I recently had another dethroning of one of my idols. I have the tendency to look for people who have what I want and idolize them. A fitter body, a cleaner house, a more faithful devotional life.
One by one, my idols have fallen out of my grace. It’s no fault of their [...]

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I thought I’d take a few minutes to share some things that I’ve found that some of you might enjoy:

FlyLady Jumpcut videos. Marla Cilley has created a 5 part video series on how she cleaned up her cluttered spare room in 15 minute increments. The link will take you to all her videos. [...]

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For any of you who are struggling with Holiday plans, you can watch FlyLady’s Tip of the Day on the WBIR.com website.
You can also download her Holiday Control Journal from her website for FREE! She has several other control journals as well. Enjoy!

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Getting back up when things have slipped can be so hard. FlyLady is such an inspiration. Her most loving words, included in every message from her are,
“You are not behind! I don’t want you to try to catch up; I just want you to jump in where we are. O.K.?”
Do you know how [...]

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Ok, I have become the queen of procrastination. I am a reasonably intelligent woman. I have my Bachelors Degree in Accounting. I am capable of doing our taxes.
But I don’t want to.
But neither do I want us to pay over $200 to someone else to do it. It’s not like we’ve [...]

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Ok, for those of you who know me well, you know I have a special place in my heart for Microsoft Excel. I love to make charts and graphs!
Well, using FlyLady’s Body Clutter Investigator I created a way to score how well I’m doing during the day. I have learned that when I [...]

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I’m so excited! I got new “lace up” shoes tonight. For those of you who know FlyLady, the lace up shoes are pretty much the most powerful part her message.
Well, since I’ve been working at home, these shoes have been my constant source of inspiration. If I get dressed to my shoes, [...]

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