June's arrived too soon! Catch up with the Fledgling Fly thread ... .

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If you are strugging with C.H.A.O.S. (can't have anyone over syndrome) and S.T.U.F.F. (something that undermines family fun) then this is the thread where we (loosely) follow the step-by-step Flylady housekeeping system (in our own, unique, relaxed style) with lots of chat, support and wine and cake along the way.

This is where, from the first of the month (seriously, HOW is it June already?!), we follow – loosely – the rules of FlyLady [see website here ]. (Pls ignore Flylady's barftastic language, and we suggest NOT signing up to her emails as there are rather a lot of them. All the info you need will be posted here on a daily basis.)

Helpful info on getting started here.

We adopt a three-pronged approach:

-start or repeat baby steps

• repeat baby steps + do 15 mins a day decluttering in the current zone or area (yes, just 15 mins focused work a day makes a difference!)

and/or

• reinforce babysteps and do daily missions if you have finished decluttering.

[And if you are really enthusiastic and have finished decluttering - you can go on to detailed deep cleaning in each zone.]

The launch pad is the place from which you can reach most other useful areas of the site: here.

NB
This is a very long-running thread so we may appear cliquey but we really aren't! All newcomers, long-termers, lurkers and intermittent returnees not only welcome to join in but positively encouraged to do so!

Another NB
Start where you are at!. There is no need to worry about being perfect – perfectionism = paralysis! There is no such thing as ‘falling behind’ with FlyLady, if you miss anything, just move on and continue as normal the next day.

Any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Happy Flying one and all!

Neither ds nor I eat breakfast. ds did this morning because I have some small packets from a multi pack left over from our holiday (great shove in rucksack size) I had a bowl of grated cheese. But it is a unusal day for breakfast that. [blush

See i tried the tesco dairy free yogurts and they tasted fine to me! But they were rejected. I try to stock up on alpro stuff when its on offer

Nope I agree, tesco dairy free yoghurts leave a weird after texture in the mouth. Yuck. Needs something to cut through what even lingers. am picky about texture and hate gluten free brownies - they have the texture of sand [boak]

Meh. I thought i was dead good when i found them. Nice range of flavours etc.... maybe not!

I bloody hate summer.

It's too hot to sleep, too hot to run in. Too hot to eat anything other than ice cream.

Ta-dahs:

Picked up shopping
washed, dried and put away 1 load of washing
made beds
fed cats
cat litter
Re-dye black jeans
emptied and cleaned bins
posted letter
hoovered stairs
swish and swipe
cleaned curtain rails
cleaned front door
been to butchers

To do

Sort out built in wardrobe
put some stuff in loft
clean kitchen windows and DD's windows
find out where mystery money has come from and if they want it back. (hope not, really could do with it)
dinner
load and empty dishwasher
put DP's fathers day gift by front door to drop off tomorrow in his daughters room.

Gig Even though I wake up ridiculously early during the summer (i'm a super light sleeper who wakes with the birds singing/seagulls tearing apart next doors bin bags) I love the summer. It was beautiful and sunny and hot first thing this morning but its gone all cloudy here now

ta das

first laundry load washed and pegged out
second laundry load in the wash
bleach down both loos
quick wipe over both bathrooms
new towels put out in bathroomns
made beds
picked up clothes, toys, books, from floor of kids rooms
general tidy up downstairs

Gonna crack on with the hoovering and try and have it done before lunch.

Ive - no you are the flavours are ok, but if you have texture sensitivity that is where the issue lies. Ds loves the milk free gluten free brownies. I would rather starve then eat them. Purely a texture thing.

I have cut my arm on the door catch (you know the sticky outy bit on the side of the door that holds it shut) It is ouchy and a bit bleeding

Some what productive morning

Ta da
car to garage - watch and wait again. Trying to pin down the fault so not the mechanic's fault but meh I am fed up of this
2 phone calls made
2 appointments books
all the scanning needing doing done
ds not killed
my bed full of random crap because I was looking for an important piece of paperwork
1 load of washing on
ironing sorted out
waiting to be folded clothes folded
Checked date insurance due (next week) phew, time to sort.
Find ds' banking bits ready for this afternoon
water plants

Ouch hills hope it's okay

Well I totally misjudged the weather today should have looked at the forecast sent dd in with no suncream on and now it's boiling hot. Hope they put some on everyone after lunch, think they should do if they're playing outside because even if I'd put it on this morning it would need topping up...eek.

Ta da
Library
Got few groceries (mainly cheese!)

Ds asleep now so i will do a bit of work on the computer and then a power hour I think.

Oh dear Hills. foxes, can you phone them and ask them to put suncream on?

Ta da:-
Lots of laundry
Some unpacking from the weekend
Found gymnastics outfits and washed them and they are drying on the line
Went through most of my summer clothes. Giggage, thanks for your comment on what I feel comfortable in. I have a top I absolutely love that is my ‘go to’ going out top. I had put it away as I have really over worn it and people have seen it so many times. But the people at the reunion will never have seen it so I think I will wear that if I don’t find anything else.
Summer clothes organised (not decluttered but that’s ok, I really have so few that there is nothing to declutter atm.
Rand my mum.

To do:-
Get after school snack and packed tea ready
Eat lunch
Do as much unpacking / tidying as is feasible

Hills hope your arm is ok?

Attn: whinge alert! Feel free to ignore the following!

I am so sick of choring! (Sorry - not a very thread leaderish comment - or encouraging to others).

Just in a bad mood today.

DD has exams all week. Collectively, only 50% pass. She is consequently in a foul mood. I am currently serving time as a stress absorber.

Dh has thrown himself back in to work as if he has not been ill. He'll probably be booking flights for business trips soon. Any pleas to take it steady are ignored. Tbh, I'm losing sympathy!

I have been to a med appt this morning and spent a lot of time sitting in an airless, room. Why does no-one ever voluntarily open a window in this ruddy country?

Have lots of chores to do but currently sat in boudoir drinking coffee by myself. I may not emerge for some time.

Saw house. Accepted offer of house :)

A few not so great things, needs a fair bit of cleaning etc, but overall, we are very happy and we will definitely be much better off there!

And a completely unexpected bonus, check out the oven the previous tenant is leaving!!!

I've I don't shop at Tesco,are the SF yogurts soy per chance(thus not fucking fodmap friendly)we buy big tubs koto plain coconut and put frozen berries on it
Lil zoo despises Aldi almond milk.i tasted it and can see why.revolting!!!we have alpro,almond breeze is passable(just) she likes rice milk and will drink rice dream.but I don't let her have that often because of the arsenic...

Hills hope your arms ok?

Cag itching to hear all about what house was like

Tada
Fed cats
Bleach lav
Wash on
Empty bins
Littertray
Recycling out
Sweep kitchen floor
Wipe dining table
Breakfast and pack ups
Wipe bath and sink
Wash in dryer,more on
Stock take the freezer
School run
Wash on airer
Off to CBT app
Pick up dp meds
Pop the works for a jigroll for lil zoo so she can tackle her puzzles at her own pace without kitten carnage if doesn't finish and put away in one sitting!!
Lunch
Make a pack up for dp to take to work

He's now left
I really should get off my arse and do something tries ignore bed calling to to come and snuggle

X posts cag sqweeeeeeeeeee

Garden!

Omg cag i am actually jealous! Its looks good!

Done most of my list
Left to do
Hoover upstairs
15 minutes decluttering in spare room / children's stuff
Hotspots - desk
Sort out towel cupboard
Polish mirrors
Cook dinner - showing I didn't look at weather forecast again - roast beef...hmm don't fancy the oven being on that long but it needs using up today and no space in freezer.

zoo yes they are soya!

Looks good cag that's a lovely garden

Great news Cags

Hills ouch

SC sympathetic hug and whinge away

Updated Ta-dahs
Cat fed
Swish & swipe
No breakfast DD opted for an extra 20 mins in bed
Clean laundry away
Mended bra - underwire trying to kill me
DD to school
Washing up
Vacuuming
Recycling out
Rubbish out
Cat litter cleaned
Cleaned sides in bathroom
Orders packed
Ironing - while watching Ghostbusters
Sort out some tax thing for student loan

To do
Ring podiatrist
Check veg box order
Posting
Collect DD
Buy DH birthday card (& post it too)
Dinner
Washing up

Aw cag it's lovely!
I've shit bugger arseholes😒😒😒😒I want a cheap alternative for lil zoo but soy beans are fodmap friendly😟 scuse french but I'm getting royally annoyed by the cost of everything on this piddling diet

underwires were trying to kill me bane of every woman's life.pity as we age it's more of a scaffolding requirement

Tada
Wash all lower floors on hands and knees
More wash on
Orf for lil zoo in mo.realised no cows milk left thanks for using a whole pint on you third box cereal dp

foxes I didn't factor in weather either.bolognese here( don't want stand in my sun streaming in and baking me kitchen stirring piddling mince)

zoo not sure what's worse! At least I don't have to stand in the kitchen much with a roast just oven got to be on for ages. I'm going to do mash not roast potatoes but have to do Yorkshire pudding or dd may cry!!

I've finished my list except for hoovering upstairs which I have delegated to dh and polishing mirrors which I just cba to do...

Dd is fine no sign of sunburn btw, she said they didn't stay outside for that long this afternoon anyway. Think they were inside making father's day gifts! She has come back with a painted rock

Random exciting thing... proper sink! Stainless steel type thing rather than the plastic crap one we have...

I CAN SHINE MY SINK.

Also also also! Curtain poles! I know it’s a really small thing but I’ve always wanted proper curtain poles not those plastic runner things.