i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.

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diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.

Tags: crafts, diygifts, do it yourself

cooking_club
A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges.

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Today's mission: Declutter counters and other flat surfaces in the bathroom. Room Rescue in the craft area.

Did you do it?

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stepstomarrow
When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot.

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Today's mission: Scrub the tub and shower. Room Rescues in the kids' rooms.

Did you do it?

Tags: missions

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Today's mission: Shine the toilet. [Oh yay.] And Room Rescue in the entry.

Did you do it?

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Today's mission: Shine your bathroom sinks and countertops. Room Rescue in the office.

Did you do it?

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taste_buds
Holidays provide a built-in excuse for indulgent entertaining. This all-purpose foodie community covers everything from homemade hangover cures to dinner party menus. Need quick advice? Get five-minute snack suggestions, low-fat ingredient substitutes, and even measurement conversions. Delicious recipes garnished with humorous advice. Yum.

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I'm pretty new to FLYing, but in the last few weeks I've gone on a mad decluttering spree (hooray!) and have made amazing progress. I've already gotten to a point where I am able to start doing a little Zone work and daily missions, but I'm suddenly running into a problem of finding time to do things like the Home Blessing Hour.

I work about 25 miles from where we live, so by the time I've done the evening rush-hour commute, picked up our toddler at daycare, and gotten home, it's usually close to 6pm. I have to jump straight into making dinner so we can eat by a somewhat reasonable time, and then we clean up the kitchen, get the little guy bathed and changed into his pajamas, and start his bedtime winding-down routine at about 7:00pm, with the goal of getting him into bed by 7:30 or 8:00pm.

Once the little guy is in bed, I've got about 90 minutes before my husband and I go to bed (yes, we like to go to bed by 9:30 most nights), and I am just not sure I'm prepared to spend most of that time running around with a vacuum and mop in order to Bless my Home. Plus I don't want to wake up our kid with the noise of the vacuum!

I managed to do 75-80% of my Zone 2 detailed cleaning last week, and I kept up with Kelly's missions pretty well too, but I just can't figure out how to do a Home Blessing Hour when I get home from work on Monday nights. Should I be doing it on the weekend instead? How do those of you with full-time jobs outside of your home manage to do these kinds of daily/weekly household chores during the work-week?