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.

ta da

everyone fed
dishes washed and put away
kitchen tops zoflora'd
beds stripped
bed linen in the washing machine

We've been out the best part of the last two days on day trips so the house is looking a bit rough around the edges the weather is looking rather inviting to get out and do something nice though so may need to get on with the chores before temptation takes over and housework opportunity is lost.

Ta da:-
DH has done home bleugh and bought some school socks for DD1 while I took kids out
Gone to soft play
Booked eye test

To do:-
Tea
Tire out DDs before bed

Tada
Half cleared cupboard understairs
Took zoolets out stroll and to visit some local sheep that love to eat bread from your hands😊(owner allows)
Washing dry and put away
Sink scrubbed as scoutcat decide sit in sink

To do
Make tea(pasta cooled and toss pesto.chopped cucumber and peppers.ice cream and blueberries)

Have bit time dd2-planning a face pack.pedicure and an evening of trashy tv

Btw that post earlier about snacks...
Zoolets do eat them all.but they also have biscuits.handfuls dry cheerios.crisps.sweeties.we are not paragons of virtue

Today: 1
Cag: 0

I have been doing lots of decorating/diy stuff. The only conclusion I can see atm is that I have a headache from the paint/glue fumes and I have managed to file my thumb I have more painting to do tonight so I am going to try to deal with some of the residual brc stuff that is on the floor still although all I want to do is curl up in bed and sleep for a week

Ta das
Daily routine
Hoovered downstairs
Dinner cooked and tidied after
Ironing
Decluttered bottom of wardrobe in bedroom

About to collapse on the sofa - this week has been exhausting! DD is on the mend, I think my throat is finally getting better so all we need now is for ds to sleep a bit better and we might all feel a bit better tomorrow!

Cag hope you're ok! Not fun being pregnant in today's heat...(well it was very hot here today)

Einstein that sounds very productive!

Well my weekends score has been;

sunny weather: 3
me & the chores: 1 (that one is being generous too)

We went to the local park this lunchtime where there is lots of water flumes and paddling pool for the kids and we spent a lot of the afternoon there. dh went to the local tesco around the corner midway through and we made a bit of a pinic of it in the end. Its been really quite hot here today (not moaning).

ta da

everyone fed
dishes washed and put away
kitchen tops zoflora'd
beds stripped
bed linen in the washing machine
bed linen put on the line
1 load of washing done
tea made and eaten
dishes washed up and put away
kitchen tops zoflora'd

I'm gonna go now and give the bathroom a bit of a spruce up whilst ds in the bath. Beds need to made too. Need to general tidy up the living room too.

celeste when have lil ones making play while sun shines(as opposed to hay) is vital.housework will still be there when its cloudy/cold/raining
cag have more virtual chocolate and some icy drinks.heat and pregnancy is not a nice combo.be kind to yourself
einstein i have no answers fir paint fume headaches except halving onions and leave in sills to absorb smells?(offers more chocolate/caffeine

Burnt pasta....zoolets opt bowks rice krispies.plum and angel cake we had left over.least i didnt have get any hotter prep that!!
I fancy a cheese sandwich.then its time fir pampering n trashy tv with dd2.lil zoo and ds have gone up to read
Have a good evening everyone!

I woke up today and felt so overwhelmed with what needed doing
However

I cleaned downstairs
Hoovered lounge
Cleaned downstairs lol
Dishwasher loaded and unloaded
Merlets taken to park and had a water fight 🙈🙈

I have family coming for BBQ tomorrow so will blitz in morning

final updated ta da for the day

everyone fed
dishes washed and put away
kitchen tops zoflora'd
beds stripped
bed linen in the washing machine
bed linen put on the line
1 load of washing done
tea made and eaten
dishes washed up and put away
kitchen tops zoflora'd
bathroom basin zoflora'd
loo domestos'd
bathroom towels changed
beds made
living room tidied

Have fun with the trashy tv time with dd zoo

Have fun with the bbq tomo mermaid

Hello all,

Ta da:-
Tea eaten and leftovers boxed up
Washing up started
DD2 asleep
Brief check of DD1 school uniform- think she is sorted now aside from labelling and possibly wellies - must try on tomorrow.

To do:-
Encourage DD1 to sleep
Evening routine
Order water bottle for DD2- ordered the wrong size previously .

Water fight sounds fab mermaids as does water park celeste. foxes, glad you and DD are feeling better. I also love telly zoo,it's my escape from real life . Hope thumb and head improve Einstein.

Cag . GoGo, I have started to up my game from now for snacks - we now have some nuts and soft cheese and DH bought some protein bars so will see how we go. We also had crisps today though!

Big wing flaps to all. DD1 asleep so had better go down and help DH with the washing up!

I feel like I'm scoring several own goals today TBH. You know those days where everything just goes to hell and you keep messing up and... yeah that

Thanks for the welcome back. I hid the Housekeeping Topic because I was sick of all the spammers, these threads still used to show on TIO (if I had posted) but any I post on from hidden topics now don't show and I have to browse for them which is really annoying as I have a lot of topics hidden.

Anyway, arrived back home from holidays today. About 4 machine loads of washing is out overnight with at least another three to go, hoping the nice dry weather holds out for another day or two. I'm really tired. Also starting to panic about school uniform etc, DD starts secondary school shortly and I have been deluged with letters and emails about all the different requirements. I've got most of it but it's things like PE bags, not sure if any will do or they all have to have the one on the list, that sort of thing. It will be a big change in routine for us all, with her leaving earlier and getting back later, our old morning routine ran like clockwork but not sure the new one will.

Once, it definitely seems to ramp up in secondary with uniform etc. I think I should do the opposite to you and hide all topics except housekeeping - might actually get more done .

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

Baby-step no 29 - schedule some ‘you’ time, possibly with one of the Flylady pamper missions

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

We are in Zone 5 this week: the living room

Spend 15 mins decluttering, or whatever you can manage, in Zone 5.

When you have finished decluttering, the detailed cleaning list (if you are at that stage) for Zone 5 is here

daily focus

missions for the week

Flykids mission

August's habit is laundry

Happy flying everyone.
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Flaming washing machine broke down on Thursday so laundry task is going well 🙄

Morning all. Where is everyone this morning? You lot are normally up at the crack of dawn on this page

We are going to be having a day at home today. We've been out most the weekend so want to chill out a bit today. dh is back at work tomo after a week off work. I'm going to try and hoover all rooms today and dust and polish the living room.

Morning! I'm here, just trying (and completely failing) to reign in my Mumsnet addiction.

Have friends coming round later and we might go into town today as need to print off some photos to get DD1's homework finished, not sure yet. Hoping to go through some of DD2's clothes for school if there's time. DH off today too.

Ta da:-
Ummmm...
I've had a shower.
Beds made

To do:-
Morning routine
Get DD2's school clothes out as I go along
Only allow myself quick checks of Mumsnet

Rein not reign! I always get it wrong.

I'm probably gonna be binging on mumsnet today as i potter round the house

ta da

washed dishes and put away
zoflora'd kitchen tops
put some washing on the line

Oh no mermaids! Ours is pants and we will be replacing it before Cagletini arrives but thankfully it's hanging on in there for now. Are you able to borrow a neighbour's or something?

Sorry about being a misery guts yesterday I'm just in a shitty mood TBH. Can't even blame the hot weather as I didn't go out! Just knackered and completely overwhelmed and stressing about everything. Messed up with DS' birthday treat and keep making silly mistakes which sometimes I can laugh off but other times I just really take it to heart.

Melatonin day 2 (I think I might write a little diary blog post covering the first few weeks?) - not properly asleep until 1. It's weird, she was dozing on and off from 10, but slept much more lightly. But she wasn't full of anxiety either and didn't spend all evening jumping about. Although now I'm wondering if that's why she slept more lightly, because she wasn't tiring herself out with stimming?! Argh. Mind you we had a very quiet lazy day so lack of fresh air etc may have been a factor.

One more week until term begins. Panic truly setting in now about how we will cope with everything. Thankfully the Caglets are starting to wake up earlier and I'll start some extra maths with them this week and maybe some book time. Wednesday will be 'off' for DS' birthday.

Mermaids bad news about washer .

Bad news about washer mermaids

cag lack of exercise and fresh air does play a part in ds' sleep. If you are going to track it, track activities AND sleep. It will help you see if it is sleep med or routine that is the issue. Also it takes ds a couple of weeks to get back into the swing of proper sleep after a summer long break.

I treated myself to a lie in until 10am after my up at 5am not finishing til nearly midnight day yesterday. 4 coats of paint total to finish today plus all the tidying up after painting stuff like paint sheets and frog tape removal etc. Just pottering atm as I actually think I could have slept until noon I am that tired. Not sure I allowed myself enough time after being ill before doing ALL the things.

Yes normally DD especially never stops moving and she lives for playing outside. But yesterday she was indoors more (and super grumpy because there wasn't anyone to play out with for most of the day). So I'm sure that is a factor. Once term time starts lack of exercise and outdoors time will not be an issue at all thankfully.

She was so much calmer in the evening though and definitely sleepier (she had some calm down time playing Lego as usual, and dozed off on the floor :o) so I do think it's making a difference! I'm not sure if I should make her take it earlier or wait a few more days to see what happens.