Fledglings flying into March.

[HillsBesideTheSea]

Right you horrible lot stop nattering so much nah it wouldn't be fun if you did

So you have wandered into this corner of MN were the fledglings - a long running but very friendly group welcomes newbies and follows the flylady way to try to get decluttered and on top of the boring stuff in order to have more time for the fun other boring but essential stuff

No idea whose turn it was to run the thread this month but here it the thread and we can figure it out from there.

Ta da
Wash on
Bleach lav
Fed cats
Littertray
Bins empty
Banana loaf made
Scrub table
Sweep living room floor
Sweep kitchen floor
Scrub sink and drainer
Wipe surfaces
Baked apple in for dd2
Breakfasts and pack ups

Oh and deflea cats

I had get zoolets hold them and weigh before and after to calculate dose.
Dd2 weighs in at 10stone,put into a NHS kids BMI calculator she's overweight bordering obese

She due a growth spurt zoo How tall is she? She weighs more than me but i am lacking in height

5ft tall.i weigh a LOT less,but I am a mere 5ft 2.dd1 is 9 and half stone and is 5ft 7....

Im around 5ft

Is her dad tall? Whats her diet like? Is she eating a load of crap at school maybe?

Does she do a lot of exercise because for proper sports people BMI is bollocks. Ds comes under this. Which is nice because you can see people's surprise from his stats to him when you see medical people.

Oh. And hello

SOrry life is insane atm

Got fuck all sleep. Overwhelmed

cag & hills

Dad's 6ft.shes always been a bit "chunky" preschool was on top centiles for height and weight.shes chronically greedy thh.loves food of all kinds,rarely feels full.eats ridiculously huge amounts or whines constantly how hungry she is.more a volume issue as her overall diets good.example will eat mash with her meal and want bread.if put bread on table easily it 5 slices unchecked ☹️

An hates exercise as she gets out if breathe😢

zoo one of mine is a carb lover. Have to ration his toast and cereal or he would just eat and eat! Would she be intetested in some kind of dancey work out dvd you could do together?

Thank you x feel a bit better having talked to DH. I had to be brutally honest with him in the small hours that I just wanted to run away. I found myself browsing hotel sites too, I’m going to book myself a night away in the next couple of months I think, not too far and obviously I’d still have the baby, but I need a break from life.

It’s all the changes happening. Baby is completely incredible but getting used to having a baby again is turning life upside down (even though arguably I’m coping quite well with stuff like getting out and about with her, feeding is going well etc). But the main thing is the housing situation. So many unknowns, they do say moving is one of the most stressful things anyway, but dare I say with being autistic and not dealing well with change/unpredictability, it is a whole new level. And we aren’t even moving yet, it’s just the not knowing when or where. Let alone all the stuff that needs sorting when we do get somewhere. I don’t like to talk about it IRL as I feel so ungrateful, of course it’s a good thing that we will get housed. A very good thing.

More protein needed maybe zoo, and counterintuitively, more fat. I’ve lost weight and felt less hungry when eating more nuts, avocado, olive oil etc (she says having just scarfed a chocolate croissant. Shopping delivery doesn’t usually fall on one of the two days a week I allow myself chocolate...)

Ta da
Daily routine
Decluttered jewellery box and hair stuff box
Sorted shoes sort of but really need some sort of storage for them.
Swish and swipe downstairs loo

To do
Marinate lamb for dinner tonight (lamb biryiani...sp! ?)
Do some baking
Order a photo album and photos and cut down number as too many really would like a 200 photo album otherwise it's going to get ridiculous! Will I actually finally get this done!?

cag sounds like the chat with dh was at least helpful. You have an awful lot going on its understandable you are overwhelmed tbh

Hope you're ok hills

zoo I don't have any advice sorry but don't feel guilty

cag don't feel bad dumping here.i think you are doing great and I wouldn't think it unreasonable with autism moving us a new level of stressful.sending hugs.
Afresh yep total carb junkie with no registers for fullness .
Ta da
Book telephone chat with doctor over lilzoo ongoing tummyaches(meds have reduced agony to discomfort most time but not sure what to do moving forward so to speak)
Sweep n wash hall floor
I am now giving myself an hour in bed as both tired and freezing cold.i have my grey tabby kitten snuggling up for added heat!!

I should declutter our coat hooks they seem to have disapeared

afresh zoo at least you have coat hooks - my dh started redecorating our porch months ago and that involved removing all the coat hooks - still not back so all coats hung over stairs which I hate!!

ta da
marinated lamb for later
made orange cupcakes
looked at photos - again - admitted defeat until dh can help me as I am just NOT technologically minded I hate to say that I need dh help but I do. I admit it. He can't help until after he has finished his studying hopefully by end of this week. So, still not done. sigh.

to do
ice my orange cakes
pick up dd and make lunch for dc
make dentist appointment - I'm hopefully finally getting my teeth straightened so I'm going to try and make an appointment at another dentist / orthodontist for a second opinion to my own.

Cag the uncertainty of the impending move and not being able to plan etc would make anyone feel really anxious I think! You are doing great x

If it's any consolation I am praying hard this morning - feel like a horrible crap selfish resentful cow of a mother (during Lent no less) - and need to readjust my thinking before 1.30pm!!

DD (who has been rather selfish this weekend in expecting her jet lagged father to run her to various places (I was too dizzy to drive)) and who is driving me mad leaving mugs and wet towels everywhere and being, well, a bit "entitled" atm tbh, clicks her fingers and expects lunch for her friends on Wednesdays (school half day - don't mind this usually!) and oh btw they are staying until 7.20 pm this evening because of school theatre trip (also ok) and can dh run us there (also ok) oh and btw one is gluten free (ok also fine) oh (15 mins ago by text) and btw three more are coming than I said (NOT ok haven't catered!!!).

Need to make my smile genuine when I answer the door in 50 mins and not have a resentful cats bum mouth!! Wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't feeling (a) dizzy (b) a bit weak from dizziness (c) have a work deadline tomorrow lunch time (need to get finished proofs to post office) and desperately want some peace and quiet!!

Need to take deep breaths and think of fields of daisies or some'at...

Sometimes when I look at Facebook and see mother and daughter "best friends" photos plastered with hearts, I think I have a "lovely mother" deficit I really do

Aw SC I'm sure you are a lovely mother's would've lost my shit over extra guests last minute.yanbu!!

I've had school on the phone.eaelier was absence team asking after D's.i said was waiting for year 7 line manager (academy.ffs was head of year in my day!!) And they say oh I think couple hours a day be fine(he still getting headaches/dizzy and can't read or concentrate more an hour before headache intensifies)anyhoo.another call from head pe to clarify things.she has sketchy details,no surprise as everyone and us uncle us involved and no one sharing info properly...she's now taken charge and promised ring me back before days out but she thinks it's a no as he may injure himself further if at school with concussion and basically to hell with what absence team think you are his mum and if he's not well they can suck it up she is also taking lead of investigations of now as it's deemed "a serious incident" and she wants get bottom of it asap

To do
Get out of my nice warm bed and make mushroom risotto for me n D's lunch(out cash til Sunday m reserving bread for pack ups)

SC you sound very accomodating! I think id have told her straight to stop taking the piss!

zoo head of pe sounds good one to have on side!

Where the hell did this morning go?

Lovely lunch thanks SC and at you only doing cat bum mouth. I would be at the hissed asides to DD and possible other room shouting.

Ta-dahs
Bed
Dehumidifer
DD Breakfast
Laundry on
Swish & swipe
DD to school
Shopping
Fed birds - 2 magpies on the gate waiting for me
Made brunch(!)
Booked car in for repairs
Washing up
Made dinner (it's our wedding anniversary)
Washing up (with DHs help)

To do
Tumble dryer
Pack orders
Ironing
Write reports
Data inputting
Collect DD from school & post office
Collect prescriptions
20 minute walk - trying to do at least this every day
Finish Solar System blanket

Just want to add I think you are doing amazing well Cag baby and moving - either is hard, both is a nightmare.

Tada

My bedding in wash
Wipe bath and sink
Make risotto for lunch(mushroom and sweet potato) and eat
Wash up

To do
Make carrot and cranberry cake for lil zoo
Read D's for a bit as he can't really readich and got upset yesterday he missing his books
Pick up lil zoo
supervise dd2 homework

Dinner tonight
Salmon fishcakes with tarragon(cheesy veg cakes for dd2) with broccoli,peas and green beans and almond and spinach pesto/dressing
vegan Ginger cake if I get round to making it for pud with pears and chocolate custard

Yes babies, dc, home edding and moving combo is vv stressful indeed ... . Seriously Cag any one of those elements is quite overwhelming!

Thanks all! Good to know I am not being totally unreasonable! I accommodated quite a few teens for lunch and until 6pm last Wed when guests were here and when the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase was on during Cheltenham (to be fair I can understand that les ados didn't fully appreciate the depth of that sacrifice!!) !! Plus dd had friends over for part of the weekend and also went to far flung friends involving lots of lifts! So I just felt like having a Wed off tbh ... .

Of course, now they are all here, the teens are genuinely lovely so I feel ashamed of being resentful Think I will ask them to nip to nearest shop (only 8 mins away) to get stuff to accommodate extra bods for supper this eve though .

Must enter the bowels of the basement now to sort the washing that has been mouldering in the machine since yesterday . Only housework accomplished this morning was an s&s this after supermarket run - dizziness is making me slow. Also need to room rescue home office and boudoir both of which have (finally!) been a lot better of late but are showing signs of descending in to pits of despair again ... .

Impressive lists Goth!

Glad someone at school is sorting situation properly Zoo!

Hope nausea is disappearing Afresh

Wing flaps to all!