I need a FLY thread and a list....

Right presents brought online. Now cross fingers on delivery!

wow swan you have been busy today

am just getting ready to go to bed. today i have;

sort computer desk out
make shopping list
go shopping
tidy kitchen
breakfats
lunch
dinner
iron x2 lots
hoover
shower
done pile of mending
collected dc in the end (involved bit of a moan at xp!!)
watered plants
read some of book while ds played on pc and dd slept
lights washed and hung up to dry
darks in now
have just made a list of important jobs i need to do this week, going to see how far i can get with tomorrow

well off to see if dd has finally gone off to sleep so i can go to bed

I sorted my freezer out the other day. I have in there now, a bag of chips, some turkey drummers, a bag of mixed veg, a bag of peas and a box of choc ices.
Can I make a meal with that? lol
I'm trying to keep it empty to encourage me to cook from fresh mpre often. I should really get some back up meals in there though for when the dinner I cook is nasty like tonights was. Ds1 ate it, but me and dp didn't like it at all. We ended up having chips with grated cheese.

Ironing is done. Yay.

Dare I ask? LBB Kingston-upon-Thames or Kingston-upon-Hull or another Kingston?

Starbear, 11 days for presents sounds like forward planning to me
pumpkin stew and garlic bread sound delicious
I'm leaving on 15th so I must thnk about defrosting my poor freezer too and removing all those strange oddments collecting there. LLuckily dh will still be here to eat leftovers.
Scatty, teapots in garden sound v. civilized, better than waterpistols, or worse still waterbombs made of showercaps - today's invention.

swan wow, take it easy.
I'm meeting one of the mum's of my post-natal thread in Kingston tomorrow and need to be out the house by 9am, or else I'd just iron an outfit whilst ds1 had breakfast, but might be rush rush rush in the morn

Agree about having nothing ironed to wear LBB, although some of my clothes iron themselves once on

An amazing thing happened, after a delicious lunchdh suddenly suggested we move ALL the furniture for the ds2 room change project.
So we covered house in chaos for a while, dust and boxes everywhere, dts miraculously played happily downstairs, and ds1 tired enough not to be a problem till 4.00 then tranquillized further by telly, AND IT IS ALL MOVED, and ds2 (dd too on floor in her sleeping bag ) has a clean tidy new room.
Only took five hours I reckon.

Now I'm doing a major paperwork chuck, starting with the schoolwork, keeping only selected highlights, a real nostalgia trip back to Reception Years.
Boxes of grownup papers still to sort upstairs.

I need to do the ironing. I've been putting it off and off again and now I have nothing to wear tomorrow so needs to be done now. I'm going to do it the FLY way and set my timer. 30 minutes sounds reasonable

Very late today. Dh giving ds his bath before storytime (me)
Pumpkin stew & garlic bread for dinner & stawberries & ice cream.
Left overs in container and back in fridge.
We are emptying out fridge & freezer before hols. Repairman said that the thing needs to be switched off for a week for it to run at its best. So weird meals for the next 11 days.
Tonight
put clothes in dryer
prepare next load for morning
paperwork
Buy presents online to take to Spain cross fingers they arrive on time (Why didn't I do this weeks ago!!!

nighty night all. Jobs don e so tomorrow is a new day

Evening all
Just finished cleaning the kitchen and have swept and mopped living room.
Ds2 is asleep, ds1 is screaming and keeps getting out of bed. Dp is just putting him back and not saying anything to him. Hope he calms down soon.

Boys have been bathed and the toad in the hole is nearly ready - yummy

Half the ironing is done

I need to get their clothes out for tomorrow and have a bath too

Afternoon all

galen I just want to echo what everyone on here is saying regarding somewhere to offload. It is a godsend and feel free - we all do. It must be hard on all of you at times like this. Losing a parent is very hard, but when you have children I think it brings its own significance into play.

Star Biking soulds goos, we are looking to start again once the boys are a bit bigger

Swan My berlotti's have failed, but I have over a dozen courgettes or marrows

Simply You can be part of our cult without checking the web site

Groucy we are each other again with the books my dear

Wolf I hope the bottom end isnt too bad today

Well we had a good night with our little charges. Baby O didnt wake for a feed till 4am , then again at 6.30. But my two woke H up at 5.30

We had a busy morning and lunch with them all and baby O made sure he poo'd all over DH . It made us really realise our family wasnt complete though. DS1 loves baby's and told his daddy thatg babys are keen on him.

DS1 has been stung and it was horrible hearing him scream, they are both asleep on the couch now.

I have the ironing, evening stuff and dinner to do - phew

Hi guys .

Have imposed a no tv/playstation/comp rule from 10-3 so haven't been able to pop in until now ( didn't think that one through very well). Dc have run riot through house and garden so place is in chaos ( really didn't think it through).

DD has reached an important milestone. She can now reach the outside tap! So I can look forward to a long hot summer lounging in a deckchair without having to get up and fill up her tea pots every 2 mins .

Done:
bought ds bd presents (from us, granparents, aunties etc).
changed dc beds
ironing

To do
put on tv, playstation a comp and sort out house and garden lol.

Galen: You are allowed self piting waffle here you know (not that you are being, you understand) I have a huge SP overdraft here and the FLYlady Bank haven't even started charging fees . A DH with an awful situation and 6dcs, you are one amazing lady and whatever we can do to help is what we're here for, not just housework.

Hello you lot

Having a bit of a break, Poor sleep and it wasn't down to M.Insomnia but hot n stuffy bedroom followed by early wake up down to a lively Ed (cheers love ). So

DONE

Pack up my bivouac in the front room
Help Ed with the solar syatem jigsaw (really hard, it's oval so no corners and no big pic on the box to work too )
Start to 'encourage' Ed to tidy his room (by loading messy stuff into bin liners and taking them outside )
Tidy front room
Clear breakfast stuff away
Bring down washing
Empty and load WM
Sort for drying
Ironing <<sob emo>> (tho timing the task to 'ISIHAC' on Radio 4 makes it less onerous)
Uniform ready for tomorrow
Tidy kitchen and take clothes upstairs
Grab a shower

TO DO

Reading homework
Make lunches for tomorrow
Get bags together
general tidy round

Wolf I know what you mean re bruises on toddlers, Ed looked badly treated when he was 2. He was going to a Surestart nursery and I'd think 'what must they think I do to him?'

Swan Take it easy
Gibb I've got him 'How do dinosaurs tidy their room?' too Wonder if there's 'How does a Mummy make a bookcase bigger?' as buying kids books are my guilty pleasure

Oh heck, better check my eBay BBL

P.S. galen I've been where your dh is now. I can understand him wanting to potter quietly with people around in the background rather than communicating much directly with them. It's a lot to get one's head around, facing losing a parent. My children were very small at the time and I had to keep going as the main carer and it was hard. I also had the problem of living a large distance away. <<Hugs>> to you both.

swan My garden is my sanity that's why I was so cheesed off last year with the rain.
Off to the park

Hello to all. Just a quickie as I need to sort stuff out at home. Dd did a big tidy up in the kitchen yesterday, bless her. Btw, I openly admit I'm on this thread without being a FLYer as I very rarely check the website and I don't do missions. I use it for friendship and support and therefore the fact that I have complete tips in several rooms isn't a reflection of FLYing at all. So....as I was saying, dd tidied up the kitchen hugely yesterday. It looks great.

gibb I have an under active thyroid and take daily thyroxine for it. I'd second scattyspice's suggestion and advise you to get a blood test to check iron levels and check your thyroid out.

swanriver Good on you for your gardening success. I've got black fingers not green ones, so I'm impressed!

Bbl.

No probs swan
W/M on Done
D/W empty Done reloaded
Kitchen tidy Done
Packed lunch Done
Me washed & dressed Done
we are off to the park now taking chairs so DH is happy to read his paper and not drag Ds to a cafe to sit nicely like last week as we cycled & no packed lunch!
Must shop for insulated rucksack we have a big picnic one with stuff but need a smaller one now to carry on back of bike!

Starbear wasn't digging, just my sisteris always saying that phrase to me "getta a grip!"
I'm almost in happy tears now (mood swings?)as I've found a yellow courgette flower, AND some miniature borlotti bean pods.
Lunch wellunder way.

Okay, okay spelling not my strong point. Sharing the good timez is nice too!

Hurrah for getting grips not gripes!
broad beans on
eating peanut butter and remains of rasberry jampot sandwich

Swan So true and its lovely to share our grips & sadness and rec'v support. Love you all. xxxxxx {grin]

It is always salutary to come on this thread and see how others are coping..
I was about to start complaining angrily about somethng minor, but now feel like I should and can start [well I know its 10.30] more constructively

Done
dts and dh to church
ds1 is in bed recovering from headache and sore throat
I've made two beds
helped move a cupboard downstairs
started tidying playroom

Need to
completely recharge for 10 mins and regain good humour after insomniac episode at 5.30 -worrying about something at at party yest to do with cupcakes, ridiculous ridiculous

make a delicious lunch that dh likes
take an aspirin
read my gardening book
curtains
laundry

in that order - then they will return for lunch

Good Morning all
Going to keep busy and forget about work!
DH & DS dressed washed breakfast and out of the house to church Done
my bed made Done
Ds's Bed linen in W/M Done
washing in dryer Done Washing line hole covered by paddling pool
To do
soup in containers & in fridge.
fold clothes
make a packed lunch
make a list of more things that have to be done
Paperwork still in a complete mess (can't find name labels for ds's things!)
Got an uncomfortable work, nervy feeling in my tummy can't think straight will come back later!

lbb Wow! You have done so much already. Hope Dh takes kids out so you can really rest. I am so glad Only now do really I understand how hard it is to have children when you work on shifts. I was a great one for routine when Ds was little I used the book Baby Whisper and wrote down a week or two of Ds body clock. Actually got to the gym during that time and lost weight! She has great advice, for me, on sleep routines.
Galen In a few weeks time ask DH, if you can get away by yourself for a day or two, it sounds like you need it! OR just ask him to help. Keep him busy. Men don't guess what you need they need to be told! (in my opinion)
I'm feeling down about work and need to snap out of it!
Right back in a mo with a list!

lbb hope you get some rest today.

today i need to
sort computer desk out
make shopping list
go shopping
tidy kitchen
breakfats
lunch
dinner
iron
hoover
shower

hopefully if i do that all really quicklyi will get some time on the sofa with a book before dc come home

Morning.
Had one of those nights. They were both up and down but at different times so I was just up. Knackered now.
But so far have.......
Made all beds and opened all windows
Fed and dressed ds2
Fed ds1
Had breakfast myself
Checked e-mails
Put away dry washing
Run washing machine
Hung load to dry
Showered and dresses, hair and face
Swished and swiped
Swept and mopped bathroom and hallway
Taken out rubbish
Washed up from last night
Sterilised bottles
Written in my new current diary
Written todays shopping list

TO DO
Waiting for ds2 to fall asleep
Dress ds1
Go shopping
Play with both ds's
Ds1 to lunch and nap
Me to nap when dp gets up
Cook dinner (vegtable macaroni)
Evening routine
Long hot bath with book and glass of wine
BED ignore ds's through the night

Well done dyls You must be very pleased with yourself.

Off to bed, see you all tomorrow

tmh hope all is well with your little visitors.
swan my dc are waking up very early at the moment as well, it must be the heat, but it then means they get tired quicker.

i have finished decorating th eliving room feeling very proud of myself, wallpapering wasnt as bad as i expected it to be, i quite enjoyed it. i managaed to take down the old curtain rail and put up the new pole as well. so new curtains are up, new sofa throws are on. i just need some new cushion covers now. am stopping for tonight, plan to tidy all the bits on shelves etc in here tomorrow before dc come home, after a peaceful lay in of course

Wolf, ds2 once ate a firelighter with no illefects -
Oh yes TMH, hope little friends are fun! We are having 3 cousins for sleepover next weekend without parents, dcs are so lookign forward to it, and all fighting over who gets to share bedroom, or mattress with who.

What a tough day Galen, just never being able to hand over
Wendy - very annoying.
Scatty, great to have glamorous biker dh -
dreadng my kids reports: 1 is silly, 2 is mad and 3 is behind. Everyone's handwriting is atrocious. Dd in year 2 has only just learnt to read despite drowning in books.
Grouchy - that is also annoying about MIL.
Gibbberish - hope sleep is recuperative, you DID have a v. strenous week.
TMH - good to have them both at football
LBB, hope you are relaxing
Dylsmum, I love the way that you do all the things you set your mind to.

Day rather contorted with endless dropoff and pickups from clashing parties, traffic jams,sweltering cars etc etc.
Ds2 and I went for a swim first thing not our Sat routine at all, but great to try out as a breakfast treat.
Everyone is waking too early and being a bit loco, but otherwise it is has been a good day, not v. well coordinated but I think they are all going to bed now with happy smiles, or perhaps just relieved expressions.

wendy My FIL doesn't even remember my name!
galen I hope your evening goes well. Sorry you're feeling a bit down.
dyls We bought a patterned wallpaper for our bedroom, just for a afeature wall and ended up buying way too much! Our luck would be buying a couple of rolls, it not being enough and going to store to find it had been discontinued. On the bright side, it meant my dad could decorate his bedroom and didn't have to buy wallpaper, but now has a bedroom that looks exactly like mine

Just finished my evening routine. Sink shiny and all.
Cooked a lovely dinner, pork stir-fry, was yummy.
Am thinking about doing the ironing.......but will probably leave it for tomorrow now

Galen my heart goes out to you and dh . Hope things are a little easier tomorrow.

evening all*

*wendy not unreasonable at all to feel a bit miffed
grouchy it would be good if it did help the bruises from the inside, he's covered in them

hope everyone else has had a good day

done

a&e - ds seems fine just a lot out of sorts (I think I now have bald patches from him yanking my hair out) and no doubt he will be having bottom issues tomorrow, gave him calpol and milk as instructed.
He managed to run down the street and fall flat on his face this afternoon too so has yet more bruises and grazes

garden centre
other garden centre
b & q
reseeded and watered lawn

that's kind of it really

go my dd loves that book

galen you have so much going on at the mo, i think you are doing really well with keeping all together. hope tomorrow is an easier day for you

am 3/4 of way through the wallpapering and i have run out of paper, i messed up one drop and lining up the pattern has wasted more than i anticipated. so am off to b&q to but another roll so can get it finished today, am pleased with how it looking so far

galen am inclined to hug you. Rubbish day. Hope tomorrow is better.

scatty Yes, I'll make an appt with the doc for this week.

afternoon all
wolf gosh.Poor ds. hope hes feeling better soon
mad gosh it will be busy in your house tomorrow morning! Good luck
wendy In-laws can be very trying. I try to let a lot of stuff wash over me now - easier said than done though. Hope you feel brighter tomorrow
scatty poor you with school report. It can be demoralising when they are not on the same level as their classmates, but I'm sure he'll progress at his own pace. Try not to let it get you down too much.

everyone-else Hi!

Had a sort of trying couple of days
DS2 still poorly. Spent most of yesterday asleep in my lap. Not much flying done therefor.
DH home last night which is good. He is really fed up though - obviously understandably. I feel helpless as I cant do or say anything to make him feel better.
He is being really cranky with DC and with me, which again I know is down to hum being down for very understandable reasons , but it is quite a strain trying to keep the peace, and stay patient wih all.
I am also exhausted from lots of really rubbish nights sleep due to heat and poorly DC...so generally feeling quite low.
Trouble is I am always so busy looking after everyone else , there is never anyone to look after me once in a while....sigh...

Anyway enough self pitying waffle...
Today have been and got DS1 new football boots (for rounders actually cause e hates football LOL)
Got DD1 the apperently essential hair accessory that she needs to wear to the school summer fayre tomorrow
Been to the park with all DC and dh in attempt (not all together succesful) to have happy family fun and lift DH mood a bit (sadly tantruming 3 yr old and still unwell DS2 just proved another test of my rapidly disappearing patience...)
But have now had indulgently long shower, and applied yummy smelling new body butter!!!
Feeling slightly cheered.
DH pottering in garden ( seems best left alone actually )
Going to get littlies to bed ASAP and try to have nice meal with DH....

See you all tomorrow.

Gib - this heat makes me very sleepy. Maybe you should see the GP though to check for anaemia etc.

'ello 'ello 'ello!

mad babysitting a 20mth old! You are brave.

dyl busy again, esp for a weekend!

grouchy and wendy Pants to the outlaws! You don't need and are obviously far too good for them.

wolf at ds! Very scary for you. And very tiring.

scatty feel sorry for dh having UTI. They are so nasty.

lbl and simply, there must be something in the water what with everyone being tired! I am constantly exhausted atm. Having about 11hrs sleep at night and it's not enough. Fell asleep this afternoon for an hour. Constantly yawning. Can't read because my eyes hurt with tiredness then fall asleep on the chair. Thinking of seeing the doc cos this can't be normal...

Quiet day today. dh took the girls out to a fete so I had the afternoon to myself. Should have enjoyed the peace but fell asleep

Have tidied the house and made dinner. Dishwasher on. Off to quickly hoover then fall asleep again no doubt.

Hi all.

What a nightmare wolf. Hope he is ok now.

Had a nice day. very sunny. DD managed to walk to the shop and back (with a lot of persuasion) and had a good chat with ds (depressing school report yest ). Feel better about it now. Hopefully have convinced him that learning to read would be useful (should he ever wish to leave his fantasy world and try to make a go of it in the real world lol).

DC played in the garden all aft (went a bit mental with the hose so gardens had a good watering!).

DH went across town to the walk-in centre as has another UTI . Mananged to buy a motorbike jacket and join a bike club on the way home! Birthday looming .

I have:
washed kitchen window
washed K and BR floors
laundry
ironing
etc.

BBL

Wendy I know how you feel. 18 years of being with DH and 1 DC later I still feel like an uncomfortable problem to the ILs. Also feel they have the same feelings with Ed (MIL take SIL's DC on weekend breaks, but Ed never ) Ho-hum, Their loss cos you're smashing

wolf poor ds! what did they say at a and e?
it's far too hot for me.
went to a lovely church garden party - clown and face painting, children entertained and parents chatting - bliss! Now feeling tired and fed up. Discovered MIL, SIL and MIL's sister her daughter going on one of their jaunts - this time to Paris. Fine you'd think but it feels hurtful that they never invite me - why should they I suppose I'm only the daughter in law and would ruin the numbers Am I over reacting?
everyone is fed up and tired here.
I have gained 4 lbs in a week eating crap!!!
Ho hum, I'll feel better tomorrow.

Hello to all. Look after yourself today go. Sorry to hear of your ds varying his diet with inedible things Wolfcub. I hope he is okay. lbb I was feeling tired this morning so had a nap which ended up lasting about 2 hours! I do feel far more human now as a result.

Dh has given me the job of looking for tips on campsites on MN for the hols in (gasp) about 3 weeks. BBl or tomorrow.

Wolf Poor DS! Hope he's bearing up. All his bruises will be sorted out

Further DONES

Run DW
Load WM and run
Sweep kitchen
Vac frony room
Mop kitchen
Mop front room
Empty DW
Put away
rebuild the cafetiere
Buy another book

Ed badgering for PC time. Better go!

Morning.
I am enjoying the breeze today
Thanks for thread mad hope you are ok.
Wolfcub sounds awful. What's an arnica stick? hope he's feeling better soon.

Not much doing here today, but not much needs doing iyswim.
I also had a lie in as been feeling a bit drained. I got up at 8:30 and had to start everything then, so will start my little diary tomorrow. I may write down what my goals and aims are, the things I would like to meet so I can compare. Think I'm thinking too much about it.......
Off to put ds1 down for a nap
BBL

morning All

was supposed to have a lie in this morning but ended uo in a & e with ds instead - little so and so scoffed an Arnica stick and the nurse at NHS direct thought he needed to go to A & E

Now I have a very very cranky tantrummy toddler on my hands who no doubt has a very upset tummy (castor oil in the arnica stick plus all the other nasties)

grouchy take it easy
mad have a lovely day
dyls sounds like you are going to have a busy day

Thanks for the thread Mad Hope you're well and the minimads and Mr Mad are tickety boo

Taking it well steady today, I'm feeling fragile and I have to pace myself.

Done

Up
Make berd
Wash and meds
S&S bathroom
S&S loo
Tidy front room
Empty WM
Peg out
water plants
Feed bird
Get another book for Ed's Birthday (Dinosaurs love underpants )
Sweep kitchen

No plans today, BBQ later if the weather holds out.

Hugs to all

morning tmh thanks for thread lie in

done;
sort dry washing
iron
tidy
hoover
water plants
make beds
breakfast
dd to her dads
washer loaded
arrange for friends to come roun don fri next week

to do
unload washer
bathroom
ds to swimming
ds to dads
wallpaper living room
new curtain pole up
new curtains up
iron and put up nets again

Morning all

I have had a lie in this morning - thanks DH.

Dones (most by DH)

Washer on
DW emtied
Boys dressed and breakfasted

To Do's

Football practice - with both as DS2 is now 3 he can go to
Whats for dinner and lunch

We are babysitting my BF nearly 3 and 20 week old tonight as they are at a family party, so I am going to collect them at 8pm.

The boys are so excited thet there friends will be here when they wake in the morning - I guess tomorrow morning will be fun.