It's the clutter shouting "Mayday" as the Fledglings spring into action

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Copying last month's thread.

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.

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, we won't be judging you.

I love culling paperwork Bitchy. I consigned a load to the shredder at work today .
On my way home but have to do detour via Argos - DH's new job (started today) requires him to remove his beard! Could get messy...

And 6 boxes of paperwork of past crap becomes 3. ish. because we all know that the sorting of boxes over the next few days is only going to end up creating more that needs to be culled. Ds helped. He is lacking an inner monalog. How the hell does he manage to shut up at school because he can't manage 30 secs at home .

tea and then bath for child. And roll on bedtime for him! I have to figure out the priority of what is needed to be done for the rest of the evening/tomo.

Evening all. Day trip to Lincoln Castle survived without getting too wet. No flying done by me but DH has been like a man possessed.

Dh's unknown flying list:

Home bleugh
Dinner
Washing
Putting away
Shined sink
Washed up
Swished and swiped bathroom
Bathed dc's
Run me a lovely bath
General tidy downstairs
Swept floors downstairs

Husband points earned.

DS survived the first day of sats remarkably unscathed. We skipped scouts tonight so he could do some revision for tomorrow's test at his request. Didn't do too much, just enough to put his mind at rest. He is tired but not as stressed as i feared he would be so i am happy.

engels good news re sticky bean, I have everything crossed for you

sc hope dd is feeling better

trazzles hope you got on alright this afternoon.

Better go and do pack-ups.

Been a good day here

3 x washing
Beds stripped and remade
All floors vacuumed and hard floors mopped
Mirrors and interior windows all cleaned
2 x family room tidied (how can 1 toddler cause so much chaos)
Ironing done and put away
Bathrooms all completely cleaned
Kitchen clean and tidy
Nursery drop off and pick up done
Mini is now tucked up in bed, dd2 upstairs studying as first AS exam tomorrow though had deadline for art today, dd3 at guides and I'm finally relaxing with a coffee

Got sidetracked by the pub so will do tomorrow & Tuesdays missions instead of todays as they are quicker. I'll come back to the clear out on Wednesday.

Ds is in bed, and I am going to take five and ponder wtf i did with my alarm clock. In the meantime I need a week's overview to do list

8 boxes of stuff in the lounge
3 boxes for the incinerator
1 box of stuff in the utility room
floor in back bedroom
floor in utility room
general clutter in lounge
wash back bedroom bedding
wash lounge blankets
keep on top of laundry
file paperwork
hoover through house
turn lounge rug
baking for sat
decoration preps
training for ds
book opticians appointments
book dentist
laundry
folding
ironing
put clothes away
ds' room

Oh bloody hell, it is going to be a nightmare week trying to get all that done in time! right time to think, plot and allocate whilst i continue hooking some of this wool.

1 step at a time Bitchy!

Am debating whether to turn up DS's trousers or knit - maybe both

I know Mummy unfortunately there will be rather a lot of people here at the weekend expecting tidy and feeding, and a couple of beds. That is the total to do list for the entire week, so if that is taken into account it is not so bad. Perhaps. Maybe...

Links for Tuesday 13th May

Babystep 13 is to start on the missions.

Tuesday is Planning day

This week we are in Zone 3, the bathroom & one extra room

Today's mission is to wash all the bathroom rugs and "show towels"!

I have NEVER had "show towels" but I have put the rugs in the wm.

Bitchy Planning Day should help sort your week out.

I have turned up the trousers but no knitting done.
WM & DW set to switch themselves on, sink shone & I'm off to bed

SUMMARY

jacks hope mini-jacks enjoyed lunch at nursery.

ellie had a lovely weekend with her BF playing at Peppa pig (DCs were also included) Ohhh Lincoln castle, do you put your class in the prison chapel, I can remember being locked in those little cells. Fx for DS and his SATS. And another well trained DH

Trazzle'had a busy weekend and a helpful DH-well done.
Thinking of you & J.

droitwichmummy (can I call you "mummy" too?) is getting organised and doing lists on the train. And got to go to a pub (I remember those)

Engels is lurking, congrats on 7wks

pushme is back on the 3s, and on a diet day. I'm going to try tomorrow, as have eaten my body weight in cake today.

feet's DD is also going through SATS. Sounds like you have a good angle on it, so pleased we don't have them here.
Sorry to hear of your bad tenant. Gives the rest of us a bad name

SC has poorly DD, hope she picks up soon. Well done (to her) on Communion Solo.

Alice is plodding, that's perfectly fine. As long as you are ok.

Swan has gone looking for her car

Bitchy if anyone can pick themselves up it is you. You always come across as a strong person, but it is ok to say if things are bad. That's what I love about this thread, that it is a place to open up. (Here ends the pop psychology, but hopefully you get what I mean)
I also get the lack of inner-monologue, DD, who is also 9, never shuts up, if it's in her head it's out her mouth. She's back at school tomorrow, so pleased she's over her virus, but also looking forward to the rest [bad mother emocion]

And finally, had DD at home as wasn't sure if she could go back to school just yet. So got her doing some homework, slight strop over making a landscape collage, but once I ripped up a few bits of paper and card she got the idea. Been working on finishing some crotchet projects, found one I'd completely forgotten about. Spent the evening introducing DH to Black Books.

Course you can x

Show towels?! Ah-ha-ha-ha

Working from home today (hooray) so hopeful of getting at least some tidying and decluttering done.

Bitchy, I am sure if anyone can do it it is you, you are the champion of the silly list . Really sorry things are tough. Can you put aside a bit of time every day to be kind to yourself? I'm a bit prone to similar worries myself but I find the headspace app really good for unwinding and generally calming my mind down.

Didn't even manage the washing yesterday -crappedt power of 3 ever! Did do meal planning and online shopping though.

First three for today....
Get up
School/nursery run
Car seat to my parents

Setting the bar nice and low there

Quick list dump. I really need to get back into the habit of posting (and flying!)

Ta da
Dc up, fed, dressed
Lunches made
Dw unloaded and reloaded
Beds made
Dry washing off airer
Wm reloaded

Sorry to dash in and back out, but I am determined to catch up with the thread tonight.

Morning routine seems to be working. So far I have
emptied wm
wiped round front of wm
emptied dw
ironed everything that was dry from yesterday
got out of house just in time

This evening I have a committee meeting which I will walk to then before bed routine:
wm on
dw on
shine sink
close greenhouse
bed earlier than last night!

During the day I need to buy
socks for ds
moisturiser for dh
shampoo for ds

see you later!

First list of three done:

• All up, fed and out
• WM on
• Read with DS

Next 3:

• Hang up washing
• Credit checks
• Reference checks

Aw noooo! Just realised my massive post from work yesterday god I was bored has been eaten by the internet!

Oh well, all it really said (barring the personal stuff) was that I was at work so nothing doing flying wise!

Today I'm working from home (almost done finished, just a report compiling so MNetting while I wait) so resorting to the power of three again.

3 done

• up and showered
• breakfast eaten
• work from home

3 doing/ongoing

• 3 loads of washing (almost done!)
• straighten hair and put on face to go out to DS' toddler gymnastics
• empty dishwasher

3 to do

• dust/hoover living room
• make macaroni cheese for dinner
• lay away dry washing

Bit annoyed that I can't get the washing hung out to dry but it's already spat(?)/spitted(?) with rain a couple of times so not going to risk it.

Back later for personals... honest! but flaps to all.

Wow - everyone sounds very organised!

Just sitting here with a and some painkillers - trying to head an embryo migraine off at the pass.

DD is even worse today (we had a very broken night and were then woken by aeroplanes flying over head - they have changed the route despite a local campaign - really, really loud and somewhat depressing and potentially damaging to the value of our house).

There is so much to do before hoardes descend. Trouble is, my inability to work through it/procrastination increases in accordance with the imminence of their arrival (if that makes any sense at all). Actually it makes no sense at all!

Was about to sit in a corner and whimper but sniggering at the thought of show towels now! Show towels! Ha! You'd be lucky to find one here that matches another, or that isn't a bit frayed around the edges; clean and folded in a wobbling pile is about as good as it gets ... .

SC rushes off and tries to focus on just getting one thing done, er, then getting another thing done ... .

Ta da:
morning routine inc dw, wm, s&s, rabbits
played hangman with dd
typing for dh
sorted out problem with syndique that own our parking space (in another building)
researched and rang potential animatrice for dd's party

To do:
online parcels
continue laundry
various room rescues in:
boudoir! boudoir! boudoir!
first floor landing
home office

Big feathery waves to everyone!

I've realised I'm a very sad person as I do have show towels and they are currently in the wash. So far today everyone up and fed, dw emptied, washing machine on, family room tidied and vacuumed again ( I swear that child only needs to walk through a room and it looks like a bomb site), nursery run done, s&s done, beds made and I'm now sat with toast and coffee trying to do meal planning for the next week.

Also dd3 was back at the doctors again today and unfortunately he says he doesn't think it's panic attacks but isn't making any alternative suggestions and wants to see how it goes before referring for further tests problem is that it's left dd3 more nervous meaning if it is panic attacks she's more likely to have one.

On Sunday we all popped over to my Mum's where DH and I abandoned DD and spent a few hours having an "experience day" where we got to try archery, crossbows, rifle/handgun shooting and laser clay shooting. I was a good laugh, and I even scored a bullseye in the archery . Mum had dinner made for when we got back so we ate that then came home. I had left everything ready for yesterday before we went so that I didn't have to bother when we got home.

Yesterday Ta Da

• Menus planned and food bought
• Bathrooms/toilets x 4 cleaned
• Kitchen bin emptied and washed out
• Recycling bin emptied
• Dinner cooked - and ate at the table (something we have been a bit lax about)
• D/W on
• Pots washed and sink shined

BBL with today's achievements

That's so unhelpful jacks. Annoted on behalf of you and your DD. Do you think it's panic attacks?

Poor SC and your DD. Hope the migraine doesn't develop. I have a threatening headache as well today but am trying to head it off with coffee and ibuprofen.

My first three are done - hooray!

Next three...

Choose new laptop and arrange for work to get it for me
Reply to a couple of emails
Go to gym

sc I feel for you. I live about half a kilometre from the end of the runway of a regional airport - planes landing through the night though thankfully not massive airbuses! We are obv right under the flight path. Within about a week of moving in we stopped noticing the noise. They usually land over us and it's definitely more noticeable when they take off in this direction but usually only when we have the windows open. The kids love watching the planes. The price of our house doesn't seem to have been particularly affected when you look at what else you can get near here for the same amount. Hope you get used to it soon x

Hmmm, its amazing what turns up on a reference/credit check. Order of preferred tenants now altered!

Goth - there are enough bad landlords out there too though most tenants and most landlords are good, honest, sensible people who want to do their best - I have already admitted to all the prospective tenants this time that I will be rather paranoid to start with following recent events so they know what to expect

Next three:

• Inform some of unsuccessful prospective tenants
• Get soup and salmon out of freezer for dinner
• Scan in stuff for utilities companies

SC we are living parallel lives. I woke up with a thumping headache this morning and had to head back for a nap. I am just about up and functioning now. Just.

To do:
lunch
back bedroom floor
empty incinerator
gardening stuff into shed

power of three and food. that will do to start...

Thanks Trazzles I have to say we are a little dismayed! They only come over very early in the morning and last thing at night so it is quite disruptive! Encouraging to know that you got used to the noise though! How did it go at the hospital yesterday? (If you don't mind me asking here - no worries if not - hoping the assessment was positive!)

Sorry the doctor was so vague Jacks365 that must be v. worrying. I hope you can get a second opinion.

Btw, you are not a sad person if you have show towels, you are will just just become legendary on this thread I honestly doff my hat to anyone with that level of organisation! I was only sniggering at the thought of me ever reaching that standard of housekeeping here ain't going to happen!!

Hope your headache is holding off Pushme (mine is thankfully very mild atm!)

Dizzy very of your archery lesson! I love archery!

Dh is home for lunch and I can't seem to get on!! Must get back to it though ... .

Having a very difficult time finding baby-sitter/animatrice for dd's party (dh will probably be away so would like nice sensible young girl to help me serve drinks, pizza and cake, run up and down stairs, help me run the disco, answer the door etc etc) but all the teenagers I have rung so far in response to their baby-sitting ads say we live "too far" (we live in the centre of town 5 mins walk from a transport hub) that dc between 11 and 13 year are "too old" (eh?) and a 10pm finish is "too late" - they are teenagers fhs and it's a public holiday the following day!!