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ta dahs
made dinner
hung more washing
ate some apricot and white choc chip cookies befpre dd1 took them with her
washed up after dinner

hotspotted front room

Evening all

Ta das so far
nearly 2 1/2 hours gardening
organised lunch and tea
long nap!
Long hot bath to try and ease ache and pains (it helped a bit)
Load in washing maching
physio exercises

To dos

Must
Write up 2 lessons
Put stuff together for tomorrow's lesson
Tidy kitchen
Empty dishwasher

Would like

Tidy work room
Do yesterday's mission in hall ( Well I like being different and I don't have a dining room and I ironed while watching the hoarding programme instead last night - did anyone else see it?)
Ironing
Put away more dry washing
Vacuum workroom ( Now I'm getting silly here!)

Must do

• get washed & dressed (Babystep 2)
• check calendar & list
• what's for lunch
• stretch
• S&S upstairs
• S&S downstairs
• make lunch
• entertain guests
• eat chocolate biscuits
• what's for tea broccoli nuggets!
• make tea
• shine sink (Babystep 1)
• clean hob
• drink wine

Might do

• look at the fly lady site (babystep 3)
• Update Control Journal (BabyStep 4)
• be in bed before 10:30 - even at the weekend??

House Blessing

• mop downstairs

Zone Work

• 15min declutter dining room

Missions

• Wednesday - 15 min tidy of the hall
• Thursday - 15 min tidy of the front porch area
• Friday - check for dust & cobwebs in the dining room

babystep 5

Morning everyone! Well, a rude awakening this morning - came downstairs to find cat vomit on the kitchen floor I actually thought it was poo so had to interrupt DH"s lie-in (we have one lie-in each at the weekend) as I can't deal with cat poo while pregnant. The cat had his jabs yesterday and was tapewormed - I'm wondering if there's a connection but he's five now and never had a reaction like that before

Right - so today is Chuck Out That Shit day in the Longtalljosie household. Somehow we have to make enough loft/ storage space for an extra family member! DH is a major hoarder so it might be painful. Wish me luck!

Good luck josie. I am aware that I haven't done a really good declutter this week. I have done little piles on the table etc but try to do a deep declutter somewhere more often.

Make sure you have plenty of in and chocolate and a takeaway menu so you CAN be too exhausted to cook. Better still get taken out for tea so there are no dishes either

I have chucked lots out this week - but because I've been doing that rather than surface / hotspots clearing the place looks messier, not tidier! Oh well...

I see that as cleaning from the bottom up though. In the long run I assume things will be easier to keep tidy.

It's chuck it out day here too. DH has loads of stuff to go to the tip. But first he wants to go to a local town to look at shoes(!) which I'm hoping means we get to go to the veggie restaurant there

Quite right carrots

Bessie - good luck with your chuck out day too - we'll compare notes this evening!

ta dahs

shopping
managed not kill any creatures i vaguely remember as my children yet

Ta da's:

Had a lazy morning then got showered and dressed. had lunch and went for a walk. Came back cooked and ate dinner.

Well, we took so much stuff to the charity shop the woman thought I was clearing someone else's house! But there's still tons in the loft... still a lot done.

Well done josie. It sounds like a lot more empty space has been created.

I wonder how bessie is getting on.

Ta Das:

Taxied the family around for a few hours.
Slapped transfer tattoos on children for a few hours
Made tea (well bunged it in the oven)
Hung around at the stables
Made a bracelet for my friend's birthday

Big Fail here on the clearing out. We spent this morning going to a shoe shop & watching DH buy 2 pairs of shoes. This afternoon, he decided he needed a nap as he is out playing in the band tonight so will be really late home (and struggles to sleep when he does get back)

We're going out with friends tomorrow morning, so I'm hoping he'll do it tomorrow afternoon.

Must do

• get washed & dressed (Babystep 2)
• check calendar & list
• what's for lunch
• stretch
• S&S upstairs
• S&S downstairs
• accompany DH on shoe shopping exposition
• make lunch DH did it
• what's for tea
• make tea
• bath & bed DDs (DH out)
• tried & failed to persuede DD1 to wee on the f*&^($g toilet
• tidy up from tea
• shine sink (Babystep 1)
• clean hob
• Shred (level 2, hopes camper is impressed)
• bath
• declutter the rest of last night's wine
• meal plan
• don't listen to the negative voices (Babystep 5)
• drink more wine as a reward when meal plan complete

Might do

• look at the fly lady site (babystep 3)
• Update Control Journal (BabyStep 4)
• 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

bessie I may be imagining it but I seem to remember there were things available to put in the loo that changed colour when the dcs wee'd in it.

Might that help?

I will see if I can find them. It could have been a dream.

colour change tablets

bessie the reviews are contradictory and I don't know about their eco credentials.

I am wondering if food colouring would do the job. Add blue and the yellow wee will make green etc (sorry, but it might help )

You might have to do a trial for her too (or dh!!! - sittting down of course)

thanks carrots - definately worth a go! The ones you linked to don't seem to be available in the UK, so I might have to try some food dye

She is at least now happy to sit on the loo, so it's not anything to do with a fear of falling in, or monsters coming up to bite her bum! (she has done wees on it in the past, so I was worried someone had said something to her at pre-school)

She must have sat on there for 20mins earlier while we played with a puzzle - she got off & wee'd on the potty

People keep telling me to just get rid of the potty & say she'll soon start using the loo. But that's not really my style (I want her to want to do it) and TBH I think she would just wee in her pants!

I would take something like this at her pace tbh. It is about her taking control of herself after all. I wondered about the food colouring staining too. Especially in a limescale area. It might be like disclosing tablets

I am trying to think of a way of testing it without ruining something.

Morning all, here is today's babystep 6* ***

My to dos for today:

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 wher 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!

See you soon!

Ta Das:

washed and dressed
everyone breakfasted
listened to dd go through her dressage
calmed dd when she couldn't remember her dressage - reminded her it was just for fun!
took dcs to local horsey shop for last minute things (dd's ebay cash!)
took dcs for pancake and milkshake (my ebay cash)
send dd outside on bike or scooter as she is unbearably excited
helped ds measure loads of things with a tape measure
helped ds find the right keys for little padlocks from a big pot of keys and padlocks
made lunch/snacks for this afternoons nonsense
filled flask

house looks like it has imploded

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 wher 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!

See you soon!

ta dahs

rude wake up call before 5
breakfast/dress/sort everyone
walk before went nuts
bought myself some books
bit food shop
home
referred another war
helped little zoo out litter tray
returned to bed before lost it for 30mins
tried again
lunch
dd2 deposited at friends house 6 doors up
hot spot front room
litter box emptied
kitchen bin emptied
watched dcs doing a crap foam dinosaur activity