FlyLady

www.flylady.net - it's a woman in the States who has devised a system for tackling housework and getting organised. It was all very simple in the early days and starts with making your sink shine....

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I was looking for tips on how to clean blinds and - after rolling my eyes at all the 'perfect housewife' resources that gave me now pretty useless advice on how you should wipe or vacuum your blinds...

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December 7, 2012, 4:31 am

You can tell my cleaner has been away for 2 weeks because I had to empty the vacuum 3 times before I finished - my floors were THAT bad. Oh and I finally did the washing and my children were so...

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December 7, 2012, 8:02 am

lol Al! I must admit I pretty much stopped cleaning the house since I was told that I had to move out. And there's already boxes and piles of mess everywhere because of the move so it's just too hard...

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December 9, 2012, 1:01 am

I have so much dust in my house - I do not KNOW where it all comes from! Just about every window has a stupid plant growing outside, the owners are a bit too sensitive to me cutting them down! Our...

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Re: FlyLady

December 9, 2012, 3:02 am

I'm with you there, Mary... I sometimes dust with the little round brush attachment on my vacuum. It doesn't do too bad a job.

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December 9, 2012, 11:09 am

So, GG, you are definitely in uncharted Flylady waters - what are you up to now?

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December 9, 2012, 12:40 pm

Welllll....it's not quite falling into place like it did last time. Not sure why? The emails have changed - more fluff & product promotion and less of the core system stuff which is all I'm after...

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December 9, 2012, 9:42 pm

I remember one of the "things" is get dressed when you get up (or is that another system) and to put on your lace up shoes. The only lace up shoes I own are sandshoes, and except for the morning walks...

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December 9, 2012, 10:40 pm

I can't help but think, if I had a spare 15 minutes in my day there are about a hundred things I would do before cleaning! But then I have a big house so there is more area to spread clutter over -...

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December 10, 2012, 1:47 am

I have DS15 wanting to stay up late ( after 11pm) and DS7 getting up early ( circa 5am, so between them both I am STUFFED and dont feel like any housework, yet they still expect clean clothes, cutlery...

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December 10, 2012, 4:24 am

surely there is a Flyboy app you could find, Mary? I think the privelege of staying up would be worth a task or two a day...

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December 10, 2012, 6:44 am

ha ha Soph! I might just look! he does do some jobs, but I still end up having to "nag" him with the timing of them!

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December 10, 2012, 9:28 am

That's a lot of undies Lin! One thing I can keep up with is washing! It's those spring cleaning jobs like windows etc... Mind you my floors are atrocious ATM- but we are moving out on Friday so will...

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Re: FlyLady

December 10, 2012, 10:58 am

There is a kids version too! A 'Fly Kids Challenge' is issued each day. As for the shoes, I don't think it's about getting caught up in the detail. I think the idea of getting dressed to shoes...

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