Two steps forward one step back. Stepping or not here's the list thread for June.

[CatsSleepAnywhere]

Welcome to the thread where we try to do what we can.

Some of you might like to try:
babysteps

Others may just want to do what you feel you can.
Life has a habit of throwing hurdles in the way!
Lets try to do what we can one step at a time.

All newcomers welcome.

Yes Carrots permission granted

And Yes Carrots it was vile, I had to pick them off, and out of, the carpet and then the door frame with all those rubber seals with the creases, normal PVC patio doors. Lot's of spaces just right for creatures of that size. OH at last got rid of what was left outside, but more maggots came in overnight. I know because I was awake and kept checking. This morning I've picked up a few more and given it a liberal spray of fly killer. I left it until the DDs are at school as the chemicals her are much more potent than in the UK.

Then, at dinner last night the cheeky B'stard had the audacity to ask me not to park in the school car park because it's muddy. Mud on the outside of the car v maggots inside the house. I still feel sick, and stabby. Very stabby. I do have four German Shepherds here, I could set them on him.

I'm going to fold the clean washing while I think about it.

To Dos and Ta Dahs:

Toddler & I up
Toddler & I dressed
active music group decided not to go but going to the playground instead
finish washing up last night's pots
get out new pots
town, post office
town, bank
place order for MomScout's co-worker who wants British stuff but the company won't ship to the US
pack up for HE cook-out tomorrow
Fling, downstairs
Fling, upstairs
clean toilet
clean bathroom sink
copy train pictures for coloring
print caterpillar/butterfly things
print numbers
find US themed/4th of July activities for Toddler
cut Toddler's toenails
wrap presents for friend's new granddaughter
package up (and label) presents for friend
write cards (for friend and her daughter)
figure out what smells in the refrigerator
take trash to bin
take recycling to bin
empty bathroom trash
take dead plants to bin
Tesco, nappies
clear off counter near window
wash down stove
email Seniors re: outdoor cooking
charge phone
take chicken out of freezer (Wednesday's dinner)
finish grace mobile (cut out prayer, glue strings, thread string through cup, etc)
label color line cards
make laundry line for color cards I've done one but think I need two since there are 10 color cards
hang color lines
glue some stems to leaves (for the Family Apple Tree)

For some reason my laptop and the printer aren't talking so I need to wait for MrScout to get home to sort it out then I can tick off several of my list.

Adora I too would be very stabby if dh had done that. I suspect it won't help though I would be telling him exactly what I thought of the keeping the car clean suggestion though and also be making him do the rest of the demaggoting as they appear.

Scout that is quite a long list for a lazyitus day

Carrots He knows, after the car comment last night I asked him if he had cleared the vacuum filter as promised. I didn't want to use it and get maggots left in it, he insisted it was the only that we could get at them.

When he said he had forgotten to clean it I just looked at him. He went off and cleaned it, and this morning sorted out the puppies without a word. Also, I slept in DD2's room, they were both in DD1's. I refused to use the same bed as him on the basis that I couldn't sleep "because of the maggots"

What's making me really stabby though, is the hypocrisy. So, next time he berates the DDs or me for our imperfections I shall inform that after what he caused he no longer has anyright to comment.

Moving on,

Puppies are fed and watered, half the clean washing is organised and the WM has finished. DW has been emptied and topped up.Dustbin is out and DDs were packed off to school with a rapidly constructed sarnie and a couple of bought cakes. Not what I want them to eat but I'm not beating myself up over it, because I haven't slept. I'm having breakfast and yet another coffee

ive had bad back ache today and CBAitis

ta dahs
fed and watered zoolets
packed lunches made
sorted zoolets
school run
decluttered bag sweets and cake
litter tray
washing on
hotspot front room
nursery pick up
lunch
cleaned kitchen surfaces
made carrrots fabula banana muffins
school run
attempt not murder arguementative dd2 try play flute
assembled decapitated horse farm
which has been played with for under an hour and fighting between ds and littel zoo has forced me to put it away
referee dd2 argueing with everyone in turn,out of turn and then some

roll on bedtime!!

by the way adoraim in favour hang draw and quartering your dh

These ituses seem to be highly contagious.

I hope I didn't spread it

Tell you what, lets blame Adora's dh and his maggots

Yep, Carrots, I'm too tired to work out what it is, but it's almost definitely down to OH's maggots, garuanteed.

Well, other than more laundry and playing with puppies, I really can't remember what I've done. Took the DDs out for a posh snack post pick-up -because the golf club don't have maggots - fed puppies, did dinner and then flopped with a glass of wine. I'm gong to bed now. Tomorrow I need to go shopping.

Morning all!

I am hoping that:
Scout slept well
Adora slept well and that her dh demaggoted during the night and when her morning comes
zoo's dcs are germ free and that her sofa is miraculously beautifully fragrant
Cats is continuing to feel more like her happy, cheerful, houseworking self
the antibac spray eradicated all ituses and we all feel good today

Oh and ta das:
washed and dressed - bath drained fast again today
both dcs have a packed lunch today so that is done
ds's snacks are sorted
still trying to get ds to eat breakfast

Apologies for absence

Ta dahs today so far
Up breakfasted showered dressed
Filled in form to cash in part of income bond and walked to post box to post it
Load of washing in machine ( last sunny day for a bit I believe!)
Just about to start work

Adora, I'm blaming your DH and the maggots for the fact that the inside of my car is a total tip ( think skip on wheels )

I think you should keep a photo of a maggot, and every time he gets critical, just place it in front of him and don't say anything!

Carrots Today I feel tired and urgh! So not too happy. If I could, I would go back to bed --even though I got quite a lot of sleep-- DS has a cold and a sick bug so is home today. I feel like I may be coming down with something.

I'm back. Haven't been on this site in the last couple of day but need motivation as i haven't done much this morning apart from getting everyone up, breakfast'd and done the school run. Been watching tele :)

Looks like everyone has been busy. Loving the whole pigeongate affair!

@catssleepanywhere - i will have a look at that page at lunch perhaps and join in the natter. Need to get on with housework for now tho...

to do-

• do dishes
• tidy kitchen
• clean toilets
• bring bins back in from outside
• do some washing
• hoover downstairs
• tidy ds room
• do afternoon school run
• make tea
• tidy and wipe kitchen and do dishes
• give kids a bath
• do some ironing

ok back later....

Arti and Lucy good to have you back.

Ta Das:
dry washing folded and put away
wet washing hung - working my way through the beds - ds today
crazy amount of pet food and pet meds purchased - had to take the car as couldn't carry it all

I keep catching the pile of ironing out of the corner of my eye.

Ta dahs today so far
Up breakfasted showered dressed
Filled in form to cash in part of income bond and walked to post box to post it
Load of washing in machine ( last sunny day for a bit I believe!)
Finished preparing one lesson and completed a second
Washing on line
Next lot of washing about to go in machine

Arti, yep, it's all his fault, whatever you have that needs cleaning, sorting or curing, it's absolutely his fault for being a dirty B'stard lazy individual

Cats hope you feel better soon, and DS too.

Carrots thanks, I did sleep (dreams weren't too pleasant tho, bleedin imagination) and OH did do the demaggoting, although he didn't have to stay up all night because I did so much the night before.

Lucy I'm not enjoying the pigeongate affair, but that's only because it's in my home, yuk.

So, today's Ta Da's

Up and dressed
Breakfast for family, coffee for me
Assembled healthy packed lunch
Big dogs in, family out
Water for puppies
Cleaned kitchen
Cooked chicken for pampered puppies, under the beady little eyes of said pups
Made impatient puppies wait for chicken to cool down, because I'm evil
Fed puppies
Cleaned kitchen floor
Made a coffee
Cleaned kitchen floor
Removed puppy from what's left of the leg is a wooden stool, again
Cleaned kitchen floor
Coffee went cold, made another
Puppy off leg of furniture, again
Yay, another cold coffee
Made another coffee
Cleaned kitchen floor
Removed puppies from DW, then cupboards, then utility room. They now know that chicken comes out of that room but can't work out to get into the fridge.
My breakfast
Removed both puppies from the legs of the stool I'm sitting on

Can't put DW on as local shops didn't have the powder, so that'll wait until I've own shopping in town.

I'm off to shower and then out shopping. Puppies are currently negotiating over a chew toy, not the kitchen funiture this time need to give big dogs some breakfast too. OH should satisfy their appetite.

hugs and chocolates for all!!!!!!!

ta dahs
woke up with a mouth ful of whiskers-scout had decided snuggle on my chest,legs either side of my neck adn push his little furry face into mine!

remouved cat,then stray whiskers left behind
let cats out
litter tray
breakfast for dcs
packed lunches
sort dcs
school run
checked nursery would take lil zoo as horrible rash
collected free london 2012 sticker album and stickers for dcs
my breakfast
washing in
ironing
dragged ds littel bike to nursery for lil zoo to ride back
lunch
quick trip to aldi for nosey
rang gp for emergency app for ds
lots ds cuddles and printed off some colouring pictures for him and little zoo
head off gp when dp gets back with dd2

Ta dahs today so far
Up breakfasted showered dressed
Filled in form to cash in part of income bond and walked to post box to post it
Load of washing in machine ( last sunny day for a bit I believe!)
Finished preparing one lesson and completed a second
Washing on line
Next lot of washing in machine, washed and on line
Third lesson prepared
dishwasher emptied of cleans and more dirties put in
Healthy lunch eaten
Work accounts and other admin done
Living room tidied
Physio exercises done

Arti I got a photo, great idea. I used the iPhone, but my iPhone is broken- so I'm using the OH's for a while, ha ha

Not many more Ta Da's to report

We went out and had a lovely lunch, got a bit of shopping - nothing exciting, then came home to find that one of the puppies had escaped the pen and was running around the house chewing things and peeing. This is because the OH didn't spend 20 seconds putting a piece of wire on the corner of the mesh when DD1 showed him that they can wriggle out. He's done it now.

I left him dealing with that while I dashed to pick up the DDs from school, back home and we all had a slice of gateaux so the DDs felt they were celebrating our anniversary with us. Fed the puppies, fed the DDs, done a wash, sorted shopping, loaded DW and am watching TV, my feet are aching because of walking around in heels all afternoon. Still need to prep packed lunch, they want the same again so easy planning, put the gateaux away, may have to cut another little piece off, just so it fits in the fridge of course

To Dos and Ta Dahs for today:

get Toddler & I up
get Toddler & I dressed
pack swimming bag
pack swimming lunch
swimming
hang wet swim gear
town, bank
order Mom's co-worker's goods
find mobile phone
charge mobile phone (when found)
hang colors line
print numbers for number line
email, Seniors, outdoor cooking
email, Guider friend, outdoor cooking & Seniors
call for Toddler's haircut (though number in mobile so could be tricky)
wash down stove
wash down counter
Tesco, recycling
bring in bag/s from yesterday's day out
empty bag/s from yesterday's day out
order books
Toddler, color
email, MiL
fling, downstairs
fling, upstairs

In reality what I'll accomplish I don't know but I have a full-blown cold and feel like cr@p rotten. MrScout's going to a Guiding event tonight so won't be home for dinner -- I might eat with Todler and go to bed even earlier than I have been.

Oh dear Adora. Your dh is on a roll! I almost (I said almost) feel sorry for him now

Ta Das:
washed and dressed
blow dried dd's new haircut. She looks so lovely.
made ds's snacks
breakfasted everyone - practically had to feed dd to make her eat
helped dd add finishing touches to her project (thank goodness that is over)
ironed the rainbow ds made out of hama beads for his teacher (cute)
unloaded and reloaded dw
cleaned worktops
began decluttering kitchen table (hama bead and school project chaos)

Please make sure I cancel dd's riding lesson tomorrow or I will have to pay regardless. Keep nagging me please.

To do list: Everything!

"Realistic to do list": A bit of everything --or what I can be ar$ed to do--

Right, been to "visit" Flylady. I am going to "attempt" something like THIS

But do it in my own way!

Hopes someone will be around today --to help keep me going--

I will start at 10. Work for 30 mins then have a break then work 30 mins then break --if needed-- and try to do that today.