October House of Order - Fledglings flying through October 2017

[CotswoldStrife]

Order, Order! Do you have a little house of horrors? Welcome to the October Flylady thread where we follow the Flylady method for keeping our houses in order (along with some general chat and support). The monthly focus for October is paper clutter

I'll be posting links to the daily missions, daily focus and the zone cleaning - don't worry about the detailed zone cleaning if you haven't already decluttered, Flylady recommends decluttering first. Join us at any point this month

I'll post the first October links tonight!

ta da
crack my head on the light fitting
Give myself a horrid headache from above bump

Apologies again for poor thread leading skillz this week. Normal service should be resumed by the weekend. In the meantime, here are the Thursday links.

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 12 - delete the digital clutter of Flylady emails from your inbox

We are in Zone 2 this week: the kitchen

Spend 15 mins decluttering in Zone 2.

When you have finished decluttering, the detailed cleaning list (if you are at that stage) for Zone 2 is here

Mission for Thursday check under the sink!

The daily focus for Thursday is: errand day

The monthly habit for October paper clutter

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

It's awfully quiet on here this week. Did MN implode again? Or are people just busy?

I'm more Blah than Busy not being doing too well really.

Soooo much laundry too - all built up over the weekend due to having to do extra bedding and towels, but then Tesco didn't deliver fabric conditioner so I'm getting some today in town and will have a lot of catching up to do.

I want to sleeeeep

Been doing* see, can't even type!

Busy! Hope everyone doing ok.

Go steady Cag sorry you are feeling under par

Thanks for links when you are so under pressure Cotswold much appreciated!

Ouch Hills hope head ok!

Hope your cat is feeling better Zoo!

Goldenclaire/Hills agree about air fresheners but I retch when I go past scented candles in the supermarket so I have low tolerance of scented stuff I think. I use industrial quantities of clear vinegar at home for cleaning and find it really effective (very hard water area) and back up with bicarb when something really needs a scrub but agree with Golden that sometimes only bleach will do.

Speaking of which ...

Ta da:
animals
emptied dw
s&s
dining room table hot spots
furry walk 1
made butternut squash soup (turned out a bit too sweet and gloopy)
hung up overnight washing x 2
fed wms again
bleached kitchen sink
cleaned kitchen surfaces and stove top
swept and mopped kitchen floor (quickly)
put away on-line grocery order
bleached downstairs lav and cleaned sink (quickly)
ran hoover around ground floor (quickly)
saw lovely friend for lunch
'work' work x 3 hrs
furry walk 2

To do:
prep supper
help dd with hwk
iron gym kit
sew on labels (very late!)
BOUDOIR
make more cakes if time

sc want a ----> for the boudoir?!

Had dd2 home today.her neck has seized and cant turn head..painful and grumpy.hot water bottles t the ready and a note tom excusing from pe i think....

Tadas
Soak dd2 sheets from catsplat yesterday
4 loads washing
Hoover stairs hall and landing
Clear n clean dining table only for kitten to the see it as clear sleeping spot.i hate pets on surfaceswe have food on so need to do that again
School runs
Comic club drop fir ds(got lift back)
Dinner for zoolets-baked salmon.broccoli and almond pesto with pasta.cherry tomatoes

To do
Way too much as atill only getting couple hours sleep😞

you read my mind Zoo ta very muchly!

Sorry to hear Zoolets still suffering ...

Soft nudge ---> for sc(and dangle of banana bread to encourage a smidgen of progress ...still available if dudnt get it done)

Hey all (I'm still here).

Todays ta das

made beds
done some laundry
tidied living room take 1
washed dishes take 1
deep cleaned and mopped the kitchen
made spag bol

to do (after bed routine)

wash dishes take 2
wipe down kitchen tops
tidy living room take 2
have a bath

(snaffles delicious banana bread )

(doesnt mention boudoir )

Waves to GoldenClaire and everyone else!

(gives a royal wave from my bubble bath)

Day gone from bad to worse as the Caglets scratched a neighbours car on their bike. Accidental of course but oh dear god that is one expensive mistake

Oooh that is not good How expensive? Was your child caught or did they fess up?

No idea about cost yet :( it only happened today so was definitely them as other kids would've been at school. DD is really upset as she knows it is going to cost shitloads. DS doesn't really seem aware of it at all although they both apologised to both neighbours

It is quiet on here this week, where is the thread leader with benevolent motivation and the pointy stick?

Oh ...

Soz, should be back to normal (or what passes for normal) by late morning tomorrow. Got an appointment first thing to get out of the way and then the weekend is nearly with us - woo hoo!

Sorry to hear about the scratched car Cag hope it's not as bad as you fear. DH has used a franchised company to fix things like that, I'll PM you the name.

I recently found out how well vinegar cleans taps by accident, I was impressed the taps stayed shiny for ages! I want a bubble bath now GoldenClaire has mentioned it, preferably with a glass of wine to accompany the bubbles.

I had to clear the (f)utility room cupboard of doom and it wasn't pleasant On the positive side, I seem to have power over the laws of Physics to fit things in to the cupboard space-wise, so it should all go back in easily

Hmmm I didn’t get much of my list done yesterday and didn’t even make one today.

Tadas

Ddog walked and to groomers,Dutch homework while waiting
Vacuumed
All washing done (some drying on clothes horse and a few bits in the machine waiting for a full load) - can’t remember the last time that happened!
Dw on
Bit of food shopping
Caught up with dfriend (does that count for a Tada?)
Car shopping with dh (still haven’t got one)

For the third time in as many months our phone line is down! No phone or internet or tv. They have already replaced the cables in the street. They can’t come out tomorrow so it’ll be Monday afternoon as we are going to the Netherlands for the weekend (rolling stones concert on Sunday evening).

I think I’ve admitted this before but I have a cleaning lady who normally comes for a few hours on a Friday. She came today this week so house is clean and dh’s shirts are ironed (with no effort from me ☺️ so not something I can put on the tada list!).

To do for Friday

Empty dw
Dutch class (all morning!)
Attempt to finish the books (😂😂😂😂)

Waves to everyone and hopes everyone plus dcs are feeling better in time for the weekend.

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

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Baby-step no 13 - pick a mission and do it

We are in Zone 2 this week: the kitchen

Spend 15 mins decluttering in Zone 2.

When you have finished decluttering, the detailed cleaning list (if you are at that stage) for Zone 2 is here

Mission for Friday detail clean the kitchen floor

The daily focus for Friday is: declutter your handbag and car/date night

The monthly habit for October paper clutter

daily reminders

Morning all
cag hope its not too expensive
claire i also want bubble bath(love regal waving at us from it)
long counting seeing a friend as tada most definately counts
cotswold dp has "packers eye".i however do not and can barely get shoes back in a shoe box....i get very frustrated how he can magically make things fit tog in small spaces

Washing s already in
Cats fed
Litter tray cleaned
Kitchen sink shined(not in a while n was scuzzy)
Kitchen n bathroom bins empty
Hall floor washed
Next up....the fridge

[Pours Zoo a second cuppa]

Wow at Rolling Stones Longtime hope you have a great w/e!

Bummer about car Cag

Dh is back from travels and has the tv news on. I can't stand the telly on in the morning - ground floor quite open plan so no avoiding it - dd and I prefer a bit of quiet to ease in to the day. Still, if that's the only thing I have to whinge about, not doing too badly I spose ...

Very busy weekend ahead! Prob won't be back on here so wishing you all a good 'un!

Internet has been off here I finally started reading a new book I bought a while back.

Hello! Sorry to hear about scratches Cag. Have been AWOL as busy at work and working an extra shift today too. Always seems like a good idea at the time . Plus my parents are coming this weekend. Time for some crisis cleaning tonight!

Hi all. Thank you for the kind words. Had a full on sobbing snivelling meltdown over it all after everyone else was asleep - not just the car (at least the money is there) but it has been a really tough few days with the Caglets, sometimes it feels like they are getting more autistic by the day and their needs are just so draining sometimes. I know there are people here who get it and I'm very glad to be able to rant and hide in the haughty corner

Washing on having done 2 loads last night (advantage of being unable to sleep) so catching up quite well there at least.

(hugs Cag) I hope you have a better day today sweet and a nice weekend.

sandy I always have the news on in the mornings. I like to know whats going on in the world as i start the day.

ta da

fed and dressed ds
done the school run

Currently wasting time on the internet with a hot chocolate. Got loads to do today but motivation is not quite caught up with me yet.