New Start November - in which the Friendly Fledglings Flutter and Fly!

[Cagliostro]

Hi all!

Welcome to a brand new month in which we (in a very casual way) follow the FlyLady method to try and banish CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome), and to declutter in order to remove an excess of STUFF (Something That Undermines Family Fun).

A daily BabyStep, plus missions, daily focuses and weekly zones break our time into manageable chunks - all helped by lots of supportive chat and a Naughty Corner stocked with goodies.

All welcome!

Omfg ladies, my kitchen is clean!!!!!! and, I can see my shiny chrome oven racks through my oven door!!!!!! the rest of the house is still a shit tip, and if there was a fire we wouldn't be able to escape with out injury, but my kitchen is clean.

Tada
got up and dressed
emptied bins
cleans bins
broke a bin/chucked it out
put bag in other bin
emptied dishwaser
put away pots
wiped sides that bablets messed up the second they entered the room
swept floor
mopped floor
put stuff away
washed coats, (I need to sell half of them)
cleared and cleaned table
decided on new plans for kitchen
collected avon books

to do
tidy hallway
sort shoes
sort laundry
tidy lounge
sort the table out
sweep and mop throughout
collect and take ds1 to friends house
have order ready for customer later
text remaining customers about their orders

Well done babble! Bet you never want to feed anyone in it again now! That's how I feel when I get mine clean anyway lol

Congrats babble
The burning question now is will you be dirtying oven later or having takeout?!
Bathrooms my clean Haven. Only place that's not a cluttered crapheap.my kitchens not fit fir purpose tbh.its housing association and falling apart in need repair,but I not good at coping houseful workmen at best of times so that's shelved til I feel stronger

X postsafresh

dp is cooking as we speak, I'm half temped to make a start on the living room but feel obliged to stay in the kitchen just to make sure he's not messing it up, although it has to be said hes a much tidier cook than me, despite me having chef experience. Hallway is now also clear, got that done in 10 minutes!!!. But I do need to sort out the tumble dryer cupboard, bablets have decimated it looking for socks this morning.

zoo I'm also in a housing association house, kitchen isn't in bad nick however it is dated so I have to wait until we get through this next inspection, then they will put us on a lifetime tenancy and we can start changing cupboard fronts and interior doors. Cash permitting of course. were not likely to get a new kitchen until 2020 at the very earliest. I desperately want to change interior doors as they are those horrid brown paper/plywood ones, I want pretty white ones with naice handles.

Hello all , haven't caught up properly with thread, just place-marking really as I have certainly done no Flying!

It's been a very sad week here for reasons I won't elaborate on, but just particularly wanted to dive in to send to Grey and to say that sounds incredibly tough (especially when you are the one at home keeping the wheels turning as it were).

Hope you can replace the boiler soon Whoknows as, I don't know about where you are, but it is freezing here atm!

Great to hear that you are feeling better in yourself Babblehag and congratulations on shiny kitchen!!

Ta for links Cag!

Humungous wing flaps to Stilllivinginazoo Toostressy Cotswold ¨Foxes Newchick Purpledaisies Afreshstart Fromwestoeast 8FencingWire Honu Toffee Feetheart PA Ellie and anyone lurking and loads of Fledglings I have missed x

Forgot to wave to Pontification Shannara Dogsbum and loads of others!

Hello everyone. Thanks for links etc Cag.

SC .

Ta da:-
Freakishly productive day at work when boss (usually evil) seemed to be in a good mood and even managed to get some studying done in my break!
DD2 in bath

To do:-
Online food shop
Declutter for 5 mins
DD1 bath
Bedtime
Tea for DH and I - I am starving and not sure what we are going to eat.
Preschool admin
Before bed routine
Hoping to sit and watch 30 mins of rubbish telly
Quick calendar check
Just remembered DD1 thank you cards and gymnastics practise ugh.

missions complete, oh apart from washmore, I'll sort that tomorrow.

Busy day running errands here. Ta das:

Shined sink
Swept kitchen floor
2 mins hot spots
Binned old newspapers
1 load laundry on

Hi all! I'm a bit behind on the thread so will catch up properly tomorrow! Been out most of the day so didn't get much done apart from the usual bits and bobs.

Hi everyone. Sorry not being a good thread leader at the mo! Am a bit all over the shop.

Another early start tomorrow, so here's the links before I forget:

Baby Step 11 - add an inspirational page to your control journal. Or not.

Friday Mission - last one in the kitchen this month, clean that floor but no perfectionism allowed!

Friday's focus is decluttering bags, purses etc. I need to do this again already, how does it build up so fast?!

Right, I should tidy up a bit. Happy Friday one and all!

SC and Cag, hope you are both doing OK too.

Done a bit of detail cleaning today, operation get-straight-for-Christmas is in process I'm thinking long term here

Hi everybody,
just recuperating from a nasty bout of gastric bug so things have slipped.
I feel half human today so hopefully will be able to get a few things done.

Ta das
Dishwasher emptied and loaded
Half the washing hung up before ds started screaming!
Kitchen tidied a bit
Living room tidied a bit

Got lots to do but not feeling that motivated at the moment! In a bit of a housework slump I think.

Morning. Thanks for the links.

Ta da's so far
Er, I am out of bed and have eaten breakfast

To dos
Patch test for hair dye
Pick up letter from post office
Quick shop
15 minutes unpacking
Think about dinner

Also in a housework slump here too

So far I've got me and all the DC up fed and dressed. Taken big two to school. Ran some errands and come home.

Can't work out if I have a headache or I'm tired?
3 year old is being extremely wingey which isn't helping
Baby ds just fed and trying to get to sleep

So, I've managed to empty the dryer (and left the dry stuff on the floor) and reload it again

I will move soon ....

afresh must be slump Friday!! I've been struggling with my depression all week and done very little.today the day pull it back I said to self.ERM,maybe?!
Decide tackle living room in 10min bursts,I divided room into 6.done 20mins,just put aome music on to try motivate a third attack-thatll be half room sorted(bear mind other half involves sofas and dining table,so thus half gets far messier,other half just has hotspots!!)

Think I've been slumping for atleast a week!

On the plus side I have sorted through dds drawers so over 50% of her clothes , nearly filled a bag for charity and thrown out some tatty things

I managed to do the mission and mop the kitchen floor!! Didn't do much else but still...

Just eaten a lot of biscuits but have stuck to my ten minutes of pilates a day this week so that maybe cancels out a couple of the biscuits at least?!

Dickering about on Internet far too much today...

Sink shined
5 mins hot spots
2 lots bedlinen washed and back on beds
2 loads laundry put on
Sitting room hoovered (by DS tho so does that count??!!)
45 mins clearing up back yard

Let me join you in the housework slump! Had a very intense work week so kitchen cleaning didn't get too far, however tonight I've done the cooker hood. So far I have been maintaining the sideboard at the improved state I got it to in half term.
Not slipping back is also a sign of progress!

Friday slump? Pretty certain I am in a 365 day slump (no wait, 366 this year). :o

I have caught up with the thread now, I don't get a chance to read it as often as I'd like at the moment.

I'm so sorry that many here are struggling in various ways. Sending hugs and a whole lot of ice cream to the naughty corner. I don't like gin either so make a Malibu.

Tomorrow's baby step here

Saturday is family fun day so no missions. Last day in zone 2!

I should sleep.