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Dear Flylady,
Just wanted to let you know last weekend was nice here in Pittsburgh, so my husband and I decided to “redd up” our patio. (Redd up is Pittsburghese too!) :)
The Rubba Scrubba did a great job on the patio chairs around the fire table. As my husband was picking up the winter’s supply of dry leaves, he unearthed a small area rug. I laid the rug on the retaining wall and the Rubba Scrubba got all the tiny leaf pieces, mulch and dirt right off! Now we can sit in a sunbeam!
Thank you for all you do!
Love,
Christine:)
Dearest FlyLady and Paddi;
Me again.
Jesus used loads of parables and allegories/metaphors in His teachings. And FLYing with you all gives me loads more, where implementing successful "housekeeping" routines applies to my whole life:
* FLYWashing - my most important tool of all - rewiring my thinking and attitude - not arguing and disbelieving what s/Someone wiser than me tells me to do. Or going away until I'm sore enough to listen!
* Shiny sink 101; starting where someone tells me to (ditto above) - making one happy place allowing myself to feel that happy, that smile, that goodness. Often, for the first time acknowledging the depth of faking and white knuckling that my whole life has been due to unaddressed childhood trauma and dysfunctional family of origin blueprinting and my own resultant damaging decisions since
* Dressed to lace up shoes; actively and proactively taking responsibility for my own life, just for today, and doing the work without moaning, whining, victim-response attitude
* Morning and evening routine; committing to what I know works and working it every day, no exceptions, no days off, no arguing. Because it works. And doing it for me
* Decluttering - methodically, continually, a little at a time, dealing with STUFF - physical, emotional, historical - not getting overwhelmed, not doing it all at once. But doing it
* Timer; as with any household chore, I do emotional and spiritual healing best in discrete and simple chunks of time - not (necessarily) weeks of therapy and hours of talking, but definitely dedicated times of attention interspersed with REST - my life did not get chaotic in a day, I need to give myself time to heal
* A load a day; along with dealing with the backlog of decluttering, I have to keep up with daily living issues that come up, on that day, every day, from beginning to end
* Weekly home blessing; working out, not only daily personal and household routines, but also implementing weekly commitments and phrasing them as blessings
I guess I could go on. You get my picture. I'm beginning to see what God meant by "even the bells of the horses will be inscribed with Holy and the cooking pots in the Lord's house will be like the sacred bowls in front of the altar" (Zech 14:20) and doing everything "as unto the Lord" (Col 3:23).
Love to you both and your whole team
FLYing in England
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