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!

Fuuuuuck so there's a big wet patch under the bath. Not entirely sure why, doesn't seem to be a leaky pipe. But has somewhat messed up my restful afternoon

ta da
✅tried not to panic (and actually for the most part succeeded!)
✅phoned DH to ask WTF do I do 😳😳
✅hairdried ceiling a bit
✅drew round wet patch to see if it gets bigger (not so far)
✅took bath panel off (YUCK) and stuffed kitchen roll into the bits I could reach - limited due to bump being in the way!
✅shut door on bathroom with heater on

Also ordered DLA forms and I think now I will go and email the EHCP people in an attempt to stop myself panicking

To do
get ds off and out to school
rescue the kitchen before and after choas....
put slow cooker on for winter veg soup cooling for freezer
deal with fruit and put on to cook down
Un pack box and apply primer coats 1 and 2
Rescue hanging baskets and put into winter storage having cleaned then up for next year.
apply varnish coat 1
Batch cooking: cottage pie
Batch cooking: lagsana
Batch cooking: pizza rolls - in progress
Batch cooking: biscuit dough - prepped and frozen ready to cut and cook (no egg recipe) Made chocolate brownies instead
Batch cooking mince topping/spag bol - in progress
Batch cooking: burgers - prepped and frozen
Assemble the flat pack (?) - nope not ready yet
Laundry 1 load done, more to go
pack ds' stuff for the weekend hahahaha

Also done
pulped fruit
make apple crumble
get souffle prepped - need to finish tonight so it is one of my next jobs.

Great list Hills! Lovely grub!

Well done to your dd on climbing high Cag and hope you can get the bath sorted without too much expense/hassle!

Sorry you were thwarted by nap time today Foxes but you have done loads nonetheless!

How did shredding go Longtime?

How are you doing Zoo?

Gluten free batter sounds v pucker Ginger (don't think it has made it over here yet!)

Yay to tip run and clear garden corner Betsy!

Waves to Cotswold, Honu, Toostressy, Goldenclaire and everyone else I've missed (sorry can't scroll).

Day didn't exactly go as planned because I had 'work' work to do but managed:
laundry x 4
empty dw
general big tidy up ahead of cleaner tomorrow
cleared hall of last bag and box
made chick pea curry thing (it was ok but not great) and cauli and pot aloo sag dish
made apple pie (have apple overload)
made minestrone soup

No paper decluttering achieved

To do:
clean up kitchen after supper
rubbish and recycling

Cag Well done to your dd on her climbing! And the DLA and EHCP stuff is stressful, but well worth it once it's done.

Three loads of laundry done today, plus some furniture moving and rearranging. Now I'm sitting charging rechargeable batteries and relaxing a bit.

Thankfully the leak is nothing bad/expensive! DH got back and sorted the bits I can't reach so I think we are ok.

Had to comfort DD tonight as she saw the girl who bullied her. But she has still gone to bed calmly which is testament to the value of melatonin! Need to put her prescription request in tomorrow (and mine as they only give 12.5 days at once ).

Good news on both counts Cag!

Well done re furniture re-arranging Ginger!

Started sorting out my computer corner and moving everything to the desk in the living room (as I hope we one day will renovate the kitchen/extension where my computer is currently!) and made a start on the books for the 3rd quarter. Put lots of paper used on one side in the recycling as I had far more than I was ever going to use and started the shredding.

Kitchen is tidy but that’s not difficult now there’s only me. Dh was supposed to be returning this evening but his flight from Zurich has been cancelled!

Am now doing my Dutch homework which I should have done earlier in the week as it’s almost 11.25.

also ta da
souffle
2 batches of pizza rolls
3 loads of washing
2nd coat of varnish
Set alarm to do 3rd coat at 1am - going to be a broken nights sleep but it's the only way as I need to get 2 more coats of varnish done with time to completely dry and be assembled before 9am tomo morning....
Deal with a poorly ds.

Can I join? I'm on a pre baby declutter and sort the house out mission, due mid Jan.

I have the flylady book, keep meaning to re read it, I bought it like a decade ago

After a very slow start that involved dozing on the couch most the day.
Managed to wash and hang laundry.
Declutter and resorganise utility cupboard, during which I found 4 bottles of flash concentrate🙈 I'm set for a good few years, Sigh.
Finished cutting out my sewing project for the new arrival.
Got DH to put bins out n get all the piling up recycle stuff out for collection

Welcome Rose, good to have you with us. Congrats on the pregnancy, hope you are feeling OK.

Today I did laundry, made phone calls, dropped off a form, paid another bill as soon as I opened the envelope - you know the kind of thing where I'd you'd normally put the letter down and write it on a to-do list - I just thought 'do it now' and actually did. Surprised myself, there.

A brief wave and restocking of the naughty corner for tomorrow, will post the links now and look forward to the end of the week!

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 6 - put out your hot spot (a hot spot is any place where clutter always builds up)

We are in Zone 1 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 Friday detail dusting in the dining room

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

The monthly habit for October paper clutter

daily reminders

also ta da
all food cooled and in freezer
3rd and 4th coats of varnishing done.

And now for sleep... Or a long nap... How would you describe a sleep of 4hrs long?

Morning all!

for Hills. Well done for moonlit varnishing!

A warm welcome to Roseandbee!

I should be learning Dutch too Longtime only speak a few sentences (dd extremely fluent and dh basically fluent) but still focusing on Fr for now because of residency test. Congrats on starting paper shredding/office organisation as process!

Cotswold whey hey to bills paid immediately!

Positively autumnal this morning. List as long as my arm to get through, starting with packing for weekend and leaving boudoir in reasonable state.

Have a good one everybody!

ta da
Ds' homework
deal with a nose bleed
refuse all the hot water bottles

Now for that nap

*refresh

Sleep

Sweet dreams Hills!

Ta da:
animals
dd lunch
dd sports kit
dd running kit
towels in wash
dining room table hot spots and clear sideboard area of birthday cards, certificates, photos and art projects
pair socks
wash two pans
wrap bit of present I'd forgotten
tidy bathroom again
dw
inspect calendar and plan
fold dry washing

To do:
laundry sorting
more washing
on-line shopping order
track down brocante/or get in touch with Petit Riens
BOUDOIR
strip, air and make rest of beds didn't make earlier in week
clean and sort rabbit room

Morning all and welcome rose glad you've joined us :)

also ta da
ring school
1 load of washing on
sort ds out
gather supplies for parenting from bed for a few hours
move varnished item out of the way - it will have to be assembled later...

now for another nap...

Morning all. Glad wet patch sorted Cag! Thanks for links Cotswold.

DDs have INSET today so we are all in PJs still! Have at least had breakfast. We have swimming later so will need to do something before that, just debating what.

Ta da:-
Have started morning routine

To do:-
Finish morning routine
Decluttering in zone 1
Email work
Make plan for the day

Welcome Rose

Omg where is the pointy stick

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ok so far i have

done school run
washed dishes
made beds
hoovered upstairs
put a washing load on

Getting there. I feel like i'm winning so i'm munching on some assorted sweets watching this morning. I do like halloween because the shops stock all these assorted multipack bags of sweets

What were you doing up at 3am Hills?

Good morning, waves to Hills, SC, Cag, Stressy, fresh and goldenclaire who are already posting and busy. zoo hope you are doing OK today.

I have been shopping, was out longer than expected and didn't eat breakfast before I went so have feasted on a free (loyalty) coffee from the golden arches, a slightly-out-of-date croissant spread with slightly-out-of-date cream cheese. Envy my luxe lifestyle, fledglings

Not to worry, 'cos it is Fri-yay! Friday has taken it's sweet time getting here this week for me and I'm very glad to see it.

Suppose I'd better get on with something productive for a bit. Jab me with the stick!

cursing miss timed varnish coats was what I was doing at 3am, at 4am I was varnishing, at 5am I was dealing with a bloody nose at 6am I was helping with homework. Claire

I feel soooo much better for 3 hours sleep! I have just had a phone call and now all my timings for today have been thrown out but it means I get to be home around tea time so makes an early night sooo much easier!

to do
fold washing
pack ds' stuff
Drive all the driving
Ikea
early night!!!!
sort contact dates - half done and pretty much sorted to middle of Jan

Coffee and then move...