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June 2009 Blog Posts (12)

DAY 10 - A New Look At Inlaws

Yesterday my mother and father in law popped over. It's been awhile since they have been here and they have seen a few things that have probably made them want to run screaming from the room I'm sure.

I usually do a running inventory of all the stuff I 'wish' I had done when they come in.

NOT TODAY

Today, although their visit was unexpected, I saw a few messes around but it wasn't the overwhelming kind of MESS that can knock an unsuspecting person right out of… Continue

Added by Jan Ferrante on June 29, 2009 at 8:54am — No Comments

Day 9 - BOOST Circuit Saves Toe!

Not!

Yesterday I didn't do my BOOST. It's 'that time of month' and I was feeling really disoriented and tired. On top of all the activity going on and too many late nights, I couldn't even tell you what I did most of the day.

The good news is that the BOOST circuit actually does allow for a day of rest, for the most part I choose not to take it because I like the results and don't find it to be a huge deal most of the time.

The other good news is that missing… Continue

Added by Jan Ferrante on June 27, 2009 at 10:05am — No Comments

Day 8 - My Baby Graduated Junior Public - whahhhh!

Yesterday was quite busy with a last minute trip down to the hairdresser so that my daughter could get her hair cut for her grade 6 grad, next year she goes to senior public. She will love it.

It is the end of an era for me. At one time all 3 of my kids were in junior public and it seems like it would always be that way.

Now one is out of school completely, my middle daughter is going into grade 11 and youngest is moving on.

It's hard to believe.

So,… Continue

Added by Jan Ferrante on June 26, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Day 7 - Floors Washed Before Daughter Leaves for School

Yesterday I barely squeaked through in getting my BOOST finished.

Today I totally rocked it out.

The first reason is that I took the extra time even though I didn't really feel like it to vaccuum on the floor that our kitchen/office/bedroom is.

This set me up perfectly when this morning came along. I noticed that the dog area needed changing (our pom is paper trained because she can't get to the front door… Continue

Added by Jan Ferrante on June 24, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Day 6 - I Almost Didn't Do It

We've been having some great summer weather and I my schedule has been a little loser than usual. (knock on wood!)

Funny, I seriously considered skipping my BOOST today.

Why?

Mostly because I missed my morning session which put me off of my schedule. I almost forgot that I didn't do it.

And then when I remembered I almost didn't bother.

But I did and now I'm glad that I did.

There were a few things that needed 5 minutes and I… Continue

Added by Jan Ferrante on June 23, 2009 at 5:55pm — No Comments

Day 5 - Long Time No Blog!

You may have noticed that there were some problems accessing the iShine site. I got out of the habit of writing my daily BOOST blog post so I am going to pick it back up now!

I am still going strong and getting more blown away every day at what has been happening here.

The biggest win is that my family members have really been jumping on board.

My son was kind of tip toeing across the kitchen floor. He had been helping his dad do some lifting so I thought he… Continue

Added by Jan Ferrante on June 22, 2009 at 12:42pm — No Comments

Freedom - Day 4

Today I realized as I pecked away at my BOOST Housework Circuit that in a relatively short time I've achieved a freedom that I has been missing for quite some time.

The freedom to go somewhere if I choose without having to leave the house in a state or scheduling time to clean up.

The freedom to have people drop by without my scurrying to clean something up, or feeling 'caught' again because I hadn't gotten around to… Continue

Added by Jan Ferrante on June 6, 2009 at 12:17pm — No Comments

Sparkle - Day 3

Today was a much better day.

I did so well yesterday that i contemplated skipping today.

DANGER! WARNING! DON'T EVEN GO THERE!

Although I could have, and picked up tomorrow without any dire consequences, I'm glad that I didn't.

Firstly because it sets a bad precedence.

Very bad.

This is the first step on the way to finding ourselves someday right back in the mess and wondering what happened.

Secondly because every day… Continue

Added by Jan Ferrante on June 5, 2009 at 2:48pm — No Comments

Oy Vey! Day 2

I've been really interested to see the goings on lately. It's been like Murphy's Law on steroids for about 2 weeks, almost as long as I've been back on my BOOST circuit.

What is really interesting, is that the exact same thing happened the last time I was really excelling with it. Everything started breaking and generally caused enough diversion and distraction that I went off of my routine and never got back at it for… Continue

Added by Jan Ferrante on June 4, 2009 at 11:26am — No Comments

I Can Do More Than I Think - Day 1

I've been doing my BOOST Circuit for awhile now but today is the first day that I am starting my BOOST journal.

I will record what went well, surprised me, was interesting etc and also what I may be able to do better.

As time goes by, it will be a good record to go over and get ideas from.

I've done this kind of thing in the past and it can often be repetitive.

But in the repetition I can… Continue

Added by Jan Ferrante on June 3, 2009 at 7:01am — No Comments

Another Good Day

Tuesdays I am out of the house by 8:30 a.m.and not home until 4:00 p.m. Well, this morning I was up by 5:30, walked, finished most everything on my Boost list. It felt so good walking into the house this afternoon and seeing a neat and pretty clean house.

The thing I would like to do better still is just do one thing at at time. My big boo boo today was I set up the slow cooker with a slow cooker meal and forgot to plug it in. Duh! When my husband got home from golf about noon he… Continue

Added by Lori Chase on June 2, 2009 at 6:37pm — No Comments

Day one

I feel like I accomplished a lot today in a short amount of time. I volunteered a good portion of today, but after walking this morning I had an hour to accomplish quite a bit. Since I have not been in a routine lately I have allowed at least 15 minutes in each area. I didn't accomplish all, but wow, what I did accomplish was great.

The one thing I would like to do better is to not become distracted from what I am doing.

Added by Lori Chase on June 1, 2009 at 8:05pm — 3 Comments