Month: January 2026

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    Create your own zone cleaning lists without overwhelm

    When it comes down to it, the idea of zone cleaning is based on two things: Home Routines app has a flexible Zone cleaning section you can use to plan and manage this. We’re not locked to anyone’s system. It works with your looping schedule, or day of the week. You can even customise an alternative “Flylady” style week-of-the month schedule. How to build up your zone cleaning lists We have put some basic tasks into the zone room lists, but you know what’s in…

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    Newsletter January 2026

    ⭐️ Happy New Year, friends! ⭐️ I hope 2026 has started well for you. We had a quiet break at home, reset the house after hosting Christmas, and are wondering what this new year will bring. The school year starts in late January here in New Zealand, right at the peak of summer. I fondly recall the smell of fresh stationery on those first, hot days back. Those memories of sharp HB pencils and crisp new exercise books are probably why a lot of us…

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    Tidying up on a wild goose chase

    Happy New Year, friends! We have had a very nice Christmas, hosted my family for a lovely lunch, and spent a quiet New Year’s Eve at home. I really like Christmas, but it sure does add plenty of extra objects and events to my space. I have packed up most of the main decorations already, but every time I turn around there seems to be something else that’s popped up in the wrong place. It doesn’t help that hosting always involves a certain amount of…