Dear FlyLady,
I wanted to share a short story with you. I started looking at your website a little over a week ago. I found that some of the things I have already been doing is in your list on getting started. I have been setting out my clothes for the next day for many years. I get up at 3:30 am to get ready for work and it helps a great deal to have my clothes already sitting in the bathroom for when I step out of the shower. I started making my bed last week, as well as shining my sink. It makes a big difference to get up in the morning and see a shiny sink. I have two boys who have developmental disabilities. It has been very hard to get them to help out with any housework. I have started working on doing babysteps with them lately. Tonight, my oldest made dinner with a lot of verbal cues from me. While he was working on dinner, I worked on washing dishes. After dinner, my youngest heard me say that I was going to shine the sink and then start getting ready for bed. He asked if he could shine the sink for me. I stood in the kitchen and instructed him step by step what to do. Now I am going to bed with my sink shiny and I did not even have to do it myself. I am so happy with the little steps that are showing progress in my CHAOS of a house. There will come a day when there will no longer be CHAOS in my house. Elizabeth |