It works for me this time. Why this time and not the other 998 times? I found the chatroom. The concept is at the top of the hour (toth) and bottom of the hour (both) you go off to clean, declutter, do laundry, whatever for about 15-20 minutes, then you come back and chat for a bit. Could I go around cleaning my house without stopping to chat every once in a while. Yes. Have I seen my kitchen counters since the day they were installed? Not until I started FLYing this last time.

What's so different about my day? Nothing -- and everything. -- Let's skip over the fact that I danced around in the kitchen when I opened the box containing the toilet cleaner I ordered.

I am noticing a change in myself. Getting up at 6am (note: I am not a morning person), make bed, shower, wipe down shower, get dressed and put on my shoes (hate shoes, but hey, it's working), worship the coffee pot, wake Diva for school, make breakfast, turn on the dishwasher, wipe down the bathroom and sigh as I wash yet another toothpaste glob down the drain, dash out to drive Diva to school, empty dishwasher, laundry, laundry, laundry, prep dinner, zone clean, work on getting rid of things I no longer feel the world would end if I part with, dash out to pick up Diva from school, help her with her homework, cook/serve dinner, shine my sink.

THAT doesn't look so bad? I'm not chained to the appliances, I can sit down when I want to, I can have a conversation with the outside world. Check email, facebook, play games...