February Fabulosity with the fledglings, Flylady Feb 2018 thread

[CotswoldStrife]

Hello all - welcome to our February thread for 2018. Everyone is welcome and it's never too late to join in. We are decluttering our homes and keeping them clean and tidy(ish) as well as having some general chat as well.

We follow the Flylady method, and will post links daily to the missions via the Flylady website. For more information, have a look at www.flylady.net/

Here's to a fun February for all of us (with the occasional prod from the pointy stick of motivation and visits to the naughty corner )

Hi all. Just flying in to say I'm still here somewhere. Had a God awful hemiplegic migraine attack with full aura on Monday at work - it was so bad I couldn't drive and had to take a taxi home. I took yesterday off too but back to work today. My migraine is still there but at least the visual disturbances have disappeared. I can manage the migraine with painkillers. I have to ignore the numbness and tingling along one side of my body - that has been going on for a week and it will take a few more days to disappear.

I will disappear from here for a few more days too as I need to avoid all screens and devices until I feel "normal" again. Maybe I will get more flying done Maybe not! Not to worry I will rest up.

Waves to everyone.

[Snaffles chocolate and leaves fruit basket in exchange]. Yes I am sure you are right about being health being the most important thing Foxes and not to get too obsessed with weights and measures. Me and my siblings were skinny as rakes when young! No change in attitude to food. Just this virus causing weight loss. (Oh and I am pale and fat btw which is not a good combo! ). Sorry pool was cold; that doesn't sound good!

Yes it is the dwindling reserves I am anxious about Zoo with DD that is of course...sadly I have far too much blubber I can call upon in lean times. ...I was stick thin when pregnant too (looks back mournfully) and after DD was born .. have piled on weight in last five years though. Living in the land of chocolate hadn't helped!

Anyway DD has been signed off school for rest of week ...but doc said it may take another wk before she is properly better.

(Shudders at memory of warm school milk)

I am in awe of you cooking such a variety of meals in the evening when you are always up so early Zoo. I think it would finish me off! Nowadays I only manage to get supper on the table because I have prepped it early on in the day!

Sorry that was a lot of waffle about food and eating and as usual not Flying.

Oh poor you Foolandfitz that sounds really awful . Take care X

Awww at tiny swimsuit Cag! Have a good evening!

Wish I could declutter my mind Zoo

Hope your cold is short lived Foxes!

SC it's about 7-8 I start flagging so much I can't hold sensible conversation
As long main prep done by 6,all good!!
If I decluttered my mind there is a danger there may not be anything else left rattling around in there!! haha

Fool hoping you feel better soon

Hello all,

Am writing this from my bed as have a serious case of CBA so have decamped to the naughty corner. Was at work today and have just been so unmotivated since I came home... not sure why. After having wasted 3 hours (although we did put the girls to bed etc) I have decided to write the day off and will shortly be joining you with crap telly zoo.

Sorry to hear you have been so unwell Fooland.

SC, I sympathise with your DD and with your DS zoo. Although it sounds as if they struggle much more than me, I too find it incredibly difficult to put weight on and incredibly easy to lose it. This does not make me lucky despite people thinking it does .

Re. feeling guilty about not achieving etc one of the things that I sort of fell into doing after I had DD1 has really helped me over the years. I found things very difficult after having her and felt like a complete failure. At night when I couldn’t switch off I started making a list of things in my head. Similar to what some of you have said, I do:-

3 things I’ve learnt today - this may be something factual but is often trying to learn from mistakes e.g. I must always carry spare pants for the kids. This lets me dwell on the negative but try to spin it.

3 things that went well today

3 things I am looking forward to tomorrow.

I don’t always bother to do it and often I fall asleep before I have finished but I find it a comforting little ritual (that I hardly ever tell anyone about !).

Also I relax by watching telly. I used to feel bad about this and that it was a waste of time but actually being able to completely zone out in front of a programme before bed makes me happy so why feel guilty!

I am off to fester in the hope of feeling more motivated tomorrow. I am at work tomorrow but may need the pointy stick after work .

Big wing flaps to all.

Waves, tired.

Ugh just realised my post earlier got eaten, so a brief version is

Thanks for the recipes SC and I hope everyone feels better soon

Fool hope the pain eases soon and yes, stay away from the screen - that used to make my (ordinary) migraines worse as well.

Quick roll call of today's bright-eyed and bushy-tailed workers (notice my name won't be in the list ...)

WhoKnows, zoo, fresh, foxes, Hills, Goth, SC, Fool, Cag, Bower, Stressy

I think tomorrow morning may be challenging as DD is still awake! So that should be interesting. Will post the links now and play games on my tablet get to bed in the hope of keeping tomorrow calm and collected. Stop laughing, I heard that!

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 8 - start your control journal by writing down your morning and evening routines

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 clean the drawer, cupboard or shelf that you use for plastic bags, cling film and foil

The daily focus for Thursday is: errand day

The monthly habit for February decluttering for 15 minutes a day

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

My Flying performance was so poor today again I am not sure I deserve be to be classified as a worker (certainly not a bright & bushy one ) but thanks all the same Cotswold! Good luck tomorrow morning! I am signing out for a bit now! Lots going on in rl! Waves to all!

Great idea to turn a negative in to a positive Toostressy have made notes! Like your three affirmations!! And I think you deserve a couple of hrs off of an evening once in a while, esp after long day at work,and so don't be too hard on yourself

Hope you are ok Bowerbird

G'night all!

Waves to Goth too!

Just got home 😳😂

Kick me and laugh when I complain about being tired later. Fun night though. Didn’t even get round to playing cards as too busy chatting 💕

Hi!
Thanks Cotswold and SC I am now I am home in my own bed. Not well again and off for rest of week.

bower

Yesterday was crap all round

afresh?

So today was great(and then I got up)and then I went to investigate lunch options and SOMEBODY ds I am looking at you as dd2 has evil throat and lil zoo can't ear between med doses has eaten all the biscuits
Cue panic over what put in lunch boxes as no more cash til monday.aaaaaaargh
Thankfully located super quick and easy recipe for date and almond cookies that literally request me melt butter.atir in everything else.roll balls.flatten.into oven.not the start I wanted to be honest,but place smells of allspice now so not all bad!!

Tadas
Cat/kits fed
Lil zoo medicated
Panic
Bake

Now time to start breakfast and pack ups....

Ty zoo

I am properly having to plan out money and finding it stressful. Still paying off the cost of christmas and January birthdays plus monster gas and electric bill and tax crexit overpayment. Oops. Dp keeps going on about are we booking a holiday! I do have money in my bank but trying to work out what i actually NEED to buy for the rest of this week. So i feel you on the biscuits issue zoo

Dd is also not well and was up a lot in the night crying needing calpol and cuddles. Should have had dentist today so will have to cancel that as cannot take her like this and they are right snotty bastards.

Ta da

Oh dear,anything specific up with dd?
Hope she ain't sharing germs with you/siblings
DP like your dh.planning more spends before paid off other stuff.surprised he's not mewing bout hols((Xmas is sorted but dd2 birthdays in April and we have just had buy shedload new clothes as they've all shot up))
Have more

afresh zoo sympathies - I'm with you both on the money thing at the moment - I'm trying to watch the pennies and budget my food shop which isn't going entirely to plan. We've also been making lots of home made cakes for lunchboxes in fact I'm hoping the last jam cookie is still there for dd lunch today!

To do
Daily routine
Declutter kitchen
Cling film / bag drawer
Errands day - will have a think on that one might not be anything today so will do an anti procrastination from my list instead

I need to shift my bum and get in the shower before ds wakes up...hmm can hear him think I'm too late woops.

Ah zoo I can smell those biscuits!

I have dates and almond🙏 and I am not going to work.

Well I had lovely afternoon at school then felt unwell saw them outside, was white as a sheet , then grey then ended up back in A& E then actually put in a ward because " I was coming too often so there must be something wrong." I said " Well the Dr told me to come back if it happened again" I thought what did they expect me to do, risk a heart attack at home, on my own , nine miles from a hospital and nearly that far to GP (7 1/2) anyway now they think it is my hernia playing up. Did no one consider that or did they just not bother to read my notes to see I had a hiatus hernia( they are investigating another hernia so you would think they might put two and two together) though to me it doesn't explain the palpitations, the plummeting blood pressure, the high blood pressure, faint, tacycardic etc anyway I have two lots of tablets to take so starting those today. I decided not to take them yesterday in case I am allergic and end up back in there. I thought I will have a night quiet & cosy in my own bed.feel much better after a good nights sleep and I slept nearly all night from 9 pm - 7 am and I had 3 hrs when I came home yesterday. Think I have caught up, don't you?

Plan for today is to continue with the kitchen I did get some cupboards done. So drawer today and under the sink where the mice have been. I asked DH to do that but he didn't bother. It is always me who has to clean up. He put the poison down and that's it.😤😡😤 MEN!

My boss set me a lovely text and cheered me up when I was feeling quite low. She said not to come back till after half term hols. Wish I could go away and get some sun. I need some shopping and I need to get the car home today. Three days would be risking it and it might not be there.cant be bothered.

Tbh i think she now has start of what i had

I gave the cough to dp already. She was coughing last night, hot and sore throat. Shes dosed up now and is eating breakfast. Keeping her off school though. She cried all the way home yesterday. It was really icy so i couldnt carry her as was worried i would fall.

Much needed

I think a £15 top up shop today should see us through to next week. We have plenty of stuff in freezer and some meat. I have taken to going to nearest supermarket after school drop off and checking if any decent orange stickered stuff that can go in freezer etc

Oh thank you foxes I need to do anti procrastination as I got a ticket in hospital car park last week when I went in with heart palpitations.
Being ill is costing me money ticket £70 unless paid in fortnight£40 contesting it. Taxi home on Sunday £ 18 plus tip £2 as he didn't have change. Taxi yesterday £17 +£2 as taxi driver was lovely. She thought my house was cute too.

Sorry your still so sick bower

I need a new freezer. Haven't got one at the moment because they won't guarantee them in sheds and it was -25 c here a couple of years ago when I lost mine.
Window cleaner seems to be doing a good job. Shall I get up or lie here and pretend I am not in. I can't be bothered to get up and not sure if I have enough money in purse. I should really get up and go down hmmm.

Afreshyes better to keep her cosy it really is a rotten bug can you do a few chores then cosy up and watch an old film together this afternoon.

Thanks afresh yeah I am sick of being sick. Had such a lovely afternoon teaching then ten minutes before home time started with a headache and a bit dizzy saw kids out and told by staff I looked awful grey. Well that is how I went once with heart attack. Mild chest pain, dizzy then grey went to see Dr had heart attack, blue lighted to hospital.