Neat and clean in 2017 - it's the January Flylady thread

[CotswoldStrife]

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Welcome to the January Flylady thread, where we try and maintain our nests in good order by following the Flylady method. We'll post links each day to the Flylady website for the babysteps, daily focus and extra missions in the current zone. The habit of the month is shining your sink (or whatever other place in your home motivates you).

If you are just starting, Flylady recommends decluttering the weekly zone before doing the detailed cleaning and not to do too much at once!

All are welcome, so feel free to join us anytime.

Afternoon all

Ta da's

Beds made
Coral exercises done with DD
Rabbits fed and watered
Dinner underway DD is making, I am supervising

To do's
But paying for dd's room
Help DH move wardrobe
After dinner clear up.
Load of washing

Can't think of anything else at the mo.

Hi all, such a busy day so not done everything I wanted to, might have to do some tomorrow.

Ta das
Dinner cooking
Bought some little baskets for the bathroom
Dishwasher emptied
Washing up
Rubbish out to bins

To do
Finish daily routine
Sort out towels
Sort out socks
Ironing
Some detail cleaning of bathroom
Decluttering in spare room

Hmm...Think a lot of this will be carrying over to tomorrow!!

zoo must have crossed post with you. Your poor dd, hope you managed to get appt. for someone to see her.

cotswold nowt wrong with a non-productive day!

cag well done on your productive day. Since you are knackered, I think not doing another is okay really.

Ta-da today:
Made bed
Washing put away
Washing hung up to dry
Clothes sorted for tomorrow
Bags ready for tomorrow

To-do
Last edit of Ocado order
Do yesterday's mission in bathroom
Clean bathroom floor
Tidy living room (for grown up time)

Ta das
Kitchen tidied
Daily routine all finished
New baskets set up in the bathroom (I love how organised it looks!)
Did 10 minutes ironing
Sorted all the odd socks and put them away
Nappy bin emptied (thanks dh!)
15 minutes yoga

Just had a posh coffee, DD in bed , baby asleep on dh and dh has the day off work tomorrow - feeling pretty relaxed (could do with a snack though but really trying not to stuff my face in the evenings as been doing a bit too much of that recently )

Tomorrow I will sort the towels out!

Hi all. Busy week. Childcare up the wall so we are a bit too. Ta da's:
Bathrooms scrubbed with Vim ( remember that stuff?) I saw it in home bargains and grabbed it!
Kitchen reorganised and potty training success!

Sooo tired this evening. Managed to get DD to tap and I'm really pleased with how much home ed stuff we got done.

I did dinner though, despite being so epically tired and grumpy.

I still need to put another wash on though. And the living room is a pit despite it being really quite clean this morning (comparatively speaking).

Need book app for gp Fri,can do it tomorrow. Swabs results weren't in.try again tom
cag its the blackcurrant. I was watch embarrassing bodieson free view other day(old episodes) kid bedwetting c urologist.apparently red drinks irritate bladder,esp blackcurrant. We can't drink orange.Shea had fair bit,all prior 5pm.made wee when went up yo read and again before settle to sleep.think half prob strip out warm onesie to get cold and Tiddle!!

Tadas
Bathroom
Clean will
Wash windows
Empty bin
Wash floor,skirts and bath panel
Hall,stairs, landing
Hoover and wipe skirts
Clean photos on stairwell
Clean bannister
Wash hall floor
Liv room
Clear and clean dining table and all chairs
Clean and clean coffee table
Sweep floor
Dust
Kitchen
Wipe surfaces
Clean cubord fronts
Wipe hob
Wash floor

Along making mash with hummus for lunch and soup for dd2supper

She is tired in a flu like way?slept from 10-12 and was still grumpy when git up hungry(had only had yogurt fir breakfast)not sure what to do with her

What ho fledglings!

Have not really read the thread properly but wanted to say "thank you" to those of you who have pm'ed me! Will reply tomorrow!

Also, sorry to see so many of you are ailing! Wishing you all speedy recoveries! (Zoo could your little zoolet have quinsy by any chance? I'm no medical expert but could be worth checking out? Poor thing, she has been suffering for so long with bad throat etc. Fantastic list there btw!)

In fact, speed reading down the thread I can see that there are some amazing lists there - fabtastically done everyone -

Aw Foxes fancy your dd thinking you were giving the baby away too bless her!

Cag sorry you are feeling rough today but you have been doing some amazing Flying and home edding!!

Grey hope you are enjoying your new abode and that return to work has not been too onerous!

Cheeky oh yes, I am certainly old enough to remember Vim and wierd bog roll like tracing paper I hadn't realised Vim is still being sold in fact!

Thanks for links Cotswold and hope all newcomers are doing ok! Everyone seems to be enormously busy anyway!

Oh and on the subject of board games for littlies - I have always found Haba toys to be really good - they always include a form to fill in and send off if you happen to lose a part - and they send it back personally adressed to your child! Tier auf Tier is good (stacking animals). We still play it now sometimes!!

Back from weekend plus two lovely days holiday (teaching days) in the countryside. Felt very indulgent to have four days off just after two weeks plus three weekends of Christmas hols - and I am sure with the level of bureaucracy being what it is here, the teachers need two extra days to plough through it all - but then the school wonders why exam results are below par because what with humungously long hols, loads of teaching days, weeks off for tests and assessments and reports, first week of every term spent faffing with timetables/admin/lack of text books, every Wednesday afternoon off, last week of each term doing literally naff all - there isn't actually any time for teachers to teach and students to learn!!! Arrgggghh!! Perhaps that's the idea ... .

Anyway, all that aside it was bracingly cold but lovely! (Although we have mahoosively miscalculated how long it is going to take to get wreck2 even vaguely habitable of course.) Saw two hares, a heron, three partridges and two pheasants and lots of moles. Cut down a hedge. Explored surroundings a bit. Bought brushes. Bought hoover. Bought mop and bucket. Picked a deep fat fryer (would you believe it?) out of hedge that someone had kindly chucked there, along with some tin cans. Charming!

One huge benefit of not having installed wi-fi yet/having no tv, is that dd automatically does loads of hwk out of sheer boredom. Dh needs wi-fi there to work but we are going to look in to ways of just having it in one area (I'm hopelessly non-tech, so not sure if this is poss) or just via one specific router or some'at.

Back home and have done the following ta das:
unpacked food
unpacked clothing etc
emptied dw
fed and watered furry one
washed muddy dog harness and lead
cleaned and polished dd jodhpur boots and mended with super glue
wrote some rather belated New Year cards
made veggie burgers for supper with remains of all the veg in the fridge drawer
hwk supervision (this took a while)
ironed dd school uniform
filled dw
filled wms for overnight washes
carried laundry downstairs
triage laundry for fortnightly ironing lady (pray she turns up)

Then spent the rest of the time ploughing through the academic choices that dd has to take next year (is she passes through to 3rd year that is, which is currently far from certain). Basically these choices (subjects categorised as academic, professional, semi-professional, trade) determine one's entire future career ... at the age of 13 .... . So no pressure there then... . Fortunatley, have until April to decide!

Tomorrow need to:
sort dh shirts
sort boudoir
do more laundry
sort out food planning (going to pot with living between two locations)
write shopping list
grocery shopping
more NY cards + parcels
dye Barnet Fair
make get well card for friend
cook for friend and deliver (tomorrow or Thurs)
make cakes (tomorrow or Thurs)
get passport photos
eyebrows and nails
renew carte d'identité (tomorrow or Thurs)
make dd proper lunch of ???
rendez-vous with fish van
fish for supper??

Sorry - no more personals - dh flown off to Canada - so need to lock up and do the rounds before bed.

Humungous waves to everyone I have missed! G'night all!

[Sorry, that was a bit of an essay wasn't it? ]

I remember Vim in a cardboard tube with the metal sifter thing at the top, if it got wet it was finished - is it in plastic now?

That does sound a bit like glandular fever to me, esp the exhaustion. Ask for a blood test if you ever get to see the GP!

Waves to SC, zoo, Cag, cheeky, foxes, fool, Rshard, freshstart and stressy!

Going to do the links and then creep into bed with a game for a bit. Bit of diary juggling to do tomorrow as some times have changed for the upcoming weekends. Bit of a pain but not unmanageable.

Sleep well, my little fledglings (see, I'm going to bed early-ish like the babystep said. A rare case of me doing something I've posted about. Treasure this day, it may not happen again for a while ...)

The daily summary for Wednesday (also available on the Flylady website at flight plan which should update automatically each day.

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Baby-step no 18 - read Flylady’s 11 commandments

We are in Zone 3 this week: the bathroom and one other room

Spend 15 mins decluttering in Zone 3.

When you have finished decluttering, the detailed cleaning list (if you are at that stage) for Zone 3 is here

Mission for Wednesday throw away your more mature make-up in the bathroom and dispose of any odd socks from the laundry

The daily focus for Wednesday is: anti-procrastination

The monthly habit for January is shine your sink

daily reminders

Morning all

Been up about an hour but struggling to get going today. I've developed a cold and slept badly due to being all blocked up and unable to breath

Anyway

DC3+4 are up. Baby is fed and changed. Dd watching Bob the builder. I've just finished by brew so going to sort out washing and finish last nights pots

sc I enjoyed reading your post.

cotswold I hope you took a photo of yourself going to bed early to prove that you did

afresh ugh at cold - that'll sap your energy right up. Give yourself some TLC.

I didn't manage to clean the bathroom floor last night. Oh well. Will try tonight.

Ta-da so far today:
Bath cleaned - pretty impressed with myself

Right, am off to work. Have a productive day everyone.

Arf at "bed selfies"

Good to have you back FoolandFitz! Well done re: bath cleaning! Small steps and all that ... bath yesterday ... floor today ... = perfect Flying technique! Hope work not too onerous.

[Hands over hot honey and lemon drink to Afreststart] Hope you feel better soon.

So cold outside (and in this house generally) that it is taking mahoosive efforts to stir myself to do things. I can see my breath in the laundry room! Have made large cardboard box "refuge" for rabbits with lots of cozy hay. Took furry one for walk this morning and he enjoyed "skating" over frozen puzzles. I am now about to vaseline his paws

Dw unloaded. Washing machines on. More NY cards done. Hall tidied. Ironing lady not turned up as frequently happens (first world prob) so going to tackle that this afternoon while watching recording of Interior Design Beeb prog (always good for a chuckle; usually owing to the male presenter's trousers ).

Before that; going to take my old lady trolley and hit the supermarket [groan]

Warp up warm everyone!

Argh so fallen off the ladder. Poorly gizlots are not helping and I feel rough as too. Currently have them both off school. Littlest one has finally fallen asleep, eldest will be back at school tomorrow!

Ill come and join you at the bottom of the ladder gizlot. Head still hurting-think I need to get antibiotics which might be more of an endeavour giving I'm not registered with a gp at the moment (house move). So far my ta da's are only getting out of bed, having a shower, going to a shop and sitting in a coffee shop. I'm making brownies when I get home but not sure if I'll be going out for the dinner that they're pudding for.

Afternoon all! Bed selfies - not of me, no-one wants to see that trust me!

Spent most of the day so far out of the house, dashing round now to make a difference before anyone else gets home!

Waves to freshstart, fool, SC, Gizlots and Purple.

Scans horizon for zoo, grey, Rshard, foxes, newchick and I hope stressy is beating the essay!

Ta das
Daily routine all done
Sorted out all my bedsheets and towels , binned loads of old cushions and dh taking old towels to work to use as rags. Need to find somewhere that might take a sleeping bag still in good condition. We have ordered some nice new towels too!

To do
Some detail cleaning in the bathroom
Ironing

I don't have any old make up to sort through so don't need to do that mission! I have so little make up I use it all!

I have choc orange brownies in the oven, have cleaned the kitchen and put the dishwasher on. Caffeine is a wonderful thing.

foxes it's nice when a mission comes up that isn't relevant or you've already done. We haven't been in the house long enough to have empty bottles hanging around th me bathroom. I felt smug when that came up.

purple yes I love feeling a bit smug when something comes up that I've already got sorted , I could use the extra time to do something else useful but am watching stick man with dd instead I've only seen it probably 1627383 times. I also felt smug about the empty bottles one but then when I actually checked I found quite a lot round the bath .

PS chocolate orange brownies you say?! I'm jealous!

So ta da...

Littlest gizlot to drs, not an a&e job unless he gets any worse... fingers crossed..even calpols magic formula is failing!

Biggest gizlot back to school tomorrow, luckily I'm not working so littlest will stay off another day!

Tomorrow I will hopefully get some washing done as I am feeling noticeably better...

Thanks foxes...it's this recipe. It's officially a "slump cake" but basically tastes like brownies. It's really good. I'm still getting used to the oven so it's caught a bit but I'll just eat that bit myself. I don't bother with blitzing the marmalade-the chunks of orange are really nice.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/storiesfromthestove.net/2012/03/27/chocolate-marmalade-slump-cake/amp/?client=safari