set up FLYlady routines

I’m not going to be too ambitious to start with. I’m just going to concentrate on doing house blessing on a Monday, and spending a few minutes each day making the house better than it was. If I can work through that all the time and extra when I’m in the right mood, then I’m heading in the right direction.
I know I can work in new routines, because I’ve done it. I can create new habits, but it can’t be done all at once.

I’m starting to get irritated by FLYlady. I shall blame PNI combined with PMT! My house is getting better but I’m not FLYing properly & don’t think I will again until the PNI cloud lifts.

I’ll go back to the FLYlady system some time next year as I used to love it.

I’m determined to get further on the house this time. I’ve decided that I can’t possibly begrudge spending 30 minutes a day on housework. I’m allotting 30 minutes each weekday on specific tasks/rooms, and gradually those areas should get sorted. They will be public areas. The rest can wait for now. I can’t juggle all the balls at once from the start, so let’s cut down on the balls and concentrate on mastering a few at a time.

The new routine is:
Monday – houseblessing, which means emptying bins, dusting and hoovering. This has been happening most Mondays for 18 months.
Tuesday – sitting room.
Wednesday – kitchen
Thursday – dining room
Friday – hall, landing and bathroom.

If I set the timer for 30 minutes and do whatever I can in that area for the time allotted, I should start seeing an improvement, while still having plenty of time for other tasks in the day.

Oh, and if I’m capable of checking my emails for ten minutes before I go to bed, I’m perfectly capable of making sure the washing up is done as well.

I’ll report in next week with progress!

Every so often I think I’m making progress on this, but I backslide again. I keep remembering flylady’s advice, you’re not behind, just jump in where you are. It didn’t get messy in a day and it won’t get clean in a day.
Having a messy house is really starting to cramp my style now, and my kids are getting old enough that it could well start to cramp their social lives as well. I must get this organized. Otherwise one day the kids will be gone and I’ll be left knowing that they’ve never known what it’s like to live in a tidy, organized house.

I want to not only get better at housework, but teach my children to keep things tidy as well. I decided for the next few weeks to concentrate on making the beds. We all get a blob if our bed is properly made in the morning (no toys dumped on the bed, and in my case no piles of clean clothes laid all over the bed). When we have at least 25 blobs each I’ll buy a new swing for the garden, as our old one was so corroded it had to be dismantled. The new swing will be a big wooden one, to take adults as well.
I’m hoping that by starting small we can form the habit and it will be easier to add in new habits once this one is properly established. In the meantime I’m enjoying earning my blob every morning! The only one excused from bedmaking is DH, and that’s his privilege because he is always the first one out of it in the mornings.
We can earn extra blobs for doing at least half an hour’s work around the house or garden – three of us earned them for mowing the grass and strimming the garden.

I guess one of the great things about FLYlady is that you’re never behind, so I’m going to take Time Out for the next 2 days & concentrate on getting ready for our weekend away in Centreparcs.

Yesterday was a bit of a loss as I started with very bad hayfever & ended up taking a piriton which makes me very drowsy. Didn’t take it til the evening, but I had a v good night’s sleep which was much appreciated.

I also tidied the front garden with Val from next door yesterday, so the front of the house looks good again.

We also had a surveyor around to measure our windows for the new double glazing & I set up the paddling pool in the back garden as it was very hot.

I’m determined not to try too much too soon, but to establish good habits gradually. I’ve managed the weekly home blessing, and morning routines come naturally. So for this week I have two aims:
To lay out my clothes for the next day
To keep my sink empty and shining as often as possible.
Let’s see how I go with these simple aims for one week.

I really must buy one of these & see if it makes me enjoy dusting. You never know …

Ok, so I’m now getting into this FLYlady thing now that I’m FLYing & not just taking baby steps & June’s habit is to make your bed every day.

Now, this is easy as I tend to do that 99% of the time anyway as it’s an ingrained habit from childhood. I’m not so hot at always making Kate’s bed properly, so will concentrate on remembering to always do that.

Must also add these 2 tasks into my Moring Routine print out.

I’m doing the June Super Fling Boogie with a team in 43 things, so take a look at my 43rd goal & see if you want to join us :)

I’ll be posting about what I fling in there each day or so.