Fledglings are raucous in August - the Flylady thread

[TooStressyForMyOwnGood]

Thanks to paxillin for our August thread title .

Hello all and welcome to the August Flylady thread. We are a friendly bunch who try to roughly follow the Flylady system. How strictly you follow it is of course up to you! Every day the thread leader posts information about which zone of the house we are in and the missions for the week.

Newbies are always welcome. All information is available on the Flylady website www.flylady.net

On the website there is information for beginners. You can also sign up to the Flylady emails but we would advise caution as there are hundreds of them.

We post our achievements (ta das) and our to do lists and any other general chatter about life / flying.

There is enough information on this thread to start getting on with things but you can also trawl through the (confusing at times) website:-

Information on getting started: www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/

The launch pad is also a good starting place:www.flylady.net/c/lp.php

Fly stands for Finally Loving Yourself. The general idea is that short bursts of tidying / organisation are more achievable than marathon efforts. Flylady advises 15 minute bursts is effort but you can tweak this to fit your own circumstances.

I'm on holiday this week with intermittent internet connection so will not be on much but will keep an eye on the thread and hopefully everyone else will feel free to jump in!

With it being summer holidays it may be pretty quiet on here but missions etc will be here for those who want them.

Wow Einstein what a day - I'm seriously impressed
At work today here, waiting for a broken down so delayed train - commuting is wonderful......Not.
Yesterday I was so busy but still did not really manage the zone 4 declutter
Ta Das
Boilers broken so relying on immersion heater, phoned engineer who's coming today.
Did loads of laundary, Swish and swipe bathroom and downstairs loo..
Tidying both DC rooms with them
Tidying kitchen
Take DCs to music lessons
Bit of tidying in the garden (hope gardening counts towards flying?)
Made veggie stir fry
Hoovered downstairs
Despidered downstairs
Tidied up spare room
Washed and changed both DC beds
Working for the next three days now - will try to squeeze a bit of flying round the edges...

Morning all

Ds ended up in our bed for most of last night so i was woken at 545 by him trying to rip my hair clean from my scalp 😐

Yesterday gave our bedroom a good tidy, wiped all surfaces and changed bedding. Then hoovered all bedrooms, landings and stairs.

Ta Da

Washer on
Dryer empty
Dryer on
Baby bottles soaking

einstein I should mention I also sympathise with the lego situation (but it was worded so wonderfully) I've put a flat rate ban on lego and toys that can be used as weapons for all Christmas an birthdays. My mum broke this rule last year so i made her keep the lego at her house.

I hoover any lego on the floor and refuse to buy it!

I haven't reached the Lego stage yet we still have duplo here which is easier to tidy!

Ds up for ages in the night again and up at 6 this morning, don't know what's going on with him at the moment. Afresh is your ds a bit unsettled too? My ds used to sleep in our bed a lot but my dh was getting such a bad back from sleeping at a funny angle we have had to put a stop to it but it's hard getting him back in his cot sometimes.

My throat still hurts but think I'm getting a bit better. Going to try and get some flying done today depending how the day goes with an extra 3 yo here...

That reminds me of a tip I heard once for tidying Lego, you probably all already know it , you make your children play with the Lego on top of an unzipped sleeping bag then when they're done you just zip it up and store it in there. I'm not sure what a good idea that is tbh because kids don't generally stick to rules like only play with the Lego on that sleeping bag!!!

foxes earlier in the week ds had a good couple of nights sleep but woke about midnight last night and i couldnt get him back in his cot. Ive had continuous bad nights sleep for months now it seems and im too tired to fight him!

Ta Da

Washer on
Dryer empty
Dryer on
Baby bottles soaking
Washing on line
Steriliser empty

I have heard the lego tip however i find the crunch of it going up the hoover strangely satisfying....

Lots earlybirds on today

We are heading out for a walk to forest with a friend in a bit.it takes around 3-4 hours round trip but i am confident they are used walking distance!!

Back in a bit with tadas

Indeed, you lot have been up bright and early.

We are off to the cinema this afternoon with my sister in law and her lo's so only a small list today.

make beds
wash dishes
do some laundry
make tea

Tada
Clean kitchen surfaces(i bit funny about workmen tools on my sides)
Clean sink
Fed cat/kits/littertray
Feed zoolets
De toothpaste bathroom sink😕and wipe bath
Bleach lav
Wash on
Wash kitchen floor
Round two of cupboard understsirs attack for an hour til we head out

Morning everyone,
You are all up and at it bright and early.
Ta da
Empty dishwasher
Load breakfast dishes in dishwasher
Dressed
Bake some fresh cookie

To do
Take youngest ds to his appointment at camhs to see his psychiatrist
Pick up youngest ds meds
Go and see my bf as it's her birthday
Vacuum stairs

Hope you all have a good day

afresh sounds like we're going through similar then!

Morning folks. Boy am I glad yesterday is over! I achieved nothing other than not killing anyone. DH is off work today thank goodness. And yes he brought chocolate.

I've been seriously considering getting something with compartments to sort out the Lego somewhat. It's all together in a big plastic bin, and gets all over the place. We have a grey carpet, and the grey pieces blend right in!!!

GingerIvy - seriously don't bother. We have something to sort the lego into, and ds has waaaaaaaay too much for a mat bag type thing. You just end up resenting the fact your child refuses to put it away sorted and having to have mass sort outs periodically which become the ban of your life. Stick to just a mix tub it is easier on everyone's sanity in the long run

Sorry mermaids this virus has been killing off my sense of humour not helped by the lack of sleep

It was about 7am before I slept and I am up already. Well sort of up. My eyes are open and I am considering moving for breakfast.

We just have a massive tub for it. They aren't bothered about keeping sets together though (they tend to build a set, gradually adjust as they play with it and then they gradually get amalgamated with the rest. Exception being Mixels and Bionicles which are kept separate.

I mentioned melatonin the other week I think, well the paediatrician has given us the go ahead and is mailing us a prescription!

Lego sets really piss me off. So expensive then end up mixed up

Oh cag

Afresh and the sets never ever get rebuilt. The days when it was basic building blocks primarily were better imo. Although you can make some fancy new things with the unusual shaped pieces from the sets, but you do get much more resentful when the pieces are left on the floor and broken from being stood on

I don't really mind that Lego sets get broken up. Always buy them cheap though. I quite like all the weird and interesting pieces

Ginger that Latin book, is it Gwynnes?

Thanks einstein after another few days of bad sleep I am desperate TBH! May not work (friend's DS went completely wide awake on it) but it needs trying!

Didn't manage to do Tesco order last night but thankfully have managed to book this morning for tonight. Need to sort dinner before that but it's something (we only pay for the midweek delivery saver so Thursday is the last day we can get shopping).

It will also depend on the form - 1 hit or slow release. Plus there is no oh the melatonin will knock child to sleep no point in bothering with good sleep hygiene because it is totally possible for the child to over rule the sleep med effects and without the good sleep hygiene it won't work properly anyway. its an odd one. I am just pissed that insomnia has kicked my butt this week as ds is away and I could have slept and needed the sleep. Watch it bugger off when ds is back and he is not sleeping great in the run up to back to school.

I should move and do stuff. Feeling mostly better illness wise. Lack of sleep wise though Might go do some painting. Knowing that am getting close to finishing a room might motivate me...

No absolutely, we won't slack on the other stuff we do to help her wind down. Just add this in. Thankfully the anxiety isn't quite as bad now (basically since we managed to mostly avoid the bully) so it's mainly that her brain won't wind down - the anxiety then creeps in IYSWIM but it's not the main factor anymore.

Sorry about the insomnia, it's shit.

And lack of sleep/good quality sleep always affects anxiety too. wasn't suggestion you would forget re sleep hygiene was reminding myself I need to pick that battle with ds who thinks he knows better

Wash in dryer
Mire in
Quick sarnie for zoolets
We have comic club shortly at library

einsteun hope feeling better soin
cag hope melatonin helps
I see great post on pinterest yesterday offer upset woman love.cuddles and reassurance.if she growls retreat safe distance and throw chocolate

Lego here in huge bix all muxed up.lifes too short to seperate lego sets

I love that lego sleeping bag tip! Mine spend more time arguing over it than actually building anything with it, so maybe I'll zip them in too!!

done
1 washload
1 DW load
Bedroom drawers tidied

to do
clean tops of bedside tables
put washing away
DW
WM

Cag It's called A Smattering of Latin. Did you know you can actually get the first 2 Harry Potter books in Latin on TheBookPeople as well?
Yikes. Just saw that - had no idea! Link here: www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_searchResult_tbp?searchTerm=a+smattering+of+latin&catalogId=10051&langId=100&storeId=10001