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.

Very little flying done yesterday as had to deal with 2 separate attacks. Did manange dw, wm s&s and general tidy in family room as well as keeping everyone fed and nursery run.

Today need to finish off dining room so I can move furniture around so the new fridge freezer can go in there then I can take the opportunity to redo the kitchen floor. Really need to put some stuff on eBay to make room.

Right, I have a looooooong list as tenants for new house want to move in on Tuesday and we are camping this w/e - eek:
Ta Da:

• Clear up three (yes, three!!!) piles of tiny stomaches, innards and blood

Quick post while DH vacuumes

Done
Packed lunch
Dd to school
Laundry hung out
Dry laundry away
S&S
Cleaned bath
2nd load (hot wash) on
Changed bedding

BBL

Oh bollocks. Just back from the library (I was a good girl and went via the tip with the recycling!) and found the window cleaner had been; I left my vertical blinds wide open and the whole house is a tip.

Never mind CHAOS - I have CHAWC syndrome... (Can't Have Windows Cleaned!)

Off to hang up washing and do a quick tidy round.

this morning has been productive again.

done
exercise, long walk, took ds2 to tube and practised spellings on the way
bought snacks for visitors, and jam for next few breakfasts
coffee with visitors
swept kitchen floor and shook out two big rugs
wiped worktops
took some clean clothes upstairs

now I am having another rest

Plan
hoover bedroom
finish sorting out playroom - dw/cat dishes/defrost something/rubbish in garden/iron in right place
fix new mop head to old mop handle
wash out dirty bucket
clothes to charity shop
start driving rubbish to the dump????
petrol in car first

can I face any of that?

Is it monday yet?

To do list for thursday:
finish sorting virus nightmare out
check if supposed to be in for meeting this friday or next
send emails
deal with junk pile on the floor in lounge
try to clear through the remaining 4 boxes
ring docs for appointments
ring opticians
sort out dentist appointment
help ds sort his room can be done tomo if necessary
read new book with ds (we have been reading a series this is the last one of the group)
confirm all food arrangements for the weekend
Early night
Attempt nap but fail cos of too much going around brain
sit down and have a complete analysis of POA
read book to get up to point ds got to this morning
speak to school and as for meeting expect to have to unpick tonight this as likely to be mishandled by school
check emails/internet/fb/mn etc in attempt to procrastinate
take strong pain killers go find some strong coffee
Put hockey kit on to wash
consider how to achieve tidy whilst admitted defeat and really not enough time to get everything done
eat own body weight in sugar

Right. lunch, coffee, contacts glasses really are giving me a horrible headache and get dressed for 2nd time today. Then to tackle the moutain of random stuff in the lounge

Hi I'm new

I found the best way to spring clean! Get you 'D'H to agree to host a visitor to your church and then 'forget' to tell you until 3 days before.

Grr..

So yesterday on my day off I

Took DD to toddler group
Did top up shop at supermarket
Hoovered whole house
Mopped floors downstairs
Deep cleaned bathroom
Cleared spare room of junk so visitor had somewhere to sleep
Changed bed clothes in spare room
Took 3 bags of 'stuff I'm going to sell on ebay' to charity shop
Cleaned oven
Cleaned kitchen
Walked around brandishing a feather duster to eliminate all cobwebs
cleaned windows inside and downstairs ones outside
borrowed a carpet cleaner and cleaning living room rug
Prepped tonights dinner for slow cooker readiness and cut up loads of fruit (we eat more when its cut up)
three loads of washing

I'm not normally lazy I just always skim the surface. I'd rather spend time with DD than have a pristine home constantly.

I was exhausted last night!!

Hi jester - welcome aboard!

Busy day for you yesterday - hope you are finding time to plan your revenge on dh for the short notice.

I had to admit i was human. Attempted to sleep in the afternoon but it wasn't great. School completely amased me by being superly fab wrt the issue of problem. And I have put the 4 boxes of random stuff into the study, which will have the door shut and will be ignored.

THus meaning tomo's list goes like this:
Pile of stuff on floor in lounge
laundry
empty car of junk
hoover car, and through lounge
put stuff for car into car
wash 2 remaining sofa blankets
turn lounge rug
make cake
dye hair
doctors appointments x2 - one for me/one for ds

IF there is time and energy I will consider tackling ds' room. otherwise the door on that room will get shut!

I am just counting down to bedtime. Very tired today and hoping that a good night's sleep will mean that I can fly at full speed. Sorry for being so task focus atm. It is the only way I can survive the insanity of my own bright ideas

jolly that sounds like a very very productive day, well done. You seem incredibly energetic btw [hides in dossers' corner]

I am feeling pleased with the little I have achieved as I didn't think it was going to happen at all

petrol in car
car loaded with 1/3 of rubbish in front garden
rubbish to the dump
picked up ds2 by car from school
listened to his troubles,usually he is in a good mood but today he was upset about social issues at school
read him more Roman Mysteries when we got home (very gory actually but highly informative) although he had his fingers in one ear and was trying to read a book on Formula 1 at the same time
watered grass seed and dried up woodland area rapidly turning to savannah
cooked turkey escalopes, bacon lardons, courgettes and boiled potatoes and green salad for supper (eaten by all, except Dh who has turned veggie, cheaper that way as I can stretch two turkey pieces between 5)

hopefully everyone will now watch Big Bang Theory and go to bed.
Kids in garden atm with their Dad. Ds1 listening to music but should be doing homework.

Swan it was a case of needs must yesterday!

List for tomorrow will be much less productive!!

Go to bank
Meal plan for next week
Buy groceries for next week
Change bed clothes
Lie in back garden with DD! (Possibly with wine. It's ok to drink in the day time when it's sunny!)

Does everyone else's house feel like it's coming down with mountains of 'stuff'? No matter how much I donate or sell or throw out it multiplies. I swear the teddy bears in DD room are at it

Links for Friday 16th May

Babystep 16 is to read a Flylady email but if you've been sensible you'll have not signed up as she's prolific.

Friday is Clean out your car & bag day

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

Today's mission is to enjoy the fruits of your labours and have an enjoyable bath or shower. I don't think there's any need for the "shaving the forest off your legs" comment. They're not that bad and when did she install the camera to see?

Your laundry room mission for today is to put a pleasant picture there so you have something nice to look at when you "bless the laundry" (sometimes the tweeness is to much)

SUMMARY

dizzy did an impressive list.

Bitchy was fighting a computer virus, which explains the shallow grave in the process of being dug (decluttering never ends)
I can't believe you still have earache! get it sorted woman!

pushme10 trains! You're excused flying.

mummy DS's numb foot wearing off, is that like being slowly rubbed away.

WhoKnows where are you going camping (nosey)

Carpe needs to lie down and get over the lurgy
I'm sure the window cleaner has seen worse houses.

jacks gets to move furniture, hard work but I always find it satisfying.

feet is also going camping, where? (Still nosy) made Rocky road (yum) and got a steam cleaner

Swan had another productive day

jollyjester joined us I think yesterday is what we would call a crisis clean (and grounds for divorce) Don't think you have to post big lists everyday, we're more into keeping on top of things and slowly getting rid of the clutter. Don't think you have to do all the Babysteps, we start fresh each month so just do a bit each day.
Yes, the teddies are definitely at it.

And finally, I went to a Women & the Referendum discussion group. Quite good actually (there was cake) but I forgot it was Thursday and missed Big Bang Theory oh well, it will get repeated.

Goth - camping in rural Oxfordshire as it's mid way between us and the people we're going with.

Feet - enjoy the steam cleaner. I ordered some spare little brushes for mine from Amazon.

Jollyjester - welcome to the thread. Yes, I know exactly what you mean about stuff, it is a never ending battle with it here.

Carpe - I find charity shops are a good source of audio books as well as the library. Hope you feel better soon.

Ta-da!

School run
Waitrose for top up shop and free coffee to take to Halfords
Halfords for roof bar fitting (took 1/2 hour, was glad of coffee)
Work - busy
School run
Tidying
Decluttered my jewellery box. Not sure why. I have been meaning to get rid of a few old single earrings and broken chains for a while, so I had a good sift through. Weighed my scrap gold, went online, should be worth about £100 apparently . Cleaned all the silver (I only wear silver now) and put it back. I need some storage for earrings, I end up in the same pair every day because the rest are shut in a box.
Played football with DS
DD and friends home from drama
Dinner
Admin

Tomorrow looks as though it's going to be manic. All 4 of us have dental appointments, the DCs are going to start a bit of private tuition after the dentist and DS wants to try a local youth club later. They've got piles of homework looming too.

I wrote another list for today but have only crossed 2 things off it

Ta Da

• Get DD to sign MIL's birthday card (couldn't post as didn't have their new address!)
• D/W unloaded
• Wash DD's patchwork blanket and put on line to dry
• Laundry load in and hung to dry
• Did a bit of sewing (first time since start of year)
• Cajoled DD to write up a bit more of her homework project
• Went for a run (we did 20mins non stop )
• Gathered a few bits together to put in Bag4School to go in tomorrow
• Washed pots and shined sink

Hi there, I'm still here. DH and I have now got rid of a massive desk and 2 bookcases and replaced them with a dresser and a smaller bookcase (which isn't here yet ). We've lost one of our sofas under the weight of stuff that now needs to be put away...

Don't even get me started on the washing up and general washing! It's going to be a busy weekend!

Plus I've signed up to do some extra days at work as we are under-staffed so we will see how that goes : s

Monday was fine - no concerns about Joe at the moment. :)

That's great about Joe Trazzle.

I've had a quiet couple of days flying-wise but have reminded myself that its ok. We have to get used to dh working all sorts of different hours and find creative ways for us to get where we need to be.
My achievements for my 1st week back are:
I have NOTHING in the laundry basket so the wm routine is sorted
There are only 2 items of washing up lurking in the kitchen and that's is because if I put them straight in the dw there will be no room for anything else
Ironing pile is more of a hillock
I threw away 2 wicker baskets of toiletries that will never be used

I'm happy with that

Great to hear that Joe is doing well trazzles.

Well done droitwichmummy - sounds like you have achieved a lot!

Reading all your lists is inspiring me ladies! Looking at dizzy , bitchy , jester , swan , whoknows , Ifeet , carpe , goth and the rest of you!

Has been a busy week at school and feeling shattered, but the house is a mess and the sun is shining so plenty to do!

ta da
wash on
sorted nappies wipes etc upstairs

to do
supermarket
post office
tidy!
hoover
continue with washing
ironing
send df birthday c ard
cancel race entry for sunday
old paper
washing up
fill in pg info for mw
a million and one things in the garden

bbl

Trazzles

Woke to find the cat had been sick in the bedroom 3 times -bleugh

Well the day can only get better

I now have lurgy. It's a step up from man-flu. Flying will be minimal and consist of making bed, sticking on two loads of washing and emptying the dishwasher.

I do need to go to the supermarket, but that will only be for essentials - bread, milk and ready meals for the weekend so I don't have to cook.

Unfortunately, DS is not at nursery today, so I'm going to have to endure "I wanna go to da paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark" as it's sunny, but this will not be happening. DH has promised a trip to the big park tomorrow to appease him, but this may not be enough. I suspect doughnuts will be bought to soothe the savage beast!

Off to try to find the shoes I can put on without bending over.

First set of three

Dw
Wm
Breakfast

Second lot
S&swipe
Make beds
Banking sorted.

Now need to do
Toddler group
Dance class
And lunch.

Busy busy day...

ta da
deal with ds' various tempers this morning
despatch child to school with note re his doc appointment and lunch box and sun hat
put bread dough ingrediants into machine and let it do its work
hunt out recipe book
cook fried breakfast
make jelly
clean cooker hob ready for using
get special cake into oven
collect laundry from various locations
speak to school (continuation of yesterday)
SOrt out order of stuff for today

There is a batch of special brew on the naughty corner bar. Help yourself there is plenty.

Right next jobs:
Laundry on
car
sort out tip run stuff...

Better list now

Done
Clear cat sick
Beds
Packed lunch
Washing up
S&S
Dry laundry away
DD to school
Laundry hung out
Next load on
Rang tax office (getting a rebate) YAY

As I was out yesterday I my calorie intake fell between a fast and normal day. I now can't figure out whether to see it as a positive and fast today or mark it down as an slippage on a fast day and eat normally today. IYSWIM
DH is having toast which doesn't help.