Welcome to the December (dare I say the Christmas?!) Flylady thread. This is a really lovely thread where we loosely follow the Flylady system (see the Flylady website ) in the hope of having organised homes and lives.
Every day I will post a link to the launchpad which has everything you need for that day if you do want to follow the system strictly. Plenty of options to follow the system more loosely as well :).
Please do familiarise yourself with the Flylady website, especially if you are new. The Flylady is (understandably) keen that people do look at the website.
On the website there is information for beginners. You can also sign up to the Flylady emails but we would advise not to as there are hundreds of them.
We post our achievements (ta das) and our to do lists and any other general chatter about life / flying.
Information on getting started: www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/
The launch pad is also a good starting place:www.flylady.net/c/lp.php
Fly stands for Finally Loving Yourself. The general idea is that short bursts of tidying / organisation are more achievable than marathon efforts. Flylady advises 15 minute bursts is effort but you can tweak this to fit your own circumstances.
Be kind to yourselves, jump in where you are and be careful not to crash and burn!
Any newbies are very welcome 
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Flylady also does Christmas missions which I will link to each day. They are really useful and nearer the time she does super missions which help you if you have not managed the regular missions. They are just there to help and as Flylady says... do not worry as you do not need to catch up, just jump in where you are .
Link to the holiday cruising is
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December’s habit is usually [[http://www.flylady.net/d/habits-of-the-month/december/
pampering yourself]] which is much needed this busy time of year. This can be as simple as taking two minutes to have a cup of tea, if long pampering sessions are unachievable.
The website will update to the December missions etc in the next few days so I will link it again if it is different.
A daily summary (which should update automatically every day) is available on the Flylady website at flight plan here.
The link to the current zone and missions is [[http://www.flylady.net/c/sp.php#missions here].
Re. zones, do what works for you. I don’t always stick to the zones myself and do what works best at the time!
daily focus
missions for the week
Flykids mission
beginner babysteps.
The best place to look for an overall summary is the launch pad.
Happy flying everyone.
Please note that while there is lots of information on the website, from a security point of view we would advise caution with putting any personal details in or downloading anything.
Also a huge thank you to Ghoulette for the November thread.
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Festive fledglings flying through December - the Flylady thread
TooStressyTooMessy · 30/11/2019 15:03
Can you put your phone into "do not disturb" mode at night Zoo, I have that between 11 and 7 but any calls from favourites in contacts still ring and alarms still work.
I've got cut up cards for tags on my to do list today too, then the bags containing all the wrapping and spare cards can go back in the loft. The rest of the decorations will stay up till the weekend though.
Bower - I've just been reading about the fires too, thinking of your family 
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Willow - what a bittersweet feeling over your DS. I was very determined to be independent at that age and rarely went home in term time even though my uni was only 30 mins drive away. However it is still home 30+ years later, I've never gone back permanently but knowing that I could if I needed to has always been a comfort. I still have a couple of shelves of stuff in my old bedroom, untouched apart from dusting. My eldest is nearly 16, I feel the time slipping by very quickly now too.
I have worked those ages out wrong. Its too early for counting 
I just tried to search for last year's January thread, didn't find it but did find January threads going back 10 years, a little trip down memory lane . I think it might start with a flurry of new joiners but settle down quite quickly, so maybe a thorough intro then see how it goes with links.
Fab thanks Laputa.
From a thread leading point of view I find it much easier with just a link to the launch pad each day. The launchpad resets each day anyway so people can find whatever they want from that... that is the point of it on the website I think. It also means if you are leading you can just save a link to the launchpad and use that then keep an eye on the thread generally. When we did more specific links, particularly for daily missions and zones I used to find it much more time consuming. I do put in the odd extra bit such as the Christmas missions this time.
A detailed intro with links is useful both for newbies and as a nice introduction to the thread each month. I think if people are grant bothered they can easily go back to the first post in the thread if they want links.
Each to their own though and quite happy for people to do whatever. I think if you are thread leading it is your choice really how much to put it.
Happy New Year wing flaps and cherry waves to all of you. Thanks so much for every one of you, new and old, for being so great on the thread this December and throughout the year 
FIREBALL
Thank you for a fabulously festive December thread Stressy, thread leading of distinction there. I know I've been quiet on here. Still feeling a bit ropey but determined to head out for a bit tonight. Not to a wild party, just a family event at an indoor crazy golf place but should be manic fun 
Looking forward to a new decade of possibilities! I'm going to do some training and some very part-time work next year, with a view to getting back into the world of work. I'm looking forward to it.
I'm also going to tackle a slightly thorny subject of contact with our families. It's always us going up there and they never call in here in fact they have never been here at all I am now sulking and not wanting to go up to see them and have no firm ideas of quite how I'm going to solve it but it's not an overnight fix anyway. Will think about that one. Will probably involve steady contact during the year.
I will probably be back online later, but just in case I'm not - have a great NYE whatever you are doing and love and best wishes to all the past, present and future fledglings for the roaring twenties! Cheers!
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Afternoon ladies,weird the decades almost over.ds informed to today as I in my 40s I am entering my 6th decade tomorrow.cheers for that chap,I needed a reason to feel so decrepit!!
Cleared dining table ready our little buffet evening
Lost will to live try order multi pack t shirts,long and short sleeve as part my new year promise to try take better care of myself .luckily do was on form and kept click away til I had a least something!
HS 20 min nap,feeling slightly livelier
2more loads wash done
Pop farmfoods and restock freezer this morning
Argued doc reception til got my ringback.sec spoke doc dd2 got the meds for her throat issues.starts tomorroe.hipefully that'll ease reflux a little,and knick on effect will benefit her anxiety
Stressy thanks leading us thru such a busy month.glad you stood strong re parents xmas visit.you did great all round!
If I don't check in later,see you guys next decade!!
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