Fledglings step their way through June; yikes we'll be Flying in to summer soon!

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Welcome to the thread where we (loosely) follow the Flylady housekeeping system here to combat CHAOS (can't have anyone over syndrome) with a load of , chat and mutual support along the way. Quite a few of us have been on here for a while, so for that reason, we may seem cliquey, but we really aren't, and all newcomers, lurkers, returnees, regulars, and intermittent regulars are very welcome!

Every day I will post a link to the activities for "Today" which summarises everything you need on a daily basis if you want to follow the system strictly, but we tend to adapt it to suit our individual circumstances, homes and energy-levels!

Please note that, although Flylady is keen for us to check in to the website, we've recently had a few concerns wrt security, so although there is lots of useful info on the site, it's best not download it or put any of your personal details into the website for now.

More information on getting started available:
here (containing baby-steps!) but please don't hesitate to ask if you have any further qs.

There are 4 levels for Flying:
-Baby steps - good for starting a routine and overcoming the perfection crippling effect
-Baby steps and missions - basic routine + more in depth tasks
-Baby steps, missions, and deep cleaning (if you are at that stage).
You can't clean clutter so don't consider this one if you need the next level.
-Flying combined with a decluttering system (kondo/unfuck etc etc) let's be honest fly lady is good for routine but not so quick with the decluttering results sometimes.

There is NO wrong or right way of doing this, it is about adapting the system to suit your life circumstances, which will be different from someone else's, and don't be put off by the barftastically twee nature of the Flylady site, the underlying system is sound. Feel free to ignore any step or routine that doesn't suit you or your home! No perfectionism allowed!

And when it all gets too much: come and take a seat by the fire in our specially adapted "naughty" corner where you can enjoy virtual and and lots of support from fellow fledglings.

More info follows ( but again, please note we advise only looking at the pdfs and not downloading them ):

** launch pad (general info) here

** daily babysteps pdf (ignore the ones that don't suit you or your home) here

** week day missions (some fledglings find it easier to do them at weekends) here

** info about zones (explanation of how zones work) [[http://www.flylady.net/d/br/2017/06/11/please-explain-the-zones-6/
here]]

** weekly zones (a rough weekly guide to which area of the house we are tackling currently, again adapt to suit yourself) here

** daily focus (helpful guide to allocate a certain day for a certain task) here

** deep cleaning lists pdf (only attempt when you have decluttered as you can't clean clutter!) here

Oh and not forgetting "habit of the month" which for June is : drinking water!

Good luck and happy Flying one and all!

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Much cooler and fresher here today thank goodness, it got up to 31° yesterday which is way too hot for me and it stayed hot into the night. Two loads of washing on the line, another lot ready to go out, just blitzing the kitchen.

I could thread-lead July or August, I haven't done it for ages and now we are just doing the launch pad link I can manage from my phone for the few days I will be away.

Thanks Expletive! I actually just had a thought that I might have volunteered for July - can’t remember . If you wanted to do July I could do August? I am away one week of august so that week might be a bit patchy but I should be able to do launchpad links at least that week and the rest of the month will be fine for me to do.

Cooler here too thank goodness. I hate the heat so much and DD1 does not do well in it. I have enforced a day inside today. Seems a shame but they had a lot Of fairly unavoidable sun the last two days and need a day 1. Off to soft play later.

Calm down there chic -promising to any any proper cleaning causes a nasty case of the supposedtas(I am supposed ta....)

Thankful today it's 23,not 33 we had yesterday.felt like oven door was open everywhere I went.night was hideously sticky til about 4am(when I finally drop off) lil zoo throat hurt and up and down all night,fully awake at 6."d"p text at 7 not coming to taxi us shopping as "was tired" ...well whoop de whoop mate,I'm always bloody tired but still have feed OUR kids n do shit.round angry howls from zoolets,esp dd2 who knowing my shoulder is crap has to carry milks,squash bottles etc in her back pack.i carried as much as I could(too much my shoulders saying now) and she pant and look exhausted drag along in backpack .we end up doing it in two goes to reduce weight,but then she was tired from distance . seriously would like her to go doc tom,but suspect she will have none of it n plod on.
DS bit down and start panicking he felt a crunch.quick look a molar has cracked in half and different colour to rest.luckily no pain yet so emergency dental app on cards tomorrow
Shop done,everyone fed my exciting afternoon includes disinfecting two litter trays,clearing furballs off lil zoo bed/wash bedding and sorting recycling.on top relocating living room floor and laundry mountains.sheeesh,my rock n roll life has reached dizzying new heights

X posts stressy good luck with that
Mine spent day inside from 10.30 yesterday and we're grateful cool breeze that greet us as stepped outside today

Last night was so hot!! Ds kept waking up getting thirsty and eventually fell asleep in our bed , which obviously was good for him but not so much for us

Ta da
Daily routine and s&s
Bought lots of birthday presents
Picked up bread and milk

It is cooler here today as well, which is good as I am doing roast chicken , I have loads of veg to use up so can't really put it off.

DH did loads in the garden (and is now balefully on the sofa with his achey joints)

I am nearly through the washing ( I had loads to catch up with as I was away for 2 weeks then got all my summer clothes out to sort through and wash)

Bag now ready for the Charity Shop.
Enough garden rubbish to get a skip

Decluttered the freezer and had a very random dinner on Friday night

Hello my lovelies! Hope everyone ok and managing to keep cool!

Just popping in to say thank you for all your very kind messages and to wish you all a lovely summer!

Huge thanks again to Chic for taking over in June and thank you to Expletive too for volunteering to lead in July.

Bower oooh re: your red squirrel which morphed in to a rat and hope the Christening cake went down well after all of your efforts. Also hope you will be relaxing and making the most of your summer house this holiday!

And ooh to fairy door Foxes! How lovely!

Zoo I hope you are ok and that all Zoolets recover and feel better once school is out and everything is a bit less pressured. Also, sending lots of calming and happy vibes to your ds. Take care of that shoulder!

Good luck with the birth I've - hope the weather will be less hot by then - will be thinking of you

Good luck with ENT referral Laputa

Hope your dh is feeling much better now Chic

Cheery/cherry waves to Honu Toostressy Lisette Cordelia Hills and everyone else I have inevitably missed! (Sorry can't scroll!)

Woof from the furries and neighhhh from dhorse!
Have a lovely summer everyone!
Tally-hoooooooo!

Thanks for the fabulous thread SC, have a wonderful summer and we'll see you in a few weeks (the time will go too fast for me, the summer holidays just race by!).

Thanks so much for this thread SC and Chic

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New thread over here

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Thank you to SC and Chic for the June thread

happy holidays SC lots of riding horse and walking dogs. Cake went down very well thanks. The whole cake was eaten bar two slices for the parents for tonight

Ive I wasn’t up until 2:30 as i went to bed at 2:25am. The icing was running due to the warmth of the kitchen. It all worked out in the end.had a lovely time😀 baby was super, not a tear.

Waves to everyone.

Cleaned kitchen.

Link that works

Thanks for a great June thread. 70is come join us for July! I recognise your name from Christmas threads I used to be on (had a different name then)