fledglings falling out of the nest thread

[IceColdBitchy]

Ok So a new year a new thread.
You know the ropes flying the fledgling way.
Decluttering 15mins at a time in each zone.
Babysteps and missions.

Sunday is renew your spirit day and seeing as today is new years days I hope there aren't too many evil hangovers in existance.

Babystep 1: shine you shine. yes we know this one but do you shine it the fat fairy way? cant remember? check here

And for a treat as it is sunday no mission.

Oh and can i just may 2012 bring you productive decluttering and flying so your houses step closer to those of your dreams and house work no longer be that evil monster that dominates.

Evening.
Just checking in before bed.
Linzer, I joint twitter a while ago after starting a thread here asking what the deal was etc and really got into it. For a few months, before I fell off that too.
I still tweet occasionally but struggle to keep it below the 140 character limit. Like to ramble on you see!

I did shine my sink earlier, but then dp made a bit of a mess cooking burgers (not sure why he needed 2 frying pans) so I will get up to a non-shiny sink. Oh well. Easily tackled, just have to try not to lose too much else!

Just checking in before bed. I have no idea how it got so late . However, I have shined my sink (can't keep telling other people to do it and not shine my own) and am just writing out the shopping list for next week's menu (have planned every day).

I am very grateful indeed not to be hungover anymore. My dear BF cooked me bacon and eggs this morning and insisted that I drink coke. That, plus paracetamol, vitamins and orange juice, seemed to do the trick eventually. I had a lovely evening, but really should know better at my age. I'm too ashamed to admit to my antics, but it included sliding down the stairs at one stage .

I am not going anywhere near alcohol for a while, so please no one offer me a .

Had a sudden burst of energy this evening and did lots of tidying up and laundry, plus changed the sheets on our bed. DS1 had to clean his bedroom for a school task, so he now has a tidy room too. Managed to get the DC to bed at a reasonable hour and am planning to wake them up by 8am tomorrow so that they can get used to school hours again. I've even laid out all our clothes ready for the morning.

I have a busy day tomorrow, so don't know when I'll get back here.

Why is decluttering so difficult? Didn't manage to do it until just before bed and only found things to throw out because I forced myself as I didn't want to fail on the first day.
We got home yesterday and the central heating boiler had locked out, so no warm house. Got it going again and felt quite pleased with myself - and then this morning the ch is dead again! but in a different way; I think it may be the pump this time. How early can I ring ch man on bank holiday? I have just got a coal fire going and think it may be down to shops for a fan heater or two later on.
On the plus side - tried lemon juice and bicarb (see - this is where leaving very dubious aged bottle of Jif lemon in fridge instead of throwing it out as out of date is useful) on s/s sink and sink looks really good.
Now going to make myself porridge for inner warmth.

Good morning

toffee I love it sliding down banister sounds like great fun whatever age you may be. Hee hee thx for links over there.

I was going to get up but I really can't find my glasses, I can't see anything past the end of my nose! (currently have phone stuck to end of nose to enable typing)

My list

Get up dressed to pretend uggs
Did homebleugh Friday to get ready for new year so I'm going to tackle 2 hotspots in kitchen/diner
Get school stuff ready including money and nursery stuff too.
Get dh up for bathroom perusal in shops (he been xboxing all night so don't like my chances of doing this without nagging)
Ds opticians
Cook dinner chicken drumsticks and potatoes, veg
Dd swim lesson
Email Govenor chair re training courses. I'm a Govenor now ( I'm mad don't know where I'm going to find the time but hey Ho I'm looking forward to it.)
Meal plan and finalise shopping list.

I took this list over from other thread and seemed to have added to it. Oh well

Hope you all have a fab day

Honu Hope you get the boiler working again.
I posted a mammoth list on the other thread. I feel bad about doing that, I don't want to frighten the newbies. Maybe I'll stick to posting lists here if that's ok.

Coostnettle - it was the stairs, not the bannisters, I slid down .

Was going to post here, but now DS2 has woken up properly and is shouting for me. Humph. Might pop back later.

Morning all!

at toffee and the stairs! Did you use a mattress for extra comfort and sliding speed or just stick to the bumpy bum?

honu I hope you get the boiler sorted, my DP is a plumber and I would try wait til tomorrow for call outs if at all possible you'll save yourself a fortune (DP doubles his rate on bank holidays and he's already extortionate!)

Hope you are more alive today bitchy and thanks for the roundup!

Right list dump! It's my last day off work so lots to get done!

Washing/drying as many loads as possible
Put old lino in back of DP van (seeing as he hasn't despite me nagging asking him)
Go to b and q and makro for door bar/ door mats
Living room hotspot
Today's mission doesn't apply so will spend 15 minutes putting back together high chair and table in kitchen
Home bleugh
Wash down doors and radiators
Hoover
Light switches

Right better get cracking! BBL

Lauren - just the bum method, I'm sorry to say. Then DH had to put me to bed

Ta da list so far:

Woken up earlyish to get back into school routine done
Woken boys up early too done
Dressed, made up, etc done
Loaded first wash of the day
Updated MN posts

Making b/fast now. Pancakes today

Feel like poop this morning but I must say tales of toffee's NYE antics have cheered me up no end. Tell me more.

Toffee - you have cheered me up too, hope you are OK. I stayed up far too late watching the darts (I know, but it was an extraordinary match), so nothing achieved yet today. I was going to try and get everyone up at normal time in preparation for going back to school tomorrow but CBA.

To-do

Finish thank you letters and post
Get everyone outdoors (sunny today)
Go for a run
Take down decorations
Sort out PE kits, book bags, dinner money etc
Make an Ocado order
Mission doesn't apply here (did it last week!) but dining room is the most cluttered place in the house currently so I will declutter.

Morning all!

Not got around to babystep yet but today I am going to concentrate on my list instead..
Breakfast
DW
Washing x lots
Batch cook
Ironing
Xmas decs down.
Put washing away
Clean out hamuuster

Morning all.

Reasonable night last night, DS was smothered in put to bed with Karvol on him which seemed to help his breathing. He was still up at 1am so co-sleeping again but still a good sleep for both of us judging by the way I was pummelled by a grinning DS at 6:30am!

No plans for today at all really other than laundry - can someone explain why it never ends?!

Heading over to the other thread to try to keep up and answer any queries

HAMSTER! Using my new tablet so typing is a bit tricky...

Ellie - I could tell you more, but I'm not sure I want it recorded on MN for eternity .

I had to sit down with DS1 yesterday and explain that even grown ups (I'm nearly 47, FFS!) did silly things sometimes and that mum had drunk a bit too much wine that evening. Luckily, he thinks it's quite funny. Apparently (I don't remember this ) I insisted on trying to tell the children a bedtime story, couldn't find a book so tried to make something up, but ended up falling asleep on the floor in between their beds. That was just before the stair episode.

Oh, and I woke up with no undergarments on . This was quite a mystery to me and DH, particularly as I was wearing figure-controlling Spantex knickers that were meant to make me look svelt in my party dress and were so difficult to remove that I didn't dare go to the loo all evening. I did find them in the end (on the floor, in a very unFlylady heap) and DH insisted he had nothing to do with their removal (at least, that's his story ).

toffee . That nearly made me spit my tea out. And I always thought you were so sensible .

So did I, Ellie, so did I

Toffee I think I can now work out why Dh is in a perpetually bad mood! No such fun round here . In fact I woke up this morning with a po-faced resolution to give up Alcohol for January, as I had drunk so little this Xmas I might as well continue on a roll and get thinner...
Although dd nearly fell down the stairs this morning in a strop over abandoned outing. Dh is now assembling a Sylvanian City with her on the [unhoovered and strewn with clothes still]floor on our room...in an attempt to make up to her that he cannot after all face going to Tate Modern... I think it is another Pyjama Day here. Ds1 will be despatched to buy dw powder. Possibly swimming. Can I face it? Car out of action due to me not yet organising that wretched MOT... Boys on Wii.

Nettie bravo for being a governor, I think you are well suited.

Silvery admire your list making...I still feel in hopeless holiday mode, Lists seem like scarey monsters today.

however, done
cleaned up dead mouse on worktop
washing in
plates and glasses to kitchen
genial cheery me
coffee

todo
change our sheets
attempt to get Ds1 to copy out his Anglo-saxon/norman/viking homework paragraphs

Honu
hurrah for inner warmth.
Coal fire is very good backup though, glad you have one.

Swan - I've only just got dressed and the DCs are still in PJs too. They are just playing very contentedly, it seems such a shame they have to go back to school tomorrow. DH has gone off shopping by himself, so I'm trying to do home blessing, but not all of it because we are taking down the tree later so no point hoovering before doing that.

I'm going to get him to take the DCs to the park when he gets back, they could do with some exercise, I need to go for a run too.

Toffee - get you with your Spandex mystery!

toffee that story made my day

swan mouse! You are braver than me!

Ta da so far:
Washed laundry *1
Dried laundry 1 drying 1 dried
Went to b and q for door mats and door bar
Washed kitchen floor
Washed and assembled table

Off to do a big shop now then will clean fridge and home bleugh BBL

Just did my 15 mins detail cleaning whilst trying to ignore the kids. They are driving me mental today!
They have been whingeing and whining all day. Non-stop.
Have now put the disney channel on whilst I engross myself on MN until bedtime

Washing on and almost done.

Having a bad attack of CBA after a positive start to the day. My toe (after a painful meeting with one of DS's toys) appears to be starting an ingrowing toenail, so have bathed it and stuck a bit of cotton wool down to try to bend the nail out (sorry for the TMI!) but it's making me hobble and feel really grumpy and down.

DH has taken DS out to give me a break, although he's been napping quite a bit today so I don't really need a break, but I think they probably do to get away from me.

Also, and this is a bit silly, but part of me wants DH to go back to work so I can get back into my routines again. At the moment, things are a bit lax and whereas DS and I muddle along when we're on our own - part playing, part tidying, part hugging and part cleaning, I feel that DH doesn't get the fact that sometimes I need to do more grown-up things to stop me going mad from playing with the same toy over and over again. And if I let DH look after DS while I'm in the house, I feel guilty... But then, when DH is at work, I want him back to spend time with DS.

Ever get the feeling that you want someone in to tidy your head?!

Right, off I go to sort out DS's washing before hitting the penultimate load for us...

Flying you sound just like me, DH has just had a fortnight off work (unheard of as he is self employed) and starting to get under my feet. We're all back at school / work tomorrow though. I do that to my toenails too BTW.

Have finished all the home blessing except the hoovering, been for my run and showered, ordered some new running clothes. Now I need to start getting my head round the back to school stuff .

I have told the DCs that they are each getting a new job to do every day, DS is going to be in charge of keeping the shoe racks tidy and DD is going to empty the recycling. They are quite keen, we'll see how long it lasts.... DS, being AS has decided he will do his job at exactly 4pm every day, just waiting to see if her remembers.

We have also devised an evening tidying up plan, again, will see how long it lasts.

is only as wrong at this time as crawling out of bed at this time. It would appear my body is intent on catching up all the sleep missed in 2011 in January Ah well ds is back tonight so flying out the door to go get him. Can't wait. Been nice to not feel obliged to do anything but missed him and his noise/mess/tempers/quirks/routine. Looking forward to normality. I like to be spontaneous sometimes but i do like routine too.

must dash running late will be back.

Oh and Toffee

Home. Exhausted. Stuff everywhere. Boys fractious. Oh, joy!

Evening all! Quiet day here preparing for back to work tomorrow . I've been saying for ages I am ready to go back but the reality is very different!

Ta da!

Washing x 2
Drying
Putting away
Ironing
General tidy
Washing up
Dinner cooking

DD has just had the most monumental strop. It was hilarious. One of those moments we have recorded for posterity . DN is here at the moment and has been all afternoon. It is really nice to have her here. BIL and SIL are a little PFB about her (she's 7 next week ) and don't tend to let her out of their sights but BIL popped round and we kidnapped her .