Flying into February. Flylady support and chat thread

[TheMainCharacter]

Are you looking to finally getting into a new routine with housework? Something simple to start that can be easy to add to over time? Flylady may be the answer for you!

This is a long running thread, but we are a friendly bunch and 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!

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. It's also date night (with your significant other, or friends, or yourself!)
• 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

There are more, 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). You can also modify the tick lists to suit your home & lifestyle.

Links are below 👇 if I happen to not add links in time, they do update at midnight in the UK

Launch Pad: https://www.flylady.net/d/new-links/
Zones: https://www.flylady.net/d/zones/
Baby Steps:https://www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/
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Tadas
✅morning toutine
✅ print forms for school x3 that I forgot to do until this morning
✅school run
✅fold and put away lol
✅dust bedrooms x3
✅vacuum bedrooms x3
✅clean shower room
✅lol x 2
✅hospital to visit dad
✅vacuum downstairs
✅lol into dryer
✅put away loo roll delivery
✅find and write birthday card
✅post birthday card
✅school run

@Searchingforsnow hope your head feels better soon. It’s nice when the older ones join in isn’t it. When we had our board game marathon the other day my 16 year old joined in for a few which was lovely

@HazelNotHungryLC shame about the mattress but at least it’s easily rectified. I think it’s really hard to choose a mattress without actually sleeping on it. We’ve made a couple of mistakes over the years.

@CabbageBearGoat good luck ttc, I’m actually a bit jealous even though I don’t want any more children, I just love babies!

Afternoon wins:
🎉 LOL
🎉 Emptied util bin
🎉 Removed conservatory window netting
🎉 Put up ensuite mirror
🎉 Cleaned ensuite loo, sink
🎉 Restocked all loo rolls
🎉 Ordered IKEA wardrobe! Siezed a moment. And I procrastinated so long it had reduced in price
🌱 Pruned cherry tree
🌱 Moved daffodil pots to the end of path

Thanks @TheMainCharacter! Maybe there'll be a real fly baby later in the year if this works out 😂

@TheMainCharacter I've made a diy nit defence spray today with tea tree and peppermint oil with water. I'll let you know if it works.

✅ dehydrated a batch of spring onions and a batch of mushrooms.
✅ took baby poms to dr with a perforated eardrum.
✅ 2 lols
✅ picked up Vinted parcels and prescription

Tada
🎉 15 mins on bedroom, chucked a few things away (dd2 commented how clear the top of the set of drawers were - proof I need to get on top of things when even my 7 year old notices a change 🙈)
🎉 doctors with dd1
🎉 tea
🎉 after dinner clear up
🎉 downstairs hoovered
🎉 school bags packed for tomorrow
🎉 LOL hung up
🎉 dry clothes folded and put into rooms (haven't put away though 🙈)
🎉 dd2 showered
🎉 showered , face washed , moisturised
🎉 ordered da another pair of school shoes ! This'll be his 3rd pair this year !

I will need to do a quick tidy before going to bed but I'm going to read my book with a slice of chocolate cake first !

How's your dad doing @TheMainCharacter?

A money bonus to procrastination @CabbageBearGoat !

@brightpompoms the spray sounds like a great idea ! Ouchiness with the perforated
ear drum , sounds painful ! Can the doctor do anything to help ?

@Searchingforsnow antibiotics for them. I don't know if anyone here has seen someone whilst their eardrum perforates but I've never seen anything like it. She was writhing round in agony, trying to be sick and couldn't speak to say where the pain was although it became obvious it was their ear. Absolutely inconsolable for 3 hours then went to sleep. Completely right as rain after that.

Oh shit @brightpompoms you've just reminded me I haven’t picked up my parcel!! Luckily evri so should still be there if I go tomorrow. Let me know how the spray is too please! Dd1 used to have an Afro conditioning leave in spray that had tea tree in and she only had head lice once (and it was just one louse and a few eggs) so maybe it does work.

@Searchingforsnow he’s ok but they’ve stopped talking about him being discharged for the time being and he has to have someone with him permanently because he doesn’t know where he is and keeps trying to get up and then falls. He keeps thinking he’s either at work or on holiday and that he has somewhere he needs to be. His speech has deteriorated a lot again and I struggle to understand much now.

@CabbageBearGoat that definitely sounds like a procrastination win!

Just checking in after a busy week and then a lovely relaxing weekend away. We got back today and I haven’t managed the home bleurgh, but I was off on Friday so did a mini one before we headed off. It’s half term this week for us although I’m working 3 days.

I have some TaDas from last week and today:
⭐️ sorted half term childcare and paid for holiday club
⭐️battled the ironing pile and won
⭐️various bits of ballet admin for DD1
⭐️ cleaned the bathroom thoroughly
⭐️dusted and hoovered most of the house
⭐️emptied bins
⭐️unpacked the car as soon as we got home today
⭐️2 LOLs
⭐️unpacked half of the bags
⭐️packed work and nursery bags ready for tomorrow
⭐️ shined sink

Sorry to hear about DD’s diagnosis Hazel, but glad she has an answer. Hope she starts feeling better soon.

Hi That! Long time no see.

That sounds hard regarding your dad Character 💐

Poor baby Pom Pompoms. Sounds awful.

My DD is also well on her way to needing her third pair of school shoes too Snow, although the second pair were cheap asda ones which I knew wouldn’t last. I have a pair ready in the next size that I bought in the start rite sale, but not sure they’ll fit yet.

Good luck with TTC Cabbage. Another thread baby would be lovely.

Well done on getting your decluttered things straight out ED. That’s where I struggle!

Tuesday is plan and play

Today’s mission is to spend 15 minutes decluttering the top shelf of your closet. Or if you can’t get to it, declutter whatever is in your way instead. UK wardrobes are generally not as awesome as US closets so if you don’t have a top shelf then choose another area instead.

Today’s baby step is to include laundry in your morning and evening routines
https://www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/day-20/

Tada
🎉 washed, dressed , hair, makeup
🎉15 mins ironing (the pile is shrinking)
🎉 10 mins folding dry clothes and putting away
🎉 cooked breakfast
🎉 tidied kitchen whilst breakfast cooking
🎉 drank bottle of water (around 500ml)

Currently enjoying breakfast and my morning coffee 🙂

We had our half term last week @Upsadiddles , enjoy ! You're organised with shoes ! And with the car unpacking !! I've ordered ds the same size , hoping that they fit because he seems to have grown overnight !

@TheMainCharacter that sounds really tough to deal with💐 how are you ?

@brightpompoms that sounds horrendous! Poor baby poms !!

character that sounds hard to deal with re dad.
Up well done for being on top of unpacking. It makes a huge difference doesn't it?
pompoms how is baby poms doing? My DD had troubles with her ears growing up, almost seemed constant, it's so hard to watch them be in so much pain 😢
searching isn't it crazy how much difference just 15 minutes decluttering/ clearing makes?

I haven't really had much for ta das the last few days as I've been lazy. I'm drawing a line under them and starting fresh again today.

Ta Das: (11am)
☕️ cooked DH his breakfast
☕️ hair, makeup & dressed
☕️ stripped my bed and washed our sheets (currently in the dryer)
☕️ 2nd LOL in the washer
☕️ annual checkup
☕️ airing out the house
☕️ defrosting chicken for dinner tonight

@HazelNotHungryLC it's reminding myself how much I can get done in such a short time ! Sometimes tasks feel so big and overwhelming that I just don't start them! What are you planning to make for dinner ?

Tada
🎉 browned mince for spag Bol
🎉 LOL
🎉 breakfast pots
🎉 school run
🎉 work
🎉 school run
🎉 finished cooking spag Bol
🎉 made some 'energy bars' and popped them in the fridge to set
🎉 ate tea
🎉 dd2 ready and taken to gymnastics

Currently sat at gymnastics until around 830, I have some marking to do, cross stitch and my book to read whilst I'm here . I've got lots to do when I get home :

😴 dd2 washed and bedtime routine
😴 lunch boxes and water bottles emptied and washed
😴 clean kitchen
😴 chop up energy bars
😴 LOL in dryer

Tuesdays are such a busy day , I keep trying to think of anything that I can do to make it easier but there isn't much I can tweak . Just got to power through 💪

searching I'm going to make chicken fajitas (I'll have it in a bowl though, no tortillas for me).
It's hard when there's a busy day in the week and nothing you can do about it.

Ta Das:
🧺 wiped ceiling fan in master bedroom
🧺 wiped bedside tables down
🧺 damp dusted in living room
🧺 vacuumed main floor in house
🧺 sprayed oven with oven cleaner
🧺 cooked lunch (omelettes) for DH & I
🧺 started remaking the bed

Thanks for the well wishes for baby poms.
She's absolutely fine to be honest and taking her vile medicine with relative ease.

✅ cleaned whole house top to bottom
✅ watered plants
✅ been to governors meeting
✅ 3 lols
✅ tidied and cleaned up sewing box
✅ bleached bathroom to death

Ta Das:
🚲 finished making bed
🚲 wiped oven clean
🚲 bleached both bathrooms
🚲 washed blankets from living room
🚲 picked DS up from school
🚲 picked up prescription
🚲 spin workout
🚲 showered, scrubbed, shaved
🚲 applied self tanner
🚲 blankets back on couches in living room
🚲 got clothes ready for tomorrow (back to work after 4 days off - I don't want to go back) 😫

To Dos:
🌮 cook dinner
🌮 paint my nails
🌮 rotate DW
🌮 rinse off guide colour from self tanner
🌮 moisturise
🌮 bed!

Wednesday is anti procrastination day
In
Today’s mission is to go through your make up and chuck out any old stuff or stuff you don’t use.

Today’s baby step is to set a timer for five minutes and read some of the questions in the Ask flylady section

https://www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/day-21/

@brightpompoms glad baby pom-poms is ok.

Tadas
morning routine
school run
supermarket for birthday cake stuff and vegetables
fold and put away lol x3
vacuum stairs, hall and living room
take dp to pick up van
visit dad
take dd to Lidl
hang up lol

Thursday is errand day

Today’s mission is to clear off the bedside tables. It will feel good going to bed later and not being faced with clutter!

Today’s baby step is to stop procrastinating and Learn how to build your control journal

https://www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/day-22/

Looks like everyone had a busy day yesterday! I have a busy day ahead today so might not update. My to do list is:

Morning routine
school run
get dc stuff ready for later
prep dinner
yoga class
meeting re social worker and suggested care for dad
car to garage for retest (failed mot last week)
hang up lol
school run
swimming lessons
school disco
dinner
clear up

Ok the yoga class part is nice but there’s a lot of going here there and everywhere!

character good luck today with the MOT and your dad's care plan 🤞

Busy working here, not much flying other than basics!

@TheMainCharacter thanks for all the links.

My bedside table is nearest the door and everyone dumps stuff on it. Drives me potty.

I feel like I've had a a wholesome day 😂 if that makes sense.

✅dehydrated mushrooms and stored them in jar.
✅ made celery soup
✅ walked to library in the rain with baby poms
✅ read stories this afternoon
✅lol
✅ tutored maths for an hour
✅ hula hooped
✅ cold shower

😇 now I'm off to polish my halo

Busy day completed, including another comb through with the nit comb to check there were none still lurking (there weren’t, phew)

@brightpompoms sounds like a good day.

@HazelNotHungryLC work seems to be taking over for you at the moment! Hope it calms down a bit soon

Tomorrows main plan
Daily stuff
Make birthday cake
view care home to help make a decision
meet social worker
assemble birthday present
decorate birthday cake

Friday is clean your car and purse out day. It’s also date night.

Today’s mission is to wash the windows in the master bedroom and bathroom. Don’t forget the frames and sills.

Today’s baby step is to set up an afternoon routine and include it in your day. Write it in your control journal if you have one.
https://www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/day-23/

Good morning ☕️

Hardly any flying done on the kids club days so I'll be hoping to catch up with the tidying and laundry putting away tonight . Dd2 is having a friend over to play so I think they'll be having lots of fun together whilst I catch up and I've bought some pizzas so it's an easy tea!

I hope the care home viewing goes ok today @TheMainCharacter 💐