October Fledgling thread 2016: where we fluff up our feathers and fall back in to autumnal Flying routines

[Strikingclock]

Welcome to the October 2016 Fledgling Flying thread!

Come and park your broomsticks mops and buckets here!

This is where, from the 1st of the month, we attempt to declutter and follow the 30-step wisdom of Flylady (minus cutesy language and a surfeit of e-mails) with lots of chat and support and mutual motivation (and of course) along the way.

More info available here , here, here and here.

As usual we will be following a three-pronged approach - and don't worry - we are all at different stages. (Some of us are still stuck at the decluttering stage after quite a few years ):

• repeat or start baby steps (again!)
  

• repeat baby steps + do 15 mins a day decluttering in the current zone
  

or

• reinforce babysteps and do daily missions if you have finished decluttering.
  

And those of you who have decluttered and are really enthusiastic can throw some detailed cleaning in to the mix as well!

The idea is that we focus on short, ring-fenced, daily bursts of activity (steps and routines) that will help our homes run (more or less!) on "automatic pilot" allowing us to do far more interesting things instead!

This is a very long-running thread so we may appear cliquey but we really aren't! All newcomers, long-termers, lurkers and intermittent returnees not only welcome to join in but positively encouraged to do so!

Helpful pointers: No perfectionism allowed! If it took a while to create the current C.H.A.O.S. (can't have anyone over syndrome) in your home, then it will probably take a while to reverse the situation (you can't clean clutter!). Small steps are the key! And you are never behind: just jump in where you are at!

Any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Good luck!

[Stilllivinginazoo]

[MercuryRising]

Stressy it sounds like you might be justified in cracking open some halloween to have with

I have had a busy morning and need to have a busy day so I am ready for the halloween tea we are hosting.

Ta da
Dcs up, dressed, fed and off to school
Washing up from last night dried and put away
Washing hung out
Towels in wm
Spider webs hung
Downstairs and stairs hoovered
Bathroom bin emptied

To do
Shop for last tea bits
Ice and decorate cupcakes
Collect more decorations from friend and hang
Clean bathroom
Hoover upstairs
Tidy bedrooms

But first take ds2 to his first halloween party at playgroup. He makes an adorable skeleton

[Strikingclockgrislyshock]

Sorry you are suffering still Wrt rage and sadness, I can definitely say that I am much quicker to anger nowadays; even the smallest of things can set me off. (In fact, my hairdresser and I - we are both the same age - were discussing this very thing the other week). I get more het up/nervous about things than I ever did before too. Might be worth chatting to your gp if sadness really getting you down though and getting in way of everyday life/activities x

[Strikingclockgrislyshock]

Mercury aw at your ds2!!

And congrats on lots achieved already today! (So love 'cspiders webs hung' being part of a list!! )

Right, my sleepy head teen has finally breakfasted, washed and dressed, so had better head out!

[foxessocks]

Lack of sleep makes me quick to rage zoo so maybe it's a vicious circle if you also don't sleep well? Definitely no harm seeing a gp though.

Ta das
Dishwasher on
Dd dropped off at nursery

I haven't decided what I want to get done today yet. Need to do my normal bits and bobs and laundry etc. My porch is already decluttered (it is tiny !) Apart from a bag of clothes and a bag of toys to go to the charity shop but my mum is going to take those for me on Friday. I can take the clothes later today. I have lots of parcels to collect from various shops but dh text me this morning to say he has two parcels arriving today so sods law if I go out to pick up my parcels his will be missed and I'll have to pick those up later in the week!! Ah the exciting life I lead

So looks like a day at home for me today. I think I will attempt a few of the home bleugh stuff :

Mop floors kitchen bathroom utility room.
Dust all surfaces

That'll do for now!

Ds is asleep on me again he seems to hate his bouncy chair so I'll try putting him down in a few minutes then do one chore and have a coffee.

Happy Halloween everyone!

[Afreshstartplease]

Morning all

for those feeling rubbish

DC are on an inset day here. I was up a fair bit in the night with baby ds so am off to a slow start.

I once had a full bottle of vinegar fall out of a cupboard and smash all over me while moving house. I stank all day.

Ta Da So Far

Tea pots washed
Bottles washed and in steriliser
DC up dressed and fed
Washer on
Dryer on
Table wiped

[TooStressyForMyOwnGood]

Thanks for the ! Have had a real cup of tea plus some crisps and 1 and a half chocolate fingers found in the exploding so feel better now .

Mercury hope your DS enjoys his party! Zoo, probably worth visiting GP. Yes I am now very relieved it wasn't anything worse than coke!

Ta da:-
Dishwasher on
DDs dressed and teeth done and set to work building a den in living room with rubbish telly on in background for lazy INSET day
Washing machine just finished

To do:-
Reboot laundry
Continue unpacking / general tidy
Get stuff ready for work and school tomorrow
DD1 reading and gymnastics practice
Deal with paper clutter in dining room for 5 mins

[foxessocks]

Ooh chocolate fingers you say toostressy? I love those...I don't have anything nice to eat here apart from the Halloween chocolate which I must not open!!

Ta das
Swept and mopped kitchen floor
Did some washing up
Washed the cats water bowl (have been meaning to give this a thorough clean for a while, poor neglected cat!!)

To do
Mop utility room
Mop bathroom
Dust all surfaces
Room rescue bedrooms
Some laundry
Ironing?! (Who am I kidding?)

[Stilllivinginazoo]

Tadas
Bathroom
Clean windows
Wipe bath
Wipe sink
Empty bin
Tidy drawers of Zoolets ablutions stuff
Wash floor

Bleach lav

D's room
Clean windows
Wash floor(cushion vinyl that look like laminate)
Polish chest drawers
Clean TV(used only his beloved x box) and table sits on

Dds room
Open door
Survey tip on dd2side
Shut it and walk away....

Hoover stair carpet/landing
Wash Hall floor
Clean front door(cat let's self in and leaves muddy footprints sliding down from handle on white PVC door) and leaves it wide open

Then got text lil zoo bf mum pop by with a belated birthday gift (panic stations-her house beautifully tidy)
Throw all crap in cubord under stairs
Clear dining table last night tea/breakfast Gubbins
Wipe said table
Clear n wipe coffee table

(Still needs bloody good clean n floor wash but ran out of time)

Thankfully didn't stay long(me cringing embarrassment at state place compare to hers)lil zoo now got stash dreaded Pokémon cards and an inflatable my lil pony chair --that we shall need find home for but is
very cute--

At some point u shall need retrieve contents cubord and deal with that.I am flagging dreadfully and want yo go to bed

[BlueEyeshadow]

Not going to be getting much done today. Poor little Smokey Joe went up to the big road and got himself knocked down in the fog. Stupid cat. Now I've got to tell the boys and work out what to do by way of getting him back from the vet where someone very kindly took him. He was such a lovely boy, so friendly and playful. The boys are going to be devastated.

[Stilllivinginazoo]

blueam so sorry.
xx

[TooStressyForMyOwnGood]

Blue that is terrible, so sorry for you all .

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeG0es]

So sorry Blue

[Stilllivinginazoo]

Ta das
3rd load wash just gone in(just put 1st load away,2nd in dryer)
Fed zoolets
Shined sink
Wiped kitchen surfaces

Spent 20mins do something with lil zoo(her choice (but no technology)we been coloring)

[foxessocks]

blue sorry to hear that

Ds has been grizzling , feeding then puking pretty much all afternoon so far

Dd is asleep but she was chatting away for ages so will probably be grumpy when I do wake her up.

Ta das
Put sofa cover in wash where ds was sick on it...
Hung washing up and folded some
Quick tidy of living room
Two bags of clothes to charity shop

To do
Everything else but not sure I'm ever going to get it all done at this rate! I had such high hopes earlier. Parcels have arrived so might pop out to pick up my parcels when dd is up but not sure because me and ds smell of baby sick now and I'm not sure I can actually be bothered to change us both.

[TooStressyForMyOwnGood]

Ta da:-
Laundry finally a bit more under control
Dishwasher finished
House much tidier except for one room
DD1 reading and gymnastics practise

To do:-
Early tea
Get ready for trick or treating
Halloween
Before bed routine - have been trying to get bits ready as I go along today but think this will just have to be done later. Have school, work and nursery bits to locate.

[foxessocks]

Ta das
Dishwasher emptied and loaded again
Washing on
Washing put away
Beds stripped

[Stilllivinginazoo]

Went walk volunteer at cafe and some if her brood(she's had 10dc)-just bought youngest 3.sun came out n was nice get out.

Pick up dd2 from school and saw 3dead rats on path halfway

Lil zoo been invited truck or treat so made a quick black cat mask

They just go ram corned beef n mash (dd2has pizza made at school)and we are dropping at friends house fir 520

For those halloweening,have a good,safe one

[Stilllivinginazoo]

OK u am losing will to live.we have no decorations and 8trick or treater's knock already.I thought it was etiquette no decorations don't bloody knock (temper rising,urge snap someone neck building)I not up fir all this u just want peace n quiet n be left alone

[Babblehag]

Front of house lights out zoo? some people just don't get it, we don't go to anyone without pumpkin out side. Currently sat in kitchen dressed as a witch, dp is out with haglet 2 and 3. haglet 1 is in his room and occasionally surfaces to take some sweets from the bowl. puppy is dressed up too, but sulking on the stairs.

[Cagliostro]

Oh no Blue I'm really sorry :(

I've only just got back, we were at a friend's for a learning group thing. Got to do some more laundry, cook Halloween shaped pasta (thank you Lidl) in a blood tomato sauce, then make a Halloween dessert while photographing it all for my blog :o then we will snuggle in bed with Hotel Transylvania 2 on the laptop and ignore trick or treaters (normally we join in but the clown thing ugh)

[Stilllivinginazoo]

No lights on but still bloody knocking.I can hear parents telling little ones to knock louder.grrrrrr

[Strikingclockgrislyshock]

Oh no Blue that is so awful about Smokey Joe . Awful for you and the boys too x

[Strikingclockgrislyshock]

Still feeling awful about Halloween here too . We cancelled our party on Sat because of dd being ill. And this afternoon she is having to turn down lots of last minute invitations from friends as she is much better but not better enough to be up late/out in cold ifyswim. I feel such a killjoy but we are travelling this week and she needs to be totally fit. Nothing worse for a teen than feeling they are missing out on what the group is doing though.

Could you put a simple note on the door saying "sorry, owing to illness, no callers this year please"?

[Stilllivinginazoo]

Without wish sound like judgy snob I doubt those knocking can read