Mad Fledglings March through the Spring cleaning

[BitchytheGreat]

So here we are, March already.

So for those who don't know the fledglings is a long running thread. Some of us seem clicky but that is because we have been chatting on these threads for nearly half a decade makes everyone feel old we quite like fresh blood though so feel free to jump in and join us.

Three key points to keep in mind:
(1)No perfectionism allowed - this is harder than you would imagine
(2)You are never behind just start where you are and anything you do is progress.
(3) It didn't get into a mess overnight, it won't get tidy over night - accept it will take time to get on top of things and you will be happier.

If you are new then trying to spend 15mins decluttering and the babysteps is the most. Some of us Bitchy can have scary looking lists. One word of advice ignore them. Do what you can, anything is better then nothing, and don't judge yourself against others.

thinking understandable in the circumstances

Have done stuff but have shit load more to do. it is bed time yet?

Can I just show my proud face? DD is in yr2 and her teacher told me she is a level 3b in literacy for school. :) She is a 2b/2a for maths. I knew she was good with reading/writing but not that good. They expect her to be a 3a by the end of yr2!!

I suppose i should have a ta da list as I am getting rather bogged down by today. :(

ta da
work on fucking blanket gate take II blanket
shower and hair wash
pick up fastening for finishing ds' cloak
food shopping
Banking
work
metting in next town
cut out and paint a sword
Crochet a ring and put on a string
put bread roll dough ingrediants into machine
feed ds a light tea so he can have bready treaty stuff later
email ds' coach
put ds' bedding into washing machine (he had an accident last night so bed not needed to be made as was done at 1am)
Sort out lesson planning for ds
Download and sort pictures from camera
sort out to do list
decide early night is more important then bastard blanket gate project

Dm is currently making hobbit feet - I owe her for helping me on this one.

Off to put sweet bread rolls into oven and whip some cream . There will probably be more to add to that ta da list but right now... meh.

Eustacia - congratulations on your clever DD! Yes, you should enjoy feeling proud. It's such a lovely feeling when our DC do well.

Bitchy - I love the fact that your DM is making hobbit feet .

ta da

Parent interview about DS2 - he is way ahead with spelling and reading, but still can't remember to put spaces between his words when writing . Teacher says he day dreams a lot. I kept quiet about the new school.
Spent time with DS2 when we arrived home (even watched Minecraft videos with him - deserve another medal for that)
Cleared out and cleaned fridge
Changed binbag in kitchen
Ocado delivery - put shopping away
Cooked dinner
More washing up
Looked up hire dresses for party in May
Phoned DM
Opened (well and truly fallen off the wagon now)

Toffee you have MN mail

Right i suppose i should do the linky poos...

Thursday is errand day Yep all those jobs that need doing out of the house, go do them.

Babystep 6
Also as i fucked up the babysteps don't ask me how but we should be on step 6 and I know that I posted step 4 for today here is Babystep 5 which appears to have been forgotten as i seem to have lost a day somewhere

Missions

right second side is drying, feet are drying. I am off to bed and will stitch buttons tomo, along with making lunch for ds. night night.

Popping in quickly tonight as I'm shattered and seriously considering heading for bed. Sticking to routine going well so far, I've managed to do at least something every day, even with a stupidly late night at work yesterday. Had the day at home today so managed to catch up a bit

ta da
2 loads laundry washed, dried and put away
Room rescue on conservatory of doom
Cleaned bathroom
Quick Hoover round
Decluttered baking sheets shelf
Cleaned washing machine
10 mins hacking back garden
4 bags junk to tip
Repeat prescriptions ordered
Grocery shop

to do
Tidy up 2 lots of meeting minutes for sending out. Can't see that happening tonight though.
Prep bags and clothes for the morning

Night all

Evening all.

Fairly quiet day today so took advantage to enjoy the sunshine. Also had parents' evening tonight and both boys doing very well so that's good. Have found a blue and yellow bucket and added dinosaurs to it. Boys unfeasibly excited about Book Day. Hope it's not going to be too much of a let down for them - don't know what they think is going to happen!

Big waves to everyone and hugs to Thinking. Night!

Don't seem to be getting a moments peace at the moment.

Morning routine
Breakfast
D/w
W/m
School run
Work
Food shopping
School run
Dinner
HW x2
Cub Planning
Cubs
Packed lunches
W/m
D/w unload/load
Swept kitchen
Evening routine

15 minutes sit down before bed!!!

Evening all,

Thinking - sorry you are having a rough week. I work very part time (10 hours a week) and I really struggle to keep a small 3 bed house and 2 school age DCs too, I think there is a lot of truth in that saying about the work expanding to fit the time available. Hope your DD is OK tonight.

Eustacia and Toffee - well done to your DCs on their good reading and writing.

Well, I must tell you about my Lent resolution. As well as giving up crisps along with DH, I was struck by one of my friends decision to give up FB for Lent. I don't spend that much time on there, but I do on MN. I thought of giving it up but I rely on this thread and the Special Needs section too much, so my resolution is to give up on the Most Active button. I can check email, FB and TIO (am on a couple of other long-runners), plus go to any sections except Chat and AIBU for specific info, but am not going to hit Most Active. And I am going to get off my arse and tidy instead.

So, today, been at work, then picked up the DCs and spent a nice hour or so pottering in the garden and decluttering the patio. I also decluttered a kitchen cupboard and a big pile of junk that has been sitting in a basket at the bottom of the stairs. Took DD to Brownies. Sat and watched Outnumbered properly without flicking idly through MN on the Ipad, that has got to be an improvement. I'm off to bed now. Night night.

thanks who knows and bitchy

No flying here today DD still woke up with a raginh temperature. If it has not gown down by lunchtime - when she will have had 2 doses of antibiotics and paracetamol then Im taking her back in.

Sorry to run...

P.S. be proud beam, we don't enough for fear of being smug. Are you in a grammar school area, you may wish to consider your DD for 11+, a whole new ball game.

The P.S. was for Eustacia and now I realised ive missed toffee DC off. I will catch up!!

My plans for the day have been messed up by people. Grumpy people who are huffing and puffing and generally being a right royal pita.

Currently reconsidering how to work today so that:

1. I don't kill anyone
2. Everything that HAS to get done, gets done
3. I can avoid grumpy people
4. I feel like i have achieved stuff.

ta da
spin and dry ds' bedding that got forgotten last night
put blanket gate blanket I on to wash
Hoover kitchen and downstairs
Appologise to ds' teacher about molting costume
Find school trip letter and deal with it
Sort through ds' poster paints and cull dead dried up ones
Sort through ds' paint brushes that are obvious and ditto
Move car ready for dealing with
make up Jelly cups for ds
carry stuff up into ds' room
carry washing downstairs for dealing with
collect washing up into kitchen
negotiate washing machine usage
Hang up blanket
Sort through the meds and find ds' hayfever meds - trees are a blooming.
Sewing closing mechanism onto cloak

Currently drinking coffee and trying not to kill anyone.

Grr! Washing machine has packed up! Now got to add "get quotes for repair" to the to-do list. :(

Hello; quick message whilst travelling (limited internet access)

Just wanted to thank Justfor hinge/drawer diy advice. V. impressed by her independence and knowledge of such things. BB after w/e!

Waves to everyone!

Blue My sympathies re the washer. Mine did that a few months ago.

ta da
morning routines (no school runs - both DCs home ill today)
washing up
tidied up living room (only to have DCs mess it up again )
took car up to garage for repair work (now anxiously awaiting phone call to tell me how much it's going to cost)

to do
probably just have a nervous breakdown over the cost of the car repairs

and drink lots of coffee... lots and lots of coffee.....

ta da
spin and dry ds' bedding that got forgotten last night
put blanket gate blanket I on to wash
Hoover kitchen and downstairs
Appologise to ds' teacher about molting costume
Find school trip letter and deal with it
Sort through ds' poster paints and cull dead dried up ones
Sort through ds' paint brushes that are obvious and ditto
Move car ready for dealing with
make up Jelly cups for ds
carry stuff up into ds' room
carry washing downstairs for dealing with
collect washing up into kitchen
negotiate washing machine usage
Hang up blanket
Sort through the meds and find ds' hayfever meds - trees are a blooming.
Sewing closing mechanism onto cloak
Deal with ds' floor - including boxing the lego to be confiscated
deal with 3 bags of clutter from back bedroom
gather more stuff for nursery together
spend 5 mins in bathroom sorting stuff
spend 5 mins in utility room sorting stuff
make to do list
Think of new whitty posters to put up. although will just refresh the tidy is the new norm one
Empty car
Fold washing
find portalable hard drive and put to virus check...
empty hot water bottles and put into storage
Start collecting handwarmers for going into storage
move harry potter films from adult storage area to assesible for ds.
Scan and print document that a duplicate is needed of
print out a file of stuff for memory books making sure right thing is on right coloured paper

Buddha hope your new job is going well amongst all of that!

done
up at 6.30. Dd to school
ds2 driven to school
ds1 despatched
went to visit two friends in quick succession and gossip/chat, inspect veggie patches, secondary catchup
exercise
wash on
now back home...time for a nap will set alarm for 2pm

Excuses, explanation, excuses, explanation, excuses Thank you Bitchy
SC, necessities been the mother of invention.
Waves to all apologetically and hope to catch up properly later, but must run.

Ta da
bathroom
gasman
hospital
shopping
washing

To do
Find labels and marker pen
Construct storage boxes
Pack everything to move back into flat by end of tomorrow (Realistically I can’t actually do all of it today, but can try.)
Check key fits padlock
clean inevitable mud from communal hall
English
History
Catch up h.e diary
Dinner
Draw figure for ds friend’s game
Try and make plan for tomorrow
Listen to friend
Try and get back on here.
Sleep

Bitchy oh sure, make the rest of us look bad. Yeesh.

I won't get much done today - I'm reeling from the cost of the car repair. £427. and five pence. sigh. I can't even say I'm really shocked, as the service alone was £170, and I knew it needed brake work both front and rear. Still. major major ouch!

Situation normal there then Alice normal queen of scary lists

ta da
spin and dry ds' bedding that got forgotten last night
put blanket gate blanket I on to wash
Hoover kitchen and downstairs
Appologise to ds' teacher about molting costume
Find school trip letter and deal with it
Sort through ds' poster paints and cull dead dried up ones
Sort through ds' paint brushes that are obvious and ditto
Move car ready for dealing with
make up Jelly cups for ds
carry stuff up into ds' room
carry washing downstairs for dealing with
collect washing up into kitchen
negotiate washing machine usage
Hang up blanket
Sort through the meds and find ds' hayfever meds - trees are a blooming.
Sewing closing mechanism onto cloak
Deal with ds' floor - including boxing the lego to be confiscated
deal with 3 bags of clutter from back bedroom
gather more stuff for nursery together
spend 5 mins in bathroom sorting stuff
spend 5 mins in utility room sorting stuff
make to do list
Think of new whitty posters to put up.
Empty car
Fold washing
find portalable hard drive and put to virus check...
empty hot water bottles and put into storage
Start collecting handwarmers for going into storage
move harry potter films from adult storage area to assesible for ds.
Scan and print document that a duplicate is needed of
print out a file of stuff for memory books making sure right thing is on right coloured paper
Put finishing touches to vol 1 2009 finally!
Start memory book 2014 so it can be added to as we go along...
5 mins more decluttering back bedroom
Pick on one of the people and give them a huge box of stuff to sort
make sure dead things are boxed and ready to go back in storage
pick on other person and organise them into doing stuff
5 mins more decluttering in utility room
deal with toy corner of doom - 10mins worth
Reclaim washing machine and put a load through
Deal with random medicine stuff culling old and putting stuff in the medicine cupboard where it should be
Another load of washing
Speak to dsis who was in need of adult conversation being stuck at home with poorly dc
research new books for ds to read
hoover car -including lifting boot cover and back seat
fit new windscreen wipers
check oil, coolant and windscreen wash
change headlight bulb
Take down forgotten birthday banner from lounge wall

Right school run time....

Eeek at Bitchy list

Went to IKEA today to get DD a new mattress (will be delivered tomorrow) and watch DH eat meatballs.

Will go look for my mojo...

Sheesh I totally lost you there!

Need to meal plan tonight for the next week... My brain is fried.

Oooh... Fried brain...

In other news DD has a new pushchair and a stair gate which means Operation: Big Girl Bed starts this weekend... Eeek!

what can i say? pissed off bitchy is a productive bitchy. Also there is nothing so productive as trying to keep busy so that you can avoid a job you hate... Although i have mostly done hoovering the car out. Need to find the special bit for the hoover so I can finish off. Then the next job is a tub of soapy water to clean stuff in the car before I can wash the upolstery which is vile. Long car journeys and small kids

Oh bloody hell Sillybob Good luck with that!