Stepping into June, tentatively

[AdoraBell]

Cats, Zoo, Arti, Bessie, Scout, anyone else?

How are things going, Sinks shiny?

Plodding along here at Chez Adora, sinks have remained shiny, laundry under control, most rooms still presentable, garden battered by a storm but house remained dry. My back is giving me gip and estate agents are bringing the hoards at the weekend, open house.

whats wrong with dd2 adora?

I like the idea of resting at pilates by the way

last yesterdays ta dahs
made couscous,almond and sugar snap salad
folded last load washing from drier
made ginger biscuits with little zoo

the zoolets hav e become very lazy with putting laundry in baskets etc so I went online and made some reward charts,usng trips to the park,dvds and popcorn and board game night as bribes incentives

ta dahs
fed cats
fed kids
made lunches
remembered to nag dd2 to put washed p.e kit back to school
packed lunches done,remembering to pack dd2 with extra bottle for watr as they don't get offered drinks in the heat
washing on
sorted little zoos hair
checked they had all put laundry in basket and made beds
checked ticked only boxes had achieved today so far
school run
pop shops for bread and milk
my breakfast
washing into drier
load number 2 on
cleaned bathroom

I got ambushed when I heard a noise from the girls room by a very pleased to see me atticus-he has clearly decided now is the tim to forgive me for evicting him form my bedroom after the vomiting all over my ned incident.I sat on little zoos bed and he leapt up knocking me onto my back and proceeded to paddy paw mewhilst purr at top his lungs.overwhelmed by the return of his affection I lay there fussing him and he settled down and for the first time ever he decide to go to kip on meI then got all soothy trying to decide whether to move him and I fell akip.woke an hour later to find him now laying beside me stretching and headbutting me in the hope of a bit more fuss!!!

got up leaving the lazy little bugger there and resumed cleaning!

hot spot front room
moved out sofas and cleared debris from under them
polished front room
put rubbish out intowheelie bin
wiped kitchen surfaces
washed up

I am now heading back into the kitchen to make some muffins before I collect the zoolets and make cool cats and coleslaw for tea as dd2 has her last girls brigade meeting before the summer break

She has an ingrown toe nail that's become infected.

Will update later as need to do the school run.

Aww, so glad atticus has forgiven you.

Ta Dah's

Morning routine, with porridge for breakfast Today
Showered
Dried hair
Dressed for Pilates
Left for Pilates, had time to spare so picked up veg and milk en route
Pilates boy am I feelling it now
Back home - starving despite having porridge at 7.30, so had cheese on toast
Emptied DW and reloaded
3 loads in WM
Hand washing- hung inside as too damp outside
Browsed t'internet for Recipes
Chopped Chicken and made a honey mustard marinade
School run
Back home
Cup of tea
Dinner
Cleared away while family Spent time with dogs
Put DW on
Looked at DD2's toe and gave her the last antibiótico for the day
Made tea
Fell onto the sofá

Tomorrow I'm waiting in for people to do things related to solar panela then pop out to Get Dr. Appoinments, I can't seem to make it work on the phone.

aw.poor dd-very painful and unpleasant

dd1 is off to uni September and we spent the afternoon baking,teaching her much loved recipes to take with her when she needs a bit of home/comfort

Thursdays tadahs
fed cats
fed kids
packed lunches
help little zoo get ready
school run
take quote on relocating my back garden from a wilderness-another one coming to view and quote Friday,but Im very happy with this one that I found on netmums google made me go there
my breakfast
s+s bathroom
wash up and clear worksurfaces
hoover stairs and wash hall floor
another 30mins under the stairs-making progress
stroll to shops with dd1 for ingredients
lunch
relaxed afternoon baking

Morning all

I banned myself from MN for 2 days - got loads more work done though not much housework!

Well done Arti

And Well done Zoo for teaching DD1 How to bake treats instead of wasting her student £s on shop bought rubbish.

Thursday's Ta Dah's

Morning routine
DDs had Apple pancakes for breakfast (Jamie O's Recipes as I can't use weighing scales and this is 1, 1 and 1)
Cleared away
Let blokes in to do work on eléctrica /solar paneles etc, had to bring dogs into kitchen to do that
Did porridge for OH post school run
2 Loads in WM
Sat in kitchen drinking tea and making sure dogs didn't wreck anything úntil 1pm when I could let them out
Emptied DW, can't do with dogs in kitchen as they lick the clean plates-yuck
Ate lunch
Brought dogs back in
Moré dog watching
School run- had to leave dogs in kitchen
Back home
Drinks
Dog watching
Dinner
Ate dinner
Let dogs out, blokes had gone by this time
Decided to do sarnies for packed lunch, in the morning
Checked DD's toe
Sent DDs to Bed
Cleared away
Made tea
Slumped into the sofá
Went to Bed

Today

Morning routine, porridge all round
Made sarnies
Got dressed for pilates
Did toast for OH post school run
Went to pilates
Errand at bank
Into town for moré errands
Booked 3 diferent Dr. Appts for DDs
Picked up supliese for a short breakfast next week
Back home
Got changed
Lunch out with OH
School run - DDs are now off for 2 weeks, winter hols
Back home, dogs are in the kitchen again
Made drinks
Dog watching
WM on
Currently MNing, waiting for blokes to finísh and leave, aparentes they need to come back on Monday, so that I can let the dogs out and put the rubbish out.

well done arti-don't abandon us though-we have pointy sticks and shiny stickers as incentives bribes

adora having to keep animals in as a nightmare-scoutcatis black and has no road sense so isn't allowed out at night,but for all the tea in china he wouldn't come in last night

ive not slept well this week as its too warm at night so I got up at 5 on Friday morning and then pronmised myself a siesta at lunchtime

ta dahs
wiped kitchen surfaces
fed cats
did litter tray
washed kitchen floor
washing on
cleaned bathroom
washed hall floor
washed livng room floor
hot spot front room
fed kids
packed lunches
remembered dd2 was off on school trip to the zoo
school run
waited for coaches to leave and waved off dd2
pop shops for milk/bread
late breakfast
another 30mins under the stairs
siesta

got up and intended to do some work in my rrom,then an unexpected visitor appeared and I "lost" and hours worth of work.made a yummy carrot syrup traybake for a friend
school run
wander along to the shops trailing hot tired zoolets as not time to go home and go back to school whilst waiting for dd2 coach to return
made wraps for tea
made carrot traybake for us with dd2
had man come to do 2nd quote on back garden-twice price an spoke to me like using a strimmer was an art form.needless to say he wont be doing the job!job set for Monday 22nd july at 8.30

collapsed watching tv with iced drink!

todays tadahs

another hot day-temp expected to reach 30+ and humid so another early start here

hotspot front room
fed cats
cleaned bathroom
washing on
pop co op for milk for breakfast
fed zoolets
went shopping for food that requires minimum cooking
supervised flybabies
hovered stairs
took girls to shops hunting for bobbles for hair as we have mislaid the last few and as they all incl ds have long hair it a necessity

when he got back we found a voucher in the newspaper for new monsters inc film sticker book so strolled to get that

lunch

kids then cleared off upstairs and I have had an hour reading papers in peace aided by the fact they have been allowed Nintendo ds to play with which a rare treat

I really should get off and interact with them for a while now.we wont be going out again today.its too hot for dd2 as she crisps even in sunblock at the sight of a ray of sun!

I'll catch up properly tomorrow, eyes are aching even though I've been sleeping, dunno why.

Tried to walk the dogs today, OH got pulled over by 3 of them so we put two in the pen and walked the puppies, then went onto town. Currently trying to pick up things I've downloaded from the clouds, we're having a few days away and I want some entertainment for DDs.

had a relatively quiet day here in the zoo.its still hot and im reaching capacity-shall be better when temp is back down to mid-low 20s

tadahs
fed cats
fed kids
wiped surfaces cats insist on laying on
breakfast
shopping
washing on
cleaned bathroom

had a nap while kids played at my ankles with lego

lunch

brief walk to get kids out-too hot and gave back after 10mins

watched harry potter dvd and decluttered large bag randoms between us

dd2 just realised hasn't finished homework du in tomorrow.little ones are back at the lego while I pratt around on here for a bit before making tea

Hope it cools down soon for you Zoo

Had a quiet day here, up late-ish
Breakfast in peace arfter DDs had cleared off upstairs, they did their own because I allow them evil sugary cereales in holiday time
Laundry, 3 Loads plus a little hand washing
Lunch - curry with a jar of Patak's
Cleared away
Brought washing in

Currently mulling over what to do about dinner

Zoo How do you do your cool cats?

Right - I need to really get on with stuff today! So therefore - No more MN today apart from this thread (from whence I hope cheers and shouts of encouragement will come ) and the m thread!

Step one - put some washing on then do an hours work!

Step one - done

Step 2 - eat something as starving ( no idea why), vacuum living room and hall and then do another hour's work.

Step 2 Done ( including the hated job of renewing tax credits)

Step 3 Have lunch, hang out washing, check whether sleeping bag needs washing before I go camping. Do another hour's work

arti you are doing a grand job

adora cool cats are dd2 name for veggie sausage in a bun with coleslaw or ketchup

sso another hot day threatened so I got up at 4.30 and blitzed

tadahs
#washing on
deep cleaned the front room moving all furniture
washed living room windows
fed cats
did litter tray
cleaned bathroom
cleaned bathroomw indows
put out recycling
put out bin for collection
bleached work surface scoutcatthinks is his bed in the heat
hovered the staris
cleaned bannister and wiped photo frames on stairs
polished dds room,cleaned windows
polished ds room and cleaned windows
cleaned windows on front door
fed kids
made packed lunches
did kids hai
wash in drier/washing onr
school run
pop shop for some more milk
my breakfast
washing in drier
read paper
fold all washing and put away
nap

just got up and declutttered some chocolate!

read paper

Zoo - could you please attach that carrot cake to some string and dangle it in front of me, just out of reach! Don't worry about the syrup drips the kitchen floor desperately needs cleaning anyway!

You have an amazing tadah list 4.30am I came too at 7.00am with alarm and just about managed to get myself breakfasted/showered and dressed by 8:30!

I tried to post but t"internet had other ideas.

DDs are still fast asleep, 9.50, first real day of school holiday and they are exhausted. In this school system they have to pass the exams each year in order to move up.

So far my only Ta Dah is pouring water onto the coffee OH had put in the mugs.

Thanks for that Zoo, haven't seen veggie sausages here but I can't bear DDs eating hot dogs.

Arti

Well done on those Ta Dah's

Choc chip cookies baking in the oven, can you smell them?

Step 3: done plus sleeping bag washed ( on super-quick wash - it really only needed a freshen up) and on line!

Step 4: another 45 mins or so work, plus grapping something healthy to eat before I go off to teach so that I am not tempted to stop at corner shop and buy ice-cream.

Step 4: Done - Dashes out to teach GCSE science and maths!

adora we have linda McCartney sausages
articake is dripping over your floor as we speak

its been so damn hot ive been beavering away at ridiculous oclock and then resting in a fetid heap

dd2 got sunburnt face at school Tuesday coz she wasn't allowed to go back indoors to apply more suncream!

todays tadahs
bathroom cleaned
kids hair all washed
cats fed
litter tray changed
washing on
kitchen wiped
living room hotspotted
bins emptied into big bin
recycling added to outside crate
hall,living room and kitchen floors wiped
fed kids
made lunches
washing in drier
school run

a friend had a baby at lunchtime yesterday and was down school this am I got a cuddle

folded dry laundry and put away

prep and cook tonights dinner

Step 1. Get off MN and do a hour's work, then vacuum bedroom floor having picked up all the cr*p from it first !

Saturdays ta dahs
clean bathroom
fed cats
hotspot front room
pile washing up
washing
fed kids
supervise flybabies
washing into dryer

first day in ages its cloudy and a bit cooler!
we spent an hour at local churchand the topic was on the beach-they had sand and water outside and some pictures to pop glue on an dust with dry powder paint,inside other crafts included cut and stickers to decorate fishes and puzzles.then had the story of the wise man built his house upon the rocks and they had props and sounds the kids loved it and we sang the song.90mins of fun for free! then we went onto the school fete which wasn't as good,the highlight being head teacher in the stocks and for 50p three wet sponges to throw at him!
we bought some candyfloss and popcorn and after a late lunch watched
harry potter on tv with snacks-a good day!

dd1 text me at 5 she had blacked out at work and was shaky and dizzy/nauseous.they suspected heat exhaustion and gave her a cold lucozadeI had no text credit so spoke briefly on landline.she stayed at boyfriends last night as its his birthday Monday and was having a big bbq.i text her today and she a bit better.if its not one you worry about its another!

hope everyones ok

Not abandoned but trying not to spend too much time on MN