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| Thu, 10-21-2004 - 11:13pm |
Just Curious-How many of us are FLYBabies?
- Yes, I am!
- Not anymore-I couldn't stand the e-mails
- What's a FLYBaby?
- No
You will be able to change your vote.

I was talking about it to a friend of mine from school. I told him how it had made such a tremendous difference in my life, which of course affected my family (in a generally positive way, LOL).
Actually, it was because of the FLYBaby board on iVillage that I'm over here today-we were talking about getting our money lives on just as good as a routine as we had our houses, and I went exploring.
So, if you are a FLYBaby, how long have you been one, and does it help in your money life?
just wondering (and procrastinating, lol-better go get the timer!)
~Lisa
All my best,
Danni
I've been sitting here trying to think about how to explain it, LOL--
http://www.flylady.net/
I'd say the easy answer is that FLYLady helps get people organized, but that's not it. It's about getting your house/life cleaned up? Sort of. What I do know is that when I was directed to her website, I was overwhelmed, our house was cluttered to the max, we all were grumpy most of the time, laundry wasn't always done as promptly as it could have been, and it was just not good.
After about 2 years, I can honestly say that I am happy (for the most part, lol) about how things are going around here.
In March, usually, FLYLady does a "FACE our finances" which goes along neatly with what we do here. She does 3-4 SuperFlings a year-those alone are awesome! (I like decluttering-it's DH & DD who aren't so thrilled!)
Maybe someone else can give a better explanation-
Lisa
I am still a FLYbaby however, I don't receive the emails anymore and haven't for awhile.
This is from the flybabies board:
"What does the 'fly' in FlyLady mean? Simple: 'Finally Loving Yourself.' Learn the FlyLady lingo and the fly strategy for getting your home out of CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome)."
I'm going to get to know this a little more, but I think I get it. When I was married, we could never have anyone over without 24 hours notice, and then it was an exercise in shoving all the junk and papers into any closet, dresser or under any bed to make the place "presentable." When we agreed to divorce and sell the house, we had to go through everything and really clean up. It was a huge effort, but when we were done, not only was our stuff separated into his and mine, but closets and under beds were bare, and there was no junk laying around anywhere.
I loved it. I'd wake up 15 minutes early to swiffer the hardwood floors throughout the house every morning once it was up for sale. I washed dishes as soon as they were dirty. My ex was very uncomfortable during that time, he said it felt like nobody lived there. I promised myself I was going to keep that habit up.
Once I was in my apartment, it was easy. I could control my own mess, and easily pick up after my dd because everything had a place. Then I moved again this summer and it was very hard to do on my own. I had no energy to unpack or organize for a while. I am not even quite unpacked, and I moved in early July. I was so uncomfortable with all those boxes and not knowing where I was going to put everything. I'm down to about 10 boxes now, but it looks like a home again and there is no clutter in the downstairs or my dd's room (boxes are in a corner of my room) and even my room looks like a bedroom finally. I am not perfect about staying organized and clean, but it is definitely part of life now.
Here are the links I found if anyone else is interested:
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-hgflylady
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-hgflywrkmom
Jenny
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Jenny