Back to Fly school for September Fledglings

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Welcome to the September 2011 Fledgling Flying thread! Hang up your microfibre cloths and park your buckets here!!

[Sorry - I've namechanged again - but remain SC]

This is where from the 1st of the month, we attempt to declutter and follow the 30-step wisdom of Flylady (minus cutesy language and a surfeit of e-mails) with lots of chat and support and mutual motivation along the way. (More info available here )

Humungous thanks to our previous thread leader Blue for navigating us all through the August school holidays...and for doing it so consistently and well!!

As usual we will be following a three-pronged approach - and don't worry - we are all at different stages. Some of us (SC stares at feet) -are even embarrassingly stuck at decluttering stage after two years

• repeat or start baby steps (again!)

• repeat baby steps + do 15 mins a day decluttering in the current zone

or

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

All newcomers welcome!

whoknows already put my tomatoes in banana bag with a banana. No paper bags here. Fingers crossed it works.

Wow, what a day Nettle! It makes mine sound positively uneventful! at DC not eating macaroni cheese, too. It's the one thing I know I can always get into our boys, and maybe smuggle in some veg along with it... I had 2kg of green tomatoes, so never going to ripen! Chutney is the answer, although there was also a recipe for green tomato marmalade in the Grauniad on Saturday.

Thanks, SC - yes, a good time definitely had by all, although DS1 was manically hyper about everything and doing lots of exhausting attention-seeking behaviour...

Swan - at the school's cryptic instructions re padlocks! I hope you found one that fits!

Hopefully back to normal tomorrow, although I'm going to be madly busy.
To do
Boys to CM
Laundry
Catch up on house bleugh
Rescue spare room/office
Seller's application to declutter via NCT sale
Clear kitchen window area for builder
Prepare meals for 2 days
Print and post work invoice
Start decluttering utility room
Post anniversary cards for bro and SIL
Minor food shop
Book new Zumba class - grr to teacher for changing times so I can't get to the one I'm used to...
Call dentist
Chasing emails
Fips

Hmm, just as well I haven't actually got any work on, isn't it??!

Waves to all and hope MN will actually let me post this time...

All essentials done, clothes laid out, house a shit tip. Just finished prep for tomorrow. Bed and MN on phone for a few mins.

Big waves .

Hi all,
despite mammoth tasks of bring the apt to a socially acceptable level, have also managed to:

clear 2 hotspots (mantlepiece and shelves)
have tidied and cleaned kitchen
dishwasher
washing (3 loads)
tidied sitting room
covered some of dd1s books for school
went to Tesco
looked after poor man-fluey dp (so bad he took the day off work)
cleaned the windows
dusted the tv
cleared sports crap and assorted coats and umbrellas from hall floor
hoovered sitting room, kitchen and hall

Nesbit list:
Collect prescription (wasn't ready at chemist today, they will call me)
Tidy dd1s room
hotspots, above microwave and over washing machine

for tomorrow,
Nesbit list
Get dd1 new pjs
Get dd1 a new duvet
Change sheets
Washing. Lots and lots of washing
?Sort out cosmetics

Sorry for no personals tonight, checked our post yesterday on the way out to the pub and sink reflections had come from amaxon so stuck it in my bag and forgot about it, going to get stuck in to it tonight.

Evening all...

Happy Birthday to pa and rowing

Good day here.

Done
Tumble dryer and put away the same day (unheard of; I lied when I said no laundry)
Clean out Guinea pigs
Hot spot tackled
Vacuumed thru downstairs
Done about 500 words of my essay ...would have liked to do more but ho hum
Am about to go and pick out my clothes tomorrow and bed
Fix loo roll holder

For tomorrow
Not sure I have anything specific apart from what fat fairy tells me
Oh no..must open my windows I painted the other day to make sure they aren't stuck

Hello everyone...you've all been mahoosively busy ....well done!!

So sorry I am posting the steps so late. Didn't realise what the time was. Have been catching up on work that I missed today because of lack of baby-sitter this afternoon. Only stopped just now because I saw a huge spider the size of dd's hand descend down the chimney ...yikes! Still got loads to do but calling it a day as have busy day tomorrow.

Thank you Whoknows (well done on your early Shredding btw) but I'm afraid I'm blotting my copy-book tonight by skipping the round-up as I need to go to bed. I see that Coostoonettle has already done a fab job of it - thank you too!!

Oh and as it's 12 minutes past midnight here I can now officially say "Happy Birthday!!!!" to PA.

Humungous waves to everyone else. Back early tomorrow!

Baby-step no 8 for Wednesday 8th September is

here You don't have to bother with the ring-binder if you don't want to but it's a useful recap of previous steps.

Tomorrow we are still in Zone 2: The Kitchen (September 5 - 9) here

Wendesday?s mission will appear here once the website updates itself

But for a sneak-peak ahead at this week?s missions, look here Again, may need to update.

Thursday is errand day.

Happy Birthday PA

right just got in. Did feck all yesterday, although didnt manage to catch up on sleep :( Need to be productive today. So going to crash and pray that I wake up sans headache tomo.
Night.

Good morning

haunted another guinea pig lover.
sc oops didn't mean to do round up but glad I could help

Been awake since 5. Dc been up since 5.30 . Now having coffee in bed whilst ad hocly running upstairs shouting at dc to get back to bed

My list

Get up/dressed/breakfasted/teethbrushed
Ditto dc
Dw/wm/td
S/s
Sort out dinner money for ds
Fill water cup
Take dd to nursery and do my first ever school run!!! (it's Definately today)
Go to work do massive catch up on all didn't accomplish yesterday! Finish at 3.00
Do some kind of after school routine. hug myboy
Move washing on.
Pick dd up from nursery
Bath and bed.
Layout clothes for school and nursery tomorrow.
Counter tops mission
Dh back from his trade show at some point tonight.

Question:- am I being PFB not wanting to take ds back to work and wanting to set up an after school routine with him at home? Dh thinks so

Hope you all have brill days

Oops happy birthday pa.

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear pa, happy birthday to you .

I woke up this morning and thought it was Friday. I think it is an omen for how my day is going to go .

Happy birthday PA!

gah - forgot I've got an eye test this morning. Got to rearrange my list around it. Hmph.

Happy Birthday PA
Happy First day at school for DS Nettie

I've got to lug an enormous keyboard to school this morning for DS to have his first lesson, oh joy, just hoping it doesn't start raining, it is so dark.

My list today mainly consists of phone calls to make, plus mission, plus I really must hoover the lounge (dark rug shows all the bits).

Good news - having got back to school and inspected the gardening club (I started this in Feb with some other mums) we have got a bumper harvest of beetroot, loads of beans and potatoes and tomatoes to harvest tomorrow. To top it all we have won a prize in the Town in Bloom competition, but don't get to find out which one till we go to the award ceremony next week.

today has been another exhausting battle to get everyone out of the house with rght stuff.
I am looking forward to doing a massive clearup today, as I see I am only going to survive this Secondary School Lark if

1. bedrooms are totally organised
2. meals are pre-prepared
3. all the children have a cast-iron bathing routine
4. all the children have a cast-iron uniform/homeclothes regime

The homework for two Yr 5's, and one Yr 7 is going to mean serious supervision for at least next few weeks
I need to fit in some calming exercise for Ds1.

Last night helpign at Beavers meant - Ds1 had not managed to finish his homework to satisfactory standard,
No uniform washed till 10pm
No supper cleared up till 10pm

and just general MAYHEM, and cross DH.

Whoknows
typing course for ds sounds good
Well done on prize

SC enjoy the French or should I say Flemish toast

Messy sorry about dp, perhaps he was comig down with something the other night when his housekeeping went AWOL. There is a nasty bug around.

nettle after school routine.
School is much more tiring than nursery.

Swan it's a musical keyboard, but agree typing would be good for him, he never uses the regular computer since we got the ipad.

Oooh, back to school and back to routine, the house is so QUIET! I suppose I have to get used to getting up and dressed at a reasonable hour again too.

Today's list:
Get DD off to school with all equipment AND lunch! done
Shower & dress
Make beds
Do laundry
Sort out my wardrobe (have lost weight and am fed up wearing baggy clothes)
Put all my and DD's clean clothes away
Make shopping list
Take mum shopping
Ring garage with car reg for service
Dust living room
Mop kitchen floor
Set up Wii for tonight's family night
Cook dinner, clean up AND SHINE SINK , gotta get back into the swing!
Sort out CV for job application

And somewhere in there I have to make time to fuss the cat or she will follow me round all day making woe-is-me eyes and mewing pathetically. (she is asleep on my foot at the moment)

Hi all,
Happy birthday PA, Happy birthday PA, Happy birthday PAAA, Happy birthday to you. Hip Hip....
Hope you have a lovely day.

So my birthday's over, I'm old and decrepit, have a bit fat tum but can still drag myself around to do a bit of flying.

Tomatoes - I am noticing a lot of tomato talk - I have lots of green tomatoes on my plants, I had assumed they would get redder by the end of September, is it too late???

Done
Dressed to socks
make up on
breakfast eaten
Hotspot done - kitchen table

To Do
Washing up
S&S kitchen
S&S bathroom
Vacuum Hall and Sitting room
Dinner - mince to cook into something not sure what...
washing out
new load in
pack DS's football stuff for later
lunch
vitamins
Check babystep for day 7
check emails
transfer various appointments into diary
quick look at carpet cleaners

scuttles off

Morning. Today with either be a burnout or a fail day. As it stands no idea which.

Ta da
Get up done but forgot breakfast
sort out kit for getting ready for tonight done bit ds needed for
School run done
Get thrown by a phone call done
drink coffee about to do x multiple
DW running

To do
Finish sorting out kit now ds' plus mine.
laundry
hit my room and get some order in it. (if cba)
Sort out alternative child care arrangments - original plans might fall through at short notice.
Training.

right, so far I've failed miserably to get anythign done except yak on the phone and decide what to cook for supper [ahem]

EFFICIENT LIST
start by preparing fish pasta bake, and ratatouille
SAS type raid on our bedroom which is slowly descending into pit of despair
Laundry AWAY
hoovering of bedrooms
tackle playroom desk hotspot
thank you letter for Friday party
email re: adoption reference cousin
library visit to take back books by 2pm at latest
email structural engineer
wash floor
text cleaning lady so that she comes again, soon! She has not been here over summer and it shows.

Happy Birthday PA. This year will be a good year! Even better than last year.

Hi all :)
Dp and now dd1 off sick so flying out the window really

Still, have done
dishwasher emptied and reloaded
washing machine emptied
tumble drier on
cleaned kitchen
cleaned out press in kitchen (covered in chocolate ice cream syrup)
Have dd1 in tidying her room atm
tidied sitting room
Over microwave hotspot tidied

Still to do:
Tidy hotspots (kitchen table, coffee table, and over washing machine)
change sheets on my bed
Collect prescription (wasn't ready at chemist yesterday, they will call me)
?Sort out cosmetics

PA have a very happy birthday! :)
whoknows I wonder what prize is....?Congrats.

Have got back from the optician and had a coffee and now the morning's gone. :(

To do
Boys to CM
Laundry in dryer
Catch up on house bleugh
Rescue spare room/office
Seller's application to declutter via NCT sale
Clear kitchen window area for builder
Prepare meals for 2 days
Print and post work invoice
Start decluttering utility room
Post anniversary cards for bro and SIL
Minor food shop
Book new Zumba class - grr to teacher for changing times so I can't get to the one I'm used to...
Call dentist
Chasing emails
Fips

Hi all,
I'm back. Laughing at the phone calls messing up the flying! Couldn't the phone calls be added to the list - chatting is an essential part of the daily routine isn't it! [nodding hopefully]

To Do
Washing up done
S&S kitchen done
S&S bathroom done
Vacuum Hall and Sitting room
Dinner - mince to cook into something not sure what...
washing out done
hang washing done
new load in
pack DS's football stuff for later
lunch done
vitamins mostly done
Check babystep for day 7
check emails
transfer various appointments into diary
quick look at carpet cleaners very quick

Right,

done
made beef casserole
lamb casserole
chicken stock
ratatouille
and chicken joints poached for chicken pie
emailed school about padlock and broken arm situation (can he do an alternative to Rugby?) finding this lack of ability to communicate in person very stressful. If I could sort out paperwork on my desk I'm sure I could find a contact but sofar However have an admin email contact so will use that.
sorted out hall, rescued shoe basket
pile of stuff to go upstairs
clean
laundry in piles
bottom of rotting fridge cleaned out
kitchen tidyish (but won't get bogged down on it)

upstairs! and hopefully when I come back I will get a reply to my school email..Oh this is so stressful! Ellie I do not envy you dealing with these parents