Fledglings flutter vaguely into August - summer mode continues

[BlueEyeshadow]

Ok, so stealing Einstein's OP from last month, summer mode hereby continues.

This means:

1. You are still welcome to join and post
   
2. If you want there to be links and no one has posted them, feel free to post them.
   
3. As technical thread leader I shall be hanging out in the naughty corner bar when I am around, and there'll be other people in and out too, I'm sure.
   
4. We'll still answer questions for anyone wanting information on the fly lady system and support each other. It's just a little more relaxed.
   

And with that, bring on August and yet more crazy pants school holiday stuff...

[celeste83]

Do they still actually do those red and black wine gum packs??! If so what store does them? [need to know] lol

I hope you have a lovely break away Zoo

My ta das

fed ds breakfast
washed dishes
made beds
cleaned fridge
cleaned hob
cleaned microwave
bleached kitchen bin
dettol'd kitchen worktops
bleached kitchen sink
cleaned and bleached downstairs loo
fed ds lunch

Still need to mop the floors and clean the bathroom. the garden bench is calling me though

[Stilllivinginazoo]

I saw them in sainsbo large as life Celeste

Ta das
Cleaned bath and sink
Bleach lav
2loads laundry,one on airer,other dry fold n put away
Cleared dining table
Cleaned living room windowsof cat dribble
Tidy computer desk (how can a pot of pens,stack of dictionaries/thesaurus/various learning aids take so much effort look tidy?)
Cleaned fireplace
Cleaned photos
Tidy DVD bookcase(zoolets got into nasty habit leaving cases out n discs by DVD player on other side room)
Clean coffee table (and put flowers on it)
Move sofas and tables and cleaned floor on hands n knees (not clever when backs twinging)
Finally empty bags took zoo last Thursdaythat been in residence of front room since we got back
Put out rubbish to big bin
Spent 20mins try get a bloody wasp out...
Pop charity shop to drop bag bits we been gathering up
Zoolets tea on
Shined sink

I am now try sit but I think I've bang my coccyx again as its super painful to sit,stand and walk!!

[FoolandFitz]

Hi everyone. I'm impressed with everyone's ta-das. Not much zero flying here. Another beautiful day, so spent it in a friend's garden chatting and kids playing. Lovely!

[Sequentialchoring]

Hello all! All of your lists are amazing!! and put me to shame

Still recovering from bad back\ virus here but generally feeling on the mend.

House is a true pit! DD had two friends over for the day yesterday and, being teens, they truly didn't notice ( they certainly didn't give any impression of doing so) or they have been very well brought up and were too polite to say anything . Anyway, I supplied wherewithal for them to make Knickerbocker glories but DD and I found it hard to explain why they are called that (V odd concept for French speakers!)

Operation laundry today (holiday clothes) plus cake making ( for DD to take to visit friends)

Big waves to one and all!

[Sequentialchoring]

PS zoo hope you have a good trip away! (And back recovers in time)

Oh and I love a good wine gum or three

[Cagliostro]

:o at the Knickerbocker confusion!

Although I don't see how French speakers can complain really - I'm sure we learned at school that the French for 'window shopping' basically translates as 'licking the windows'...

Done absolutely sod all again. DH is off the next two days thankfully so we can try and tackle the living room, it's got really really awful again :( at least the stairs and landing aren't quite so bad as they usually would be by this point.

I haven't left the house in a week :( other than sitting outside while the DCs did long jump (DD is very proud, she jumped 2 metres). I am feeling spectacularly sorry for myself frankly! Need a kick up the arse!

[BlueEyeshadow]

SC In case you ever need to explain such follies in French again

I have done no flying at all for the last couple of days. Yesterday was all errands, broken up with going to the park, out for lunch and suchlike to keep the boys from total boredom. Today we have been out to the forest park all day (where DS2 did his ear a serious mischief in the den building area), and tomorrow we're going to the beach. :)

[celeste83]

I'm defo heading to Sainsburys this weekend then zoo

Get well soon sequential

Todays ta das

fed ds breakie
washed breakie dishes
made beds
tidied ds room
hoovered all rooms
fed ds lunch
went to the park
made tea
bathed ds
washed dishes
dettol'd kitchen worktops
tidied lounge

[Stilllivinginazoo]

Thought best clear up as I never spend nights away n if I come back to bear pit I may notice it note with fresher eyes....

Tada
5loads washing
Fed cats in shed (train for when we away friend feeding them n can't leave indoors as scout will pee everywhere if stressed)
Start org bit food packing(lil zoo has allergy's)
Cleaned bath n sink
Bleach lav
Scrub kitchen surfaces and bleach
Clean all cubord front
Clean floor
Empty bins
Clear fridge potential science experiments
Tidy food cubord that has things like bananas in to avoid fruit fly farm on my return
Hotspot dining table
Quick hotspot zoolets rooms(to ensure get all laundry)
Tidy hall,incl box of shoes,coats and umbrellas

Time for a break/sort zoolets
I am very worried leaving my boys(cats)we couldn't find a cattery at short notice and whilst atticus loves be outside almost all time scout a home boy who is very highly strung and panics if spots me walking away from home and waits fretfully at end road in hedge for my rwturn.he seems be get gang eating in shed,but not taking kindly not be allowed sleep indoors now as if I can guarantee he will spray/stress wee despite be nuetered everywhere(has in past done on beds,sofa and kitchen surfaces when been left in whilst we out from early til late one day) friends are coming twice day to feed n pet him n put a cat bed on shed.I don't know what else yo try.any suggestions?

[Sequentialchoring]

Love the names of your cats Zoo hope you have a relaxing break! (I am sure the cat people will be along later to advise ) but I feel exactly the same way about leaving my rabbits ... .

Thanks for the link Blue

Hope you feel up to getting out soon Cag

Enjoy the wine gums Celeste

Waves to FoolandFitz Mercury Cotswold Dogsbum and everyone else I have missed!

Dashing around because we are off for a second attempt at a holiday tomorrow morning. (We should have left today but dh too busy.) Will be back to run thread in Sept with links.

In the meantime, happy Flying everyone!

[Sequentialchoring]

Oh ... ta da:

-tidied entire house so cleaner can clean while we are away and chucked away six bags of rubbish + 5 bags paper recycling in process (one big problem is we have nowhere to put books
-Latin revision [sigh]
-4 loads of washing (following 4 loads yesterday)
-took furry one to dog sitter's (having packed his little suitcase )
-cooked sausage and mash

somewhat depressing that it is 9.30pm here at night and it is very nearly dark

[Sequentialchoring]

oh ... also...

-picked up prescription from doc
-chemist run
-pet food run
-bank run

[celeste83]

Can the cats not be let into the kitchen which at least has washable surfaces? I'm sure the cats will be fine though. Its only a short break but i understand your worries.

Have a nice holiday sequential

Me and ds went beach today with a friend and her two dd's. Sods law halfway through the afternoon whilst on the beach the clouds rolled in and it pissed it down on us our way back to the train station

Ta das

put bins out for collection
fed ds breakie
washed dishes
made beds
bleached loos
brought bins back in
made tea
washed dishes
dettol'd kitchen tops
bathed ds
cleaned bath - ds brought back so much sand back on his body

[Stilllivinginazoo]

Ah yes Celestewas sand pit at forest park we went to yesterday and zoolets left small version Sahara on the bath.o have lousy drain on my bath we can't seem get sorted so takes month of Sundays wash it out as I've obs got nowt better to do

Enjoy the break sc
at packing furry ones case

[Cagliostro]

We managed some tidying up today. Living room is now errrr where it was about a month ago. Still messy in other words! Just not as bad.

DCs loved a Shakespeare activity I made for them, and we did a bit of maths using the Smarties I bought for the craft project (making Giant's Causeway).

Also went out for dinner with my friends. Just dinner and a lot of chatting! Achy as hell again but heyho.

[8FencingWire]

Hello, I have fallen off the thread due to house moving. But I am back and with a vengeance.
I'll have to rejiggle the zones because now my hallway, living and kitchen are one big room. Anybody with a similar layout that might suggest how to approach this?

On the plus side, everything is brand new and clean so not that much of a problem :)

[Cagliostro]

Hey 8 :)

I'm feeling a bit better today thankfully. Going to do some washing, then DH is ironing tonight. DD is being picked up to go for a playdate, so want to get her to do some tidying before she goes... some chance!

[Sequentialchoring]

Toodle pip ( on road) Glad you are feeling better Cag! Congrats on new home Fencingwire!

[Cagliostro]

Thanks SC hope you have a good trip. :)

No tidying today, just a bit of laundry. Oh and I have phoned up for my chair/stool thing to be collected (it was a long term loan from the health bit of social services) - it's not really helping me, as if I sit on it I have to lift my arms higher and that's where a lot of my pain usually is. Kitchen is tiny too, especially now we have the tumble dryer (which arguably improves my life far more than the chair ever did, as I no longer have to hang out heavy wet clothes!) so it's just not worth hanging on to.

[Cagliostro]

Also, where is Einstein? Was she going away? Hope all ok anyway.

[8FencingWire]

Cag, hi!
Talking about hanging washing, I bought a new washing machine. 1600 spinny something, but that was just a happy accident, I wanted a silent one. OMG, 1600 spins my clothes nearly dry!!! Love it. I have a heated airer, everything is dry by the morning. But I do have a dehumidifier too.

I bought an Oxo squeegie for the bathroom, it's wonderful, so after every shower I wipe the lot, it leaved it nearly dry.
I also got some wipes for a quick swipe of the sink and toilet before bed.
Been shining the kitchen sink every night. Quick hoover (middles) every day. Same with dusting. I need a feather duster though for the shutters.

[8FencingWire]

Thank you sequential :)

[celeste83]

Morning.

Am i the only one not on holiday right now then?

Rubbish day here. The sort of day when you think 'is that our summer over and done with?'. I didn't get on here yesterday but i blitzed the bathrooms yesterday as well as the usual daily bits.

Caglio Love the notion of mathmatics with smarties

[CotswoldStrife]

Sorry, I've been quiet for a few weeks now!

Took 3 small bags of clothes to a local cash for clothes place - didn't get much but it's a novelty to be paid for throwing stuff away Also put one other half-full bag of stuff outside in a charity bag. Normally I would huff and puff about the charity not getting much money but now I'm thinking let's just get it taken away freeeeeeee!

Trying to keep the front room a bit neater after it got completely out of control after we returned from holiday and the lovely weather has really helped with catching up with the laundry.

Feel a bit better for DD having a few days out at a event last week, and she has been going for a cycle ride with DH in the evenings so I get a bit of tidying time then. I am trying to get more sleep to help with my grumpy moods so it's going better this week.

DH is off next week - he wanted to visit some rellies for a few days but I wasn't keen on spending a few days in a hotel. While it is nice to see everyone, I'd also like him to have a week off at home when we don't have to stay away from it!

[Cagliostro]

We did fractions with the Smarties :o stuff like 'what fraction are green' etc :o

And today we made plaster of Paris and surprisingly it actually worked in the Smarties packets.

Also today we saved a bat! It had fallen and couldn't fly. Kept it warm/hydrated for a bit, then it flew off (but not before flapping madly round the living room!). :)

Going to mum's for a couple of days to celebrate DS' birthday a bit early. Haven't even packed or anything! When we come back on Monday dad is going to take stuff to the tip/charity shop for us. Hurrah!