December's Fledgling Flyers: Christmas time, swish and swipe and wine, flyers sing to the fat fairy rhyme.

[elliepac]

Welcome to the December 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 DEM/DID who looked after us last month and did a fantabulous job

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.

mweh, i'm about too. sleep in the day and you dont sleep in the night. got the munchies. pah.

< waves at the early birds >

Swan, luckily I am past the lego stage!
Serious internet cruising today, me thinks!

(that's my list, by the way)

Just taken DS for swimming training and it is Soooooooooo cold outside!!

Have a good day everyone.

list:
wash rug
ironing
put clothes away
paperwork/junk sorting in lounge
sort ds' floor out
hoover
laundry
15 mins hall & landing
15mins bathroom
15min dining room

PANIC -a very important part of today's list!

Morning everyone. I'm on train so will read up on your activities in a mo! Wanted to update my list.

Tree done
Door Staining done
More toys moved to Dd room done
Hanging rail moved to spare room
Dw/Wm/td on
Lotsa work done

Now off shopping but train keeps Loosing power!!!

Hope you are all ok. Off to read up now

Quick list update:
wash rug done
ironing done what ws in pile
put clothes away half done
paperwork/junk sorting in lounge
sort ds' floor out
hoover
laundry 2nd load on
Folding up to date
Sock matching in progress
15 mins hall & landing
15mins bathroom
15min dining room

Work took far longer than I thought; I've only just sent it off, so that's another morning gone. Am wondering whether it's even worth posting a list update, but it might spur me on...

Work done
Morning routine abandoned
Invoices x2
Write more Christmas cards - have put stamps on two cards
Afternoon routine
DD2 to paediatrician
Buy coffee filters (urgent!)
Evening routine

LOL coffee filters - or Turkish style coffee in emergency?

done
some internet shopping from John Lewis. It was easier than I thought, except now I am wasting time thinking who I can possibly buy a tapestry kit for (me obviously! will have to resist )

no Lego trains to be had, had to compromise with Hogwarts Express which he may be persuaded he likes when he gets it
Also ordered lots of positive role model Barbies LOL not the dentist though that might be too much for dd..

My neck hurts and I think I'm going to do some old style inefficient RL shopping now

have done a bit of panic clearing as landlord on way over ..... oh my gosh why do i do this to myself :(

Very odd day so far but lots done:

• Up at stupid o'clock and did a few emails and some work (woke up thinking about being behind with work so got up and did a bit which made me feel better!)
• Morning routine done properly for first time in ages including sweeping kitchen floor
• Big toys put in car to take to shop
• Tried to go shopping but car wouldn't start so feel like I have few 'free' hours to catch up on other things
• Chatted to friend who came to pick up keyboard
• Part of Mission from earlier in week
• Sorted 'stuff' beside microwave and chucked most of it
• Cleaned microwave
• Rung tea towel company (who are great and I would recommend if you are fund-raising) to sort out a few things
• Sorted out things for MN Santa present

Having a break now to catch up here and plan how I can use rest of time usefully - choice is work, Christmas letter, Mission or two, sort out paperwork or read my book. Know what I would like to do but doing some Flying would be better in the long term

Got an hour left before need to go to school to try and sell more tea towels.
Lunch first I think

Right lunch break and update:

quick list update:

wash rug done
ironing done what was in pile
put clothes away done
paperwork/junk sorting in lounge 30mins done
sort ds' room out done
hoover
laundry 3rd load on
Folding up to date
Sock matching done as many as can find to pair
15 mins hall & landing done
15mins bathroom done
15min dining room

15 mins MN done

right must finish eating and get cracking again.

pre ds collection:

wash rug done
ironing done with exception of what is finishing washing
put clothes away done except ds
paperwork/junk sorting in lounge cleared half the junk!!
sort ds' room out done
hoover
laundry Emptied laundry basket
Folding up to date
Sock matching done as many as can find to pair
15 mins hall & landing done
15mins bathroom done
15min dining room - mweh forgetting today!

More money in our account than I expected, so went Christmas shopping. Then DH told me that it was money to pay into his credit-card account .

Feetheart hope you read your book

done
piano lesson (still struggling with Enigma variations for beginners!)
card/present to piano teacher (stole one of dh's best bottle sof wine)
internet shopping as before!
pot roast in oven (sudden change of menuplan)

now plan is
todo
pickup with choc biscuits
dd painting
stop ds2 having a fit
prepare dd's uniform
earlysish supper
hoover! tidy! dust! make beds! for babysitter
take dd to carol singing 6pm -pick her up at 7.30
(bit of a breathing space there)
dress up
go out and have a lovely eve at cousin's drinks

oh I'm v. late

Ahhh the snow here has put everything to a standstill again.

My car is stuck at work, not that you can get anywhere!

We live in central Scotland and it's still chaos here.

Schools closed again. That's two weeks now that the school has only been open on the Monday.

DD2 been in a terrible mood today. Just got her off to sleep now.

Managed so far;

3 of us, up/dressed/fed
Beds made/blinds up/windows opened
Kitchen tidied/dishes washed & dried/floor brushed & mopped
One load of washing done and over airer
Lunch done for DD1 and me
Dishes done & away

Housebound as murder trying to push pram through slushy snow so no idea what I can make for dinner. Was shopping day Tuesday but that never happened.

Any ideas what I can make with some white rice, baked beans, cheddar cheese and wraps?

Hello all - wow, lots of flying going on, I feel quite exhausted reading some of your lists. I went AWOL yesterday - got the bare minimum done but just felt really overwhelmed by the tedium of it all so spent most of the day reading a book .

Today I was supposed to be going christmas shopping with posh friend in the west end but DS is off sick with a flu thing so never got to go . And I have thrush . And a verucca .

hair up properly done
wash up done
shine sink done
wipe and sweep kitchen done
hang washing done
next lot of laundry in
cooking with DD - cheese and onion pasties with bought puff pastry
clean cooker [shudder]
catch up on missed baby steps
ignore christmas done

Deck, you've done loads! Hope you're not overdoing it. Special congrats on getting your rug washed. 'wash rug' has been like an old friend on your lists - I'll sort of miss seeing it there

Just deleted a long rant about the amount of toys we have in our cellar and the fact that we really don't need a second playroom. I'm so fed up but DH and I have reached an impasse - he doesn't think we have too many toys, it's just that I don't supervise the DC enough; I think they should be able to play unsupervised and can't supervise them all at the same time when they have friends over anyway.

Parsnips Oh dear, it's not your day is it? Hope you manage your shopping trip another time.

mumtoblaire Sorry to hear about the chaos the snow is causing; I think I would go mad if I had to keep the DC at home for more than a day or so.

swan Have a lovely evening.

Toffee Oops!

Deck Well done on getting through so much of your list.

Am in two minds about whether to rescue the cellar before DH gets home; I suspect that leaving it as it is isn't going to make him realise that I was right all along.

Ho hum, long time no post!

Finally, Finally got all the fuss and hassle sorted out, and can now breathe easy. Parents are winging their way Stateswards as I type! Things have not been helped by the fact that Mum's brother died at the week-end, and for a moment Mum was wavering on cancelling the trip. I persuaded her not to, basically because the cicumstances for the trip would never come around again and she'll regret it.

I have also been up to my eyeballs with overtime at work, as there's a lot of IT stuff to do to avoind losing data etc before a planned upgrade to our system. And of course, I'm the "office IT expert" who's never had any training .

Routines went out the window and I barely kept pace with enough housework to keep us decent .

So tomorrow I'm hoping to re-start flying again, though I do have to say that thanks to being on the threads previously, it won't seem half as bad to begin again.

Hi to everyone, I promise to catch up with your latest names very soon. and as for Darts, well, you win some, lose some! Or at least, I did

I did all of my list {fgrin]

Evening everyone.

I was coming on with big apologies for missing yesterday's steps but having had a super quick scroll though I can clearly see that no-one missed me and my steps whatsoever . You don't need a leader anymore, I am surplus to requirements

Your babystep for today is the power of 15. A very wise one this, take note!

The mission for today is here.

Morning all,

I'm hoping this morning will remain work-free so I can actually get on with a few things for once.

List:
Post grand total of two Christmas cards written at weekend done
Post invoice done
e-mail invoice
Morning routine
Christmas cards/correspondence
Menu planning
Write shopping list
Pack DS and DD2's overnight bags
DD2 to friend's
DD1 to dyslexia lesson
Food shopping
Buy sympathy card
Help DD1 to revise for test on Old Stone Age/New Stone Age
Pick up DD2 and DS from gym club and return to friend's for overnight stay
DD1 to neighbours overnight
Out with DH for a meal (first time ever here!)

ellie It must have been a very worrying situation with your FIL; glad to hear he's OK now.

Darts Sorry to hear about your uncle.
I'll join you in restarting flying today as I've had a week or two off due to work.

Have a good day everyone.

Morning all.

Hugs to you Ellie and Darts.

Drum roll please....... I bought my first Christmas present yesterday!!!
I have given up on cards this year.

DD1 is travelling down today to spend the weekend here.

I have come to terms with the metal now in place in DD2s face. I could even say that I actually quite like it, but I just wish she had warned me beforehand!! Still not had a word from DH about it, so I assume he has not come round as quickly as me!

List for today:
Make lasagne for tea
Lots of cuddles with DD1
think about other Christmas presents (no ideas as I seem to be brain dead!)
Look after old dear (breakfast, lunch, dinner, no bath today as her hairdresser is coming)
Feed neighbours cats (4 cats )

Linzer, I hope your meal out is good.