I'm IT and I'm menu planning

I've been tagged by (if memory serves me correctly) 3 people - My Precious Pennies, Diane and I know there's someone else???

Are you SURE you want to know my weirdnesses, people???

Here we go:

1. I love singing along in my car (LOUD) and I really don't care WHAT people think of me.
2. Another love of mine besides handbags is Rod Stewart and guess what? He'll be in Johannesburg in December so we are DEFINITELY going. I'll also be able to cross another thing off my life list.
3. I'm highly productive yet have no problems kicking back and TOTALLY relaxing. You'll find me in bed until 11am most weekend mornings. I feel no shame whatsoever - in fact, I think I'm really blessed to be able to sleep, literally, like a baby!
   
4. I've never had a pedicure.
5. My favourite drink is water. Yes, really! And you can usually find me with an apple in my handbag.
6. I seriously love talking about goals. I was talking about goals to anything that would stand still and listen YEARS before it became popular :)
   
7. I am still utterly amazed by the internet. Every time I'm on a coaching call or teleseminar, I think "wow". Here I am in Jhb talking to people ALL over the world. I really get a kick out of that.
   

Okay, now it's my turn.

I tag Beth, Suzanne, Ariane, Megan, Janet, my wonder twin in computer organising, Laura and Laura Williams.


I had such a lot of lovely emails last week about posting links to older posts so I thought I'd do the same today.

Here are some posts to help you organise your blogging:

1. Declutter your feed reader
2. Saving time while blogging
3. Blogging smarter

Download the PDFs with tips from Organising Queen blog readers on decluttering and saving time.


So...my menu for the week


Monday
Stirfried veggies and rice with chicken

Tuesday
Wholewheat rolls with meatballs and salad

Wednesday
Pasta salad with kidney beans and chicken

Thursday
Pizza potatoes

Friday
Supper at our friends' house

Don't forget to visit on Friday to show off what you declutter this week. The Mr Linky will be up at 12am EST so get ready :)

The Friday Declutter Challenge - 10 Oct 08

Please encourage all your blog friends to join us in decluttering by using the button on your sidebar. Christmas is just around the corner and you need to make space for all the stuff you'll inevitably get.

The Declutter Tip for the week ...

When something's decluttered, enjoy the space.

Often we feel like because we cleared space we need to fill it up again.

You don't have to do that.

Instead, enjoy the feeling of peace and tranquility that the space brings.

I have two quick examples:

Clothes
You've just switched your clothes around. While you did that, you threw out stuff that you didn't like or that didn't fit.

Don't go straight out and buy a whole lot of new clothes.

Enjoy the feeling of space in between your hangers, of being able to easily get clothes in and out of your wardrobe (closet).

Schedule
You find yourself with a cancelled appointment and some free time.

Don't immediately go into overdrive - what can I do? I'm sure there's work I need to do, etc, etc.

Enjoy that feeling and use it to do something fun, or use it for some big picture thinking. Brainstorm your next BIG business project.


As you saw yesterday...
I decluttered some vitamins and old medicines this week.

What did you declutter?

Please link to the post on your blog where you show off your pictures or talk about the declutter. Or if you don't have a blog, tell me in the comments about ANYTHING you got rid of this week.

It can be anything like physical, electronic, mental clutter or even the need to be a certain way. Like perfectionism! :)

Decluttering and organising your vitamins

Is it just me or does your kitchen counter also sometimes look like a pharmacy?

One day the vitamins are all organised. Then someone gets the flu, and someone else has to take other medication and before you know it, one little basket has grown to two.

So I took out all the stuff, packed everything neatly in the green basket shown above. And then I made this pile...

The pile on the left has to go back to the bathroom where I keep the main supply and the three tubs on the right get thrown away because they've expired.


And all of that took about 2 minutes, while I was waiting for the kettle to boil for my tea.

What do you do while you're waiting for the kettle to boil?

My mornings go so much quicker when I do this

Preparing my clothes the night before. By the way, I got that top in Scotland.

(Suzanne, that was the day we went shopping because we didn't want to do touristy things without you :))

Ask the organiser - YOU

Okay, this is a question for all you clever bloggers out there.

How do you get that whole line of social networking icons and links to appear automatically at the bottom of your posts?

Menu plan Monday - 6 October 08

I was having a look through my archives so I thought I'd post links to some of my old posts that could help you in the kitchen.

Easy grocery shopping
Organising your recipes
Tips for organised kitchen counters

And of course, get my menu planning form and grocery list here.

Monday
M - out with the girls :)
D - takeaways (he can't wait to get takeaways since I don't really go for unhealthy food :))

Tuesday
Stirfried veggies and rice with chicken steaks stuffed with spinach (yum!)

Wednesday
Macaroni cheese, salad and garlic rolls

Thursday
Mashed potato, carrots and pineapple chicken

Friday
Wholewheat rolls with meatballs and salad

Saturday
Out with friends

Don't forget to visit on Friday to show off what you declutter this week. The Mr Linky will be up so get ready :)

Friday Declutter Challenge - 3 Oct 2008

Please encourage all your blog friends to join us in decluttering by using the button on your sidebar. Christmas is just around the corner and you need to make space for all the stuff you'll inevitably get.


The Declutter Tip for the week ...

One in, one out

When you bring anything into your house, decide what's going.

• If you buy 3 t-shirts, try and declutter 3 t-shirts. I "demote" my t-shirts to gym t-shirts and after that, they go for real!
• If you buy some new mugs, declutter some old ones.
• And if you downloaded 2 new files this week, delete 2 old ones.

See? It's easy once you get the hang of it.


What I decluttered this week ...

on the right, a pair of pajamas and a sleepshirt
and on the left, a purple suit I have not worn this entire winter and an unworn shirt

notice the tag on the shirt from 3 or 4 months ago - it's going back for a refund

What have you decluttered this week?

Get ready for tomorrow's challenge

Please encourage all your blog friends to join us in decluttering by using the button on your sidebar. Christmas is just around the corner and you need to make space for all the stuff you'll inevitably get.

Mr Linky will be up at 8am South African time, waiting for you to show us what you decluttered this week.

See you tomorrow :)

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This happens when I file

because I contain my paper to only one household file binder