I appreciate your effort to put your own spin on an established routine. I love the original system, but we all have different living spaces and different lifestyles. NOTHING should be so 'cookie-cutter'!
This is a great idea... I work full-time outside the home. I'm way too tired at the end of the day. I have Multiple Sclerosis I battle fatigue all the time. I will setup a routine like thismy husband can't cook much but just an hour a day would work for me
You did a really nice job. Thank you for sharing. Like you, I am passionate about homekeeping and staying organized. When I watched your video, I thought of how lucky your family was to have you since your routines help keep such a peaceful home. I have followed Flylady for years and decided to remake my Control Journal; the one I made years ago was way too large. The things I added this time were: 1) a Seasonal Checklist- I have a fall checklist in there now that I have refined to fit my house and I will do the tasks each week or so over a two month period. I am working on a seasonal checklist for the other seasons. 2) Errand page- Previously, I just listed these items on Sunday in my planner since my errand day was on Monday and then I could refine it on Monday morning in order of furthest to closest distance from my home. 3) I have a page for my ex-husband who helps me with handyman tasks. I put everything on that page and he installs things for me.😁 4) A Flight Plan page in front that lists the "Week of:", "Monthly Focus:Paper Clutter", "Weekly Zone: the Kitchen" and then I list Monday to Friday with the plan/general guideline or flight plan of the day. (I have established all of the habits by now but secretly get excited for the paper clutter one since I can shred! I don't have any piles anywhere but a lot of medical in notebooks for my severely disabled son that needs purging.)So mine reads: Monday- Grocery/Errand Tuesday-Appointments Wednesday- Garbage and Anti-Procrastination Day Thursday- Calls Friday-Loose Ends and Pamper Day Saturday- Extra Cleaning Sunday- Sleep and Project Day And finally, the tabs on my notebook are: Flight Plan, Daily Routine (just one page with all routines on it), Focus Cleaning (daily clean items with one room each day of the week, think BWP), Zone Cleaning, Seasonal Cleaning, Menu Plan, Grocery List, Errands, and my handyman tasks for my ex-husband. Hope this helps. I love seeing how others do their control journal as well.
I must have been living under a rock, but I just discovered this system through Diane of Denmark. The funny thing about that is that I live in GA and the Fly Lady is in NC - so close, but had never heard of her. I’m waiting for my book to arrive and found your video helpful to anticipate how I might approach this system. I found your video very helpful. Thank you.
I'm so glad I can help at all. There is so much to do all the time, I think we all feel it sometimes. The best we can do is make a plan and try it out. 👍
I'm so glad I can help at all. There is so much to do all the time, I think we all feel it sometimes. The best we can do is make a plan and try it out. 👍
Ha! Ha! "None of your beeswax." Loved that. I'm getting closer to starting my own version of The Fly Lady method. Years (okay, decades) of only cleaning when it got so bad no one was allowed in my house, well, that's over. I need an organized cleaning routine. Upon my death, I don't want to leave a cluttered mess for my family to deal with. I'm 61 so I will have a while to enjoy my clean and organized house.
I have 5 kids so i assign each kid a new zone a week so all zones get cleaned each week ...we use it for their chore system and that way its even and everyone can do everything
Thank you for training up your children. My motto is independence from the womb; what you can do for yourself then you should be doing. Also it teaches them how to work cooperatively and how to care for others. We are raising them to be adults. Great job.
U know after seeing ur video ur right i was wondering about the fridge i CANNOT do that just once a month i even end up putting it on my anti procrastination day because it gets so grungy i will implement the daily zones thank you!
I love the idea of fly lady but struggle with only hitting each room once a month as well. I kind of need a daily routine because otherwise I'm just going to fall out of routine and things won't get done. I like your idea of hitting a different room/zone each day and it all gets done in a week. That makes much more sense to me. I'd rather spend an hour each day in each area vs. 1 hour a week all over the house and 15 mins a day in each zone afterward. I feel like there is just too much to do in a house this size to only clean 15 mins a day. We homeschool too! Your morning routine notes were helpful and similar to what I do in the morning as well. :)
Michelle Kulas this and other chores like it, are why I do my zones once a week. When I followed Flylady there were areas that didn't get dusted every week because they were not in that schedule. Its important to take whatever system you like and make it work for you. Is dusting every room part of the weekly home blessing? I guess that's essentially what I do. I love Flylady but definitely had to make little edits. 😉
Note that the WHB as FlyLady promotes it is a quick feather-dusting every week of just the flat surfaces; the she does the deep cleaning...move and dust items during zone cleaning. WHB is just a spruce it up so it “looks” good, then thoroughly clean during zone cleaning. The WHB just makes it go a little quicker when you get to the zone. All that said, I love the idea of Zone-A-Day cleaning. Not any more work, just laid out a little better for me.
@@blessedwifeandmama yes. That's been pointed out a few times now and I can't change the video. It's also been suggested that the dusting that is part of the weekly home blessing is more of a light dusting / surface clean and not a 'move everything out of the way and dust behind it' kind of dusting.
@@blessedwifeandmama yes. that can be done with the right, light (and magnetic) duster anyway. it should hold for a week. I always did that - I am new to the Fly Lady system, but that dusting part at least I did and it does work very fast. depending on how much delicate items you have on your shelfs and how much you have to dust around. I don't have that much. but with a light federy duster even that is not that big a deal. apart from that dusting thing, I like May's control journal and how she handles it.
I've not seen the free day before. Tuesday is Plan and Play day for menu planning so you can grocery shop on Thursday. This is new to me. I've changed my zone cleaning to similar tasks cleaning...like dusting/cleaning all ceiling fans in one day as I have the step stool out etc. My attempt to work smarter.
In the weekly homeblessing hour you feather dust the whole house every week but deep clean your zone. Only when in zone do you need to take apart book shelves . Feather dusting gets up all the dust.
I'm building my control journal now and I had to modify a lot of the zones and the weekly flight plan, like for example my weekly blessing home hour is on Fridays because I don't have to cook on Friday and I can clean the house during lunch time (I work from home). I'm sure I'll be making a lot of more modifications as I go but that's ok Marley said you can adapt to fit your life style.
Totally agree to each their own. I do flylists. I'm more of a list person anyways. So I do a list on the fly of stuff to do. If I get it all one great, if I only get one thing done great. I procrastinate some when I'm home after work so this works. And its subject to schedule so if im out all day due to schedule difference I'll skip that day and start the list the next day.
Absolutely! Everyone's life is different and our lives change a lot. It's good to be flexible for sure. This is just where I was when I made this video and now life is a little different for me so my routines are a little different too. :)
I started making a control journal but I felt the way you do. So thank you so much for this video. Did you make any other videos? I would like to see them. Right now I'm following Diane from Denmark 31 baby steps, because she goes slowly. And really explains well. But when it comes to make a flylady journal. I'm not too successful. I only have 2 pages. 1 for evening routine and 1 for morning routine
2 pages is a good place to start! I've been considering making more Flylafy Friday videos. I have three others on my channel I will link to here and because of your comment, I will make more. :) This was my first Flylady video - ua-cam.com/video/VKrV5obFyYs/v-deo.html Morning routine - ua-cam.com/video/xe__uvZfpl0/v-deo.html Evening routine - ua-cam.com/video/YesIydzvsWk/v-deo.html
@@hasamod41 I did the baby steps with Diane in Denmark and then followed the weekly homeblessing hour then followed her zone videos. She really explained it well. Your control journal will grow as you learn the system. Flylady.net has the printouts to download or copy
FIRST OF ALL - THIS VIDEO WAS HELPFULL and thanks for the idea with pinterest. isn't what you mention about the dusting of the book shelf something, that can be done with a weekly routine or within a 15 min room rescue anyway? I know by my own bookshelf, that it is not necessary to put everything down to dust all everytime. I have a very light duster on a stick for that purpose. it has also magnetic qualtities. the light dust goes of very easily. it only takes about 3 min in total. the whole bringing everything down and being more thorough and so on, still can be done once a month - don't you think? I must say, I even did that only 3-4 times a year. I noticed, I could have done that more frequently but I wouldn't have noticed, to do that weekly. not me and othrs didn't eiter. I asked my friends directly once. (by the way, I came here, because I need a push in going forward with my control journal, but I notice, those, who actually are not the key target group of people, for whom the flylady system was developed, not only change things up more easily, but I think, they have to. otherwise, they would get impatined or unhappy. I guess, mostly, because they can handle more routines on a longer period anyway and so on. there ability to handle a lot of stuff, that for others in their mind is a burden and sublte depressing, and therefore needs to be decluttered ...? don't you think? I have been an ADS child. undiagnosed over 40 years ago. and I have learned to deal with it. in stressful times, the issues surface. I see a lot of people, that don't have such issues. I think, that is the difference. of course apart from that, that everybody can change up things in that system. but changing it into doing more extra cleaining, is not only not typical, but it can be triggering on a long term for certain kind of people - all speculation of course, but I have noticed those kind of inconsistancies also with all that minimalism talk and wanted to understand, why does something impact one person so much more and the other not at all. as long, as there is not a major change in live style - like becoming an monk or other spiritual roads, a person, who has no problem with staying organized or cleaning ... has no need to change all that. for others, it is vital for their daly live)
Oh :-D I like the three 'portions' of coffee in your morning routine. yes, I notice, on day's I don't work in the office, I need that to kick in, otherwise it takes me ages, to get things started. I have a little low bloud pressure. on week days, I am slow as well and rather do a lot of duties, before I really leave the house - without coffee. but then, the deadline of leaving the house in time produces some sort of adrenaline I guess. then the first coffee starts at work. but at home - I do need it to get me starting not matter what
was just looking at you saying about grocery ordering and I still find it odd that in the US you don't have an automatic option for delivery when ordering online. In Australia our major supermarkets have their own delivery - I order weekly and it arrives at my door - if I want they will even bring it in and put it all on my kitchen bench [counter for US folk]. To have to use an additional service seems redundant - maybe people should start lobbying their local supermarkets for this to be available - more employment for folk, too - just thought I'd mention it
Hello May, can you suggest how I could adapt the cleaning system for my particular circumstances please? I am struggling to keep my home in the way I used to because of severe arthritis and other health issues and some days my mobility or pain is so bad I can do very little. Can your suggest how I could allow for this in my plans? Thank you.
Hello! That's a great question. My father actually suffers from arthritis and some of their health issues as well. He has chosen to break up his day into different sections of each zone. So if he is cleaning his kitchen on Mondays for example instead of doing a solid hour at once he will do 15 minutes four times throughout the day with breaks in between. That way he hasn't depleted all of his energy working for an hour straight, but at the end of the day his kitchen is clean. I hope that helps!
@@mrsshankdesigns thank you so much May I will try to work like that and I have only a very small cottage here in Ireland but could never get away with a brief dust! I'm going to do my zones like you suggest from now on. Please make more videos as they are such a help to people like me. God bless you!
Hi! I am setting up my control journal and am trying to decide how to set up my routines, especially the detailed cleaning (Zone Cleaning). I like your idea about cleaning one Zone each day, but how do you handle the floors? Do you vacuum and/or mop a different room each day, as it comes up in the Zones? I dislike mopping and want to get it out of the way in one fell swoop! :-)
Thanks. They are my favorites! The larger title font is called Channel and the small font I used for the lists is called Shadows Into Light. I will link them both here for you, I got them from 100 Free Fonts and have never had any issues with it. There is a black download button to the right of the font. Channel - 1001freefonts.com/channel.font Shadows Into Light - 1001freefonts.com/shadows-into-light.font
Diane has been my biggest inspiration in FLYING though I have been a Larva ever since the pre-beginning; just never caught the full vision which is actually “do what works for you, but be sure and DO IT! The secret is to make yourself a routine you can follow and stick to it, adapting it for your life as you move through it’s different seasons. And try to have fun and bless yourself, your family, and your home with your improved attitude of what housework and running a home is or can be. And I am still working on the attitude part all the time. And seeing things come together puts a smile on my face, and my family benefits are huge.
I just watched your flylady 101 week 1 check in video & really liked it, I also subscribed! I was really looking forward to this video but it doesn't have closed captioning :( I am legally deaf & there's no other way for me to hear what you're saying. Could you PLEASE add cc to this video? Thanks so much, Tami
tammy brewster yes I will. I made sure CC was turned on for every video but for some reason, this one needs to be transcribed and I will do that this afternoon and leave you a note here again. 👍
Yup! He works and travels for work a lot so that I can be home with the children. He also does all the vehicle and home maintenance, deals with appointments, manages bills and all our household and family related paperwork. When he is home, he spends time with the kids and is usually the carpool dad for events they go to. 👍 He's awesome! We both work hard and support each other in different ways, I couldn't do what I do without him. 💕
I appreciate your effort to put your own spin on an established routine. I love the original system, but we all have different living spaces and different lifestyles. NOTHING should be so 'cookie-cutter'!
This is a great idea... I work full-time outside the home. I'm way too tired at the end of the day. I have Multiple Sclerosis I battle fatigue all the time. I will setup a routine like thismy husband can't cook much but just an hour a day would work for me
You did a really nice job. Thank you for sharing. Like you, I am passionate about homekeeping and staying organized. When I watched your video, I thought of how lucky your family was to have you since your routines help keep such a peaceful home.
I have followed Flylady for years and decided to remake my Control Journal; the one I made years ago was way too large. The things I added this time were:
1) a Seasonal Checklist- I have a fall checklist in there now that I have refined to fit my house and I will do the tasks each week or so over a two month period. I am working on a seasonal checklist for the other seasons.
2) Errand page- Previously, I just listed these items on Sunday in my planner since my errand day was on Monday and then I could refine it on Monday morning in order of furthest to closest distance from my home.
3) I have a page for my ex-husband who helps me with handyman tasks. I put everything on that page and he installs things for me.😁
4) A Flight Plan page in front that lists the "Week of:",
"Monthly Focus:Paper Clutter",
"Weekly Zone: the Kitchen" and then I list Monday to Friday with the plan/general guideline or flight plan of the day. (I have established all of the habits by now but secretly get excited for the paper clutter one since I can shred! I don't have any piles anywhere but a lot of medical in notebooks for my severely disabled son that needs purging.)So mine reads:
Monday- Grocery/Errand
Tuesday-Appointments
Wednesday- Garbage and Anti-Procrastination Day
Thursday- Calls
Friday-Loose Ends and Pamper Day
Saturday- Extra Cleaning
Sunday- Sleep and Project Day
And finally, the tabs on my notebook are: Flight Plan, Daily Routine (just one page with all routines on it), Focus Cleaning (daily clean items with one room each day of the week, think BWP), Zone Cleaning, Seasonal Cleaning, Menu Plan, Grocery List, Errands, and my handyman tasks for my ex-husband. Hope this helps. I love seeing how others do their control journal as well.
I am so sorry I just noticed this comment. Thank you for your kind words! I love to meet other like minded people!
I must have been living under a rock, but I just discovered this system through Diane of Denmark. The funny thing about that is that I live in GA and the Fly Lady is in NC - so close, but had never heard of her. I’m waiting for my book to arrive and found your video helpful to anticipate how I might approach this system. I found your video very helpful. Thank you.
That's great! It's so funny you are so close and didn't hear about her before but it's exciting that you get to start now.
Great video! I have been overwhelmed, but you make it seem so much easier. Thank you
I'm so glad I can help at all. There is so much to do all the time, I think we all feel it sometimes. The best we can do is make a plan and try it out. 👍
I'm so glad I can help at all. There is so much to do all the time, I think we all feel it sometimes. The best we can do is make a plan and try it out. 👍
Ha! Ha! "None of your beeswax." Loved that.
I'm getting closer to starting my own version of The Fly Lady method. Years (okay, decades) of only cleaning when it got so bad no one was allowed in my house, well, that's over. I need an organized cleaning routine.
Upon my death, I don't want to leave a cluttered mess for my family to deal with.
I'm 61 so I will have a while to enjoy my clean and organized house.
Redundancy is not always bad. I think it's a good idea to still have a hard copy phone number listing.
Just getting into the idea of this type of cleaning routine. You’ve explained it so well! Thank you!
Good video. Thank you for your tips. Your organisation is impressive!
Thank you so much!
I like the idea of doing a different Zone every day of the week I actually thought of that myself:-)
Kathren Conrad me, too!
Just thought of that this very week!
Zone days have worked best for me as well.
I have 5 kids so i assign each kid a new zone a week so all zones get cleaned each week ...we use it for their chore system and that way its even and everyone can do everything
Thank you for training up your children. My motto is independence from the womb; what you can do for yourself then you should be doing. Also it teaches them how to work cooperatively and how to care for others. We are raising them to be adults. Great job.
U know after seeing ur video ur right i was wondering about the fridge i CANNOT do that just once a month i even end up putting it on my anti procrastination day because it gets so grungy i will implement the daily zones thank you!
I love the idea of fly lady but struggle with only hitting each room once a month as well. I kind of need a daily routine because otherwise I'm just going to fall out of routine and things won't get done. I like your idea of hitting a different room/zone each day and it all gets done in a week. That makes much more sense to me. I'd rather spend an hour each day in each area vs. 1 hour a week all over the house and 15 mins a day in each zone afterward. I feel like there is just too much to do in a house this size to only clean 15 mins a day. We homeschool too! Your morning routine notes were helpful and similar to what I do in the morning as well. :)
Love FlyLady. I agree that as you start integrating the system tweaks for individuality help.
Dusting is part of the weekly home blessing... you can’t dust just once per month. ;) Good video though!
Michelle Kulas this and other chores like it, are why I do my zones once a week. When I followed Flylady there were areas that didn't get dusted every week because they were not in that schedule. Its important to take whatever system you like and make it work for you. Is dusting every room part of the weekly home blessing? I guess that's essentially what I do. I love Flylady but definitely had to make little edits. 😉
Note that the WHB as FlyLady promotes it is a quick feather-dusting every week of just the flat surfaces; the she does the deep cleaning...move and dust items during zone cleaning. WHB is just a spruce it up so it “looks” good, then thoroughly clean during zone cleaning. The WHB just makes it go a little quicker when you get to the zone. All that said, I love the idea of Zone-A-Day cleaning. Not any more work, just laid out a little better for me.
@@mrsshankdesigns but how dusting is part of weekly home blessing so weekly everything would be dusted
@@blessedwifeandmama yes. That's been pointed out a few times now and I can't change the video. It's also been suggested that the dusting that is part of the weekly home blessing is more of a light dusting / surface clean and not a 'move everything out of the way and dust behind it' kind of dusting.
@@blessedwifeandmama yes. that can be done with the right, light (and magnetic) duster anyway. it should hold for a week. I always did that - I am new to the Fly Lady system, but that dusting part at least I did and it does work very fast. depending on how much delicate items you have on your shelfs and how much you have to dust around. I don't have that much. but with a light federy duster even that is not that big a deal. apart from that dusting thing, I like May's control journal and how she handles it.
Very nice journal.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the video! I’m just starting the system and got my control journal, tomorrow I’m putting my routines in👍 love the font you used!
That's great!! The font is called Channel and I love it too! 👍
Thank you sooo much for this. I am SOO BAD at getting my papers & routine organized.....I suscribed...
Thank you for this video. The Fly Lady system is a template. We each have to set it up to work for us individually.
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for sharing.
You're so welcome!
I've not seen the free day before. Tuesday is Plan and Play day for menu planning so you can grocery shop on Thursday. This is new to me. I've changed my zone cleaning to similar tasks cleaning...like dusting/cleaning all ceiling fans in one day as I have the step stool out etc. My attempt to work smarter.
Some of this is just my version of Flylady after doing it for so many years and making it work for me. 👍
@@mrsshankdesigns that's what I'm trying to do as well.
I really like your video I think you are great thanks and I have subscribed so I hope you are still making videos x
In the weekly homeblessing hour you feather dust the whole house every week but deep clean your zone. Only when in zone do you need to take apart book shelves . Feather dusting gets up all the dust.
Thanks!
I'm building my control journal now and I had to modify a lot of the zones and the weekly flight plan, like for example my weekly blessing home hour is on Fridays because I don't have to cook on Friday and I can clean the house during lunch time (I work from home). I'm sure I'll be making a lot of more modifications as I go but that's ok Marley said you can adapt to fit your life style.
Great. I just heard about flylady and I'm starting to make a control journal.
Totally agree to each their own. I do flylists. I'm more of a list person anyways. So I do a list on the fly of stuff to do. If I get it all one great, if I only get one thing done great. I procrastinate some when I'm home after work so this works. And its subject to schedule so if im out all day due to schedule difference I'll skip that day and start the list the next day.
Absolutely! Everyone's life is different and our lives change a lot. It's good to be flexible for sure. This is just where I was when I made this video and now life is a little different for me so my routines are a little different too. :)
I started making a control journal but I felt the way you do. So thank you so much for this video. Did you make any other videos? I would like to see them. Right now I'm following Diane from Denmark 31 baby steps, because she goes slowly. And really explains well. But when it comes to make a flylady journal. I'm not too successful. I only have 2 pages. 1 for evening routine and 1 for morning routine
2 pages is a good place to start! I've been considering making more Flylafy Friday videos. I have three others on my channel I will link to here and because of your comment, I will make more. :)
This was my first Flylady video - ua-cam.com/video/VKrV5obFyYs/v-deo.html
Morning routine - ua-cam.com/video/xe__uvZfpl0/v-deo.html
Evening routine - ua-cam.com/video/YesIydzvsWk/v-deo.html
oh great. Thank you so much.
@@hasamod41 I did the baby steps with Diane in Denmark and then followed the weekly homeblessing hour then followed her zone videos. She really explained it well. Your control journal will grow as you learn the system. Flylady.net has the printouts to download or copy
Do you still do the flylady system
That's a great start. Get use to doing those routines and slowly add in other things that way it'll stick.
Thanks, that was helpful!
FIRST OF ALL - THIS VIDEO WAS HELPFULL and thanks for the idea with pinterest.
isn't what you mention about the dusting of the book shelf something, that can be done with a weekly routine or within a 15 min room rescue anyway? I know by my own bookshelf, that it is not necessary to put everything down to dust all everytime. I have a very light duster on a stick for that purpose. it has also magnetic qualtities. the light dust goes of very easily. it only takes about 3 min in total. the whole bringing everything down and being more thorough and so on, still can be done once a month - don't you think? I must say, I even did that only 3-4 times a year. I noticed, I could have done that more frequently but I wouldn't have noticed, to do that weekly. not me and othrs didn't eiter. I asked my friends directly once.
(by the way, I came here, because I need a push in going forward with my control journal, but I notice, those, who actually are not the key target group of people, for whom the flylady system was developed, not only change things up more easily, but I think, they have to. otherwise, they would get impatined or unhappy. I guess, mostly, because they can handle more routines on a longer period anyway and so on. there ability to handle a lot of stuff, that for others in their mind is a burden and sublte depressing, and therefore needs to be decluttered ...? don't you think? I have been an ADS child. undiagnosed over 40 years ago. and I have learned to deal with it. in stressful times, the issues surface. I see a lot of people, that don't have such issues. I think, that is the difference. of course apart from that, that everybody can change up things in that system. but changing it into doing more extra cleaining, is not only not typical, but it can be triggering on a long term for certain kind of people - all speculation of course, but I have noticed those kind of inconsistancies also with all that minimalism talk and wanted to understand, why does something impact one person so much more and the other not at all. as long, as there is not a major change in live style - like becoming an monk or other spiritual roads, a person, who has no problem with staying organized or cleaning ... has no need to change all that. for others, it is vital for their daly live)
Oh :-D I like the three 'portions' of coffee in your morning routine. yes, I notice, on day's I don't work in the office, I need that to kick in, otherwise it takes me ages, to get things started. I have a little low bloud pressure. on week days, I am slow as well and rather do a lot of duties, before I really leave the house - without coffee. but then, the deadline of leaving the house in time produces some sort of adrenaline I guess. then the first coffee starts at work. but at home - I do need it to get me starting not matter what
was just looking at you saying about grocery ordering and I still find it odd that in the US you don't have an automatic option for delivery when ordering online. In Australia our major supermarkets have their own delivery - I order weekly and it arrives at my door - if I want they will even bring it in and put it all on my kitchen bench [counter for US folk]. To have to use an additional service seems redundant - maybe people should start lobbying their local supermarkets for this to be available - more employment for folk, too - just thought I'd mention it
Hello May, can you suggest how I could adapt the cleaning system for my particular circumstances please? I am struggling to keep my home in the way I used to because of severe arthritis and other health issues and some days my mobility or pain is so bad I can do very little. Can your suggest how I could allow for this in my plans? Thank you.
Hello! That's a great question. My father actually suffers from arthritis and some of their health issues as well. He has chosen to break up his day into different sections of each zone. So if he is cleaning his kitchen on Mondays for example instead of doing a solid hour at once he will do 15 minutes four times throughout the day with breaks in between. That way he hasn't depleted all of his energy working for an hour straight, but at the end of the day his kitchen is clean. I hope that helps!
@@mrsshankdesigns thank you so much May I will try to work like that and I have only a very small cottage here in Ireland but could never get away with a brief dust! I'm going to do my zones like you suggest from now on. Please make more videos as they are such a help to people like me. God bless you!
Hi! I am setting up my control journal and am trying to decide how to set up my routines, especially the detailed cleaning (Zone Cleaning). I like your idea about cleaning one Zone each day, but how do you handle the floors? Do you vacuum and/or mop a different room each day, as it comes up in the Zones? I dislike mopping and want to get it out of the way in one fell swoop! :-)
I am the same way! What I've been doing lately is just doing my zones everyday and doing the floors once a week. Twice if they really need it.
What fonts do you use in your Control Journal? It looks really nice!
Thanks. They are my favorites! The larger title font is called Channel and the small font I used for the lists is called Shadows Into Light. I will link them both here for you, I got them from 100 Free Fonts and have never had any issues with it. There is a black download button to the right of the font.
Channel - 1001freefonts.com/channel.font
Shadows Into Light - 1001freefonts.com/shadows-into-light.font
@@mrsshankdesigns I love that website too! Nicole
Love it! Thanks.
I love this thankyou ,👍👍👍👍joy
Dusting is weekly in the blezsi g hour.
You're totally right. I've been corrected but I can't change the video itself.
But Mary is talking about “detail dusting” not the light once over of the WHB.
Thanks for sharing, check out Diane in Denmark, l think you’ll love her too.
Thanks for the recommendation! I looked her up and you're right, she's great!
Diane has been my biggest inspiration in FLYING though I have been a Larva ever since the pre-beginning; just never caught the full vision which is actually “do what works for you, but be sure and DO IT! The secret is to make yourself a routine you can follow and stick to it, adapting it for your life as you move through it’s different seasons. And try to have fun and bless yourself, your family, and your home with your improved attitude of what housework and running a home is or can be.
And I am still working on the attitude part all the time. And seeing things come together puts a smile on my face, and my family benefits are huge.
Did you make a meal planning with Pinterest video? I browsed through, but didn't see one.
I didn't but I should really get on that!
@@mrsshankdesigns I'm looking forward to seeing it 🙂
I dust weekly as part of my weekly home blessing hour. If it’s ending up as two hours, it’s not a big deal to me.
I just watched your flylady 101 week 1 check in video & really liked it, I also subscribed! I was really looking forward to this video but it doesn't have closed captioning :( I am legally deaf & there's no other way for me to hear what you're saying. Could you PLEASE add cc to this video? Thanks so much,
Tami
tammy brewster yes!! Absolutely I will do it for as many videos as I can, starting with this one. Thank you for watching and pointing that out. 👍
It's not showing up as of now, but I surely do look forward to it. Could you please contact/message me back once it's on? Thanks a million, Tammy
tammy brewster yes I will. I made sure CC was turned on for every video but for some reason, this one needs to be transcribed and I will do that this afternoon and leave you a note here again. 👍
Geez! Does your partner do anything?
Yup! He works and travels for work a lot so that I can be home with the children. He also does all the vehicle and home maintenance, deals with appointments, manages bills and all our household and family related paperwork. When he is home, he spends time with the kids and is usually the carpool dad for events they go to. 👍 He's awesome! We both work hard and support each other in different ways, I couldn't do what I do without him. 💕
Ditto on once a week
This video is incorrect about monthly dusting.
Dusting IS weekly, “weekly home blessing hour”.
Note item 7, Monday’s.
You're absolutely correct. I will have to make a new video with an update.
Swiffers make it possible.
That’s not right. Home blessing is once a week including dusting. It’s just a deeper in the zone you are in.
You're totally right. Someone pointed it out to me after I posted this. 👍