The Power of the 5-minute tidy

I am an avid believer in Flylady's system of cleaning and household management. At one time in my life it was the ideal system to get my household in order and then I adapted it to help manage the farm at Whisper Wind. So one thing that Flylady says is that you can do anything for 5 minutes and she is so right about that. You CAN do ANYTHING for 5 minutes. Set a timer and check it out if you don't believe me. The best thing about doing them regularly is the huge difference they can make in cleaning, organization, and cutting down big messes/projects into little chunks. They have to be my favorite part of the flylady system. We have been cleaning up around here ever since we moved in. There was 30 years worth of stuff left here by the previous owner. Then when the house was renovated, extra material unused materials from the house were just dumped in the flower beds and out by the barn. When I say there was stuff I wasn't kidding. The barn was full, next to the barn was full, and then there was discarded stuff all over the place. We are still working on this although we have hauled off and burned loads and loads. We still have hot spots as flylady would say because we had nowhere else to put our stuff and then there are the piles where stuff was being used. Anyway, I think you get the picture. Anyway, I have used the power of the 5 minute tidy to clean up and organize many things. This week, I am going to challenge myself to complete as many 5 minute tidy's as I can without making it a chain, which then becomes real cleaning. I am going to take before and after pictures so that you can see the power of the Tidy and the versatility of it as well. It doesn't have to be limited to the inside of the house at all. Let's get set, ready and tidy! Blessings, Kat