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Everyone welcome!

Here you can, for one month:

- repeat or start baby steps

- repeat baby steps + do 15 mins a day decluttering in the current zone

- reinforce babysteps and do daily missions if you have finished decluttering

As Christmas is approaching I'll also post Christmas missions.

I'll post links early in the morning on the relevant day while I'm, making the coffee and brewing tea.

Good luck!

Just marking the place for my return.

See you all next week. No talk of Bunnies, ducks, cowpats or playboys in my lounge allowed on here!

Morning ladies

I'm back, sorry I've been neglecting you but was at Center Parcs since Friday and was so disorganised before that didn't have time to post....or was it that I was too

Haven't read everything I've missed as would not get any flying done for November either if I did.

However, I go away for a few days and when I get back it's suddenly Christmas - how on earth did that happen?! OM Bet your kitchen still smells gorgeous. Half term is the traditional time for pudding making in our house too.

tibni realised the morning that it's my BF's birthday and I haven't got her anything so have decided my Control Journal is going to have to include a list of birthdays in month order. Like you mine is mainly lists of things to do atm, but am trying to write my weekly routine as I go.

PA Good luck away again, didn't catch if chaos reigned while you were away. Ironing --- aaaarrrggghhh - hate it!! It's just so Groundhog day.

CTGG Hello, glad you are surviving your house guest. I guess a good looking plumber brightens anyone's day - still make a mess though!

Hellipac How sweet of your nephew. Can't wait until my neices are big enough for babysitting, they are 8 & 6 and were with us at the w/e. DN2 is OBSESSED with DS, which is lovely, she was even happy to put cream on his little red bottom. However, she has given him her cold so snot is a big feature in my life atm.

DWM You are so organised thinking of November already. Christmas missions ! OMG - really - I am in big trouble I think.

Big waves to everyone else.

Right need to get on as DP let me lie until 8:30 in so breakfast and bathroom routine done during DS's nap - eek - behind already!

We are starting our lounge renovation/decoration this week so I guess a bit of decluttering in there will be in order. DP sledgehammering off the fireplace - oh the dust!!

Pass the coffee - I sure do need it.

Just marking my spot and going back to the Oct thread
(Where talk of bunnies in POA's lounge IS permitted)

Evening Ladies, thanks for the lovely new thread DWM, just marking my spot(less) for November...

ooh where to post, where to post. SHall mark my place and then post on October....about bonking bunnies

Shining my spot for November.

Right, I was coming on to confess my lack of progress on babysteps for October. I fell off the wagon on day 10. Would like to blame going away/illness etc but think it has more to do with my taking "declutter for 15 mins" to read "sit on sofa with cuppa and watch murder, she wrote"

I'm trying to do a bit of decluttering every day now and am still shining my sink, so some very small babysteps achieved for Oct.

Must try harder for nov, if you see me slouching on the sofa please give me a prod with my broomstick, or since it will be November, put a rocket under me!

Welcome back Jumbs! At least you are still shining your sink

Welcome back Jumbs, nice to 'see' you. Please don't feel bad about falling off the wagon. I am nowhere near fully completing the babysteps and I've been going for two months . Anyway, murder she wrote i a quality programme .

sorry, it's early. That should say 'is a quality programme'

Marking my spot for take off in November

New on here and will be away beginning of November but this is just so I don't forget!

Parks a mop and bucket in corner ready for flying in november.

Hello fledglings!

I'm posting the link to the first babystep now as I'm going away for the weekend and will not be back until Sunday night.

Remember that Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest so babystep only if you are new to this/starting again. For those who are further along there are no missions at the weekend so you can put your feet up

Day 1 baby step

See you on Monday with your sinks gleaming!

Background info for any newbies and a reminder of what FLYing is all about for those who have been here before here

Gathers togeher shoe laces, microfibre cloths, tins of metal polish and awaits start of November thread ...

Hope you are having a lovely w/e away Droitwitch

Can I be a half-hearted flyer please? I'd love to have a clean sparkling house but when it comes to motivation I suffer and would far rather lie on sofa eating cookies watching murder she wrote! But I did lurk and manage to clean/shine my sink for a few weeks in October.

Quick question though, how do you find which posts are new in these long fledgling flyer posts? I stopped reading them cos I couldn't find the new ones...

Hi Leeloo

Welcome to the November Flying Thread. Our esteemed leader Droitwitchmum is away over-night but will be back tomorrow. In the meantime, if you check in at the beginning of each day (around 7-8am in the morning UK time) then you will find the new "instructions" for that day. The new steps will be posted to synchronise with the date ie Step 1 for 1st Nov, Step 2 for 2nd Nov etc etc (there are 31 steps to establish the basic "Flying" system).

And in her typically efficient manner, Droitwitch has already posted "baby-step 1" for tomorrow 1st November plus a link to background Flying details below. Suggest you have a look at that and see how you get on.

Sorry if all the "chat" is a bit off-putting!! I can understand how it would seem that way when you first check in here, but you will find us all really wierd and obsessed with strange cleaning rituals friendly on here!! Just get stuck in!! You are very welcome!

PS About being half-hearted ....none of us are perfect, we are all just doing what we can, with the motivation of one another, small step by very small step each day. Seriously, this is the way the system is designed. No "all or nothing" thinking or getting bogged down in perfectionism. Just small, consistent, focused steps ....and you have already started!!

MiniMarmite reporting for duty!

Welcome Leeloo and Jumbs and anyone else that's joining us this month.

Hi Countingthegreyghouls, thanks for the advice - good to know I won't be kicked out for not being keen enough!

Sorry, I wasn't complaining about all the chatty bits - its nice that everyone is friends - its just when there are hundreds of posts on 1 thread I couldn't work out how to find the most recent ones, so I wondered if there was a trick to it... Is that still as clear as mud?

Evening. Just getting ready for the off! Need to shine sink but might wait until tomorrow!

Plan of attack for November for me: I get flustered when deciding which of my many hotspots to tackle, and where to start decluttering. So, this month I'm going to tackle hotspots and declutter in whatever the current zone is. Well, thats the plan anyway...

To give you energy to get going I've made some cupcakes with DS1s choc buttons on top!

Welcome Leeloo Starting with the babysteps is not too taxing but really important. This is now month 3 for me and they're still not second nature.

CTGG or is it CTGH again now halloween is over. I obviously missed the fact that DWM is looking after us now. Thanks for all your motivating posts - you will still be here though won't you?

DWM Good luck keeping the unruly bunch in order.

OK - deep breath everyone. Let's get started on November (eeek-xmas!!)

New month, new start for me. Have been rubbish the last couple of weeks so am getting back on it. Although DP and I did start de-cluttering the attic room on Friday which felt great.

My list for the day

Shine sink
Swish & swipe done
Load DW and put on done
Ironing (Oh god it's going to join together and eat me it's so mountainous)
Make bed done
Cook roast lunch
Pack swimming stuff for tomorrow
2 min hotspot - occasional table
Sort home insurance

BTW am making coffee and as it's Sunday will provide a range of papers too -enjoy

yes please hag, I had a nasty shock when trying to sign in earlier and thought i might have to do some cleaning.. ...on a sunday...

very glad its working again.

Have temporary name at the mo as it describe life for me at the mo and is how i am feeling.
DEM.