Fledglings flying high in July - the Flylady thread

[TooStressyForMyOwnGood]

Hello and welcome to July's Flylady thread! This is a lovely friendly thread where we follow (sort of) the Flylady system in the hope of having organised homes. Some of us are more successful at this than others ;).

Newcomers are very welcome, please don't be put off by any abbreviations or general gossip. Please join in the gossip.

Every day the thread leader (me this month) will post information about the next day. This will be the current zone we are in, the decluttering/ tidying mission and the habit for the day / month. Generally this is done the evening before.

All information is available on the Flylady website www.flylady.net. On the website there is information for beginners. You can also sign up to the Flylady emails -
we would advise caution as there are hundreds of them.

We post our achievements (ta das) and our to do lists and any other general chatter about life / flying.

There will be lots of information on this thread and you can also have a look around the (confusing at times) Flylady website:-

Information on getting started: www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/

The launch pad is also a good starting place:www.flylady.net/c/lp.php

Fly stands for Finally Loving Yourself. The general idea is that short bursts of tidying / organisation are more achievable than marathon efforts. Flylady advises 15 minute bursts is effort but you can tweak this to fit your own circumstances.

It is not a miracle and sometimes the missions are very optimistic but I work on the principle that something is better than nothing :)

Thanks for a great June thread SC.

Happy flying everyone .

Ta das
Decluttered one drawer in DS bedroom
Cleaned bath
Had hair cuts

At a friend's for dinner so it'll be a late bedtime for everyone again! Sleep is all over the place at the moment

Ta da:-
Both DDs asleep
Ready meal tea to put in oven .
Another busy day with a play date after school
Started getting things ready for tomorrow

To do:-
DH is here but has lots of work to do so have planned easy ready meal tea for us both and I am going to potter round the house sorting laundry etc with something brilliant from Netflix on my phone to watch. Sadly I am quite looking forward to it .

Read parenting book

Links etc

If time... email declutter and some home decluttering.

foxes, hope you had a nice dinner. Impressive list Einstein. zoo, I often get sucked into school uniform threads on here hours of my life I will not get back and find secondary schools' clothing regulations terrifying. BluePheasant, glad to hear your DH is able to help, for both of you as you must both be exhausted. Big wing flaps to SC, Cotswold, longtime, Afresh, Purple, Wh0Kn0ws, mermaids and everyone else.

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

The daily focus for Wednesday is: anti-procrastination

Baby-step no 12 - delete the digital clutter of Flylady emails from your inbox. Or save yourself the trouble and don't sign up for them - look around the Flylady website every so often instead.

reminders

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

Spend 15 mins decluttering, or whatever you can manage, in Zone 3.

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

The week's missions are here

Flykids mission

July's habit is swish and swipe

Happy flying everyone.

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Good morning all!

Monsoon weather here atm. I hardly dare say it - but I might even have detected a slight nip of autumn on this morning's dog walk - hopefully not!

Zoo that is great news about the ENT appt!

Poor you Bluepheasant that sounds v tough going indeed

Great lists Einstein and Foxes!

To do: the usual too boring to list can't wait for holidays

Thanks for links Toostressy btw - and congrats on your v productive day yesterday too!

Ta das
Daily routine
Made dentist appointment
Went to shop
DD had her jabs (and got a lot of chocolate to make her feel better!)

To do
Empty bathroom bin
Empty nappy bin in DS room
Clean downstairs loo
Ironing

Oh and forgot to do
Clean under bathroom sink (I don't have a cupboard so I'm going to literally clean under the sink which does need doing!!)

Ta da
Cleaned downstairs toilet

Hello all

Sorry I've not posted in ages I've been so busy but it's quite exciting
Right so do you remember I had an interview to be a town councillor but I wasn't successful, well another vacancy has come up but our county council has said that this one must be filled by election if it is contested eek

So luckily I am very friendly with a lot of the current council and they are on my hit squad I'm hoping that anyone else thinking about contending sees what a faff it is to apply (two seperate signatures from persons living in the ward plus a witness signature ) and can't be bothered which will mean I win by default if not I will have to send my leaflet to the printer on Mondays and leaflet and door knock 3000 people before august 10th

I'm fucking terrified

#votemermaids

Google The University of Buckingham medical school. Their academic year consists of four terms with no long summer holidays; so you can complete a degree much more quickly than usual. A friend of a friend's daughter is studying medicine there currently and speaks highly of it; no idea about the overall standing of the course though.

Oops - so sorry - wrong thread!!!! So glad it wasn't about anything too embarrassing about a supporating bunion or something

SC - yes at least it was a non-embarrassing post! Also at your 'too boring to list' comment.

mermaids, how exciting!!!!! Definitely #votemermaids.

foxes, for your DD.

Ta da:
Day at work survived
Both DDs asleep
Got petrol
Listed some toys on Facebook - will see if they sell and if not will charity shop them although I am sad to see these particular toys go

To do:-
Figure out tea - we don't really have any appealing food
Evening routine etc

Oohhh sorry Mermaids completely missed your post there! How exciting! Very best of luck with it all!

Vigorous waves to Toostressy!

Ta das
Cleaned under the sink
Did dinner and bath for kids and tidied up
Emptied bathroom bin
Emptied nappy bin

Didn't get round to ironing as dh was late home so had a bit too much going on.

Tomorrow is my 30th birthday so I'm just toasting the last day of my twenties with a beer and a pizza - cheers to you all (no beer emoticon so maybe will do!)

No flying for me tomorrow I'm having the day off!!

PS go mermaid good luck!!

The last of your twenties Foxes ... I suddenly feel terribly ancient!!

Hope you have a fabulous evening and a really lovely day tomorrow

Pops rocking chairs and knitting baskets for me and sc in naughty corner.
Ah,the twenties....

#votemermaids

Not fine much dd2 up most night howling.had daytime nap together.start feel quite depressed

Oh wow, Happy Birthday for tomorrow foxes .

for you and DD2 zoo

Big wing flaps to BluePheasant, Einstein, Purple, longtime, Cotswold and everyone else.

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

Baby-step no 13 - pick a mission and do it. Hmmm, maybe I should do this baby step.

The daily focus for Thursday is: errand day

reminders

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

Spend 15 mins decluttering, or whatever you can manage, in Zone 3.

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

The week's missions are here

Flykids mission

July's habit is swish and swipe

Happy flying everyone.
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Happy Birthday Foxes!

Sorry about the broken nights Zoo (exchanges fluffy blankets)

Happy birthday foxes!

Happy birthday foxes 🦊

Thanks everyone! Have basically done nothing but eat and laze around today! Children are both in bed already

Happy birthday foxes . Sounds like a lovely day.

So I have lost a gift card . In desperation I have started a thread in chat asking for ideas. Where the bloody hell is it? Any ideas lovely people?

Good to hear you had a bit of down time today in celebration Foxes!

Hope you find the card Toostressy!

Quiet on here today. Everyone must be very busy with EOTM (end-of-term-madness). As a recent survivor, I was hoping things would be a bit easier during the holidays here (and they are in a way) but I always forget that:

-dh doesn't travel as much for business during July and Aug and is coming home expecting a hot/healthy lunch every day or dropping in for a piece of cake at tea time
-interns need mothering over and baking for

• dd is at home for three meals a day and needs chauffering about/entertaining (have given up trying to make her help and do chores; honestly a three year old would be more amenable [sigh])
• there is constantly loads of washing and packing to do (and no school uniform so more mufti to wash)

-everyone is at home more so the house gets more use and needs tidying/cleaning more often (not that anyone lifts a finger except for me)

• friends keeping ringing up/dropping in/passing by
• friends keep asking me to look after their dc
• family are visiting

So may I please just let out a quick Eeyore-ish snort of despair before retiring to my boudoir in peace and watching something calming on Netflix!

Did do a bit of nominal Flying today - ta da:
animals
a bit more thorough swish and swipe than usual
thorough clean out of rabbit room
furry walk 1
quick bank run
quick supermarket shop
wrapped two presents and wrote two cards (tis the season)
2 x loads of washing
emptied dw
filled dw
cooked pancakes for breakfast with berries
cooked chickpea/lentil/curry soup thing for lunch
cooked pesto and tomato chicken bake for supper plus salad
cooked carrot and coriander soup for weekend
cooked frittata for tomorrow (fridge ingredient using-up session)

To do:
empty dw and fill again with leftover washing up from supper
clear down and wipe kitchen surfaces and sink
set up overnight washing
dining room table hot spots
on-line supermarket order (will probably do tomorrow now)
personal grooming (manicure, pedicure, eyebrows)
rubbish/Dettox kitchen bin

Big waves to everyone! And good luck with all the busy final weeks of term!

G'night all!

Oh dear - re-reading that book - it sounds really horrible! I very much like to see friends normally - just not all of them, all at once, before they go off on their holidays - and I am just a bit grumpy/not in the mood/house in a mess/loads to do before visitors arrive sort of state!