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

[Stilllivinginazoo]

Ugh.is it monday already?

[Bowerbird5]

Yeah! I got all my to do list completed yesterday except make bed. Left it to air until I went to get dressed in smart clothes for church( bishop coming) and ran out of time because as I was putting cake mixture into tins I thought hmm seems a bit thick. Went through recipe and I had forgotten sunflower oil so had to scrap back into bowl from paper cases. Messy! So bed very well aired but not made. Had quite a nice day all in all. DH made my tea but was expecting me earlier because he doesn't listen! 2 1/2 hrs earlier! Tea consisted of lovely sweet potato, some bean casserole (pop& ping) which he had heated up and left some for me. Bit dried up. Rice dried up to a crisp and lovely med veg. So half yummy and rest eaten because 8:30 pm and hadn't eaten since 12 bar a biscuit at choir.
Sorry to hear about all the sickness and extra washing. Hope all on the mend now.
Loved the story about unidentified object / furry 😁 reminds me of some boys I used to have. Petrified black bananas are another to look out for.
Flying seems manageable today not home Bleugh though.
So my plan.
Get up, air then make bed.
Organise school stuff including baking for some.
Get ready for work then if time vacuum, swish & swipe bathroom.
Kitchen cupboards wipe as many as I can. Won't make much difference as I need new kitchen. Been looking.
Post Christmas cards abroad. Last day I thinkoops! I did it again.

[Bowerbird5]

My thoughts exactly zoo. Just wondering if I can doze for 45 mins or get up now and get everything done. Eyelids are saying doze.

[Sludgecolours]

Urgh - think it is Zoo - unfortunately.

Had the crappiest of w/es involving dh ( flu), pre-exam stress (DD), and being called back to town by office cleaners because of office flood (emanating from office above) involving cancellation of lunch and Christmas concert and letting people down; three hour mop job and waiting around for caretakers.

Now getting ready for builders again here (sigh)

Apart from that, all fine

Hope everyone who is ill, or whose DC are I'll, are feeling better today.

[Sludgecolours]

Xpost - waves to Bowerbird5 - that baking disaster sounds like the sort of thing I do on a regular basis!

[Sludgecolours]

Did I mention that I left the house in a tip on Fri (something I hate doing) - and so it was a total tip when we returned although somehow I expected it not to be . Where is the ruddy house fairy when you need it?.)

And although dh is ill, it didn't stop him totally trashing the kitchen when I was out mopping yesterday Why oh why default position for males = dirty toppling piles of crockery and congealing frying pan next to empty dw?

Also had to do emergency uniform wash last night, keep radiators on to dry it all (when we are supposed to be saving money) - get up in middle of night to turn it over to ensure properly dry - then get up again at 5.50 am to iron it! Not my finest organisational moment!

Anyway, just waved a serene dd off 20 mins or so ago in to the dark, wet and windy morning, carrying a knapsack of at least 7.5 kgs in weight and a shed load of sandwiches and fruit and cake to see her through the day [sigh]

Poor girl revised for 7 hrs yesterday (inc 2 hrs tuiton) (which I'm afraid is normal here for a 14 yr old teen during exam season when is it not exam season ...) and she read and helped with offertory at Mass after early morning horse ride and helped groom and clean tack afterwards... that following 3.5 hrs study on Saturday + 2 hrs badminton. And yet she looked as fresh as a daisy this morning; I on the other hand look like a crumped harridan with bat nest hair

Have a good day everyone!

[Sludgecolours]

Ta da:
animals
iron dd uniform
polished dd jodhpur boots
dd packed lunch
make dh breakfast
prep for builders to make it look like I have done some tidying up since they left on Friday (did essentials but not a lot)

To do:
furry walk 1
think about supper/supermarket shop
fill dw
clean kitchen thoroughly and mop floor (this will take ages)
empty and clean bean
rubbish and recyling
hang up overnight washing
collect up rest of laundry from various bags and laundry paniers and floors/chairs from all over the house
triage laundry
start on laundry pile
thorough home bleurgh ...
-tidy play room/tv room
-tidy dining/sitting room
-dining room table hot spots
-clean downstairs lav
-thorough s&s

BOUDOIR

Mahoosive wing flaps to all!

[Sludgecolours]

empty and clean bin - not bean -

Sorry that was all such a long essay!

[HillsBesideTheSea]

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[HillsBesideTheSea]

zoo throw 'with the tendancy for doing stupid things on the end of that definition of normal boy and you have it about right.

SC school uniform needs to be ironed this morning too

I fucking hate mondays. Clearly I am Garfield some of the younger members of the thread might not get the reference its fine I accept I am old

BowerBird I was with you this morning, my body was like nope snooze no get up with alarm. 2hrs of snooze. Hoping ds got up with his alarm to do his homework.



To do.
All the things

Motivation: Zero
Energy: Zero
Probability of getting all the things done: Zero
Probability of getting some of the things done: small but not zero.



Did I meantion I hate mondays?

[Callmecordelia]

To do
On second load of washing already
Get duvets from launderette.
Vacuum.
Dust.
Clean main bathroom.
Mop kitchen floor.
Christmas cards.

If DD is a bit brighter go for a little walk.

[foxessocks]

Morning all glad I'm not the only one feeling Monday blues. Ds is poorly so we've been up since 5 with not much sleep at all. He has had a brief nap this morning but woke up far too soon so I didn't even get my coffee in peace. And we are having to miss a lovely morning out with friends.

On a positive note I have got the scoop and learn ice cream cart!!!

Ta das
Changed tea towels
Some daily routine
Picked up scoop and learn

To do
Finish daily routine
Empty bins
Hoover upstairs
Mop
Dusting
Change main bedsheets
Swish and swipe bathroom
Zone declutter and mission (need to actually check what this week is!)

[Cagliostro]

Morning fledglings!

Yesterday was quite productive by my standards. Loads of washing all put away, and put away a couple of months' worth of DVDs . I ached like hell though. Think the lovely relaxin hormone has truly worn off now. Sigh. Luckily Cagletini slept much better last night so it's not so bad today. Not sure what will be achieved though.

[foxessocks]

Sounds good cag! Hooray for sleeping babies!

Ta das
Some food shopping
Picked up another parcel
Got Ds a Xmas present
Finished daily routine
Changed all the towels and bath mats
Stripped duvet cover
Emptied upstairs bins

To do
Mopping
Hoover upstairs
Dusting
Empty kitchen bin
Declutter in kitchen
Wipe kitchen cupboards
Swish and swipe bathroom
Rest of bed sheets

And Ds has woken up from nap number two...

[Afreshturkeyplease]

Afternoon all

Ds is struggling so much with these bloody teeth! I am tired and achey and i have head fog

Ta da

Dryer on
2 packed lunches
3 uniforms ironed
Shopping picked up
Me and ds lunch made and eaten
3/4 pots washed
2/3 worktops clear and clean
Much tea drank

[Callmecordelia]

Are the links working for other people?

[HillsBesideTheSea]

let me know if not. I have to do some book reorganisation (get the heavy ones off floor onto wall) but it has basically meant emptying, disassembling and reassembling. I am in the last stage atm - aka the room is trashed wtaf was i thinking?! I will fix later if needed.

[Callmecordelia]

Don't worry Hills, you have enough on your plate. I am in such a fog of clawing our way out of the sickness induced hole, that I didn't even think to look at the links until just now.

Your book reorganisation gave me a rueful laugh. We moved into this house in 2013. In our old flat, my books were in perfect alphabetical order, so they had been packed in approximately the right order. I just stuffed them onto the shelves thinking, "That'll do."

They are still in that sort of order over four years later. Oops.

[Cagliostro]

Well some order is better than none!

We have wrapped some presents, the towels are in the dryer and I've put away more clothes that Cagletini has outgrown. Also did some English workbook with the Caglets and have set up their maths for tomorrow.

I'm really frustrated though. Everything just seems to take so bloody LONG. Super frustrated. Not that I mind the baby cuddles obviously.

[HillsBesideTheSea]

ta da
send ds to school despite him claiming to be ill I predict a trend until the holidays and they are late this year
start the shopping list
sort out what to get for the last few people for shopping
consider braving the shops - decide to take advantage of late opening hours (ie the shop is open til 8 so will go after tea)
open advent calendar and create a thing
take apart the stand for drying ds' kit and put into storage
Speak to garage and get car booked in for fitting a part tomo
at having to rearrange all the things now that will be without a car tomo
look at the half a farmyard on the car and consider washing it
Laugh at my own stupidity to even consider the to do list has time to add things to it
get the washing machine running
get the dryer running
iron a picture so that I can frame it asap and get it out of the way on the way
ring opticians re broken glasses
destroy half my room in the name of reorganising the books so we don't end up falling through the floor due to a collection that probably needs to be culled
Chuck ds into car in name of getting glasses fixed.


Unfortunately this is a part list. BBL with t'other half

[foxessocks]

Ta das
Swish and swipe bathroom
Attem

[foxessocks]

Oops...
Attempted some more Xmas shopping online but got frustrated and have up
Decluttered some of the fridge which included some deep cleaning
Emptied kitchen bin
Finished stripping bedsheets
Dusted
Mopped downstairs

To do
Mop bathroom
Hoover upstairs
Clean kitchen cupboards
Make dinner (roast veg pasta with some pesto)

[Callmecordelia]

Ta da
Most of my to do list!
Lost count of wash loads.
Put washing away, lots of it.
Vacuumed.
Dusted.
Washed kitchen floor.
Cleaned ensuite and main bathroom.
Dishwasher done.
Got duvets.
Went for walk in deserted park, looked at sea.
DD wrote Christmas cards for her whole class. I didn't do any yet, but might do some this evening.

Feel like I got a lot done, and still did quite a bit with the children. Just got a gorgeous big sloppy toddler kiss from DS and the muppet Christmas Carol soundtrack is playing. All I need is a .

It's my birthday tomorrow. Day off from flying I think. DD should be back at school, so I'll see what fun DS and I can have.

[TooStressyForMyOwnGood]

Happy birthday for tomorrow Callme . Cag, everything takes at least 15x longer with a baby . foxes, you have reminded me I must do some online Xmas shopping. Christmas is creeping up so quickly!! I used to love Garfield, Hills, hadn’t thought of it in a while . Afresh. Big wing flaps to everyone else.

Ta da:-
Took cat to vet, now over £100 lighter, sob. She has some medicine (which is going to be a nightmare to give) and we need to go back in two weeks
General laundry, dishwasher etc
At gymnastics with DDs
Some homework with DD1
Made a homework plan for after school tomorrow
I never achieve all I want to though

To do:-
DD2 homework
Snack
Bath and bedtime
Calendar check
Online shop

[TooStressyForMyOwnGood]

Hills, I hadn’t actually clicked on the links but just checked them now and i’m afraid they are not working for me either.