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

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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!

Poor scoutcat, been in the wars poor love. I hope she recovers swiftly. Not much flying done here but productive work day. Nice Chinese style veggies and steak and mash. Cold here though. Possible snow tomorrow.

Apologies for misgendering Scoutcat. He

Poor Scoutcat. One of ours developed a huge abscess under her chin last summer, on a Saturday afternoon. I phoned the vet for advice and they said provided she was eating and behaving normally and it didn't feel hot to the touch to leave it. It ruptured the next day and was gross (apparently, I was at work ) and healed all by itself. So you never know. But maybe a shot of antibiotic will be needed.

They have no apps til tom,having looked at a photo...
9am phone callwith chance seen if nec
Ed I hope now it's ruptured will be ok.hes an old fella,should be pipe and slippers by the fire not scrapping with horrid unneutered Tom's picking on him in his own garden😔owner says she feels like it's wrong stop him "sowing his oats"

Owner is a dick. that is all.

:( zoo

Not caught up properly but wanted to say well done (Fantastic)MrFoxes for exam pass! Woo!

I have basically not moved from the sofa since getting home from my errands (I didn’t go to the shop for food). Absolutely freezing and still feel cold despite heater, dressing gown, duvet and blanket! Everyone else is in shorts! I suspect I look a little like Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining.

That unneutered cat is going to pick the wrong opponent one day. Owner's an idiot. I hope she doesn't raise male children the same way...probably does.

Not that male children should be neutered 😳

Gaaah that would annoy me waders - even without the weight issues, any controlling “acting like his mother” behaviour from DD1 to DS is like a rag [apparently the colour doesn’t matter] to a bull with me 🤬🤬🤬

On the plus side DS is willingly just snacking on a stick of celery. 😱

Why have you restricted calories so much waders? Just concerned because I couldn't cope at all with a very low calorie regime. Obviously everyone's different. Sometimes it's possible to eat more and just lose it more slowly. If you lose a pound a week that's 52lbs on a year...

I'm officially the heaviest I've been 😳

Half- i wont step Dh's scales....i might break them 🐘 (thank you lockdown 3. Sigh.) 🤣

I've been following an American fitness expert who is no-nonsense and sensible. Feels that the scales is only one data point. Also important as a sign of progress is how much fitter and stronger you are etc. He says the downward trend is important and that weight can spike up and down. So I've weighed as a starting point and am just going to eat sensibly and lift weights not hover near scapes every week. This bloke is totally against all or nothing thinking. If you eat a ton of biscuits one day just start again the next. Just don't give up.

Hiya everyone hope you’re all well. I went AWOL yesterday, Elijah was not in a very good mood most of the day so I barely had the time to do anything other than calm down a few tantrums. He can be a little diva sometimes, god help me when he’s a teenager!. I feel quite boring as I have done very little, I’m terribly bored. I feel like I’ve done everything that can be done now! We did colour sorting bears and threading beads today!

waders we really enjoyed jelly digging actually, I like doing edible activities, so try and make most of the things I do with him be edible!. Sorry today was quite stressful, I hope a good sleep does you well!

dancing I’m going to try and do some more jelly activities, they’re really fun!

Lovely photos ED and waders!

Glad you finally got the dishwasher sorted sing! Sorry about the lack of sleep!

Your valentines plans sound lovely ED!

Well done on rolling over mctiny! How clever is he!

Sorry about the pain THAT!

Sorry about the stressful day yesterday foxes, I hope today was better💐

zoo I hope scoutcat is okay, bless him!

I don’t feel like I deserve to be on this thread! Flying is awful lately, I just can’t find the motivation to get anything done. Hopefully I’ll be back on track soon, just feeling very out of it.

Peanut i am a total fake flyer, i am literally here for the chat

I'm not saying your a fake flyer btw, just that you don't have to do all the flying shit to post here

Most of the time that’s true of me too! I still need to Clean Something and sort a toy box but if I choose something easy the latter won’t take long at all. I’m procrastinating as I still ache everywhere 🤬

I don't fly - I just glide 😆

Even when i am doing stuff i am not flying. it is not a strict thread.

I remember the first flying thread I joined before this thread was started and it was mostly just lists in flylady language. It was intimidating and I was really glad when a few broke off and formed this thread to help get people up to speed and understand the system. We have always been a chatty bunch and not strictly on track. Just is what it is.

I don’t fly, just raise a wing now and then in a half arsed manner, and then roll back over and cover my face with said wing.

Ah waders I see. My fitness person insists on some form of calorie deficit and you need consistency say 25 days out of 30. Losing four pounds in two months is perfectly fine - progress is progress apparently.

I would kill to lose anything atm 😳 most of my previous progress has been undone since the pandemic. It’s so frustrating. Finding it super hard to be motivated enough to exercise too!