OK, here's the promised round up. Blimey, you lot have been busy and now I remember why I don't do many round ups.
WhoKnows’s children are staying with her parents for a couple of days whilst she works. She and DH were able to enjoy dinner out tonight, but then he –-buggered off-- went to his astronomy club (does this make you ‘star-crossed lovers’? 
). She is trying to avoid CHAOS because she has visitors arriving for a few days on Thursday evening. She is also planning a camping trip for early September (brave, I call it). MrWhoKnows is in trouble because he didn't write something on the calendar and they are now double booked (have had the exact same situation here and when I called to explain to my neighbour, she said her DH was just as bad too!). (PS: Did you hear back from your Mumsnet namesake?).
dizzyday is still flouting Number 17 . She is making my mouth water with tales of freshly grown fruit and vegetables from her garden 
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saturn is worrying about Babystep Number 2: getting dressed to lace-up shoes. (I say: don’t worry about it. Just use the bits of Flylady that suit you. I need time to come round in the morning too, so pottering time without proper shoes is essential. I do, however, get more done without the pottering time so it’s limited to weekends and holidays only). She has a proper post rack although she doesn’t sort through it 
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DizzyKipper has been juggling dog and DC and not finding time to play. MrDizzyKipper had an unfortunate confrontation with a lamppost which is going to prove a bit costly by the sound of it. Commiserations. Small victory tonight in that she and DH got the washing up, cleaning of dining table, and putting away of washing done before she left for work this evening .
Alice’s alarm (small children) went off as usual at 5am and she needed a lot of coffee to wake up. Like me (and several of us), her bedroom is the last room in the house to get tidied, which means it is rarely tidy. But she is determined to tackle it. She is also dealing with 10-years’ worth of paperwork .
Trazzle has had an infestation. She was meant to be resting today, but has been washing four pairs of bedclothes and countless towels instead. And it rained. And she doesn’t have a tumbledryer. No, not a good day .
NickNacks is also battling an infestation . She has been ploughing through her lists and cooking for six.
Bitchy’s DS was hard work today. She has attempted to wear him out by training him in the important Flying skill of decluttering and also taking him on a long trip to IKEA. She didn’t get the job she applied for, but that wasn’t surprising as she only had one hour to write the application. (Good to get useful feedback though).
SC has been a wonderful host. So wonderful, in fact, that some of her guests want to come back again (I understand about your friend’s difficult time and it’s lovely of you to want to help her as much as possible, but I do think you need to have some family time now - and a bit of a rest). She is hoping to get away for some time with DH.
coffeeandcream had a very productive day at home – lots of Flying and errands. Also had to do DH’s Flying for him 
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Blue is still coping with post-holiday chaos and worrying about friends seeing it all in the morning. (Would an “Excuse the mess – we’re just back from holiday” save you the frantic tidy up?).
Sootball - I hope your DD is on the mend from her fall.
And Plod - welcome to the thread. I hope we haven't frightened you off with all our chatting - we are a bit prone to that here.
SC - Sorry to see your DD isn't well. I hope she isn't coming down with something. DH said appendicitis was in a very definite place - he could have drawn a pen mark round the pen - although I'm not sure it's always as clearcut as this. Hopefully, it will turn out to be nothing, though.
Finally - Lairy. Am hoping no news is good news. She has gone suspiciously quiet. Hopefully she will be back to update us as soon as she can.
Night all.