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Posted on March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 by dianedenmark

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Do you do plan for fun in your week? 👋🤩 A walk with a friend, exercise class with a colleague, picnic with a neighbour, weekend jaunt with your Other Half? Part of my Flylady weekly planning (Tuesday = Plan and Play) is taking a minute to plan some fun for me/the family - we all need something to look forward to! ✍️🗓🥳 With busy lives, it's all too easy to get caught up with the hustle and bustle... I needed a little boost this week and I get that in spades when I'm together with my fab friend @erikabirch_artanddesign (a.k.a. Erika from America)! She's also a fantastic business sparring partner (we both run small businesses). We caught up over a quick picnic lunch 🥗🥗 and, of course, a couple of dips in the sea (heatwave has returned to Denmark)! 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🇩🇰 (Oh, and we're both 55 years old, Copenhagen Bluetits and Dressing Your Truth Type 1s! 👏😁) Plan some fun, keep your friends on your radar! 😃💖 And if you can't meet physically, send a text or email! 🔥👗👔👖 Do you have a capsule wardrobe? I love that my capsule works keeps me covered through all 4 seasons! 🇩🇰❄️🌱🍁 And that many of my wardrobe items are hand-me-downs or several years old. No need to spend, spend, spend! 😍♻️ In today's YouTube video, a round-up of what I’m wearing this week - the heatwave has returned! 🔥 Do you look out your outfit the day before? I usually choose my outfit the day before, when I’m putting away the day’s laundry. It gives me the time to be creative with my outfits (so I wear everything I own instead of always grabbing the same things) and then I can hit the ground running in the morning, no faffing around. When I’m “dressed for the day”, I feel happier and am more productive! Being dressed and ready for action is an important part of the Flylady system.🎥 You can see the video by tapping my Instagram Story, use the link in my Bio, or here! https://youtu.be/lpmi5Lybh7Y 👋😃💖👗 💦🫖 Woo hoo, it's Kitchen Week! 👋😁 Giving a little extra love to the heart of the home...are you joining us? 💖🍳🏡 Set your timer for 5 or 10 minutes and see how much cleaning and decluttering you can do when you focus! ⏰👏😃 I aim to do 15 minutes at the beginning of the week, then any extra minutes are a bonus 💪💪 Tonight, after dinner 🥗🥗🥗 I'll use my 'scrubby' cloth to remove the tanin from our tea mugs and give my sink a deep scrub 🌟 In decluttering news, my son said he'll take our espresso pot (we no longer use it, preferring tea in the afternoon/evening) and one of the chili plants (I have two) for his balcony 🌶🌶🌶 Yay! Plus I'm decluttering a tiny salt & pepper set (used for picnics, in a previous life 😄) is going into my box for our next Swap Party. Go me! 👏😁📦📦 Remember! We are making progress, we don't need to do it ALL this week - my lists are suggestions 🧹💦🧹🧹 Add hygge while you work (listen to music, chat to a friend on the phone, make yourself a nice cuppa tea or coffee) and add some hygge to your kitchen space! No need to buy anything, you can "shop your house": take a vase/candle/cushion/plant etc from another room. For me, these are the little things that bring me joy when I'm tidying up the kitchen after dinner 🪴🕯🇩🇰😊💖 What will YOU clean or declutter today?? ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Please watch out for a fake account (created yesterday) which has copied my photo, posts, info. If they contact you, please block them and report to Instagram. I never use Private Messaging and would never contact you directly. The false account is "Dianein.Denmark, Hygiene Expert" and "_dianeindenmark_, Hygiene Expert" ⚠️⚠️⚠️ 🌏 Do you like to buy souvenirs as gifts? Food, trinkets, something else? 👋🤩 Woo hoo, the gang is finally back together! 🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏😍🇩🇰☀️ First time we've ALL been able to meet for our skinnydip seaswim and bike ride since we went off on vacation (at different times) 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🚲🚲🚲 I brought back Baci sweets from Venice 🇮🇹 for Vibeke and Helene 🍬🍬🍬 and Vibeke brought us Genovese pesto and pistachio chocs from Portofino 🇮🇹 Yum! 😋 We always buy each other clutter-free souvenirs...usually always edible! 😄 Was so excited to see the girls that I completely forgot to take a sea photo so here's one from another day 😂🌊🌊🌊 What's for dinner at your house? New recipe, family favourite? 👏😋🍲 🥣🥗Tuesday is Flylady "Plan and Play " (set your timer for 15 minutes and go!) I plan our weekly menu, look ahead in the diary to see what's ahead, pay any bills which are due and plan a little fun! ✍️👩‍🍳🍳 I never menu planned before using the Flylady system (thought I could wing it 😱😂) but it saves so much stress and money (and less food waste 😉). I keep a list of easy dinners/family faves and then add in something new each week. (Check your fridge to see what needs used up!) Last week we had mussels (cooked in the Instant Pot), Pad Thai, panko chicken breasts... See today's blogpost for a full rundown of our menu for this coming week! https://dianedenmark.com/2022/08/09/whats-for-dinner-menu-plan-9-august-2022/ 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🚲🚲 Guess who Vibeke and I bumped into this morning when we were out for our bike ride and skinnydip seaswim? Sue! 👏😍 Must have been fate! Because I'm wearing the petal pink scarf she gave me last year (it belonged to her Dearly-Departed-Mum) 💖 My whole outfit is second-hand today: pink knitted top belonged to my DD20, she decluttered it last week. Wide-legged cropped jeans came from a Clothes Swap party (belonged to my friend Kate). My camisole (not shown) is from a charity shop ♻️ Oh, and my bathing flip flops previously belonged to Sue 😅🩴🩴 #swaptilyoudrop Vibeke and I were there for a quick dip in the sea, Sue was (as usual) swimming several kilometres (!!!) up and down the coast with other friends of ours #shesaninspiration 💪💪💪🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🦭🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 👋😄✏️♻️ Am I the only one who is fed up seeing social media full of back to school "shopping hauls"?! 😱 It doesn't have to be that way! 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓🎒✏️✏️✏️ Schools here in Denmark restarted today after the summer break ☀️🇩🇰🧕🙎‍♂️💁‍♀️Are you ready to get back to work, or are your kids going back to school? Is everything set up, or are you worrying about where to start? School supplies, football kit, packed lunch boxes, computer programs... I have you covered! 👏🤩♻️♻️♻️ In today’s YouTube video I’ve got five simple – and PRACTICAL– steps to get you organized for going back to school or back to work! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ And we are not buying more stuff! (said the Canny Scot…) Let’s save money and stress! 💰🤯💰 Pour yourself a glass of water or a cup of tea and join me for a hygge chat across the kitchen table here in Denmark! You can watch the video by tapping on my Instagram Stories, use the link in my Bio or here! 🎥 https://youtu.be/u_Xr-dDZod4 Happy Monday from wonderful Copenhagen! 👋😁 What do you do with clothing once it's been worn? 👚👕👖👗 Wash? 💦 Air? Throw it on a chair in the corner of the bedroom?! 😱 Stop right there! 😁✋🛑 STOP piling things on The Chair! 😅👗👕👖👔👘👚 This month we're working on our laundry habits...seeing where we can improve and making it more enjoyable! 👏🤩 Years ago, before I started using the Flylady system, I would PILE clothing on a chair or by the bed. All those piles of clothing on the bedroom chair (or the floor 😱🤭) are Piles of PROCRASTINATION... 😉 I don't wash my clothing after every wear, unless it's been worn close to the skin (e.g. underwear) or is stained, dirty, etc. Let's go through that pile, one item at a time, when you are doing your Routine today. Does the item of clothing need washed? Put it in the laundry basket 🧺 Can it be worn again? I like to put items on a hanger and air them outside or beside an open window 🏡 and then I put them back in the wardrobe. I know several of you use a decorative "ladder" in your bedroom to air clothes 🪜🪜 Is the item torn or stained beyond repair? ♻️ Recycle or use as a cleaning rag. It doesn't fit or you don't like the shape/colour/style? Donate! 👗👖👡 Make a decision! 😃👍 Set your timer for just 5 minutes and go reclaim the Chair or the top of the dressing table or the floor...⏱🏃‍♀️ More tips coming all this month!

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