Any FLYbabies out there?

[zephyr]

I am almost done with my copy of SINK REFLECTIONS and have already made changes like starting a morning and evening routine and decluttering...I feel so much more in control of my house, already. I'm also going to make a "control notebook" but will be using a 3-ring binder instead and some of the sections are going to be: birthdays, addresses/phone numbers, fav. recipes, coupons, routines, daily/weekly/monthly/yearly chores, etc. Anyone want to share what other sections they have in their control journals, also any comments about the book and how you've changed after reading it?
Zephyr

[Happy Mommy]

Hi there,

I read most of Sink Reflections a few years ago, but somehow never managed to follow her program completely. It is a great way to go about organizing and cleaning (in my opinion), but I haven't yet implemented her daily routine. My house is clean and well organized, but I am always looking for ways to make that task easier and save some time in the process. I try to use her 27 fling boogie to motivate me when I need to declutter.

I, like you, would love to hear how other moms on this board have implemented her plan--maybe it will encourage me to follow along. I think that my problem is that with 2 toddlers, I find it hard to follow yet another "routine"--life is dictated so much by their own routines. :)

She does have a yahoo group that you might want to look into as well.

[elephantmeg]

while I don't use/follow my control journal much any more (I've memorized lots of it) I do faithfully do a weekly home blessing. I also have worked out a basic weekly schedule (I work part time so stuff gets moved around a little and I do more all in 1 day when I'm not pregnant :). Basically: Monday I do all laundry (3-4 loads). Not sure what I'm going to do when #2 come and I go back to cloth diapers. When DS was in cloth I did family laundry on Mon, diapers on Tues and Fri so I'll try to go back to that. (I gave up on cloth while pregnant-I throw up anyways and couldn't deal with the dumping diapers in the toilet!). Grocery shopping is usually Tues or Wed. Housework is Thurs and Fri. (when I'm not pregnant I do it all in 1 day). I also try to keep things picked up, hot spots twice a day etc. I also plan meals on Sun/Mon and write a grocery list. Meal planning is key for me!

[daisymommy]

LOVED the book, much easier to follow than the website I think. I have adapted the program a bit, since she really writes it based upon not having young children. However, there is a section on her website for FLYing with children, and readers have posted their suggestions, which was helpful to me.

I have a "Control Journal" that I made, I follow morning/afternoon/evening routines which were the best thing I ever did, really. And I have Weekly routines for chores. Doing a load of laundry a day is the only way to keep from drowning around here.

But I don't do a Home Blessing hour, as I have a two level home (well 3 with the basement), and 2 young kids--so there's no way that I could get it all done in one hour, or that I could even do it all in a day without being majorly tired when I was done. So, I spread it our over the week. Not as nice as having your home clean in one day and having the rest of the week to enjoy it, but oh-well!

I do something like this:
Monday: Vacuum and mop floors on main level
Tuesday: Dust house
Wednesday: Vacuum upper level
Thursday: Clean bathrooms
Friday: Change bedsheets

I have slacked off from doing Zone Work, but really want to try to keep up with it in the future. I do a meal rotation schedule. And it's SO HELPFUL to work on the hotspots.

So, there you have it!

[Happy Mommy]

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