Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to August's edition of the Fledgling Flyers,
Meine Damen, Mesdames, Ladies! (although any Herren, Messieurs and Gentlemen would be very welcome too, I'm sure, and apologies for the show tunes now lodged in everyone's heads ...)
If you're trying to keep out of CHAOS over the summer holidays, with the dear children creating havoc all around, then pull up a chair, roll up your sleeves and join in the fun.
Fly Lady's website is here, but we don't recommend signing up for the emails unless you want an ironically cluttered inbox. I'll post the links to the information for every day this month and try to keep up with all the chat.
There are babysteps to get you started on forming a routine, and missions to do once each room is decluttered and, as the Fat Fairy says, it's amazing what you can do in fifteen minutes. We'll be starting August in the entrance, front porch and dining room, and sifting the sense from the cutesy language. :)
I notice from the archive that it's the thread's second birthday so I'm sure there'll be cake as well as plenty of 
, 
and 
- virtual, so no calories - along the way. Finally, a big thank you to CHB and Swan for leading us heroically through a hectic July! 
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It's August - can the Fledglings keep FLYing with children underfoot?!
BlueEyeshadow · 29/07/2011 14:32
Morning everyone, feetheart shuffles in late as usual :)
Am posting from my Mum's where DC and I have been since last Weds. DH as been left at home with the cats and I am dreading what will greet us as we step through the door late tonight - be warned, there may be a lot of ranting tomorrow 
Will attempt to catch up and then join in.
I have been reading 'Time Management for Manic Mums' (an excellent 50p charity shop investment) whilst I've been away and I HAVE PLANS!! DH may not know what has hit him and I may need to use a lot of my long forgotten psychology degree on all the family but I really want to change things. Wish me luck.
Right, need to round up DC and get them dressed so better set a good example :)
Feet - give us a clue to your plans! I'm intrigued now.
Ihatecobwebs - how is the new job going?
Have just finished catching up with emails. Am disobeying Flylady's dictum and I am still not dressed 
. About to tackle the washing and the kitchen.
I have return from a successful coat cupboard tidy, I finished dusting the spare room for grandparents visit, two loads of washing done and third load on now. Shame it's pissing down with rain so the house now looks like a laundry 
Coffee time now while DS naps
Qwepoi - we've still got boxes of junk from when we moved into our first house - 10 years ago!
When we moved to this house, it was easier to just move the boxes and say "we'll sort it out when we get there" - they're still in the eaves! 
Hoping that once I'm flying properly, I can get through them too.
Isn't it nice to feel organised and not worry about guests coming?! 
Chocolate peanut butter fairy cake anyone?
So, 4 kids for the morning is a bit knackering, but went well. There was a 4yr,3yr,2yr and 11m old. The 2yr old cut his lip within the first hour, but actually i was more worried than him, only a tiny bit of blood 
DONE
Breakfast
Get dressed
Hang washing out
Put another washload on
Make beds
Clear up breakfast stuff
Get dcs dressed
Empty dishy
Fold up dry washing
DS upstairs for nap (he was up at 5.30 and 6.30am)
Have a coffee
Check weather
Friends dcs over 9.30am
Drinks and snacks
Make cakes
Make lunch
Phone patio people (they didn't turn up yesterday)
TO DO
Sort some washing out (fold/put away)
DS nap/Go to horses
Go to Homebase?
Search for hotspots around current fly zone
Dinner
Tidy up
DCs bed
Shine my sink
Dishy on
Start organising bedroom to decorate
Washload on
Feed cat
Shower
Bed
Just deciding how to organise rest of the jobs.....
Hellllloooooo!!
Still haven't had a proper chunk of time in which to catch up on thread but hope everyone is OK.
Having a "creative" day here. Painting a "thank you" card for my sister and baking cakes and sewing her an apron as token of appreciation for all her help when visitors were here. Dh will post whatever I have finished in UK tomorrow on his travels.
The only Flying I am doing is trying to keep everything fairly tidy and am taking advantage of bright sunshine to tackle humungous washing pile. Loads and loads of post-visitor bed linen....
DD and I are wafting around in pyjama-like clothing and flip-flops and it is all very relaxing. We may not even leave the house today except to nip to supermarket and back.
I love the school holidays !!!!!!
A warm welcome to qwepoi!
And welcome back to noeyedear!
Dedalus I have horse 
We are city-based and so have to make do with weekly trips to local riding establishment. Extensive woods available for rides though thankfully.
Nice to see Nicknacks Feetheart OM and huge waves to everyone else!!
Thanks for links and round-up Blue!!
Happy holidays Whoknows !! IOW IS popular this year ....!!
yOU can do it CHB!
Sorry to slope off without any more personals but must get as much ready to post tomorrow as poss. Waves back frantically to Toffee!!
Sort kitchen done
Washing doing
Declutter our bedroom still to do
We are all dressed - at last. Lunch is cooking and the DC have ice lollies for pudding, so they are happy. Plus I am letting them watch telly (lots of benign neglect this morning).
I have swished and swiped in the bathroom. New list for after lunch:
Wash up
Book carpet cleaner for sitting room (would like whole house done, but too costly)
Ring bank
Ring MIL
Declutter bedroom
Wrap present
Party
Tesco delivery later
Evening routine, etc.
Fuzzled - glad you emerged safely from the coat mountain.
Noeyedear - hmm, I was a bit worried that the Cozi calendar would just be another chore to do, rather than a help. Sounds a bit like it was that way for you. On the other hand, I do love compiling lists and feeling organised. Plus, DH might actually look at an online calendar, whereas he never remembers to look at our written calendar, so we end up double booking.
Anyone else used the Cozi calendar yet?
CHB - will be joining you in a 15-minute burst of decluttering activity in the bedroom after lunch (er, my bedroom, I mean - am not helping you with yours, I'm afraid 
).
Dedalus - glad the morning with four little ones went well, apart from the cut lip. When I was a childminder, I was always far more worried about other people's children hurting themselves than my own! I just wanted to return them unscathed. I found it very nerve-wracking! Whereas I was relaxed and used to my own children.
Lunchtime now...
Toffee lots of interruptions today as well...our house seems v. pokey too..
finally reduced to letting everyone watch telly
DH had to come out to Ireland at short notice last week to help me deal with accident/hospital etc, so the house has the mess we(he) left behind and the mess we've brought with us! Not a good combination Distinctly uninviting after lovely empty holiday cottage They look so neat when you clean them and leave! Hope to go back on 10th again....
done
Gp appt to get referral to fracture clinic for broken arm of ds1.
quick shop and walk for children
piled stuff high in sink
made appt to see Health Centre nurse about ds1 weight
arranged for friend to look after dd tomorrow so that Dh and I can spend day at Asperger's referral with other two...
OFM hope you get through to Thursday when the 2nd doctor joins you.
Hope dh is managing homefront for you. I miss my running with ds1! Amazing how addictive it is...
hello to Messymammy Pinkhollie and anyone else new.
Right about to head out to Ikea. Am on own so shouldn't take too long thank fuck Have a list that i shall be sticking to. Not much on the list which is nice. In the mean time posting the done list.
Motivational list of stuff done so far:
get up and breakfast done
air house doing
wipe down plastic sheet in ds' room and make the bed
put ds' books away done
Decluttering in ds' room in 15min bursts done 2x 15mins
Decluttering in my room in 15min bursts done 3x 15mins
Laundry 3rd load on
folding up to date
put clothes away up to date
put stuff into the loft
deal with pile of stuff that has come out of car almosted finished stuff from first batch of clearing out
find unpicker done
Take stock of projects in progress that need finishing. done
Load dishwasher done
pots from yesterday
shine sink.
cook lunch done
speak to insurance company done
finish tidying car important as car now at garage tomo
Put new windscreen wipers on car
hoover car important as car now at garage tomo
Renew library books done
pick up prescription form and drop of for meds done
Book car in for exhaust done
Piss ex off wasn't intential but achieved
Sort out design for next project. done
Sort out ds's school bag. done and discovered the pe kit in it that we spent 20mins searching for on the last day of term. why did ds not tell me he had put it into his bag?
Empty storage in hall to go into ds' room for books done
Melt in heat done
bbl.
evening all
V tired so apologise in advance for lack of individuals
toffee I have just started using the cozi calendar. I like a number of things about it : like that I can add everyones stuff to it and that it is colour coded so I can easily see who needs to be where when, like that I can have my "to Do" list on screen along with snap shot of calendar, like that I can add grocery list as I go along. Especially like the way I now have it set up so that it will email me AND DH every Sunday Evening with full weeks events!! DH likes he has found some way to sort of link it with his work Outlook calendar so may actually use it!Also like that it is internet based so that I can view it on oc at work too.
On the downside when I tried adding the FLYlady zone lists to it it was just swamped and way too much info to make it useful so I took that off it. Also the screen view isnt great due to the adds you dont get to see a whole week at a time without scrolling down (minor detail but it annpys me!)
Once registered I have found it quite easy to add stuff to and not too time consuming. I'm going to stick with it for a bit as so far it is proving useful!
swan glad your back safe and sound. Post holiday mess is a pain though...(especially when combined with pre-holiday mess!)
welcome all newbies!!
dedalus choc peanut butter fairy cake sounds yummy!
chb like your un-intentional achievement of the day!
well, my day looked good first thing this morning, fairly clear diary, nice quiet day at work...but as usual turned out manic! Lots of unexpected stuff at work - as is often the way!survived though! was a bit late home...but did manage to go for a run. had planned a slightly new route involving paths through the woods but got a wee bit lost so ended up running round the woods for slightly longer than planned and came out of wrong end of woods meaning an extra mile home! Was shattered by the end of it but it was good for me.
Need to try and get early night as I seem to be permenantly absolutely exhausted...
dont even know what I need to do tomorrow...will now go consult my cozi calendar to find out LOL
bbtomorrow
Not been here for weeks now so sorry for going AWOL. Have had the decoraters in and the plasterers so the house is a tip so no FLYing has been done at all recently. Been going out a lot as weather been lovely and due to go away for a couple of mini breaks soon so again you won't see me.
Did clean out my fridge earlier and treated myself to a face pack but that's it today as been down the beach with DD and her class.
Hope you are all ok! Lots of new faces I see
Thanks for the welcomes back! how are we doing this now? Do we write our to do lists on here and then say what we've achieved? Sorry, I haven't had time to read the whole thread ( even though it's not that long) . I updated my Cozi calendar for the month. Forgot to say there are a few recipes on the Cozi website that are quite nice. A bit americanish, but adaptable. It is OK actually, but like overflowingmum my biggest mistake was downloading the Zone lists- They really are daunting, even with the irrelevant stuff taken out ( childrens bathroom, parents bathroom, walk in closet, swimming pool etc!)
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my mumsnet layout has turned very strange...all miniature in bits, so you will have to excuse me if I don't notice very obvious spelling grammar mistakes.
I had to keep remembering that there is no reason why today should not be a holiday as good as any other...ahem...London is after all a interesting place. Also reminded by fact that many of you live near inviting forests/beaches that holiday is a state of mind rather than a place itself...
HOWEVER, that said, I have not had a restful day.
managed to stay patient with children till about 2pm when I dissolved into resentful tears and then again I lost it on the way to Swimming pool (why do I end up taking children swimming at 6pm? must be desperation?) due to incessant windup of ds2 by ds1, lack of help with any aspect of tidying up and worst of all, THEY DON@T LET ME USE MY OWN COMPUTER House very messy, DH suffering aftermath of using his holiday allowance without actually as he put it, "having a holiday", and tomorrow we have to spend whole morning at CAMHS. Also he has cut down the hedge, and not had time to clear up any of the branches which are littering front path! I wish someone would take children away for a whole day or alternatively give them a magic draught to make them be nice to each other, and then I could get house into order for the "holidays".
On plus side I have swum ten lengths,
almost finished cleaning/tidying kitchen
taken children for swim (not ds1 of course, he had to play on computer at poolside)
swept one lot of floors
dealt with newspaper clearout
cooked supper
two friend phone calls
one email
two loads of washing
tidied dd's room
intervened to promote happiness and harmony for most of the day...
Feet pointless to brood, just give two essential tasks for him to do(change sheets?, bin out? cut hedge?), and expect no miracles. The house is always scuzzy with DH left behind, I have never known hiim to succeed to wiping a single worktop, or sweep any floors, however he is good at washing and bedmaking...
Feet actually I'm lying, I felt v.resentful when walked in the door yesterday, despite all his kind help over accident, leaving work at short notice, losing his weekend etc; all I thought was, FGS man, why can't you clear the * newspapers out of the hall, or do the washing up before you leave??? Luckily I didn't say it, as he told me what an effort he had made to tidy up
SC I am trying the pjs and flipflops day on Thursday. May have to combine it with pressups though for those fidgety dcs!
Last list for today:
get up and breakfast done
air house doing
wipe down plastic sheet in ds' room and make the bed
put ds' books away done
Decluttering in ds' room in 15min bursts done 3x 15mins
Decluttering in my room in 15min bursts done 5x 15mins
Laundry 6th load on
folding up to date with exception of socks
put clothes away up to date
put stuff into the loft done
deal with pile of stuff that has come out of car almosted finished stuff from first batch of clearing out
find unpicker done
Take stock of projects in progress that need finishing. done
Load dishwasher done
cook lunch done
speak to insurance company done
Renew library books done
pick up prescription form done
Book car in for exhaust done
Piss ex off wasn't intential but achieved
Sort out design for next project. done
Sort out ds's school bag. done and discovered the pe kit in it that we spent 20mins searching for on the last day of term. why did ds not tell me he had put it into his bag?
Empty storage in hall to go into ds' room for books done
Melt in heat done
Ikea trip In and out in 30mins complete with hot dog
Build new storage unit for hall done
Hoover where storage unit to go and put into place done
Put nearly sorted stuff into storage unit done
Move big box downstairs for sorting done
Move kitchen stall back downstairs done
run cable for light over mirror and replace bulb done
File financial paperwork mostly done what can find.
Wonder where nearly a financial years worth of paperwork has disappeared to. doing
Find the packet of reindeer food we lost at christmas. done
Try to think of a place for said packet of reindeer food which means we can find it in December -done and found
Put away lose and random cd's done
Watch G-force done whilst sorting the paperwork
Doesn't stand a chance:
finish tidying car
Put new windscreen wipers on car
hoover car
Pots
shine sink
Right that's it i am giving up for tonight. I have tons to do tomorrow. Need to get ds' room finished. Ring the tax credit people again. Car to garage, sort out the lounge which appears to look like a bomb has gone off in it but no idea how as i haven't been in there. Tackle the kitchen and I still have tons to do in my room before even getting around to tackling the long list of projects that are over due. And as that list is rather depressing and i suspect that burnout is likely something that i shall be fighting tomo.
Good night all, hope you are all sleeping well and that tomo brings you productive days!
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