Evening all
Hope you all had a good day.
Cheers Droitwich [glug] That St F of A quote could not be more apt! I'll remember it next time I have that overwhelmed "but everything is urgent" feeling ... [pours another glass]
Um, fortified by 13% alcohol, I have a confession to make ... I was in an office supply shop earlier today buying labels for the computer, and guess what I found myself eyeing up furtively???
lol at "Camus incident" !!
Waves to HavingaG and Dreamteam (will be catching up myself over the w/e) and "yo" to Optimistic! (I have terrible paperwork "blockage" too - both mental and literal)
A warm welcome to Pink - you will find that everyone is very maniacal and obsessive about scrubbing lavatory bowls friendly on this thread!
Apologies in advance if you know all this already, but just in case: the idea behind the Flylady system is that it helps us to establish certain household routines that we learn to do in a very focused and concentrated way (often no more than 15 mins at a time - so ideal for you with very young dc) more or less every single day, hopefully leaving us free to do many more interesting things with the rest of our time... Don't let the cutesy barftastic language of the Flylady website put you off - the underlying principles behind the system are sound.
As others have already said, a good way to start is with the daily baby-steps. Once we are doing those more or less automatically, we graduate to daily baby-step + decluttering for 15 mins, and once decluttered (you can't clean clutter) we graduate to maintenance of baby-steps + detailed zone cleaning and daily missions. It's not as difficult as I have managed to make it sound Just jump in where we are at and it will all become clear. I have a feeling the baby-steps may be repeated next month anyway! Don't hesitate to ask if you have more questions.
Oh and btw, I think you may have been referrring to our oracle's (Dreamteam) on-line control journal which she has very kindly been sharing with others here. See previous October Fledgling Flyers thread for details.
Glad you are feeling back on form Elliepac - we missed you!
Sorry things didn't go so well at the meeting PA disappointed for you. [Hands over glass of red.] Try not to exhaust yourself cooking this weekend - you have enough on your plate (no pun intended!)Could you possibly leave dh & dc directions to the local chip shop/Tesco ready-meal counter instead??
Am very of your night out Mini-marmite - hope you have a good 'un. Perhaps your cat is trying to sabotage your future travel plans?
Frazzled I think Ikea do some fairly nice white and black boards ... sometimes in the dc section
Frightstick - agree not worth it unless you buy splashmat just small enough to fit under high chair - otherwise too much hassle - I think I used a small sq vinyl tablecloth which was easy to pick up and wipe down.
Have a lovely weekend Hellesbelles!!
Will post baby-steps for weekend ahead next if you don't mind (we don't zone clean or do missions at weekends Pink in case you were wondering) as want to get a cracking start tomorrow and need to catch up !
G'night all!
Have a good weekend everyone ....