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Post by dayeanu on Aug 24, 2014 21:52:15 GMT -5
(If anyone thinks this should be moved to a different section, please do so. I debated where it should be posted.) Well, while I'm lounging around in the recliner being the "L" word, I like to read (or sleep) But reading makes me look less the "L" word. Kindle is my go-to for books, since we have no bookstore within 80 miles. Today, I downloaded "28 Days to Hope for Your Home", by Dana White, aka Nony the Slob. Her website is WWW.aslobcomesclean.com (which I have not visited. Just throwing it out there. You never know where someone will find help or inspiration.) There is purposely no introduction in this book - because, she says, reading doesn't clean your house. For day one, she says, "Do the dishes." To be more exact, she says, "Do ALL the dishes." She's kidding - right? She has no idea how many that is. Well, that was a disappointment. I looked ahead, because I was never good at taking things one day at a time. For the next 5 DAYS, her instructions are "wash the dishes." That's it. That's the only "work". She does discuss psychological reactions to having clean dishes, so I'm assuming that in addition to clean dishes, she is working toward changing our thinking/mindset, which I could certainly use changing. I don't want to ruin the process, so tomorrow I will attempt to wash all the dishes. (Day 1 may take me a few days.) I guess my point here is that perhaps our dish-washer-upper thread here may be my path out of squalor, after all. Has anyone else read this book?
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Post by papermoon on Aug 24, 2014 21:57:24 GMT -5
I haven't read the book, but she has totally nailed it. On the dish-washing thread, it seems that the members who have automatic dishwashers are having a hard time. I wonder if switching to hand-washing would break through the barrier of resistance? You know what I mean... getting up close and personal with your dishes. It works for me.
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Post by sue5000 on Aug 24, 2014 22:49:36 GMT -5
I don't have a dishwasher. Never have. I don't even know how to load one or turn it on. I don't wash my dishes every day. It's just me here and I don't dirty many dishes in one day. But I do always rinse them. After 3 days, I'll wash them all, and yes, it does feel good and get me in the mood for more cleaning. I have a radio nearby, I always listen to or sing along while washing. And a window right in front of me, so I watch birds splashing around in the birdbath, or a downy woodpecker in the nearby tree, or teenage squirrels chasing each other in the backyard.
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Post by dayeanu on Aug 24, 2014 22:54:21 GMT -5
I don't have a dishwasher. Never have. I don't even know how to load one or turn it on. I don't wash my dishes every day. It's just me here and I don't dirty many dishes in one day. But I do always rinse them. After 3 days, I'll wash them all, and yes, it does feel good and get me in the mood for more cleaning. I have a radio nearby, I always listen to or sing along while washing. And a window right in front of me, so I watch birds splashing around in the birdbath, or a downy woodpecker in the nearby tree, or teenage squirrels chasing each in the backyard. Sue, that description almost makes me want to wash dishes. Almost.
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Post by bobolink on Aug 24, 2014 22:57:37 GMT -5
I haven't read the book, but she has totally nailed it. " style="max-width:100%;"] On the dish-washing thread, it seems that the members who have automatic dishwashers are having a hard time. I wonder if switching to hand-washing would break through the barrier of resistance? You know what I mean... getting up close and personal with your dishes. It works for me. Back when I had a dishwasher, I always found it to be an excellent drying rack for hand-washed dishes. Always found it easier to keep up with dishes when I hand-washed them instead of using the dishwasher.
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Post by bobolink on Aug 24, 2014 22:59:55 GMT -5
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Post by hangers on Aug 24, 2014 23:00:36 GMT -5
OH yes Sue, those teenage squirrels. They are crazy here as well. I never had a dishwasher either. With our hard water, it would just be another disaster, disappointment, and hand washing them gets my nails super clean after working outside.
Daye, I will look into that site, I don't have a bookstore around here either. And as much as I like books, I really can't afford to buy any new ones lately.
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Post by wynken on Aug 24, 2014 23:07:55 GMT -5
I've followed another link to her site. ... Not sure she knows about extreme squalor. It might take a little longer than 28 days to get through her suggestions.
In flylady's early days her first habit was to have a shiny sink - just that - for a month. Nothing more was asked of you. It sort of assumed a dishwasher for putting the dirties in, or a bucket under the sink !!!
Personally - I find a working sink comes first, and getting to wash up daily is needed for me. I can skip a day without the world ending, but if I don't pick up my game after that things can unravel quickly. I'm getting better on the everyday thing.
My suggestion - Have a workable sink, and load the dish washer, run it when full or it won't take the next meals debris , and empty it , as quickly as you can. Just have that as priority for a while. Other things will fall into place. Oh - And put the clean things away away, so they don't add to visual confusion. Keep on that until you are ready to reach out to other tasks.
btw - when Flylady started her journey out of disorder/squalor she started with the shiny sink - having boxed her dirty dishes or put them on the floor - where ever - then took a year of adding one new habit a month. Before then She couldn't work at the slob sisters suggestions, and on line at yahoo - someone would need to be assigned to 'look after her' when she was online. I have dallied where there are people who knew her from those days. Month 2 began with picking up 2 things in her bedroom each day. Things when from there till she got to 15 min - but she started with 2 things. Someone sent me links to essays on what she needed to do before she did the shiny sink thing - which was about improving her attitude to self. The links are long lost. Sorry if anyone wants them. If you emailed flylady someone might know of them.
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Post by dayeanu on Aug 24, 2014 23:44:19 GMT -5
I haven't read the book, but she has totally nailed it. On the dish-washing thread, it seems that the members who have automatic dishwashers are having a hard time. I wonder if switching to hand-washing would break through the barrier of resistance? You know what I mean... getting up close and personal with your dishes. It works for me. This is an interesting observation/thought.....
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Post by def6 on Aug 24, 2014 23:57:19 GMT -5
Sounds like a great book. I was without a dishwasher for 5 years. It took me longer to do dishes back then. Now I just load it up and push On. A shiny sink is a wonderful thing too...Sink reflections
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Post by hollyhock on Aug 25, 2014 7:05:48 GMT -5
I haven't read Nony's book but I have read her blog and she does 'get' a lot of this. She is also very amusing, and very honest and down to earth. One of my favourite blogs. On it she basically added 1 new goal a week. You might take longer - but the ideas are there. I do have a dishwasher - but I tend to soak the dishes before I put them in, since I only run it every 2-3 days. But I soak them, and go do something else, and then move them over. I would follow the same steps while hand washing - let them soak for 10 minutes while I do something else, then come back and they are easier to clean.
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Post by Di on Aug 25, 2014 8:00:44 GMT -5
I do dishes at least daily. Usually every meal. I am very grateful to have a dishwasher as standing and turning from side to side as I do when hand washing is one of those moves my knees cannot tolerate. Last night I was hand washing a few loathe items and I turned to put a clean casserole dish on the counter to dry and just that gentle twist caused my knee to hurt (sharp intense pain) and then collapse. Stoopid Knees!!!!
Getting the dishes done is a priority for me. I CANNOT deal with coming downstairs in the morning to a dirty kitchen. Mornings are hectic when things are clean--toss in a dirty kitchen and kids WILL miss the bus!. Thinking back I honestly don't know how I ever functioned in squalor. Now I lose it when things get cluttered. I am not willing to get up 30 minutes early to allow for "clutter delays".
***** edit. Sometimes auto correct makes me smile. That was supposed to be "large items". But as I hate hand washing I am not going to correct "loathe" items.
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Post by dayeanu on Aug 25, 2014 17:40:24 GMT -5
wynken That is fascinating about Flylady. Picking up two items a day! She really DID start out as one of us!!!!!!! Di, I am so sorry about your knees! And yet you do so much!!! This is one of those times when I get aggravated with myself. I have no health problems to hinder me, at this time. I should do these things while I can! This evening I am going to start the "wash all the dishes" journey.
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Post by dayeanu on Aug 25, 2014 17:41:03 GMT -5
Double post.
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Post by bobolink on Aug 25, 2014 19:26:14 GMT -5
How is the dishwashing going?
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