Flylady Challenge - New Year, New You

LJD1_2

Well, I've done all the jobs that were listed for today and am feeling very pleased with myself. I've only been flyladying for two days and the difference is amazing. Even my six year old went to put something down, saw my face and quickly put it away, hee hee, it's rubbing off on them. Can't wait for tomorrow's list so I can plan when I'll do stuff. Is this initial excitement normal....can I expect to stop enjoying this soon?

Thanks again for a fantasitic thread xx

carlih1

Hi all,

I have been away over xmas/new year so haven't seen this thread yet, i am definately joining the challenge though, although the house is less cluttered than this time last year, it still gets on top of me sometimes.

Heres to a good 2007!

Carli

scaredy_cat_2

LJD1 wrote:

Can't wait for tomorrow's list so I can plan when I'll do stuff. Is this initial excitement normal....can I expect to stop enjoying this soon?

Thanks again for a fantasitic thread xx

i know exactly what you mean!!! of to hoover living room - chldren diving manically over cushions on floor - its the most exciting thing ever :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

sexymouse

Things left to do:

• Hoover hallway; DONE
• Living room - hoover, dust, hoover sofa;
• Prepare evening meal (grate cheese, chop leeks)
• Make bed; DONE
  
• Put away 2nd load of washing; 1/2 DONE
  
• Make dinner (Creamy leek and smoked cheese pasta with pine nuts and veggie bacon);
• Shine sink. DONE

loumac

Hi sexy mouse chocaholic11 cha97michelle and all other teachers/people linked to teachers and teaching!

I have been back at school since last Thursday and I did at first think I would have to totally give up on flying but with a few words of encouragement (thanks moggins) I'm sticking with it.

I find if I take a note of the list I can see what's manageable for me and just shuffle other things around. I'm lucky that I live alone in a small flat so many things might not be relevant! I've also decided that if I finish things off on Saturday and Sunday mornings and leave the rest of the weekend for chilling! (Somewhere I fit in marking and planning obviously!)

I find my key activities that I do nightly and make me feel more organised and just less cluttered are: washing up, cleaning my kitchen surfaces, putting any washing in, tidying living room and organising paperwork into piles (e.g. to be filed/taken to school/recycled blah blah)

At school I try to fly too! Every night before I leave my key acytivities are:

I make sure my classroom surfaces are ALL clear (a challenge in itself), I tidy my desk (it really helps to come in and see things tidy to start the day!), I write the next days date on the board (just one of those things that seems easier to do) and I lay out the activities for the first session. I also file all my resources at the end of the week into subject folders with the planning they relate to. If I don't use it next year I plan to throw it away. The "just in case" principle does not work in my mind! Ha!

It soon becomes a routine and really saves time. In September I was working 7.30 - 6. Since October half term I've worked 7.45 - 5.00. And all that extra time I can be home, getting tidy and then fed so I get time to relax!

Sorry that was a huge message and double sorry to anyone that it wasn't relevant too!

Essex-girl_2

Evening All

Was aprehensive coming on here today as didnt know todays mission and havnt done much flying but am really please I did as I did the hoovering that was in the list and my front room is clean. I tided the coffee table this morning (only part of front room that is cluttered) so class that as a hotspot too. Am in process of doing paperwork now so actually am up straight.

Dont know what will get done tomorrow as have a serious amount of paperwork to get thro and also some revision for college on wednesday but will see how I go.

beemuzed

Well done loumac - if you're managing to fly at school as well, you are very organised! I'm still stuck at trying to find a place for everything! ( I suspect that particular os advice is really where I come unstuck everywhere in my life!)

PiixxySu

evening babies :hello:

we had a weekend off flying. well, more like i had
OH on the other hand go the hang of it and since i've put a list up visible to everyone he does lots :shocked::dance::T

yesterday for example he did: all the washing + dryer + folding; i only had to put it away; we each did d/w once, he made his own bed :shocked:; put toys away ....
today he had another look at the list but there was no washing to be done :j

was very nice :T

AND yesterday i actually had time to wash (!) the floors!!! (i remembered how my gran used to do it and that worked well for me too :T)

happy flying everyone :grouphug:

DeniseNZ

Morning all. Everyone seems to be moving along nicely, as usual.

Tuesdays plans:

[STRIKE]Clean up puppy/kitten stuff
Disinfectant floors
Vacuum living areas
Cat door getting put in 8.30am[/STRIKE]

Still to do:
Get dinner in SC;
Check kids finances - youngest two DSs are buying a computer together and think they have enough to do it now;
Bring in another desk to put said computer on;
Spend some time training with puppy;
Spend some time sorting in garage;
Clean ensuite;
Get rest of groceries not gotten yesterday;
Get sorted for back to work tomorrow

nicki_2

nicki wrote:

Todays:

• Dailys - [strike]Beds Bathroom Dishes Kitchen, WM[/strike] & Bleach mould
• Livingroom
  • [strike]Hoover[/strike]
  • Dust - just the desk & bookcases to go...will do that tomorrow.
    
  • [strike]Clean Suite[/strike]
  • [strike]Tidy[/strike]
• Hallway / landing/ stairs
  • Hoover
  • Dust
• [strike]Hot spot [/strike]
• Filing - 30min x 2 - not got round to it ... tomorrow.;)
• [strike]Evening Meal[/strike] - Omlete for DD, salad for OH and I. No apple crumble though...tomorrow
• Salt pots to be put back in rooms :rolleyes:
• Ironing - 30 mins - tomorrow
  
• Put stuff back outside ~ weather permitting as it's just started raining :mad: - tomorrow when the recycling stuff is out the way! :rolleyes:
  
• Clothing repairs - buttons to sew on & holes in DD's other school cardigan :mad:
• Clean toilet ~ forgot to buy a new toilet brush will have to just put stuff down it for now.

Right, managed to get the livingroom hoovered but I still need to finish the dusting as I can't get to the bookcases properly or the desk for papers which need filing in the new accordian file :rolleyes:

Will have to go and do my evening routine (which includes writing tomorrows list) as I want to get a bath tonight and chill out before making it into bed by 10.30pm...yeah right :rotfl: :wave: