Flying out of summer (what summer?!)

[partypompoms]

Welcome to this long running thread, we may seem clicky, but all are welcome to join in!

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There are Baby Steps for starting out, add one thing at a time to start good habits and routines.

There are 5 zones that we will rotate through, don't worry about finishing it all this month, it'll come around again next month! Flylady is NOT about perfectionism!

Habit of the month of August is Laundry

Daily missions: each day of the week has a different mission.

• Monday: Home Blessing (or as we call it, home bleugh)
• Tuesday: plan & play
• Wednesday: anti-procrastination
• Thursday: errand day
• Friday: clean car & purse out and date night (what's that again?? 🤔)
• Saturday: family fun day
• Sunday: renew your spirit

Common acronyms we use:

• LOL: load of laundry (washing is certainly NOT funny!)
• DW: dishwasher, we are not rotating wives by any means, although an extra pair of hands could come in handy sometimes 😆
• LMS: lose/lost my shit
• DNLMS: did not lose my shit

I'm sure there's more I haven't mentioned, feel free to ask us to explain something. I'll try to update links every day, although if you can, it's worth downloading the app, you can even have it send you notifications (although I only have it for when the zones change).

I like the app as it has a tick list and I love a list.

Links are below 👇 and I'll tend to post the links the night before ready for the next day.

Launch Pad: www.flylady.net/d/new-links/

Zones: www.flylady.net/d/zones/

Baby Steps: www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/

hills you're right! Bootcamp just started yesterday, but it's not too late to either join or follow/ lurk, if you're interested Elf

✅ lol
✅ I don't have a morning routine down jet but did spend 2 mins throwing out sold 'art work'
✅ took two returns to post - at least three more, all uniform that didn't fit!
✅reorganised and wiped down three food shelves
✅ evening routine of sink, surfaces, hoover, face, clothes out
✅ did yesterday's mission of cleaning around toilet
✅ listed one thing on Vinted

House still a mess!

Another night of not being able to get to sleep - hormones all over , still nauseous and generally feeling like shit (although monthly has finally showed up! ) plus dd2 was told that she hadn't been chosen for a gymnastics competition but her best friend had , a double whammy , she has sobbed all evening so now I'm up worrying what the next few weeks will bring until the competition is over with ! I wish I could switch off but I think when life is so busy, the only time my brain has time to catch up is at night which is not great for creating a good sleep pattern !!

Ta da
✅ morning routine
✅ s&s
✅ organised dd1 college paperwork for trip and passport documents
✅ lol
✅ breakfast pots
✅ school run
✅ work (extra hours all week 😴)
✅ afternoon school run
✅ cooked tea
✅ tea pots
✅ ds ready for football
✅ took dd2 gymnastics
✅ food shop
✅ ironed tomorrow's clothes
✅ picked dd2 up from gymnastics
✅ quick scoot around
✅ washed & ready for bed
✅ read for 10 mins

I'm back downstairs so I don't disturb oh , going to read for a while to try to switch off .

Everyone's lists look great , sounds like you're getting into the swing of things @derrydee 😊

@derrydee sounds like you are making great progress.

@Searchingforsunnydays sorry the sleep is an issue. It's absolute torture.

Thanks @partypompoms , the lack of sleep makes everything so much harder doesn't it ! I have just about made it through the day .

Tada
✅ morning routine
✅ lunches made
✅ LOL
✅ s & s
✅ school run
✅ work
✅ school run
✅ pizza for tea (working extra hours this week so I'm not as organised !)
✅ dd2 ready and taken to gymnastics

Currently sat at gymnastics until 630 .

To do
😴 tomorrows clothes out and ironed
😴 some food for me (everyone else will have eaten
😴 clean kitchen
😴 dd2 spelling and reading
😴 ds homework
😴 evening routine

I so tired of being tired! Woke up at 3:30 by child and haven't gone back to sleep. My mind was whirring away.

✅ hula hooping 15 mins
✅ made packed lunches
✅ morning and afternoon routines
✅ lol
✅ toddler group
✅ food shop
☀️ aiming to work on the song sheets tonight (and watch the masterchef final) for the new group for parents who don't know the words of songs.

THURSDAY: flight plan

www.flylady.net/c/fp.php?tzm=-60&d=1

✅errand day so go out and get stuff done
✅ shine your sink and bathroom counter tops to death
✅ go back and stash and dash spot and find any rubbish and recycling.

I hope you've managed an early night @partypompoms !

Tada
✅ clothes ironed and out for tomorrow
✅ quick tidy through
✅ won the battle with a very tired dd2 getting ready for bed
About to go and have a wash before bed 🤞 for more sleep tonight !

Sunny hope DD2 feels better about gymnastics. Hopefully competition will be done and over with soon.
Pompoms sending coffee.

Ta da:
🧻bathroom bin cleaned
🧻One bathroom mat washed, second one will be done tomorrow
🧻Shower screen properly cleaned
🧻 Bathroom surfaces wiped
🧻Rationalised all bathroom gels/shampoos etc. Empty bottles thrown away
⏲️Oven cleaned! 💃

Question for the experts! When does the general cleaning go onto the list - not that I have time anyway 😅

Ta das!
✅ took some Evri boxes back to newsagent
✅LOL
✅ put clothes away
✅ put together a new chair and got rid of recycling
✅did 5 mins throwing things out of some boxes we stash into
✅ did the procrastination task - and made two I've been putting off, opticians and eyebrows!
✅ evening routine

I know I need to do 15 mins of decluttering but it's hard to fit everything in (my husband is away with work this week so dealing with all bedtimes etc. plus actual work!).

Derry I'm not sure what you mean by general cleaning so here's everything

🐟 Swish and Swipe is cleaning your loo bowl and bathroom sink area. It's supposed to be part of the morning routine I think
🐟 Shining The Sink in the kitchen is part of evening the routine
🐟 Home Blessings is the general make everything look less shit and be basically hygienic session. It's the main focus for Monday, but according to something I recently read in archives it is also an hour on Saturday before you go do fun stuff, plus 7mins 3x per day tacked onto the end of your morning, afternoon and evening routines. Those last ones are mainly tidying up
🐟 Detailed Cleaning is what you do when you've finished the majority of decluttering your home, you ignore it until then because you can't clean clutter. Each week there's a different area of the home to focus on. I think it changes on Mondays. FlyLady has a list for each area of detailed cleaning tasks

Derry I think you are referring to Home Blessings (or Home Bleugh 😬). According to the fairy, one should spend 1 hour on Mondays hoovering high traffic areas, quick dusting of everything, bins out, changing bed sheets etc as if all of that takes one hour. Some people spread it throughout the week, others do it on a different day. I tend to do it on a Tuesday (that's when my toddler is in nursery and I only have a baby to wrangle).

So i made some fermented veg the other week, yeah that is a dangerous thing. it is so morish and it is good for the gut. So a no guilt snack.

Trying to figure out how to get shit done today but honestly i think if i get a bath and dressed i will have won. It has been a week.

I made sauerkraut a few weeks ago which was delicious if a bit messy in the making. I love doing that sort of thing. I tried making butter for the first time last week.

Carrot, celery, leek, swede with a garlic clove for added flavour in fermenting brine. It was a short ferment though, the bare minimum 3 days simply because 1. it was hot and 2. I was going away 3. i didnt want a strong sour flavour and did as much crunch as possible. I will be doing again once i have munched my way through this jar.

ta da
downloaded badge and found route for next weeks event thingy
made a virtual list of everything that needs to be done.

All this talk of fermented veg and sauerkraut is making me drool 🤤
I bravely walked past carby scones and muffins and crisps and biscuits in the supermarket today. Now settling for veg soup and a coffee.
Ta das:
🌊LOLx2 done and out to dry
🌊DW rotated
🌊Nails done

Yesterday was an overwhelmingly shit day! Anything that could go wrong, went wrong (although I did get to bring Dobby home from the vet from getting fixed on Tuesday 😍). I did resist the carbs and alcohol though and went to bed early (for me) 😇 no flying got done though, other than evening routine.
Well done on resisting the carbs Elf
ED how did your butter turn out?

Ah Hazel sorry to hear that. On the up side, the only way is up. Sending some calorie free wine. 🍷

@BloomingHazel best to get all the shit in one day than having many shit days. Hoorah its over.

I've had a shit afternoon and I think it must be my period coming causing me grief.

✅ morning and afternoon routine
✅ hula hooping 15mins
✅ made minestrone soup for two days main meal
✅ did errands in town
✅ popped in library
✅ sports day
✅ signed up to a language evening course (not sure why I think I have time). I do have time but maybe not the energy

And today I built up to have a minute FREEZING SHOWER!!!! I've been doing it everyday. I started at ten seconds at the end of my normal shower and it's absolutely hellish but today I managed a minute! And it's a bit less hellish.

I'm listening to a great dr Mosley podcast and he told me to do it.

FRIDAY: www.flylady.net/c/fp.php?tzm=-60&d=1

✅ tidy out your car and purse www.flylady.net/d/daily-focus/daily-focus-friday/
She talks about how it's nice to have a clean car but also the safety aspects of having no flying objects if you are in an accident.

✅ date night: do something nice with partner or friend.

✅ mission: mop bathroom floor

✅ get rid of 27 things from your stash and dash place.

pompoms I had started to run my shower cold for a few seconds at the end too, but I stopped for some reason. Are you noticing any changes in yourself by doing that?

Today was a much better day, you were right Elf I'm still stressing about what changes will happen at work, but only time will tell!

Thank you @DomesticElf and @DitzyDaffodils - thank makes sense! Although no way could I manage all of that in an hour on a Monday! Part of that is because we have too much crap on the floors / tidying to do so the 15 minutes decluttering a day also makes sense.

yesterday

✅ 1 x LOL and putting some clothes away
✅ took things to the post office
✅ cleaned the vent / extractor in the bathroom - it was so dusty!
✅ volunteer emails
✅ did 1000s of steps with my toddler in the park / various parks
✅evening routine

I meant to do some more bathroom cleaning whilst my DC were in the bath but instead spent that time breaking up fights between them 🙄

Sorry for the shit days but best to get them out of the way before the weekend.

Morning 🌄 everyone 👋
There's some very impressive TaDa lists on here!
I'm in the naughty corner AKA sick bay, I've been wiped out with flu, I have no intention of pushing myself until I'm better, just making sure that the animals are looked after.
Have great days everyone, TTFN.

The cold exposure is supposed to reset the body and bring health benefits. I always found it made me feel more alive after i had regular cold exposure. It is definitely something i have missed not having a working shower. Didn't realise how much until i went away.

Honestly i was chuckling the other day as people are starting to complain about the cooler temps and finding more layers. Me? I am happy as anything walking around in shorts and vest tops.

I am finally feeling ok after the allergy misadventure at the beginning of the week. There is SOooo much to do.

Ta da
Lied in (its needed, I am able)
retrieved the milk from the front door
located the missing sugar bowl that has been driving me crazy looking for since i got back last week. Apparently it is in a bedroom and i can retrieve
moved a basket and found my missing clothes But discovered a lack of air flow damp that means i will have to address this by pull stuff out periodically until building work is done
Considered the to do list

Today is a get all the things done. The to do list goes like this:

Need to move all the boxes from under the bed
move the white units from the loft
Move the wire basket unit from the loft
Move the chairs and stuff on them in the dining room to play hunt the missing thing in the drawer
unload, load and run DW
deal with the box of finance paperwork waiting to be filed and file put away.
finish conference stuff
Shove a tea towel wash load on. (yes a whole load, but tea towels are used for taking stuff out of the oven, for drying things, for sticking things on so they don't leave puddles whilst defrosting, rolling things out on. We have a lot thanks grandma and use a lot. So we have a lot to wash. But it works well here, especially with allergy control requirements)

If i can get out into the garden for half an hour that would be good. But the list today is already long. And energy and time is limited. As least i don't have to think about tea because today is baked potato night for the people. And i have some really annoying pasta that needs cooking up, eating up and not being bought again.

Hope you feel better soon Cherry