Dear Friends,

We don't like change but sometimes we have no choice! As a result of the last 5 years of the downturn in the economy starting with the shutdown; we have made the tough decision to stop selling product on our website. This has been a hard decision. Please Check out our live on Youtube.

We will be getting a brand new website too. We thank you for all your love, support, and prayers! I am excited about a new birth! We have a Clearance Sale on all of our tools!

I love You All!

FlyLady

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Thank you for your love and support over the years. 

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The FlyShop is really Closing



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We found more Kitchen Towels.

Dear Friends,

You may need to see immediate results in order to establish your routines. In other words. If you have a clean room to start with, you will be able to keep it that way. Be warned, I don't particularly like this method, but it has worked for some of us. Let me explain. The reason I don't like it, because I am afraid you will burn out.

In 1999 for Thanksgiving, our family was coming to our home. Now I had been establishing my routines all year long, but I still had a couple of major HOT SPOTS, My extra bedroom/craft room. I hired a born Organized Friend to come and help me organize my craft closet. She and I worked all day on this one room. Then we did a swift vacuum and dust of the rest of the house and we were ready for company. This was Monday before Thanksgiving. The next week after Thanksgiving, I asked my Born Organized Clerk to my board of County Commissioners, how she kept her home clean. She told me it was very simple(yes simple for a BO person, but for a SHE it is much tougher) PICK UP AFTER YOURSELF, IF YOU GET IT OUT, PUT IT AWAY. IF YOU MESS IS UP, CLEAN IT UP RIGHT THEN, AND THIS WILL KEEP YOU FROM HAVE A MESS PILE UP.

The funny thing is, the week before I had been doing just that, so I could keep the house clean for company. I had purposefully picked up after myself and the house was gleaming as a result.

So if you are having trouble establishing routines, then try a Crisis Cleaning day with a friend. Pretend that company is coming or better yet, plan a party so you will have to do it. It is amazing what you can do in a crisis and if you have to manufacture one then it is no less amazing.

Get the majority of the work done. Declutter as much as possible and put things away in their own spot. You may need someone to help you decide on those spots for you. I always do better when the place is already established. I will put it back, but picking the spot was paralyzing to me. Get some help. DH or a Friend, whoever, but just do it.

You may only be able to do one room a day. Go for it, once a week or do it in a few days. You will be so happy that you did. This might just be the key you are looking for. If the less stressed way has not been working, then go for the mad marathon cleaning day. Once you have a couple of areas the way you want it, then you will have more energy to keep it maintained with your routines.

Just because it is clean, does not mean you can sit and do nothing. That is how it got trashed in the first place. Write down your routine now before you do your Crisis Cleaning so that you will know what to do the next day. Your routine should consist of:

1. RISE AND SHINE

Make your bed as soon as you get out of it, unless DH is still there.

Go to the bathroom

Shower and clean the bathroom while you are there

Fix your hair and face

Swish and swipe the bathroom. Its clean and ready for anything.

Leave your bedroom with a load of laundry in hand; put it in the washer.

2. KITCHEN

If you did your before bed routine it is clean; just empty dishwasher

Make coffee and start breakfast

Feed the critters

Feed family

3. THINK ABOUT YOUR DAY.

Check your calendar

Make your To Do List

Thaw something for dinner

Checkbook (bring down your balance)

Reboot the laundry (put in dryer)

Hit the hotspots. If you did your before bed routine there will not be any.

4. NOW THINK ABOUT YOURSELF

Take your vitamins and medications

Sit down

Eat breakfast

Morning Meditation (GIFT) God, Imagination, Focus, Thanksgiving

Now reward yourself with some computer time. Check your e-mail.

It is time to FLY,

FlyLady

Dear FlyLady,

I'm trying to find information about what's best to use to clean wood floors, but there is so much conflicting info on internet. Do you have a preferred cleaning product? Or just vinegar and water?

Thanks,

Carolyn

Dear Carolyn,

I am right there with you on trying to find out the "Perfect" way to clean wood floors. Our home has them everywhere. What I have found that works best is just plain water! I know you don't believe me, but the secret to the plain water is the microfiber pad I use with it.

This is what comes with our FlyLady Mop. If you still think you need to use some kind of cleaner, you can spray a little Windex on the floor.

Mostly I just use water. Those microfiber pads pick up so much dirt and grime. We have a new Chenille Mop Cloth too that I am really loving.

Have fun mopping! Our mops work well for dust mopping too. Have you seen how fast I can do my floors?

All you have to do is make it fun! So you will do it!

FlyLady

Watch Me Clean My Wood Floors!

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Dear FlyLady,

I love this month's habit Making my Bed.

For me, the bed being made is my shiny sink. When I make my bed, it's like my mind says OK, now it's time to get things DONE around here. One thing leads to another and pretty soon the whole bedroom looks nice and tidy because why would I leave those dirty kleenex's sitting on the night stand, and shouldn't those books be put away instead of stacked up there...you get the picture.

Today for my 'redecorating' I took a needlepoint that reads "Love spoken here" from the bedroom, and traded it with a cross stitched hummingbird I'd done for my mom and gotten back when she died. It was hanging in the front entry, so I 'redecorated' TWO spaces at the same time!  I'm enjoying using what I HAVE instead of going out to buy MORE (cluttering my space) and these cross stitch and needlepoint works are my own work, so I have my own personality in my home.

Now it's time for me to eat lunch and have a shower so that I can get on with my Weekly Home Blessing.

Thanks for your emails, I do at times find it overwhelming to read them all but then I remember that I don't HAVE to...I can just delete them if I want, and read the ones that stand out to me. Those are the ones generally that are going to speak to me anyway.

Progress, not perfection. I love this statement, it got me moving forward years ago when I joined your site, and it is still keeping me from returning to the CHAOS I felt in my soul.

Thanks for all the work you go to in order that we may FLY.

Mickey in Logan Lake

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Welcome to April! It’s a brand new month and that means it’s time for a brand new habit.

This month, we are concentrating on Making Your Bed. This one small step makes a huge difference in the look and feel of your room. Here’s some great information from FlyLady to get you started.

Your bed in the bedroom is what the sink is to your kitchen. – FlyLady

"Save Your Weekend for Family Fun instead of cleaning house?" ~FlyLady

Reading the Bible Everyday

Saving Money Cooking "How to Cook" PlayList!"

I can help you get a jumpstart with my book,

The CHAOS Cure! ~FlyLady

This Week we are in Zone 2; our Kitchens!

The kitchen is the heart of our home.

Focus on one little part — reclaim your kitchen sink. Empty everything out of your sink, shine it up, fill it with hot soapy water, and start washing dishes, one at a time.

• Do a 27-Fling "Trash" Boogie. Trash is clutter. When the bag is full, take it outside, right away, to the trash bin.
• Clear out your mail hotspot. Get rid of the old magazines, catalogs, and advertisements.
• Clear the clutter off your counters one at a time.
• Clear the clutter off your kitchen table.
• Take a peek at your pantry. Don't pull everything out and start reorganizing; just take a look, see what you need, and start a grocery list.

If your kitchen is clean but still cluttered: start decluttering. Check out our daily missions. FlyLady usually sends out one during the week which concentrates on decluttering one small area of your kitchen.

Thursday is our day to Run some Errands!

Thursday at FlyLady is Errand Day. We use this day to get out and run whatever errands we need to do for the week. Make a list of wherever you need to go and whatever you need to do during the day today and then get to it. Please be safe out there. This can include:

• Grocery shopping
• Doctor appointments
• Dentist appointments
• Dropping the clothes off at the cleaner
• Dropping of clutter donations

And tons of other things. If it needs to be done outside the house, today is the day to do it. Make a list of these things and check them off as you do them.

"We do what we can today and then we do a little more tomorrow" ~FlyLady

Zone 2 Mission #4 Thursday

Dear Friends:

It has come to the time to go after those counter tops! Your mission for today is to scrub those counter tops. Not just the average wipe down that we do after dinner. Now it is very easy to make this task overwhelming but if you take this slow and easy you can do this!

DO NOT TAKE EVERYTHING OFF OF THE COUNTERS AT ONE TIME!

You just move your toaster or coffee pot or whatever this is an example here, over to one side and wipe down the counter, then move over a foot or so, move aside what is there and wipe down some more and so on. We are not marathon cleaning the kitchen here, just getting all the crumbs and junk that seems to build up behind and under things. Have fun and don't obsess!

FlyKid Mission #4 Thursday



Hi Kids,

Today we have a special treat, our very own Kid Challenge from a Kid your age.

Here it is:I have thought of something called the 15 minute closet clean. For example, you set a timer for 15 minutes or watch the clock and while those 15 minutes are going you clean your closet.

If your closet is a real mess, and I mean big big mess, start with one area at a time. Like if you have a toy box in the middle of your closet and a space of each side then you pick out the big stuff of one side and then the next and put it where it goes in your room. The big stuff makes the mess look bigger than it is. Then go to the next biggest stuff and then to the small stuff but do one section at a time.



If the timer runs out before you finish take a 15 minute break and then go back to what you were doing. When you take your break don't do something you will want to keep doing so you just forget the cleaning and keep doing what you want to do.

We have a Student Control Journal for you, it's FREE.

I used to cringe in agony when I would see people pull up in the driveway now I don’t. Just like Marla says the husband has started organizing and getting rid of his stuff too. The teenage boys are a work in progress. I loved the tips on , the delicate cycle, storing sheets under the bed( I’ll Have more room in my linen closet and that’s major when you are limited on closet space like us) .

The FlyLady is such a good motivator! I have found my self quoting her and singing the songs. Earlier I was cleaning and was upset about something having water spots and Marla popped in my head and said “that’s your protectionism “ and I moved on.! I so wish I would have stuck with The Flylady years ago when the kids where younger but, so glad to have her now.



1. Getting Dressed to Lace Up Shoes, Fixing your Hair and Face
2. Swishing and Swiping Your Bathroom Blesses You Most
3. Is Your Bed Made? Every Room has a Shiny Sink
4. Checking Your Calendar; relieves stress
5. Reboot Your Laundry; A load a day keep Mount Washmore Away
6. Think about what's for dinner this relieves lots of guilt
7. Drink your water, take your supplements, and meds
8. Empty Your Dirty Dish Disposal Unit
9. Check Your Morning Routine to see if you missed anything
10. Have you had any lunch
11. Reboot Your Laundry
12. Declutter for 15 minutes
13. Did you drink your water?
14. Have you exercised today?
15. Start Your Before Bed Routine after dinner
16. Check Your Calendar for Tomorrow
17. Lay Out Your Clothes for Tomorrow
18. Place things needed for Tomorrow on your launch pad.
19. Spend Two Minutes Clearing off a Hot Spot
20. Shine Your Sink
21. Wash face/Brush Teeth
22. Go to Bed at a Decent Hour