August's 1st Anniversary Fledgling Flyers: It's our party and we'll fly if we want to.

[elliepac]

Welcome to the August edition of the Fledgling Flyers where we are going to attempt to restore order in our houses, chatting as we go.

This month is officially our first birthday so we are celebrating sink shining and swishing and swiping in style!

Here you can do any of the following:

• repeat or start baby steps (again!)

• repeat baby steps + do 15 mins a day decluttering in the current zone

or

• reinforce babysteps and do daily missions if you have finished decluttering

For those who are curious, these are the Babysteps which we all hope will restore order in our homes and make our lives a little bit easier with lots of support (and chat, and wine, and a little more chat )

So please come and join us for our birthday party, old and new, from August 1st.

I am very pleased - I bought myself a new mop. Now I can wash the kitchen floor without going on my hands and knees It's sad when a new mop is the
highlight of your day though

Very impressed with all the progress that's being made by you all.......I'm really only treading water til I get the house to myself and can sort it the way I want! But I WILL clean the kitchen floor and sort out DD1's room this weekend - you can't see the floor at the moment and I think she's too overwhelmed by it all to start so a helping hand before she comes home would be good, I think. She offered to pay DD2 to do it but DD2 took one look and refused point blank. Somehow I doubt she'll pay me :)

The boys are in bed, the packing is almost done and we are all going to bed early, ready for a dawn start in the morning.

No missions for me next week - apart from my own mission of enjoying myself eating French food and drinking French wine.

This is our first holiday abroad for six years! Am feeling very excited now!

Au revoir.

Mrs B - i am not even really treading water flying wise. Besides you have had life get in the way.

Toffee fudge enjoy your holiday.

Oh and as for the rest of you I am a figment of your imagination I was safely tucked into bed and fast asleep hours ago.

training was ok but nothing special wasnt really feeling it and the sharp blades knocked my balance. Lots of laughs and MD's after.

A ford escort
a ford escort
a mini mini mini
and a ford escort

A ford escort
a ford escort
a mini mini mini
and a ford escort

Ferari
ferari
a mini mini mini
and a ford escort

Can barely function dd had me up till 4am and then has had the cheek to be up banging on her bedroom door at 6.30

Had big ideas
First off all was to be at the wallpaper shop by 8.30
Got to go to library and take back late childrens books. How do I explain one of them is in scotland when it's supposed to be in Essex?
Wm/dw
S/s
Inlaws
Maybe beach with dc
Home to cook dinner
Then off out on the razz tonight!! First time in forever :-)

Morning :)

I had great plans for today, but the sun is shining so we're going to the beach. I will do my s&s, a load of washing and hang out, and hoover around when we get back. I need to throw some kind of picnic together now.

Hope everyone has a nice day.

Grr iPhone

missb my lists are only there to make me feel like I have accomplished something. Not doing bad with some babysteps but I need to get my head moving again around missions! Still got lotsa decluttering to do and house to decorate.

mucky love your Ferrari song made me chuckle out loud this morning

Right dd is shouting that she wants to get dressed so better stricken whilst iron is hot!

Good morning everyone

Not too sure about the "capable" hands mentioned, but I will post the steps and probably keep very quiet about the lack amount of flying being done here.

here's the babystep today
No mission as its the weekend so family time is in order!!

Right, so Ellie and Toffee are off enjoying themselves.

We do need to start putting on some thinking caps to get a new name for September thread, so come on everyone, lets have a good think before Ellie returns. - I do believe that SC was going to crawl out of the woodwork and be our leader for September, so we should expect a visit from her soon

Firstly a big welcome to Bob. It looks as if you have made a fantastic start with the babysteps. Dont let all the chatter put you off here. We are a friendly bunch and everyone is very welcome, so just jump in. On the first of September we open a new thread and all decamp there to start the new month. If you dont want to scroll through all the posts each day, the roundup is an overview of what people are up to. Ellie's is always very amusing, mine is just basic info. !!!

Nettie That is the most unbelievable inventive excuse for having to watch Big Brother I have heard. I have not watched one minute of this one, although have been hooked in the past!!

Brilliant news about your lump Ihate. I am impressed that it is all done within the same day. I had one a few years back and the wait was the worst bit!! Have a good weekend of celebration.

Linzer I am at the sort of American magazines that you have been reading!!! Warming towels in tumble dryer!!! Do people actually do that??? I just hope DH NEVER reads this, it may give him ideas!!

NameChange welcome back to your warm bed after your freezing camping trip. Looks as if you have a mountain of laundry to conquer, but conquer you will!! Hope you have thawed out nicely now.

mucky are you auditioning for a car advert?
DOnt forget to ring the dentist today. Are they open today? If not, it wont be til Tuesday. Hope you are not struggling.

MissB Hi!!! I see you are still overcome with those fat fairy feelings. Oh new mops are just so exciting!! Come and mop my floor if you like, just to extend the excitement. It sounds as if you are doing brilliantly, but dont expect too much of yourself. Make sure you have a pamper time for YOU!!

Right, Lovely day here so far, DH is bike stroking with avengance still on the training programme for this long road race. So, am I going to do a load of clearing, cleaning, sorting and fat fairying??? Or am I going to sneak back to bed and have a half hour with a good book??? I will leave you to guess, but let me just say I ma at a really good bit of my book.........

Later, when I have got up again, I need to:
Shopping for dinner party tomorrow
Ironing for DH going away fro work on Monday
Get suitcase down from store cupboard for DH
Cook curry for tonight
bake chocolate cake for tea
Oh dear, I cant think about anything else now, book is calling.......

Have a good day everyone

Flippin heck, you are all up early and it has taken me so long to type all that post that you are up and about and making me feel guilty!!

nah still in pjs. not getting dressed straight away this morning. need coffee and breakfast first.

PA - it started off as pizza hut song thing becuase we decamped to MD's after training. I think we were a bit high spirited last night as it became the ford escort version. It sticks in your brain in the most horrid way

Right today's list.
Put ds' clothes away. he got sent home with virstually 2 wks washing done
hang blanket out to dry
wash another blanket
IKEA for lunch and smaland
put biscuits in tin
load DW
Wash up pans
dig up potatoes

Wow the sun has come out

Erm were was I? oh yes list:
Assemble new storage for all.
stack stuff for tip into car
finish hand sewing job
run seams up on machine
Quilt.
wash and dry
wrap up and parcel ready for tuesday
Sort out ds' room - stage one put books into boxes.
Pick up photos
make up picture frame to go to g-grandma and wrap it up.

Its a long list but nothing that is impossible. I think that wizzing around ikea whilst ds plays though will have to be the plan. He likes to take hours going around

its a bank holiday weekend how could i forget its a bank holiday weekend?

Ikea was hell busy. Ds has been his usual delight of the past few days and is banished to his bedroom to sort his own clothes out. [mean mummy emoticon]

I think I am on strike and will do ds' room another time. I am not doing it next weekend.

As for the list...

Put ds' clothes away. ds' punishment for his behaviour so will see what happens
hang blanket out to dry done
wash another blanket done
IKEA for lunch and smaland done
put biscuits in tin
load DW
Wash up pans
dig up potatoes
Assemble new storage for hall not in stock none to put up
stack stuff for tip into car
finish hand sewing job off to do now...
run seams up on machine
Quilt.
wash and dry
wrap up and parcel ready for tuesday
Sort out ds' room - stage one put books into boxes.
Pick up photos done
make up picture frame to go to g-grandma done and wrap it up.

Well I'm doing better today! Actually managed a bit of a room rescue and hoovered downstairs and the hall, stairs and landing. :) Now, does this count as cleaning the kitchen floor? The dog spilt his water bowl (deliberately in my opinion!) so I mopped round with that. Environmentally friendly as well :)

And, best of all, we managed to get school shoes without a row and without spending a fortune

So I am counting today a success!

Mucky you are very brave to tackle Ikea on a BH weekend! But i now have the Pizza Hut song going round.....and round.....and round....Reminds me of Guide camp!
bob hope you enjoyed the beach - I'm very !
PA hope you enjoyed the book! What are you reading? I'm half way through a Val McDermid, which I'm enjoying. My pile of 'to read' is huge now - I deal with stress by either eating or buying books - and I'm trying to keep the eating in check so am currently unable to pass charity shops/Waterstones/Smiths without a quick look and invariably a purchase (or three)

Right, off to see if there's anything good on TV........tomorrow am taking DD2 to Camden and will try to return without her having too many piercings

Just popping in to say a quick hello and goodbye - for this month, at any rate - as we're going away for a few days. I can't believe it will be September by the time we come back on Thursday. Summer already seems to have deserted us, however - it poured with rain all day yesterday (which was a good excuse for a trip to M&S in Bratislava ). We're going to southern Austria, which is generally supposed to have better weather than the rest of the country, but still - 13 degrees (forecast for tomorrow) when you're used to getting on for 30 degrees is going to feel cold, brr...

ellie Thanks for being such a fabulous leader again this month and for all your entertaining round-ups. And thanks to PA for stepping in so ably too! (They were quite normal magazines, honest - just no sense of environmental awareness! Mind you, this was 7-9 years ago; maybe things have moved on since then.)

Must get on with some last-minute packing... See you all next month!

Good morning

I'm languishing in bed this morning till 8.15

Yesterdays progress
First off all was to be at the wallpaper shop by 8.30-done at 11ish
Got to go to library and take back late childrens books. How do I explain one of them is in scotland when it's supposed to be in Essex?-done renewed missing book
Wm/dw-done
S/s-nope
Inlaws-nope
Maybe beach with dc-nope (bad mum) it wasn't really warm enough and I was shattered
Home to cook dinner-done
Then off out on the razz tonight!! First time in forever :-) -very nice time some lovely people watching and a little bitta dancing

today's list
Change bedsheets master bed
S/s bathroom
Swimming lessons with dc
Quick wander round next home for master suite inspiration
Home for lunch
Dinner at inlaws woohoo no cooking
House rescue - have major hotspot on cooker which keeps getting shifted around and I can't seem to deal with it
Try to regain temp control of master suite, remove boxes of screws old wardrobe doors etc
Wrap present for dc friend ready for posting

If i get through that it'll be a miracle

linzer have lovely time away hope weather does pick up for you
muckyducky ikea trip. I love ikea nearest one is almost 2 hrs away and sends dh into palpitations hope things bit better with ds this morning.
missb love the environmentally friendly cleaning
bob hiya bob I don't know if I actually said hello and welcome
pa thanks for round up! hope your dinner party goes fabulously well tonight

Waves to everyone home or away and lurkers

Mega quicky because I am already up to my eyeballs in cooking. Dinner party has turned into a rather larger lunch, so time is now against me and I am catering for 5 more people than I thought were coming for "dinner", so I am adapting lots of things and trying to look like more food than it really is.

babystep is a little bit of pampering, which I think we can all manage and all deserve today!!

Quick mention and a wave to Linzer who is off again. See you Thursday.

MissB the book is "the thirteenth tale" by Diane Setterfield. Got it for a book club thing, nearly gave up as it was so atrocious, stuck with it and it got really good, now nearing the end and I have a sinking feeling it is going to turn out to be one of those absolutely stupid endings that are so off the wall it is just plain daft!!!

Sorry not to mention everyone else, Will trya and get on tonight, if i ma not collapsed in a heap!!!

Have a good day everyone,

ds is in a more settled mood. but it is going to take time, not helped byt the fact that he has a visit to his dad' next week. Ah well, i am going to a craft show. it will be fine.

Have a lovely time linzer see you in september.

PA I hate books like that. Havent hade much chance to read recently but hope to when things calm done.

Mrs B That song is starting to drive me mad.

List for today.
Finish sewing project
Find camera
Take pictures of finished or plain progress pictures
Upload onto profile for those who are interested.
Laundry
Not kill ds. Anyone else had the hitting cos cant get own way. And end up feeling; WHy did you ask if you knew you werent going to like the answer phase?
Tackle ds' behaviour again

Hello

I have done my routines, watched the f1 and went out for lunch today, that seems to be it. I keep trying to remind myself that on a day before I started attempting to fly everywhere would be much worse. I am going to try to clear a couple of hot spots this evening.

Hope the meal went smoothly PositiveAttitude :)

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The Dinky family have just got back from a week in Scotland, remarkably the weather was better than it was down here, we have not returned to broken boilers, defrosted freezers etc this time so all is well apart from the usual mountain of unpacking.

Have scanned the thread, will try and catch up properly later in the week,

I'm in bed ament I a good girl [smug emotion] actually it's cos I feel like pooh but I'm still in bed. Had busy old day today, my list went like this:-

Change bedsheets master bed-done
S/s bathroom-ended up thorough clean as on closer inspection it was minging
Swimming lessons with dc-done ds was brill and so proud of himself and I got proper excited
Quick wander round next home for master suite inspiration-done not a lot more inspiration
Home for lunch-done
Dinner at inlaws woohoo no cooking-done lovely except for mil nagging about ds table manners
House rescue - have major hotspot on cooker which keeps getting shifted around and I can't seem to deal with it-slightly tidied not dealt with hotspot
Try to regain temp control of master suite, remove boxes of screws old wardrobe doors etc-started
Wrap present for dc friend ready for posting-nope
Also cleaned appliances, took scrubbing brush to congealed mass of food behind plinths in kitchen
Wm/dw and moaned at dh about his lack of follow up on his monstrous washing pile now clogging up my kitchen and my next batch if washing
Did rocket ship making with ds
Kitted both dc in wet weather gear and allowed them to jump in every muddy puddle on way to inlaws (had to draw line at sitting in puddles dd wanted to do)

I'm going to go to sleep now and hope dh takes pity on me and does dc breakfast in the morning.

Hope everyone had a lovely night see you in the last day of august

Good morning everyone .

Right, firstly, here's the babystep. A good one, for being prepared and one that I really should get myself doing

and the missios - we seem to be in a million rooms and areas this week, but small jobs, by the look of it.

Not much activity over the weekend, so a quick round up:

DEM Hope your DS settles soon. Back to school shortly, so maybe the "normal" routine will help???

Namechange and Bob - we all take our foot off the accelerator for the weekend, so dont feel bad. A new thread will be started tomorrow and a link from thisone to the next will be posted, so dont get lost, will you.

Welcome home MrsD. Glad you had a good holiday and an uneventful return home!

Nettie OH dear, hope you feel better this morning after your early night.

Finished the book this morning and it was not as bad as I had anticipated, so I am glad I persevered.
Lunch yesterday went ok. We had enough food, which is always my biggest worry. Nice time with lovely friends, what more could you want?

So, come on....we need some ideas for the new name!!!! We only have 24 hours and we will ned to be getting the new thread up and started in time for first thing on Wednesday. I do think SC will be making a grand entrance. Hopefully some lurkers may come and join in......You would be very welcome, we dont bite!! And others may return after the summer holidays and all that!!

Today I have to pack up DHs stuff for him heading off to Winchester this afternoon, to return on Friday.
Lots of ironing and more washing.

Hope you all have agood bank holiday. Sun is shining here, hope it is wherever you are

Morning all,

2nd load of washing on, sun is shining, DS is happily watching Sky Sports (his current obsession is football). DH and DD are still asleep.......

Today's list
More washing and drying
Finish unpacking (did most of it yesterday)
Go to Sainsburys
Prise DS away from the telly and go out somewhere.

Sorry, no inspiration for new names for the thread! I've lost track a bit, but am happy to take my turn posting babysteps etc next month if needed, as I must be due a turn by now.

Hello! I am enjoying a quiet and late breakfast before anyone else appears!

Had a lovely day yesterday with DD2 but we must have walked about a million miles . She didn't get any piercings - had wanted one done and thought Camden the place to go, but decided after some research that it was (a) too expensive and (b) the places looked a bit scary!!! So she bought a really pretty necklace instead and we did research into the size of Doc Marten boots she needs as that is her choice of birthday present :)

mucky am sure the DS behaviour will improve - most things are indeed 'a phase' and each one brings new challenges - just hang on in there - though it's easier said than done, I know.

pa book sounds interesting. I finished my thriller and have started 'The American Wife' - so far so good but not very far in!

Right, I need to stop prevaricating and go and tackle DD1's bedroom before she comes home today. I want to be able to see the floor

No inspiration for new thread - flying into the autumn term or some such

Good afternoon

I have been hotspotting and have dealt with 5 hotspots in living room needless to say not in 15 m, rest of house is messy but hoping hotspots will make it appear tidied in generally.
Dw/wm
Bed made
Master bed floor hoovered.

Still to
Wrap dc friend present ready for posting
Make lamb hotpot and hope enough lamb to go round three as I ordered the wrong size

Cancelled trip to village fete as ds behaviour been awful this morning. Probably just as well as Ds and dd bit under the weather. Hoping they both go for nap this afternoon.

Just in case I don't get a chance later thank you pa and Ellie for seeing us through august. I have flown and not cried about it (too much)

Afternoon. just eaten breakfast. having an off day. too many late nights. not skating tonight.
However currently in the middle of emptying ds' room. He is doing the work. I figured out if i dont do it this weekend it just wont get done.

So today's list:
laundry
empty ds' room of books and book shelves. in progress
pick up zips for projects done
finish projects which must go in post tomo
sort out design for the soft toy holder that i am going to make another new project
do something with ds.
get to sleep beofre 3am.
Must also get around to packing ds' clothes for his few days away.
Sand ladder
wrap g-grandma's present to go by granddad mail this afternoon.

Tomorrow's list;
send parcels
library to renew books
anything from above list.
Do something fun with ds.

Sure there is more but cant think of it right now.

Hooray! I have found DD1's bedroom floor I have folded up clothes, stacked papers and changed the sheets. Now looks a bit more inviting to return to :)

The first of the THREE loads of washing I unearthed is on the line and I'm about to collect her and her friend from the station. So looking forward to having her home in spite of the room chaos! It'll be the first time in two and a half weeks I've had them both home - I'm sure by a bit later I'll be looking forward to some peace but will be good to be together!

PS the family togetherness won't last - I have rose-tinted specs on at the mo