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.

I don't really like having people over TBH because our house is so tiny and dark and messy. I've had to get used to it because of having pupils so it's getting easier but still I wouldn't invite people socially much. The dream is to have a bigger place where we can host game nights etc but at the moment we don't even have a sofa!

Wanted to say thanks for all the flykids missions by the way. I've been far too disorganised to do that or anything really with the Caglets this month, do they just repeat each month? I may make that a March thing. They struggle with a general 'tidy your room!' but specific missions like this would be good for them.

Cag, no idea if they repeat as I just chucked them in on the spur of the moment. Will let you know next month! Shamefully I have never got round to using them for my kids. Might try tomorrow - you have inspired me .

Thinking about it they definitely repeat as I have seen a few before but I'm not sure if there is a pattern to them.

Hi all.Internet's playing up and been manically busy weekend!
afresh we don't have room for visitors and I am an antisocial sod in my own space
cag hope you are feeling better
foxes hope glasses aren't much longer
toostressy well done surviving party and relatives!
fool fab cleaning lists

Waves everyone else
Sat I end up work til 12(from 8am),dd 2 srsy til end of shift (2)she was wrecked when got in but ecstatic not only waitctables but let loose to make toast and brews as it was so busy
Pm we needed food and had trail shops

Sunday was st Davids service at church (called st David its a big deal)and made paper daffs which girls had in hair and D's pinned to his shirt.it's actually Wednesday and if I remember I shall ask zoolets for the Welsh if happy at Davids day then(they learnt that in Sunday school)
Lil ones had extra comic club 2hours after,during which time I did bit more food shop
Town once pick up,walk both way
House chuffing tip.today I HAVE sort it or go mad

Yes zoo

I am glad I'm not the only one who hates having people round. We are buying a bigger house so that'll be good but I still dunno how I'll feel about visitors

Ta Da

Dryer on
First brew nearly drank

Definitely depends on the visitors for me! Love friends coming over. Family is generally ok depending who it is and how long they're staying!! Some of our family have a tendancy to turn up at children's bedtime and then get a bit miffed when they only see children for five minutes looking at you mother in law .

Ta da
DD breakfast and off to nursery
Dishwasher on
Rubbish out, bin out for bin day
Washing folded, some washing hung up
Some toys put away

To do
Living room mission
Declutter in living room
Finish daily routine
Ironing

DS fallen asleep on me going to attempt to transfer him to his bed so I can make a start. I was going to go to a baby group this morning but not sure I can be bothered now...

Morning all.

I had a fairly busy weekend, mostly with nice stuff and I'm on a go slow this morning. I'm hoping a coffee will get me moving. Where's the pointy stick?!

I'm in the "love having people over" camp with the caveat that the house is already tidy and they're laid back. We've got friends coming for the weekend in three weeks and I really want to get some wall painting done. Definitely not today though!

Ta das
Unloaded dishwasher
Fed piggies
Cooked breakfast (!)

To dos
General tidy
Clean bathroom
Empty all the bins
More boring forms for work
Crochet an arm for a hippo
30 mins revision for work

----> for purple

Ta Da

3 brews down
Me and 4DC up fed dressed and out for 840
One load dry
Dryer reloaded
Washer on
All beds stripped
Table cleaned from breakfast

Thanks fresh

--> extra one for purple OE anyone else who needs it

Tadas
Wash on
Fed cat
Empty bins into big bin
Recycling out
Scrub kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard fronts
Make dd2 pasta salad lunch
Made little ones sandwich lunch
Made breakfast
Clean bath
Clean sink
Wash floor
Clean windows
School run
Wash in dryer,more on
Lop down elders taking over side house to near as ground level as poss/destroy evil thick brambles (thanks to next doors loppers)into brown bin
Hoover hall stairs and landing
Clean photos in stairs
Wash hall floor
Clean living room windows
Move sofas (cats enjoyed that ride!!)
And clean behind then Sweep living room floor
Wash in dryer,more on

Bloody hell Zoo

Ta das
Continued daily routine - general tidying downstairs and upstairs , put more washing away
Did living room mission (feel like I just moved mess from one room to another oops!)
Attempted to go to baby group but failed miserably as couldn't find anywhere to park and then ds started crying and I gave up and came back home for a cuppa

I have burned out and am procrastinating play alphabetty/read MN posts

Ta Da

3 brews down
Me and 4DC up fed dressed and out for 840
One load dry
Dryer reloaded
Washer on
All beds stripped
Table cleaned from breakfast
Kitchen bin empty
Bedroom bin empty
Bedroom surfaces cleaned
Bedroom hoovered
Hoover empty

Sorry to be completely AWOL again yesterday, the pointy stick of motivation has certainly worked today though! Loads of laundry and ironing!

I'm putting it down to the pointy stick and not staying off the internet during the day, does make this thread hard to catch up with though resolves to read it later

Hello all,

Ta da:-
Few bits from shop
Some laundry
Dishwasher under control
Tea cooking
School run
5 mins decluttering
Went for run
DD1 has written some birthday cards badly but it feels wrong to force her to do it again
Managed to damage one of DD1's plants she is growing for school and had to confess to the teacher
Sent a couple of work emails

To do:-
DD1 homework or reading - she is very reluctant today
Tea
Evening routine
Put cards in envelopes and put away
Bit more tidying of birthday presents

I tried to encourage the Flykids mission. DD2 showed no interest and DD1 said she didn't have any clothes on the floor of her wardrobe (true) and didn't have anything she wanted to give away .

Ta das
Dinner cooked and kitchen tidied
Children bathed and almost (!!) in bed
Tidied living room
Emptied nappy bin and bathroom bin
Some ironing and clothes put away
Declutter in living room (decluttered toy kitchen!!)
Took some bottles to bottle bank
And best of all - picked up glasses!! Weren't as long as they thought (maybe they wrote down that I sounded pissed off!). It is bliss to be sitting here without dry and tired eyes and I can see the TV properly!
And despite failing to go to baby group in the morning we all went to a new one in the afternoon instead.

Such a busy day I'm totally worn out.

Toostressy love your kids response to the fly kids mission . There is no chance my dd would ever agree to get rid of anything, I have to hide the toys for the charity bag and take them while she is at nursery. Mean but otherwise we'd have no space whatsoever!

Ta da
Evening routine
Some semblance of before bed routine - not perfect but ok
Did some play doh tidying as DD2 got some more kit for her birthday
Calendar check

To do:-
Sort out a double booked party
Watch telly

foxes, yes, they didn't embrace the decluttering! DD2 does sometimes want to give things away but DD1 likes to cling on to them. Fab news about glasses . Your eyes must be so relieved.

Great lists foxes, zoo and Afresh. Cotswold, glad you got lots done, nothing to do with avoiding internet I'm sure .

Purple , I think you have summed it up with having people over if house tidy and they are laid back. Very true.

Big wing flaps to Cag, Mercury, SC, mermaids and everyone else. Links to follow...

Also wing flaps for Fooland

Here is the daily summary for Tuesday...

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

flight plan
should update every day.

We are in Zone 5 this week: the living room

Spend 15 mins (or what you can manage) decluttering in zone 5.

When you have finished decluttering, the detailed cleaning list (if you are at that stage) for Zone 5 is here

The mission for today is: This week, we are in Zone 5, the Living Room/Family Room for two days.
For today put out the fires that are burning in your hotspots and flat surfaces. Put away what needs to be put away and toss what needs to be tossed. Set your timer for 15 minutes and go, go, GO! You can do anything for 15 minutes

The daily focus for Tuesday is: planning. Must try to look at this!

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

Daily reminders:
reminders

Lots of babysteps as I put the wrong one on yesterday and tomorrow is the last day of Feb:
Baby-step no 27 - what’s for dinner – menu planning

Baby-step no 28 - take care of yourself

Baby-step no 29 - schedule some ‘you’ time, possibly with one of the Flylady pamper missions

Baby-step no 30 - look ahead on your calendar for upcoming birthdays

Baby-step no 31 - think about signing up for the individual emails (as there can be quite a lot of them, we would advise caution!)

Flykids mission seems to be the same as yesterday:
www.flylady.net/c/flykids.php?tzm=0

Happy flying. I'll start a new thread at some point tomorrow evening for March.

Morning all

Yesterday I managed to spend about an hour on our bedroom. It looks much better now. I ......

Changed the bedding
Emptied the bin
Tidied dps mess
Put away all clothes
Wiped the surfaces
Hoovered

It's one of the rooms that's fairly easy to maintain once it's been done so I'll spend five mins on it after and aim to not let it slip into chaos.

I might try and spend an hour on one of the dcs rooms after although they are not so easily maintained as my three year old is a bit of a tornado.

Morning all,

Ta da:-
Morning routine
Been to shop

To do:-
Put away shopping
Exercise DVD
Look at some work if I get a chance
Make pancake batter with DD2- even though it seems I am the only one who actually wants pancakes . I love them though so we are making them .
Go to bank
Figure out what I can serve with pancakes for tea for those who don't want them.
School meeting so possibly library after school to kill time before the meeting

Later:-
Decluttering
Work prep if didn't do any earlier
Online food shop
Sort out party clash as forgot to do it yesterday

Morning all x
Worked a long arsed shift yesterday so didn't get a lot done so on it today. Going to tackle upstairs today hopefully will be back later

Morning everyone. I woke up quite early today as the others were up getting ready for the aquarium (home ed trip). I'm going to have a gentle wander and lunch ON MY OWN - bliss in town in a bit, but so far I've been alternating rest with a little tidying in the living room as I have pupils this week possibly including one who has never been here before - I always went to them, to their lovely big TIDY house, but we've had to change it as I can't manage walking there really. Eek!

It leads me to ask for some advice. DUST. Oh god the dust is horrendous, really fluffing horrendous. I am always amazed at people who only need to vacuum once a week - HOW?! We have to once a day absolute minimum. But things like the piano - which needless to say is now my main source of income so I can't have it looking gross - is just an absolute dust magnet. My laptop too, doesn't matter how often I wipe it, dust just instantly congregates.

I am a total numpty when it comes to household stuff, what do I need to lessen this dust issue? Damp wiping works better than dry right? But do I need to use some kind of polish/spray stuff? I really hate using chemicals like that as I'm super sensitive to the smell. But at my limit with the damn dust. Any advice would be most welcome!