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FLYBABIES - Lets fly together - Flylady rocks - xxxxx

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trinityrhino · 14/08/2006 07:23

New thread for a new zone, morning all

lets all do profiles

I have been married 6 years, I have 2 dd's, one is 6 and the other is 16 months and a dd or ds on the way!
I have always been domestically challenged and I think Flylady has the answer.
I have known about flylady for about 2 years but never really got going, I hope that doing it together will change that.
Good Luck to all on a fresh zone

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shazronnie · 14/08/2006 08:04

morning!

I have been married 8 years tomorrow, and have 2 DS aged 3 and 18mths.
I have always lived in some degree of squalor and hope flylady can help me get the whole house tidy!!!

So, here I am, dressed to shoes (lace up today!!!!) ready to bless my house.

And for anyone who wants to join us, here is the flylady website

MommyUpNorth · 14/08/2006 08:13

Morning all!

I've been married for almost 7 years (next month), and we have DD 6, DS 3 (4 next month), DS 2, and another ds/dd on the way in November!

I've been doing Flylady on and off (mostly off!!) for a while now. We live in a fairly old Victorian house which my DH is constantly working on so there is always something not quite finished! LOL! I'm going to try hard to look past this and just get everything else in order before our next little one arrives.

Right, just showered, brought up the day's email reminders and the zone work... off for my shoes and a coffee and we'll see what gets done!

Oh and it's the last day of the summer holidays for us up here so it will be much easier to sort everything as the 2 older children are back at school!!

tortoise · 14/08/2006 08:29

Morning FLYers
Im a single mum of 4. DS1 9,DS2 6,DD1 3 and DD2 2. The boys live part time with their dad(custody court case coming soon).The girls have contact with their dad 3 times a week for 3hrs at a time.
We live in Somerset.
I have always been the untidy one in my family.My mum,dad and 2 brothers(21 and 12)moved to Turkey in October.Havn't seen them since then.
Good luck to all in the new zones.
Before and after pictures welcome!

RubyRioja · 14/08/2006 08:47

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tortoise · 14/08/2006 08:49

I have taken before pictures of my upstairs bathroom(loo and sink!).
By tonight it will be clean,clear and tidy.

Wisp · 14/08/2006 09:07

Morning !
Im 27 and have been married 6 years, have DS1, 4, DD 2 and Ds2 14 months.
We live on the Glos/Wilts border.
I dont like mess, but our house is a constant muddle, and it's been getting on top of me for about 4 years ! (Think 6 hotspots in every room that grow by the hour!)
I have been following flylday for 5 days, and over this weekend for the first time in years my kitchen and lounge got better !
Instead of worse yay
However still have a few more rooms that havn't been touched yet !!

domestickler · 14/08/2006 09:11

Im from Newcastle upon Tyne (a Geordie Flyer). I have been married for just over a year and have DD age 6 and DS age 2.

I have a horrible mix of a real need for clean, order and tidiness but a natural personality prone to chaos and disorganisation.

Hopefully flylady can sort this out for me at last!!!

Off to take before pics of my bathroom

domestickler · 14/08/2006 09:11

Forgot to say I'm 25

Wisp · 14/08/2006 09:12

Its a great idea to do before and after shots!!
Im going to do it too- it's a great motivation seeing other peoples shiny sinks !!

tortoise · 14/08/2006 09:14

I forgot to put my age too.
Im 28.
Looking forward to before and after shots.

sallycinnamon · 14/08/2006 09:15

I've just been on the website for the first time and it looks fab! I think this is what is missing in my life! Which is why I'm still not dressed this morning let alone have lace up shoes on! 1 question do you have to have a yahoo email. I've got loads of email addresses and don't want another 1

sallycinnamon · 14/08/2006 09:19

Forgot to say- I'm 33 and have been married for 5 years. I have dd aged 3 and am pg with no 2. I work from home and therefore need to manage time a lot better.

shazronnie · 14/08/2006 09:23

Hello mommyupnorth and sally cinnamon; this flylady really does work!!

You do need yahoo to join and get the emails, but if you don't want to do that you could visit the web page and view the day's reminders. You won't get all the cheesey testimonials, but i like those!!

I'm 32 btw and my house has been blessed!

tortoise · 14/08/2006 09:27

All the emails are on the FLY lady site.
Welcome to the 2 new recruits!

tortoise · 14/08/2006 09:53

Rubbish picked up and bagged in upstairs loo.
Off to town for milk etc now.Back later.

sallycinnamon · 14/08/2006 10:02

I'm a member! I'm going to shine my sink...

Wisp · 14/08/2006 10:49

Ive done almost everything, just not quite started my Home Blessing- The kids are all playing up as now Im tidying/cleaning they don't get my undivided attention- little tykes !

I bought myself a timer at the weekend (didn't come with wings though!) so in a bit I'm going to set it for 10 mins and run around the house with the vacumn. Babysteps Babysteps....

RubyRioja · 14/08/2006 11:08

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coggy · 14/08/2006 11:41

Morning all!
I'm 34 and clean but leave lots of piles of stuff around!!!

FLYlady's HOTSPOTS describe me and my piles perfectly!!!
I need/ like routine and this is all fab!

I too was shocked at the 700+ posts but it's good to have other people doing the same thing - like an hourly kick up the bum!

I had my ds last year but tragically he died just before he was born.......still waiting for another to come along!!
Probably why our nursery room is such a heap....it's a room in waiting!!!!

Did anyone else get told to mingle with other FLYbabies today?
Scary!!
I'm mingling with all of you instead!!!

Quootiepie · 14/08/2006 11:54

Morning! (just about!) Im 20, been married just under a year to DH, have a 20 weeks old (today!) DS. Bedroom at home has always been messy, but my horses stable and tackroom have always been immaculate, so I have it in there somewhere! Just bought a house so dont have too much clutter yet to clean, but no storage places either yet!

Quootiepie · 14/08/2006 11:54

sorry to hear about your baby coggy xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx

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Medulla · 14/08/2006 12:03

Hi everyone. I have been subscribed to Flylady for a couple of months now but I haven't got around to actually doing anything! Hoping that by joining you I will start to organise my life Lord knows I need it!

I am 35 have DD 3yrs and DS 1yr. Would really like a 3rd but I have got some serious organisation to achieve or else I just won't be able to cope! Nice to meet you all.

Quootiepie · 14/08/2006 12:06

how do you do!

tortoise · 14/08/2006 12:11

Im back from town.Thats my exercise for the day!
Sorry to hear about your baby coggy xxxx
Welcome Medulla.We will help you FLY!
Resting for a few minutes before doing some work on the upstairs loo.

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