Ease towards Easter with the Fledglings and the Flylady April thread!

[CotswoldStrife]

Welcome to the April Flylady thread. We will be posting links every day to the Flylady method of maintaining your home and all posters, lurkers, newbies and returners are welcome - there will be a lot bit of general chat too. Post your ta-da successes and inspire others (or join some of us in the naughty corner on a less-than-stellar day, we all have them!) and bask in the support of the fledglings as we swing into Spring and ease towards Easter (avoiding the dreaded pointy stick of motivation)!

Hi all...Last night not much better on the sleep front have been snoozing with ds on the sofa this afternoon!! Very little flying done oops.

Ta das
Dishwasher emptied, washing hung up more washing on, kitchen sides cleaned

To do
Finish daily routine
Clothes pile
Declutter bedroom
Exercise dvd
Mop floors

So I went into my room
I have a small thin path to the bed
Sorted 6 RBC (mostly recycling, wtf I was hang onto most of it was anybody's guess)

To do
Get dd2 to help lift mattress so u can see what under bed when she returns from friends and then remake bed
Supervise lil zoo/ds hairwash n shower ready for school tomorrow
Feed them
Do white wash-just found school pe tops.gah- black trackies and shorts were wash first day of hols!
Feed me and dd2
Get lil ones to sort school bags,check pockets etc ready for tomorrow
Polish school shoes

Sigh. I've tried to post this lots but my MN is so slow. I give up! Basically the long and short of it is I'm in the naughty corner.

Fed little ones
Supervised lil zoo bath/hair wash. Ds negotiate sleep in his fetid onesie if he gets up at 6 for shower/hairwash
Fed them
Wash up
My tea done
Wash up

Never got under bed done in the end

Evening all. Busy day here, out from mid-morning to mid-afternoon and then DD had a busy few hours of playing planned! Woke up myself last night after a bad dream at about 2.00am, fell asleep until woken by DD who had also had a bad dream a few hours later! DH back at work today.

Our bedroom houses the ironing pile so I would never say it is completely tidy Of course that could be easily dealt with by actually ironing it so that could be a win for the week. I am making the beds, honest.

Waves to mermaids, zoo, cag, celeste, Blue, Purple, Stressy and foxes - sleep well fledglings, I'm off to do a last couple of bits of washing up.

The daily summary for Wednesday (also available on the Flylady website at flight plan which should update automatically each day.

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Baby-step no 19 - read the testimonials

We are in Zone 4 this week: the master bedroom, bathroom and wardrobe

Spend 15 mins decluttering in Zone 4.

When you have finished decluttering, the detailed cleaning list (if you are at that stage) for Zone 4 is here

Mission for Wednesday clear the bedside cabinet

The daily focus for Wednesday is: anti-procrastination

The monthly habit for April is making your bed

daily reminders

Morning! Need to tidy the living room this morning as DH is taking the Caglets out (I have pupils) and the new sofa is arriving tomorrow morning. Just a cheap one from a charity store but it'll do, I'm excited to have somewhere comfy to sit again (we've not had a sofa since before Christmas)

Morning!

Ta das
Dishwasher unloaded and back on
Rubbish out to bins
Bit of washing up

To do
Rest of daily routine
Declutter in bedroom
Mop floors
Exercise

Hi everyone!
I was up as usual but decide attack kettle pile before I pop in so didn't avoid it!!

Tadas
Fed cat
Wash on
Bleach lav
Tackle kettle pile(done half)
Help ds wash (long) hair,supervise shower.blow dry his mop
Fed zoolets
Pack up made for lil ones(dd2 back tom)
S+s bathroom
Polish school shoes
Table cleared
Dishes wash
School run
Wash in dryer,more on
Empty kitchen bin

Now pop Morrison's for supply's trailing dd2!!
I am deffo go do something my room today!!

Morning all!

Wasn't around yesterday as was so busy. Ds still waking at least once a night.

He has just about mastered sitting up so hopefully related to this.

House a bomb.
Many brews needed.

To do

Shopping away
Breakfast pots
Tea pots
Bottle wash
Steriliser
Washer on
Dryer on
Dry washing away
Worktops
Table
Kettle pile

Ta das
Daily routine done
Kitchen floor mopped and cupboards wiped over

Feeling a little disheartened after cleaning kitchen floor etc, everything just looks a bit grimy and I think I just need a new kitchen, it's just old and tired and I don't think I can ever make it look as nice as I want it to. Ah well.

Not done anything at all today! Got a phone call early to say DS could have a cancellation appt with dermatology - he only got referred yesterday! So DH took him, he's now got antibiotics as well as lots more creams etc and we've got to wrap the bad bits in cling film for half an hour each night too.

Must shift my bum but just totally unmotivated!

Has ds got eczema cag?poor thing

We had really enjoyable walk to supermarket in glorious sunshine(winds chilly tho).picked up what needed, bar couple items out stock.
Another load wash on
Red pepper and mushroom frittatta on oven
Dd2 on computer doing homework had "" forgotten "" about yeah,right

This afternoon I plan tidy under my bed and the top chest of drawers and blanket box(both buried under piles "stuff")

Yup eczema and getting worse at the moment poor thing :(

And no I haven't moved yet

DD has kept herself amused all morning and we didn't go out, which means I have made a difference at one end of the room

I have another half an hour before her planned activity for the day and it has been really nice not to have her bossing me around for a change especially as DH will be back early today after an appointment.

Will be back later!

Hello all, have been on the train today on my own so proper luxury as time to read a book! Have devoured a parenting manual . Resolved to get up earlier in the mornings to make them less stressful. Will have to see how that goes!

Ta da:-
Read parenting book
Decluttered some emails

To do:-
Hopefully get home in time to do half an hour tidy up on my own before picking up DDs - more luxury!
Pick up DDs
Evening routine etc

Tadas
Made bed with clean linen
Located half the top chest of drawers(baby steps right?!)

cag have you tried wet wrapping him?

Hello all

Ta das

Bedding washed
Sofa covers washed
Dishwasher on
Lawn tended to
Paddling pool out
Tea made

Will do more tomorrow no energy today

Ta das
Dishwasher emptied again and eeloaded
Living room and kitchen tidied
Rubbish out
Tiny bit of pilates
Washing up
Got washing in off line

Still no decluttering done! Not doing very well this week.

More stuff from the attic sorted. Well actually just chucked away (apart from two things to be cleaned up for a display shelf) - why were we keeping so much crap? WHY?!

MN has slowed to a crawl for me tonight, so will post the links shortly.

Cag for me clutter (or attic storage) is down to my inability to make decisions. That's just me, though. I keep stuff that I look at years down the line and have never used (not talking about sentimental items here).

The daily summary for Thursday (also available on the Flylady website at flight plan which should update automatically each day.

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Baby-step no 20 - do a full load of laundry, wash, dry, put away

We are in Zone 4 this week: the master bedroom, bathroom and wardrobe

Spend 15 mins decluttering in Zone 4.

When you have finished decluttering, the detailed cleaning list (if you are at that stage) for Zone 4 is here

Mission for Thursday clear the chests of drawers and other flat surfaces

The daily focus for Thursday is: errand day

The monthly habit for April is making your bed

daily reminders (radio show times are probably not accurate for UK but can listen to previous shows/podcasts)

Morning all
Tadas
Fed cat
Wash on
Bleach lav

All three zoolets at school today so routine will be the key!!
I also have app at gp at 11
Must crack on....

Have tried wet wrapping but it made it worse after a while due to the sweating etc :( anyway he was happy with what we tried yesterday so hopefully can move forward with this.

The attic clutter wasn't even stored properly. If I'd wanted to keep anything (other than the marble/glass things) I couldn't because it had gone so manky, it was all just shoved in a cardboard box not even sealed! Pretty sure one of the boxes we did was from when we moved, we probably shoved it all in before the movers arrived at our old flat and never unpacked! It made the decisions easier as it was all too horrible to keep anyway, and TBH there wasn't really anything that we will miss (after all it's been out of sight for several years) but it does make us cross with ourselves as it's just such a waste. Lots of books that can't even be sold to ziffit or whatever for a few quid because they are moisture damaged. But also I don't want to get paralysed with regret, it's happened, got to just keep moving forward eh?