It's a Flywitch Thread!!

[Autumn]

I wanted my check in thread moved here but it never happened.

:shift:

So I decided to start a new one! :megaphone

I apologize in advance for my goofy mood. I just got out of work and had a beer. :fprisoner

Now This thread is about us Pagan Flyladies and flybabies and I want to know about your routines, do you follow them, how did you lay them out, how many times have you changed them?

Also how good are you about not whining?
If you wanna know what in hades I am talking about go here!
http://www.flylady.net/

Like I said, Im goofy tonight, I'll probable have something sensible to say tomorrow...or maybe not!! :falloffch

[RubyRose]

Interesting website.

[Flar's Freyja]

I have subscribed to FlyLady for 2 years and have never gotten past flybaby stage. But I didn't know that I've been sicker than I've wanted to admit. I am looking forward to feeling stronger every day and gettin' into some serious 27 fling boogies!

[Arinya]

I tried to be a FlyLady but why oh why must I shine my sink? I need to empty it first..ugh.
I think I'm too busy and too lazy to be a flylady, even a flybaby. :(

[Raven Reed]

Wow, I so totally needed this. Thanks. My house is overwhelming me at the moment.

[Faery-Wings]

Hi Autumn! *waves*
It is Monday, soI have my renewed hope of starting over again.... ;)

[spirit wind]

Hi
I have been a Flybaby for about 2 months now. Well..... off and on. But i am trying hard to decipher everything for the southern hemisphere ( even though i like being told to go to bed at 2 in the afternoon!!!) We have a mentors group for Australia and they send everything out in our time.
Flylady is great!!! My house has never been cleaner and less cluttered!!!!!

[IvyWitch]

I really want to start flylady's routines and everything, but for some reason I just can't seem to get started. =/

[SparkleWytch]

I need a "FLYbuddy" to start the routine with :) I am starting to try and put together my control journal. Any suggestions?

[Arinya]

ooooh maybe we should start a flybuddy MW group??
I sure could use one!

[Romani Vixen]

I don't get it. Is it a household chore support group??? **scratching head**

[RubyRose]

Yeah as I'm pretty much the only one at home that makes a conscious effort to keep the place tidy, I thought about carrying it out. But hello? I don't like working with bleach. Plus, there's more important areas of the house I could clean (if I really wanted to)
Plus I'm still trying to get my own bedroom in order. Sort out what I want to sell on ebay. Once my room is done, I suppose I should start on the spare room, that nobody else but me seems to really want to touch.
Sometimes, being responsible and somewhat older than your years sucks. But if it weren't for me, the house wouldn't be half as clean as it is. My sister barely lifts a finger on her days off, and my dad, what with all the business with my mum, well barely gets any time at home, between work and hospital trips.

Ah, thing with me though is, I've gotten into the nasty habit of procrastinating, and its hard to get motivated. :lol:

[Autumn]

What Flylady is is a program to recover a home in chaos. CHAOS stands for Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome, Ie you'd die of shame if Semele showed up on your doorstep tomorrow, you'd wind up talking to her on the porch in your bunny slippers and pink sweats.

It isn't expected that you do a perfect job on day one, far from it!

It is expected that you don't whine, and that you start wherever you are.

The get dressed to your shoes part came from Mary Kay cosmetics and that was what you were supposed to do each morning just as if you were going to an office. To Flylady the point is to be wearing something in the morning that you can go to the market in and can answer the door in without giving your visitor an eyeful. I scoffed at the shoes until I fell on some stairs and busted my tailbone. Now I always have either bare feet or some sort of shoe on. usually a pair of cheap canvas keds.

To get routines up and running look at what you generally do each day. In my case this was get my DD's ready for school. That, getting dressed and making the beds was the three things I started with. I added preparing for work/checking on dinner( I work 3-11 2 to 3 days a week)

I stayed with that very short list and then I added to it until it came to look like this
Date_____________________ Notes/reminders

Morning routine
Check calendar
Laura &Dana ready for school
Shower
Make beds
Dress/hair/makeup
Reboot laundry
Reboot dishwasher/rescue kitchen
Check dinner/pack for work
Assemble girl’s outfits/ next few days
Hotspots

On call routine done by 11am
Everybody dressed/hair/face
Pack to leave in a rush
Resume regular routine as possible

Evening routine
Clean up kitchen/Shine sink
Make school lunch
Rescue living room
Reboot laundry
Check/assemble outfits for morning
Check calendar for morning
Hotspots

Post work/late night list
Check calendar
Rescue kitchen/livingroom
Make school lunch
Shine sink
Hotspots

On call is like that because twice a month I am on call at 11 am, I have to toss my kids in the car and roll because I have a 20 minute drive plus dropping them off at the sitters and making it to work within a half hour of the phone call.

I do either evening or late night, not both.
That's my Pagan flybaby life :achug: :lol:

[Memory's Flame]

I found Flylady the other day... *lol* what a coinky-dinky!!

I'm on my way over to sign up and start out as a fly-baby!

[emmunite]

I'm working on it...or at least wanting to work on it....found the site from a different thread here in family and parenting bout flybaby check in (tried to link it...can't figure it out atm...too tired)

My problem is remembering to take baby steps and progress isn't isntantainous...it may not seem like a dent's been made but keeping at it...soon enough I'd see progress. So I'll endeavour to try to start again Thursday...next 2 days are shot.

I like the idea of FlyBuddies...I could probaly use one now as well. Other thread had interesting ideas...I work from 6p-11p....so I'm a bit off kilter with the e mails etc.

I'm so overwhelmed right now I'm not sure where to start...but...somewhere....anywhere's a start...I'll try to do a bit tomorrow...and again the next day etc.

Keep me posted bout the FlyBuddy thing...again it's a great idea.

[Autumn]

I'm working on it...or at least wanting to work on it....found the site from a different thread here in family and parenting bout flybaby check in (tried to link it...can't figure it out atm...too tired)

My problem is remembering to take baby steps and progress isn't isntantainous...it may not seem like a dent's been made but keeping at it...soon enough I'd see progress. So I'll endeavour to try to start again Thursday...next 2 days are shot.

I like the idea of FlyBuddies...I could probaly use one now as well. Other thread had interesting ideas...I work from 6p-11p....so I'm a bit off kilter with the e mails etc.


I'm so overwhelmed right now I'm not sure where to start...but...somewhere....anywhere's a start...I'll try to do a bit tomorrow...and again the next day etc.

Keep me posted bout the FlyBuddy thing...again it's a great idea.

Well we can have fly buddies right here in this thread, encourage each other and permit a whiny vent now and then.

I too roll in pretty late at night when I work, like 12-12:30. I do my hotspots and check my kitchen before I collapse. I also tend to fall back asleep after my kids go to school. So much for all my noble plans to walk 3 days a week! :durrrr:

for me the e-mails are kicks in the fanny that I kick right back with shift-delete!

Flutter away!

[ApollaJade]

how do you sign up? do you just email it? thats what I did but....idk....:) its a really great idea. I have a calander and some stuff from the site printed out :D sweet!

[Autumn]

I added a reminder to myself to take my vitamins and such to my routine, we'll see if that helps.

[kitsch]

i am not at the moment any form of fly-anything. however, this thread motivated me to clean up a little. i also looked up 'cleaning' and was rewarded with this:

http://www.fridgemagnet.org.uk/kitchen1.shtml

--which seems to be more my speed. plus, it has swears, and swears are funny.

[SparkleWytch]

That was funny :) Hmmm I need to adapt that somehow lol!

[SparkleWytch]

Yes I agree :) A flybuddy system would be good for everyone!



ooooh maybe we should start a flybuddy MW group??
I sure could use one!

[TheWomanMonster]

massive thread necromancy here!

I just rediscovered FlyLady.net... was wondering if we still had FlyWitches around!!

[alwaysfallingup]

I've spent HOURS on the site, and really tried to make the system work verbatim for me, but it just didn't. I really love the site and the ideas, but, for instance, the e-mails were really overwhelming for me. So, what I did was adapt the material to fit my life and preferences and took what worked best for me to make my own system. So, I guess I'm SORT of a FlyWitch. Or at least, inspired by!:broomride

[RubyRose]

I try. I have trouble getting past the baby steps section.

[WolvesDaughter]

Starting tomorrow I start my jounrey as a Flywitch...living in a house that has seven people and no one willing to clean without being screamed at has gotten on my last nerve...wish me luck!

[Isabel]

Starting tomorrow I start my jounrey as a Flywitch...living in a house that has seven people and no one willing to clean without being screamed at has gotten on my last nerve...wish me luck!


:thumbsup: Best of luck! I know it's worked REALLY well for me. (However, it's just me and my daughter... so not as extreme as seven people...)

[Iris]

Flywitch! That made me giggle.

I find that a lot of Flylady's techniques are really good. I've never followed all the babysteps as to be honest, I don't see the point of them (get dressed to shoes? Why can't I clean in my slippers?) I've also never really got the hang of the 'zones' - but a lot of her ideas are really good, like having a morning, after work and evening routine. I find that the two elements that really work for me are the Weekly Home Blessing (although I do a lot more than Flylady's blessing because I don't bother with zone cleaning) and the daily routines. If you can stick to it, it really helps.

Unfortunately I have fallen off the 'Flywagon' lately, so the clutter has re-asserted itself!

If you let your routines slip, things definitely go downhill fast.

[Terra Mater]

Gods, what ever happened to CAYG (Clean As You Go)? Didn't require steps, scheduling or buddies. You just clean what you find needs cleaning as you move about your normal daily routine. Using CAYG handles both clearing up the clutter (and even prevents much of it).

Got more than one person in the house, good. Have them clean as they go as well. This minimizes much of the weekly cleaning chores by cleaning the areas as they are used.

Here's an example of CAYG:
I go downstairs to get a glass of soda for myself. On the way I check the upstairs bathroom trash and take the bag downstairs with me if it is full and place it in the large household can. If the kitchen trash is full I take it out to the dumpster (I live in an aprtment) and check the mail while I am out. Then back into the kitchen. If there are dishes in the dishwasher that need put away, I put them away. If there are dishes that needed to be loaded in the washer, I rinse them and reload the washer and set it to run, and give the sink a quick scrub. Wipe down the counters if they look like they need it. Then grab my soda, go through the mail, replace trash bags, toss out junk mail, write checks for the bills, put the envelopes in my purse to take to the mailbox next time I go out, and back upstairs.

No muss, no fuss, no bother. Whole trip took me 15 minutes and took care of everything but the mopping and cleaning the table (which gets done after meals).

Same thing can be applied to the bathroom. Go in to take a shower. scrub the toilet, scrub the tub/shower, clean sink, then take my shower. I keep a whisk broom and disinfectant wipes under the bathroom sink which is more than enough to clean the floor of the bathroom. An extra few minutes in my routine prevents the jobs from piling up to the point of overwhelming.

If you are starting this after the mess is already overwhleming, the first few rounds are going to be a bit of work, but after that, no great issue.

[Aislinn]

I've been a member of this website since 2005 I think. I love it and once you get it going it really really does work. Routines begin to flow from your bum so to speak, so that you begin doing things you need to without even realizing it. Once you get ahead, its so much easier. And I do fully believe that if your home is chaotic, your life too becomes chaotic! Test it out, I think once you give it a shot, you'll be glad you did. Now...Put on those shoes!!!!!!

[WitchJezebel]

I clean as I go as well but I don't think my house has ever been that chaotic that I'd need to use the site. I don't have children running around so there's no toys all over the place, no crayon on the walls or stained carpets. I do have a dog and a boyfriend but he picks up after himself 99% of the time.

[Terra Mater]

Even with a houseful of kids, clean as you go worked well enough for me. I even taught it to the kids from the time they could walk that they should pick up whatever they might trip over and put it where it belongs. With a houseful cleaning as they go, the only weekly scheduled chores I had was some light dusting and a little vacuuming.

Even laundry was wash as you go because I got three different hampers and set them up by the washer and dryer labelled "whites", "darks", and "everything else". When the pile in the hamper reached the line I had drawn on the inside, everyone knew it was time to load the washer and set the in house timer. When the timer went off, it was time to put the load in the dryer and set the in house timer again. When that went off, take out the clothes and call for people to come get their clothing before they were turned into art projects.:thumbsup:

[WitchJezebel]

Even with a houseful of kids, clean as you go worked well enough for me. I even taught it to the kids from the time they could walk that they should pick up whatever they might trip over and put it where it belongs. With a houseful cleaning as they go, the only weekly scheduled chores I had was some light dusting and a little vacuuming.

Even laundry was wash as you go because I got three different hampers and set them up by the washer and dryer labelled "whites", "darks", and "everything else". When the pile in the hamper reached the line I had drawn on the inside, everyone knew it was time to load the washer and set the in house timer. When the timer went off, it was time to put the load in the dryer and set the in house timer again. When that went off, take out the clothes and call for people to come get their clothing before they were turned into art projects.:thumbsup:


That's the way I like to do things as well, but usually the full load of whatever color usually takes a week to fill. I wind up doing a couple of loads on Friday nights but that's okay; I'm always too tired to go out so I use that time to turn on the stereo and scrub the kitchen while clothes are washing. It's worked out well for me for a long time and I do find that I have more 'free' time when I clean as I go.