Fly Lady: Day 31

So my little organizing/cleaning experiment is over, or just getting started. I have made real progress. Here is what has improved,

*My dishes situation, I am always caught up now and my sink is shining still!
*Laundry, for the most part I have been doing way better on staying caught up on laundry!
*Getting up and dressed early
*Making my bed in the am

Here are the things I am going to work on next...

*My control journal, I broke down and ordered one because I think it will help me keep on track better. (There are also 19 baby steps for the control journal).
*Doing the 15 minutes of declutter everyday.
*Progressing to the Zones!

I think and my husband would agree that progress has been made. I am very proud of myself! I am flying. Thanks for reading all of these crazy posts! Did you learn anything, did you implement anything into your routine? From time to time I will give you an update, but the daily posts are done for now. :)

Fly Lady: Day 30

Check your calendar, do you have any birthdays coming up. Well, as a matter of fact fly lady...I do my daughter Lexi is turning 8 this Friday! Fly lady wants us to write down birthdays coming up and get cards/gifts for them. Already on top of it on this one.

Fly Lady: Day 29

Day 29, which also happens to be the first day of school and honestly...it's been a rough few days and this fly lady needs to back in "control" of things. Anyway, today's idea was to pamper yourself and the challenge was to spend some time in one of your hobbies. That hobby for me is reading. I love to read and never seem to find the time to do it. I did recently read The Help and it reminded me how much I love reading. What is your pamper time hobby?

Fly Lady: Day 28

Eat good food, drink water, and get good rest. Working on this too...

Fly Lady: Day 27

What's for dinner? (Beef, it what's for dinner). This is totally not my creation, but I wish it was. Planning what your doing for dinner before six is a great tool for avoiding the "witching hour". Once school starts on Monday we are going to implement this. So excited!

Rite Aid Recap

1. Didn't add any rebate money
2. Spent $0 (this was a first for me, the manager had to approve the transaction)
3. Retail amount to date: $1972.30
4. Earned $2 in + UPs and will submit for Lysol rebate
5. Amount spent out of pocket in 2011: $278.38

Fly Lady: Day 26

Today's message...don't worry if you miss a day or two (which consequently happened with all the craziness of getting ready for back to school), just keep going and read the end of any fly lady email, which says...

You are not behind! I don't want you to try to catch up; I just want you to jump in where we are. O.K.?

Albertsons 8/24-8/30

Here are my favorite Albertsons deals:

In ad coupon deals:
*Dole Salads $1.68
*Albertsons Frozen Veggies or Popsicle Novelties 99 cents
*Ball Park Franks $1.99, use 0.75/1 from 8/7 RP=$1.24
*Ken's Salad Dressing 99 cents, use $1/1 from 8/14 SS=FREE!
*Pasta Roni, Rice-a-Roni, or Albertsons Pasta 88 cents
*Crest Toothpaste or Oral-B Cavity Defense Toothbrush 99 cents, use 0.75/1 (coupon for both) from the 7/31 P&G=24 cents

Deals:
*Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts $1.99/lb
*Peaches or Nectarines 88 cents/lb
*Minute Maid Ades $1
*Frigo String Cheese $3.49, use 0.55/1 from 8/21 SS=$2.94
*Ortega Taco Shells $2.39, use $1/1 from 6/26 SS=$1.39
*Watermelon 49 cents/lb
*Crystal Geyser gallon water $1 (food storage item!)
*Sobe Lifewater $1, (I have gotten 0.50/1 catalina coupons on these recently)
*Duncan Hines Brownies/Cake/Frosting $1.25, use buy 2 get free brownie mix from 6/5 SS


Promos:
*Buy 10 save $3 instantly on Fuze, Powerade, vitaminwater, or Honest Tea. Look for $1/2 on Honest Tea and 0.75/2 Powerade tearpads in the store=as low as 20 cents each!

Catalinas:
*Buy 1 Velveeta Cheesy skillets $1.79, (use $1/1 from 8/21 SS) get $1 off meat catalina=79 cents for Skillet kit and $1 off meat
*Free Water when you buy 4 Fiber One Bars/Brownies or Nature Valley Granola Bars/Thins priced at $2.99 (not the greatest prices)
*Spend $12 on participating Nestle products, get $4 catalina. Best bet, buy 4 Dreyers (priced at $3, use 2 $1/2 from 6/12 SS=as low as $1.50 each
*Buy 4 Crunch 'n Munch or David Sunflower Seeds get $1 cat=75 cents each
*Buy 4 Chef Boyardee or Banquet Meals get $1 cat, use 0.50/2 from Sept All You=as low as 50 cents each
*Buy 4 Hunts Tomatoes or Rosarita Refried Beans get $1 cat=75 cents each
*Buy 4 Hunts Snack Packs get $1 cat, use 0.45/3 from 8/7 SS=64 cents each
*Buy 4 Hunts BBQ, Ketchup, or Gulden's Mustard get $1 cat=75 cents each
*Buy 4 Hunts Pasta Sauce or Blue Bonnet Margarine get $1 cat=75 cents each
*Buy 4 Manwich or Ro-tel Tomatoes get $1 cat=75 cents eac
*Buy 2 Peter Pan Peanut Butter ($2.49 each) get $1 cat, use 0.50/1 from Sept All You=as low as $1.49 each

*This post is part of the grocery gathering and the deal scoop for Albertsons in Oregon.

Fly Lady: Day 25

Today was an advice and encouragement day. Getting everything in your routine down is a process. Give yourself a gold star if you completed your morning routine. Well, I did it, not exactly sure it was still morning when I finished...it was one of those days, but it is a process right?

Fly Lady: Day 24

Today's we are introduced to the Swipe and Swish, which means to wipe down the counter tops and swish the toilet so it is ready for company. Another quick and easy thing that I love. I also love Lysol Wipes and they will come in very handy here.