Fledglings Flying into Jubilee June

[ExtremelyDedicated]

Hello everyone, and welcome to the June Flylady thread.

We welcome newbies and returnees - if you are curious about the system feel free to ask questions or lurk! We do follow it, erm, loosely to say the least. So there is a lot of chat about random life stuff as well as housework, decluttering and organising.

A key element of flylady is not being a perfectionist. Most of us here are not naturals at housekeeping etc, so please don’t feel we are some intimidating group who demand perfectly shined sinks. We are human. We fall off the wagon. We commiserate and help each other climb back on, and we stock the virtual naughty corner with snacks and blankets for the days when adulting is just too hard.

So, the system:
🔹Some baby steps which are designed to help you build up a routine.
🔹Daily missions to help with sprucing up particular areas in the zones, for example the first zone of the month is the entry/porch and dining room if you have one.

🔹Try and do 15 minutes decluttering a day. It didn’t get cluttered in a week so it will take a lot longer to clear it!

🔹Daily focuses to help shape the week.
🔹Here on the thread many of us post to do lists, but also “ta da” lists of things we’ve achieved that day.
🔹We also recommend the Power of Three technique - if you’re overwhelmed with too much to do, just pick three things and don’t think about the rest.

Anyway, I will post some links each day (hopefully) but whether you follow the system or not - many of us just take the bits we like or build our own flylady style system to suit our own lives - do join in if you want a place to chat about keeping a house and family running!

Perry- love it when Adhd kicks in....not!
Nick Knowles is welcome over to mine- they could make a great program here!

Hills and Perry- thank you for the book recommendations. They sound great. I didnt make it to the library. But did read a 60 page document on safe guarding and complete 2 online tests.

I want to write so much but cant write much.

I washed and blow dried my hair. I look odd. Strangely i miss my wild and unkempted hair.
Outfit is in the dryer - drying.

Read books to fraggles before bed, they loved it!!

1. Cuddly dudley
2. Peck, peck, peck
3. Supertatoe- run, veggies run.

I think i an going to read peck, peck, peck.
Its a very fast paced read, interesting book pages and interesting rhyming, verses and different words.
Can be a talking point for afterwards.

Willow- looove picture of willowhound!

Up - i would love to be a the point the clutter would be gone. One day. I will have it sorted.

Hills- sorry to hear you have such a silly coworker!
Your slowcooker meal sounds different! Whats that?
That- hope you are ok?

☘🌿🌲🌳🌱⚘🌷🌼 calming plants for a calm night.

Why does motivation always disappear when there’s much to do Perry? So annoying.

I’ll keep a look out for Peck Peck Peck Dancing.

YesTaDas:
🍒tried on new clothes and shoes, packaged the stuff to go back straight away <polishes halo>
🍒wiped kitchen benches, tiles behind cooker, some of the cupboard fronts
🍒made a start on packing the girl’s clothes for our weekend away
🍒sorted prescription
🍒sorted some old photos into an album
🍒deleted some emails and photos from my phone

TaDas:
🍒DD1 at school, DD2 sleeping
🍒emptied DW
🍒LOL done and on the line
🍒remembered to put the garden waste bin out for collection

To Do:
😩ironing
😩packing
😩general tidying
😩pluck eyebrows and give myself a pedicure for my new sandals
😩DNLMS at DH and his thwarting of my carefully thought out schedule for tomorrow

Morning all, sorry for late links.

Tada!
🍎Cats fed
🍏Washing on line
🍎Second lot of washing in machine
🍏Drop DD at school
🍎Hour at the allotment on the way home
🍏Second lot of washing on line
🍎Quick tidy of kitchen
🍏Back to school to pick DD up
🍎Home and it’s raining, dilemma over washing on line, decided to leave
🍏Make cuppa, time for some work.

Saw this photo yesterday and thought of the Fledglings

You need to click on it to see the caption

flylady.net/c/fp.php?tzm=-60

Today’s flight plan. We are still in the kitchen and our mission is to wipe down our large appliances.

That's a hoot @ExtremelyDedicated ! @Upsadiddles what is it with husbands unravelling plans by "being helpful" in a totally unhelpful way?

Ta da yesterday and this morning:
💖Finished DD's dress (pic attached, pale blue princess-line dress)
🧡 Finished DS2's GF's dress (pic attached, blue dress with pink flowers)
💛 Watched some more Nick Knowles - I fear the mum from the first series with a Serious Craft Problem is me
💚 Ordered a birthday present for my sister and got it posted straight there
💙 Got my social stuff into the diary
💜 Book swimming for DS3 and palm off accompanying him onto DH, who is already there doing lengths at that point 😁
💖 write birthday cards and do wrapping for DS2's GF.
🧡 Morning routine
💛 Walk WillowHound
💚 Order folders
💙 Chase up missing bday present for DS3 - another being dispatched, recorded this time
💜 Book new train tickets to Nottingham for the 25th for DD, as the RMT have helpfully cancelled the last lot with their strike 🤦‍♀️
💖 Bravely email client to tell him his family history will make a lot more sense if he pays me for an extra bit 😬

Spending today writing and sorting out printing for reports. And probably cleaning round taps, because I didn't do it yesterday!

<crawls back in>
Hi. What year is it?

That congratulations on succeeding in getting manchild out of the house. It is an adjustment, but it sounds like you'd be better for it. Hugs.
Willow those dresses are gorgeous! You have real talent.
Hazel I am sorry for your loss.

I've been doing my routines, and staying afloat more or less, but now need to do a bit of deeper cleaning. And I need to start going to the gym again, but everytime it's a battle between sofa calling and gym going. So far sofa has been winning.

Also, does anyone have a decent waffle recipe please?

Mc you came back, yay! Can’t help with the waffle recipe unfortunately (but I’ll happily test any recipe you try, just leave them in the naughty corner).

Lovely dresses Willow. Can you do them to fit over big bums and mum tums?

TaDas:
🧳most of packing for me and the girls done
🧳ironing pile obliterated
🧳did not place DH under the patio, and successfully delegated washing of the car and checking of the tyres to him
🧳half of pedicure done, until MiniUp stopped me

Tomorrow will consist of a visit to elderly relative, picking up of prescription, loading of the car and a home bleurgh so we come back to a nice house. Then head off for the weekend 🙌🏻

willow those dresses are gorgeous 😍 they look so professionally done!
Welcome back mc
Up I hope you managed to finish your pedicure!

Hooray, good to see you Mc. Waffle recipe pic hopefully attached, you will see from the state of it that it is well used! The almonds mean people are hungry for lunch less quickly. Melt butter, splat all else in mixing bowl, add melted butter, mix, waffle. Basically.

Thank you, Willow! Will be trying it out tomorrow.

Up sounds like it's an operation Holidays in your house 😊 how is miniUp doing?

Hazel <enthusiastic waves>

Mc- hi mc!

Willow- the dresses you made are amazing!

Up- goodluck packing?

I am in the naughty corner with a blanket over my head- needs life to stop of a sec.

• important thing done.

-supported a friend to apply for a job.

• try to sort/organise party

Cheery waves everyone.

I have a Scandinavian waffle recipe. Totally unhealthy as involves sour cream, but makes the fluffiest waffles. And is adaptable for milk free. Can pm if wanted

Ds and i have been working in the kitchen. He has declared the new £10 asda rice cooker "the best thing ever" and can get a portion of rice cooked for him in 8 mins with 10 mins standing. He is delighted. He has also made cookies.
I set 2 lots of bread dough on to rise, stuck a load in the washing machine and done a smidge of washing up.

There is a lot of sitting atm because as covid does it has messed up my cycle but as covid makes the blood "stickier" I can't take my iron tablets like i would normally so that is a fun game played slow. there is also a game of will I or will i not run out of "stuff" which includes the memory game of how many places do i keep "1 for just in case" car, training kit, mini first aid kit are 3 places... Thank god for short and light. And also for all the "just in case places" Do not know how that one got missed for getting sorted.

Plan for today: ds is going to help me sort through the freezer for a master list of what will be needed to stock the batch cooking that is now almost used up. And then get an online shop order done.

Afternoon all,

Apologies for lateness <pokes head out of naughty corner>. I had a lie-in, did zoom yoga and was then enticed into going for coffee with a friend instead of my to-do list. Then to the optician and back home for lunch. I have managed to get two machine loads of towels washed and on the line though.

Yesterday was a Day of Many Things Done.
Ta-da!
🍎Washing on line
🍏Took DD to School
🍎Hour at allotment
🍏2nd lot of washing on line, breakfast
🍎Picked DD up again and came home
🍏Hour of paid work
🍎Took DD to town for booster jab, had lunch there and did a bit of shopping
🍏Washing off line
🍎Shopping list made
🍏Packed up crochet squares to post to Woolly Hugs
🍎Took parcel to PO
🍏Weekly food shop
🍎Unpacked food, tidied fridge and cupboard
🍏Cooked dinner
🍎Sorted large pile of mail that was cluttering up breakfast bar
🍏Fed sourdough starter
🍎Zoom book club
🍏Sorted laundry and put mine away
🍎Put fresh sheets on bed (that was the 2nd lot of laundry)
🍏Tried on some trousers that were delivered yesterday

Now I need to go and start decluttering my garden shed as I have a tip slot booked at 3.30, might end up postponing it, such a pain that you have to book them now.

Mc - lovely to have you back on the thread

Willow - fabulous dressmaking

Hills - rice cooker sounds great

Dancing - well done for supporting your friend with the job

Up - hope you get away OK and DH behaves WRT packing etc.

Waves at Hazel, Zoo, Perry, any other Fledglings who are lurking.

Today is Friday and Flylady says we should be cleaning out our cars and handbags. Our final day in the kitchen is dedicated to sweeping and mopping the floor (I will definitely do that, noticed lots of crumbs during zoom yoga).

Flightplan is here www.flylady.net/c/fp.php?tzm=-60

Next week we will be in Zone 3, the main bathroom and one other room

Tada!
🍏Filled most of the back of my car with stuff for the tip
🍎Swept and mopped kitchen floor
🍏sent an email that I have been pondering on
🍎marinaded chicken for dinner (tikka paste) and put in low oven, prepared some onion salad to go with it for later

Hills oh yes please! I'd love that recipe 😋
Dancing hhhiiii! How is it going? How are little fraggles?
ED sounds like a productive day to me!

Ta da:
LOL
Kitchen cleaned up post dinner
Went to the gym! Whoop!
Organised car.

McToddler decided he does not want to sit in his high chair during dinner. He wanted a cuddle This Very Second, just as I was eating. Cue offended tears when I had the audacity to finish my food. It was a trying evening.

Mc- hi mc, my little fraggles are growning up. They no longer cry that they are at school all day! They are funny.
Awww, toddler Mc sounds at the cute age! Aww, they know when mum is eating and have to stop mum!

Hello, MN being silly again and I had less time online the last few days thanks to what felt like a migraine. Still feel like crap tbh and not at all productive or motivated. Main achievement the last few days was emailing tutor and asking for an extension (essay due next week when I’m away for work)

Not even asking for the pointy stick today!

Perry I hope you feel better soon <throws Fluffy blankets your way>

Yesterday DS got the house cleaned up (home bleugh). We are going to change his chores schedule to spread them out throughout the week now he's out of school. He's been doing such a good job that DH and I decided to help him out with buying him a VR headset that he's been wanting. He's been saving for over a year now. We surprised him with that info on Thursday and he cried he was so happy and grateful!

Right now I'm with DS at the hairdressers so he can get his hair cut. I've had my 2 cups of coffee already as I woke up early (before 7am). No alarm set 🙄 I'm glad though, I forgot about his appt!
It's not quite 9am. I think I might have a 3rd cup of coffee when we get home. 😴
My plan for today is finish planting my plants, self care and make dinner for tonight for the ILs.

Good morning...ish.

Hope you are feeling better today perry

ta da
Food shop order - the basics
Food shop order 2 - the bulk quantities
3 lots of bread dough rising
the people supplied with supplies
Crafting ripped back and fixed
Survey house and what needs doing
remember breakfast is a thing and i should probably eat it

Right i need to consider moving and doing something practical.

Hazel that’s so sweet about DS’ reaction! Hope he enjoys it, VR looks really cool.

I am not feeling better at all really. Recently I have woken up feeling flooded with that feeling of overwhelming lethargy and dread. Bizarre mix. And annoying as I’ve been doing really well, MH wise, for ages. Will keep an eye obviously. Bit worried about blood pressure so need to find the monitor and keep track for a while.

At least today I have managed to put two washes on, and I’m also trying at least relax a bit more productively by reading and watching something new instead of using my phone quite as much.

I will have the house to myself for a bit soon so I’ll put something nice on the TV - even that feels like effort today as I’d rather keep hiding in my room TBH but later I’ll retreat back and try to do a bit of a room rescue, the house is really slipping.

Also ta da
1 kitchen bin washed
2 kitchen bins in to soak
tumbler dryer going
washing machine on a cleaning run
dw running
1 batch bread rolls cooked
People given lunch stuffs

YesTaDas:
🌺 took DS to get his haircut
🌺 planted one of my plants
🌺 pulled weeds in the firepit area
🌺 took the jeep over to get it washed, signed up for the monthly unlimited washes. Dried the jeep using the clothes they provide while DS vacuumed it
🌺 went to the grocery store to pick up the few things needed for dinner that night
🌺 rotated DW
🌺 video chat with mum
🌺 got dinner ready, DH smoked the chicken, I got the sides done
🌺 had a lovely evening with ILs (ate dinner outside, then played a card game with DS and MIL), possibly drank a little too much, but feeling better now than I did 1st thing this morning (it's currently 9:30am)

No ta das yet today, other than drank my 2 cups of coffee.
I do need to meal plan and set up grocery pick-up for later today. I'm just not motivated.

Perry DS has done a lot of research on the VR headset and games. One of his friends has one and he's played on that one and really liked it. It should arrive Tuesday, so we'll see.
hills you have been busy today!
🍒👋 to everyone