FLYbabies Day 4....write things down

[Jas]

Day 4
http://www.flylady.com/pages/reminder4.asp Today's reminders

This is taking things a bit too slowly imo. I don't need to write a reminder to tell myself to get dressed, and hopefully we are all shining our sinks before bed now.

blossomsmine - it is not compulsory to do every little bit exactly as FLYlady says. Even she says adapt the routine to fit your own life, not the other way round.

SMS - well done on the bra wearing! It is making me smile every time you mention it

I have lots and lots and lots of SMS names....usually start with SlightlyMad Slug, Stew, Scientist, Spider, Ship, Star, Superstar......I change when I fancy.

And no I wasn't at teh XMas meet.

I recognise you as the Scientist from somewhere, but I'm thinking SpookyMadMummy at the Christmas meet.

I'm terrible with names in rl, and rl people don't change their names . I'm amazed i remember anyone for more than 10 minutes.

Oh my word blossomsmine - that's an impressive list! I'm feeling quite inadequate . BUT... I'm doing OK. I have a shiny sink, I got dressed to shoes by 9am, I read my reminders (confused that they were the same as yesterday's), I skipped days 4 & 5, and I blasted a hotspot to smithereens! I started with an easy hotspot which I thought would be achievable and noticeable to DH, and it worked! Thanks everyone for your advice about hotspots. It seems that people have varying methods, but I guess anything done in those 2 mintues is better than nothing.

Yes I started as SlightlyMadScientist (well after dipping my toes in as 2plus2plus1)...and I have only ever done 1 meet - which was Mile for Maude and was a Midlands one.

Can I ask a question about Hotspots?

1. Should we clear the hotspot completely in the first instance (e.g. in a crisis clean) and then use the 2 minute hotspot time to keep it clear...

or should we spend 2 mins here and there on a hotspot until it is all gone?

I remember you as 2pus2pus1, too

Hotspots - whatever works I started wih a crisis clean the first time, but my dds were away fo 4 days, and I could do it. Now I would (and am )just doing a bit at a time.
FL Hotspotting goes up to 5 mins and possibly 15, so you get more done in one go, but she recommends doing the same bit in little bursts if you need to. Otherwise you start with great intentions and lose motivation and don't finish, and it ends up even worse.

Well done everyone

bigbear lovely shiny sink! and adorable cutey pie kids!!!!! awwwww!

My sink is shiny tonight...but I have put a plastic bowl in it ...my plug is crap and the water leaks away as I'm washing up...or trying to clean something! Turn around and all the water has gone...so I'm afraid a bowl has to go in to save me trying to rush before all the water dissapears!!!

A good few hotspots eliminated today so I'm very pleased

I am very knackered however...and my dishwasher needs emptying...dilema...do I empty it now...or sod it until the morning??? GAH!!!!! damn this FLY thing...I will have to do it now other wise I'll go to bed feeling I should have done it...and even worse, I'll wake up wishing I'd done it
Ok...I'll unload D/W...then go to bed!

NNight all

Empty it now!

I'm off to bed, too.

NN

...I'm going...I'm going

pobletsmum - you have done really well, i may look like i have done loads, but i am knackered.....also will probably not get much done tomorrow as at work again then got to take one of the kids out early evening. Like you say we all have our different ways don't we i suppose as long as we don't give up we are doing well!

blossomine sorry for causing spillage accident. I'm not very techie, no idea how to get sink picture to upload the other way round!

I don't believe it, I gave my self a light day as it was only light FLYs and I come back on and you've skipped days!!!!Gaahhh!!

1st thing my sink was shiney, (still is) got dressed, read reminders/emails but didn't do day 5/6 or mission or hotspot.

I had to finish all my uniform/kit shopping and no one had the right sized tennis racquet for dd in a price I thought acceptable.

Then instead of logging back on I spent all evening labelling everything to the required standard (demerit for not doing so)so I will have my work cut out for me tomorrow to catch up!

And I've broken the going to sleep rule!

Day 7 I promise you will be fie alycat[smile. You really havn't missed anythin. Sewing in name lables gets a gold star from me. I've taken to writing on school clothes now.