stick to my FLYLADY routines

I’m tired of this goal. I’m tired of seeing it. I’m tired of Flylady.

My house is pretty clean, it could be better, but I don’t think that the purple one is helping me any.

So I’m done with it as a goal.

The kitchen is still getting fully clean everyday but everything else is sliding….........

And because of appointments and other drama we’re at 2 weeks without the weekly clean now. And you can tell – consider the dust!

Thank god. Things getting a bit back on track.

It turns out it is physically possible to clean the whole house in an hour, it just requires a) mopping either the wood or the stone floor – not both and b) that there be a minimal clutter pileup.

The required tidying is what really slows me down. And, oh sure, you can say that if I’m trying to follow the FlyLady cult I shouldn’t have a lot of clutter. But the chum disagrees.

I need to put my routines somewhere accessible and I’m not making a control journal. FL can bite me. I don’t need more paperwork lying around.

These are my routines- best case scenario

• Get up & make bed
• Start coffee
• Change chum
• Drink coffee, put away any dishes still drying from last night
• Play
• Breakfast for me & chum
• Breakfast cleanup – including mat & high chair cleaned and away, & kitchen straightened and wiped down
• Shower – I’ve been using the 2 minutes while the water warms up to swish and swipe too – love those Method bathroom wipes
• Post shower – spray shower with Method shower spray then do skin & hair care and (in a prefect world) makeup

Evening Routine

• Wash & put away dishes
• All food away
• Wipe down counter and block
• Compost to wormies as needed
• Change rags & towels
• Shine sink

• Tub toys and any renegade clothes away

Big Room

• Whirlwind straightening of toys and chum debris
• Wipe down table
• Chum highchair and mat away

• All clothes away or in hamper

• Crunches
• Wash face & do skin care
• Brush, floss, mouthwash
• Choose tomorrow’s clothes (Ha! Never has happened yet!)
• Write in journal