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    Just started the babysteps and my place does already look nicer. Sometimes you just need a kick up the bum with a little given structure.
    http://onegardenersadventures.blogspot.com/ updated 10-03-2010 with homebrew pics & allotment pics

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    I contemplated it, but never quite got round to starting

    (This is what's being referred to, for anybody confused: FlyLady.net: Your personal online coach to help you gain control of your house and home)
    Last edited by SarzWix; 23-01-2010, 04:11 PM.

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    • #3
      I printed it out once, had it on the magnet board for about a month and then got a cleaner in.

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      • #4
        Nah - looks to much like housework to me!
        All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
        Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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        • #5
          I can't get the website to load - I keep getting error messages and warnings

          what is it all about?
          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
            I can't get the website to load - I keep getting error messages and warnings

            what is it all about?
            I think this is your computer telling you not to bother. Have just clicked on it and it looks a strange rather patronising site to making you the perfect housewife type person. There's a thing which tells you to do a new things each day called the baby steps which is kind of a reasonable idea although I wasn't doing well when it told me to polish my sink on day one and to "Get dressed to lace up shoes" on day two. Have absolutely no idea what this means and decided it all wasn't for me

            Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

            Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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            • #7
              I suppose it's whatever floats your boat, but as far as housework goes my motto has always been clean out the corners and let the middle take care of itself, I wouldn't have connected that with finally loving myself.
              Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Alison View Post
                it looks a strange rather patronising site to making you the perfect housewife
                Ah, that's why I wasn't allowed in

                I only do housework if I've run out of clean surfaces ... then I sweep it onto the floor and kick it under the budgie's cage
                All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                • #9
                  I actually liked the idea of cleaning the sink before bed so you have a nice shiny one to get up to; but I did get put off with the 'loving yourself' stuff. I can see how some of it would be motivating, but writing down what the negative voices are saying and stuff isn't my bag.

                  I'd rather it just say something like "Go and clean the oven. Just go and do it."

                  I'm not saying I'd listen, mind.
                  I don't roll on Shabbos

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                  • #10
                    Since my boy was born, our life was upside down. And it's only now that he learned how to sleep through the night (at 18 months! of age), so neither of us had strength after work to do anything, and the dirt got worse and worse and worse....

                    Both my hubby and I we also study for our chartership, I had an exam only yesterday again, so time is precious.

                    And this might sound strange, but I didn't know where to start or how to make the best of my limited time with biggest impact on the house.

                    I can imagine how someone might feel the site is patronising, but so far it's been quite enlightening for me.

                    I have made my sink shiny every night, and it is such a motivator in the morning. Cooking at night is double the speed now, because I don't have to wash my cooking utensils before I can start preparing the food.

                    And somehow slowly the shiny sink has influenced the rest of the house.
                    I think what I took out of the site is, that you do not need to clean hours to get something sorted, but if you spend 30s on a surface and clean it every night with a wipe-down, then you don't need to scrub it for 30mins trying to get all the dried in stuff out.
                    I know this is obvious stuff, but I only see the benefits of it now.

                    How sad am I? And before you are concerned, no my house is not dirty, it's just cluttered... and improving continuously.
                    http://onegardenersadventures.blogspot.com/ updated 10-03-2010 with homebrew pics & allotment pics

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                    • #11
                      Tiachia, I'm so sorry I didn't respond to your post earlier - I should have said, go for it girl! I know how hard it can get (although my circumstances are very different to yours) and it is important to get some kind of system going for oneself. I have tried all sorts of methods and books - as well as a series of rather expensive cleaners. If you have found one that works for you, please ignore all comments from people who haven't made that method work for them. This time of year is just the right time for starting something new. Just remember that after 20 tries at a new thing turns it into a good habit!
                      Keep us informed how you are getting on, and don't let anyone else make you feel that it isn't worth doing!
                      Last edited by Jeanied; 23-01-2010, 09:10 PM.
                      Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by tiachica View Post
                        Since my boy was born, our life was upside down. And it's only now that he learned how to sleep through the night (at 18 months! of age), so neither of us had strength after work to do anything, and the dirt got worse and worse and worse....

                        Both my hubby and I we also study for our chartership, I had an exam only yesterday again, so time is precious.

                        And this might sound strange, but I didn't know where to start or how to make the best of my limited time with biggest impact on the house.

                        I can imagine how someone might feel the site is patronising, but so far it's been quite enlightening for me.

                        I have made my sink shiny every night, and it is such a motivator in the morning. Cooking at night is double the speed now, because I don't have to wash my cooking utensils before I can start preparing the food.

                        And somehow slowly the shiny sink has influenced the rest of the house.
                        I think what I took out of the site is, that you do not need to clean hours to get something sorted, but if you spend 30s on a surface and clean it every night with a wipe-down, then you don't need to scrub it for 30mins trying to get all the dried in stuff out.
                        I know this is obvious stuff, but I only see the benefits of it now.

                        How sad am I? And before you are concerned, no my house is not dirty, it's just cluttered... and improving continuously.
                        No probs with that, if it works for you then that's really great - maybe you can tell me what the hell "Get dressed to lace up shoes" on day 2 actually means

                        Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                        Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                        • #13
                          Maybe that one means, get out of the slippers/mules and into the trainers? Just musing here, having lived 'stateside' a few moons ago.
                          Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                          • #14
                            That's what I took it to mean - take the effort to get properly dressed rather than just a pair of trackies and slip on shoes/slippers.
                            I'm not overly keen on the way it's written, it's very American, but... The principles behind it are sound I Think, and one day I might get round to giving it a go. When the kids leave home maybe

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                            • #15
                              It means to make an effort to get yourself dressed every day and not lounge in pyjamas from early morning till bedtime.

                              Well... that one didn't apply for me... I am a full-time working mum.
                              http://onegardenersadventures.blogspot.com/ updated 10-03-2010 with homebrew pics & allotment pics

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