Remember Remember, Fledglings Fly through November

[DidEinsteinsMum]

Welcome to the November Fledgling Flying thread.

From the 1st of the month we shall be decluttering and taming the chaos using baby steps, missions and zones. A great big thank you to MrsDinky who looked after us last month.

We are not strict followers of the fat fairy and take some of the babysteps wearing shoes indoors with a pinch of salt. Also advise against signing up for the fairy's emails.

All are welcome, jump on board for one of our three methods of chaos attack:

1. Baby steps
2. Baby steps and 15mins decluttering in current zone
3. Re-inforce the baby steps and daily mission

This month the fat fairy is gearing up for the feastive period. So I shall also post the christmas mission for those who wish are brave enough to look.

In here the motto is:

*"No perfection! Do what you can, but be realistic about what you can do."

Happy flying.

Thanks DIM; I have never been able to find that before; or the way to put a 'hide thread' thing on the active convos page.

Marking thread for Monday when I start my 11th month of continuous Flying. I still (weary sigh emoticon needed!) don't have a very tidy house but it is better.
REALLY must start concentrating on decluttering though. Big push needed this month I think.

Waves and disappears off to enjoy head-banging bit of Robert Plant concert [hgrin]

DIM? tut. DID if you please highlighter

Hello, it's my first month and I'm hoping it'll help me become vaguely less slutty more organised at home. Just charity shopped a load of books so feeling virtuous!

Welcome Geekygiraffe. I shall be back later to post the babysteps and to offer so encouragement and direction. One of the key things that the fat fairy states is that you cant clean clutter. Which we are all beginning to discover. The less clutter, the less mess accumulates. Well done on decluttering some books.

We start with the babysteps tomorrow. But due to there being different time zones it is easier if the steps are posted the night before so that no matter where you are they are available for you when you need them. I personnally find it good to know what I am planning for the next day's activity.

Hello, my house is absolute chaos so really need to join. MIL has said the nanny will leave if I don't tidy up so some serious decluttering is definitely required! I keep avoiding it by tidying up DD's doll's house as that somehow seems so much more manageable.

hello geekygiraffe and mrsFromage. i love tidying up dolls house. i do this quite often with the dc kitchen, much easier than tidying my own.

see you tomorrow fledgling fliers. Im going to be gunho this month (providing i can move in the morning and my back hasnt seized up entirely)

Hello, am struggling with router problems and using very slow 3G connection instead, can't load the October thread anymore but am yet again behind with everything, so will be trying to Fly again tomorrow, with or without posting (actually might get a lot more done with no Internet distraction). Thank you to DID for taking over at short notice and hello to all the new people.

Right a fresh start with a new month. For those of you who have done so well in previous months keep it going. For those who would like to forget various attempts at flying consider it done. For those who are joining us this month welcome.

We have three new fledglings for the start of the month: highlighter, geekygiraffe and MrsFromage.

Tomo we start with the first baby step. For those who are joining us for the first time this is where to start. It is one simple thing, shine you sink. But you have to shine it the fly way. Instructions are linked to on the website or can be found here

If it seems too easy and you wish to do more feel free to join us by decuttering for 15mins in the current zone. To break down the decluttering the flying one has divided the house into zones. This is supposed to help us focus and not tackle too many things at some and in theory so that we finish what we start. optomisticallyinsomecases I am hoping that by tomo morning the fat fairy will have updated her the flight plan with this month's zones for the month. The flight plan tells us which zone we are working on each week through the months.

For those of us who have managed to declutter there are the missions. Again I am hoping that by tomo morning the sneak peak will have been updated. The sneak peak for the week lets us get an overview for the missions for the week. Tomorrows mission should be found here although the fairy seems to have be foiled by halloween and nothing has been updated for november yet. So feel free to complain if you beat me up and onto the computer and all of the links are wrong

For those of you who are feeling incredibly enthusiasic and overexcited about christmas slightly mad, the christmas missions can be found here. The theory behind this is that if you do a little bit here and a little bit there you will avoid a mad panic just before christmas and thus be more able to enjoy christmas. If you just cant face the though of christmas yet this is completely optional so feel free to ignore.

As I need reminding constantly this is not about perfection so dont be put off by the size of people's lists. just be realistic and see what you can achieve. Progress is progress no matter how small.

Now who wants to takes bets that I have managed to screw up the links .

I have a feeling that this namechangine lark might get a bit tedious as the month draws on but so far I have had 3 different names today.

Whilst I am up I shall post my list for tomo.
Check links and fix the problems if possible
School morning routine
Trip to blackpool with blades
post letters and cards
Shine sink
school night routine

Anything else will be dependant on available energy.

Good morning happy November to you all only 54 sleeps to Christmas

Back very niggly today still

Today's list

Dc bathed and dressed -done
Dw on
Wm on
Sweep front step
Physio
Haircut
Softplay or garden with dc and dh!
Christmas cards must do tonight (note to self get on with it now!!)

Hope you all have a great start to november

Morning all.

Back to work today boohoooooo. AM knackered because DS crept into our bed at 1am and I hardly slept at all after that as he was shuffling all night. You'd think he would have grown out of it by now!

All I have to say this morning is:

1. This month I WILL do it properly
2. nettie you have just scared the life out of me
3. did do you not confuse yourself .
4. Welcome to those of you who are joining our merry little thread!

Morning,
Broadband is back, although only on PC not on Ipad.

DID hope you are starting to feel better now. Thank you for your very thorough list of links for today

Nettie - groan, Christmas sneaks up far too fast for me. Hope your back is better soon, mine was bad a couple of weeks ago, fingers crossed it is OK again now.

PurpleWeds thinking of you with your visit to your parents grave.

PA - thinking of you, hope it is lovely and sunny with you today as it is here and hope you have a productive day.

Waves at everyone else.

My list for today

Morning routine - partially done, did get DCs to school on time which is the main thing.

Washing, DW now on
Freezer de-iced - didn't take long
Try and sort out router completely
Do some Christmas shopping online
Hall mission
Menu planning and Sainsburys shopping

That should do for now.

Hello to everyone.

So glad DD is back to school today as not a lot of Flying was done in the holiday. I really do use the free morning to catch up on MN and get on with the cleaning.

nettie you also frightened me half to death just then, 54 sleeps??!!

DID thank you for the links and the concise instructions for the new month. I am good 'n' motivated!

Welcome to geeky and MrsFromage have fun!

Today:

Swish and Swipe done
Beds
DW done
Empty TD and WM
Shine Sink
Mission
Some ironing

That'll do me for now.

hello! would also like to join...did Fly for a while then DD came along 5 months ago and put a spanner in the works.

thankyou DID, for the clear instructions, i will also be trying to do the holiday missons.

usually get a fair bit of cleaning done after dropping Ds at preschool before i go to baby groups, unfortunately he has an inset day today.

TO do:
get dressed
washing
go to baby talk
shine sink
swish and swipe

will probably find more as i go.

Hello everyone,

Today my to do list:

Pluck up courage and take never used gold to be sold at jewelers
15 minutes de cluttering -
study
living room
bedroom
Washing - done
Dishwasher - done
recycle in kitchen
Shine sink tonight
15 minutes email
15 minutes filing

Right now to find some great music for the first 15 minute spurt!

Ooh sylvia music - good idea, you wouldnt believe I hadnt thought of that lol!! I'll go and find something to get me going to help with my 15minutes.

Welcome back itshappened

welcome back itshappenedagain

Sorry i didint mean to frighten anyone. i just love christmas and have bneen counting down since 86 sleeps

Have so far

Dc bathed and dressed -done
Dw on-done x 2
Wm on- done
Sweep front step- dh did
Physio- booked
made hungarian goulash for dinner in slow cooker
kids with crafts [proud mummy emotion] dh cleaned up mess

still to do

Haircut
Softplay or garden with dc and dh!
Christmas cards must do tonight (note to self get on with it now!!)

Right better check out and get on. physio appt soon. bbl

I tried the Kinks this morning sittinghippo and it worked for my first 15 minute spurt! Feel better already.

Right, 1st of the month and this time I am going to FLY :)
I am really going to try and do my morning and evening routines properly, go to bed between 10-10.30pm and do the Mission everyday. I have to try and do this Flying lark properly if I am to get anywhere.

Started off well this morning as a nice young man came and cleaned our hideously filthy sofa. I was going to clean the carpet to match but sofa (and surrounding floor) rather soggy so will do that tomorrow.
I have also made Hedgerow Jelly with huge quantities of berries we seemed to have picked on a walk on Saturday, and I've tidied up after myself so not bad so far!

Still to do:

• Work - monthly invoices
• Finish Morning routine
• Get Felafels out of freezer and make mint/yoghurt dip for dinner
• Major 'put-everything-back-where-it-belongs-after-half-term' stint. 15mins to start with.
• Mission
• 15mins in DD's hellhole room

That will do to start with. Just need to get on and do it now.

Been at school with dd this morning but I managed to make all ths beds, do the breakfast washing up, clean the bathroom and put the washing machine on before we left, then dd unplugged her feeding tube and covered the sofa in sticky milk so we still ran late.

Today
-Morning routine done
-Clean front door
-Sweep ramp
-Load of washing done
-Hot spots in dc room done
-15 mins declutter in dining room
-Make dinner done

Ooh feet I didn't know you can get someone to do that, mine really needs it, was it expensive?

Nettie ds is counting down too, was the first thing he said to me this morning :) I am very excited.

Waves to everyone, hope you're having a nice day :) it's lovely here

No time to say more than hello everyone, just going to do house bless now after essential morning out with ds, as two extra kids to pick up after school

LIST
remove halloween stuff/debris
bin
find broom sweep floors throughout
wash floors
rescue dcs' bedrooms again, esp ds2's
last stop laundry
hoover playroom again
put paperwork in drawer with other displaced stuff and then will do a big sort on Wed (ha ha)

Ooh look at me all proud of myself as my list is done for today. Day 1. Good start.

Swish and Swipe done
Beds done
DW done
Empty TD and WM done
Shine Sink done
Mission done (except the sweeping bit, broom is in the shed and I do not go in there unless life or death situation. Will have to wait for DH)
Some ironing done
15 minute declutter done

Today
-Morning routine done
-Clean front door done
-Sweep ramp done
-Load of washing done
-Hot spots in dc room done
-15 mins declutter in dining room done
-Make dinner done

Going to try to dust ands hoover throughout now if dd allows

Quick update on list only:

Check links and fix the problems if possible done and apart from the shiny sink they all worked
School morning routine [done]
Trip to blackpool with blades [done]
post letters and cards
Shine sink
school night routine
Speak to ds' doc done
leave message for pead done
speak to allergy nurse done ds has just failed his milk reintroduction which sucks. But it is back to completely milk free before the new plan of action is put into place.
DW run and emptied and being refilled

Back later for roundups, chats and other stuff. But Am still very poorly and really dont feel like doing anything. fever's should be lasting a week :( so going to have to find time to book in a docs appointment for me tomo.