Remember Remember, Fledglings Fly through November

[DidEinsteinsMum]

Welcome to the November Fledgling Flying thread.

From the 1st of the month we shall be decluttering and taming the chaos using baby steps, missions and zones. A great big thank you to MrsDinky who looked after us last month.

We are not strict followers of the fat fairy and take some of the babysteps wearing shoes indoors with a pinch of salt. Also advise against signing up for the fairy's emails.

All are welcome, jump on board for one of our three methods of chaos attack:

1. Baby steps
2. Baby steps and 15mins decluttering in current zone
3. Re-inforce the baby steps and daily mission

This month the fat fairy is gearing up for the feastive period. So I shall also post the christmas mission for those who wish are brave enough to look.

In here the motto is:

*"No perfection! Do what you can, but be realistic about what you can do."

Happy flying.

Ellie I ended up Sky+ ing it too so we could watch it tomorrow with fast forwarding of adverts. There is a good thread going about it in TV addicts. I never watch stuff like that normally but DH and reading about it on MN persuaded me.

Have developed another stinking cold, I think Imust be spending too much time in school, that's the 4 th this term I reckon.

Got to go and get DCs ready for swimming lessons, back later.

morning everyone

mrsd ellie your progamme sounds good but i struggle to get through torchwood so i dont think id manage that one.

today so far
wm on
dw on (forgot last night)
floor swept
new planners orders from boxhouse
hair straightened
dc dressed
all waiting for DH now. his first saturday off since July!!

off to curtain shop and then the zoo.

Catch up later. Hope everyone has a lovely day.

did you are doing brilliant. Eeveryone is just so busy at the mo and not having been here before at Christmas time i expect it will just get busier. I mean it is only the 20th Nov and there are over 600 post!Hope you are nice and dry and warm after all your skating!

oops i also wanted to say

ellie thinking of you
pa hope you not feeling too bad and are getting somechill time.
bob i hope Bella is improving more day by day.

Morning all. No flying here today. Am spending the day with dsis and mum. We are going to a Xmas Market and then out to lunch to remember dad, doing the one thing he moaned about us doing, shopping .

Thinking of you bob and pa.

See you later everyone!

Morning. Today we are tackling the bedrooms. Ds his and me mine

I have managed to get ds to write 2 of his chrstmas cards. As i refuse to write them for him, at a rate or two or three a day he should get them finished in time.

right nearly lunch time and i am still not properally up. Must move at faster speed.

ellie can't remember my Dad ever shopping in his life, have a lovely day enjoy the family, xmas market.

v.slow morning. dd very much worse for her late night at party, we've already had two hysterical outbursts. The price of being too popular And another sleepover this eve
Now I'm meant to be preparing lunch whilst everyone is at music school

Done
dh brought me stollen and coffee
wash on
made two beds
dressed dcs who were in most disorgansed state lying festooned with match attack cards/cats/odd socks

todo
breakfast clear
lunch

everything else...will get round to remembering what everything else is..after another cup of coffee

Thought I might catch up on sleep last night, but DS2 woke up at 6am after wetting the bed, so I ended up with even less sleep than usual. DH had his Sat lie in, but I did go back to bed at 10 and had another 1 1/2 hrs. Still feeling shattered though.

No chance of Family Fun Day here today. More of a Getting Through the Day Without Losing It Day, I think. DH is out all day and I can't leave MIL alone for long, so we will be housebound most of the time. Fortunately, DS2 has lots of new toys to play with, thanks to his birthday.

Oh, and computer lead has broken, so can't use our computer and have to ask DS1's permission to use his little computer instead . Tiny keyboard though, so finding it hard to type.

did - agree with you about the decluttering. I am not going to do anymore missions until I have managed to get rid of more clutter. Am actually finding it quite addictive.

ellie - i hope the anniversary goes OK. It's the anniversary of my dad's death in just over a week's time. Always brings it back, doesn't it?

mrsdinky - i like yr basic routines. gd idea.

pa - hope you are resting

bob - you too. you must be exhausted. are you home yet?

linzer - glad the dermatologist is keeping a close eye on you. sorry you are feeling low. sounds like you need to do something for yrself for a change.

sorry, but have to go now. ds2 is crying and duties call. waves to all.

Hi all,
Been a busy few days here and busy today too! We have In-laws visiting with their 2 DCs so I did a big bathroom clear before they arrived and have just mostly been keeping up with washing, drying and washing up since!

Today we took our 2 and the visiting DCs swimming and then to a cafe for lunch. Swings later.

DEM you are doing a brilliant job and you are definitely helping me! No perfection is a good motto too

Little flying done here today.

ds write 2 christmas cards done
car to garage forgot first thing but mechanic fab and was still done
ds' bedding washed done
ds' room tidied up better then was and box of toys sorted from downstairs. Best bit plastic tatt drawer sorted!

Early night in order tonight.

cant not can go

Hi guys sorry I dropped off for a bit, suddenly things are seeming harder. But, I did a Christmas babystep today hurray! and have been doing more small-attack tidying sessions, and more laundry, as I write all of this it seems I have been more on top of things than I felt. But haven't been doing them as routines so there is the constant sense of emergency/overwhelm underlying which is eventually what I'd like to use Flying to get rid of. Quick hello to all and DEM your encouragement and round-ups have kept me going.

Plan for tonight:

• clear dinner
• tidy
• journal
• ASDA order and simples meal plan
• wrap present for a birthday party tomorrow

Hi all

Well I didn't get back on here as promised this morning and didn't knock the house back in to shape as intended either (although washing pile is slightly diminished and house is no worse I suppose). I did make veg soup and a Thai chicken curry though.

Dh has stinking cold, dd is stroppy and uncooperative and everything is a bit bleuh tbh!! (Sympathies Linzer I feel the same as you atm and don't know quite why!)

So like Toffee it's been a "get through the day" sort of day here. At least the sun shone for a few hours this morning which was lovely (and the gps had a run out on the lawn so they are happy)

And - most important of all - Bob has positive news of her dd on the other thread which is BRILLIANT!! Well done Bob!

DID you shouldn't be apologising - you are keeping us all going - it's a v. v. long thread with loads of different posters - you are doing brilliantly.

(I had the weeping thing with the "officially old" realisation a while back btw - bet I beat you in terms of years by a decade or two !!)

*Ellie - thinking of you today - hope you have a comforting day with your family

PA hope you are resting

Mini hope you are managing to find time to eat!!

I hope all of you suffering with various viruses are on the way to recovery and those of you who are feeling overwhelmed with housework (I include myself in this!!) can develop tunnel vision and keep focusing on chipping away at the chores, 15-min by 15 min step. It's proving to be quite a hard month isn't it? I think that's partly down to winter/dark nights setting in, combined with pre-Christmas stress (much easier when Christmas season actually under way but run up always hellish)

Nettie you sound very chipper and on top things and MrsD - I really like the sound of your routine which sounds eminently do-able - so I will try and take inspiration from you both now and do something useful for rest of evening ...

Sylvia hope you hear good news on Monday ...

Waves to Optimistic Pushme Swan Highlighter Loosinas Systems* MissBennett Ihate Darts PurpleW SittingH and everyone else ...

Just wrote a huge thoughtful post and the computer's eaten it

So to sum up. Yey for Bob's DD . Hope PA is on the mend and ellie is feeling as OK as possible.

Commiserations with those who CBA, including Linzer, SC and DEM (who is a fab leader!). I also CBA and am with MrsD on the 'flyinglite' routine for those lazy weeks!

Big wave to everyone else including Nettie, Toffee, Highlighter, Sylvia, System, Optomistic, Swan and everyone I've forgotten!

Tomorrow I really need to -

Change beds
Wash bath mat
Mop kitchen floor
Bleach shower curtain
Bleach cat bowls

Right. Having planned to be in bed an hour ago and had to deal with a ton of stuff re ds which means it is later then I intended. Sc it is entirely possible that you may beat me in years. However, i suspect it is the only 3 hours sleep that has been the problem. Damm it was almost worth it. And if ds had slept to 6:30 or later it would have been worth it.

Will try to remember name change and post links. However tomorrows list is:

ds to write at least 2 more christmas cards
Finish tidying ds' room
clean ds' room
fold washing
put ds' washing away
burn paperwork in need of destruction
Hopefully wash car.
Wash ds' bedding as necessary.
ds' reading
ds' spellings
thread round up!
early night.

Plan for tonight:

• clear dinner done
• tidy notmuch
• journal done which is a big healthy thing for me to have fitted in
• ASDA order and simples meal plan done
• wrap present for a birthday party tomorrow toocold! it's in the car and I'm not going out there given the draught round my feet it's below freezing, will do it first thing.

Night All!

Links for sunday:

babystep is to include laundry into your routine

According to the fat fairy the aim of today is:
minimal routines
Fun with the family

Just remember you can only do what you can do. Be realistic with what you want to achieve and accept that you have only managed what you could. Anything is progress in the right dirrection!!!!!

Have a good day all!

Morning everyone! Dd has been up since half five and I am therefore rather grumpy this morning . Not quite sure what I am going to do today. There are several things I need to do :-

Tesco
Washing and drying
Tidy downstairs
Schoolwork

Apart from that I have no plans. Might go to the park, ds finally learned to ride his bike last weekend so is itching to get out on it. We shall just see where the day takes us I think.

Thank you for all your kind thoughts yesterday I had a lovely few hours with mum and sis. Where we remembered dad by having wine and pudding, his two favourite things

Back later.

Morning everyone!

Have done swimming lessons and was just about to go Xmas shopping!
Instead I now have an emergency dentist app with dentist I don't even know after pulling a crown straight out eating a maynards wine gum!!!!! Grr
I want false teeth all them them!! Most of them are false or partly false anyway!! Grr

Sorry for ranting!

Hope you all have a lovely day

Hi all

House is full of colds, DH is in bed still, DS is watching Scrap Heap Challenge, and I'm looking at the washing up on the side and wondering if I've got enough energy to get through it all

Done
Breakfasts
Made mincemeat - has to sit for 24 hours now before adding brandy and putting in jars
Chicken in oven

To Do
Washing up
S/s
Make beds (have to wait for DH to get out of ours
Washing on airer
Washing in machine
Wipe around kitchen
Finish lavender bags

Everything else will have to wait, and hopefully everyone will feel better tomorrow.

Done so far.

Oversleep
ds to write more christmas cards.
I have also started mine
Have goal posts moved
Have a complete hissy fit re ds' behaviour. I am in need of chocolate and he is banished to his bedroom having been told that i wont be helping anymore and if it doesnt get done he wont get christmas decorations, including advent calander.

However, despite several attempts to get dressed I havent managed it yet.
I am very cross and grumpy and very tired as my early night was ruined by a phone call.
I am sulking. No idea how on earth i am going to get stuff done today because all i want to do is sleep oh and tell the world to do something very rude whilst leaving me alone.

I suspect a touch of pmt.

Right, i now have clothes on and ds is doing his reading with mum.

In a vague attempt to get a grip.

Overview list:
Bathroom decluttering done x2
Hall decluttering done
Lounge - sort all paperwork and stuff, Laundry A
Dining room - decluttering A
utility room - decluttering A
Wash carpets
christmas baking
christmas cards
christmas presents
Burn paperwork N
Clean car N

Breathes and repeats: "It IS doable" "It is doable" "It IS"...

Today has alternated between productive and resentful! I have tidied seemingly constantly - feels like I got nowhere but some progress has surely been made. Hoovered downstairs, laundry put away, washed and hung up, dw run, asda put away, everyone fed, rubbish and recycling out, birthday party attended. The prospect of a chilled-out Sunday with minimal routines is a long way off in this house, it's catch-up day here still!

So tonight need to:

• get clothes ready for tomorrow
• bath kids
• empty dw and reload with dinner stuff
• journal
• some more tidying
• find sheets for kids' beds
• get ds' school bag ready

Hope everyone's day improved, that nettie's tooth has been fixed, that DID got chocolate and made headway on impressive list (what do the A and N letter codes mean?), that ellie got a nap, that people are getting better chez cobwebs, and that everyone else has had a lovely day.

N = need to do
A = achievable

That list is what needs to get done before the end of the month, with exception of cards and presents

Hello all

Visitors yesterday so did loads!!

Hoovered stairs
Swept and Mopped all downstairs
Tidied Sitting room
Cleared off Dining room table
Tidied playroom
S&S kitchen
S&S Bathroom
Sorted out Toiletries etc

Tomorrow:
Dust/Polish
S&S Kitchen/Bathroom
Bring bag of clothes to recycling

Bob glad things seem to be going better