Welcome to the November Flylady thread Fledglings! All are welcome here. A few of us have been around a while but everyone, newbie and lurking, is welcome to join in.
This is my first time running the thread so I hope other fledglings will alert me when I’ve got things confused or if I’ve left something out!! A busy month for us all with the holiday season looming next month…
Very simply Flylady is a zone-based cleaning system which we loosely follow. Everyone is different and has different rooms and life demands. There are five zones and at the beginning and the end of the month we usually straddle Zone 1 and zone 5.
(amend rooms to suit your house – I do the living and dining room together as it’s all one room in my house)
November
Zone 1 Hall, entrance/dining room (Fri 1 – Sat 2)
Zone 2 Kitchen (Sun 3- Sat 9)
Zone 3 Bathroom and another room (Sun 10- Sat 16)
Zone 4 Master bedroom/closet (Sun 17 – sat 23)
Zone 5 Living room (Sun 24 – Sat 30)
Pop onto the Flylady website to have a closer look but signing up for emails will probably lead to very many landing in your inbox. Also there has been some concern about securely downloading pdfs from the site. here
Flylady has an introductory scheme for newbies called Babysteps which is a light 31 day introduction to the system – dressing to shoes, shining your sink etc. What I like about Flylady is her emphasis on self care, her abhorrence of perfectionism and her adage that you’re never being behind in the system - just jump in. No need to completely clean your house before you start – phew! here
There is a morning routine and an evening routine to keep things ticking over and a weekly home cleaning hour to change bed sheets, mop, hoover, take out rubbish etc. The system isn’t brilliant for major decluttering so you might want to supplement with Kondo or another decluttering system. Flylady doesn’t want us cleaning all day so she is very keen on using a timer. Clean then stop!
In addition each day has a purpose: see the daily focus here
Monday: Weekly home cleaning hour (can be split into ten minute sections and spread over week) here
Tuesday: Plan and play (Menu planning, family event planning)
Wednesday: Anti-procrastination day
Thursday: Errand day
Friday: Clear out bags, fill car with petrol, date night
Saturday: Family fun
Sunday: Lift your spirit
Launch pad for guidance every day! launch pad
Habit of the month of November is meal planning. This is my Achilles heel! here
We have a lovely virtual naughty corner where we can all retreat – there are all manner of lovely things left there by thread members including fluffy pillows, warm blankets, tea, coffee, wine, delicious foods. This month there are plenty of candles to brighten the darker days.
There may be mention of Ned who started life as an autocorrection on the thread but who has now morphed into a virtual helper with a specialism in putting away laundry. Ned is borrowed by thread members from time to time when the going gets tough on Mount Washmore.
Most days we pop on to post our ta da list of what we’ve managed to do and have a bit of a natter.
Find cleaning advice from other Mumsnetters on our Housekeeping forum.
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Cherry waves hello to November 2019. Fledgling Flylady thread for all.[smile]
Ghoulette1740 · 30/10/2019 14:42
magic lust zoo. I'm smiling here!
Thanks for everything fellow fledglings. Thanks Bower, justgivemewine, SC, tidy, onthebrink and zoo and anyone I've missed out. Feeling more positive today. MrGhoul is i think burnt out but he is okay for now. I know the appts are a long way away. He phoned back today to try to get an earlier one but late November was all they had. And we were phoning from 8am but the line was engaged until 8.37!
It's a community medical practice but with a University catchment too (ie it's the Uni med practice). Lots of students attending at the moment. Might consider moving to a medical practice near our house.
We had a better day today but we are going to go to bed earlier tonight. Even making the appointments helped us both. Onthebrink I'm so sorry to hear about your mum and her hip.
I was at work all day so flying commences for me tomorrow with a short break for the flu jab.
Decluttered lots of paper today but should have focused on other stuff, may pull a late night now to get it done (I've had weeks but want to get it out of the way now).
Also I completed an online application tonight which took AGES, so much longer than I was expecting that it's given me less time to do other stuff. Onwards and off the internet , sleep well and I'll see you tomorrow.
Zoo banana and Tahini mmmm yum. Going to try that tomorrow.
SC great list. I managed to get all the ingredients except the pineapple and I think I can get that in the city or perhaps a trip over the border as they have a well known shop there I think. I can't remember what it is called but I know where it is.
Yes we love the "all fed, no one dead" phrase.
Welcome wine.
are you partial to a 
too?
KTC "if in doubt swap about!" We just use it as a guide and you can swap bits about as much as you like. None of us stick to it completely. Well I don't think so.
Well done on the win bower
Dd2 day went ok,she seemed alright when came in.but didn't do much(bit of Spanish homework) then gagged on phone.no revision for test today or exams.shes like a rabbit in headlights
Lil zoo still got tummyache,appetite is not as usual.lay on bed in phone all evening.fingers X there's improvement when she gets up
hungeyhazeleyes welcome aboard!
for getting DC to help.how old are they?
Hey all! First day up in a while with no visitors in the house or visits impending, DH not travelling and DD in relatively good mood . Wouldn't say no to a bit of magic lust though
The builders have wrung from wreck2 to say the electrics are off and they can't work so looks like I may have to go and sort. What a shame that would be when I have a day of cleaning planned
Welcome to the thread Hungryhazeleyes. Despite my 16 yr old DD having had a list of chores that she did regularly aged from about 8 up to her fourteenth birthday, I'm ashamed to say that I have pretty much given up on the chore front with her recently (a) because she always has shed loads of school work and exams (fairly tough education system here) and (b) well, you know what they say, never poke a sleeping lion and (c) I can't in all honesty insist on a tidy bedroom when mine is a total pit! To be fair to her, she is very competent when she does lend a hand, and can really clean up fast when her friends are coming when there's a household crisis! . And just like Zoo I am inconsistent in my nagging too. (although very unlike Zoo I am inconsistent when it comes to tidying as well )! Hats off to you for getting the DC on board though!
Top list I've 
Sorry about the man child; I'll be (hopefully) in the vicinity of some heavy farm implements soon ... .
Hope Lil'Zoo feels better soon Zoo!
Good quizzing Bower! Enjoy your pillaging over the border 
Hope you got to bed eventually Chic!
Glad you and MrGhoul are feeling bit more positive Ghoulette and ta for links!
Amazing list Tidy! Ideally it's best to freeze bananas peeled and cut up in to rounds on a flat tray, then once frozen, in plastic bag. But if you freeze brown ones for baking like I do in their skins, you can defrost gently in microwave on defrost setting.
KTCluck you deserve a medal for doing any flying at all after a 13 hr work day!
Great list Justgivemewine. You are doing better than me as I am still tackling the suitcases from half term and have a laundry backlog!
Laputa have you tried Figleaves for bras? I find them very good. Loads of info on-line now about bra fitting (Boom and Bust or something like that on Facebook?) and once you know your size in a brand that suits you, it's much easier than struggling in a tiny changing room.
Aw bless your ds Foxes for donating his 
Waves to everyone else! I have hardly got going today and it's 11.15 already! Yikes! Had better get cracking! Have a good one everybody!
Plans for border crossing out the window for time being.DH had other plans. He has gone to DS2''s house. Moving furniture
I was going to go but decided not to as work men in so it might be noisy.
Yes, quiz was a good result as we only had 3 on our team and five on some.
So now I have once a month : quiz x2, Gardening Club, Flower arranging Club (I liked the people really quite funny). Need to find an Art Class there is one I used to go to once a week which I could go back too. Another which I was going to join but then couldn't due to an accident and then not able to drive.It is a bit of a drive and on a bad road in winter so not sure about that.
Might do a cooking evening class next year. It would be good to brush up skills and cook a different cuisine.Maybe Thai.
Have just weighed and sorted cake mix. Delia's Classic Christmas Cake. I think I made this one year and it was good. Also going to make a lighter one for DS1. DS3 says a whole cake might be too much but I might make a smaller one for him and DS2 maybe 6"
Still trying to declutter. Such a lot of stuff doesn't have a proper home.Some needs to go in Arty Crafty room but I can't face going in there it is such a mess and was so nearly tidy last year. I am planning an hour a day...next week
Cat fed x2 hungry pussycat.
Cake mix done to stage 1.
1 wash in.
Need to vacuum downstairs.
Wash kitchen floor.
Clean chicken out.
Might pop down to summer house but getting chillier in there might take a blanky down.
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Ive I'm a bit of a book addict, especially Children’s stories , I just think it's a lovely way to spend time with the kids and helps tremendously school related stuff. I'm excited for the next christmasourous book and really want to get it for the 1st Dec, I do a book advent each year for the kids , this will be a nice starting point !
Sc a more relaxing morning for you then ! How was the rest of the day, did you sort out the electrics?
Laputa I really like that! I have always looked at needle felting but I think the feel of it would go through me, I can't stand materials rubbing together, cotton wool especially so I will admire from afar! Hope appointment goes ok.
Glad you're feeling a bit better ghoul 
Zoo I do wonder what your other messages look like for those words to keep popping up on autocorrect
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Bower glad you enjoyed the quiz night! Hope the work situation is all sorted ?
I've had another busy day today so I haven't had chance to update.
Tada
Made veg soup for school lunches
Emptied dishwasher
Showered & ready
Made porridge & fruit for everyone
Kids ready for school
Stripped beds
Popped wash on
School run
Work
Picked friend up and had a cuppa and catch up
Picked dd2 up from nursery
Took friend to hospital to visit poorly Grandma
Lunch
Sorted breakfast pots and lunch pots
Dishwasher on
General tidy round
Started drying
Put another wash on
Made curry & cooked rice and cooled to pop in the fridge
Picked friends dd up
Picked ds up
Finished off making tea
Emptied dishwasher
Refilled with tea pots
Friends dd home
Dd1 to dancing
Ds off to football
Tidied dd2s bedroom after the kids emptied every single toy out 
Remade beds (just waiting for ds bedding to dry)
I was actually feeling a bit fed up for not achieving anything to do with 'flying' but when I look at the list, I don't feel so bad ! I will catch up tomorrow! Now sat snuggling dd2 , I need to pop her to bed soon and have a quick tidy downstairs. I'm super tired this evening and shouldn't have sat down because now I cannot be arsed to do anything! Mum started with a bit of a cold yesterday so I was up half the night worrying .
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