Autumn leaves and a clean sweep: it's the October Fledgling Fly thread (2019)

[Slowchirp]

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, athough 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, or sign up to the (many and frequent) e-mails (but your choice as some fledglings find the latter helpful).

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) here

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

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

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

Good luck and happy Flying one and all!

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Last but not least, a huge thank you to ChicCroissant for running such a lovely (and busy!) September thread [cake[

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Aargh again - no it shouldn't - it should read Sun 27th!!!!!!!

Ghoulette thank you for offering to do November thread and you will no doubt be more accurate than me when you do!

OK. OK. Rushing doesn't work so here it is again done accurately ... I hope...

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Baby step no. 27 for Sun 27th is here.

And launch pad link is here.

Sorry for the confusion everyone and don't forget the clocks go back tonight allowing you an extra hour of sleep! Yay!

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LOL zoo love that you thought of us when eating twiglets. Those were crazy times.

Mad few weeks ahead. Feels like all the appointments have come at once and it’s really overwhelming me. FFS.

Shameful lack of flying yet again today, and you can tell by the state of the house!

Laputa one day at a time lovely.hopefully all the appointments mean things will come together

ty zoo i am just up for the day with dc3 and 5!

My eyes recovered after a good wash!

REALLY need to do uni work. Essay 1 due in on 31st and essay 2 the following week

I'm up too.i appear to have the sniffles...
Sat here quietly sifting thru Recipes.the muffins(and there a very many variants) are making me want one!

Psycho

Ive, I take my hat off to you doing uni work with a newborn and other kids. When on earth do you get it done?

Morning all. At activity with DD2. DH is home with DD1 who has decided to tidy her room . So far this has translated to getting all her clothes out. To be fair we did need to get the winter clothes out and out summer away. Will see what it looks like when we get back .

Wishing you luck for the weeks ahead Laputa. It’s difficult when everything happens at once .

Ta da:-
Went for a very short run

To do:-
Pester DH to clean printer. Why are home printers so difficult and break all the time?! And ours is one of the better ones we have had .

Going to have a quick email check and reply to emails then get DD2.

I dont get it done 😑

Quiet today.hope everyone's enjoying "family time"
Tada
Another load washing sorted
Quick flick thru rooms,emptying bins ready for black bin collection tomorrow
littertray cleaned

Watched Tom's midnight garden with D's on TV(lil zoo got bored/wanted chat friends online and wandered off leaving us)

Dd2 under a pile clothes rearranging her wardrobe listening to podcasts to quell rising panic of having to speak tom(lowly members Avon,then senior staff tuesday.shes terrified public speaking and wouldn't agreed to go if had know before had involved this.shes been on the back flower rescue remedy since yesterday try calm nerves.she knows can't back out as it went from 5-3 when realised would mean having do it hols(and revise less for GCSE mocks end November)she can't let other two friends down)
Lil zoo now self learning keyboard with tutorial on u tube (teen idol by marina and the diamonds)
DS upstairs on PlayStation,having his early evening anxiety

I've just hopped out if hot shower feeling slightly rejuvenated,and now as ready as I'm going to get for my m.o.t first thing tomorrow (can humans fail and be put out for scrap?)

zoo you are too useful to be scrapped!

I've too useful to whom?

Hi all, on small tablet so separate links tonight:

Baby-step no.28 for Mon 28th here

And launch pad link here

Still fighting off the germs today, we don't have anything booked for today so may spend the day at home sorting stuff out.

Have loaded and run dishwasher this morning, need to empty it now and wash the stuff that doesn't go into it. DD still in pyjamas, I am dressed because I went out to do the bins earlier

Definitely getting colder! Also planning for tomorrow when we do have something booked because we have to travel and with all the rain recently, not all car parks are open (flooding, but not near us). In fact a few of the usual halloween events are struggling with parking near us due to mud - a lot of them have closed over the weekend due to all the water!

Catch you later

Hope you feel better soon chic!

Ta da
Me and ds are showered and ready
Breakfast
Dd2 is munching on her second breakfast, once she's done I'll pop her in the bath
Washer on

I've came downstairs to find that the lovely people working for virgin media have completely blocked my driveway pile of concrete and now a pile of dirt , I honestly don't mind them doing their job, but a knock on the door to ask if I need my car today (which I do !) would've been nice ! I have no clue how I'm going to pick dd1 up from her friends house - thank goodness we didn't have anything urgent planned for today !! I'm going to wait until I get dd2 ready and see if they've cleared it because I really don't like going out and causing a fuss.

I got a lot more of the playroom done over the weekend so the end is in sight !! Maybe I'll get it finished today depending on how the kids are - it feels like the task has dragged on for ages !

Sorry to have been awol from thread apart from links - hope everyone ok - going to catch up asap.

I am completely on my own now (dd and aunt have flown off to join dh , other visitor has gone back to uk and furries are with trainer/dog sitter for four days. I would have liked to join everyone on a jolly in US but flextension only proposed this morning and not formally agreed yet so thought it prudent to stay and sort dossier before 31st just in case, plus overseeing building work at wreck2 - where there has been a burglary of trailer and building materials (although they've got the trailer back) - and there are the usual office tasks to be done plus office cleaner is away for three weeks possibly a month owing to personal crisis.

And despite the peace being lovely, I am not exactly luxuriating in solitude because entire house is - predictably - a total tip and shambles after last fortnight. Still many piles of laundry to attack, kitchen and bathroom(s) need thorough scrub, every single room needs tidying and cleaning involving endless climbing of stairs and endless sorting of boxes as usual.

I felt exhausted on Sat night after everyone had left and only had the energy for a quick tidy up + ping supper in microwave + Strictly. And yesterday I spent pretty much under the duvet eating toast and slept until the late hour of 8.30 am this morning which was a very welcome lie-in (no dogs!). I know this probably sounds very indulgent to those of you with babies/young dc/dc with sn who don't have a chance to rest and I know that I am very very lucky to be able to tune out for a day!

Tbh I felt very tired after combo of guests + trying to sort dossier; both of which were kind of stressful! Caught up with minutes of UK embassy meeting for expats and they know less than we do! And they have now managed to offend the Flemish community by sticking up a huge poster saying "prepare for Brexit" written in French, in a Dutch speaking area, causing huge offence with seemingly no knowledge of local tensions or sensibilities. And these are the people we are meant to be relying on for advice!

Back to Flying ....have so far this morning:
looked at e-mails
had a bath and washed hair
manicure and pedicure
eyebrows
stacked dw
put two loads of washing on
listened to Sky news about flextension
sorted dh shirts for laundry to take away
collected Christmas cards and advent calendars from P O and bought bread from bakery on way home

Lovely sunny day here

Now going to catch up with thread and do more tidying! Waves to everyone! BBL!

SC you deserve the rest after play hostess with mostess. again.you are more game than I am for that kind of caper

I passed my m.o.t(well height,weight,don't drink or smoke and get plenty exercise,low blood pressure still)remains to be seen if bloods are as complimentary- tests for cholesterol,precursor to diabetes,iron, electrolytes,kidney and liver function etc all being done to see if things on the inside all in good order

Tada
Bins emptied(black bin day) and littertray
Pack dd2 up a naice lunch(mixed bean salad with couscous, cheese and peppers.some hemp and sunflower seeds to add atop.grapes,yogurt and crisps.seed and nut snack pack for elevensies!)
Wash on
Breakfasts
Kitchen surfaces all wiped
Sink cleaned
Wash in drier
Head doctors/wave off dd2 to work experience
Trip to farmfoods in car
Walk to local shops for something for lunch as "d"p here til 2.crisp sunny day,the kind I love in autumn!

To do
Home bleurgh
Sort and photograph lil zoo my lil pony stuff to sell online

Great to hear you are spending a wee bit of time on yourself for once Zoo even though tests at doctor's not the most relaxing of things to do! V important though. Bravo!

Sc I agree , you definitely deserve some relaxation time after the past few weeks !

Ta da
3rd load of washing in (backlog from being unwell)
1st load hung on radiators
2nd load in dryer
15 mins task on Living room
Dusted & hoovered living room
Breakfast pots & kitchen tidied (yet to wipe sides, dishcloths & teatowels are in the dryer)

I haven't tackled anymore of the playroom yet because the children are playing lovely in there now they have space and know where their toys are I can venture in there later . It also has meant that I have been able to tidy / clean without them under my feet - their mess will hopefully be contained in the one room !!

To do
Lunch
Tidy , dust & hoover dining room

Right,misery guts has returned to work.ive had half hour power nap.zoolets just had snack and I may have sat dunking sesame bread sticks pieces in cashew butter
I am off to sort the house,this is for accountability!!
Plan one hour mad run around then can sit on my bum and return to recipe sorting..

Tada
Kitchen
Surfaces wiped
Cupboard fronts wiped
Floor swept
Floor washed

Living room
Quick tidy
Sweep floor
Wipe surfaces

Bathroom
Clean windows
Clean mirror
Wipe sill
Wipe bath skirt and radiator
Clean tiling
S+s

Girls room if doom
Wipe available surfaces
Sweep floor

DS boy dungeon
Clean windows
Sweep floor

Hall stairs and landing hoovered

Pop friends to drop back dvd plus pair jeans and top my lot outgrown for her rabble.got lured in to see her kittens(10weeks old) had troubl get lil zoo out again!!

Dd2 back,had a great day!she's bit tired so think be early night for her.lil zoo is 12 tomorrow!