Fledglings flapping and flying in February - the Flylady thread

[TooStressyForMyOwnGood]

Hello all and welcome to the February Flylady thread! Welcome to all current posters and also to any returners plus of course anyone who would like to join. The more the merrier.

We are a friendly group who (sort of) follow the Flylady system in hopes of a more organised home and life. Some of us manage that better than others .

It's my first time running this thread so here we go with links... Please if anything is wrong feel free to correct me. Hopefully it will all go swimmingly this month but I apologise in advance for anything not slick! I'm starting a day early as have work tomorrow and I am slow at this but will try to stay on the old thread until tomorrow. Thanks so much for doing the December and January threads Cotsowold.

We are in zone 5 for the first few days of the month.

Flylady advises decluttering for 15 mins a day. I tend to manage 5 but I know lots of people have great results with 15.

I can't figure out how to post the individual missions (I will get better, I hope!) so as a treat here is the sneak peak for the rest of the week which has all the missions www.flylady.net/c/sp.php#missions

Feb 1st's mission is to clean our vents!!

If you have already decluttered then you could start some detailed cleaning www.flylady.net/d/zones/detailed-cleaning-zone-5/

For a summary of what's going on, go to www.flylady.net/c/lp.php or just follow this thread . Sometimes the Flylady website takes a little while to catch up on a new month.

Newbies, welcome, have a look around the Flylady website - it can sometimes be a bit disorganised. Unless you want to, beware of signing up for her emails - there are hundreds and all the info is on the website anyway. Here is the getting started link [[http://www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/

I'll post the baby step and Wednesday's daily focus next.

Hope you git some bits done before school run afresh
Second cupboard sorted
Wash on final spin before goes into dryer.I've def peaked!!
Glad dd2 just wants roasted veg and jacket spud for tea with cheese.I have same.lil zoo on vegan pesto with bunny pasta(takes5 mins!who hoo)not sure if D's will eat anything,but doubt be complicated!!

I have managed to look in some BRCs today! A few bits chucked and rehomed. Lately I've always ended up panic tidying at literally the last possible minute before pupil arrives at 8pm so I'm quite pleased I've managed to do better than that. Caglets helped a bit too. They're now playing Wii Fit, we dug it out as DD was doing yoga at the bus stop yesterday. :o

Need to put a wash on, wouldn't bother but I need to give my friend back the jumper I borrowed! Must pack for tomorrow as well - busy day, a friend is coming round in the morning for her DS to try maths with me :) and then we'll be getting the bus to home ed gym together, so won't have time to pack. Need Badgers uniform, library books to return, gym stuff, a few bits (including jumper) for friend...

Ty for the stick zoo

Before school run I -

Washed all pots
Washed bottles
Sterilised half bottles
Tidied table and worktops
Wiped table and worktops
Emptied dryer and half put away
Put on washer
Swept kitchen
Emptied both bins
Started online shop
Tidied the crap behind the door
Matched some odd socks

Not bad I don't think!

The stick worked! I've been out for a mega trip and come back again. The paint I wanted is being discontinued in B and Q so saved a fortune but my local one only had one tin of a colour I needed two of so it was a trek to another and I've got what I wanted. Five tins, £60 cheaper than it should have been and all I have to do now is start painting...

I've also managed a mega food shop with some bargains for tea and a trip to the charity shop. I am now officially back on the sofa.

Ta das
Cleaned the windows, and the frames etc
Started dinner

To do
Finish dinner and clean up kitchen
Beds
Clean the windowsill
Declutter in kitchen

Hmm...Not sure I'm going to get it all done I've been a bit lazy this afternoon!

foxes you did today's mission and the basics,that's not lazy you wanna see lazy come round to me
purple oooh bonus.love a brucey bargain.well done on fit shopping in too
afresh excellent list!

I declare naughty corner officially open for evening. Bars stocked, choc supplies are no longer at critical levels(think critical as in on a par with Spanish courgettes in tescos/tesco/insert your fave store!!)
Puffs up comfy seats,beanbags and puts on kettle

Forgot cag shame on you zoo,shame
Sounds like a productive day.yoga a bus stop made me .good luck for tomorrows busy schedule

Errr sorry Zoo you don't get to use the word lazy! I've seen your lists madam I'm not sure you know the meaning of the word!!! :o

I need to carry on tidying up. For all the BRC-sorting the living room is still a bit of a tip.

X posts, thanks zoo :o TBH yoga at the bus stop is a pleasant change from cartwheeling and doing handstands everywhere

Ta das
Dinner finished and kitchen tidied
Cleaned windowsill
Decluttered two kitchen cupboards (turns out I have a LOT of stock cubes!)

To do
Beds (dh has assured me he will do this...)

I was meant to be doing something now but I've sat down and totally forgotten what it was.

cag hope she wears trousers or clean drawers before handstands
foxes no stock cube hoarding here,I found 3empty cereal boxes shove back cupboard(grrrrr dp),a box cereal I thought dd2had eatenAND some risotto rice(thought I was out of that)
Proves I need keep on top cupboards-i admit I do feel anxious if they aren't full,so do tend keep th well stocked (albeit just equivalent one double cupboard)
I still gave plenty BRC,I seem forget not to repeat habit as I dejunk and then reload bags in blind panic!!
On the lazy front,I start day guns blazing and often fizzle out by 11am n lay sofa watch crap TV/sleeping.That's the depression for you

Hello all, finished work but have a preschool meeting tonight. Back after that with links and to catch up with thread etc and some quick personals.

*lost

Thanks, Zoo, I seem to have lost my post where I was heading into the naughty corner. You must be a mind reader!

I still gave plenty BRC,I seem forget not to repeat habit as I dejunk and then reload bags in blind panic!!

I'm sure I don't know what you mean... 😳

Beds all changes thanks to dh! Happy days. Now time to try desperately to get this baby to SLEEP. Apparently he doesn't want to sleep anymore. Ever. And when he feeds he whacks me repeatedly and occasionally bites. Ouch. Any baby experts out there care to shed any light on this out of control 5 month old?!

He's testing touch and feel with hands and mouth.biting-a loud squeal terrifies some baby's to stop (I've heard)I stuck finger into their mouths to break the sucking latch and remove Boob.soon get fed up biting disrupts mealtimes (disclaimer.worked on mine,can't guarantee non zoo gene children)
cag
fool you're welcome
I've neglected pinterest n hung out here a lot today.I now need eat and chill watch TV.hope everyone has good evening.keep a chair free for cotswold in naughty corner should she pop in!!

Thanks zoo , I've tried de latching but he's not yet getting the message! He is lucky he is cute tbh because he is driving me mad!

I really have lost my flying mojo.

Hello all, just back from meeting, need to eat and get ready for work tomorrow so am going to post links next.

Hello to all, Fooland, you need zoo's motivational stick. Big wing flaps to everyone else. Will do proper personals tomorrow, hope nobody minds.

Here is the daily summary for Thursday...

All information also available on the Flylady website www.flylady.net. The

flight plan
should update every day.

We are in Zone 2 this week: the kitchen

Spend 15 mins (or what you can manage) decluttering in Zone 2.

When you have finished decluttering, the detailed cleaning list (if you are at that stage) for Zone 2 is here

The mission for the day is: we are decluttering this month and I bet your trash can is getting a beating. Today let's take the trash out and wash out the can. Wipe the outside of debris, food, and spills. I like to spray mine with Lysol every time I take the garbage out.

The daily focus for Thursday is: errand day

The monthly habit for February is to declutter for 15 mins a day which is a brilliant habit!

Daily reminders reminders (radio show times are probably not accurate for UK but can listen to previous shows/podcasts)

Flykids mission:
Today we are going to go after all those video game discs, music discs, dvds and video tapes.

It is time to gather them all up from wherever they are in the house. Put them back into their cases or wherever their proper home is. I know that they end up on the floor, on top of the tv, the tables and more! While you are doing this if you find things that you just do not love or play with anymore, take them to Mom or Dad and let them know that you are ready to bless someone else with them. Remember what I always say: less stuff to clean and put away means more time to play!

Happy flying.

Thanks for the links. My flying mojo is missing in action but the fear of the pointy stick is definitely good enough to get me moving!

I've got an early start with taking the guinea pig to the vet for yet another routine dental but I think that's good. I'm having a major wobble about some paint I bought today so I'm going to paint the wall with it and see if I like it. It's just a bit more purple than I thought it would be.

I'm going to do my very delayed hour of home cleaning. It's amazing what a difference it makes if it isn't done.