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Check out Easy Menu Planning

I too am a calendar convert, and wanted to pass on a technique I use for menu planning.

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Try Some Basic Menu Planning

Please help me with basic menu planning. We are stuck in a rut and need some help.

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Saturday, October 31, 2026

How Do I Use a Feather Duster?

I've written before, and this may be a silly question, but I have been wanting to buy the duster for sometime, but am limited on my budget.I hate to dust.

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Friday, October 30, 2026

I am Menu Challenged! Help Me

Dear FlyLady, First thank you so much for all your advice - I find it a huge help. My biggest problem, where I get totally overwhelmed and after 5 years of FLYING am still crashing is menu planning.

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Thursday, October 29, 2026

Six Tips for Cooking Stress Free

Dear FlyLady, This weekend I am cooking for a lot of people. Do you have any tips to help keep my kitchen from being a disaster area?

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Wednesday, October 28, 2026

How Does a Feather Duster Work?

It is the feather itself that collects all the dust. There are millions of little feathers on each plume. They collect the dust. It is not oil. I took this close-up picture of my duster. We use baby shampoo to clean the duster about once a year. Every day when you dust. You go outside and shake out the dust. We call it blessing the world. Here is a great testimonial to help you understand how it works. FlyLady ----- Dusting Should Be Illegal Dear FlyLady, I'm a fairly new FlyBaby. I ordered my feather duster a couple of weeks ago and just had to tell you that you've changed my attitude about dusting forever! An old friend of mine and I had a saying, "Dusting should be illegal!" Neither of us liked the activity much. I always put it off until my house was thick with dust. Needless to say, when I did get around to dusting, it took forever and I'd end up sneezing and coughing afterwards. I've always used a rag and furniture polish, that's how I learned to do it. After all, feather dusters just move the dust around, right? Well, I thought I'd give your duster a try since my DH has some allergies and more frequent dusting really would be a blessing to him! I waited impatiently for my package to come (which it did very quickly) and opened it right when the mailman dropped it on the porch. It is so pretty and so luxurious! I couldn't resist trying it out right away. I used it on my dresser which I had cleared off the last time we were in that zone. I hadn't dusted it yet. I have to confess I was saving the dust to give my new duster an acid test. I hadn't dusted it in probably a year. I figured it was my dresser, I didn't have to dust it if I didn't want to. Well, the duster stood the test! My dresser looks great. And I had such fun that I went around the rest of the house too, in a surprisingly short amount of time! Then my 4 yr old DS had a turn. We had a ball! So now I have to say, Dusting should be illegal, it's too much fun! Thanks for the tool to make blessing my family fun. FlyBaby in Staunton, VA Our feather duster is so much fun to use! In 2 minutes you can get your whole house dusted!. How to Feather Dust Video. Christmas will be here before we know it! Think about giving clutter-free gifts! My favorite consumable gift is our FlyLady Calendar! Do We Have a Surprise for You! Feather Dusters are Back in Stock Have you gotten your calendar ordered? Get it today! Our calendar has large squares that are big enough to hold your busy family's schedule and milestones. Put your home on Auto-Pilot by getting our Daily Flight Plan! Join us 6 days a week for our LIVE SHOW at 11:00 am ET. Please subscribe to our Youtube Channel and Click the Bell for Notifications. Check out our new FlyShop! Order your 2027 calendars for Shipping NOW. Get our Free Holiday Control Journal and join us for a little laughter and learning how to Finally Love Yourself. Send an email to [email protected] with FREE HOLIDAY COJ in the subject line. 

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Tuesday, October 27, 2026

I Need Money Saving Tips for Meals

Hi FlyLady, I am a new FlyBaby and have found a lot of peace implementing your systems. Thank you very much. My question is on menu planning.

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Monday, October 26, 2026

It's Time to Try a 2 Minute Blessing

Dear Friends, Have you ever done a Weekly Home Blessing? I understand for some of you who work outside of your home or have little children, that putting together a full hour to bless your home is almost impossible, but I have a way for you to do it without stressing you out.

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Sunday, October 25, 2026

Please Help with the Paper Clutter

Dear FlyLady, I have been checking your website for years and trying to adapt your system to my life. I am a stay at home mother of six--age 14 to 3.

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Saturday, October 24, 2026

How Does the Holiday Control Journal Work?

Dear FlyLady, How do I add the Holiday Control Journal into my every day journal or do I just do the Holiday Control Journal and after the holidays go back to the other Control Journal.

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