Flying into September - a new term for the Fledglings

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Welcome to the September Fledgling Flylady Thread.

This thread is for people with CHAOS (can't have anyone over syndrome). We follow Flylady, the website with a mission!

All are welcome on this thread, experienced flyers and newcomers alike.

We try to follow the commandments of Flylady as we run our homes, loosely anyway. In between there's lots of chat and support as we go through our daily lives. We have coffee, cake, and a naughty corner for those who want to chat but CBA with their house some days. However you follow it, this thread is designed to make your life a little easier and more fun.

For those who are new to the system (and those needing a refresher), there are several aspects to the system:

1. Babysteps. These build a routine. Some are really useful, some are downright odd and some are, quite frankly, there to be ignored. They build a good foundation though.

1. Decluttering. Flylade is evangelical about clutter. In order to feel good about our homes we need to ditch the clutter. Flylady divides the home into zones, week by week and repeating monthly. As well as babysteps, we have to declutter in the relevant zone. Once that is achieved we move on to...

1. Missions. Also in the current zone, these are targetted tasks to tackle one particular aspect. One a day, they vary month to month.

1. Deep Cleaning. Once we have completely decluttered (some of us seem to be stuck permanently on that stage) there are deep cleaning lists for each zone. Achieve that and your house will be spotless!

One last thing - the Flylady website encourages us to subscribe to her emails - one word - DON"T! You will be overwhelmed by them. Instead come to this thread every morning and the relevant links for the day will be there waiting for you except when the thread leader has been on the

A big thank you to Bitchy for last month, and also for doing this Sunday's links as I am off camping.

Updating...

Ta Da
Pegged out washing
Wiped round toilets and bathroom
Wiped round kitchen
Cleaned out fridge before Tesco delivery
Brought washing in
Ironed
Washed up
Emptied school bags
Ran carpet sweeper around living room and swept kitchen

Dinner is in the oven. Everyone is actually home at the same time tonight to eat. Tomorrow however is a nightmare, with football training, choir practice and a piano lesson so I haven't quite worked out when we will sit down to eat.

To Do
Put away Tesco delivery when it comes
Put uniforms on to wash when DC go to bed
Pack bags and lay out uniforms for tomorrow

Bit late checking in today . DD at home (school starts to tomorrow), so had lazy fun day together.

Ta Da

Unloaded dishwasher
Cleared dining table and kitchen after breakfast.
Hung out washing
Cleared hotspots; console table, sofas and bottom of stairs
Vacuumed hallway, living room, dining room.
Bit of planning done; booked dance lessons for DD and (long overdue/diet not working) exercise classes for me. Booked table for meal with MIL this w/e.

To Do

Bring washing in
Start on dinner with little help from DD
Double-check got everything for school tomorrow.

Check in again later.

Thanks for [tea], WhoKnows and Saturn. I have managed a large shop and put it away. Kitchen is a mess. Am cooking roast chicken and trimmings, then need to get the boys to bed and lay out clothes for tomorrow. I blame today's stupor on this cold and will be relieved when it's gone. Colds are so pointless and irritating.

Roast chicken and trimmings ...can I come round? Really hungry and no food in the house...well nothing I fancy eating/can be bothered making! Hope you feel better tomorrow toffee

Got completely distracted and d on't even know what I've been doing (apart from eating custard creams ). Have everything ready for tomorrow, so the morning should go smoothly as long as I get out of bed on time. Ok still got time to get some stuff done..

To do
E-mails
Shine sink
Put dishwasher on

Argh my baby is off to middle school tomorrow!!!!!

Haven't managed anything today really as ds still on holiday til Monday so we went for day out today :)

Cooked a healthy tea if that counts :)

Waving to all

Xxxx

Final list for the day as I plan to either crawl into a bath and/or bottle of

Done
Morning routines
2 loads laundry washed
Dd to school
Popped to shops & bank
Swapped DH's & mine chests of drawers over (more space for me )
Put away dry clothes
Refolded DD's clothes -why does she always want the bottom tshirt!?
Rehung clothes on naice new wooden coat hangers
Transfer 'spare' bedding from large not very good vacuum bag to smaller much better ones.
Moved bedding into different cupboard
Get last box of crockery from cupboard
completely reorganised cupboard (not planned)
Packed away remainder of summer stuff
Vacuum bedrooms & hallway
Emptied bins
DUSTED!!!!
Clean cat litter tray
Vacuum lounge
Collect DD
Supervise homework
Go to library
Dinner
Washing up
Blanch vegetables for freezing

to do
Final wash up & shine sink

Evening all. 2nd day back at work survived but no kids until tomorrow.

Ta da:-
Morning routine
Work
Putting away
Washing on
Dinner
Washing up (now ds's job, I dry)
S/s bathroom
Packed lunches
Bags packed
Uniform laid out
Reading with dc's done
Bath
Drying
Maintenance tidy downstairs

DC's have both had a successful day back at school. DS has moved up a set in Maths and is feeling mighty proud of himself. He's even voluntarily read tonight which is no mean feat. Long may the enthusiasm last.

Apologies for no personals but I am absolutely shattered and am going to collapse in a heap.

Impressive list Goth

Ta Da
Brought washing in.
Made dinner.
Sorted for school tomorrow.
Dishwasher on and shined sink.
DD finally in bed.

Thinking about what needs to be done tomorrow. But mostly thinking about and

Well, I gave up Flying and decided to have a lazy afternoon with the DCs before going back to school and work tomorrow. Went for a bike ride - none of us are very competent cyclists so we just did races round a running track that has been painted on a nearby green. Then I started assembling the memory books I do for the DCs at the end of each school year on the patio table, did one, stopped for tea, DCs wanted to cycle again so we went up to the allotment as DH hadn't seen it yet, then when I came back all the papers were damp, so I don't dare put them in plastic sleeves tonight, they're going in the airing cupboard instead. Just got to get the DCs off to bed then tackle the OU assignment again . I still have a massive heap of secondhand too-big school uniform on my bed too.

Back later with links.

Thanks toffee... as well, will come round more often!!!

and sympathy nicknacks, can't believe DD will be going into yr2

Sure healthy tea counts Jess, think it's baby step 31 - eat healthily - so you're actually well ahead this month

I've done my e-mails and put dishwasher on, but actually can't be bothered to do anything else... I know not the right attitude...have a lovely evening everyone (well what's left of it!)

We are not back in the school routine. Tears and everything. I can't wait for ds to discover girls or boys and actually have a shower without all the sodding yelling and screaming that goes on at the moment.

Forgot my project in the end so just nattered. Was really rather pleasant!

lunch is all made. Ds is now in bed and eating toast and complaining of achy legs again. I have a cba attitude and going to curl up for an early night. might hook a little but so tired I could just crash

First day of school survived. By DD at least. I am knackered! Can't remember what was on my list but don't think I've done it!

Back in a bit if I'm still awake!

*now back in the school routine
not not back.

Ta Da
Pegged out washing
Aired beds
Wiped round toilets and bathroom
Wiped round kitchen
Cleaned out fridge before Tesco delivery
Brought washing in
Ironed
Put washing away
Made beds
Washed up
Emptied school bags
Ran carpet sweeper around living room and swept kitchen
Cooked dinner
Washed up again (by DH this time)
Put Tesco delivery away and re-jigged my meal plan around the use by dates
Wrote all the dates and details from the school letter onto my calendar and into my diary
Put uniforms on to wash
Packed school bags and laid out uniforms for tomorrow

To Do for tomorrow morning before work/school
Peg out washing
Wipe round kitchen
Wash up breakfast dishes
Air beds

To Do for tomorrow afternoon
Wipe round toilets and bathroom
Dust living room
Sweep kitchen floor
Bring washing in, iron, put uniforms ready for Thursday
Sort out DS1's football kit ready for training
Type up PTA minutes ready for AGM

Today I have done

recycling
lunch
supper was a takeaway but that wasn't my idea
cleaned kitchen
washing put away
Newton's Laws of Motion x 3
listened to ds2 read his graphic novel aloud
paid a bill over phone
decluttered some uniform to a friend
went on busride to Chiswick Waitrose to pick up those pesky ties, with ds2
made ds2 try on his uniform, which was lucky as two pairs of trousers from ds1 were too tight, but we had bigger ones as well, so was able to purge them from cupboard

now I am going to attempt some last minute Secondary form filling in which I should have done at the end of last term.

Tomorrow dh has to take one child to first day of term and I have to take the other! Help! Dd says she wants to go by herself from second day, so that is lucky.... Her school is an hour's bussride away for heaven's sake! Less on tube but she refuses to do it that way.

Newtons laws of motion swan ?

Evening all. Have had a crazy but fun day today - out at local adventure park place all day, then author/translator event at bookshop in town this evening.

Momentous occasion of DS1 losing his first baby tooth at lunchtime so have to do the tooth fairy thing for the first time shortly!

School doesn't start till Thurs so a day of being out and about planned tomorrow too.

Big, sleepy waves to all. Night.

Blue - just remind the Tooth Fairy that there are 19 more teeth to come out so generosity may come back to bite her on the bum :)

Seemed to get a lot done today, including some Flying related stuff, but have failed to wash dishes or clean sink and it is too late now though might do a bit.
Also failed to get DS into the bath as I forgot so will have to give him a quick one in the morning. At least DD remembered so she is squeaky clean.

Ta-da!

Too big school uniform is bagged up for the loft. For the first time in about four weeks our bedroom has no piles of clothes lying around, it looks lovely.

School uniform is laid out, I just need to put my clothes out and sort dinner money then it's off to bed.

PMPY - glad day 1 went well for DD.

Bitchy - sympathies re shower/bath issues, my two are reluctant a lot of the time, although they both went in quite happily tonight.

Nick / Swan good luck with new schools tomorrow, and anyone else whose DC goes back tomorrow.

Blue - aww, first tooth. DS swallowed his and didn't even notice it had gone till I asked him.

Some good lists today better than mine keep up the good work!

Back with links in a minute.

Feet - I've decided that daily baths / showers will be implemented from today, we are always forgetting and the DCs never remind us (funnily enough) but DD has suddenly developed a bit of BO (she's only 7!) so it has to be done. She's very proud of her first deodorant, it's sitting on top of her uniform pile.

Nicknacks - mine too! Am not sure I am ready to hand over my baby to juniors. And he has a notoriously strict teacher this year .

Have labelled clothes and finished the ironing. The lunchbox was smelly, so I've found an old picnic lunchbox which will have to do. PE kit and book bag are in the hall, socks are in new shiny school shoes, school uniform is ironed and laid out. And we managed to practise Times Tables before bed to get his brain into gear again.

Hope I haven't forgotten anything.

DS2 is still awake, poor thing, but has been in bed since 8.30.

Hope to be back later to catch up. If not, best of luck to all those going back to school tomorrow.

Links for Wednesday:

Babystep - reminders on post-it notes. This is one I have always ignored as I don't want other people to think I am completely mad!

Mission - get rid of those fingerprints. An ecloth is perfect for this.

Daily Focus - Anti Procrastination Day - do all those little things you've been putting off.

By the way, if you'd like one link to find all this information, bookmark this one Launchpad. The babysteps are in a link near the bottom of the page, all the individual ones are at the bottom of that page.

Oh, good luck to DS2 tomorrow as well Toffee. We did times tables tonight too for only the second time in 6 weeks.