Who wants to join me for a school holiday fly thread?

[carrotsandcelery]

I am hoping to develop a new routine for the school holidays which gets me through the basics, encourages the dcs to do a bit, and leaves me plenty time to mumsnet play with the dcs.

Anyone who would like to join me please sign in below.

Ideas how to achieve this are also gratefully appreciated.

Wow, have been on a mission today.

I:

Went to the gym to exercise and eat cake
Fed Dd her lunch
Tidied up a couple of the kitchen cupboards and rearranged them to work more efficiently
Swept and Washed kitchen floor
Swept and washed dining room floor
Scrubbed kitchen and generally tidied
Made curry from scratch for dinner
Re-tidied kitchen
Slobber on the sofa all evening

Tuesday To Do:

1. 30 Mins room rescue in DD's room.
2. Clean kitchen worktops and hob.
3. Evening & Before Bed Routines.
4. Help DD make a card for her teacher.

Evening all!

Amongst us we have got a lot done today but the place still looks awful.

Ta Das:

Ds:
dusting
s&s bathroom (supervised)
load wm (supervised)
hung washing (two teddies)
Unloaded dw (with help for things which are high up) x 2
tidied up toys
fed guinea pigs

Dd:
hoovered (I had to do it again later)
dusting
unloaded dw
fed rabbits
fed visiting gerbils
tidied bedroom
load dw
cleaned kitchen table

Dh:
worked all day
cut grass
fed dogs
helped ds unload dw

Me:
hoovered again
loaded wm
hung wet washing
folded dry laundry
cleaned worktops
made lunch & snacks for troops
made tea for us all

Seems a reasonable division of labour and loads of time was left for playing

Hello all!

I forgot to post yesterday but it was a similar list to the one above.

Dd won, with 10 pegs, yesterday.

Today, so far, I have cleaned the bathrooms (although I haven't wiped down the walls yet) and I have done a mountain of ironing.

just checking bak in.lurgy has struck again in the zoo house
ds know has ear infection

ta dahs have incuded keeping eyes open for longer than 10mins
try not freak over mess a girls survive lord of the flies style

today is my first day without a nap of over an hour
most important things first i have made banana muffins!!!!!

tomorrow i shall have the sschool run to doand attempt to clear up a bit,whilst caring for a very dispondant little boy who has slept on me,wept on me and clung to me since friday

hope evryone else i s fairing better

Hi zoo. I am not scared (said through radio of full body radioactive suit). I have been on the farm playing with ponies that is all.

A few Ta Da's to report here

DDs are back at school after winter hols so,
Up & dressed
Breakfast for family
Packed lunch
Ushered family out the door
WM on
Vacuumed all over
Dusted and cleaned
Cleaned glass table
Fed dogs, called vet as one is sick
2 & 3 rd loads in WM are done
DW emtpied
Bit of decluttering done, currently fighting an urge to get rid of everything
Handed puppy over to vet for assessment & possible treatment, depending what the problem is.

Still to do

Hang washing & reload WM
Take recycling to the centre
Dinner
Prep packed lunch for tomorrow
Meal plan for rest of week

adorabell hope its nothing serious wrong with pup

dd2 was "paying penance for waking us all up at sily oclock and had to help me fly

6.45 am we were out front,i was cutting hedge,she collecting clippings and pop into bin ready to be collected today

after breakfast we did this;
washed ds room floor,polished and wiped his windows
washed my floor,polished and wiped windows
cleaned girls room floor,sorted under the beds,polished,wiped windows
cleaned bath,sink and floor
washed living room floor,moving all furniture and sweep as we went
polished living room
washed kitchen floor

completed by 12 oclock then they had playmobile out and went to the park when i went for cbt

I have been on a bit of a go slow. Luckily dh has been doing quite a bit so things haven't slipped too far. I don't want him to spend his week just doing housework though.

Ta Das:

washed and dressed
helped dd finish packing
took dd to camp
felt jealous
realised we had forgotten dd's bike
went home and got bike and took it up too
loaded wm
loaded dw (mostly done by dh)
cleaned worktops
hoovered
s&s bathroom
decluttered kitchen (not entirely done but much better)
cleaned kitchen table
hung up jackets that seemed to be all over the house

Hopefully things look much better.

Adora I hope the puppy is ok. Fingers are crossed for it.

hello everyone
another silly oclock start so we did shred together at 6.30!

ta dahs
washed loads soft toys,

2nd load in

hotspot the front room

wiped surfaces in kitchen

thats it really..its very hot here and i get dizzy and irritable in the heat so planning chill and watch the zoolets play this pm

Hi everyone

I'm cleaning my oven today, not so much a grin as gritted teeth.

Other Ta Da's include 4 loads in the WM, I did 4 yesterday- where is it all coming from?, a bit of vacuuming and moping of the tiled floors. Puppy should be back (vet said midday and it's only 1.30, so far). I'm off to continue with the oven bits. Never seen any of oven cleaning bag things here so I'm doing it the old fashioned way.

I don't seem to be doing a lot of flying this week. Dh is doing loads of it and we have been ignoring a lot of it. The place is a tip and I have beads everywhere so can't comment to anyone else

On the plus side we have had a busy but lovely and relaxed week, if it is possible to put the two together.

carrots at chez zoo we have degenerated into chaos.i think i shall have to go to the flylady site and save it as a favourite then start babysteps again on wednesday

im soo angry with myself that all my routines seem to have disolved and we are in such a pickle again

i must stop ranting and make some lunch

We have collapsed into a pile of dust and clutter and washing too zoo. Dh has gone back to work today and he "carried" me all of last week. Now I have to load the dw etc all by myself again [sobbing]

Today's progress so far,

2 loads in WM, both hung out
DW on, needs emprying
Packed lunches Packed
Breakfast for family
Fed dogs, twice
My breakfast, 2nd for OH
Started scrubbing oven racks
Sat down with a snack
Currently watching the Olympics

Still to do
Empty DW
Continúe oven cleaning
Bubble bath
School run
Shopping
Dinner
Prep Packed lunches for tomorrow
Feed dogs
Put away clean laundry
Make bed once sheets are dry
Continúe de-cluttering

Zoo

Try not to be angry, especially with yourself, you've had a lot of time looking after ill DCs- and been ill yourself in the midst of it. It takes time to recover your energy, so be kind to yourself and Have some

Back again,

Had a lovely bubble bath
Cleared garden- dogs, don't ask
School run
Long convo re quote for carpet
Home, brought last of the clean towels
Fed dogs, again
WM on
Forced DDs to hydrate (made them a drink and stood over them waiting for the empty glass)
Dinner
Hung washing
Cleaned stove
Emptied DW and reloaded with stove bits, flicked switch
Caught the end of men's hockey, Team GB v Argentina (couple of friends won't be too happy
Forced DDs to take their clean clothes upstairs, we're instigating a points system on Wed.
Sent DD back downstairs to put away the things I'd told her about 3 times already- hence the point system.
DDs finale in bed, I'm having a cuppa before clearing the rest of the kitchen and doing tomorrow's lunches.

Ooh, women's volleyball has just started, GB v Algeria, the kitchen may have to whistle tonight.

Morning all! The sun is shining and has made me feel a bit livelier (sp?)

Ta Das:

washed and dressed
bathroom s&s
bit of ironing done - loads more to do
dw on
beds aired and now made
worktops and table cleaned
garden sanitised - bleurgh!
hallway decluttered

Going to work on a bead order while the kids play with Lego now. We have the Olympics on in the background.

Hello all

We have fog and drizzle.

So, this morning's Ta Da's

Got up and removed stove things from DW to cook packed lunch. Yes, I was so behind last night that I cooked rice before starting breakfast today.
Breakfast for family
DDs emerged looking dreadful (not in a Kevin way), DD2 managed to eat before going back to bed, DD1 didn't.
WM on
Tea and toast for myself and OH
Let dogs out to see off something in the corner of the garden.
Emptied DW
Fed puppies, Floppy still has a delicate stomach so he's on chicken. I gave Houdini a little chicken to keep everyone happy. Still keeping everyone happy the big dogs got the fatty bits off last night's steak. Bloody Pirate lived up to her name, she nicked the steak out of Teddy Bear's bowl cheeky mare. So she got booted out and Teddy got my lunch a juicy piece of steak.

I was going to take all the recycling, but can't with DDs stuck in bed, so I think I'll just move it to the car. It's currently cluttering the hallway which kinda defeats the object.

i woke up to it pouring down

No Zoo it's not just you, mine would eat the cupboards most days if I didn't hold them back!

They are up and inspired now, having watched a bit of gymnastics. DD2 does does it in school so of course she's going to become an Olympic gymnast, natch. They are currently prancing around, I'm waiting for them to collpase.

Anyway, further Ta Da's

Copious amounts of toast for DD1, lunch is on the stove
Hung out washing.

I may get some shopping done depending on how DDs feel after lunch.

Mine are eating the cupboards empty at speed to. Feeding everyone lunch or tea with several extras is expensive!
I did lots of dishes and table cleaning yesterday and didnt get far beyond that.

Right, new month and I'm getting back on the list-posting bandwagon.

So here it goes:

To Dos and Ta Dahs:
Toddler & I up
Toddler & I dressed
Toddler & I to make his bed (today is the day I start to teach him how to do it)
Toddler out to wave to the bin men
bin brought back in from curb
wash dishes from Tuesday dinner
wash pots/pans from Tuesday dinner double
wash Wednesday breakfast dishes
Medal Tracker Project: date changed, medal counts changed, medals glued, picture taken, picture posted with summary, Toddler colored equestrian picture, equestrian picture hung, equestrian picture photo taken & posted with summary, cut out: tomorrow's date, more medals and numbers, print double digit numbers, check Wednesday's medal count (tonight) at end of sporting day
Tesco, recycling
Tesco, shopping
15 minutes declutter, upstairs
15 minutes declutter, downstairs
fling, upstairs
fling, downstairs
recycling to bin (have an overflowing bag and a few bottles for Toddler)
permission form: write and send
check bank account status and play with money
after playing with money: order sticks, magnets, Velcro spots and send payment for skating next month
start to bag up recently outgrown Toddler clothes (his 2-3yr shirts are too short/getting too tight/too hard to get over his head so while I've been putting him in 3-4yr shirts for a while I've been mixing and don't think I can get away with 2-3 shirts any more)
put away Toddler's clean clothes
sort out Toddler's clothes (shift the old out and bring in the new)
email MiL
email Guiding friend re: baby/toddler kit she gave us (it's outgrown now and want to see if she'd like it back or for me to pass on -- assuming pass on but want to ask)
watch lots of Olympic swimming, diving and gymnastics
get Toddler outside

To Dos and Ta Dahs:
Toddler & I up
Toddler & I dressed
Toddler & I to make his bed (today is the day I start to teach him how to do it)
Toddler out to wave to the bin men
bin brought back in from curb
wash dishes from Tuesday dinner blush
wash pots/pans from Tuesday dinner double blush
wash Wednesday breakfast dishes
Medal Tracker Project: date changed, medal counts changed, medals glued, picture taken, picture posted with summary, Toddler colored equestrian picture, equestrian picture hung, equestrian picture photo taken & posted with summary, cut out: tomorrow's date, more medals and numbers, print double digit numbers, check Wednesday's medal count (tonight) at end of sporting day
Tesco, recycling
Tesco, shopping
15 minutes declutter, upstairs
15 minutes declutter, downstairs
fling, upstairs
fling, downstairs
recycling to bin (have an overflowing bag and a few bottles for Toddler)
permission form: write and send
check bank account status and play with money
after playing with money: order sticks, magnets, Velcro spots and send payment for skating next month
start to bag up recently outgrown Toddler clothes (his 2-3yr shirts are too short/getting too tight/too hard to get over his head so while I've been putting him in 3-4yr shirts for a while I've been mixing and don't think I can get away with 2-3 shirts any more)
put away Toddler's clean clothes
sort out Toddler's clothes (shift the old out and bring in the new)
email MiL
email Guiding friend re: baby/toddler kit she gave us (it's outgrown now and want to see if she'd like it back or for me to pass on assuming pass on but want to ask)
watch lots of Olympic swimming, diving and gymnastics
get Toddler outside