Flylady Challenge - New Year, New You

Lelc

I'd never heard of flylady before until I someone provided the link in one of the other forums yesterday. Just taken the first baby step and cleaned the sink. This inspired me to start on the bedroom as I haven't seen the floor in there for months.

It's nowhere near finished but I'll carry on with it tomorrow. I hope I can keep this up as my house is full of clutter and has needed doing for so long. Deep breath and baby steps!!!!

System

Hi, loving this thread. Something to get me motivated at last. Managing to keep up with the tasks even though it is only day 2! A few people have mentioned a control journal, have you got any tips on where to start? Have seen them mentioned on the flylady site but can u make your own? :rolleyes:

PiixxySu

and more to add:

- [STRIKE]finish my breakfast (we are on a diet again ) and i was about to skip it when i remembered i will be eating much more later if i do that[/STRIKE]- [STRIKE]dust all tops[/STRIKE] (all downstairs done)
- [STRIKE]meal planner [/STRIKE] + shopping done and stored away
- lunch and dinner cooked and eaten
- kitchen is clean again
- d/w is on again


still to do:
- wipe kitchen surfaces
- sweep floors

the rest will have to wait till tomorrow ...

unless i do find out that dd has got chickenpox :shocked: (strange rash all over her body!!)

moggins

PenPen - I've never exactly followed Flylady to the letter feeling that it can be a bit too americanised and they use terms and have rooms that we've never even heard of over here and also that they only tackle one room per week, the challenge helps to accomplish things a little faster than that.

I've just been posting a mission plan for the next day every evening like I did before I had to leave the site for a while but if everyone would feel better following Flylady to the letter then please people let me know.

I'll hold off posting tomorrows mission until then.

lorientgirl

Hi all, come home from work had tea,shined sink, took down cards and vacuumed dining room.Off to find 27 things to throw. that'll be easy with all the rubbish we have hanging about.
Best thing we've done in our house this month is buy a spike for receipts. You know how when you want to check your bank statements or take something back that you've bought and can't find the recipt cos you put it in a safe place (so safe you can't find it) well our spike has solved all those problems. The very crafty among you could probably make one but I'm not quite so fly yet!

Essex-girl_2

Essex-girl wrote:

OK

I can do this. Need to spend the next couple of hours in my office but afterthat am gonna go for it.
So plan of action is -

• Swish bathrooms -done
• Hoover upstairs landing and stairs -done
• Hoover living room and dining room - done
• Dust and wipe dining room - done
• Ensure ironing done and put away - ironing put away but todays washing not ironined
• decorations taken down - done - must be put away - done

Havnt listed in correct order - but hopefully all will be ticked off later anyway.

Quite pleased with myself, wanted todays washing ironed and to wash kitchen floor but tomorrow is another day. Probably wasnt worth getting ironing board out for a little pile (well thats my excuse). Did do quite a lot of paperwork though.

DeniseNZ

happymoneysaver - to subscribe to a thread click on 'Thread Tools' towards the top of the page that the post is on and then click on the subscribe option.
I tend to just come to the site and read the posts anyway, but I know some like the subscribe option.

[STRIKE]Laundry x 1 load;[/STRIKE]
Check addresses on Christmas cards;
[STRIKE]Clean up puppy/kitten messes . . . sigh (did I tell you we now have a puppy as well as the two kitties??);[/STRIKE]
27 fling boogie;
Buy some pipe to go under driveway for garden watering system before the concrete goes down;
Find a container to put pet 'stuff/info' in;
Post invoices;
Check business finances;
Update household finances.

Slow start, but it is only 9am!

Angelselondon

Can someone give my the original Flylady link, so I know what it is all about.

Thank you in advance for your kindness.

loumac

Moggins,

I like your way! I tried reading the flylady stuff and got confused. Your challenges seem much more manageable so if it's not too much trouble I do appreciate you doing them!

lil_me

http://www.flylady.net/

Well done a lot, but missed a few, need to catch up on them tomorrow. Ended up out most of the day for the birthday treat which put a spanner in the works, pleased I got up early and made a start!

Personally, I'll follow anything that works, just need someone to kick me up the backside and help me get organised! Did find the flylady emails a bit too much personally. And I don't do shoes, not until I have to go further than the gates, but I now have my shoeslippers and use those instead

Did my shopping online aswell as the list so thats sorted and making what I have in last a little longer by delaying the order until Thursday