Fly Duvet or A/L week.... Mon 18th October

[Nuttybear]

Okay, didn't know that you lot have decided to stay in bed or flown away for the winter.
But I still have a list to make so even if i'm here all week by myself i'm going to carry on! [hblush]
here is the Mission which I will do today as it needs doing! Right off to make the link [hsmile]

done all my errands [yay] except for gloves (too tired and weighted down and also starving hungry)
off again in moment

house remains a tip

Relax and take it easy Maybe you can come home early tonight & maybe DS can put Dd to bed in leiu of Driving lessons

Just before I pick up Ds
Collect DH's shoe inserts
Collect glasses they are not that great
white Polo done
friend's birthday present c/f
wrapping paper for birthdays c/f
Thank you cards done
Socks & bras for me c/f
Small food shop done

hellooo alll

swan great news about DH
have forgotten everything else

in the midst of horrible week here...

Mon DS2 sent home early fro nursery having been sick....seemed fine the next day though..
Tuesday eve...kids all home from school, all seemed fine. Went to bed...10pm DD4 was sick, 10.05 DD2 was sick, 10.30 DD3 was sick...and so they continued throwing up every half hour ALL NIGHT, with DD1 joining in about midnight![hshock]
In the morning DH was turning a funny shade of green, and DS1 got up and said his tummy hurt, so went back to bed...
I went to work, leaving them all looking not so good under a quilt and DH assuring me he'd be fine!
Got in at 5, to find DH not looking too good, but others recovering!
Then got struck down myself and spent the night throwing up!
Now DC all more or less recovered and me feeling rubbish and DC being very bouncy and annoying!

soooo basically all I've done all week is pass the sick buckets round and wash bedding!
What joy!

All have inset day tomorrow so another day at home - but hopefully feeling better!

Will attempt to catch up in a bit when my brain feels a bit less fuzzy!

well at least that's all of them struck down in one day rather than staggered OFM
But you sound cheery

I do not want this sick bug on holiday, my sister will murder me

have bought large batch of black gloves and hats and some more files for paperwork
now tidying/cup of tea, already feel knackered.Think going to start by throwing all the paperwork back in drawer. and clearing breakfast

Hello again all.

Strewth, that's a week and a half OverflowingMum! I hope you're all well on the road to recovery soon.

swan You hit the nail right on the head with your "my sister will murder me" if I'm ill remark! My sisters would me too, I'm sure! I can say this safely now that I know that sis number 1 no longer frequents this thread.

wendy I hope the aches are easing.

Well, today was okay.
~ I cut the grass and did my neighbour's front lawn too and walked her dog at the same time as I walked mine. She was very grateful and she has given me some toffee waffles as a thank you!
~ I faffed about in the launderette as I'd only taken liquid and the sign said powder so I had to pop to the spar leaving my duvets in the care of a student who was trying to read her book only I kept asking questions. Ooops. I hoped to wash 4 duvets but they only had one large capacity machine so I only did 1 before I had to go and collect dd.
~ I posted a parcel for dh as requested, which was pretty important.
~ Dh rang this evening and he has bought a new car. We'll now have an old red one, my silver one and a black one. Our last 4 or so cars have all been silver in colour and from the same maker. The neighbours must think we're boring in the extreme!
~ I've also done 2 loads of washing. I must check the forecast and see if I need to get it in.

That's about it.

Oh, and I'm buying myself some more FLY London Mol boots on ebay as they are soooooo comfortable. I don't care if they are flat and boring looking. I need comfortable winter boots and I find them superb. Okay. That's me done. See you tomorrow if the card game doesn't get me first!

Simply Lol the poor student trying to avoid the responsibility of the four duvets and appear studious.

have finally tidied kitchen, though broom has disappeared/is headless. Thrown myself into making mess worse and clearing veg backlog - I have now made: stuffed cabbage leaves, lasagne, cheat's lasagne with farfalle, peperonata. A bit ahead for weekend.
Dh brought home some flowers to cheer me up And I bought myself some new clothes mainly shapely sweater dresses, so

Tomorrow I will tidy up the main house when I feel a bit more spritely - the mess is really getting us both down although neither of us can face tackling it

Morning all (note to self do not go into the MN timewarp!!!)
OFM [hshock] Hope everyone is on the road to recovery. Beats DS's purple puke last week.
Simply Impressed with cut grass have been meaning to do it for weeks! Unlike to happen today or tommorow. Working on Sunday
and you have reminded me have to go to the laudrette too to do quilts.
Swan hope your energy returns, feeling much the same as you! lovely DH [hsmile]
Back in a mo with a list

morning all
all on road to recovery here
dh gone to work, ds1 to school, girls have inset day though so all home , but do have to go this evening for parent review appointments....
trying to catch up
have so far:done 3 loads of washing, dusted and hoovered lounge, cleaned downstairs tiolet, cleaned kitchen and baked chocolate scones with dc...
now 5 minute break...then:
upstairs tidy and hoover
clean washing away
more washing on
sort out oaperwork and update callendar

right bbl

nutty purple puke

nutty avaunt thee and quit my sight[hwink] hope you are NOT on Mumsnet. That's from Macbeth I think, witch ref..

energy has not returned no.
clearing kitchen at snail's pace. v. early start with boisterous children pulling my duvet off and rattling alarm clock in my ear on dh's instructions. Cannot even face shapely sweater dresses.

No still here [hblush] I'll get back once I've done some work [hblush] Thank you swan

OMG OFM

I have ground to a halt. Still brooding about secondary school and my order of pref...Is ds academic? Does he like art? Is he deeply musical? Is he lazy and disorganised like me and would sink miserably in a bootcamp school...Aargh.

upstairs now away from these blooming ofsted reports and statistics..

Miltary school Swan Wished I went to Hendon at 13 yrs I'm lazy and the dicipline I got there was brillant but, I was 25 yrs and being paid! Hey! They're not recuiting at the Mo maybe we can turn it into a Free School ha! ha!
Cuppa time have the stop watch on for 15 mins!
Right
Bleach in loos done
D/W emptied & re loaded done
W/M emptied & re loaded done
Dry Clothes folded & put away done
1 Bed made done
Right next
Make Ds's bed
Clean bathroom
Clean downstairs Loo (why do boys spray the loo!)
Tidy new toys into Ds bedroom
Put T.V back (moved to get repair men to the window. They've cancelled!)
Put magazine clipping for new building work back in box (used the box for the party stuff)
Dust & Hoover upstairs
Dust & hoover front room
Get swimming stuff together
Take DS swimming
Food shopping
Back & go to Fish n'chip shop
Merlin tonight & Mad men after ds in bed
DH out for half-term drink
See ya laters 15 mins nearly up! [hsmile]
Hoover

THE HOSP ORTHODONTIC dept has cancelled dd's appt which was in the middle of halfterm. Around which I have arranged my plane tickets...
And rescheduled for Xmas hols!!
I suppose I am lucky she is not one of the poor kids in the cranialfacial dept.

I am just cross because I hung on for this appt(referred in June orginally)and it is just so so annoying. And now I've been put at bottom of queue whereas if I'd just been a bit more breezy and asked for Nov appt back in Sept all would have been well.

And consultant said it was urgent she be seen in Oct as she might need four teeth out. But consultants are both now unavailable for the once monthly clinic in Oct...so
anyway at least she hasn't got toothache
and as I said before no serious health problems like some of the poor souls in that dept.

Deep breath. It's just money.
At least I hadn't booked my xmas tickets. Deeper breath.

Upstairs again

swan that's rubbish - fancy letting you know so late.Talk about rubbish organisation!
Hope you resolve secondary school dillema too...

ok have done:
Cleaned upstairs bathroom
2 more loads of washing
tidied upstairs
sorted halloween costumes LOL

lunch for all
ds2 for nap (praise the lord!!)
snuggled up on sofa with dds and watched dvd

now going to do some online banking
then not sure what but am running low on motivation...still feeling quite shattered and drained actually...

BBL

Oh, that a pain Swan. And if you'd cancelled they'd have tutted and told you how urgent is was .

Hope that you're all on the mend OFM.

Well, this week's list is going very slowly (mainly because of my laziness)
Blitz kitchen and clean floor done
Hoover and dust lounge done
Buy and fit new toilet seat (broken by my 3 year old messing about) done
Dust and hoover stairs and banisters
Dust and hoover children's bedrooms
Blitz tidy our bedroom ready for guests (dsil is pg, so they've having our bed) done
Pop to the supermarket for stuff
Wash towels done
Wash school uniform done
Wash nappies done
Declutter random piles of paper done
Phone decorator about kitchen
Wash car seat covers for dsil
Sort out baby stuff to give to dsil will do while they're here
Clean bathroom and downstairs loo
Dust and hoover our bedroom

And ds1 has been promised an outing this p.m. Oh bugger.

Bum the day has gone! I lost time setting up Ds's Wii!
Right what have I done
Bleach in loos done
D/W emptied & re loaded done
W/M emptied & re loaded done
Dry Clothes folded & put away done
1 Bed made done
Right next
Make Ds's bed done
Clean bathroom done
Clean downstairs Loo (c/f)
Tidy new toys into Ds bedroom (c/f)
Put T.V back done
Put magazine clipping for new building work back in box (c/f)
Dust & Hoover upstairs (c/f)
Dust & hoover front room (c/f)

in between rants I am not getting much done still feel ill and unproductive
however now feel calm - I think this is jsta bad hair day full stop and think sofa snugglng later in order - kitchen is at least tidy and beds changed

aha and there are scones I can defrost

the witches got you Nutty enjoy MM and then tell us what you think on the TelAd thread.

right well...

swan It definately seems to be a sofa snuggling sort of day....

nutty and funtimewincies most imrpessive lists...

well, not done much this afternoon...feeling more ill again as day wears on...
I have however done:
2 more lots of washing,
On-line banking (not as bad as I thought!), and have finally finished letter to request statement for DD3, and rung many different departments to find out who to send it to...and gathered all relevant reports, photocopied and put all in envelope, adressed and stamped..now must remember to post!!

now having little sit down (again!!) before organising everyone for parent review appointments....

Hello all. Good to see you.

swan Sorry to hear about the postponed app't. I hope you feel well again soon, too. I've probably said before but I was very lucky as here we have two choices, the English medium ss or the Welsh one. The only risk is that the English one is too full to take your dc and they have to go to the Welsh one or else one that is about half to three quarters of an hours drive away. Don't remind me of that poor student having me asking questions whilst she was trying to learn from her equine studies book!

OFM Sorry to hear that you're not feeling well. I hope you're back to your usual self soon.

Top tip. If you are cutting the last slice from the end of the loaf, do pay attention. If you don't then you'll end up with a little finger spouting blood. Yes, I know it's blooming obvious, so why did I still manage to cut myself? Grrr!

Today I:-
~ stayed in for a delivery which didn't arrive. Dh said it was a maybe. At least we can share the staying in if it is due to come tomorrow.
~ did several loads of laundry
~ put one load on the line, brought back in then put it out again with another two loads
~ stripped one bed
~ hoovered some upstairs rooms
~ bought myself a new pair of boots on sale from Office shoes. I think the ebay ones are rather expensive now.

That's about it. I'd better crack on with tea. See you on the w/e or else next week!

Love the top tip SS Hope your finger is ok

I've had two parents evenings, and emergency winter coat shopping today.
Going away for the weekend, but will be back on Monday for the central heating fitting

Won't be FLYing until Tuesday!

evening all, back from parent review apps
Good reports all round.
Fish fingers for tea!
Am having glass of wine, which I am not sure is wise...but feel I need one!
Have also posted dd's statement request...so now just have to wait...fingers crossed!
right...see you all tomorrow

Repeat after me OFM...

Wine is ALWAYS wise [hgrin]