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

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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.

Ta Da

Dryer emptied
Washing out of washer into dryer
Washer reloaded
Kitchen bin empty
Pots
Table cleaned

To do

Put away dry washing
Clean worktops
Clean out pets
Declutter stairs

Morning fledglings!too crazy here yesterday to post!

We did clear schoolbags (as my handbags broken)last night.loving that extra to the routine as no nasty surprised leaking out on Monday!!

So went gp.he look ears(fine)throat(red)up nose(also swollen,but red)
Suggest try treat as allergy-nasal spray and anti histamine although he clutch at straws as that wouldn't explain exhaustion.its a start somewhere situation.have a week see that helps.
Meanwhile raft bloods be done-full vit n mineral screen,incl ferrutin level.inflammation and infection marker screens,glandular fever check,and full blood count.we had go hospital to get that done at children's blood taking. She was fret self silly as D's had blood few years back and scare her how awful bloods are(he the child from hell with needles)she was very brave and nearly killed him later for get her work up over nothing
Now we wait...
Swabs back,nothing shouldn't be in throat (gp had said read notes was expecting pus filled tonsils and script antibiotics)bloods should be in Tues or wed.

Today would've been dp mums birthday (she due sept fir newbies)she would've been 70.I took zoolets to local nature reserve to feed birds,something she loved to do,and we said prayers.was lovely and as we walk home suns rays peep thru clouds and dd2comment how that always makes her feel like the rays are from heaven
Community cafe is doing a "binner" tonight-save from bin dinner.all the stuff picked up from supermarkets be made into a spread of hot meals and buffet stuff showcasing the cafe ideas and principles and is a (rare)evening event rather than just a breakfast/lunch thing 3x a week.for £7 a head(kids go free) you can have as much ss yoi want to eat,costs allow fir heating,fuel expenditure and promoting the junk food project.I not help serve up(starts at 8pm,too late for lil zoo) but we are help prep (me food/zoolets tables etc)at 3pm onwards,so busy day!!

Sorry for the essay!!
Ta das
Fed cats
Fed zoolets
Wipe bath
Wipe sink
Bleach loo
2load wash on( first in dryer)
Pop shop bread/milk etc

Our walk

foxes- is soup a mainmeal mine love boiled potatoes add bowl soup that's not everyone's cuppa and a mix of good crusty bread and either cheese scones or some savoury muffins(mine very partial carrot,parsnip n cheese muffins.slurp)

zoo those savoury muffins sound wonderful! What a lovely tribute to your mil. Hope you get some answers about your dd soon.

Ta das
Daily routine all done including all the new towels washed and drying
Made the soup for lunch it's nearly ready and smelling good
Dh has made bread (can't wait to try it!)
Dh cleaned out dishwasher filter yuck

To do
Clean washing machine
Ironing
Declutter handbag
Mop bathroom floor
Polish mirrors

Hi everyone,

zoo that sounds very thorough by your GP which is good and it's great she has had blood taken already (not great for her but that they have been done and that the results will be in soon iyswim.

Ta da:-
DDs have done dancing
Lunch
Some kind of laundry happening (done by DH so will need to do an investigation in a bit!)
Plan made for next bit of assignment which is great
DD1 homework

To do:-
School event later
Need to cut lots of words out of one part of assignment and haven't got a bloody clue how to cut it down much further. Will have to get on with it tonight and just not go to bed til it's done. Seriously had enough now.
Bath and bed etc
DH going to go food shopping in a bit to save me doing it online to give me more time for assignment.
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Afternoon all, DH is out all day today. DD has been to her morning activity, we have had lunch and will go out for the afternoon shortly.

Today - unloaded dishwasher, have laundry to hang up to dry.

I will be back later tonight!

Ta das
Did lots of ironing and put it all away
Put dishwasher on again
Tidied living room again

Didn't get everything on my list done but I was being optimistic. We have a stroppy 3 yo today and she is having microwave pizza for dinner the aim now is to get her into the bath and into bed as soon as possible and then have pizza , wine and chocolate (January had been going so well for healthy eating until now!).

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekends.

zoo that sounds a lovely way to remember your mum

Yet again, I'm the slacker on the thread Not done much at all today, but had a lovely afternoon with DD just mooching round the mall and spending some of her Christmas money. Tea at McD's and then a bit extra when DH got himself a takeaway when he arrived home

It's our last free weekend because of various things for about a month, so I am going to enjoy it! It will be fun, just need to pull myself together for planning purposes.

Links next!

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

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Baby-step no 22 - keep building your control journal

No zone work or missions at the weekends – woo hoo, enjoy!

The daily focus for Sunday is: renew your spirit

The monthly habit for January is shine your sink

daily reminders

Ta da:-
Loads of words cut out of latest part of assignment .

Unfortunately managed to knock over shredder and obviously too late to get Hoover out now plus living room covered in toys. Rest of house acceptable though.

Going to do 5 min sort out of bags for tomorrow then I am done!

Also DH did food shop so will forgive him for not tidying toys

Morning all

I managed to go to bed with house reasonably presentable downstairs at least so that was nice to get up to

However I have just taken in my food shop and dumped it all over the kitchen and I cannot be arsed to put it away!

Waiting on the dryer finishing then will reload both that and the washer, and wash the kids breakfast pots

We also had takeaway last night after a fairly healthy month so far. Neither of us could face cooking. I hate the expense of takeaway though. I just think what I could get from the supermarket for that £30+

Morning all,

afresh, I reckon you could view that takeaway as a treat as it sounds as if it's the first time this month! Totally sympathise with the putting shopping away. I find it takes ages, mainly because DD2 'helps'.

DDs have properly, properly argued over a toy this morning so frog marched them to breakfast and to get dressed. Now playing as if best of friends but will probably be arguing again in 20 mins . On the plus side all up and dressed earlier than usual now for a Sunday.

Ta da:-
All up and dressed
Breakfast

To do:-
Laundry
Dishwasher
DDs' hair
Take DD1 to activity - DH off this weekend and going to stay at home with DD2 so I can get half an hour of work done at DD2's activity.
Plan for later is hopefully DH will occupy both girls so I can shut myself in a room and get on with last main bit of assignment.

How old are dds stress?

Ta Da

Shopping away

To do

Reload washer and dryer
Fold dry washing
Wash pots
Sterilise bottles

They are 3 (nearly 4) and 6 so good agesfor playing together, most of the time!

Ta da:-
One load laundry
Dishwasher
40 mins studying

Morning everyone! I'm still in bed another bad night with ds. HR really doesn't want to sleep at the moment. Ever. I can hear dh downstairs getting the hoover out and emptying bins and such and he was also woken up a lot last night so feeling a bit guilty now. Should probably get up and do something useful.

Does anyone else feel really motivated when they first get up and then sit down on the sofa and the motivation just vanishes. I need to stop myself from sitting on the sofa in the first place...

Ha, *he not HR

Ta das
Cleaned bathroom floor
Polished all the mirrors
Dusted downstairs furniture
Emptied nappy bin
Emptied bathroom bin and cleaned the bin
Cleaned back of toilet and sink
Cleaned towel rail
Did daily routine
Dh hoovered downstairs

And now I've sat down so probably won't move again for some time!

Totally with you there foxes I just feel... inert!

Yesterday was lovely - DH's birthday so we went to a nearby town for lunch and a wander and to buy more board games in the chazzer :) so bloody achy though.

Ta da:-
Load of rough work done for mini essay
All eaten tea
DDs drinking milk
Laundry under control (ish)

To do:-
Bath and bed time
Before bed routine
5 mins decluttering
Send email about one of DD1's activities
Quick calendar check
Turn rough pile of thoughts into something I can actually hand in as an assignment

Re. the sitting down, yes, although I find that a problem in the evenings. In the day I think I will do all this stuff once DC in bed. It gets to that point and I am so tired and stuff takes so much longer than I hope! Fatal to properly sit down in the first place.

Not a problem at the moment as am seriously concerned about this assignment so have the fear now and the only place I am sitting for long periods at home is the computer!

I have had a busy week at work so have just been scanning the thread and picking up the tasks. I've kept the house in fairly good order so am delighted with myself. Usually when work is busy I let the housework slide as I have an excuse but this year I have been making a conscious effort to prioritise housework - a first for me! I'm finding the more I do the more I want to keep doing!

Ta das:
Weekly shopping done
One washload
Dishwasher filled and emptied
Floors swept and mopped
15 minutes of ironing
Laundry folded and put away
Beds changed
Cutlery drawer cleaned and tidied
Dinner cooked, soup made for the week and lunches sorted for tomorrow.

Another busy week ahead so I'm hoping my Sunday Well spent leads to a week of content as they say!

Inertia should be my username - or 'don't turn the laptop on'!

Once again, my threadmates put me to shame with their successes. I did clean a bit of the (f)utility room today, but it is so small that even half of it is not a great deal. Almost only almost caught up on the washing up too. Kitchen is looking better probably because sorting out the futility room means I can hide stuff in there

Will do the links next. At least with MN being so slow this week I'm not spending hours reading it. Every cloud ...

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

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Baby-step no 23 - afternoon/get home from work routine

We are in Zone 4 this week: the master bedroom and en-suite if applicable

Spend 15 mins decluttering in Zone 4.

When you have finished decluttering, the detailed cleaning list (if you are at that stage) for Zone 4 is here

Mission for Monday attack the clothes pile!

The daily focus for Monday is: weekly home blessing hour

The monthly habit for January is shine your sink

daily reminders

Evening all. Behind with thread as ever ATM but hope everyone OK.

Too much happening to list and must get to bed but suffice to say living between two premises is fun but complex (and I am going to have to impose some rules about luggage and random bags permanently in hall and radically adapt meal planning).

Re: sitting down thing: basically I try not to during the day, or I fall asleep! Must be my age I think. But with dh away so much, and DD at school, and working from home, I could really allow myself to go to pot if I didn't impose a bit of discipline upon myself. (V different from your situation Foxes being seriously sleep deprived from continual broken nights with little uns.)

Lace up shoes help I find, although I know not to everyone's taste. And definitely do not sit down at night until I've got everything done, because it's so hard to get up and going again, particularly at this dark, cold time of year. So really I do my evening routine during afternoon but impractical if working outside of home of course.

Zoo that sounds like a lovely way of remembering your mum

Toostressy hope you got the assignment finished

EleonorRigby top Flying marks!!

Big waves to everyone else