Monday Fly - The children are back to school, the Flying starts in ernest

[TheMadHouse]

Morning all

This week we are in the Master Bedroom

mission

babysteps

Weekley Detailed Zone clean list

Zone4 - My Bedroom

Ensuite
Clear any cobwebs
Clean all tiles
Wash mat
Polish taps
Clean blinds
Wash windows
Clean all mirrors
Clean outside of toilet
Soak inside of toilet
Tidy drawers
Hot wash all towels
Throw away empty bottles
Clean sink inc pedestal
Wash Floor
Wash hairbrush
Empty and wash out bin
Clear and wash any shelves
descale shower head

Bedroom

Clear cobwebs
Polish Furniture
Clean inside of window
Empty and clean bin
Wipe woodwork, inc skirting
Clean Mirror warbrobe doors
Flip Mattress
Wash Bedding
Sort Makeup
Tidy wardrobe
Tidy Drawers
Sort under bed
Hoover
Beat Mat

[scattyspice]

Morning mad - how are you doing? When do you go in?

To do:
home bless
deal with scrap man

Have a good day all .

[sagacious]

dd ill so keeping her off school

friend is doing ds's school run

Have lots to do so will try to fit it in between cuddles

[TheMadHouse]

Morning

I go in at 8am on Friday morning.

I have deposted DS1 at Preschool

To Do List

DS1 to creche
Home Bleuring
Ironing
General tidy

Plan week

Collect DS's
Lunch
DS2 nap
DS1 out of uniform
Off to stay and play
Whats for dinner?
Check tesco orders and do another one
Wrap DS1's birthday presents
Wrap mothers day presents
Wrap neices, DS1 BF presents
Make cards with the DS's

Sag Sorry DD is not well

Off to take DS2 to creche

[Wolfcub]

morning all

done

bed made
Living room quick tidy
some washing put away
dry washing from airer folded
wet washing put on airer
ds taken to granny's

bbl, have a lovely day everyone

[galen]

Morning all
mad thanks for thread
sag sorry bout DD - hope she's soon better
wolf hi!

Peace has returned this morning LOL Only have 2 DC at home now. Had lots of fun at helf term but really need to catch up on some flying today!
Shopping coming in a bit...

To do:
Downsatirs good tidy
Dust downstairs
Hoover lounge
Mop floors
Washing away
Tidy bedrooms
Hoover upstairs
Start some zone cleaning
Shopping away
Sort dinner
entertain DD4 (being quite stroppy so far today...)
Play with very cheery DS2 - he's in a really lively mood today!
Sort out money and forms for DS's scouts tonight
Baking

May not get all done I think LOL
Will see how far I get
Not going to stress, iot will get done eventually!

BBL
Have good days all!

[swanriver]

Thanks for thread TMH. Hope you can get a moment to yourself this week before you go in, will Dh stop work a bit earlier? I'm sure your house is looking superclean and organised from inside out, and your dh will be excellent at coping with boys.

These lists are like a dose of strong coffee Galen. Always full of admiration for your lists and your ability to multitask.
Dcs back to school with washed PE bags and waterbottles and bookbags (luckily no homework)
Rang sister first thing, and she ws still grumpily asleep at 8.00 (her dh was bringin gher a cup of coffee!)despite three kids, so clearlyI am not alone in my morning unfocusedness.

Now
Put washing away
deal with hall where it appears several wild animals wrestled with coats and shoes and discarded
iron the stuff I never ironed last week
mop the floors I nevr mopped either
make my bed (changed sheets last night thank goodness)
make kids beds
what's for dinner baked savoury pancakes 10 pints of milk to use up and rice pudding?

Finally found Lark Rise last night Wendy great Sunday treat, tho Dh refused to let me watch J Paxman after as he finds him too annoying

[damewashalot]

Morning all!

Back from holiday house a disaster but I am smiling because I just watched the very cheesy shiny sink video on flylady I'm not sure I'm smiling for the reason she had in mind but it worked

Right, I need to......

Put nappy wash on
Feed baby
Dishwasher empty/ load
Shine sink

BEFORE I come back on here!

Have a good day all.

[swanriver]

Oh DWA, what happened to make disaster?

[galen]

swan Dame* mroning!
sawn you made me laugh baout your hall. Mine ALWAYS looks like that after theyve gone to school - so many coats and shoes everywhere - an obstacle course for when I get in LOL

Right really going now to get on.
BBL

[TheMadHouse]

Right - will be off to collect the boys in a moment.

Swan DH will be fine - he is a great dad, but house is in chaos - I did very little last week (enjoyed my time with the boys too much). I will be having an hour to myself on Wed am, when I get my hair cut and DH will colour it on the evening

I have done hall coats and washed mucky ones (thanks galen)
rehomed numberous hats and scarf and single gloves - I have a glove monster some where
Hoovered upstirs
S&S bathroom
Washer on

Zone clean

Clear cobwebs - done
Polish Furniture - done
Clean inside of window - done
Empty and clean bin - done
Wipe woodwork, inc skirting - done
Clean Mirror warbrobe doors - done
Flip Mattress - doesnt need doing any more
Wash Bedding - only have one set - will do later in the week
Sort Makeup - done
Tidy wardrobe
Tidy Drawers - Done
Sort under bed - have divan now all tidy
Hoover - done
Beat Mat - in loft as doesnt fit any more

[damewashalot]

Well done all but sink so that's a start.

Disaster is in part due to having 4 kids and partly at this point in time due to having poorly baby week before half term so doing loads of last minute washing to have stuff to take with us and the rest still being around the house not having been put away while we were packing saturday morning in between taking ds4 to out of hours dr and nextdoor crashing into our car Then getting back saturday but being out most of the weekend so not unpacked as such so stuff everywhere. Oh and ds3 missed his toys so got loads out and the floor is covered!

You are all inspiring me to get back into this, I'm off to shine my sink and then do lunch after which I will set my timer for 15 mins in which I shall gather all of the clean clothes that are scattered around my house and put them in the ironing or upstairs to put away.

Keep at it!

[swanriver]

Good Dame, so holiday itself ws not the disaster! I've done a bit but managed now to have put my backout I need to run around faster and perhaps it will realign..

[scattyspice]

Hi all.

Mad - take it easy this week so that you are in tip top condition for your operation.

Swan - sit down girl! You are over doing it!

Dame - glad you had a good holiday. Sometimes the unpacking and laundry can last as long as the holiday LOL (or is that just me ).

Having a hectic time at work. BBL.

[Jas]

lol @ the idea that running faster will make your back better

I have stayed off the computer all morning, and we have done homework and housework (inset day for the dds)

Can I mention homeblessing from yesterday?
I don't do it in one day.....some jobs I don't do - no magazines or papers, so nothing to cull, and the rest I spread over the week to fit in with my other jobs.

I have done:

Sweep kitchen
empty dishwasher
wash up
wipe surfaces
tidy and hoover dd2s room
hoover dd1s room (she tidied)
homework with both dds
mop kitchen
clean wheelie bin
1st load washing in machine
yesterdays dry washing put away



I still need to:
tidy sitting room
hoover downstairs
tidy and declutter dining room
clean whole bathroom
wrap presents for ds
find and write new baby card x2 for neighbours recent/imminent arrivals
wash sitting room curtains

spend some time replannning FLY routines.....my computer killed all my saved emails which is where I had my routines written down, and I have the weekly one printed out, but not daily ones. I will look through old FLY threads as I've posted them on here before, but they need updating anyway I think.

[HerbWoman]

Hi all,
Can I join in please? I've had the Flylady emails on and off for years, and it has helped, but still put stuff off far too much. Now kids are back at school, peace reigns, and I could do with getting on with it.

Do you all have control journals? Do you use them?

OK, will go and put some washing on. Already there are only 2 hours left before leaving for school.

[Jas]

Of course you can Herbwman

We all have our own variation on how we do FLYlady. Lots of us rely on this thread (we link to the site at the start of each day)rather than the emails.

I've never had a control journal, but did (until recently, see last post) have written daily and weekly routines on the computer, and stuck up n my kitchen wall under the calendar.

Sorry. Not here. I am tidying, not mumsnetting

[Jas]

Sorry, dodgy "o" key.

[damewashalot]

Not here either much tidying to do but hello herbwoman

I fell off the fly wagon a while back and am trying to get going again and maybe even stick with it long enough to get as far as things being habit this time.

Considering trying the journal this time as I failed last time without.

my sink shines!!!!!!!!

Hi jas, looks like you are doing well still, are you well enough to be flying today?

[HerbWoman]

Oh, yeah, me too Jas! Thanks for the welcome, it's good to have someone to do these things with.

Have been making repeated trips upstairs returning toys that have made their way down over the week. I can't stand too many down here. Right 1.5 hrs left, and I've no idea what's for tea (no good at this, am I ).

[ShannaraTiger]

Afternoon all

Jas i'm not here either. After also losing all the routines when teh computer died still haven't managed to write sme that actualy work for me, or maybe I'm just beyond hope!?
HerbWoman hello
swan lie down and take a rest.
TMH dc time is always priority over holiday, especialy in your situation. Remember the brain nevr actualy forgets anything just loses the pathways to find it so build up and strengthen the good memorys, nobody else remember the mess anyway

Done
Washing 1 lot washed, 3 lots dryed and some put away?
Cleaned the kitchen bins
Did on-line banking
Friend poped around for a cuppa.
DS put to bed very tired and grumpy.

To do:
?
Loads,
Dd told me last night I need to hoover the sofa and chairs I suppose at least she noticed they need doing. Dp told on the phone earlier that one of the walls in the kitchen need bleaching again. I think I definately need to turn this computer off, and do todays mission, the hot spot is turning into a raging inferno and I keep falling over the charity shop bags when i get into bed!
Will then try and sort out my routines.
Have a good afternoon
BBL

[Jas]

Love the fact that nne of us are here

Yes, thanks, Dame, much better as long as I don't eat It is a shame `I don't need to lose weight, as four days of crackers and water must mean I have lost some!

[sagacious]

Hi all and welcome herbwoman (I don't do flying properly I just like to witter aimlessly on here)

Minimal flying here,dd currently asleep on the sofa. I still have a headache (am on day 13 feel like saying this in a big brother style voiceover)

done

d/w loaded (and on)
w/m 2 loads
5 min clear up of kitchen
online banking

errrr MN and facebook

Having tea (and far too many bourbon biscuits)

Thats not very good.

[TheMadHouse]

Herbwoman Flying has been my saviour - I had PND and found this thread and it has made a massive difference.

I have a spreadsheet, instead of a control journal and have all the zone lists and days on that instead.

Right I have

Cuddled with DS1
Watched Ben10 with him
Cleaned the ensuite
Ensuite
Clear any cobwebs- done
Clean all tiles dome
Polish taps - done
Clean blinds - done
Wash windows - done
Clean all mirrors - done
Clean outside of toilet - done
Soak inside of toilet - doing
Tidy drawers
Hot wash all towels - done
Throw away empty bottles - done
Clean sink inc pedestal - done
Wash Floor - done
Wash hairbrush - done
Empty and wash out bin - done
Clear and wash any shelves - done
descale shower head - doesnt need doing

Scatty I am find, need to keep busy to keep my mind of the op. I am taking a vitality booster to make sure I am all fit and OK. I have also bought some arnica tablets too.

Swan Take it easy with your back

Sag You are struggling to shake this virus

Shanna You are so right - I want to creat happy memorys for the boys. They are our life at the moment.

Jas Sorry to hear you have been unwell

Dame How did your neighbour manage to crash into your car?

Washing breeds I am sure of it

I am going to iron and DS2 is going on the PC - will be back later

[EustaciaVye]

Been to work this morning but now feeling really guilty as while DD2 sleeps I have been catching up on Casualty instead of cleaning

[damewashalot]

Yay!

clothes are now upstairs or in ironing basket or wet on clothes horse but I'm still not here