Good Tuesday Morning!

Well it's just 2 more days till the big Turkey Day! If you need to do some last minute shopping now is the time. Last minute house cleaning as well. Do a mad dash today to get things picked up working at one thing at a time for 15 mins. Do somoe cleaning for a total of 45 minutes (the Flylady way) and then take a 15 minute break of whatever you want to do that does not involve cleaning so you don't burn yourself out fast. If you haven't taken your turkey's out to thaw yet do that now! It takes a turkey a few days to thaw out. Get your kitchen cleaned and prepared a head of time for the big cooking task you will be doing in it come Thanksgiving. Clean and disinfect counters, make sure all dishes and pans are clean. Clean your stove and oven and don't forget to sweep and mop. But first and foremost before you do anything in there "SHINE YOUR SINK". When you are cooking for the big dinner keep a sink of warm soapy water on one side and the other warm rinse water so you can wash as soon as you are done with it real quick so nothing sticks in case you need that same thing again to cook something else later on. Rinse it, dry it and put it away. This will also help keep clean up after everyone has eaten down. Also, just remember to smile and enjoy your time with your family. If you smile everyone else will smile and if something bad arises from it all just step back take a deep breath and relax. Gather yourself smile and laugh it off. Make the biggest funny about it that you can. Like if you burn something. "Oops. Hope you all like cajun style potatoes. haha" See easy as pumpkin pie. :-) Just remember if you can relax and go with it then your day will turn out great and your dinner even better because you have one thing to be thankful for and that is your familys

Favorite Tip...

I love receiving my email tips from Flylady every day. My favorite tip today is Declutter for 15 minutes. Beleive it or not this actually helps out a lot! Especially if you are like me and already pretty much have your whole house clean just some clutter that needs to be picked up and sorted when you can sit down and do it. I can Declutter my kitchen, dining room and living room in 15 minutes time. Another tip I will share that I picked up from Flylady.net is this. Take your laundry basket with you while you pick up your living room. Everything that does not belong in your living room put it in the laundry basket. When you are done and have it all picked up and your living room looking good just take the basket and walk into each room placing the items that belong in their places. This should take 5 minutes or less. You get your living room picked up and declutterd in 15 minutes and an addition 5 minutes things that were in the living room find their way back to their own rooms into their own places where they belong.