Making a New start, Stepping into the New year

[BlackCatinChristmasChaos]

Hi all, After a pretty rough ride last year (2012) I think I feel ready to start again with babysteps
So who's with me for the journey?

Old and new steppers are welcome!

Lets do this one small step at a time!

Morning all!

I saw a tweet from FlyLady this am apologising for what's been happening with their emails...

We have just taken the DD's to the park for a walk/bike. My main cleaning aims for the day are to vacuum everywhere & change the girls bed sheets.

Glad you've had some "play time" with DDs Bessie

I'm the only one up so far, 10.15 am, WM is on and my ankle is very sore after yesterday's reckless outing. One job I must do is get the fumigated dog food out of the house before OH is back, I know he will confuse the bags.

There was also an e-mail apologizing for the e-mail hiccup so many e-mails, I can't cope -HELP

hi everyone

friday i strolled inot town withdp and picked up aome self adhesive floor tiles from the poundshop-my hall is super shabby and moneys tight at the moment.cost just £8!!!

p/m i laid said tiles.happy days.i now have hall that looks much more respectable!
as its 3miles each way to town didnt do much else other than collet zoolets and make dinner

saturday we went out as sun was shining
took kids to local nature reservewith their bikes and they trundled around for 2 hours on nice smooth pathways away from roads with birds singing the odd bunny tail bouncing away and nice views.we got very cold hands though and i felt on our return that hot chocolate was an essential hand warmer
p/m did 2 loads washing and dried/put away
hot spotted the frnt room and then snuggled with them on the sofa and watched 101 dalmations dvd
made dinner
washed up

todays ta dahs
2nd laod just gone into washing machine
been food shopping
took kids out for a walk

when i get off here i need to clean worksurfaces as scout cat been strolling on them
and hot spot the front room

then its bath and nit check the zoolets and settle down to some tv!
tonights dinner decided

thats probably as much as is guna happen today!

hope you all have a good one
see you tomorrow
p.s are we starting a feb thread or just trundling with this one?

Almost finished washing all the sheets & towels used for fumigation, only 1 small load to do. Now have 2 mountains in the kitchen as I can't stand for long enough to fold them, and can't get them upstairs to the cupboard. Still, at least they are clean mountains

Other Ta Das

Did lunch
DW
Gave the kitchen a very quick wipe
Dogs are fed and watered
Contimated food disposed of
Other bins emptied
Collected OH from the airport I deserve a chocolate medal for actually bringing him home, the miserable sod
Made drinks when we got home
Made sandwiches for tea
Sent DDs off to bed.
Will flick the switch on DW before I go to bed

See you all tomorrow.

Busy weekend which was spent more out than in. "Quiet" day today but I've promised SmallBoy a trip to the swimming pool so he and I could splash each other. List is a bit scary but mostly manageable, I think:

SB & I up & dressed
shine sink
wash dishes, breakfast
wash dishes, lunch
wash dishes, dinner
wash pots/pans
wash slow cooker from Sunday
wash down stove
pack lunch/snacks for swimming
swimming
hang wet swim gear
update SB's Daily Done Diary (DDD) -- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday I can't find where I put the bloody thing so am behind!
line nappy bin
write letters/emails/card -- E, P&N
SB letters/pictures -- O, P, P&N
GO! Delete girls
grocery shop
put groceries away
fling, kitchen
fling, living room
fling, upstairs
declutter, kitchen
declutter, living room
declutter, upstairs
fold clothes
put away
figure out storage system for trains
upload pictures
email
burn CD -- all pictures from party
town bank coins
town Boots MrScout's pills
update diary with group HE dates
check out potatoes box
box up Valentine's treats (MrScout's present)
email K re: tomorrow

Morning all
How is it all going?
Scout, Zoo and Adora - you've done loads!

Yesterday I actually did some cleaning
I dusted and vacuumed the bedroom - which is much easier to do since I decluttered a bit;
wiped down kitchen surfaces;
washed kitchen and bathroom floor with my lovely steam mop;
dusted living room (which still needs to be de-cluttered a bit more I think!)

I've been quite inspired ( on and off) about decluttering since reading and posting on the minimalist threads. I am nowhere near a minimalist, not do I want to be, but it is inspiring me to chuck out crap make things a bit more streamlined.

Jess - how has your weekend been?

Slow start for me this morning. Ankle pain kept me awake.

Got up and made tea, went back to bed with mine
Told OH he'd have to do his own porridge because I can't stand for long
Told OH no, I haven't done porridge, I told you I wasn't going to do it
Spent a few mins watching quails in the garden, then realised the dogs must still be chained up
Fed and unleashed the beasts
Emptied bathroom bin
Made a coffee
Elevated my ankle
I want to make a cake, not sure if I'll get that far

I've been finding it hard to keep focused on work today - managed about 2 and a half hours and I'm off to teach shortly. Wish I didn't keep getting so sidetracked on irrelevancies!

for reasons unknown the zoolets were all maurauding at 4.45 today so my ta dah is pretty good,though im really tired now!

ta dah
5th load washing just gone in-3 loads folded after drying,one load needed ironing.all sorted and all put away
hot spot front room
bins out
recycling out
breakfast for zoolets

Ta Da's

OH brought me a coffee in bed
Up and dressed
Breakfast
OH fed dogs and put dustbin out

Yesterday I tackled one of my mountains, folded and put away most of the sheets and fleece blankets.

Currently watching and advising DD1 packing for our trip. It's painful, she's carefully moving things from one pile to another, very carefully screwing up the ironed clothes as she goes, and taking extra care not actualy make any progress. She's accustomed to OH losing patientence and taking over. But he's not here.

Thanks zoo for your pointy stick encouragement.
I've done a little bit better today.
2hrs work done so far
Washing in machine and dishwasher set off.
A few more items de-cluttered
Just about to do some more work before students arrive.

DH is away for work, so today I have

• packed the girls off to GPs
• gone to work
• got back in time to shuffle the cars around
• made tea
• got both the girls bathed & in bed by 715!
• NOT gone to yoga
• washed up & cleaned the kitchen
• made tomorrows lunch
• laid out clothes & packed bags for tomorrow
• updated my appraisal
• drunk 2 large glasses of port
• failed to get to bed early

Just realised I haven't made my breakfast for tomorrow (have to eat it at my desk) - arse - am doing that then going to bed

mmmm thanks adora!

Morning everyone.
Yesterday didn't turn out too badly in the end. I got done the work I needed to plus a very little bit of decluttering. I need to get on this morning though!

i didnt get here yesterday.dp was here and is always very full on when he underfoot around

yesterdays tadahs
-3 loads washing,2 dry folded and put away
s=s bathroom
sort kids for school
made lunches
school run
my breakfast
hot spot front room
cleaned dishes and put away
made a start on cupboard under the stairs
lunch
long walk with dp
school run
dp was on Trmly Learning Conference duty and i feel really tired now,despite waking full energy and raring to go!

hope everyones ok

Another "light" day here, ankle is improving but I'm mindfully that next week's trip is full of days out and I want to be able to go on all the excursions. I don't want to go to teh southernmost city of the world and sit in a hotel room.

So, 2 loads in WM, one still to be hung out
Breakfast and lunch done
DW filled and ready to go, as soon as I finish this coffee
Dogs watered
Laundry basket (contents, odd socks and DD's nix) sorted

haven't been on in ages. packed lunches not made this week, slow cooker not used this week, washing up just done for the first time this week

three days of work
bedroom is tidy
washing is up to date
meeting at ds school attended
ds appointment at dental hospital attended
shopped for cubs pancake night
ran cubs
returned equipment to scout stores instead of bringing it home to clutter up my house

So where are cats and hellesbelles??

I've had a dull day at work, but did manage to sell a purple bookcase that was cluttering up my dining room - got £10 so I am pleased as I only paid £20 second hand for it a couple of years ago!

DD2 will be out of her cot at the end of the month (we are waiting until we get back from hols) so am getting desperate to get rid of a few more bits of furniture from her room!!

Kitchen is clean, & am all prepped for tomorrow (clothes laid out, my breakfast made & bags packed). Must go wash my face mask off & then do my hair.

A-ha! There's one of them! Good to see you back HB - I thought you had gone AWOL!

Dinner is sorted, it's going to be French style chicken from the BBC's good food website. Just have to get off my rear end and cook it. Having spent this week on the couch nursing my ankle I don't feel the need to eat much at all, but the family still does. There is half a Black Forest gateaux to be finished off though, t'was OH's birthday cake at the weekend.

Helles very well done on not bringing the scout supplies home.

Bessie well done on selling the book case

Flying is going to be on hold for a few days SB and I are trying toilet training tomorrow. I'm going to focus on him 100% I told him that tomorrow we're having an at home day, we'll do more Pp projects, do puzzles together (he loves doing puzzles), practice using scissors (he was very excited about that!) and that in the morning when he woke up he'd put on his big boy pants (he can choose which ones from the pack he picked out last week) and we would do lots of sitting on the toilet (he sits on it now, fully clothed, talking about going to the toilet and wearing big boy pants) to try and pee in the toilet and not on himself. I told him it was okay if he forgot and he peed on himself but that he should try to be a big boy and pee in the toilet.

Gah! I'm scared!

scout he'll do Brill - if my ds managed it (a decade ago! scary) anyone can. that boy was determined to stick with his nappies...

Good luck Scout and SB, sounds like he's well prepaired

A few things done here, still struggling with my ankle though.

3 loads in WM, last one to be hung out in a few mins
Meals done and cleared up, only dinner to tackle now

Still to do, other than dinner,
Remove flaking nail varnish, wash hair
Write shopping list for tomorrow

Ooooooooh! How exciting for SB scout! In the early days I pumped DD1 full of lots of drinks, so we had plenty of opportunity to get stickers practice!

DD2 has recently started asking to "go wee" now - really what she means is that she wants an excuse to play in the sink wash her hands, but I figure it's all good practice for her!

When do you go on hols adora?

I have drunk half a bottle of wine, spoken to mum on the phone for an hour, researched some potential birthday presents for DD2, blogged, tweeted & put stuff on my nails.