Fledglings “March” 31 steps away from CHAOS and mess towards domestic success...

[sanguinechompa]

... well, a shiny sink at least!!

Welcome to the March 2012 Fledgling Flyers thread. Park your mops, buckets and microfibre cloths here!!

A huge "thank you" to Linzer for steering us all through February - not a small achievement Linzer considering your school run/teaching commitments and with your dh travelling so frequently.

If you're house is a mess and you are strugging with C.H.A.O.S. (can't have anyone over syndrome) and S.T.U.F.F. (something that undermines family fun) then this is the thread where we (loosely) follow the step-by-step Flylady housekeeping system (in our own, unique, relaxed style) with lots of chat, whinging (in my case anyway ) and support along the way.

We advise not signing up to receive the Flylady e-mails as you will be inundated! All the information you need will be linked here on a daily basis.

From the first of the month, we will be following Flylady's tips on restoring order to our homes, and as we are all at different stages we will be using one of the following methods:

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.

More info here and here!

All long-standing members, intermittent returnees, lurkers and newcomers welcome!!

Me first! Thanks, SC. New thread much appreciated.

And thank you, Linzer, for guiding us through February in spite of all your other commitments. You can heave a huge sigh of relief now that your stint is over.

[SC plumps up cushions in naughty corner with Bitchy, restocks fridge with plenty of ice, white wine, non-alcoholic cocktails (for those following a Lenten regime) and checks supplies of tan tights and shoe-laces for the truly deranged enthusiastic ]

Thanks Linzer for last month and am marking place for March.

Builders coming March 1 to create temporary kitchen in dining room. Contents of dining room to go into lounge. Lounge full of crap. Hope you will be firm and strict SC to prevent total flying crash landing.

Have been awake since 1.45 and up doing things since 2.30. Think my time clock has gone AWOL. Please reserve pile of cushions in naughty corner for approx 9am when I will probably keel over.

Can't sleep so I'll sign up now :)

Hi Honu :)

Morning anyone?

Morning! Yes, for me please Bitchy.

Thanks for the new thread, SC.

Signing in in the hope of actually doing something this month. Have been beyond crap recently and need to get back on it.

Thank you to the lovely linzer for last month and the equally lovely sc for this.

Morning!

Hello hello march is the month where not a spare minute will be given.

So I am babysteping my way through and tentatively decluttering.

I didn't get chance to read the thread properly but did see toffee ds worries. No advice but ((((hugs))))

Warfare in the kitchen. Dh turn for breakfast dd not well = much wailing. Dh not well either but can somehow miraculously summon up the energy to Xbox all night.

Oops sorry I digress.

Good luck fledglings as my weight watchers women says "this month we will crack it"

Marking spot...

Morning .

Huge thanks to linzer for last months thread .
And also to sanguine for taking on the challange.

I love March. In like a lion and out like a lamb .

Signing on. Need to practise baby steps more but am certainly decluttering more
Have joined the gym so have decided to look after myself too
Went to Zumba for the first time last night. Won't be flying much on gym evenings (just want to sleep when I get home... At 8!!)

Must shine my sink again this evening, from scratch, as I've not kept up with it
But my bathroom is company ready

Hi, can I join. Have a hit and miss approach to household tasks and have been trying to get more organised - New Year's Resolution. Hope following a FlyLady thread will give some order to cleaning/decluttering. Looking forward to getting to know you all. So, plan is tonight I will shine my sink ready for a 1st of the month start.

Morning all

Marking my place for a determined return tomorrow. March will be the month I manage to fly every day. Hen night tonight, but by hook or by crook my sink will be shiny by bedtime

Enjoy tonight!

Ellie you might have a school trip today but the naughty corner bar does NOT open until the 1st March.
Unfortunately I went to bed expecting it to be today and woke up to discover today is infact wednesday 29th I hate feburary for me it is the most depressing month there is. Thank fuck spring is around the corner!!!! More daylight hours, in theory warmer times and less central heating, more fresh air. Always a good thing.

What a lot of early birds today !

Right, I have just been back to Homebase and bought a giant block of MAgic Eraser for £5, ready to go with it later.

Hello to JWIM - looking forward to getting to know you too, this thread is a very friendly way of starting to get your life in order. Just ask if you need any help understanding the Flylady stuff.

A big thanks to Linzer for last month and SC for starting the new thread.

Marking my spot

Helllooooooo!!! Great to see so many of you signing up ....

A warm welcome to the March thread to Pink Whoknows Toffee Bitchy Neenook MummuNickleby Scatty Blue ¨Nettie Linzer Ellie Nicknacks Honu and anyone I may have inadvertently missed

and an especially warm welcome to newcomer JWIM

Waves to PA Pushme Droitwich Feetheart Optimistic OverflowingMum Madwoman Lauren Fuzzled and any "oldies" who happened to be lurking

I'm in the same position as Ellie - have been beyond hopeless for last couple of months - the house is a pigsty. In the same vein as Neenook and Nettie am going to try and faithfully go back to basics and follow the baby-steps properly this month. HAve got to do some drastic decluttering too. So hope you will be strict with me in return please Honu!!

[Pours Ellie a glass of . Hope you survived the school trip]

Well done on the exercise front Nickleby

Hope your dd feels better soon Nettie

Flaps wings at everyone and proffers canapes and fortifying drinks in the naughty corner (we're allowed one night of debauchery before the 1st of the month I reckon - after all, this day only exists once every four years )

here + fruit cocktails for those on the wagon during Lent

Back in a bit to post links ...

Hello! Please can I come back/join in? I used to be here a while ago and was making a bit of progress, but life events rather overtook me and my plot was lost. Am now regaining said plot - as a single parent and with only one DD at home as the oldest DD has now gone to uni ( :( but maternally proud ). So you'd think that, with only 2 of us here it would be easy! Oh no, I have made procrastination my middle name and need to sort out the house so it is truly mine. DD1's room looks like several bombs have hit, DD2's room needs 'bottoming', the loft needs sorting out, as does the shed, the conservatory and the caravan (cant' camp in it, dumping ground storage space only :( ) and I have accumulated many books as I find buying books therapeutic . So March is the month to sort things out. Plus I'm skint so can't go anywhere!!

MissB! Welcome back, I hadn't forgotten about you in fact I was wondering how you were the other week (I used to be Mrs Dinky). A lot of people are still here from when you were with us before. I still suffer from a lot of procrastination too .

Welcome back, MissB! I was also thinking about you a week or so ago - what a coincidence. Lovely to see you again, anyway.