OT-house cleaning method site-fairy? Someone's signature?

kemp · 11-10-2005, 03:44 PM

A while back I found a site that talked about a house cleaning "method" and I think the logo was some kind of little cleaning fairy. It might have been in someone's signature. Any ideas on where I could find this again? I thought I bookmarked it but I'm not finding it.

kemp · 11-10-2005, 03:46 PM

Awww, crud. I knew as soon as I posted this I'd finally find it. For anyone who might be interested, the site is: http://www.flylady.net/

Has anyone tried this?

HeatherFeather · 11-10-2005, 03:49 PM

Kemp,

this is how I live my life...seriously.....without Flylady...i'd be LOST LOST LOST....

I've been with the program since nearly the beginning. If you have any ??'s let me know

kemp · 11-10-2005, 03:50 PM

How hard was it to start? On the surface it seems a little "anal" to me but I need something to get me organized. Just sitting here looking at my desk right now makes me want to puke. How many minutes a day do you have to spend on it?

HeatherFeather · 11-10-2005, 04:05 PM

with repitition comes efficiency...

it isn't so much of...how many minutes really...it is just a way of life..lol...
You start off with routines. You do the same thing every day, and SOOOO there isn't the mad dash of having to clean the bathroom for company, cuz it is getting done "nearly" every day.

You tackle a spot, her's is the kitchen sink...and MAKE IT YOURS...you get it all sparkly and clean...and the idea is that, since you are taking pride in that sink, (or what ever you pick), it will spread. Now your sink is purdy, you don't want your counters messed up...and so forth.

It is overwhelming at first, and if you go to the website, she gives you jobs to do, one each day and build on it. Babysteps I think it is called?

But in 20 mins I can have the bathroom Swished and swiped, I get shower/dressed, make up and shoes on, I pick up a load of laundry, toss it in the washer, get breakfast ready for the kids if they need it, wipe down counters after breakfast, and be out the door.

You get reminders to do nearly EVERYTHING> Your desk is called a "Hot Spot". When just ONE thing gets put there, it explodes like it is on fire. So multiple times a day, you go to your Hot Spots, and take care of them.

As far as being anal???? We are all SHE's Side Tracked Home Executives...this system WORKS...like with everything if you work it. But the language they speak, I understand.

I came from a house that both parents were BO (Born Organized), and I just didn't fit in. At ALL. This has taught me what is appropriate, what isn't in the realm of housekeeping. But also it has taught me to FLY...Finally Love Myself.

She ISN'T for everyone...but she sure is for me and over 200,000 people that are on the list

It has really enabled me to be more efficient in what I do, and therefore KNIT MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ingrid · 11-10-2005, 04:15 PM

Heatherfeather--I think I need a demonstration. Could you come over, say, once a week and show me? Please?

HeatherFeather · 11-10-2005, 04:26 PM

hehehe.......silly girl ingrid...lol....

now...all THAT said...I am fluttering at the moment...lol.....being away from home all day kinda puts a damper in decluttering...

but it REALLY helps.....really really it does....

Oh, and i have this crazy household book all divided up (hyperfocused and this was the benefit)...so I dont' have to THINK about what is to be done, I just look at it, and I DO it.!!!

Julie · 11-10-2005, 06:08 PM

Cheryl,

IMHO the very most important thing to accept up front is that you'll be getting 20 e-mails a day. Some people absolutely cannot deal with that -- and FlyLady is all, "Excuses, excuses, I warned you, so don't come whining to me about all the e-mail."

If you set it up so all of your FlyLady mail goes into its own folder, it will be far less irritating and you'll get a lot more out of it because you can very easily pick and choose what to read, or ignore it altogether if you don't want to deal with it for a day or two. Again, IMO. YMMV. KWIM?

That said, I think FlyLady is fabulous. She is right on about so many things. It really does make a difference to have a clean sink every night...and to put your shoes on every morning...who knew? :D

HeatherFeather · 11-10-2005, 07:39 PM

I changed email from AOL to gmail BECAUSE of the filtering...

I have it go into folders..I don't need the reminders to find my shoes...a BIG thing of hers...but I rebel against that. I want comfy feet. If I'm home, my slippers will do just fine..lol...

So....the daily reminders, I don't see....but the testimonials come into my box, and her "talks" come in, special notices and such.

Or just delete them. AND in the beginning she doesn't even really WANT you to read them(the emails), just follow the plan off the web, and she baby steps you into reading the emails and then following the plan on your own.

If anybody wants to see my CRAZY control journal...of what I am "supposed" to do I can send it to you..just PM me. It is VERY detailed, and makes me look like a crazy woman. But it is 5 years of putting it together, tweaking and such.

and is it 20 emails???? sure seems like it sometimes,

Sara · 11-10-2005, 09:30 PM

My emails all consolidate into one, I have no idea why. I just scroll through until I find something interesting or delete it. I love flylady. I haven't knuckled down to do the control journal, but my house is so much cleaner and I stay on top of things way more than before.