October House of Order - Fledglings flying through October 2017

[CotswoldStrife]

Order, Order! Do you have a little house of horrors? Welcome to the October Flylady thread where we follow the Flylady method for keeping our houses in order (along with some general chat and support). The monthly focus for October is paper clutter

I'll be posting links to the daily missions, daily focus and the zone cleaning - don't worry about the detailed zone cleaning if you haven't already decluttered, Flylady recommends decluttering first. Join us at any point this month

I'll post the first October links tonight!

Foxes congrats on long list ta da list. If it's any consolation, similar bed sheet situation here caused by original back-log from broken wm, then guest bed-linen, now flu! Have piles of it!

That's great news from consultant Cag! Well done re: sugars!

Sorry Lil Zoo suffering again Zoo!

also ta da
Make a chart for sorting everything for Christmas yep 12 weeks folks and fill in with key things that need to be achieved
Wash up the pots and other things that are not dw proof
Empty dw
Start to reload DW
Find tape to finish fixing picture that had to be reframed
Room rescue the lounge
put washing machine on a 60C soda crystal cleaning load
Sort stuff for tip load
write shopping list and delegate its acquirement
Create 2 bags of charity shop stuff
Create a bag of old meds
Create a repeat prescription request list
Move some boxes about (because you know they get bored otherwise)
Create a bag full of creating bits for next door's dd (ds outgrown stick and glue stuff tbh)
PLay hunt the door - wanted to update the calendar that is attached to it but not currently possible. Was an interesting game though
Retrieve washing up from weird and wonderful places
Play musical furniture - another fun game...
Make sure there is cake - throw cake at ds when he comes in to try to avoid the hangries...
Process broth for stock and put in freezer
Try not to argue with ds who is in that push all the buttons, knows fucking everything, only wants a proper argument mood
Several loads of washing through the washing machine incl ds' blazer that didn't appear for washing at the weekend fingers crossed it is dry for tomo
Hoover rug
Roll up and move rug

And that folks is that. I just need to clear my bed (aka put ds' clothes away whilst he isn't looking) and sleep. May you all have restful nights and productive days tomo

also ta da
5min room rescue in ds' room so it was actually possible to put clothes away

Tomo will involve a lot of Muuuuuuuuuum have you seen my tie/books. I put them away

Noooooooo, not Christmas already!

sandycarrots, another name change? How is dd getting on? Yes, indeed this should be the perfect opportunity to declutter. I want to do it but there is so much I don't know where to start. I have to do the books for dh's company. I normally do them every month but didn't do anything over the summer leaving me with three months to do! I slipped on the stairs a few weeks ago and my ankle hasn't fully recovered which is messing up my plans to do so many things. I really need to get a handle on this decluttering though!!

Ok, I got two lemon sherbets left up for grabs (throws them in the air and calls a scramble)

Ok this afternoon i hoovered donwstairs, made tea, washed dishes, and wiped down the kitchen.

Your list is huge Hills

[Lunges for sherbert. Cue huge explosion of lemon powder. ]

Goldenclaire well done for Flying high today!

[Gulps at prospect of Xmas in 12 weeks.] A chart is a very good idea though to quell the panic a bit!

Bloody hell Hills that's some list!

Aye Longtime sorry about confusion, nc constantly since hacking incident. So far so good with dd this term thanks (fingers crossed). Hope yours settling in well. Sorry to hear about ankle. And good luck with books! I am with you re: decluttering - has reached desperate proportions! Also don't know where to start!

Actually that last sentence is pretty shameful considering the number of years that I've been on this thread .

I have decluttered myself into my bed

Afreshstart

I think i win today....

If the word christmas is continually flung about on here for the next twelve weeks then i may have to take myself and my lemon sherbets elsewhere. 12 weeks....eeek.

I'm curled up in bed too. Knackered. Oh well another day tomo. Night

Evening all, welcome to Betsy and you too Hills (order the window sealant!)

Good news about not needing the meds Cag

DD has gone to bed after doing an after-school class and a lot of homework. She is good about doing it when cornered like a rat in a trap so long may it continue!

Will post the links next, probably need an early night myself.

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

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Baby-step no 3 - explore the website

We are in Zone 1 this week: the entrance, front porch and dining room

Spend 15 mins decluttering in Zone 1.

When you have finished decluttering, the detailed cleaning list (if you are at that stage) for Zone 1 is here

Mission for Tuesday put out any hotspots in the hall, entrance and dining room

The daily focus for Tuesday is: planning

The monthly habit for October paper clutter

daily reminders

Afresh you definitely win today!

I know but I have serious deadlines and a to do list that would scare the shit out of a team of workers let alone one person. Needs must and tomo I am in the office so it will be a rest day, with the exception of some minor essential jobs. Well that is the plan.
Also I am not even going to consider how much caffiene I have drunk but less summarise it with more caffeine than blood ...

Claire the christmas thing goes like this:
Make the present now not at the last minute did that last year, BAD plan
Next 6 weeks find the house
2 weeks after clean the house
That takes us pretty much up to december with bake the things and decorate the things.

As there is enough things in the 6 weeks of finding the house to take approximately 20 weeks and is a myriad of jobs that are linked and dependant on each other it has to be planned. other than that I could link you to the holiday flying control journal and its associated missions which aim to get your house clean tidy and under control whilst being stress free in time for thanks giving Promise there is logic to my madness and I try to keep mentions purely to key project management issues. like making sure everyone knows what the fuck they are doing when with a chart... I hate being the grown up sucks ALL the fun out of the holidays. fucking hate christmas

is now christmased out for the year. baa humbug

The. end.

Anyone got any plans for Halloween?

Ha. Our Halloween plan is to stay at home and relax.

I won't mention that I ordered a few Christmas presents so that I don't stress out Claire. oops... sorry... don't look at that!!!

Morning all

4am wake up again. Might try some porridge before bed as he is seeming starving at 4am and think similar helped with you foxes?

Ta da

Washer on
Dryer on
Bottles scrubbed

afresh yes since we started giving ds one weetabix before bed he has been sleeping through until 7 ish (with the exception of a week where he had a cold and was up very early and in the night ). He would wake up crying until he had breakfast and then he'd eat a banana and two weetabix! It won't hurt to try it! Fingers crossed it works, 4am starts are awful.

Morning all! Definitely not waking up in a House of Order today

Need to get up ASAP and clear up ready for pupils and do laundry. Mostly a day at home today unless we get to tap class.

Am totally ignoring the paper decluttering. DH can have that joy.

To do
Declutter in porch / hot spots
Daily routine
Swish and swipe downstairs toilet
Planning for the week

Getting to work in a few minutes on the home ed, then off to the park for the afternoon.

Will likely do some general tidying up. Really need to vacuum the living room thoroughly so hopefully will get the chance to do that this afternoon when we get home again.

Morning all, its been a slow start to the day here so far, partly because its yet another beautiful autumn blue sky morning here so i took the long walk home from dropping my my boy to school. A pile of breakfast dishes in the kitchen sink and a washing pile in the living room are calling me though