If your house is calling May Day, do not fear: May's Fledgling Flyers are here

[LinzerTorte]

Welcome to the May edition of the Fledgling Flyers' thread. Thank you to Nettie for her splendid leadership of last month's thread.

If you're living in CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome), this is the thread for you! We follow the tips on the FlyLady website in an attempt to restore order to our homes, but advise against signing up for the e-mails; all the information you need is on this thread.

Each day, I'll be posting the links that will enable you to do any of the following:

• start or repeat baby steps
  

• repeat babysteps and do 15 mins a day decluttering in the current zone
  

or

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

More information about the babysteps is here.

So please join us - there's always plenty of chat, tea, cake, encouragement and the occasional to help us on our way!

[NettieSpaghetti]

good evening

bobbinogs i love it a slightly fat patronising lady to boss me around needed here too. Id never heard of it either iuntil i stumbled upon this thread. I have been here for 15 months now and i think my wholehouse has improved ten fold. Im a bit more organised. Have decluttered tons of stuff, still have tons to do. All the girls here are fab and have made me feel right at home. Some months go bril other go awry. Best is posting to make me realise that whilst i feel i have achieved very little i have been quite productive
myhouse good luck with decluttering clothes.
swan you are so clever. I really needed to sit in wind and absorb vitamin d today. I'm going to put that on my list for tomorrow.

Huge waves to everyone ive missed.

Get dressed to shoes (very bad habit and i wish i never)-done
Tidy up toys (5 day on list)-done hooray
Dw-done x 2
WM-not done, not enough to do a load....until dh came home and finally tidied up the mess that is his side of the bed. I now have a full basket
S/s-done
Bed changing-nope
pack my stuff for scotland-done
remove place mats from table cloth stuck fast.=done
Go shopping and buy some new make up for going away. Any make up experts out there no any miracle easy to put on stuff, advise would be gratefully accepted. As long as its not tattoo make up. I'm not good with pain -done got some 24 hour lipstick!
Mop kitchen floor if time.-no swept
ds to swim lesson(pack swim bag)-done
pack day bags for tomorrow-done
Also hoovered downstairs.
Made squidgy banana cookies, yuk!
Failed flapjacks, couldnt find the thread recipe i had which was much nicer.
Cleaned my dressing table and bedside cabinet.
Bounced on trampoline with dd

My list for tomorrow as its gonna be a bit hectic in the morning

get up dressed/dc dressed
ds to montessori
me and dd to garage as the bonnet is not shutting properly and it was bouncing up and down on the bypass today.
Ring school we have been offered a place to reiterate we want to accept place unless or other first choice school come up!
Take dd to her first 1 to 1 swimming lesson.
Pick ds up
mop floors
make dinner,pork chops, veg and jersey royals [yum]
Clean front door and steps
whatever tomorrows mission is.
Drop box off to charity shop, moved from hall to boot.
Pack dc overnight cases for there sleepover at nannys on Friday.

I think thats enought to be getting on with.

Hope you all have a fab evening and day tomorrow, See you later tomorrow.

[NettieSpaghetti]

x-posted with linzer glad you had a lovely time at the playpark. about kiss me quick hat. I unfortunately already have a school hat to wear to a disco we are attending . Of course i am totally wrinkle free, have all my own teeth and no grey hairs!

[PositiveAttitude]

Walk was lovely, although I ended up vaulting a gate at the speed of lightening when confronted with field full of sheep who seemed to take a dislike to me.

LOts of you enjoying the bank holiday today by the look of it.

oh yes, where are you in Greece Imnobody? We are going to Kefalonia in July and last month for DSs 15th birthday he asked for a "teach yourself Greek" course. SO far he has done far more of that than his GCSE work (Dont tell Ellie ). He can now confidently meet and greet and introduce himself and ask for 12 pints of beer!! - His theory in asking for 12 is that he and DH can drink them and he wont have to ask again as he wont remember the greek when he has had a few!!

Washing is all completed, although ironing will be finished in the morning before school.
Kitchen is fairly good immaculate!
Rabbits, cats, DCs and DH all fed and watered so a successful day completed. Feet up now

Back to work tomorrow

[droitwichmummy]

Hi everyone. Lots of busy people today.

Quick run-through of my list:
play hide and seek with DS and his bears done also played football in the park
get dressed done
empty DW done twice
change beds done
WM on done x3
empty WM and hang out x 2 (or 3) done
30 mins ironing done 20
put the hall light up done but didn't need to drill DH helped when he got home so we have a proper light in our hall now - only took 5 years
quick tidy of pantry ready for Tesco mega delivery this afternoon done
put away mega tesco delivery done
15 mins declutter in hall - do shoes breed? not done as the light took so long
remember DS has football at 6 oh no he didn't! Thankfully checked the letter in the morning so didn't turn up on the wrong day
shine sink [next]
bed on time! - I've got really bad at this but am back in the office tomorrow for first time in 2 weeks so have to get up at a decent hour maybe - I have knitting to do!

See you all tomorrow

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes]

Evening all,

Well, nearly all the unpacking is done now, just one crate of camping bits to go back to the shed tomorrow and sleeping bags / packing bags up to the loft. The DCs have kept saying how much they enjoyed it, I really enjoyed getting them away from the telly. Wii and computer for a couple of days (did keep an eye on the real world via Iphone), so good all round.

Managed 3 lots of washing dry on the line too, such was the wind today, seems to have died down now. Tomorrow I am accompanying DD's class on a trip to a local farm, so I have been finding wellies etc.

Glad so many of you have been having a lovely weekend, Swan - you have made me feel like heading off to York, I have relatives there (all over Yorkshire in fact) that I don't see often enough, and York is such a nice place. I get most of my campsite info from either MN (the review bit as well as the camping talk bit) + the UKcampsites website.

PA - glad DS is getting on well with his Greek lessons! We are going to France at half term, and DD suddenly piped up with "un glace s'il vous plait" the other day, she has obviously been paying attention at school.

Linzer - thank you for the roundup.

I'm very tired, so off to bed, night night.

[myhouseWILLbecleanthisyear]

Right just a quicky with tomorrows list:

1. turn washing machine on
   
2. get washing hung/in dryer
   
3. iron washing
   
4. go with DS's class swimming
   
5. Do front garden (now the green bin is empty after filling it with back garden growth)
   
6. fill washing machine ready for Wed
   
7. Get uniform ready for school on Wed
   
8. wipe down kitchen side
   
9. wipe down kids table
   
   See you all tomorrow :)

[swanriver]

Scatty wow yes, didn't read the Guardian this Sat (only thrillers and usually don't read Money section
She's made it! Teamonster if you are reading hurrah!

Yep, £50 can be done, if wine is left out of equation. But I've given up as DH always always spoils things (or improves things) with takeaway at some point, undoing all my efforts at thrift. So it saves more money if I have something he regards as exciting in house.
Interesting also that baking your own bread can save a lot too.
A man was tryng to live on £5 in Guardian yesterday was it?, and I was amazed how hopeless he was, buying things like 10 slices of cooked sliced ham instead of a sack of potatoes or rice or even lentils and onions. But, I suppose it is easy to think one could do better when you don't actually have to live on £5

[swanriver]

My exciting thriller seems to have been made into a television drama, which we caught this evening. DH and I have both read it now, so we were greatly amused by the changes they had made to make it TV friendly. Brunette becomes blonde, expert on venetian marshes becomes a hotel manager, Arts and Craft house becomes a white modernist dream. How very odd television is.

[LinzerTorte]

Morning all. Here are today's links:

The babystep is to continue what we've been doing so far, i.e. shining our sinks and getting dressed to our lace-up shoes (or not, if - like me - you don't do that particular babystep).

Today's mission is to spend 15 minutes in the hall putting things away.

Tuesday is a free day in FlyLady's Basic Weekly Plan (don't forget to water your plants!), although I do part of my weekly home overhaul on a Tuesday.

[CheerfulYank]

Tomorrow's List:

#DH, DS, and I showered, dressed, fed, coffeed (well not in DS's case of course) and out of the house by 7:45
#Take out garbage before leaving the house so that the dog does not rip it apart of find the chicken remains therein
#Swish n swipe
#Make beds
#Pet Care
#Vacuum upstairs
#Make soup
#Remove TV from upstairs and put into storage
#Clear out one clutter basket
#Mission for the day
#Put away laundry
#go to bed by 11pm
#Catch up on this thread!
#Dishes
#Shine sink

(not necessarily in this order :) ) Have a lovely morning ladies! Good night! :)

[CheerfulYank]

Oh and:

#listen to my Paul McKenna CD
#Work out to the dreaded Shred dvd
#help DS make an "All About Me" poster for preschool

I'm going to have to delegate some of this...

[droitwichmummy]

Morning all

Back to work today so short list
Get DS up
washing on line
breakfast
dressed
dinner money etc
get mince & ham out of freezer
out at 7.20
make tea
15 mins in hall (should take care of those shoes!)
tidy kitchen
load DW
load WM
shine sink

Have a good day everyone

[LiveLong]

Finally managed to shine my sink (better late than never). Why have I never done this before? It looks lovely. Luckily for me I don't have a hall so I can just carry on clearing up the mess from DS's first birthday party and preparing for his 'play date' this afternoon.

[LinzerTorte]

Have been back from the school run for an hour and have so far only managed to empty the dishwasher. Having a "quick" look at active convos is never a good idea. Have a friend coming over for coffee in just over an hour and I really must get my morning routine finished before then; it's doable, but only if I stay off MN.

swan Which thriller did you read? I bought Into the Darkest Corner on the strength of all the rave reviews on MN; it was def. a very gripping read (I read it in a day), although I've found Nicci French, for example, equally gripping.

[scattyspice]

Morning. Happy 1st birthday livelong DS (ahh).

Short list for me too:
school/work
DS judo
finish house bleugh (dusting mainly)
condider mission .

[elliepac]

Morning all!



I can confidently say that I will do no flying today so am going to place myself in the naughty corner right now to save time later . I am only teaching 2 lessons out of 5 today and am about to sit down with a huge pile of coursework marking and administration and after that I have parent's evening until 7. Also need to spend some time with my Year 11's at lunchtime doing some revision

Had an absolutely fabulous weekend. The weather was lovely, if little chilly, and much fun and family time was had. The point of being at the caravan is that there is nowhere to escape to...i HAVE to spend time with the children .

Happy 1st Birthday to livelong's DS.

dwm dem is indeed still around, she hasn't posted yet this month as I think she has technical issues, you'll soon guess who she is when she does .

sr £50 can be done I agree. I can do it when I have no nappies/toiletries/cleaningstuff to buy. Pure food I can do it. Having said that the DC's don't eat at home during the week as have lunch/tea at school/cm's so that may be cheating a little .

Better go and get on with this marking.

Might get back on later if parent's evening doesn't drag too much.

[LadyInPink]

School run done
Washing on and on last spin so can hang out in a mo!

Need to do some work in my home office
Meet friend for lunch (not seen her in 4mths)
Do todays mission in front hall
Watered plants yesterday but i always need a reminder
Bought bedding plants for back garden so they need putting in at some point soon.

Catch up soon.

[swanriver]

just listening to Bob Marley on blog land music video links
feeling very ropey, so have gone back to bed again with more pills

Cheerful I would delegate the Shred
Linzer Point of Rescue by Sophie Hannah. Now I'm back to meandering Toibin, which is a bit more me really
Ellie Oh I always find ways to get away however small the space. The smaller the inside, the larger the outside seems, ifysim....
Good luck with marking, hope they did a good job on their coursework. Every time I read ds1's work I want to grind my teeth at the grammar. You must be very patient.

Todo
At 10.30 I am going to wobble into action.
Basins
Sinks
Beds
What's for dinner?

Children at school, with relevant uniform and homework. All in good mood.

[Toffeefudgecake]

Piriton worked wonders! DS2 slept through till midnight, requested another dose (he likes it ), then slept through till 9am! As did I. And DS1. Poor DH was up and out of the door for work by 7.

DS2 is much, much better today. His spots are beginning to heal over and he is very cheery. He is busy playing in the garden at the moment, making a home for his new pets (three woodlice - one of them is dead, but I don't think he's noticed yet ).

Have surveyed the wreck of my house in dismay this morning. I need a 'to do' list, but it is more of a wish list, really, as I have to help DS1 revise for SATs next week and DS2 will need attention at the most inconvenient moments, I'm sure. Luckily, DS1 is doing Mathswhizz on the computer at the moment, so I can count that as revision without getting involved.

OK... .. here goes:

Dress done - always makes me feel better putting that down!
B/fasts done
S&S
D/w - unload
D/w - reload
W/m
Kitchen - room rescue (will take longer than 15mins, I'm sure)
Shine sink
Kitchen hotspot
Put some washing away
Mission - my hall really needs attention today
Sitting room - 15 min room rescue
Bedroom - 15 minute room rescue
Dry clothes
Lunch

Am stopping there, as I think that may take me all day, fitted round the two DC. Will have to sit down and go through some Maths/English stuff with DS1 at some stage.

Linzer - you are doing a great job! Thanks for your round ups. I really don't have time to read through the thread at the moment, so they are very useful. Glad for you to hear your DC are back at school (they only had a short Easter break, didn't they?).

Waves to everyone else, regulars and newbies, and thank you all for the tips on chickenpox.

[LiveLong]

Thanks for the birthday wishes scattyspice and elliepac :)

Thanks to DS having a long morning nap I have been very virtuous today and:

Cleaned kitchen floor
Cleaned downstairs loo including floor
Put a load of washing in
Rescued clothes left in tumble drier by DH four days ago (they smell musty :( - any ideas how to make them smell fresh, short of washing them again?)
Washed up

[LinzerTorte]

Had a lovely morning catching up with a British friend who I hadn't met up with properly for over six years. Only a fellow expat can appreciate the absurdity of an Austrian commentator reporting that "Mr Bean was at Diana's funeral" and "Mr Bean is a close personal friend of Prince Charles'" (DH just said, "Yes, well, no one would know Rowan Atkinson's name here").

My running gear has arrived! So I really don't have any more excuses left... apart from the fact that I have a MN running buddy who can't start until next Monday and I feel it would be only polite to wait for her.

My Babyliss Big Hair has also just arrived; I'm sure I wouldn't spend half as much money if it wasn't for MN (wouldn't have heard of BBH, let along bought it, if it hadn't been for MN). I really don't need big hair, but apparently it makes your hair swishy rather than big. My hair generally doesn't do swishy, so I hope it lives up to expectations.

Toffee So glad to hear your DS is feeling better; the first few days of chickenpox are definitely the worst, I found.

swan I keep reading about Sophie Hannah on MN and meaning to try her. Have just finished Brooklyn, which I enjoyed more than I was expecting to (don't know why I wasn't expecting to).

[NettieSpaghetti]

linzer sounds lovely. Old friends are brill arent they . at bbh
toffee so glad ds is feeling better this morning and sleep was had by all.
ellie good luck with your busy day and parents evening.

Quick list update before head off for dd swim lesson


get up dressed/dc dressed-done
ds to montessori-done forgot lunch box, had to traavel home and travel back
me and dd to garage as the bonnet is not shutting properly and it was bouncing up and down on the bypass today.-booked in for tomorrow
Ring school we have been offered a place to reiterate we want to accept place unless or other first choice school come up! -done
Take dd to her first 1 to 1 swimming lesson.
Pick ds up
mop floors
make dinner,pork chops, veg and jersey royals [yum]
Clean front door and steps
whatever tomorrows mission is.
Drop box off to charity shop, moved from hall to boot.-done
Pack dc overnight cases for there sleepover at nannys on Friday.


Also went to camping shop, bought new kettle, new stove (need gas hose and regulator now), self inflating bed for ds, growing out of his first ready bed. Went to shopping village and got dd haircut.

Right better skedaddle.

[bobbinogs]

linzer and nettie thanks for letting me know the flylady is going to help as much as i think she is ! at work today and I can see how it will be harder to get stuff doen when I'm home after tea and wanting to catch up with the kids and relax. Dh and dd at home so who knows what state my lovely shiny sink will be tonight. However I'm thinking this system might also help me to get Dh and Ds and Dd involved in helping rounbd the house more rather than me just stewing in resentment then blowing up at them every now and then. To be fair ds and dd are pretty good at putting their stuff away and they're only 5 and 2 but dh is a nightmare

[Stillchuckingit]

Hi all

Sorry to be absent yet again. Type still jerking (will copy and paste from Word doc when I get more time Linzer) also going through a bit of a school crisis with dd atm. Sadly (cos it's a great school) may be that we have to move her at worst moment, mid cycle (cycles of two years) in to different main language, when all places already taken for Sept! Help!

Back when things a bit more sane ...

Feel very ou of touch with everyone ... apologies ....

[Stillchuckingit]

Forgot to wish Toffee's ds2 well with this spots ...poor lad.. glad he is feeling a bit chirpier