Another gold for South Africa, and another gold for me!!!!!

my third gold medal

The rowing team inspired me so much, I decided to tackle the Flylady Olympic Declutter Games as soon as I walk into the house tonight. And I beat all other competitors to take the gold. Here is a picture of some of the other teams who participated (or shall we say did not participate) They got no medals.

Declutter athlete who has given up

Declutter athlete in despair

Please see the before and after photo's. The challenge was to do 5 drawers, and I totally got carried away (adrenaline is a dangerous thing!!)

Before - Bra mess

After - Bra order

Guess how many bras I have? Just guess!!! I have only 2 boobs, but I have 18 bras. There are bras for massive boobs, bras for small boobs, bras for perky boobs, bras for hanging boobs (this is where I am at this stage of my life). I could only get it over my heart to throw 2 bras out. One is tattered and basically have so many holes in it qualifies as a sieve (that is my weekend, comfy bra) - and then another bra which is the biggest bra I have ever seen. How it got into my undie drawer I have no clue!!!

I threw out all my old, ugly pyjamas, and now I only have pretty, slinky, silky ones left.

Before

After

The sock drawer was very boring to do, so the best job I could do was to colour code them.

I also did a winter drawer, with all my gloves and berets - none of which I ever wear. The gloves make me feel like I cannot do anything - they act like a type of a straight-jacket, and the berets make me look silly and make my forehead itch. But I still need to have this drawer for just in case - just, just in case.

And then an odd drawer, having all kinds of shit in it. I am not big on beauty regimes, so this is my little neglect drawer. Neglected skin, elbows, neglected feet, heels, neglected, forgotten, ancient little tubes and bottles filled with promises of everlasting and breathtaking beauty. (yeah sure!)

So now I have 5 decluttered, neat drawers and we will see how long it lasts. The next olympic games is only in 4 years, so it will have to stay neat until then!!

De-Clutter Games Day 7 - 8/2/12
flyladykelly, 8/2/2012 1:33 am

Dear Friends, We are racking up those medals!! We are so proud of every single one of you for jumping in where you are and participating in our De-Clutter Games! Today's challenge is a Dresser Drawer Dive! We are going to open ONE drawer of our dressers and set a timer for 5 minutes. Have your put away, give away and throw away baskets open and ready. Open a drawer and as quickly as you can get rid of anything that you do not love, use, wear or need. Utilize the give away or throw away baskets to move through the drawer as fast as you can. If there are things that need to be put away someplace else place in the put away basket. When the timer goes off STOP! Now if you have children go do the same thing in one drawer in their rooms. If no children then throw open another drawer in your dresser for round 2. Your challenge for today is 5 drawers. You can do it! Go get your medal!http://www.flylady.net/d/flylady-games-2012/ -------- 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.? Perfectionism is Shelved in 2012! Get your FREE Cozi Calendar http://www.flylady.net/d/cozi/ Copyright 2001-2012 FlyLady and Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved, No reprint to other email lists or websites without FlyLady's permission. You have permission to forward to a friend. Join us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TheFlyLady

And I think this tonight's cookie recipe also deserves a gold medal - it looks amazing and I think tomorrow at work a lot of people are going to be very happy to be part of the tasting panel. It is called Key Lime Bars, but limes are more scarce than working robots in Johannesburg, so it became a Key Lemon Thingy.

 

My one photographic challenge from http://www.photofriday.com/ was 'luminous' - and when I saw the moon tonight I had to take a picture.

And having a moon picture - a full moon - a full blood moon - I had to take a photo of something scary. Something that would keep you awake tonight and make your blood turn cold. And since I am so fascinated by the BIG BRA - I did my best impression of Jack Nicholson in The Shining - if he had to wear a bra on his head, this is basically what he would have looked like. BOO!!!!

Lovies
Lizette