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.

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Here is the daily summary for Saturday (also available on the Flylady website at flight plan which should update automatically each day).

Baby-step no 26 - jump in where you are

It's the weekend so am excuse for no decluttering or zone work. However, if you want to...

We are in Zone 4 this week: the master bedroom and en-suite if applicable

Spend 15 mins, or whatever you can manage, decluttering in Zone 4.

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

daily focus

missions for the week

Flykids mission

August's habit is laundry

Happy flying everyone.
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Morning all
G reat to have you back once

So far
Cat/kits fed.littertray cleaned
Wash in
Swept liv room floor

Congratulations on the new job mermaids fab news

I like the sound of this magic eraser...managed to find a pack of flash ones in sainsburys so might have to get some! My current floor mopping solution is just hot soapy water and an old fashioned mop so would be good to try something fancy! Also

Ds had another bad night and dd did too as she's poorly , luckily dh able to help more as he's off today but now we're both tired and grumpy. I've got to do some work this morning so flying will take a back seat but dh will be able to do something hopefully although the children are pretty demanding at the moment!

Have a lovely bank holiday weekend everyone!

foxes i mustve missed that tip
Hope dd is ok(i must be going blind.didnt spot she was unwell either)

I need more bread n milk(grrrr)

I need to attack cupboard understairs proper.i also agreed to make cakes fir the choir summer party this afternoon....

Lil zoo has best friends party at 2-5.other two church choir party 4-6.rare they have invites social events and all come at once!!

Morning all.

Late night this morning so slow start here although poor DH worked early this morning. He's going to have a rest then do a bit of home bleugh.

Ta da:-
Online food shop arrived and nearly put away

To do
Morning routine
Sort out laundry from swimming (annoyingly put my bag down on the very wet swimming pool floor so whole thing needs washing ) - luckily is a sports rucksack thing I specifically take for swimming so will be fine, just adds to the laundry!
Do something with DDs as school holiday boredom has set in here.

Once welcome back!

Ta da:
usual morning routine of dcs up, dressed, fed, given meds.
bread baking
washing up done
kitchen cleaned
toilet cleaned
3rd load of laundry in wash, 2nd is still in dryer
living room tidied
Paperwork started
groceries delivered and put away
home ed partly done - maths, science, and some stop motion film practice done.
bins emptied outside

To do
finish laundry
clean bathroom and kitchen sinks
sweep
shredding
finish home ed (maths, handwriting, primary sign, coding, french/spanish)
am going to try making pie today using apples and pears (fingers crossed) and gluten free flour for crust. (or I may put it off until tomorrow - hmmm.... hahahaha)

Ended up with apple and pear crumble with some dried cranberries tossed in. Sitting and eating it now. Yum.

Hi all, we are back from our break. Not a good idea to plan a long journey home on a Bank Holiday Friday but we made it slowly

Bit of a mixed time away, we made the best of it though and have had a chilled day today to get over it - only away a couple of nights but packed so much in it felt a lot longer!

To-do list growing by the second, have restarted the laundry mountain although the basket is so full I can barely shut the lid. Need to clear out a lot of clothes, keep part-sorting them and then I lose track and have to redo them. Did get rid of some but many more bags to go!

Hi all
Mermaids brilliant news re job
Having had boiler problems this week (ours usually breaks down twice yearly, no free cash for a new one) I am very respectful of anyone who knows anything about that type of thing!
Cag huge congrats on expecting baby girl
once loving the setting newsround as the kids tablet homepage! Going to steal that idea, have a 10 year old that I really want to be a bit more up on what's going on the world, but not too up close - remember trying to talk to him about the London Bridge attack as we had walked across it and eaten at Borough market on a trip to London the day before the attack. Want him to know but not be cowed by the weight of the terrible stuff in the news.
Horrid end to week here - can't really say why as might out myself in real life. Been in a blur over last few days. Cried on a couple of good friends at work...very unlike me Not been able to do any flying but have weirdly found the fly lady emails (that I signed up to despite toostressy warning of their large number!) comforting
Going to go back to starting with the swish and swipe and sink thing tomorrow - looking forward to getting back to normal babysteps and less badstuff.

Garden sorry you've had a rough time

Welcome back cotswold!

I've had a restful day, got a few more pregnancy/baby related bits, picked up DD's meds to try tonight 😱

Also yesterday I chased up some editing work so hopefully that'll come through in the next few weeks

Hello all, hope you are all ok.

zoo, yes the need for bread and milk is constant isn't it?! foxes, hope your DD feels better soon. Ginger, I love crumble! Is there any left ? Lovely to have you back Cotswold. Cag, good luck with medication tonight. garden , sorry things are shit but glad the Flylady system and emails have helped in some way.

DDs watching a film and I have told them I will be in with popcorn and to paint their nails so will do links then get pampering!

Big wing flaps to all.

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Here is the daily summary for Saturday (also available on the Flylady website at flight plan which should update automatically each day).

Baby-step no 27 - what’s for dinner – menu planning I am terrible at this and it is one of the things I am hoping to improve once DD2 starts school.

It's the weekend so am excuse for no decluttering or zone work. However, if you want to...

We are in Zone 4 this week: the master bedroom and en-suite if applicable

Spend 15 mins, or whatever you can manage, decluttering in Zone 4.

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

daily focus

missions for the week

Flykids mission

August's habit is laundry

Happy flying everyone.
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Also since lots of you seem to be very good at cooking, can I ask what type of things you snack on? We never seem to have anything in to snack on and need some healthy but high calorie / protein snacks for sporty DH (and for me if I ever get my arse in gear and start exercising again).

Hello Once you name changing made me your previous incarnation before the one you have just lost (iyswim) it made me smile

Congratulations mermaids

Good luck tonight cag

ta da
pictures to framers ouch
farmers market
buy wood and fittings needed for various project.
Half 1st coat one wall - discovered the other half needs sorting (sanding or filling not sure yet)
Prime ceiling for painting
Cover all the things in plastic
sand things
mend cupboard
do all the car things - oil, lights, fluids, tyre checks and wash the field off it etc etc
Load the dw
tip run to get rid of half the stuff that is to go (t'other half being collected together after trip now space to gather)
Put stuff into long term storage in area 1.
deep clean spare bath
cut a load of wood
sand some of wood
fill wood requiring it
Do cleaning cycle in washing machine

well it hasn't been as productive as intended because I ran out of sand paper of the right grit and I had to fill a wall to make it good, but that was a few of the things off the to do list. Hopefully I can knock all the painting that needs doing this weekend off the to do list tomo. But for now there is a bath and a book with my name on it. night.

stressy I make a basic flapjack but chuck in things like cranberries or sunflower & pumpkin seeds etc. I used to make it with store bought museli when I was just making it for me instead of just oats.
The rest of our snacks are not so healthy (chocolate chip cookies, butter cookies, cake etc or ds' favourite which is chocolate spread and breadsticks preferrably straight out of the jar)

Oh I am terrible with that sort of thing TBH so not one to advise! In an ideal world I'd be organised and good at cooking and make flapjacks and such.

Einstein the melatonin is slow release. No other option for that brand apparently. I'm not sure that's the better option - it's the extreme difficulty falling asleep that's the problem, but she generally stays asleep once she gets there. But we shall see. I know not to expect miracles anyway!

My favourite snack is sliced apple or celery sticks dipped in crunchy peanut butter :o

Thanks both. Need to buy some peanut butter and see if I can find a very easy flapjack recipe .

Sliced apple dipped in crunchy peanut butter. Interesting I'm trying to imagine that. We have apples but no peanut butter so cannot try it out right now.

My mum told me about it a while ago and I thought WTF. Even more WTF at the celery idea. But it's so good! Has to be a sweet red apple IMO although I know some who prefer a Granny Smith with it.

DD was asleep slightly earlier than normal, so not a huge difference - took tablet at 8.15 asleep by 10.30 - but she was much calmer than usual beforehand, no stimming or anxiety. No idea if that's coincidental but it was certainly encouraging!

cag already said apples and nut butter(we use almond because of allergies- -peanuts way cheaper)
Carrots and cashew butter yummy combo too
Hard boiled eggs and pepper sticks(boil and keep in fridge couple of days)
Pear/apple slices and cheese
Sesame breadsticks and cream cheese
Greek yogurt and berries
Banana muffins with oats and nuts/sunflower seeds in
Make your own trail mix?any dry fruit.nuts.seeds.coconut.chic chips?
Zoolet favourites
*coconut shavings.choc chips. Dry cranberries
*banana chips.dry pineapple and mango
*cashews.dry apricot(chopped).sultanas.sunflower seeds
*almonds.choc chips.raisins

Pinterest have good recipes roasted chickpeas

cagJust spotted your dd sleep.i shall keep finger.arms.legs and eyes crossed its a sign of things to come

I forgot me tada!!
Kits /cats fed.littertray cleaned
Wash on
Quick tidy front room floor(covered in allsorts stuff just dumped n left)
Wash kitchen floor

Thank you for all snack ideas . Will have a look. Peanut butter and cream cheese based ones and nuts seem the easiest ones for now then I will investigate all the others.

Glad last night better Cag.

Ta da:-
I've had a shower and that's it so far.

To do:-
Spend less time faffing on Mumsnet today
Morning routine
Laundry sort out

Later:-
Help DD1 finish her school project
Book optician appt

congrats mermaid and cag and thanks for the snack ideas. I need to up my game here rather than just going for crisps.

to do
Laundry - lots of it, and even putting it away
morning routine - dw / wm / s&s
bake with the DC without it descending into WW3
take DC to park
sort out wardrobe - want to do Project333