Remember, remember the fledgling Flyers: dusting, and decluttering a lot..

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Come one come all, fledgling reunite. 1st of the month and we survived the fright. Bonfire month and lets burn though the housework to prepare for the festivities of December.

As from the 1st we will be babystepping, mission and deep cleaning our way out of the C.H.A.O.S. (can't have anyone over syndrome).

For newbies and those who need reminding here is the principles behind the babystep system.

The basic is this:

1. Do the babysteps.
2. When you do the babysteps with consistency add in the missions
3. When you are doing the babysteps and missions as a habbit tackle the deep cleaning.

This thread is a mishmash of people at different stages. The lists can look long, but look carefully, some of us are reposting lists and parts of lists from day to day.

Our motto is this: Do not strive to be perfect, Progress is progress and anything is better then nothing and my personal favourite part of the fly lady system is you are never behind, just jump in and start from where you are.

So on that note here we go. With much thanks to Ellie who lead us with amusing roundups last month.

Day 1: Babystep 1 - How to shine your sink

Mission here - this will update overnight ready for the early fledglings

Tuesday's reminders are here: It's planning day

And for those of you who are eagerly awaiting christmas here is the flylady's crusing into christmas page. Personally i did some of this last year and done some this year and it does take a chunk of the stress out of christmas.

Well now that I have suitably scared you, see you all tomo!!

kitchen is cleanish and tidy
muddy shoes all drying in hope of scraping/bashing tomorrow to get worst off
(DH did fireworks before bed - so loads more mud what with one thing and another)

uniform washed but not really put out
bits of trombone in knapsack for ds1

and I've watched Garrow's Law - I mss Downton but I love Garrow's Law.
Dh has come in from Trophy Kids, shaking his head saying the husbands were the nutters.

push the worktops were meant to be oiled here six months, I think I've done it just once in 7 years I still have the Behandla tin though!

We managed Mass without tears this morning, and luckily the reading was about what a useful thing a good wife is. Dcs were altar serving which they enjoy. Dh managed to listen to parable of Talents (and spent most of service fuming about the meaning as he had obviously never paid any attention to it before now and thought it most unfair)

Sitting here, waiting for tumbledrier to finish drying DC's uniform, so I can lay them out and go to bed.

Managed to complete my list today. DS1 came home from his friend's house absolutely manic. It took all evening to calm him down and ended in tears. Exhausting for us all.

Too tired to post a list now, but my main mission tomorrow is to plan and buy stuff for DS2's birthday party next Sunday.

Good night, sleeping fledglings (and the awake ones, overseas).

Toffee I have got up early to tumble dry DCs clothes.

Sorry I have had a weekend off Flying, so not been on here.

I promise to catch up with all your news, but for now here's my list:

Breakfast
DW -load & unload
Iron school clothes - errrrr more likely get out of tumbler and give a vigorous shake, that will do!!
Get DS out the door to be at school for 7am ( extra maths with his favourite teacher, so he does it!)
Get DD4 sorted for school
Get DD1 up for work
Get DD3 up for college
Take DD3 to college - if she is well enough to go today, looked doubtful last evening, but not surfaced yet today.
Get to work
Lunchtime meeting with CAB man re DD3s DLA appeal
Pay bills
Back to work
Collect DD3 from college -if she went
Make phone calls re broken toothbrush/house insurance/sort out flights - Germany in January (both of us) and Singapore/Cambodia in May (DH only is having a trip prior to our move)
Tea
Evening in - Woooohoooooo!!
Oh I need to move the heap of charity stuff I sorted out last week off the landing so htat no-one falls over it in the night (again) and wakes up the whole house!

Frantic waves to you all and "see" you all later.

Morning all,

Not much time catch up with the thread (although I have read everyone's posts) as our visitors are still here - not up yet, but I've got to rush out for a doctor's appointment now. They're flying back this evening, but then the DC are at home tomorrow (patron saint of Lower Austria's day - not a bank holiday but schools are closed) so I won't be able to get much done in the way of FLYing until Wednesday at the earliest.

PA Where are you going in Germany? Hope meeting goes well at lunchtime.

Must dash - waves to all.

Morning

Thanks for the Links darkness, im determined to get back flying properly so here is today's list!

Wash loads
Wash up/dry/shine sink
Mission (really needs doing!)
Hoover with weird not really a Hoover thing
Walk to the chemists for cough medicine
Walk the dog
Home bleugh
Wash kitchen floor now the dog cage has been evicted
Online shopping for Christmas presents/Clothes for me

Hope everyone is well!!

Linzer its Mosbach we are going to for a 2 week conference thingy!!

Well, that's the weekend over with!

ILs' visit was good. We went out to a little country town and had lunch and they bought DD1s' Christmas pressie so at least I can make sure she gets nice stuff know what she's getting and we don't get duplicates. MIL is lovely, especially when you read some of the threads on AIBU, she just has a habit of repeating the couple of words you say, like a really irritating parrot. Doesn't sound like much, but it gets really wearing after a couple of hours!

Any hoo! What with one thing or another, got no flying done yesterday and DH did a roast for tea so the kitchen is in one heck of a mess!

To Do:
SS
kitchen hotspot
wm x2
clothes away
living room hotspot
mission
Mother and Toddler group
what's for tea?
I am determined to fit in at least 20 mins of 'me time' today to do my yoga!!!

Good luck everyone!

Morning all...

Lorelais - glad visit went well.
Waves back to Linzer and PA.

Well, I phoned customer services and I can't cancel the duplicate order because they've already started processing it. Grr! So I've got to wait for it to arrive and then return it. mostly at myself for being so dim.

I'm also trying to do the newsletter (honest!) but the person I need to speak to is on the phone...

Have vaguely moved a few things around in spare room so it looks a bit better too.

Off to have another go at the phone calls.

Hi all

Hope you are all OK. Need to catch up with this thread.

Sorry to have been awol. Long three-day weekend (public hol for Armistice Friday) and it was busy but not too busy ifykwim - dd had a friend over for most of the day on Friday and we made pizza dough which we tossed in dramatic fashion and loaded with different toppings. Saturday was taken up with ballet, chores, shopping and homework. Sunday was mass, casual lunch with close friends and dd received spontaneous invitation to a party which meant I had a free hour in which to exercise away my roast pork and mash. All hunky dory, hwk signed and put away, uniform ironed and ready for morrow, just settling down to a 30-min contemplation of Christmas list when dd informed me she needed an Imperial State Crown for the morning. Cue lots of bellowing (from me) and cutting up of jewel-coloured shiny paper (by her). Anyway, we got it done in the end, not a bad result considering we just used the things we had available in the house, even if we were a bit later to bed than planned ...

Speaking of Christmas, I am getting a tad worried. Haven't started shopping yet. St Nicolas is approaching fast (6th December) for which all the toy shops here are ravaged, leaving a much poorer choice for Christmas. Better get my skates on! Plus have a million parcels to post to all different parts of the world. Promised myself I would have the bulk of it done by 1st December. Not looking good!

So for today have:
done morning routine inc dw, wm, s&s, (still have to tidy boudoir)
home blessing downstairs = tidied, hoovered, cleaned
cleaned out gps
recycling

However, I haven't done any work as intended so had better go and sort a few things in the office that are niggling at the back of my mind ...

So apologies for 'me' 'me' post - back later to catch up and respond to personals!

Good morning everyone.

Still feeling rough (woke up with pounding headache), but too much to do so can't take any notice of it. So...

Ta da list so far:

Breakfasts done
School run done
Coped with distraught DS1 on phone - he's lost his PE kit again done
Tea with friend on way home done
Emptied all bins done
Put rubbish out done
Put washing on done
Emptied d/w and reloaded with b/fast stuff done

To do:

Print out Club Penguin pictures and get them enlarged for DS2's party
Buy stuff for party bags
Buy wrapping paper
Food shopping (and check out suitable birthday cakes that I can amend to make them Club Penguinish)
Check that I can find the balloon pump and buy another if not
Library
Post DS1's last few thank you cards from his b'day on 6 Oct
Home thingy, esp hoovering
School run
Dinner - pizzas and warm ups that we can eat in the sitting room because DH is sanding the dining-room floor and it will be off limits - hurray, no cooking!
Before-bed routine
Bed at decent hour

Hope you all have a productive day.

Hello, newbie here :)

I'm a SAHM with 2 DC, DS is 2 in December and DD was 12 weeks old yesterday :o

I used to sign up to flylady but found that I would come onto the pc to read what I should be doing and 2 hours later I would still be there and would have wasted DS's naptime to actually get anything done

So, I'm having another stab at it although it's a bit tricky as the DC never seem to sleep at the same time Thought I might get on better with a bit of online support :)

At the moment, the house is not looking too bad, I could have people over and not be too embarrassed :o But I want to keep it this way and end up with some time to do the deeper cleaning :)

Anyway, looking forward to getting to know you all :o

Hiya lifeofkate

Well so far I have
washed up/dried/shined sink
Put one load of laundry away
Washing *2, second lot is drying and third is washing
Sorted dinner and fed DD and mindee (toddler)
Got mop out ready to do kitchen floor then thought I would wait til after tea

DP has
Fou nd humidifier out of garage - I've been meaning to do this for ages!
Bathed the dog

I'm quite pleased he seems to finally be listening to my pleas of "I can't do everything myself

Still to do:
Walk to the chemists, waiting for a friend so can take the dog the park way...two birds one stone
Home bleugh
Hoover with weird hoovery thing
Polish light switches (cleaned them in the de germing process but didn't polish )

Welcome LifeofKate - excellent name, wish I had thought of it.
We are much gentler than the prolific, slightly bonkers, cutesy Flylady emails though you may spend just as long reading our chat, you have been warned :)
Anyone who can even contemplate Flying with a toddler and a tiny baby has my complete admiration, DS was nearly 4 before I could do more than hoover occasionally, and that was only because he loved to do it.

Ta Da:

• Note to Head re School Assoc stuff
• Bath
• All up and out
• Meeting re Family Art Day at school
• Buy DD bag for wool that is taking over her bedroom
• Morning routine in full for first time in............um...............ages
• Mop kitchen floor
• Sort out end-of-year stuff for accountant

To do:

• Lunch
• Wrap and post ebay stuff - not much this w/e
• Contact hairdresser and beautician as I need an overhaul!
• Tidy living room
• Hoover our room
• Sort dinner
• Accounts stuff with DH later - oh the fun life we lead

Hi LifeofKate ! Yes, be warned to steer well clear of FLYlady's emails!

Still nesbitting a lot of stuff, but have made Christmas cards instead... Hmm.

One of those "don't try this at home" moments this morning - put DS1's brand new swirly straw in the dishwasher last night, and ended up with a rather sad-looking, no longer bendy straw and a distraught DS1.

done
been to gp about sore hands (carpel tunnel?) (last 6 years?)and feet and "sore arc arm" since July. (arranged bloodtest in case it is arthritis menopause or diabetes the Three horseman of the Apocalypse in otherwards Dh has had enough of my whingeing and forced me to make appt
library work
got in tizz about cleaning lady, then decided just to tell her not to go upstairs [problem solved] Kitchen looks lovely. For now.

rearranged library time as Monday is too busy, does my head in and I now have another volunteer job on Monday morning

tackled Senco about ds2 statement and SAFE team. Ds2 did the most brilliant Jim Carrey like impersonation of the Senco lady this morning inviting him to Lego Club. I think there is hope for him yet He went off the morning with an Enormous bag of Lego for the Lego Club, which apparently consists of him and his friend Josh So far.....

todo
bank transfer
buy new shoes for ds1 (he's now size 8 so he can borrow my shoes if he's desperate)
find and wash ballet kit dd (where is the white leotard??only can find the pink one which was meant to be temporary since Halloween)
PUT AWAY THE CLEAN LAUNDRY
print off statementing letter for Senco

mud off the rest of the shoes
change our sheets

drink gallons of coffee and try not to feel so tired...

Toffee you are well ahead for party, that is brilliant to be so organised
Ds1 is always forgetting things. As is his mother. Luckily it is a whole week till PE on Friday, and I think pyschologically I find it easier to remember it, because it come sback on Friday eve. They have to take it straight home as it is soo incredibly muddy. Also no mobiles allowed, so I have the luxury of not being told he's forgotten things unless out of the kindness of my heart I chase after him on the bus or wring my hands in despair that he's left something on his desk.

Inset Day tomorrow. I am looking forward to it, if only because no homework worries tonight.

There's something I've forgotten. What is it? OMG mum's birthday..And dcousin's too. Dd has sent card on Sat, but don't think it will have got there. Oh dear

Blue oh yes, those straws. Can't be washed. Milk is particularily bad.

hello Kate Your house sounds better than mine.

i have banished all the curly straws from my house. one by one. into the bin they went. none left. no more whining, no more straws sitting on the side for days because they needed some sort of specialist time intensive cleaning process that doesn't actually exists. oh no. gone, all gone.

i am going to have one heck of a day. and it's all my own (procrastinating) fault. well, and ds1's, who obviously decided it was his turn to be the incredible vomiting child. (blee. quite the most impressive display i've seen for some time)

so, some of this isn't strictly flying, but it's all last minute desperate organisation because otherwise my world is about to collapse around my ears.

again.

arrange meeting to go over final info for grant proposal
finish budget for grant proposal
do brownies newsletter for tonight
plan brownies craft for tonight (we've had to reschedule everything as the hall had a heating breakdown, which has thrown my meticulous planning out of the window)
dw (again, hmm. apparently i/ we forgot to put it on last night... so it's currently doing yesterday's dishes)
wm
recycling
e-mail ds1 teacher about tomorrow's paed appt
iron uniforms for tonight
dd1 dance
dd2 brownies
dd1 pathfinders

darkness, i feel your pain re ds. the only reason i haven't killed ds1 this weekend is because he was poorly. and now he's developing a hacking cough, so i'm clinging to the hope that he's been extra appalling because he's sickening.

Print out Club Penguin pictures and get them enlarged for DS2's party done - showed DS2 after school. He said: "AWESOME!"
Buy stuff for party bags done
Buy wrapping paper done
Food shopping (and check out suitable birthday cakes that I can amend to make them Club Penguinish) done - no such cake. Will have to bake
Check that I can find the balloon pump and buy another if not not yet
Library forgot DVD, so that's another fine to pay
Post DS1's last few thank you cards from his b'day on 6 Oct forgot to post - deary me
Home thingy, esp hoovering nope
School run done - late
Dinner - pizzas and warm ups that we can eat in the sitting room because DH is sanding the dining-room floor and it will be off limits - hurray, no cooking!
Before-bed routine
Bed at decent hour

Managed to banish the headache with DH's migraine tablets (strong ibuprofen) and fresh air and had a great time buying stuff for DS2's party. Bought a kit of science experiments for DH, who is planning to dress up as a mad scientist and amuse the children ; bought a neat little oven-proof bowl so that I can cook an 'igloo' to go on top of the cake; bought penguin and snowmen cutters for biscuits. This is the bit I enjoy. The party is another matter.

I have had to email DS1's teacher to ask what else we can do to find his kit. First he lost his dance kit, which never resurfaced (in spite of being in a bag with his name emblazoned across it ) and now the bloody PE kit. I can't buy it all over again - it cost a fortune! He's got both pairs of shoes in there (football boots and trainers), not to mention all the kit. The trouble is that he has a terrible memory (he has been tested on this for the dyslexia tests and has a very, very poor short-term memory), so really struggles to remember stuff or organise himself. But he has to do it for himself now he's at secondary. His conversation with me this morning reminded me of PA's daughter with the wasp. I think he thought I was going to magically make his PE kit reappear.

Swan - glad your son has a system with his PE kit which seems to work. I asked DS to bring his kit home last week, so we knew where it was and I could make sure he took it in for PE, but - er - he forgot!

DH has hired a sander and is sanding the dining-room floor now. The dust set all the fire alarms off a minute ago, but DS1 remained in his room, too busy on the computer to check what was going on (there is an alarm in his room, so no chance that he missed it). I did point out that it might have been a real fire...

I have an excuse for not doing the 'home blessing' today: it's just too chaotic here. DH has had to pile all the dining-room furniture up in the kitchen and sitting room, so I can't even see the floor. It does mean that we just have to stay in the front room and eat pizza for dinner, though, which is quite good .

Welcome, LifeofKate . You are, indeed, very brave to attempt to fly with such young children. I really, really struggled when mine were younger and was always very envious of friends who had mums or MILs who came round and helped them.

Have read everyone's posts, but have to go now, so apologies for not replying individually to you all.

at curly straw vanishing madwoman

Starting to flag now, been a long day including a meeting with a parent, got a new mindee starting next week which makes me pretty much full apart from school runs, think its time to leave my weekend work

Ta da today:
Home bleugh
Washed kitchen floor
Hoovered with the not quite a Hoover
Washed up/dried/ shined sink
3 wash loads, last lot drying
Dusted
Living room hotspot
Kitchen hotspot

time anyone?

Cross posted with toffeefudge

about ds's lost kits! Surely the school could operate some kind of system to help ds to keep them safe, putting them under a particular teAchers desk or in a teachers cupboard for example?

up and out before 5am
check directions to friends.
put books in car for dropping off
pick up money for kit & remember to pick up envelope for it
kit into car
load of washing into machine
pick up kit for taking with me x2
double check with office ok for going up.
blackpool run
drop books off with friend
pick up shove in microwave rice for ds
microwave ds' curry & figure out what i am going to eat
sort out ds' homework *Cba just trying not to kill ds before bed but more reflection on how tired I am then him being really bad iyswim.
double check arrangements for next monday
clear car out (if enough daylight hours) hahaha
lay out clothes for tuesday.
Pick up christmas present for ds on behalf of one of his aunts
survive Ikea without spending a fortune
return kit to owner
coffee and natter with friend
check new kit fits

Left to do but not on original list.
Build new item of funiture
thread round up
early night

3hrs sleep is not enough. There simply in not enough coffee in the world today and the arsing new toaster won't toast a slice of bread in one go (slice too big) and double toasting results in burnt toast.

Excellent news Lauren about the mindee, well done!

Very quiet here this evening - our friends flew back a few hours ago so I'm feeling a bit flat as we had such a lovely time with them, and DH is working late and still not back. Have just remembered I left the DDs doing a jigsaw and was meaning to go back and switch their light off about an hour ago, so must go and do so now...

Went into their bedroom to find the jigsaw completed, the light off and the DDs both in (the same) bed, fast asleep. I thought it was suspiciously quiet!

Welcome LifeOfKate.

PA Hadn't heard of Mosbach, but googled it and discovered it's in the same region as where we used to live; it's actually not too far from where I used to work. Lovely area and lots of nice cheap wine in that part of the world too.

swan How exciting about your BIL's book. Can you tell us what it is or will it out you?

The DC are off school tomorrow and so we're going into Vienna to meet a MN friend for coffee. Am hoping that they will allow us to have a relatively uninterrupted conversation, although I'm not too optimistic after the last few days - DD2 kept complaining that I was talking to my friend too much and that she wanted to talk to her. She also insisted on showing her every Peppa Pig item she owns; she's rather obsessed at the moment, it must be said.

Have I fallen off the thread again? Oooh not quite! No excuse, just blogging rather than flying
DH has also been around during the evening which has completely thrown any routine I might have been pretending to have . He's back on an early shift tomorrow though which I hope will continue. I'm just not used to him being here and awake and getting under my feet
Will be jumping in again from tomorrow, just doing uniforms, lunches and DW tonight.