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~~~~~~~Wednesday Fly~~~~~~~~

51 replies

glitterfairy · 07/03/2007 07:29

mission

Must do some today as yesterday was useless and am sitting in a complete mess whihc is most depressing.

OP posts:
staceym11 · 07/03/2007 11:45

why does my list always get longer not shorter???

looks like this:

done:

All up washed dressed fed
beds made
curtains open
1 load washing on inc. nappies
steralise bottles
washing into tumble
2nd load of washing
s+s bathroom
sort out dhs mess in our bedroom
Take rubbish out
washing up 1st lot

still to do:

washing up 2nd lot
mission
room rescue (dds room)
go to town to post all the stuff i managed to get people to have yesterday (my FFP bits)
join the library and get dd some books out
sort fold put away
into tumble
sort load put away
oh and take soem stuff to the charity shops while in town!
do recycling

laloop · 07/03/2007 11:47

Back again. Need to get a move on now with some cleaning so will have to put a list together, here goes...

Dishwasher, reload and run
Wash down kitchen cupboard doors, surfaces, cooker and table plus mission
Sweep floor done
Finish making beds
General tidy up etc

What I really, really need to do is a real clearout of kids toy boxes and clothes etc that are cluttering up everywhere - might start this tomorrow when 2 of the dc's are at school.

Oh and I lost 4lbs at weightwatchers, very pleased

satinshoes · 07/03/2007 11:48

well done laloop.

i'm feeling very smug as have totally cleaned kitchen and living room this week. all that is left is hoovering and mopping floors - both of which i dislike so they get left and left until i can bear it no longer...

staceym11 · 07/03/2007 11:54

oo laloop well done on weight loss! wish i had the determination to do it! think cutting out chocolate might help!

ludaloo · 07/03/2007 12:51

laloop well done!

satin you have done a great job! Its nice when its all looking good isn't it.

stacey my lists have a habit of getting longer too!!

Well I have done the kitchen now and put the washing all away, which were my two put offs for the day!!

Might go and sort out dd1's room...a friend has just found an ad in the paper for a cabin bed...am going to check it out...might be time to change the bedrooms about and dd2 can finally go in with dd1!

Oh and I forgot to say...I am going away for the weekend with my friend...just us mums and the kids...[eek]We are staying in a caravan...going Friday..comming back Monday. S I won't be FLYing over the weekend.
I need to start packing too!!!!
Fingers crossed the weather brightens up!!

grouchyoscar · 07/03/2007 12:57

Afternoon All

Fab list STACEY BWB Laloop Luda and everybody else.

Feeling SH** today. I feel better, try to get on with life and it falls down at the last minute. Had to call FIL to collect me and DS from nursery as I couldn't walk. Only went to town for bargain hunting and flapjack supplies. I am utterly fed up with this now. It's been 6 mths on and off continually. I've called the nurse. There must be something that can be done.

Had enough now

Flying for today
Up
DS up
Shower (to wash nit lotion out of our hair)
S&S bathroom
S&S loo
Make DS bed and draw curtains
Get dressed
Make our bed and draw curtains
Down with laundry
Load WM
Have breakfast
Tidy away
Empty DW
Put away
Dress DS for school
Take DS to school
walk to bus stop
Get bus to town
Browse shops
Go to tesco
Go to bus station (no bus for 20 mins...aggggh)
Get taxi to school
Call FIL from childrens centre (as mobile is dead)
Home
Remove uniform
Make lunch
Eat
MN time

will take it steady from now. House is tidy enough to cope and DS can play out today.

Today's bargain...Red cord GAP dungarees for less than 2 quid. Worth thge cab fare home.

ludaloo · 07/03/2007 13:28

Hi GO have a rest up!

I've stopped now!! Got distracted on the internet!

No shouldbe today...or Tort...hope both are ok

laloop · 07/03/2007 13:50
  • grouchyoscar, hope you're feeling a bit better soon, take it easy!
staceym11 · 07/03/2007 14:49

done:

All up washed dressed fed
beds made
curtains open
1 load washing on inc. nappies
steralise bottles
washing into tumble
2nd load of washing
s+s bathroom
sort out dhs mess in our bedroom
Take rubbish out
washing up 1st lot
room rescue (dds room)
go to town to post all the stuff i managed to get people to have yesterday (my FFP bits)
oh and take soem stuff to the charity shops while in town!

still to do:

washing up 2nd lot
mission
join the library and get dd some books out (will have to be carried over!)
sort fold put away
into tumble
sort load put away
do recycling

can someone please come and do my washing up as thats another thing i cant stand!

does anyone get a jist here that i dont like housework?!?!

staceym11 · 07/03/2007 14:50

oh and go when will you learn to rest?? put your feet up!

bewilderbeast · 07/03/2007 15:27

I am so fked off. Sorry to moan but I'd rather do it here among friends than on a general thread. The water leak is in the wall of ds's nursery which now has half a floor a missing bit of wall and they can't fix it today only cap it off to prevent further leaks. the living room, kitchen, hall, landing and nursery need redecorating. On the plus side the insurance company have now agreed to pay part of the cost which they had previously refused to do.
Dp has been exposed to scarlet fever and is now showing symptoms, has to go to doc tonight, I now have a rash on my face but that could be stress( I hope). I've packed ds off to my mothers without so much as a kiss gooddbye just in case. NHS directs sight says it can start as a rash in the groin that's exactly where the "thrush" the doc diagnosed yesterday is, like a big red patch at the top of his leg. I know it's not serious but after all the crap after his birth I worry about him.
sorry to moan needed to vent

done:
vacuumed downstaris
folded one load and hung one up
sterilised bottles

staceym11 · 07/03/2007 15:33

oh BWB, things will get better but heres a (((hug))) till it does. know what its like to have things go wrong constantly!!

dh had a phone call from orange saying they mucked up his DD and he now owes them £130 and if he cant pay by tomo then his phone will be cut off, exact same problem as our landline last month, yet we;r the ones who suffer!! arrggghhh!

ludaloo · 07/03/2007 16:34

Awww BB {{{HUGS}}} for you xx There must be nothing worse!! I hope your house gets sorted soon and everyone gets well too. You need a big bar of choccie and a bath (That's my cure for practically everything!!) Failing that (I'm suspecting with a water leak a bath might not be such a good idea) Grab a pillow....shut your self in a room and have a good scream...I do this occassionally!!

I really hope thisg improve soon xx

yaddayah · 07/03/2007 16:36

GO put your feet up, get a nice snuggly blanket and a dvd your body is telling you to rest .. don't ignore it !
BB it will get better ... it will get better... repeat ad nauseum

Everyone else.. have a good 'un

Well i've given up for today, ds is playing pirates with dd (involves all the pillows and duvets piled up in a heap (why do i bother making beds??) .. the previously tidy living room is strewn with toys

i'm off to eat chocolate ..

ludaloo · 07/03/2007 16:43

ah you see yaddah...chocolate is a good stress buster (Except I don't have any so I'm chewing on a piece of Flapjack for a vague sugar rush)
I've given up too...my kitchen looks like a bomb site...I spent all morning doing it...but made a lasagna...and some flapjack now you'd never know I had even tidied at all!!
The kids have all the cushions off the sofa and the throw...and a blanket off the bed...and are making a slide!

walks off twitching]

staceym11 · 07/03/2007 16:45

right so now

done:

All up washed dressed fed
beds made
curtains open
1 load washing on inc. nappies
steralise bottles
washing into tumble
2nd load of washing
s+s bathroom
sort out dhs mess in our bedroom
Take rubbish out
washing up 1st lot
room rescue (dds room)
go to town to post all the stuff i managed to get people to have yesterday (my FFP bits)
oh and take soem stuff to the charity shops while in town!
sort fold put away
into tumble
Me and dd prepare veg for din

still to do:

washing up 2nd lot
mission
join the library and get dd some books out (will have to be carried over!)
sort load put away
do recycling

think im gunna leave the washing up for dh and recycling can be done tomo, just off to sort the washing and thats me for the day! no energy left now!!!!

staceym11 · 07/03/2007 16:46

well my dd has pulled the cushions off the sofa so she can jump up and down on it while the oompahlumpa's sing on charlie and the chocolate factory, shes obsessed with this film and im so bored of it!!

MadameSleepsLessAndLess · 07/03/2007 16:53

i've just quickly read todays thread. big {{{hugs}}} to grouchy & bb from EHM

tortoise · 07/03/2007 17:15

OMG! A lot of messages to read through today.
Will read them and be back in a min (or 20!!)

tortoise · 07/03/2007 17:25

Right ,I have had a quick read through.
I love it when i get a mention for not being here!

BB I hope thing are sorted soon. It will get better.
Luda You made me lol!
GO I hope you are taking it easy now.
Hello to everyone else and sorry if ive missed anyone out on anything!

I am totally shattered. hardlt stopped all day. Shame it was FLYing i was doing!

Took DS's to school this morning.
Then walked home for half hour before time to leave for Toddler group.

Came home for lunch.

Then walked to town to post parcel and letter to my mum and co. Then went to the park!

Tea now cooking. DW emptied and refilled. WM on. TD on.

See you all later.

shouldbe hope you are ok.
DD's are tired!

ludaloo · 07/03/2007 18:15

Oh Hi tort

I have spent ages looking for housey type hints and the likes...read through the FLY site and considered buying the calender and the Journal thingy...but thought better of it!
I had a look at Martha's website too....I love all the crafty, cooky ideas. I also like seeing how to load the d/w properly and make a bed properly!!!

Well I have to go deal with the kids...

See you all tomorrow xx

ludaloo · 07/03/2007 18:23

Just before I go...look at

this

Lol!!! I can not tell you how extremely opposite mine is to that!!!!

staceym11 · 07/03/2007 18:39

luda, of course my airing cupboard looks like that! mines a mess of towels sheets and nappies, all in sorta piles!!

tortoise · 07/03/2007 20:04

Lol Luda. I don't even have a linen/airing cupboard!

I should be tidying up but am tired and legs ache!

I have CAFCASS woman coming tomorrow so needs to be tidy!

grouchyoscar · 07/03/2007 21:09

Hi all and thanks for the supportive messages.

In bed now (yay wifi!) DS snoring at side of me and Nick Jr classics on tv

DS played out this aft. I grabbed the chance to plant my chives and rest up a bit. DS emptied his sand pit onto the yard to make a beach! so afternoon flying was

Take sandpit outside
Plant chives in new herb box
Get variety of toys out
Liberate 'pet rocks' from hearth to garden
Enjoy watching DS play and apologise to neighbours (enclosed shared yard, no privacy huh)
Tidy away
Strip DS clothes off and load WM
Check new red dungarees for colour runs (they do...boooo)
Load wm and run
Sweep sand off yard
run bath for ds and me
Have bath, get out and dressed
Fish DS out and dry
Replace bath plug
Vac fron room
Put toys away
Put DS to bed

Having a relaxing time whenDS wakes with screaming nightmare. DH settles him but he's now in our room!

Hope things are better tomorrow.

off to watch the Wombles now