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Chatting and (Baby) Stepping, (Baby) Stepping and Chatting.

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Scout19075 · 26/06/2012 12:38

A place to have a chat, drink Brew and relax from Stepping (or not). All chatters are welcome, Stepping or otherwise.

Come on in and enjoy the company!

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carrotsandcelery · 13/07/2012 23:05

Have fun bessie.

I am off to bed too. It seems the sensible thing to do [Zzzzzzz]

carrotsandcelery · 14/07/2012 09:26

Hmm well going to bed did me no favours. I dont know if i was too excited about the folksy shop or if it was the diet coke i had at the play centre or a combination but i could not get to sleep. Ds was out like a light but i was wide awake. Maybe i should have run around for three hours or so.
I eventually took some nytol and read my dreadful book til about 1am and must have drifted off and ended up have freaky action/horror film type dreams. Eeeek! I have spent the night running round an icy space station with a large kitchen knife in each hand!

bessie26 · 14/07/2012 11:24

Pills tonight then carrots?!

carrotsandcelery · 14/07/2012 11:33

Yup!

carrotsandcelery · 14/07/2012 11:34

I am just listing my second item on folksy. I will link it to my Pinterest if it works out on folksy. No sales yet. I suspect the more items you have listed the more people see what you have available.

carrotsandcelery · 14/07/2012 11:39

Ds is refusing to get dressed: not in an aggressive way but in a just not doing it sort of way. I am supposed to be delivering a necklace.

He has made some "poysin" in a bottle and labelled it "poysin". It seems to contain Vimto, milk and water. It looks disgusting. He has got out a tray and some bowl and is pouring it into the bowls and dipping various things into it to see what happens. I am loathed to spoil his fun as he seems to be having a good little experiment to himself Grin

carrotsandcelery · 14/07/2012 12:28

Ds is still not dressed. He has been making paste from fresh peas and grated cheddar [fear]

I am still listing on folksy and sharing with Pinterest.

CatsInChaos · 14/07/2012 13:49

Hi all, I like the sound of "grow your own butterflies" Grin

I'm just having some lunch and waiting for the washing machine to do it's thing so I can --attempt to-- hang the washing out.
We are off out to do food shopping this afternoon.

carrotsandcelery · 14/07/2012 14:53

The sun has come out and it has made it up to 14.5 C so we went to see a friend (who was out) and then went to the park. I think I have broken the dog. Grin He is so tired he has collapsed on the back step in the sunshine.

It is lovely to see the sun for a bit.

I have washing to hang as well Cats which I will do... eventually!

CatsInChaos · 14/07/2012 21:38

DC in bed. I'm tired! Having a Brew hot chocolate.

I CBA to get the washing in but I will probably regret that if it rains.

Hows the dog now carrots?

CatsInChaos · 14/07/2012 21:41

Just read up ^ thread about your dream last night carrots Shock !!

Hope you get a better sleep tonight.

carrotsandcelery · 14/07/2012 21:56

The dog is fine now thanks Cats and very happy to have dd home.

Dd nearly wet herself because we hugged her so much when she came in, not knowing she was desperate for the loo Shock

It is nice to have her back but she cried for about an hour from 8pm. Granny had been letting her stay up til 11pm watching CSI and then they had cuddled up together and watched more films in bed Shock

I knew this would happen but she is really, really, really tired.

I think she had a great week though and a loving time bonding with Granny. It is difficult when family are far away.

Scout19075 · 14/07/2012 22:09

Internet finally restored after being broken all day.

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carrotsandcelery · 14/07/2012 22:49

I thought it was awfully quiet Grin

bessie26 · 14/07/2012 23:30
carrotsandcelery · 14/07/2012 23:36

Wahaay!

Hi bessie!

Have you had a good time?

TeaOneSugar · 15/07/2012 08:25

Hope you don't mind me popping into your thread.

I'm getting back into flying, after a bit of a break, I've pretty much got the house into reasonable order, by my standards, (except the spare room and dd's room which are both a bit of a mess - dd's mainly because her stuff is all back in there rather than spread all over the house)

Anyway, I'm going to do a plan for the rest of the month, with tasks for each day, but I'm tempted to forget the zones and just spend 20 mins or so on a different room each day, and then add in set days for doing the on-line shopping order, changing the beds etc. Rather than working on one room for a week, because none of them are that bad now I've blitzed the house, they need the detailed cleaning doing (Vacumming behind the furniture, cleaning the skirting boards etc), but I was thinking I could do a couple of jobs in each room every week.

Am I over thinking this?

Last time I did fly lady I followed the zones but now I've decluttered it's more about keeping it undercontrol and then raising standards a bit. I'll be starting the morning and evening routines and the weekly home blessing once I'm handed in my assignment - the thing I'm supposed to be working on rather than typing this Grin.

Recently I've got stuck in that trap where you have something you need to do but don't want to do (the assignment), which then stops you doing other things because you should be doing that thing you don't want to do, and you end up doing nothing productive.

Sorry that was a bit long.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

What's your routine?

I should say a work 5 days a week on average 6 hours a day and I have primary age dd with all the usual out of school commitments, plus I'm studying for a masters degree, and trying to lose weight and get fit - hence why fly lady's little often approach works for me. I also have in-laws who turn up unannounced !

carrotsandcelery · 15/07/2012 10:06

Hi tea welcome to the thread Smile
Your plan sounds a good one. We have all followed fly lady and now have mixed it up and do our own thing according to what suits our life style and needs.
We chat about what we are doing here and everything else under the sun really and are beginning to work out summer holiday routines and to post lists of things achieved or to dos on the "summer holiday fly thread" which you are welcome to join too.

carrotsandcelery · 15/07/2012 10:09

I am in scotland so mine are off school already but everyone else either has younger children or their kids arent off yet (except adora who is in chilli - i think - and is currently on winter holiday).

carrotsandcelery · 15/07/2012 10:15

I took my first sleeping tablet last night. I doubt i will take any more. I did sleep for eight hours solid with no breaks at all which sounds great but i feel rank now. My head feels fuzzy and heavy and i am intolerant of the kids. I also woke with my eye twitching so it has just added to the list of twitches so far.
The leaflet also says it can increase anxiety etc when you stop taking them which has put me right off.
We need shavings to clean out the animals and now we all have to go for them as i cant drive and dh isnt sure what to ask for (we buy an enormous bale). I cant live where i do and not be able to drive. Its way too complicated.

TeaOneSugar · 15/07/2012 10:19

Thanks for the welcome.

I'll have a look at the holiday thread, I'm looking forward to no school run and no school uniform to sort out at the weekends, but I'm not looking forward to a mad dash to get the washing, ironing and packing done for our holiday after a day at work, hence the need to get organised and on top of things now.

bessie26 · 15/07/2012 10:20

Hi tea! Welcome to the thread! Well done on the decluttering! I'm in pretty much the same position as you - the house is in a reasonable state (by my standards) - the dining room & DD2s rooms are dumping grounds here. I've just returned to work 3 days a week so am concentrating on trying to maintain the state at the mo, but need to get better at the detailed cleaning to improve things.

Will post my daily/weekly lists later if you want. I need to get going now - DH wants to take the kids out as it's actually sunny here!!!

TeaOneSugar · 15/07/2012 10:47

bessie26 It's sunny here as well, unfortunately I stuck finishing an assignment or we'd be out there, we're going to the PIL later for lunch so at least I'll avoid some cooking and washing up Wink.

I do feel that having done fly lady has helped to keep the house under control clutter wise, but I know there's lots of the detailed stuff to do.

TeaOneSugar · 15/07/2012 10:48

bessie26 Forgot to say, your daily/weekly lists would be great, I'll be this evening.

carrotsandcelery · 15/07/2012 10:58

We are just about to renegotiate our "jobs" list for the week as dd is home now.

Wish me luck! Grin