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Baby step 28 - take it easy and a recap of our routines here
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Social distancing around the Maypole part 2! Flylady thread May 2020
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Lisette1940 · 28/05/2020 13:14
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Lisette1940 ·
28/05/2020 13:35
We are easing into next month after much broken sleep, family interruptions, uninvited wildlife and internal freeflowing water.
The naughty corner is available for all of us to crawl into for respite. No birdies allowed. Only water is a peaceful fountain. Three images: first large wildlife attempting house entry, then cartoon about burst pipes. And the last one is for Bower and her new bathroom
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KTCluck ·
28/05/2020 13:45
Oh no Foxes and SC, no one needs a burst pipe and flood, or bird, poo and soot, at 4am! What a nightmare. Hope the clean up wasn’t too bad SC and hope your DH gets it all sorted out quickly Foxes
Sorry about the lack of other personals. I really must stop reading the thread in dribs and drabs, as I forget everything when it comes to posting.
I got most of my to do list done yesterday except hoovering upstairs, so that’s on the list for this afternoon. We’ve spent the morning on the beach but it was starting to get busy so we didn’t venture back down after lunch. We’ll go out into the garden after DD’s quiet time I think. I did a good chunk of weeding yesterday and got the new pots out the front, although no planting done as it turns out DH gave the compost to MIL 
. A bit more weeding is on the cards later.
Ta da:
✅ beds made
✅ s & s
✅ LOL washed and out on line
✅ yoga
✅ DW emptied and breakfast / lunch bits in
✅ budget worked out for the month (payday! 
)
✅ upstairs bins emptied
Got some clean washing to put away and a bit of general tidying to do as well as the hoovering and weeding later. But for now I’m enjoying just sitting far too much to be productive. It’s nice and cool in the naughty corner
Smartcasual ·
28/05/2020 17:06
Crikey - a second thread! - Thank you very much Lisette [flowers!]
Fantastic meme that with the bear! And agree we need to install those wine taps in the naughty corner immediately!
That (from previous thread) you are on a roll today 
As are you Zoo your list is amazing And bravo Scoutcat!
And congrats re: ruthlessness in decluttering dept Lane! Needs must!
Spent some wonderful childhood holidays on the Isle of Arran Bower what a shame you aren't there now ... hopefully soon ... that's what I call "proper" wild countryside .... . Hope you find a plumber to finish off bathroom soon too! Not nice to have it hanging! Congrats on your list - glad to see cat still hanging in there - and absolutely love the idea of a hen called Persephone
So lovely to be able to go to the beach KTCluck!
Eek at potential rat Megiddo!
Foxes oh no that all sounds so stressful - especially after all of your cleaning! I really feel for you and Mr Foxes being confronted with leaks and more DIY when everything is already stressful balancing work and childcare and no telly! I hope your day is improving anyway 
for now and 
for later! Lasagne sounds like the perfect antidote!
If it's any consolation, I spent most of the morning cleaning up the literal fall-out from bird incident last night and found a second young pigeon wandering around in a daze! 
Called dh to lock the dogs in and have put it in the rockery under lots of ivy with a bowl of water and a plate of strawberries ... here's hoping it recovers poor thing ... .
You'd think that dd going off on a long bike ride with friends would mean more time for me to get stuff done but not apparently if it involves assessing various t-shirt and short combos, various hair styles, and a lot of tidying up and folding of rejected outfits, ending up with her choosing the very sensible and fine outfit I'd suggested earlier . She's very excited to be with friends (same group of three) again! even if they have to sd.
Dh most have absorbed a bit of my venting because he offered to spend his lunch hour sorting the terrace today and actually asked what he could do to be helpful! This was a first!
I said that sweeping would be incredibly helpful and moving the four heaviest pots and heavy parasol stand during the process would be great. Apparently in man-speak this translates to: move all the flowers that love sun-shine and are standing on an ornamental table in the sun in the middle of the terrace for a reason, to hideous black metal shelving found in basement and placed along one wall where they will wither and die. Ignore all heavy pots, do not wield a brush, try and fix parasol and break it and then leave all equipment such as brushes, gloves, rubbish bags strewn everywhere for me to clean up. FFS! If you didn't laugh you would cry!
Still he has apparently fixed my wms ... tentatively trying out a couple of towels in each now ... and watching for smoke ... .
Ta da: (no admin work today - hurrah!)
tidied and cleaned up all the literal fall-out from pigeon gate
emptied dw
ate a lettuce leaf for lunch
cleaned kitchen surfaces and sink and bin
sorted recycling for tomorrow morning
dog-walk
wms on
e-mailed fruit and veg man
e-mailed siblings re: Zoom call timings
e-mailed dd school
45 mins ironing
Haven't done any cooking at all yet so about to make butternut squash and pepper soup for weekend lunches and a ratatouille to go with cold roast chicken tonight, which we were meant to eat on newly tidied and brushed terrace fhs 
Waves to Expletive and to everyone else!
Well done everyone! Some great Flying on here today! You are inspiring me on to greater and further choring efforts
Smartcasual ·
29/05/2020 00:30
Hope quiz went well Fluffiest!
Love your dd's idea of a builder outfit Foxes and well done for getting back on track!
Great work with the decluttering Lane! Hell hole central here too!
Ta da cont'd/...
Planned out basement conversion plans with dh
Washed two loads of towels
Then had to spin half of each load separately because, guess what, neither machine is working properly.
[Note to self to find and call engineer tomorrow.]
Tumble dried towels
Folded towels
Folded dd's floordrobe (clean items)
Triaged laundry
Organised teetering ironing piles
More ironing
Made butternut squash, chilli and red pepper soup
Made cous cous and a "faux" ratatouille to eat with roast chicken
Roasted another tray of veg to eat tomorrow while I was at it
Looked up recipes
Discussed dd birthday plans during supper
Cleared up supper
DW on
Shined sink and surfaces
Wms set for early morning
Watched Sewing Bee
G'night all!
To do tomorrow:
more ironing
call engineer
make blueberry pancake batter for dd when she comes back from school and some oat and raisin cookies for later
and maybe some sort of pudding with remaining fruit
clear boudoir bed which is in a right state again
write condolence card and 2 thank you e-mails
strip and make up boudoir bed
some délégue de classe admin
clean cloakroom
ring friend
online shopping order
as much tidying /sorting in boudoir as possible depending on how much "work" admin I have to do.
This weekend:
brush dogs
clip dogs
bath dogs
clean bathroom
G'night all!
THATscurryfungeBITCH ·
29/05/2020 07:52
Morning all
Hope goes smoothly today zoo
Sc you sound like you have much man patience!
Ta da
💙 wash on
❤ browsed amazon for garden bunting
KTCluck ·
29/05/2020 08:14
Oh SC how disappointing that your DH’s offer to help was a let down. I bet he’s so proud of himself for trying too. Maybe next time he offers you will have to sit and supervise him with a glass of wine in hand Love that your DD approved of your outfit choice.m (eventually). Mine is like Foxes’ and has very firm ideas of what she likes, and at 3 already shoots me withering looks if I dare to suggest something doesn’t quite work. I can’t see that changing as she hits her teens
Zoo if you can get that much done on so little sleep I think you’d actually be superwoman if you managed a full night. Hope last night was a better one.
Foxes so glad yesterday’s disaster is just about sorted. Good work by your DH (mine wouldn’t have a clue ).
Lane well done on decisive toy decluttering!
Waves to Lisette, Bower, That, Fluff, Dancing, miss, Meg, Hazel, Expletive, Chic and I know I’ve missed a couple.
Yesterday went well. We had a few hours in the garden and I got lots of weeding done, then DH came home from work, and joined in straight away! He dug out a huge weed (virtually a bush 
) and then did the pots and the front for me. There’s still one flower bed to tackle which I’ll try and do today.
Absolute gorgeous morning here so I woke feeling motivated and got up early:
✅ a run!! It was very pleasant although there was more walking than running. Followed by a glass of water in the garden to cool me down until DD woke up
✅ weigh in - I’m 3lbs down!
✅ beds made
✅ LOL in, including some more from the collection on the utility bench
✅ both DD and I dressed, then breakfast in the garden.
To do:
🐦 empty DW
🐦 hang LOL on line
🐦 rest of weeding
I’ll be happy with that to be honest! Have a lovely day everyone.
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Smartcasual ·
29/05/2020 09:18
Morning all
kTCluck/Foxes/Meg I must admit I was surprised that dd wanted sartorial approval from me as she normally has very strong opinions about what she wants to wear too! And I have reached the point in life where I don't understand teen fashion. I look at all the separates on the page of an on-line shop and for the first time in my life have no idea about how you are meant to put them together.
She's off to school today to collect her belongings from her locker for the last time 
. And then she only has to go in for one exam in June (happily the powers that be have decided she doesnt have to do any more) and that's it for this school year.
On a positive front though, we hope to be seeing more of her friends (second generation French, Spanish, Italian) this summer, as normally they would be going back to their grandparents back "home". And unusually, most of them will be around for her birthday which is bang in the middle of the holidays.
Ta da:
carried dirty laundry downstairs
put out more cardboard recycling only to find the bin men had come and gone
opened up and aired entire house
emptied DW and stacked again
made breakfast for dh and me
ironed shirt dd wants to wear today
walked furries
Feel tired now and a bit ick for some reason, so just having a glass of ginger ale and then I'll start on my actual list.
Hope today goes ok Zoo
Ooh That I am sewing some bunting ATM although weirdly it's the autumnal/winter variety as have loads for summer although might make some more as we are thinking of buying a bell tent or similar ... .When I say "we" strictly speaking that should read "me". Trying to justify the price on the grounds that we probably won't be buying any flights this summer.
Megiddo arf at split personality attire! . We had to pay a lot for mouse man (or "Mr Vermin" as he's known here), last year, but it was worth the money. Having had a lots of experience in this area (unfortunately) you can pay loads for some bloke who distributes the poison boxes and leaves after 5 mins. You need someone with a real nose for the job who enjoys the thrill of the chase as it were. Mr Vermin is like a rodent version of the child-catcher .... ...he spent hour here (I swear at one point he was almost sniffing the air) following all their trails ...very odd character but good at his job! If you can find one like that, you are on to a winner! Lamb tagline sounds delish!
Right , had better get back to it. Have a good day everyone!
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