Welcome to the October 2016 Fledgling Flying thread!
Come and park your broomsticks mops and buckets here!
This is where, from the 1st of the month, we attempt to declutter and follow the 30-step wisdom of Flylady (minus cutesy language and a surfeit of e-mails) with lots of chat and support and mutual motivation (and 
of course) along the way.
More info available here , here, here and here.
As usual we will be following a three-pronged approach - and don't worry - we are all at different stages. (Some of us are still stuck at the decluttering stage after quite a few years 
):
- repeat or start baby steps (again!)
- repeat baby steps + do 15 mins a day decluttering in the current zone
or
- reinforce babysteps and do daily missions if you have finished decluttering.
And those of you who have decluttered and are really enthusiastic can throw some detailed cleaning in to the mix as well!
The idea is that we focus on short, ring-fenced, daily bursts of activity (steps and routines) that will help our homes run (more or less!) on "automatic pilot" allowing us to do far more interesting things instead!
This is a very long-running thread so we may appear cliquey but we really aren't! All newcomers, long-termers, lurkers and intermittent returnees not only welcome to join in but positively encouraged to do so!
Helpful pointers: No perfectionism allowed! If it took a while to create the current C.H.A.O.S. (can't have anyone over syndrome) in your home, then it will probably take a while to reverse the situation (you can't clean clutter!). Small steps are the key! And you are never behind: just jump in where you are at!
Any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
Good luck!
] You still managed to get a good list done though!
at your puppy dressed up but sulking!
. We cancelled our party on Sat because of dd being ill. And this afternoon she is having to turn down lots of last minute invitations from friends as she is much better but not better enough to be up late/out in cold ifyswim. I feel such a killjoy but we are travelling this week and she needs to be totally fit. Nothing worse for a teen than feeling they are missing out on what the group is doing though.
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