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It's February - Fledglings are Flying (let's face it there's not much else to do).

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EventuallyDeleted · 31/01/2021 21:35

Here we are on the February 2021 Flylady thread - this time last year we were just starting to realise that the world was going to change in a big, big way. The Fledgling threads have pulled us all together and been a great source of comfort and distraction from it all.

This is a friendly housekeeping thread based (loosely... Extremely loosely sometimes 😂) on Flylady's housekeeping system . Welcome one and all, lurkers and long-time posters alike. Join in, hang out, but above all remember you are not behind, just jump in where you are.

The beauty of Flylady is that you don't have to flatten yourself trying to get your house clean to begin the routine upkeep; the first - and only - thing she asks you to do is to shine your kitchen sink. Routines - morning, afternoon and evening - are built gradually through her Baby Steps. To those, you add a Daily Focus and a weekly area to concentrate cleaning on. By the end of a month, your whole house will have had some attention. If you miss a bit, never mind, it'll come round next month!

For this month, I'll be posting daily links to the Launch Pad on the Flylady site so you can follow the daily focus and cleaning missions. You can sign up to receive emails from Flylady, but we suggest you don't - she sends masses, which will clog up your inbox and drive you insane into the bargain.

Because this thread has been running a while, there are some acronyms we use to make life easier
S&S - swish and swipe, round the bathroom to keep it acceptable daily
LOL - load of laundry. No, we don't find washing that funny!
Ned - born of a typo, a mythical being who assists with laundry mountains
The pointy stick ----> to motivate people
PO3 - Power of 3, if you can only face a few tasks. People often find groups of 3 tasks stack up over a day!
The Naughty Corner - where we head when it's all Too Much. Usually stocked with fresh coffee, fluffy throws, delicious snacks and the opportunity to sit quietly with friends or build a blanket fort and sulk in it if you need to.

During the Pandemic, we have also been using the KCC or Keep Calm Corner, invented by long-time poster / thread leader SC. This is a regular dose of memes, questions for discussion, random trivia etc to distract us from the rest of the world. All contributions welcome!

Remember - No Fledgling Left Behind!

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StillUpholding · 27/02/2021 07:48

Grrr just lost a post, MN randomly refreshed!

Sorry I went Awol for a couple of days again

I can do March ED if there’s no other volunteers. Might help me stay on track. I can start a day early if we are running out of room. I’ll keep an eye. There may be some late posts though as it’s looking like I’ll have to do a bit of overtime this month. DH’s run of overtime is just coming to an end and now it’s my turn

for all the fledglings have a tough time with DC/school worries

Sing yesterday sounds like a disaster. Hope today goes more smoothly. DD used to have far more account nursery. Like someone said upthread I think she was just too engrossed in whatever they were doing and would hold it as long as possible, which wasn’t always long enough.

Hurrah for finding a home for the pushchair Dancing! Always nice for things to be reused.