The New Game!!

All righty! In the weeks I've been with FlyLady's Chat room, there have been small changes accumulating around the house. Still, I'm feeling the need to grab the boulder and ROLL it... so I've decided on a new Game!!!

Along with the Chat, I'm going to use my :15 work sessions to tidy a room, then take a picture of that room as sort of a "baseline". In weeks to come, I'm going to revisit the pics to keep myself motivated, and see what kind of progress I might be making.

The Habit for the month of February is decluttering for 15 minutes a day. We'll see where it leads....

First of all, Welcome to my house! Come on in...

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This is the living room. Not much of a problem here, since we really use it only for company - just dusting, vacuuming, and the occasional plant maintenance session is all it really needs.

Oh, and drapes. And a mirror over the fireplace, maybe. But that's not "housekeeping"!

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(Lit a "fire in the fireplace" just for y'all...)

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Now, take a turn to your right, and we'll go down the hall....

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OOPS! Do I see a hint of CLUTTER???? Hmmm maybe we'll turn around for a minute and look into the Dining Room instead. ;-)

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Ahh better. Dining Room... not much to be done here. I do need to rethink some plants that are off camera to the right (scruffy babies), and work on some sort of heavier drapes... but that's for later!

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Hmmm... and maybe some clutter on top of the china cabinet!

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The door to the left leads into the "Butler's Pantry", which we use as a breakfast room...

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And there, the Real work begins!!

(To be Continued...)

First of All...

To start with, here we are! Me, with my sweet hubby Tom (taken Dec 2009)... We married on 7/27/91 and bought our current house in December of 1992. For 9 months we lived in a tiny apartment while we tore out plumbing, walls, ceilings, and the entire second floor (OURSELVES)... and gradually started putting it all back. We contracted out for plumbing and drywall, but Tom has done most of the rest of the work himself. His Dad and Uncle Bill helped for the initial rounds but are in their 80's now. I've helped some, but Renovating isn't one of my major skills! I have tried to keep the "crew" fed, clothed, and as tranquil as I can...

If it will ever quit raining here, I'm going to take an outside picture of the house to post next.

Time to Fly - with a little help!

Starting a new blog, What Fun! I'm putting this one out here for any of my new FlyChat friends to see, especially the ones who don't want to be on Facebook. I plan to post pictures of works-in-progress and any helpful or inspirational stuff I find along the way.

That's the plan, anyway! We'll see how it "Flies"... :-)