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.

Hi all

Sneaking in late again this month, fell off the thread again last month so once again hoping for better things this month . House is pretty rubbish- cleanish but so cluttered!

Off to catch up with the thread now see you all later

Home after my weekend away and need to do a serious tidy up after everything got dumped in the hall last night.

Been at nursery this morning doing an introduction with mini but have finally got time now so will start with dw.

An ill DC at home today, so not getting a whole lot of anything done, as he's insisting he sits right next to me.

done
sowed marigold seeds
dismantled makeshift greenhouse and brought potential seedlings into sun
threw out some spring bedding plants
repotted others (like camellias)
made a big pile of rubbish in garden
started trying to rescue utility again, bit by bit, sweet wrapper by sweet wrapper
rotting food outside
emptied old compost into flowerbeds
moved a big pot
made big pile of redundant mops
recycled cardboard veg boxes, got them out of cupboard in time this morning for pickup
unblocked a drain by the kitchen
lots of vitamin D sunshine
washed winter coat and hung on line to dry

why is there never enough time to finish anything????aargh..

talked to dd a bit, not much though dh fed her

Dizzy oh I used to love roller skating

now to chop up the garden rubbish dh so lovingly pruned over last few months, he is not very keen on putting it in sacks, just leaves it in little heaps around.

looks like there are quite a few of us 'restarting' this month

I have done very little bordering on nothing today though!

I have done nothing. Can't wait for bedtime. tired. but ds has no sleep meds atm so anyone's guess is what time bedtime will be.

Ta-da!

Hoovered and tidied downstairs.
Tackled bathroom with steam cleaner. Was genuinely horrified at all the grot that emerged from under the floor edge of the bath and vanity panelling, as for round the back of the loo . There had been a persistent whiff of wee round the loo for ages that no amount of cleaning had shifted, now it is completely odour-free.
One lot of washing done and dried.
Pilates class
Shopping - Sainsburys double Nectar point exchange - if you have got any Nectar points this is well worth doing, I spent £4 and came out with £84 worth of stuff today - new baking trays, sharp knife, pillows, clothes for me and the DCs.

Short cycle ride.
Pick up DCs, take to ballet, back for tea, take DS and his friends to Cubs.

Always glad when Tuesdays are over.

It's great to see so many Fledglings returning to the fold, also so many new ones, keeps the thread fresh.

Links for Wednesday 7th May

Babystep 7 is to start getting clothes out for the next day before going to bed.

Daily Focus for Wednesday is Anti-procrastination. Don't put off what you could/should do today

This week we're in Zone 2, the Kitchen. IF you are decluttered, here is the Deep Cleaning List

This week's missions, today's we should clean kitchen sink taps.

I've only just got in from a training session so will do the summary tomorrow.

Morning all!

TV interview yesterday went well and should be shown tomorrow. School fight is going to the high Court. Sad that it's come to this but they can't do anything to the school now till it is settled so that's something.

Today I need to get my work done so I can concentrate on other stuff...

Well done, Blue. Would love to see it, but have lost your blog details. Can you pm me or put it on the thread?

Fell asleep, fully clothed, with DS2 last night and didn't wake up until DS1 went thundering down the stairs at 7am. Am tempted to just stay in these clothes all day, but that's minging, isn't it? Wish I could wake up fully dressed every day.

Used a quiet hour this morning to send various emails.

Yesterday's ta das:

House rescue (room by room)
3 1/2 hours with LEA educational psychologist (she was lovely)
Walk to local castle for history lesson with DS2
Recreated Battle of Lewes with Playmobil on our sitting-room floor
Cooked dinner
Fell asleep

All sorts of things to do today. But, most importantly, a dear friend, who is very ill and has had bad news about her prognosis, is coming round for lunch today.

Yes, please post your blog details again Blue as would love to read it and keep losing details! Glad the tv interview went well!!

Can I join the ranks of those who (unlike Swan and Whoknows whose lists are seriously impressive) did not do a lot yesterday (despite serious intentions on my part - Plus ça change, plus c'est pareil and all that ...) ?

Morning consisted of lots of lovely phone calls: dsis 2 (x 3 calls!), friend, cousin ... and then realised it was time for my stint at the parish vestiare (two hrs earlier than usual) and when I got back sort of got side-tracked again by party planning (dd's, not my own) (payment for animatrice, e-mailing parents to block date, writing down ideas, surfing for supplies etc) so ended up only doing 2 x 20 mins in boudoir , laundry, usual routines, school run x 1, homework supervision, writing letter in French to dd's gym mistress about school fete costumes, made pasta sauce for supper, supper served and cleared up, and listening to dh business conundrums, watched 'Mr Drew's school for boys' .. and that was it ... oh dear... . another day of "maintenance" gone without making inroads in to back log ...hopeless

Toffee arf at Playmobil Battle of Lewes on sitting-room floor ! Hope you can catch up on sleep tonight! Good to hear ed psych visit went well. Very sorry to hear that your friend has had further bad news though

Thanks for links Goth!

Hope your ds feels better soon Alice

Dizzy/Swan dd going through serious roller skating phase atm, just wish there weren't so many ruddy cobbles in the vicinity!

Big waves to Bitchy Pushme Engels Feetheart Mercury Trazzles and everyone else!

Would rather do anything else than sort/declutter this morning but that's what needs doing. Dh travelling. DD not back at lunch time as usual because she has big school choir rehearsal, so all in all I have more time to do it too unfortunately

Someone give me a kick up the bum please ...

SC he's better today, thanks. Flexing my "decluttering" muscles, as they've been inactive. Back to work sorting the house. Yay. A quick coffee to sip while I'm working, I think.

Toffee gosh a real castle within walking distance

done
Up at 6.30am, three kids off to school
driven ds2 to school, learnt spellings and did some French website

I've gone back to bed now, and written two emails

SC sounds like a full day's work to me, how can you say you achieved nothing???

I am dreading this evening, another party Friend's book launch. Dh is babysitting luckily but still the whole idea of going to the West End is tainted with various things I need to tackle today and don't want to..like ring up the bank, deal with the rubbish in the yard, send back OT form, look smart etc. I've managed to double book two meetups as well, I need to cancel one, compose long embarassed message and then find my mobile needs topping up. hides head under pillow

done yesterday
sorted out the telly room, found source of horrible smell which was some rotting broccoli in a plastic bag
hoovered floorboards
washed cat dishes
washed blazers
hung out another 3 loads of washing
brought in dry coat from line
sowed lettuce seeds

Blue that's amazing you have got so far with the campaign. Which channel will it be on?

Swan - And a real castle in our sitting room too! DS2 is currently rebuilding it, complete with army.

Just finished my first blog post about home educating DS2. If anyone's interested, it's here.

(All names are pseudonyms, by the way).

Morning all, thank you for the lovely welcome. It's nice to see everyone again too!

Didn't get to post much yesterday, as was on phone for most of the day due to getting fibre broadband installed so DH had "helpfully" turned of the old broadband so no wifi signal and my contract doesn't allow much data.

However, I managed a crisis clean due to having a playdate in the morning and an engineer in the afternoon. Which actually turned out to be about 8pm, but hey-ho it's all sorted now.

I'm at work today, but I have a clean kitchen, an emptied dishwasher (but filled again with breakfast stuff), a S&S'd en-suite and I remembered after 6 days to put the tax disc on the car.

I'm hoping to get a load of washing done when I get home tonight to keep on top of things, and obviously feed DH & DS.

Working from home tomorrow (for a couple of hours only) so am hoping to do some decluttering in the kitchen. I'm planning to clean as I go and I even have sugar soap for the top of the cupboards and then paper to line them. Check me being organised for once!

Blue things seem to be a bit frantic with you (courts?!) but I hope it all goes well. Yes to blog posts please, I always love reading blogs.

Anyway, I'd better go and actually do some work. They don't pay me to mumsnet sadly!

Bet you will look fab and will enjoy it more than you anticipated Swan (for later)

Am impressed by the impending sugar soaping Carpe!

Toffee looking forward to reading your blog!

Glad your ds better Alice and good luck with the house sorting ...

Speaking of which, I have done a bit .. well you can see the floor in the boudoir now anyway... still loads to do though

And - duh - I have remembered that I actually need to be at the rehearsal with dd this afternoon - so heading off shortly (really do need to grow some new brain synapses too)

Big feathery waves to everyone!

Thanks all. My poor blog is sadly neglected, but I will post a link when there's anything new to read! Can also PM a link to the programme once I have one.

There, you've inspired me! New blog post

Good to read yours too, Toffee.

SC - sounds like you've been very busy!

Carpe - yes frantic is one word for it...

Swan - it'll be on ITV Anglia tomorrow.

Hello, flylady followers! I just tried 'crisis cleaning'. I'm surprised at how much I got done!

I found it all very confusing the first time I looked at the site, and with the clutter around my ears I was quite cross at being told to start off by shining my sink, but I'm ready to give it another go!

Ta da
S&s
Made the beds though mini proceeded to climb back in
Family room tided and vacuumed while mini doing induction visit for an hour at nursery
Dw emptied
2 lots of washing done
Kitchen work surfaces scrubbed
Food shopping done
Mini now eating tea will feed others later.

One thing with the new nursery is I will soon get fit, I can see it from home but that's because it is on the opposite side of a steep valley, it's quite a walk up and down.

Ta Da:
Hang up washing
Dcs to school on time (always feels like a major achievement)
Week 2 of beginners jogging course (felt really hard to begin but much better at the end)
Coffee with some other ladies from the course
Home to shower
A bit of marking
1 hr helping at dcs school
Collected dcs from school/after school club
Grocery shopping
Bake cake and make rocky road for coffee morning tomorrow
Load and run dishwasher

I felt like I hadn't got that much done today but when I type it out is wasn't as bad as it could have been...

Ta da
Secured my first teaching job today - Im ecstatic!!!!

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Yay! Congratulations Mercury!