April's Fledgling Fliers: there's no fooling the Fat Fairy this month.

[elliepac]

In a blatant steal from last month's thread:

So here we are, April 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

My TaDa list for today rather short but I have done
1 load of washing
A bit of ironing
Changed mn password
Started to think about doing some marking that needs to done over the holidays
Taken two bags to the charity shop

So some progress - looking forward to dc's going back to school...

Thanks for linking that Whoknows I wouldn't have known otherwise.

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Postcard (of sorts)

Dearest Fledglings,

[Up since 4am with bad case of stress/acid indigestion

Oh dear, trigger happy posting there sorry ... will try again...ah hum...

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POSTCARD (of sorts)

Dearest Fledglings,

Up since 4am with bad case of stress/acid indigestion...

Pil perilously ill (as has been the case for a while) but was his 85th birthday yesterday

Sil ill and needs gastric op Tues after Easter

Dh has gone down with flu

But so far dd OK so counting my blessings um, but just a bit stressed ...

Missing you all,

SC xxx

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PSs

Whoknows Thanks for alerting us to hacking issues Whoknows - rather worrying

Toffee so glad that you are having a lovely holiday - you all really deserve some lovely bucket and spade moments x

Ellie hope bracing Filey weather proving recuperative!

Newlark a warm welcome to Fledglings thread!

Good luck to your dd in Glasgow Dizzy

Everyone else - hope you are having lovely Easter hols!!!

Oh noSC it sounds as if you are having a really hard time. I hope your fil enjoyed his birthday as much as possible.

I'm just getting ready to go food shopping and then my plan for the day is to cook a roast and attack the garden whilst the sun is shining.

Busy week this week, starting today. Won't get a whole lot done, but will pop in. Hope everyone has a good week!

You too alice.

Taken a lazy day today. Need to be up and doing but meh. Ds has just had a cooked breakfast for lunch and I am about to eat an omlete whilst contemplating what I have no intention of doing but should, and what has to be done and i need to actually do.

Bitchy I hope you enjoyed your lazy day.

Most of mine was spent popping to see family which was nice.
However, dp and I did get some flying done.
Ta da
Dp cut the grass
Dp de pood the garden
Dp deweeded the garden
Meal planning
Food shopping
Small pile of ironing done
Washload done and on the line
Roast cooked
Dp cleaned up afterwards

Not bad for a lazy Sunday.
Hope you have all had lovely days.

Ah. Lovely day. Bit of a drive to a birthday party, but enjoyable with good company. Visited DD and her family as well. All in all good day.

Tomorrow we'll be out all day with friends, so unlikely to get anything done. I don't even feel guilty about that.

A bit of a quiet day for me apart from church but instead of spending the whole afternoon letting the dcs run riot while I enjoyed a quiet cup of coffee with the newspaper I let them run riot while I cleared out the top of my wardrobe. Have realised I have far too many pairs of jeans and jumpers so tomorrows mission is to filter some out for another charity shop bag.

Weird day here. Lots of stress, some fun. Been on the telly!

Boys wanted to make a den in their room so dragged out some old sheets and found they'd gone all musty and yellow in the box in the airing cupboard. Bleugh. Now got to figure out if they can be salvaged or not.

Also, the house is an utter tip. Have just under a week to make it fit for my parents to visit and currently have an extraneous TV and table cluttering up the spare room as well as aforementioned sheets all over the landing. Sigh.

Keep forgetting the boys are not at school tomorrow and thinking it'll give me time to sort things then. Whoops!

Sorry to hear of all the ill health and associated stress, SC - ((hugs))

Why were you on telly blue ?

School campaign, yet again, Mercury. Can PM link to anyone interested.

Morning all. Sorry have been AWOL.

Managed to declutter and sort out the loft a bit more yesterday with DH (MIL looked after DS for us - finding it impossible to sort things out with a toddler around, especially when stairs are involved!). A lot of bits were relocated to the cellar for storage. All the rets of the baby bits (clothes and toys etc) are in the same place in the loft. The room is actually roomy now and you can see the floor! Have a bag of toys for the nursery across the road if they want them - found so much stuff that BIL/SIL had given us but DS had never played with as he has TOO MUCH STUFF! and DH even went through a efw of his boxes and threw some stuff away.

sc sorry to read about the terrible time you and your family are having.

To do
Supermarket, take bottles for recycling
What's for dinner? Potato, Leek and Ham pie (Hairy Biker)
1 wash away
1 wash on
Tidy hotspot - lounge table
I have a photo album waiting to be made (from our summer holiday last year!)
Outside time for DS
Order HPTs
Check orchestra ticket availablity then contact people who are supposed to be going before I order them
Iron a few bits
If feeling brave sort out one of the bags of donated clothes I have for DS under the stairs.
Sort out toys in hallway (bags form BIL/SIL from a few months ago).

Good morning - on dh's phone so short message but just wanted to say thanks very much for support. Dh getting better gradually so things are improving a bit! Not the best of holidays for dd but trying to do one small fun activity with her every day. Hope all of you are ok! Will be back after Easter.

Engels congrats on loft decluttering, very impressed at how you have kept at it

Congrats on telly appearance Blue!

Hope you were able to have a bit of r & r over weekend Mercury

Big feathery spring chick Easter waves to everyone else!

Morning all.

Your babystep for today is doing a mission.

Handily therefore here is your mission for the day.

Today is Home Bleugh Day.

And this week we are in the Bathroom.

Have a good day everyone!

Still in Filey though thankfully the weather has perked up and we are going to the beach today. Having a lovely time.

sc what a terrible time you and your family are having. Glad DH is feeling a bit better. Much love to you all.

engels congrats on the decluttering.

Better go and get the DC's up.

Back later!

Still in Filey though thankfully the weather has perked up and we are going to the beach today. Having a lovely time.

sc what a terrible time you and your family are having. Glad DH is feeling a bit better. Much love to you all.

engels congrats on the decluttering.

Better go and get the DC's up.

Back later!

SC - love the postcard! Not the contents iyswim? Sorry so many poorly people.

Ta Da's
Walked mutts
Washing on
TD emptied and sorted into piles
Some clothes put away
Observed ironing mountain lurking on landing
Fed Miaow

To do
Change out of dog walking clobber
Play date after lunch
Write shopping list
Make payment changes to CC
Call CC as still locked out of account

Should add that MrPP cut the grass in the back garden yday but the front needs doing. Why he didn't do both I will never know.........

BBL Flyers!

Peanut thanks but postcard is Toffee's bright idea so can't claim it as my own! I like the way your furries feature so prominently in your lists btw! Missing mine atm!

Thanks Ellie have a great time on the beach! Hope you are still taking it steady!

Over and out again! Big waves to all!

Ta da
Supermarket including bottles to recycling
Sorted another 2 bags of toys for DS and reorganised. he is currently playing with lotsof Cars toys/planes etc that BIL and SIL gave us ages and ages ago but have been sitting unsorted in a carrier bag in the hallway for months
Wash on
Wash out of td waiting to be folded

Last week of school here. I NEED a holiday!

DD and I are back from North of the Border. Glad I reserved seats both ways as the trains were rammed! The masterclass session was good on Saturday, and it was only during part of it when I wondered why I was getting tired that it twigged that it was a 50m pool we were swimming up and down . We enthusiastically cheered on all the swimmers later at the championship finals and rewarded ourselves with an Italian meal afterwards.

DH had been busy whilst we were away and fitted digging up some turf at the front and mowing the lawn around going to cricket nets and having a curry and beer with the neighbours!

Yesterday Ta Da

• Bags unpacked
• Laundry load in and hung to dry
• D/W loaded and turned on
• Shirt for DH ironed

Today Ta Da

• Laundry load in and hung out to dry
• Played online scrabble with DD

I need to drag her out to get some food bought so BBL

a short Ta Da

27 fling thing in our "dining" room (I actually did a mission!)
2 loads of laundry done and hung up
took ds to holiday swimming course

Morning.
Doing a very good impression of a ghostly zombie today. And tbh really not feeling that great either. But nothing a good night's sleep or 6 won't fix.

Very small ta da list.
work

Ds has gone out with DM, no idea where they are or when they are back so going to take the opportunity to have a quick nap. BBL when i should actually have a ta da list because there is laundry and pizza making needing doing.