If your nest is cluttered and getting you down, join February's Fledgling Flyers and turn it around

[pushmepullyou]

Welcome to the February Fledgling Flyers' thread. A very big thankyou to ToffeeChristmasCake (who will presumably return under her non-Christmas name ) for seeing us through the thick and thin of January decluttering.

All flyers and fledgings old and new are very welcome - we have a fairly relaxed attitude to flying and take some of the babysteps - such as getting dressed to lace-up shoes - with a pinch of salt. We also strongly advise against signing up for the FlyLady emails.

From the first of the month, we will be following Flylady's tips on restoring order to our homes, using one of the following methods:

1. Babysteps
2. Babysteps + 15 mins daily decluttering
3. Babysteps + daily missions

Following the babysteps helps to establish daily routines and build a weekly plan.

If you are overwhelmed by the mess in your home, start with just one thing: shine your sink. It's amazing what you can achieve by just doing a bit at a time!

Pleased be warned that my month's leadership comes with a bit of a caveat as I am due to have DC2 at the beginning of March so there is a chance I may disappear mid month! Thankfully Toffee has very kindly offered to deputise in the event of the unexpected appearance of DS .

Apologies to Toffee (and by extension Ellie) for blatant intro plagarising and thankyou to Nettie for the thread title

See you all in February!

Actually, the length of some to-do lists has scared me. I am just going to shine the sink to see if it helps.

....OK round-up Part 2

and sorry - bit of an error before- Toffee was not combing a HE, she was contemplating it!!

and forgot to say to OverflowingMUm that I hope she has a better night's sleep tonight and hope her .

Right, off we go:

Leo and Blijemuts have both have productive days as has ColdHeartedB who has also supplied us with a very useful "motto"

Wendy's baby has had her first immunisations (awww) hope they went well

oh dear - getting a bit light-headed from scrolling now [sc reaches for gin bottle]

Doric was up at 5am - enough said

Ohmeohmy has been gazing lovingly at her shiny sink

Colourarc is another who can stay 'cos she likes this thread too!!! Good luck starting work tonight!

Feetheart has been manhandling boltcutters and sorting out plumbing probs

Huge waves to Toffee Skiptotheend Nettie Systems Ogre and Trinity

Forgive me if I have missed out something vital or indeed missed out someone altogether!!

Back in a bit to post steps for tomorrow morning

And in the meantime, we have a new recruit!

A warm welcome to Homeagain

Scroll right down to the bottom of the thread (Sat 29 Jan post by our usual thread leader PUshmepullyou - highlighted in green if you have changed your Mumsnet layout to latest setting.

That will give you the basic idea.

And take five minutes looking at the Flylady site itself here but whatever you do, don't sign up to e-mails or you will be inundated.

Don't be put off by horrid, cutesy language of site either. The underlying system is sound.

Just follow the baby-steps posted every evening by PushmePullyou and all will become clear. (I'm just posting them tonight and tomorrow because she is travelling for work.)

Any other questions - don't hesitate to ask!

Good luck!

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Right ladies:

BABY STEP no.4 for tomorrow (Friday 4th Feb 2011) is here

Not all of us write things down on the post-its tbh so it's up to you. The notes are meant to add up to form the control journal (a later step) but not 100% necessary to my mind.

[Homeagain I think you would be better off just going back over steps 1-3 http://www.flylady.net/pages/begin_babysteps.asp here and read intro too]

Atm, we are in ZONE 1 here

And I'm reliably informed that tomorrow's mission will appear here if you click it tomorrow. Is that right???? (Someone pls correct me if not)

See here for more info

Can't find daily reminder either!! I'll post that tomorrow morning. I've obviously lost the plot. [Come back soon Pushme!!]

Anyway, TRY AND DECLUTTER FOR 15 MINS A DAY DURING FEB

See you in the morning everyone!

Well done SC .

Last check in before bed:

Doric I hope your DP gets to work ok

Swan could your sil join Mnsnet local (or in a few weeks time) could she go out on her own and do a hobby she enjoys while your db looks after baby? [Sorry, not very original]

good evening everyone.

alice we have been renovating since July 2010 with our 5th room just finished painting tonight and new fitted furniture at the end of the month. I generally been cleaning around the mess, strategically placed throws and not invited anyone over for a very long time until i could actually take some of dust away. Hotspotting and missions i think got me through as they at least made me think i was making some improvements. (oops waffled rather long time)
coldheartedbitch nice to see you
cobwebs hope you had nice time with visitors
linzer hope headache subsides. (never gonna let ds walk to school on his own never) (not at all overprotective )
swan well done today. i think if i got my dd to eat scrambled eggs i would be shouting it from rooftops. eggs are not popular here unless in cake mix or chocolate
ofm 4mile run dh doing bath and bed 6 children. imone of 7 and now having just 2 of my own i dont know how anyone does it [in awe emotion]
toffee maybe good idea to see what home ed support groups are around you and get chatting prior tostarting to boost confidence. I hope you can make the right decision for you all and that whatever you decide your ds starts to feel better soon.

Huge waves to everyone i missed. i intedned to selfishly pop in and update my list but hhavent.

so

dw-done
wm-done
td-done
s/s more like scrub yesterday paint off
make bed-done
check smoke alarms-nope
dc to nursery-done
me work-done
banking-done and budget revised again
pay db holiday money-done
pick dc up-done
bath/bed-done
gym-done
second coat spare room-done
bed- in bed about to watch charmed.

have lovely night.

be back tomorrow with my next tasks. no missions you will see and not a lotta hotspotting either aw well.

Hello everyone!

Came across you, and thought this sounds just what i need!!
Have signed up to the daily emails! (Am a bit nervous about this!!)
Have just become a SAHM, and am hoping to get us more organised! We live in chaos and are so disorganised!!!!

xxx

Oops, jsut read stillchuckingit's post - and it says not to sign up to the emails! Yikes! What have i done?!!!

x posts Ogre thank you [glug]

OFM agree with Nettie - I don't know how you do it either. Hope your lo feels better tomorrow (left that off earlier post)

Also forgot to wave to Runforthehills I think

Good job on the painting Nettie

[SC lies down in a cold dark room]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

welcome missjulie first bit of advice, deregister flylady emails take over your life and im sure i got 5 a day when i was registered.

pushmepullme is our leader this month and she posts babysteps, missions etc everything you need and just a little chat

happy shining

Just delete them!

Ok, thanks Nettie, and Ogre! Shall do! x

Swan my local NCT was my lifeline when DS was born, they run a new babies group once a week here. Also the baby clinic was a good place to get chatting to other mums.

x posts again!

Another newcomer!

A warm welcome to MissJulie

Um [cue menacing organ music] I think I would unsubscribe ...I'll look on the Flylady site tomorrow for any relevant info.

Did you give them your regular e-mail address? They do tend to send tons and tons of messages per day and it all gets rather confusing (hence the birth of this thread and others). We've found that it's just easier to follow steps and missions in isolation and refer back to Flylady site for back-up info only.

Don't worry! Will sort it out in the morning!

Looks around, waits for a bit, taps foot ...

Turns off light, closes door firmly

Right, really am going to bed now!!

Yes, i gave them my regular email address, signed up for 'daily digest'.

Ooh can I join please?! I've virtually lived in my local charity shop these past few weeks as I've been busy trying to offload all the clutter all over the house!
I've tried Flyladying before, but don't get on with all the 'dress to your shoes' crap, or the 89,0000 e-mails a day.
I'm all up for baby steps, 15 mins decluttering etc and will be following this thread and doing what it says.
Doesn't help I have a hoarding husband who is completely incapable of throwing ANYTHING away, so the more I declutter, the more he clings on buys more junk. Aargh!

crisptart are you my twin? - we seem to be sharing the same life!

crisptart i think your DH and mine would get on like a house on fire!!! lol

Very late thanks to long heart-to-heart with weeping, stressed-out DS1, who I am definitely NOT taking to school tomorrow. I'm going to see if the doctor will sign him off for stress whilst we work out what on earth to do next. All I know is that we have tried everything to make the school work out for him and he is still suffering hugely and I can't do that to him anymore.

Update on my list:

Wash DS2's sheets (wet the bed for second night running) done
15-min declutter in bedroom nope
School run done
Update Tesco order doing next
Clean and clear fridge (from yesterday's list) nope - do tomorrow
PM routine done
Dinner done
Eve routine mostly done
Bed at decent time no chance

This thread has gone crazy this month. We'll be on 'Discussion of the Day' at this rate. I can't possibly do individual messages, so here's a welcome wave to all new fledglings and a big wave to the old timers.

PMPY - thanks for the steps and for the round up. I don't think I would have had the courage to attempt a round up on such a busy thread!

See you all tomorrow.

Morning Ladies,thought I'd check in in between serving breakfasts to guests. Quite a busy day today. It's Friday so usually all rooms clearing ready for the weekend..... O next guests coming down the stairs... See you later!! Assume you lot realise I did get dressed for this !!

Blijemuts oh I dunno, a naked hostess might add a bit of an interesting twist in the morning! have a good day

sorry to hear your ds1 is stressed out again Toffee

A warm welcome to Crispstart - good luck with the decluttering

Julie as promised last night, look here step 13 to unsubscribe

Hope all missions and steps clear for everyone today

Friday night is date night according to the Fat Fairy and the reminder today is to do a 5 min room rescue.

I'm off to work now but I'll check back in every so often from there.

Have a productive day everyone. Knowing you lot, I'm sure you will!!

Toffee, so sorry for you DS. I hope the Dr is understanding and you can both take some time out and get your happy son back.

Welcome to more newbies.

Mental day here today, so there will not be much flying in your sense of the word, but a lot of flying by the seat of my pants!!

Today:
Job number 1 - deadline day, all ready for printing, BUT had a phonecall yesterday from boss to say he wanted something added!! {GGggrrrrrr)
Then on to Job Number 2 - Sort out all the paperwork and final preparation for 75 teenagers to go on a weekend away.
"Options" interview with DD4 and her school - she has not got a clue and I feel like giving up on the whole "supportive parent" lark!!
Make sure all Dcs are packed and ready for the weekend away.
Tea (quick tea tonight)
Take them all for their weekend away, which just happens to be at the same place as I do job number 3.
So, while I am there, I will do some work at job number 3!

One of those days of the year when I am negotiating with myself between job 2 and job 3, sending requests from one to the other etc. It SHOULD make it all easier, but it seems to make it easier for everyone else, but me!
Anyway, when I get home at 10pm I will be child free until Sunday lunch time. Its the first time in 20 years that we will have a night in the house totally child free!! And we get 2 nights!!!!

Headless chicken day springs to mind!!

Good morning flyers.

toffee at ds being so upset! Must be so hard. Hope doctor signs him off ok and you can find a way forward!
crisptart welcome
sc fantabulous round up