So I hate to admit to you all that at 50 years of age, I am still domestically challenged.  Maybe I'm not so challenged, it's just my personality.  Call it whatever, but at times it all really goes out of control.  Like during the holidays.

So after Christmas was over, I got onto my Flylady email group.  I had gone no-mail a long time ago.  I pulled out my book "Sink Reflections" by Flylady, and reminded myself of a thing or two.

I thought I'd write down what's working so far.

Into my morning routine, I get up and get dressed immediately. 

I go downstairs and drink a glass of lemon water.  That is, a freshly squeezed half lemon into a glass, add about 6 oz. of water.  This gives me half a lemon to put down my garbage disposal ever day.  The lemon thing is my thing - not from Flylady.

I fix my hair - wash it in the sink or just wet it, depending.  I take a shower later, after the gym on the days I go, or otherwise.

I wash my face, dry my hair, moisturizer, make up, etc.

This feels totally different from when I used to do computer first thing.  How great I feel.

Oh, before I wash (or wet) my hair, I put in a load of wash.  I make sure that it is downstairs by the washer the night before, so I don't wake anyone up gathering hampers, etc.  I try and deal with the wash (drying, folding, putting away) right away.  I admit, getting it into the drawers is my downfall and I'm working on that.

I keep up with the dishes all day - dishwasher, or washing the few I don't like to put in there.  I USED to let things dry in the dishdrainer, but am drying everything (or delegating the drying) and putting it away.  NOW we have more counter space, and it looks so much better.

I'll talk about my bedtime routine next, and how some of Flylady's other principles are working for me.

But I'll finish by adding - this has shown me the importance of routine - especially for someone as distractable as me - and part of that routine is daily prayer and bible.  It used to fall by the wayside much too often.  Silly me.  Without God, we can do nothing.