The Fledglings' nests will be clean in 2013!

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(With many thanks to Jdub for title inspiration!!)

If your 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, support and wine along the way.

This little-and-often system is designed so that you can follow a series of steps and routines each day (which gradually become second nature) in weekly designated zones of the house; defining and minimising housework - which in theory should leave you with more time to do other, more interesting things instead!

At the same time it is intended to reduce that panicky "rabbit in headlights" feeling when you are overwhelmed and everything needs doing all at once. No problem if you miss a day or two; just jump right back in and it will all come around next month again anyway!

We advise not signing up to receive the Flylady e-mails as you will be inundated (although some Fledglings find the compilation e-mails helpful)! 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 steps and routines using a three-pronged approach (dependent on the stage everyone is at):

• start or repeat 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.

[And if you are really enthusiastic and have finished decluttering - you can go on to detailed deep cleaning in each zone.]

More info here on getting started and Flying lessons. Here's the launch pad for more experienced fledglings. Don't be put off by the barf-tastic language of the site - the underlying system is sound (and you may discover a few of our subversions of the vocabulary along the way).

Huge thanks to Lauren for being our incredibly reliable and organised shining star in the East and leading us throughout the very busy month of December!!

Happy New Year Fledglings!!

All welcome!!

I've definitely been more motivated today although making scones created much more mess but I have done lots of things I have been procrastinating about all holiday. here's to a shiny sink tomorrow!

ta da
It's a short list today absolutely Fuck all

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Just catching up with this thread whilst at work.

I hope everything goes as well as it can for you and ds tomorrow trazzle. You will both be in my thoughts.

trazzle hope tomo goes as well as it possibly can.

Today, mil tidied dd1's half of the girls' bedroom, the utility room, did more ironing, and altered a dress to fit dd1 for a party on Sunday.

I feel a bit queasy. She has apparently managed more in two days than I manage in a week/ month/ year if we are talking about the damn cooker.

Tomorrow they are all off skiing though, and I have cried off, so am going to use the time to sort out the bedroom, and go through all the clothes and get rid of vast swathes of unnecessary and restricting stuff. There are only five of us, and we have enough clothes to cater for the average orphanage including staff.

I intend to get to the point where I can vacuum and dust. I have two drawers of stuff in my chest of drawers that has not been sorted out since we moved in 18mos ago.

Hugs for tomorrow Trazzles x

Thinking of you trazzle hope today goes smoothly for your ds.

Loads to do today
Clean kitchen from yesterday
General straighten up of flat from lack of flying yesterday
Morning routine
Meet friend in pub for brunch
Quick menu plan and shopping list
Weekly clean
Rr
Hs
Food shopping
Afternoon routine
Before bed routine

Uh-oh. Ds2 just yelled no from his bed. Looks like it'll be one of those days.
Have a good morning all

Yes, good luck today Trazzles to you and Joe

Sorry I didn't get back on here last night. Rl a bit busy. Posting step for today, then going to airport, and back for personals later (promise!)

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Baby-step no.5 for Sat Jan 5th is here re: banishing negativity. Bit of a 'meh' one in some respects, not in others in that there's no real point in feeling guilty about one's past Flying performance ...more productive to focus on here and now and all that.

NB we suggest you don't join Big Tent in case you get inundated with e-mails

No zones or missions because it is the weekend.

Saturday is family fun day

Flight plan summary here

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Have a good day everyone!!

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PS Just for info/or if anyone wants to get ahead, next week's zone will be:

Zone 2 the kitchen

usually comes around first full week of the month

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Thanks all - it should be fine today. This chemo is milder than previous ones and is just to encourage stem cell production so just a long day in hospital, that's all really.

Sending you strength for today trazzles (and well done on that sink!)

Madwoman I frequently get the cleaning urge when I staying at someone else?s house for any length of time. Whenever we?re in the UK I normally end up cleaning my mother?s fridge/bathroom/clearing out cupboards. I do things that I haven?t done in my own house for months. When I was a kid I used to tidy up my cousin?s playroom (I was VERY jealous that they had a playroom to tidy!). Glad your friend is doing okay.

Not sure what to do today. I did a lot of tidying away downstairs yesterday. DH is decorating his parents? lounge today so am on my own with DS.

Things I really should do?
Put away last lot of washing from yesterday
Do 2 lots of washing
Fit car seat
Post letters and thank you cards (got them done yesterday!)
Move ols toys and Christmas decorations upstairs to loft
Change beds
Do some marking when DS is asleep
Skype DM
If I?m feeling brave take bike to bike shop to be repaired
Investigate framing photo of DS
Hoover upstairs
Weigh myself
Do some exercise ? can do Shred
Digital declutter and back up files
My new year?s resolution is get outside more?could do some gardening/go for a walk/just take DS out in the garden for half an hour
Investigate and order museum year card (DH and mine Christmas present to each other)
Label DS clothes
Call GPs

So actually there is rather a lot to choose from today!

Happy flying

Morning everyone

Good luck for today trazzles sorry to hear you are having to go through this. Hope your DS gets better.

tada

• Washing Machine on

to do

• Drying
• Take Clothes upstairs X2 (have got yesterdays washing to do too)
• Delegate Wash up to DH (I should be out now, but slept in and he would have washed up anyway so I refuse to do it )
• Wash up 2X
• Sign Sink
• Start 1000 piece puzzle with DD1

Was in a right pickle this morning. I enjoy running and there is something called Parkrun. Basically up and down the country at 9AM every Saturday morning there is a timed 5K run. To go I would need to leave at 8 so there is plenty of place to park and I hate rushing. So I would need to get up at 7, but at quarter to 7 this morning the house was quiet and I felt guilty getting the house up just so I could go for a run. Especially as we were tired yesterday due to having a rubbish night sleep Thurs night (DD2 15MO is just getting over a cold and we didn't get to sleep till 3AM Fri Morning) so I decided it was more important to let the house sleep.

Though thinking about it now I could have got up and walked the dog, got back at got myself sorted leaving DH to deal with the DCs. That thought never occured to me earlier so now Im even more annoyed with myself. Oh well I know what I need to do next week now. Get my stuff sorted downstairs and get up myself. Normally DH would do the early morning dog walk while I sorted the DCs, hence why I thought I would be getting the whole house up.

Anyway sorry about the rant, just wanted to let it out to feel better about missing out on something I like to do.

Have a good weekend everybody.

feel lost without a mission today!!

I'm hopeless on keeping up with things when reading threads on phone - sorry. however
hope all goes well today trazzle
lilleth - sorry you had a frustrating morning although I am impressed with your energy
madwomanintheattic - my mum has an amazing ability to do all the things I should have done when she is over but then I think of the additional things I have to do which stop be from getting jobs done.

to do
take down decorations

that is about it as we are off to my parents later

hope everyone has a good day

Morning people . Just a quick. One from me today. Stupid phone makes. Posting really. Hard work.

Re oven cleaning - if you have a dishwasher.put grill pan and shelves in there to wash. They might have to go through twice but then any gunk that's left is so much easier to get off. We don't. Use our dw much but it's it's. Worth having just for that.

Giving myself missions instead

Done
Emptied dishwasher

To do
Sort out clothes going to the charity shop/binned
Bedroom hot spots
Living room hot spots
hoover upstairs
Take down christmas cards
Hoover living room

Dreading cleaning my oven next week :(

Operation De-Christmas is my task today plus I need to blitz the house as the out-laws are coming for lunch tomorrow. So I WILL be posting a Ta-Da list today!

Morning all!

Right, on laptop now so might actually write a post that makes sense!

Ta da:
Vacuumed stairs
Stripped bed
Laundry on

To do:
Shopping
More laundry
Put clean stuff away
Probably lots more.

Sorry I'm not very good at personals, I find I can spend too much time on MN so try to just scan the thread and make a few responses, and dump my lists.

well I've taken down most of decorations now need to blitz the mess! off to mums now so will have to wait.

To do
Sort out clothes going to the charity shop/binned Done
Bedroom hot spots Done mine..not DHs
Living room hot spots Done
hoover upstairs Done
Take down christmas cards Done, and christmas tree... livingroom looks bare
Hoover living room Done

Pats self on back!

Hope today has gone well Trazzle

Ta da:

DS1 haircut
DS1 new school shoes (and DS2 clothes for birthday)
Dishwasher loaded and on
Nappy wash

To do:

Empty dishwasher
Take down Christmas cards
Write list of who we received from for next year
Take down decorations and trees
Count baubles on tree for DS1 homework
Hunt for hidden baubles by DS2
Dry nappies
Hoover sitting room
Swish and swipe
Sort dinner
Force DH to work (he doesn't want to go tonight)

Time for a quick recap

tada

• Washing Machine on
• Drying
• Take Clothes from yesterdays wash upstairs
• Delegate Wash up to DH
• Wash up

todo

• wash up after tea
• Sign Sink
• Start 1000 piece puzzle with DD1
• load washing machine for tomorrow
• take todays laundry upstairs

So Im halfway there. Right off to have a go at this 1000 piece disney puzzle with DD1. Father Christmas was ever so kind to bring her a puzzle we can do together

Got CITV on the TV. Just applied to do the Great North Run. Im a bit scared about it, but I got from nothing to 10K last summer and can comfortably run 5K now so 13.1 miles should be easy in 9 months Then again I might not get on. Last year they had 105,000 people applying for 55,000 spaces and it might be worse this year with the olympics and people might have taken up running last summer.

Afternoon all, dp let me sleep in again which means that I have not long got up but I am dressed, I am also full of cold atm, which isn't helping with my laziness.
I have a fair old list to get on with though which is:-

unload and load dishwasher,
clean kitchen,
tidy lounge
tackle mount washmore
deep clean bathroom
hoover and mop hall.

You know I think I may just spend the weekend doing a house blessing, I have a busy week next week and will hopefully pass my test so may spend the rest of the week aimlessly driving around :D

Hope it goes OK today Trazzle.
Done:
emptied and filled dishwasher (but now want to put my oven shelves in there!)
done washing
made bread and soup for lunch, and rolls for packed lunches next week
taken DS to his new karate class (he liked it, phew!)

To do:
put remainder of decorations in the loft now my jumbo bags have arrived from Dotcomgiftshop
vacuum. Floors are yukky.
shine my sink so I come down to super shiny taps
tidy the kitchen, it's a mess

Another one wishing you all the best today, Trazzles. Am very impressed that you are still managing to Fly in between hospital visits.

Done:

Completed the washing up DH said he had done last night
Wiped down kitchen surfaces
Put rubbish bag out
Put out recycling
B/Fs
Spent some time with DS2
Long soak in a hot bath
Swished and swiped in bathroom
Shopping for dinner tonight
Cleaned muddy wellies
Cooked lunch for DS1 and his friend

Glad the missions are in the kitchen next week, SC - my kitchen needs it.

Was up at 5 this morning and am feeling a bit tired and achy today, so might sneak off to have a nap shortly. DH has taken DS2 out and DS1 is busy playing on the XBox with a friend, so no one will notice I've gone AWOL. Not exactly Family Fun Day, but at least we're all happy .

Hope you all have a good day.