Fly Lady

If you're here to see pictures of the boys, you can skip this post. This one is all about ME!

So here I am on a Tuesday morning... up to my elbows in Ajax. Why, you might ask? That would be because today is day one for me of learning to FLY! If you haven't met the Fly Lady... go to www.flylady.net and please introduce yourself. I've joined her group several times, and I don't know why I think I'll stick with it this time, but I am going to give it my very best.

So back to the Ajax. Day one of my Fly Lady babysteps is to shine my kitchen sink. It is now 10:14 am and I've been working on this sink since 8:00 this morning. First I had to do all the dishes in the sink. YIKES! Then I had about 50 bottles to sterilize. We've quit using bottles except at night, so I haven't been as good about sterilizing them as often this week. Finally, I scrubbed that sink with a TON of Ajax. Just picture me in my rubber gloves (pink, I might add!) scrubbing that sink to pieces! It isn't perfect, but it made a world of difference. Amazing how such a small task can make you feel so good.

Having a shiny sink is Fly Lady's claim to fame. If you can keep your sink shiny, you can do anything. If I can keep my sink clean and shiny for a week I'm going to treat myself to some new dishtowels. Palmer and Harrison have cooperated VERY well today... they are both napping right now. All of this was brought on by my teary eyed confession to myself this morning that my boys deserve better. My house is a WRECK. Being gone three days a week is CRAZY, but being home two days a week is ever CRAZIER. I love being at home with my boys. I am SO blessed to have a job where this is possible. We play ALL day... but I get nothing done around the house, except maybe changing out a load of laundry. I'm sure if you have been to my house you're thinking "Gee, what took her so long to come to this realization?" (I know my MOM is thinking that!) My answer is... I have no idea. I grew up in a clean house... as a matter of fact, my grandmother is the Lysol QUEEN... so why did I end up this way?

Carter is a huge help... he does so much around the house. It just seems like we are always coming up with some excuse. My top list of excuses would have to be:

• I have twin infants at home (OK, this one has some merit... but I know there are twin moms who keep their houses clean!)
• I work 3 days a week (Give it up, girl! Working moms have fought this battle forever!)
• My husband's work schedule is crazy (So why does this keep ME from working?)
• I'm SO tired (aren't we all?)
• I don't have a dishwasher (so BE the dishwasher!)

I guess my reason for blogging about this EMBARASSING problem is that it will keep me accountable for sticking with Fly Lady. I really can do this through baby steps! My house did not get dirty overnight, it will not get clean in a day.

So to my cyber friends... bear with me as I turn a corner in my cluttered life. :) Keep me accountable, encouraged, and let me know I'm not alone. And if you come to my house... remember that this is a work in progress (Ok, Mom?).