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!

Caglahuge 😂😂

Right, I’ve replied to a message about carpet cleaning. I feel a lot happier this morning as I also remembered the house has actual heating (current place doesn’t have any working heating downstairs, and only crappy electric radiators in the bedrooms)

Going to sports club for a bit so the Caglets can play in the park, need to pop over to pharmacy also, then into town to return library books, pick up a parcel and buy some storage tubs as there’s a few more things I’m ready to pack.

Also want to check something on the tenancy agreement.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4DfZMpv7BYJ3kGXdHxdxkKp/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-carbs?ns_mchannel=email&ns_source=pan_newsletter&ns_campaign=PANUK_NLT_23_ENG_RGT_WHODOYOUTHINKYOUARE&ns_linkname=bbcone_truthaboutcarbsfitnesshealthdiet_factualhealth&ns_fee=0

This link seemed to work in the preview - my linking not very practised.

I would like to thank you all for the 'resistant carbs' idea - I watched the program and the link is to a summary article about it. We already do this a bit - we like brown rice and I batch cook and freeze it as it takes so long to cook from scratch, and I freeze sliced bread for the carers to use for DH's toast in the mornings. DH is diabetic and I could definitely do with losing some weight so I must look into this more. Has anyone any idea of a diet sheet they gave to all those people who lost half a stone in 2 weeks?

toostressy when it's just me and ds at home I do that! He decides where he's going to play and I just follow him around and do bits of tidying and cleaning as I go. Yesterday he was playing with his stacking cups on the bathroom floor for ages and I cleaned the whole room! He likes to "help" too so I give him a baby wipe and he cleans too and he has a toy hoover which he loves. I definitely can't blame my toddler for the reason my house isn't sparkling clean - it's just me!!

Ugh need to get dressed and go. I phoned the housing association and they said there is a clause in the tenancy agreement about not running a business from home. :( They did say I can discuss it in detail and tell them extenuating circumstances etc so hopefully it will be fine, it’s not like I’m running a multi million empire with loads of vans driving up to the house etc, it’s just a bit of tuition. So I’m hoping they will be reasonable about the fact that I have to WFH as I am not well enough to go and get a regular job :( and it is a real struggle getting childcare for two autistic kids as well. So it’s this or nothing. :(

I do find it rather odd they’d stop people earning money towards the rent which would make people less reliant on benefits. Just hope they are understanding about it, I don’t want to breach the agreement but I don’t want to stop tutoring either.

Urgh,

Hope everyone is having a good day.

Woke up exhausted this morning so have no motivation and a rotten mood to boot. I've been in bed all day, I've slept, why the hell have I woken up feeling as though I've run a marathon?

So, the only thing I have done, is put some petrol in the car, had a hot chocolate in morrisons and dropped the car off at the garage with the strict instructions to not call me until they have found what is rattling and what is causing the grinding sound. This is the 4th time it's been in.

It doesn't help that the roads have recently been resurfaced so you can't hear anything rattling on these roads - I've told them to use up the petrol in the tank if needs be to take it somewhere where the roads are still rough. Typically, the bloody car hasn't made a sound today. I just hope it's not expensive to repair, the car is only worth about £400, but it's bloody reliable and I LOVE IT.

So, I'm home, with a fuck it attitude, supposed to cut the grass, wash windows and another couple of bits and I'm not doing any of it.... and don't plan to.

I'm going to eat pasta instead.

Hope everyone else has a better day.

Ooooh, CAG, that house looks brilliant - VERY envious of your new oven. Your excitement is coming across in your posts!

Hope those two posters with unwell parents get some good new soon - hope they do recover from what they have quickly.

*I've been in bed all NIGHT, not all day.

Morning all.

51 posts since I last logged in yesterday afternoon I had a rubbish nights sleep last night. I seem to be waking about 4.30 every morning lately. Gonna have to get some blackout curtains and something to shut up the sodding seagulls outside. The problem is it was so hot last night I don't think I got any sleep till gone midnight. Feeling like a zombie this morning.

Ta das

Fed kids
Dressed kids
School run
Washed dishes
Wiped kitchen worktops
Made beds
Bleach Toilet upstairs
Put a laundry load in the wash

Need to

Peg out washing
Clean downstairs loo
Clean windows

One question. What is swish and swipe that I see some of you write on your ta das?

Swish and swipe = Bathroom toilet and sink clean.

Morning all,

Despite having a good amount of sleep last night I could quite happily crawl back into bed this morning for a couple more hours

Ta-dahs
Fed cat
Fed birds
Fed child (not necessarily in that order)
Swish & swipe
Cleaned DD's bin
Washing up
Clean laundry away and airer is down if only for a few hours
DD to school
Shopping

To-do
Start laundry
Landlady round to check new shower
Drill lollipop sticks for this month's craft project
Pack orders
Tuesday friend round - so halloumi tart with salad for lunch
Make sample fans with lollipop sticks
Posting
Collect DD
Dinner
Washing up
Write up craft blog

Gig sorry, clean the whole bathroom or just loo and basin?

loo and basin - everyday.

The bathroom is allocated it's own zone I think. I can't remember.

Ok cool thanks gig I sort of do that in a way everyday anyway but least I understand that flylady language better now

ta da

swish and swipe downstairs loo
pegged out the washing
internet banking

cag i think the work from home thing might be insurance related? It can be same with private rent.

I dont even know if ive already posted today....

I started painting and now have a headache

Ds3 has a bad chest

Happy days

cag it might be to do with income?
If you qualify for a housing association/council property running a successful business raking in cash would breach the helping people on lower incomes ideal? or I could be rabbling bollocks as sleep is definitely for the weak

Yet again D's struggled sleep with blocked nose/tight chest.has til end week before ask gp for advise over hayfever affecting asthma and over counter meds not working
Lil zoo has bad pain(upped meds last night as hadn't poo 48hr) so no school.just produced(tmi alert) cowpattish so have wait and see if this amount is too much(sigh)
Dd2 sneezing madly last night.assume hay fever too but at bedtime moaning throat sore.this morning its scratchy and glands huge.shes donned shades despite be overcast and staggered off to school looking like death warmed up as she left I had scratchy throat.i now have streaming nose and tight chest.fan bloody tastic

Tada
2loads wash
Clean bath n sink
Start decent cleaning front room- cleaned windows,behind sofa,wiped sofa cushions

Check online bank.pay couple bills

Tonight's tea-potatoes,cod in parsley sauce and green beans
Dd2 DEP on how she is later,she either got quorn in parsley sauce or roasted veg soup...

There a distinct aroma of fetid feet from D's room.neuther zoolets room has a floor I can see
My room a dumping ground
Neither seem appealing,so I think I will concentrate on main living areas and procrastinate think a little longer over which to tackle as my bathroom is only room in house without clutter and takes me about 30mjns at decent speed to ensure its fat fairy's standard of "company ready"
It's a pity rest house would qualify as company never dare darken my doorstep( and that's cos of the mess not just my attitude to people in my personal space)

Cripes! I can't keep up either Bower but ...

Goth I wish I was your Tuesday friend - that lunch sounds delicious! Fab list too!

Honu great to "see" you as ever, and glad carb resistant info helpful! The names of the doctors running the low carb regime for their patients were called Drs David and Jen Unwin and a Dr Maassarani also featured in the programme. I could only find the following information about it. That article mentions this low carb prog too. HTH!

[paracetemol and lots of power to your elbow for I've]

Firehousedog info about swish and swipe = here (scroll down). The idea is that if you do a bit of "lick" around the bathroom daily, then it doesn't build up to one huge weekly clean ifyswim! (Bathroom cleaning is not included in Mon home blessing.) However, if you look at the current links, you will see that we are currently in the Bathroom Zone (Zone 3: The Main Bathroom and One Extra Room (June 10-16)) so it does get a thorough cleaning once a month ifyswim. Hope that makes sense!

Giggage I think there is a bit of a low level virus going around where you feel low in mood and physically as though you have been run over by a truck! Humid weather doesn't help. Sorry to hear car in garage again. It's such a pain and they are so expensive to fix nowadays!

Cag fingers crossed HA will be sensible when you explain the circs to them!

Foxes aw at your ds and his toy hoover!

Hope day improves as it goes along Hills!

Have a good day at work Bower

Me and dd too old to benefit from it nowadays Toostressy but that's a great tip for those with toddlers!

Rushing out so apologies if I missed anyone!

x post!

Zoo¨cod and parsley sauce one of my favourites; deffo coming over to yours for supper! [SC clambers in to teleportation machine] Sorry to hear Zoolets still not on good form though.

Sympathies re: personal space! (I know this sounds utterly ridiculous when I only have one child but ... dh in and out because working odd hours and dd home at around 11.30/lunch time after her exams all week; never seem to have any time to myself atm/constant interruptions!)

Heigh ho! Onward!

[Leaves large pot of coffee for the sleep-deprived in naughty corner]

SC lil zoo loves it too.i find almond milk parsley sauce not quite as nice but I cba make two lots sauce on top of the made to dietary requirements orders round here at mo!!

I think after last month's chat slacking we will deffo pop the thread and need another before end of the month

Back in the day I remember one month of baby stepping we achieved 3threads...it was in winter,weather was crap and there was a lot of chatting and recipe swapping involved rather than listing how much we had cleared up.extra impressive as at the time there were only 5 of us

SC I want the recipe for that key lime pie and the muffins he didn't taste that the dietician made,but I can't find them anywhere either

Tada
Lunch made and eaten
Tidy around TV/put dvds away
Tidy under and surface of computer table

Damn nose impersonating a tap again so I am going to sit n watch dvd with lil zoo til I can let go of tissues/breathe....

Hahahaha
Stamps foot,but food was one of my more hilarious zoo howlers

Okay feeling better now

Ta da

All up fed out 840
2 packed lunches
3 uniforns iron
Wash on x2
Washing on line
Tea and breakfast pots washed
Recycling out
Picked up shopping
Placed tesco order
Painted 1 wall
Cleaned up mess
Cleaned paint things
Kitchen swept and mopped

Eek I've missed stuff even since this morning! Ive sorry I missed you werent well glad you're feeling a bit better

Ta da
Dishwasher on
Quick general tidy
Swish and swipe downstairs loo
Meal plan next week
Food shopping online for next week
Calendar check
Put dinner in the slow cooker - mild chicken curry tonight. We have hair appointment later so needed something I can dish up pretty much soon as we get in.

To do
Finish daily routine
15 minutes decluttering
Bath / shower wall

I put dvd on and fell asleep as no school run
Woke up feel like swallowed razor blades

Tada
Wash on
Wash up

I am now downgraded from evil mum,who sucks fun out of life makes chores and nags to mum who is expected to offer sympathy,cuddles and smooth food for dd2 as she feels rough.....

SC you can be my any day of the week (apart from Tuesdays) you like friend.

2nd set of Ta-dahs
Packed orders
Landlady checked new shower
Lunch with friend
Drilled lollipop sticks and made sample fans
Dropped friend home - she had large bag of cat litter to carry
Posting
Collect DD
Washing up
DD making pasta for dinner so unobtrusively (I hope) keeping an eye on her

To do
Tidy craftastrophe
Laundry - I forgot
Write up craft blog
More washing up

Made D's tea(tuna sandwich,crisps,milkshake,handful veg stick as I tired n full snot/cba

Lil zoo had huge cowpattish poo earlier then exploded this afternoon...think we need to speak gp as 2.5 ml not enough and 5 MLS clearly to much.....

Taken antispasmodics she's now curled up on her bed on pain.i feel awful mum😟