Fledglings fly into December to party hard.

[HillsBesideTheSea]

Morning.

Tomorrow is December 1st which means roll call for the fledglings and shiny new thread. It might seem a bit clicky but it is because it is a long term thread, park your arse in the naughty corner for moral support, natter and various delicious goodies. Oh and smidge of housework too.

We follow the flylady system HOWEVER we adapt it to suit the circumstances of our lifes and sometimes we ignore the slightly more fluffy/bonkers babysteps --because we can and there ain't no one the boss of us

Yay!

7 X 15 mins in boudoir and I have found my address book! Christmas can now commence!

Wow re: speed card-writing Bowerbird!!

Thanks. Just write child's name, love bowerbird so fairly quick. Thinking I could get little ones done at break then nurture at lunch. Job done. Every year I tell myself not to leave them till last minute. Aargh!

Home Bleugh this weekend. Planning to do room by room. I am determined to get house sorted by Christmas. No choir on Sunday afternoon but evening Carol service at church at 7pm so I can complete local cards and wrapping then. Haven't bought our children's presents yet. DD has a couple but will wait to see if she gets this job or not and sort present by then plus she wants tickets to a show. Boys haven't said yet. Just have two to buy as we bought tree and trimmings for No. 2 son for his new cottage. It looks lovely. I haven't got a tree yet. Tracked one down 50 miles away but do I really want to travel all that way to get it? Going to see if local store could get it sent over. None on line😢 or have real tree again like DD wants?
Waves to everyone. Happy children are more important than tidy house. Pity we live so far apart or we could go around and blitz each other's houses. My friend used to say" other people's washing up is always more interesting than your own. " she used to get stuck into my dishes sometimes and I used to dry up for her. She was always tidier than me though. Sometimes house was full of kids( childminder) or fabric!

Techno stuff goes way over my head.still think you doing a grand job hills
Bowerwell done on the card front!!ive not written any yet...
sc🌟for attacking boudoir AND locating missing address book.whoo hoo
I am up and determined to achieve something today....

Ta Zoo let's just say I'm up [props open eyes with matchsticks].

Have a good day Bowerbird hope you get a lunch break.

Wing flaps to all.

Have had an eventful morning. Don't want to up the soppiness even more, but DH defrosts my car for me every morning as he leaves for work at about 6. This morning he went out and found the battery was flat. Have had recovery out, they have got the car going and I shall go to the ball have my day off while DS is in nursery, and DD will get to school. Phew!

To do
Pack for Oxford weekend trip
Look for cheap cake tin in home bargains for Christmas cake.
Wash floor
Change beds
See my dad

Should probably wrap DH presents too.

Tada
Kits n cat fed
Bleach lav
Zoolets fed n watered
Wash on
Pack ups made
Escorted ds to end our rd(confusing roundabout layout hes not mastered) n see him on furst day back since last mon(wibble)
Mahoosive row dd2 over attitude.confirmed by local year 8 girl who walks with her text row n nit walk together.yay.not just me in the firing line
Found xmas cards whilst hunting elusive hairbrush to tackle lil zoo waist length manedd2 borrows and sends narnia i think
Lil zoo now writing cards
Orf with lil zoo in 5

Today I will not get involved in Brexit threads
I will not get involved in Brexit threads
I will not ...oops... too late

Ta da:
animals
clear paths ahead of cleaner who is kindly doing home bleugh right now
empty DW
carry down more laundry and sort
wms fed
collate dd small gifts in to box marked "stocking"
tidy home office a bit and clear dedicated wrapping station
DH has walked furry so I'm up on the clock

To do:
wrap parcels
write immediate family/more important cards
collect photos from print shop
find lost earring (could be anywhere )
supermarket
more sorting and doing of laundry (urgent)
more sorting of boudoir
prep and serve late post exam celebratory lunch for DD and friends (thinking hummus and carrot sticks, pizza and salad, pineapple and mango fruit salad, ice cream)

Safe travelling Cordelia have a lovely weekend! Aw at de-icing!

Hope your day is ok back at school today Zoo x

Bollocks i forgot the links for today.

launch pad
missions
daily focus
kids
holidays
babysteps

Arghhhhh

WHY did i do oven pride last night

WHY isnt it self cleaning

Must remember to turn phone ringer back on after putting it on silent. Still, makes a change for DH to get the call instead of me

Done some more shopping, think it's the last day to order a turkey locally so will make sure that is done and perhaps do a bit of wrapping (gasp) before DD finishes school. It would be nice not to wrap everything on Christmas Eve

afresh I hate oven pride for that very reason! I always forget I've done it and then wonder why it didn't clean itself!

Ta das
Emptied dishwasher
Emptied kitchen bin

To do
Daily routine
Mission 5 min declutter
Declutter one other room
Swish and swipe bathroom
Declutter car bag purse

Ta da cont'd/...

2 parcels wrapped and ready for posting - loads more to do though
cleaned bathroom which cleaner didn't have time for today
collected photos from print shop
early washing hung up/in td
more washing on
plumber been and gone to fix dripping kitchen tap
quick supermarket run

There are lots of teens downstairs, playing music loudly and eating pizza etc celebrating the end of exams. They are all so happy that I feel badly for whinging now And they prepped their own lunch. I have been banished upstairs so I am taking the opportunity to wrap yet more parcels and writing cards. I haven even managed to clear a wrapping station of sorts so things are looking up from yesterday.

Ta for linkies Hills!

Foxes/Afresh oven pride should come with free oven cleaning elf; a bit like Dobby in Harry Potter but with gas mask and rubber gloves.

Ta for echinacea Cotswold

"Still, makes a change for DH to get the call instead of me"

That should be a not a at the end of that sentence surely?

Zoo that should have read "ds" earlier not "day" btw.

sc that dobby image is slightly terrifying but oven cleaning elves definitely needed! Can we also get bathroom cleaning elves?

Car in garage again, ds to and from hospital appointment. random starwars alarm clock bought from aldi done (yep only went in for some herbs) but it might help ds to get up in the morning so that is him finished for christmas presents as the thing I had planned to make wont get made in time so will wait to bday present.

Sorry Hills looks like there might be a problem ...

[Shock]

say it isn't so!

OK, so especially for you Hills, knitted version looks much more willing

OH god SC hide that. Ds has already talked me into knitting a mandrake plant! Needles to say it is not high on my to do list