Following June's chatty thread, welcome aboard another month of vaguely trying to follow FLY Lady's housekeeping system. There are still babysteps and missions for each day and the little and often system for decluttering and keeping chaos at bay.
It is still a long running thread and newbies will always be welcome. Usual disclaimer still applies "Don’t let it put you off if we appear a bit cliquey, we really aren’t! Some of us have been on here for years – but all lurkers, intermittent returnees, oldies and newcomers very, very welcome"
But for another month we'll try to fly without daily links. The Big link you will need is the launch pad which will take you to all the daily reminders/missions/zones etc...
The first link for the babysteps is the particularly waffly introduction to the system, and through it you can get to all of the other links.
So it only remains for me to thank DEM for setting up the last thread 
, and stock up the naughty corner bar for when it all gets a bit much. Plenty of 
and 
to see us through.
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BlueEyeshadow · 30/06/2015 21:59
DEM - I could easily eat a whole tub of B&J's too. I had to stop buying it for that very reason 
. Well done on all you've achieved today (including polishing off the tub of ice cream 
).
Oh dear, Blue, that sounds very stressful. Thank goodness you're going home tomorrow.
Grey - good luck tomorrow.
Does anyone know who's running the thread next month? It's nearly time to set up the new thread.
I wanted to get loads done today to, but didn't fall into the tv/internet trap. Asleep around 11pm still slept through the alarms and struggling to get up though. 
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Really really late, but just wanted to say "I hope you get the result you want" to grey
Astoundingly I've left my iPod, with its flat battery, alone for well over a week.
But I've replaced it with using the lovely new laptop so not so virtuous as it sounds - although I'm certainly not using it as much, since it's a lot more effort to haul it out and switch it on etc rather than checking the iPod a gazillion times a day from the comfort of the sofa.
I've done naff all today beyond Super Skills Time and Wii Fit with the DCs! Legs aching, dizzy head, think I've overdone it a tad. But I'm not back to work til Monday (actually not looking forward to it in the slightest ATM :() so have a little while to recover. DD has the neighbours round currently, they are playing wii together but I still find it kind of stressful having a room full of kids!
I really do need to spruce up the downstairs a little before tomorrow though, as it's pretty much in the same state as when my parents left (although I have done some less obvious stuff) and don't want it to look like we haven't appreciated what mum did, because of course we do! Must go and do some tiny things that WILL add up to the bigger, better picture...
DEM - you clearly needed that sleep.
Who - 73 tweets 
! That's the trouble with Flylady - she just doesn't know when to stop. I still think I should download her app, though, as it might kickstart me.
I would find it stressful to have a roomful of kids too, fuzz, but it sounds like your DD is having fun. Good luck with sprucing up the downstairs.
Used my 'Remember the Milk' app for the first time this morning. Got loads done, but was exhausted by lunchtime! It definitely helped me focus, though.
DS2 has a friend round this afternoon. Am going to take both of them to the playground shortly, hopefully accompanied by DS1. Then we're off to a surprise birthday party later.
I am currently knitting, frogging, swearing and eating chocolate. Off out shortly to run an errand and catch up with a friend. There will be no flying today.
hi all, back briefly but going on ferry back again tomorrow to Eire with ds2.
So slack about housekeeping at moment. My sister said What are your plans for holidays and I said Surviving them..Dh has been looking after ds2 in London for the week as he is not coming with us at all. It has been much quieter and easier without him but slightly boring, as the incentive to get up and organise things has been less I've read four books already. So nice.
sometimes it is nice to have DPs, DHs having the dc on their own for a while for full grasping of the situation to happen. Glad you are having a lovely time Swan bugger about slug-a-geddon though :(
we have decamped to the new thread August's thread
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