Is June the new January? - the Fledgling Flyers are doing their flaming best

[pushmepullyou]

Welcome old and new fledglings to the June Fledgling FLYers thread!

Thank you very much to castlelough for leading us expertly through May - I shall try not to be too haphazard with June, although I make no promises

If you're overwhelmed by clutter and general household grub then join us as we (loosely) follow the step-by-step Flylady housekeeping system or languish in the naughty corner hoping to do better tomorrow

As usual, we will be following the Flylady three-pronged approach:

1. Baby-steps (a daily step to establish routines)
   
2. Then baby-steps + 15 mins daily decluttering
   
3. (And once decluttered) babysteps + daily missions and maybe even detailed cleaning in the weekly zones
   

For more information have a look here, although to avoid a cluttered inbox, we advise not signing up to the Flylady emails. The basic principle is little and often and don't worry about perfection (no chance of that here!).

Don't worry if you are behind; just jump right back in and it will all come around next month again anyway!

All the links for the babysteps and missions will be posted here every day and we'll all be here to cheer each other on and chat our way through the month.

[ToffeeWhirl]

Think that was me, pushme. The link to Adblock Plus for Firefox (to get rid of annoying Karcher ad) is here for those still wrestling with those distracting moving graphics.

Thanks for the links, reminders and round up, pushme.

Off to bed now. Night all.

[MercuryRising]

I am desparately trying to stay awake at work so I thought I would post todays list.

To do
Load/unload dw
Sand s
Make bed
10 pieces ironing
Hang washing out
One load of washing
Read with dcs
Make sure everything is prepped for dcs going back to school on Monday.
Hoover.
Dust.

I think thats more than enough for a Sunday

[CHBitchy]

More then I plan to be doing today.
to do:
Renew spirit: Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!
make ds' bed
collect ds

[KatAndKit]

Getting up to an epic poonami at 5am was not on my list. However it does mean that my dishwasher has been emptied and the sink and worktop have been wiped. Looks like a lovely day here so hopefully will go to the park later. Got some wedding admin done last night. It is easier when you stop endless research and just order the stuff you need.

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes]

Lovely day here too. I am not normally up this early on a Sunday, but DS (who usually gets up and sorts his own breakfast) can't manage it with his arm in the cast so I am up with him. He seems much chirpier than he did yesterday.

As regards getting up, I have made a June resolution to stop taking my phone or Ipad upstairs with me, I started doing it when I had an operation in Sept and the habit stuck, MNing late at night and staying in bed as late as I could get away with reading more nonsense. Hopefully I will get up earlier and get on with things instead, and sleep better too.

Welcome to all the new people, and welcome back to Lilleth.

Kat - sorry you had a 5am poonami to deal with. I agree totally, not just WRT weddings, that you can waste an awful lot of time researching stuff and not really be any better off than if you made a snap decision.

PMPY - thank you for taking over this month, and thanks to Castle for last month.

OK, got most of the unpacking done yesterday, need to finish it off or the last few bags will be sat around for weeks. More washing to do too. We didn't leave the house in a great state before going away, so I want to get it tidy enough to do a proper home blessing tomorrow. DD(7) got a tissue and dusted my bedside table while I was reading to her last night and commented on how dusty it was .

[pushmepullyou]

Morning everyone

To do
Wrap presents
Return borrowed clothes
Weed rest of top border
Plant plants
Gym
Tip
Toddler party
Hoover
Routines
Room rescue DC rooms

[KatAndKit]

I have had one of those eureka moments this morning. The reason I was feeling down about stuff was not really to do with not getting enough done round the house. It was more because I haven't been looking after myself well enough. And I guess if you look and feel a mess you don't feel that your living environment ought to be tidy if you haven't even done your hair.
This morning I washed my hair and properly blow dried it, not just a five minute blast so it wasn't soaking, I used clips and everything and spent 15 minutes doing it in section. Then I put a dress on for a change. I feel great as a result. It definitely isn't just about housework, making the time to sort yourself out first does make a difference to how you feel.

And I have been good so far, I have re-booted my washing machine and cleaned the toilet.

On this thread it says zone 1 but on the website it says zone 2 which is the kitchen. Do you do things in a different order? I might do kitchen anyway as it needs it more.

[Trazzletoes]

Kat as far as I understand it, that's the fly lady ethos!

I'm having a lie in this morning but later on will be taking the DCs to a party. I'm sure it will be lovely but am in a state of anxiety that DS will catch something off another child or that his line will be pulled out or something. I need to get a grip!

I will probably wash the bedding today but that's about it!!!

Managed to identify a big pile of books last night that can go to the charity shop too. And am now working on a plan to read through the (many) still on the shelves that I haven't yet read

[ToffeeWhirl]

I agree with you, Kit, and so would Flylady (very keen on getting dressed first, putting on make up, pampering yourself, etc. - will find a linkie in a mo). Glad you feel great now.

We follow the same zones as Flylady, in the same order, but maybe her website has clicked onto the next zone now.

WhoKnows - sorry to hear your DS broke his arm . I hope it doesn't take too long to mend. Very funny about your DD dusting your bedside table, btw!

Mercury - are you in a different time zone or on night shift?

CHB - hope you get plenty of time to 'renew your spirit' before your whirlwind DS returns.

Have to do a tidy up in the house this morning, as MIL is coming round today so that DS1 isn't on his own. DH and I are taking DS2 out for the day and visiting a friend and her baby. Fortunately, I have an extra day to get ready for school as it's an INSET day tomorrow, so will do all that prep tomorrow.

Gorgeous weather here - hope it's good for everyone else too.

[ToffeeWhirl]

Flylady essay on the importance of pampering yourself here.

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes]

Kat- Flylady is skipping Zone 1 this month here. I think it causes confusion when the 1st of the month falls on a weekend.

Thanks Toffee. He is a bit fed up at the prospect of no sports for a few weeks, but at least it should be mended by the time school breaks up.

[elliepac]

Eugh, morning all. Feeling a bit worse for wear this morning. School reunion went exactly as expected. Really nice to see a few people, others had a quick catch up with and some whom I wouldn't care if I never saw again. Nobody had changed, the quiet ones were still quiet, the gobby ones were still gobby and everybody sat with those people they had been friends with at school. It was gratifying to see the person we all fancied has turned into a balding irritating dickhead who spent all the night unsuccessfully trying to chat up the beauty of the year who he had had a crush on all those years ago. She still blew him out. Like you pmpy, i am about in the middle success wise.

Today is renew your spirit day and in honour of that I am going to do very little. Have washing to do and washing-up plus a food shop but other than that am going to take it easy.

whoknows sorry to hear about ds but glad he is a bit perkier this morning.

kitkat it really helps doesn't it if you feel better about yourself.

Have a good day everyone. It is beautiful here as well.

[pushmepullyou]

Oops yes sorry, I suppose it is technically the kitchen! I always change zones on a Monday so I keep the last week/first week as a living room/hall combined.

[Asheth]

Well I had a lie in this morning - does that count as renew your spirit?
I did complete yesterdays lists. But am going to keep it to a minimum today as it's the last day of the holidays and want to have time to take the DC out to enjoy the sunshine! So -
Washing,
15 mins decluttering
2 min hotspot.
Sort clothes for tomorrow
I don't own any lace up shoes so might have to skip that bit - plus I like wandering around bare foot in the summer!

[Engelsemama]

Have been monumentally rubbish at personals the last month so will try to do better in June!

Looking at the rubbish in my hallway and whether to wait until we?re back in zone 1 (typical that there?s no zone 1 the month I think about doing it!). Drinking water is a good habit for me to work on, especially days I?m at work.

Kat I totally agree. When I make the effort to blow dry my hair or wear something nice to work, I feel so much better. I was trying to pamper myself last night with a face mask while supervising ds (19 mo) in the bath, but then he did a poo in it so had to hastily wipe off to tidy up!

Trazzles every now and again I make a half hearted attempt to get rid of books but I find it very hard. Managed to shift a lot f teenage fiction to my school library last year, but they don?t really do charity shops here (in the Netherlands) so always at a loss what to do with ?trashy?paperbacks.

Sorry to hear about your DS?s arm whoknows

Gorgeous here too Toffee

ellie sounds like a proper school reunion then

My lists for today are short

Ta da
10k run in sunshine into town and along river (left the house at 8.15, DS and DH still sleeping. Got back at 9.30 to find them still upstairs so had a peaceful breakfast and coffee too)
Skyped parents
Washing-up

To do
Go outside and enjoy the garden, do some pottering, plant rest of tomato plants, will perhaps manage to read while DS is napping (am re-reading Pride and Prejudice now for the first time in 10years)

Have just realised that have now been on Flylady for a year, so all round

Have a lovely day everyone

[ToffeeWhirl]

Ta da :

Sparkling kitchen!

Off to work on my face and hair now, before we go out. Am looking grotty. Thank goodness for make up...

[elliepac]

Ta da:-
Restored order in kitchen (I am sure I did that last night before I went out so I didn't have to do it this morning DH)
Washing on
Dressed to shoes
DC's told to tidy their rooms
Taken drugs to take away headache

Not sure how much else will get done. About to have a scout in cupboards to see if I can get away with not doing the food shop until tomorrow.

toffee make-up and the existence of make-up is all the proof I need that God may be a woman after all

[LillethTheCat]

Morning everyone. Lovely sunny day here in North Yorkshire. Got one load on the line and just waiting for the machine to click to open so I can get my next load dry.

todays list
Bedding - Just waiting for machine to click so I can open the door it should be done by now, but Im in a different room
Shine Sink - tonight
Long Run - this afternoon
Bath - not before I go running
Chapter 2 of textbook for AAT course (I went away and have a couple of chapters to catch up on) - tonight
walk dog - after my run

Got a poorly DD2 today, full of cold and dribbling lots. If she didn't have all her teeth Id wonder if she was getting another one. She is just crying and tearful today. DH is trying to snuggle her right now. Bless her. She's only 20 months old and can't understand why she feels so crap.

Engels 15K run in Nov, well done. Im hoping to build up to do a 10 miler in November too. I do plan to do a half marathon or two next year.

ellie glad the School reunion went well. I dont think Id like to go to one. Ever.

Whoknows Sorry about DS's arm. Hope it doesnt get him down too much, but good to hear he should be ok for the summer holidays.

Kat That would probably explain why Im not always in the best of moods as I tend to do the basics in a morning. Quick shower, throw on any clothes and brush my hair. Perhaps I need to rethink my morning schedule to include a little bit of a pamper in the mornings to lift my spirits.

Trazzle Sorry Ive not really kept up on how Joe is doing. Hope all is going as well as it can. In regards to the craftwork hope you manage to come up with a solution.

Can I just add my thoughts to the whole perfectionism talk that was going on yesterday. If I am ever looking around at something or in the middle of trying to do something and its not as good as I would like it to be I remind myself of something I read and that is Perfection is the enemy of achievement IOW you are not going to get anywhere if you try to be perfect. Just do what you can. I often say that to myself in a lot of tasks, not just housework. Its a good flylady motto to have IMHO.

Anyway hope everyone is having a good day and renews their spirit.

[DorisShutt]

Feeling grotty so DH has taken DS to the park - GP's for me tomorrow.

Loads of washing (literally) so getting through it and getting it hung up outside.

I've been flicking through the FlyLady site so I think I need to organise my days with cleaning lists using my HomeRoutines app and get organised ready to go back to work more regularly and then I can spend days when I should be working slobbing in front of the TV.

[Trazzletoes]

Wish me luck... I've just put my (beloved) flip flops in the washing machine...

[GoingGoingGoth]

Checking in

At work again, but it's a beautiful day, the cricket is on so no 'pitch n putt' so no messing about with flags today.

Bowling green set up, so going to make myself a salad wrap and sit out on the grass with a book. I did say my job is great, didn't I. I just don't know whether to put my 'work issue shorts' on. It's not a good look.

Done
Bed
Washing put away
Shower
Dd shower ( saves Dh bathing her tonight before I get home)
Planting up some flower seeds with Dd to go on our tiny balcony

[CHBitchy]

Good luck trazzles.
The ex is a twat. that is all.
Not slept as long as I could but have slept. Spoken to the ex and about to grab some lunch and a drink.

[NarkyNamechanger]

I've got a great big scabby coldsore so have smothered it in Blistex as part of pampering.

Does that count?

[DorisShutt]

Narky try getting one of these.

Cuts my cold sore duration in half, and on occasion it has killed it off before it's really appeared (if I get it at the first tingle). It's changed my life!

[NarkyNamechanger]

Thanks Doris. Tbf this is only the second one I've ever had (first came after a trip to the dentist!).