Babystepping our way through May, The lists thread.

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Ta dahs so far!

Must
Shower, wash hair and dress!

15 minute kitchen blitz, including:
fill dishwasher and set off
clear and clean surfaces
put away stuff on draining board
handwash baking tray ( dishwasher failed in its duty!)
clear/clean window sill where I have been over-wintering geraniums for church ( they are now hardening off at church!)

• sweep floor

Physio exercises
Prepare packed lunch for indoor picnic
Go and eat picnic with friends from church
Sort music for service this evening
Singing practice from 5.00pm and evening service
Have an organised tea
Early night! (In bed by 10.30pm at latest)

Might
Do a 2 minute hotspot
Ironing
Mending
House blessing 10 or 20 minutes!

I am OK but rushing to get off to practice before service this evening. Oh and my hip is really hurting again ( tried reducing painkillers last night)

Hope you are o.k. arti. I've had a bit of hip pain in the past but never needed anything for it so yours must be pretty bad.

Today I have:
breakfast
Painted most of morning
got dressed
lunch
put 1 x washing on
done 1 x wash up
1 x dry up
hanged out washing
cooked and ate dinner

Am just off to hang more washing and put away some dry washing.

Oooh did everyone notice arti commit to being in bed by 1030?

I must do online shop tonight (delivery tomorrow) Then I'll look at my list!

I noticed bessie

Trouble is, I plan to be in bed then too so can't tick her off if she appears here after hours!

errr....

• went out
• made soup for tea
• did online shop
• drank wine
• shined sink!

I'm sure there was more, but I must goto bed!

Morning,Here is babystep 7**

Right - I can do that. Off I go...

DH has to work today, so I'm taking DD swimming. But I can do a 2 minute task first, she won't even notice...

All done! I chose quite a low-key (but visible) one. That's cheered me right up!

Well done Josie!

This morning I have:

breakfast
showered and got dressed
washed up x 1
dried up x 1
cleaned a kitchen worktop
cleaned the hob
swept the kitchen floor

ta dahs
deep cleaned front room
-all furniture moved and cleaned underneath
-polished
-cleaned under sofa cushions
-washed windows cat keeps drooling on and leaving paw prints on
-litter tray
-bins out
-recycling sorted and put kerbside
-4hours walking zoolets into submission

Well done Cats and Zoo.

I have got up and breakfasted, come and posted on here, then gone back to bed and dozed!
I'm eating some lunch then just about to do an Aldi shop!

Done
2 loads of washing 1 dried And folded, one hung.yesterdays put away.
Chickens cleaned. ( yucky)
Dw done.
Dinner made
Bins, compost, recycling done
Upstairs tidy.

Just need to finish a massive tidy up ready to start a deep clean tomorrow.

Long weekends are great but house gets very messy!

Back from Aldi and drinking ginger beer ( diet -honestly) in the hope it might help me to be more sparkling. I feel rubbish and would dearly love to go back to bed. However, I am going to persevere and just get another early night instead. I need to make some sort of inroads with my spare room too!

OK - so, I am going to go and do stuff and report back in 15 mins!

List update:

Have done:
breakfast
showered and got dressed
washed up x 1
dried up x 1
cleaned a kitchen worktop
cleaned the hob
swept the kitchen floor
lunch
put washing on
spent an hour or two on painting
cleaned up paintbrushes and put away painting stuff
hanged wet washing

Hello and welcome Rainyday

Ok - so far I have:
Put dirties in dishwasher and set it off.
Quickly wiped/ tided kitchen surfaces
Cleared dry/aired washing off radiator and put it away.

In spare room:
Taken dried washing off airer and put in ironing pile/on radiator to totally air.
Folded airer and put in hall temporarily.
Designated a bag for rubbish and put some things in it.
Picked up a few things off floor/random surfaces and put them away!

Made myself a cup of tea.
Spent 10 mins randomly browsing mumsnet.

Cats, a great ta dah list
and welcome rainy day from me too!

Still feeling rubbish!

Right - off to do another 15 minutes!

OK - now I have:
started to put away random DIY stuff
Realised I need to tidy out cupboard in order to really sort/consolidate spare bedding.
Been interrupted by my mum trying out her new mobile phone
Been interrupted by someone enquiring about tutoring!
Off to try yet again!

Latest 15 minutes
Started to sort cupboard in order to put stuff away efficiently.
tidied suitcase/weekend bag away in cupboard.
Started to sort spare pillow and put 3 in a vacuum bag ready to compress.
Decided spare single duvet needs washing and chucked it into hall.
Started wondering how much spare bedding (especially pillows) I really need to keep!

Now I need to go and cook. I'm hoping the quinoa burgers will be good!

Hello rainydayagain. Welcome to the thread.

Ta Das:

washed and dressed
breakfasted
wm on
folded and put away dry washing
hung wet washing
another wash on
taxied dd to friend's house
admired calves etc with their mums
tried to find a friend for ds to play with (failed )
made ds lunch (hot dogs but with no hole in the roll - the sausage had to be pushed through )
played lego FOREVER
made a bracelet
made some soup
played more lego (considered going insane)

House is a tip and I am shattered!

to do

• make a list of what I've done

final Ta das
Loaded up dishwasher and set it off
Tidied/wiped round kitchen
Swept kitchen floor
Put airer back into partially sorted spare room
Hung washing on airer
Put next lot of washing in machine with timer to go off tomorrow morning.
Put ironing basket away ( no way I'll be doing anything today now!)

Carrots - I know the lego playing has felt dire a bit boring, but you have given a lot to your ds because of it! He will benefit so much from having a bored fun mum who played lego with him! :)

Must do

• --get washed & dressed ([[http://www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/day-2/ Babystep

2]])--

• check calendar & list
• what's for lunch
• stretch
• S&S upstairs
• S&S downstairs
• make lunch
• what's for tea
• make tea DH did it
• go for a run
• shine sink (Babystep 1)
• clean hob Dh did it
• shower
• declutter the rest of last night's wine
• don't listen to the negative voices (Babystep 5)
• 2 min hotspot (babystep 6) - dressing table
• planted sunflowers with DD1
• sorted out the spare towels
• packed 2 bags for charity pick up tomorrow

Might do

• look at the fly lady site (babystep 3)
• Update Control Journal (BabyStep 4)
• lay out clothes for tomorrow (babystep 7)
• 15min weeding session in the garden
• be in bed before 10:30 - even at the weekend??

House Blessing

• all done

Zone Work

• 15min declutter dining room

Missions

• Friday - check for dust & cobwebs in the dining room

Morning all, here is babystep 8