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)!

I'll do the links early Monday morning, we will be in zone 1 again for 1 day then move on!

Morning

Did I read right mint viennetto was around and i missed it? (Sobs)

Plainly I up despite it be school hols

Cat fed
Wash on
Might start home bleurgh shortly as once chores complete more time with Zoolets

zoo

My head feels all foggy this morning

No DC up yet

Downstairs semi tidy

Hopefully this brew will shift the fog

Morning all, wrote a post then lost it . Yes zoo, I love all vienetta but mint is the best .

Hoping for lazy morning here as first proper day of Easter hols.

Plan for the day is:-
Phone health visitor
DD1's room

Fingers crossed anyway!

First day of Easter holidays and both children are poorly. So any fun plans out the window! Day of TV for us instead I think. The sore eye was just the start of it I think as they both have high temperatures and slept really badly. Calpol is my friend today!

Oh I think I've repeated myself I think must have posted already in my sleep deprived state last night!!

Oh no foxes hopefully the calpol will kick in and both dc will feel better soon. Ds2s eye was gunked shut this morning so I am waiting to get on the phone to get an appointment. With our surgery if you are not on the phone when they open you never get an appointment.

We'll have to add Calpol to the naughty corner, so many fledglings using it today! We have another week at school although DD is off (just Calpol-ed her up!) with her injury for a day or so. Mmm, Viennetta oh yes, the daily links ....

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

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Baby-step no 3 - explore the website

We are in Zone 1 today only, Zone 2 for the rest of this week: the entrance, front porch and dining room

Spend 15 mins decluttering in Zone 1.

When you have finished decluttering, the detailed cleaning list (if you are at that stage) for Zone 1 is here

Mission for Monday clear off those hotspots!

The daily focus for Monday is: weekly home blessing hour

The monthly habit for April is making your bed

daily reminders

Ta das
Recycling out
Front room floor clear n swept
Dining table cleared and wiped
Fed zoolets
Bathroom-
Windows cleaned
Sill clear and wiped
Bathroom drawers sorted(and 5empty toothpaste tubes removed zoolets drawers.grrr)
Skirts wiped
Radiator wiped
Bath n sink cleaned
Floor wiped

Wash in dryer
More on
Hall cleared
Hall floor - to do still

Breakfast dishes washed
Table wiped over

Zoolets bickering so we are heading out for a walk (and milk/bread) as it's GLORIOUS sunshine here.hoping they then can start getting along is it's go be a looong holiday!!

zoo, your list is amazing . at 'heated discussion.

Hope all poorly DC feel better soon.

Ta da:-
Rang HV - she was really helpful. She said sometimes you need to know when to give up . Said to go back to pull ups (as you said Afresh) but try only in the bathroom. Give up over Easter hols to take pressure off and stop is all being miserable. Then try again and if no joy they will consider a nursery nurse referral.

So now I just need to find a way to 'find' the pull ups that I hid that supposedly the fairies took. Since we are doing DD1's room I think I'll say I just found some under the bed.

Also morning routine done with DD1's 'help'

To do:-
As much as poss in DD1's room this morning as I don't think this lazy day will last all afternoon.

Rant coming: feeling a bit rubbish as DD1 has been asked to do some extra training for a sports club and it is on a day when I work so have had to say probably no. Hate my job anyway and this hasn't helped. I do know I am being completely unreasonable, it's just life and I am lucky to have me job but .

toostressysounds like good advice from your HV. That's rubbish about your job and dds extra training, hope you can find a solution I can understand you feeling upset about it it's not unreasonable.

Ta das
Done some daily routine - dishwasher unloaded, kitchen sides cleaned, washing hung up
Dusted TV table

To do
Finish daily routine
Declutter in porch
Clean downstairs loo

Ds is asleep on me now, haven't bothered to try and put him down for his nap as frankly I could do with a cup of tea and sit down anyway. Dd is watching Frozen. It's such lovely weather outside I can't believe we are all stuck indoors , I had been hoping to go to an Easter egg hunt today , but the children are so tired and even though the calpol has kicked in I feel like they need a really lazy day at home.

I couldn't get a doctor's appointment for ds but he seems ok so I didn't want to take one of their emergency appointments. I'll take him tomorrow if need be.

Morning all!

Not having the best start to Easter hols here today. Me and DH fell out yesterday over something quite stupid but actually he really upset me. Won't bore with details. We haven't really resolved it and don't think we will. We both feel the other one was in the wrong. I'm trying to just move on from it today as sometimes feel it's best to just let things go when it's actually quite trivial in the grand scheme of things. But he's still not talking and moody, really don't want there to be bad atmosphere all holidays :(

Ta das

Washing machine on, nearly finished
Kitchen cleaned
Food shop put away
DD having a bath

To dos,
Hang washing out
go out for a walk in attempt to snap us out of this mood!
Pick up some bits for lunch
Wickes for a couple of diy bits.
Porch mission
Ironing

Glad HV was nice too stressy, maybe the stress of it was becoming counter productive. Never know, a fresh start might do the trick and I agree, more important to enjoy Easter together than stress about potty training.
So tricky fitting in everything for the DC when you work Mother's Day was a guilt trip for me this year as DDs preschool invited all the mums on the fri before and of course I couldn't go so DD was asking why I wasn't there, thanks for that

V impressed at your gardening efforts mermaids! I want to dig up quite a big chunk of the front garden and replant it but I just know it's going to be a huge job getting the root balls out and can't get the motivation for it!

Hope all the poorly DC get better soon!

Am already doing this months habit fold back duvets concertina style and plump pillows when we get up (flylady tip) and make beds later in the day at some point so is ready for bedtime. Is definitely good for the soul going to a nicely made bed every night

Hi all, welcome to newbies and returnees

Fallen behind on thread and I think flying wise it's worse than zero flying, we must be in the negative numbers now!

DH did his run over the weekend but he's gutted because he got a groin strain around 3am and had to rest then just walk for the remainder. Super proud of him for not giving up though (think almost half of the participants dropped out).

DH's young relative is in hospital very ill so looks like he will be travelling in the week to help out, she's got a little toddler too :( awful situation

foxes, we all need a lazy day sometimes. Adults more than children I find . The doctors may well have said to watch and wait with DS's eye anyway so sounds sensible to just have a day at home.

Yes mermaids, it's the guilt isn't it?! They asked her first and she really wants to do it which annoys me but that's unfair of me. I feel a bit better about it as they have said even if she can't do extra she can move up a class so I will sell that to her. Rationally I know that if she is that good (I'm not too PFB (I hope!) - I have no illusions of Olympic gold) she will get this chance again.

Just makes me wonder how you are meant to do it all?! I only work two days a week plus extra shifts when they suit and am still struggling to fit it in. I think that is a rant for another thread though .

Anyway, making headway with DD1's room. Have a pile of clothes for her to try on as I think they are too small. It is a real mess so slowly going through the drawers to create space. Lots of stuff too small so hopefully will create some space for the stuff on the floor.

DDs want to do a mini Easter egg hunt in the garden later then no doubt play outside. Trying to continue on with lazy morning. They did a bike ride yesterday and I'm sure will be out playing later so feel I should make the most of this lazing and let them have a rest .

Blimey, that was long, sorry!

Xpost Cag, that's awful. Life is shit sometimes .

Oh and for you too Pheasant, arguing is miserable.

X post blue hope it blows over quickly.

We aren't technically on Easter hols yet - our county's start next week. But the neighbouring county (where Caglets do some clubs) is on Easter now. TBH with everything else going on I'm just calling it a 3 week holiday. We've cancelled various things this week anyway (including some tutoring/coaching that we would earn money for) - needs must, and what we need is simplicity right now.

Thanks stressy x

Take it easy cag
foxes lazy days are necessity sometimes
blue hope you not facing man sulk I still am with dp

We had a nice walk and pop aldi on way back and pick up Strawberry's and asparagus.happy days

Snack had we head library for a bit before lunch

Morning all

Not much done today as still recovering from yesterday
Will take merlets to Eden project tomorrow to wear them out a bit I think

Sorry so many are feeling low / have poorly DC or man sulks on going

All is well here. We aren't on half term til next week either so the big two are at school.

I still have some errands to run from LAST Monday. Oops.

Ta Da

Dryer empty and reloaded
Second wash on
Tea and breakfast pots washed

Afternoon all, thank for welcoming me back to all who need it.

I like the sound of the lion tamer whip. Came in from nightshift this morn to find yesterday's washing still hanging out and half a block of cheese just lying there. Had to doing that as it had gone yucky hard.
But trying to get a wash in when all you want is your bed is hard work

Ta da's
Made bed then promptly unmade it and fell asleep
Laundry in

To do's
20 min clean (build up to an hour is my plan)
Wash on
Phone about a job advert
Get dressed
Go to shops try not buy a crappola tonne of junk food in post night shift haze

Hope you all having a good day

*come again" cheese laying there? in my house a passing child(locust)inhales that kind of thing

We are back for lunch
Zoolets are in war mode,namely as dd2 can't resist sniping and moaning at ds/lil zoo til they bite back...

There may be a recreation of the crucifixion taking place in garden if things continue.......

Dd2 and lil zoo been out playing in garden 2hrs.no screaming etc,so assume all good and they will be tired later from all fresh air/exercise

Wiped hall and liv room floors
2load wash done,2nd in dryer,1st put away
Hoovered stairs and landing

Now go make lil zoo and ds dinner(beef and mushroom pasta bake)