Flylady the Frugal Wayby Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 25 Jul 2007 07:18 AM Have your heard of FlyLady? She is a very popular woman who teaches and supports others on how to keep a clean, clutter-free home. Through her books, tools and website, she promises to help keep you on track. I have many friends who swear by the FlyLady's methods for maintaining their homes. I've even done a bit of flying myself. But is flying frugal? Well it can be. FlyLady doesn't ask you to do anything that would break the bank, and she has hundreds of positive reviews on the merchandise she sells. But of course, I started to think about how we could make FlyLady even more frugal. Here are my ideas. The Timer FlyLady advocated the use of a timer to separate cleaning and decluttering tasks into 15-minute sessions. Instead of buying a timer (through FlyLady or elsewhere), why not use what you already have? Both my clock and my microwave both have timers on them. My desktop and laptop both have electronic timers as well, little widgets that I downloaded free from the internet. And, if I really wanted something I could carry around with me, the dollar store is full of egg timers. Daily Habits Through FlyLady's daily habits, you learn to clean on a daily basis in quick chunks of time, avoiding a larger mess later. I think that is just wonderful. But, using up seven times the amount of paper towels and cleaner is not very frugal. So instead, I use rags, shampoo (click here to learn more about using it as a cleaner) and vinegar to get everything clean daily. Boogie Flings FlyLady frequently calls for boogie flings. A boogie fling is basically an assignment to fling out a certain number or volume of clutter into the trash. Instead, I suggest that you have two containers for a boogie fling. One for real trash and another for usable items. Usable items can be sold on ebay, craigs list on in a yard sale. Or, the items can be donated for a tax deduction. Mary Ann Romans also writes for the Computing Blog here at Families.com where she shares everything from the latest news on technology to cool downloads and fun websites. Related Articles: The Cheap Way to Use Your Swiffer Craigs List: The Online Tag Sale Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantfrugal tags User Comments No comments on this article yet. Be the first to comment! Community Tags Cleaning, flylady, frugal, organization Discuss this article
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