April Flylady. In which you’ll find Cake for the Fledglings and Compassion for the Frazzled. All welcome as we sort our houses out!

[Cagliostro]

Hello everyone,
Welcome to the Flylady thread for April, where we follow (sort of) the Flylady system with baby steps, missions, daily focuses (foci?!) and decluttering. But more than that, we are a supportive bunch where we share the trials and tribulations of everyday life. We post our to do and ta da lists and chat a whole lot.
Newbies, lurkers and returners always welcome!
Back tonight with links for tomorrow!

goth aimless wander made me chuckle
Hills I don't need hit auto correct,my life is one long howler

Any news foxes?
SC hope it's going/went well

Tada cont
Living room
Started at door to hall-
Pulled out sofa under window
Cleaned windows,swept under sofa
Wipe sofa and put back
Clean on/under computer table
Clean TV unit/clean TV screen
Wipe fireplace
Pull out other sofa and clean behind
Brief tidy dvds n games corner
Sweep main but floor
Clear under dining table

Bathroom
Wash windows
Wipe sills,radiator,bath panel and skirts
Clean bath
Clean sink

I have had half hour colouring with D's as he rarely gets one to one time,dd2 dominates every sec on my attention no matter how fairly I try split time

2loads wash done.ond dry fold n put away.one hung up(D's pe kit can't be tumble dry)
My bedding in wash

To do
Hallway
Quick tidy/clean floor cupboard understairs.i found couple ants in food storage tubs,so need see any loose bits good somehow got in there...
Wash all lower floors
Possibly do quick flick of bedrooms
More washing

Should've added school run and that dd2 is also at school.ds back tomorrow

at scabby donkey!

Thanks Zoo first bit over - ok so far. Just gibbering b4 next part.

No news yet zoo but apparently they don't confirm here until after 4pm so got a while to wait!

I'm at the dentist. I feel nervous despite knowing I'm having nothing done today. What is it about the dentist that does that?!

It's the smell Foxes makes me wibble

Good luck!

My ta da while I'm waiting
Daily routine
More washing sorted
Did five minutes decluttering in ds room. Sorted all his bricks into one box rather than all in different boxes. Now he can actually play with them properly!

Well I’ve nearly finished the Tesco order, it’s super pricey this week. We’ve decided to just offer lunch for the first week. Now need to plan dinners as well. It’ll be weird having hot meals twice a day (we’ve tried just doing cold stuff in the evenings. But the Caglets rebelled through terrible hunger 🙄) but anyway I like it when people share meal plans so here is Cagletini’s first week (well six days, shopping arrives tomorrow but there’s no way we are starting weaning at the unlimited pizza buffet 😂😂😂)
Wednesday: roast chicken carrot and broccoli (we will have gravy etc)
Thursday: salmon with cucumber (will add some kind of carb for us)
Friday: cheesy omelette with courgette (I’ll add ham)
Saturday: pork chops sweet potato and green beans
Sunday: avocado on toast (hipster/millennial baby 🤓) with baby corn
Monday: creamy tomato veg pasta and asparagus (I really really need to make sure we have a splash mat by this point...)
Excited and slightly less stressed about it now.

Must go finish the shopping 😡😡😡

Sounds yummy cag loving the hipster millennial babe😎
Cleared and tidy hall
Swept floor
Replaced shoes in tidy linethatll last til afterschool
Wash kitchen,living room and hall floors
More wash on
Last rubbish made it into bug black bin before collection!!

Foxes dentists are in s trusted position putting hands/tools in our mouths.makes is very vulnerable.
Can't believe after 4pm,talk about prolonging the agony!!here it's released online at midnight not that you can get to system as inevitably crashes at that time
SC yay

Dd1 just text in her way,we are off to buy paint for the girls room.after much deliberation and try get a stroppy 10year old who wanted black and a 14year old stress bag that wanted anything but pink(colour is now)or black
Colour pots from wilko later we have finally agreed on a pale purple with white woodwork.they have white iron bed frames and lil zoo has a white chest of drawers and slim wardrobe(dd2 is having old boiler cupboard adapted as wardrobe/clothes cupboard/storage if all her crap)
We are also adding white shelves and a big one as a desk on dd2 side so she has a proper study space(long overdue)
This will keep me busy decorating and the dd1 fiance going to do the handyman thing in a fortnight as DP doesn't know one end of a drill from the other and I don't trust myself with power tools

Well the dentist was a total waste of time, he can no longer do the treatment he had previously said he could and has referred me to another dentist!! Could have told me that one the phone!?

cag your menu sounds great. My dc have never tried avacado I don't like them so just don't ever buy them! Although I think they may have had guacamole on fajitas once...

ta da
dusted downstairs furniture
emptied and reloaded dishwasher
tidied some toys

to do
hoover
mop
hang washing up outside if dh hurries up and puts the washing line up...he is home early but has been on the phone (work related) the whole time. May as well have stayed in the office then!
dust upstairs
polished bathroom mirror
changed dc sheets
10 more minutes decluttering + today's mission
swish and swipe bathroom

oh and bins

why does it feel like my list hasn't got any shorter!?

oh and ta da -
Ordered more storage from Amazon as I had a voucher, got a toy basket, some little baskets for kitchen cupboards and a letter rack - I'm very excited, dh thinks I've totally lost the plot now.

I still need to think of a toy box solution for ds room, haven't decided what I want yet. And have seen a nice little storage box for the bathroom at B&M bargains so need to go to the local one and see if they have it in stock. Also, something for outside toys now the weather is brightening up.

Name change check....

I didn’t like avocado until I was about 18! I love it now as do DH and DD. I also didn’t eat sweet potato until I was weaning DD and thought well if I’m mashing it up for her I really need to try it myself 😂

DS will barely eat any of the above plan. But it’s lunch so he can make himself a sandwich

I have bought a bib. Yay. Sippy cup and anti bac wipes ordered via Tesco.

cag I only started liking sweet potato since I had dc and everyone kept saying what a great weaning food it is! Dd has never liked it though! Ds does I think he just loves anything sweet. Dd doesn't like sweet potatoes, parsnips, swede anything like that but she loves brussel sprouts

Right I'm getting there with this list now.

To do
Polish mirror
Change sheets
Mop bathroom
Ten more min decluttering + mission
Swish and swipe bathroom

Then it'll be time to do dinner. We are having sweet and sour chicken tonight, with rice.

By the way I can you wise ladies please answer these questions for me -

1)Why does my laundry always come out so crumpled? I don't have a tumble dryer if that makes a difference and don't think I could afford one!
2)Anyone who has a cordless hoover would you recommend it? Worthwhile investment even if my hoover does work fine but is very bulky and heavy
3) what cleaning products do you use for surfaces bathroom or kitchen? Does anyone make their own sprays or anything like that ? I never know what to buy! There's so much in the shops different wipes and sprays it confuses me

Thank you !! Also sorry for making this thread about housework for a minute there

That should say is it a worthwhile investment re the hoover

Hope you get good news on school front foxes

Lil zoo eats sprouts,cabbage,any green leaves but thinks parsnip/sweet potato are devils work!!she's a bit meh over avocado.ds adores and would happily eat with a spoon.dd2 grown to love them.secret is making sure properly ripe

1. i dont know ....

2. i dont have one we have a shark lift away

3. i like flash surfaces cleaners, and sparkle drops one, also use lots anti bac wipes from aldi

Dd got the local primary so all good

Foxes

1)Why does my laundry always come out so crumpled? I don't have a tumble dryer if that makes a difference and don't think I could afford one!

Do you use a high spin speed? It reduces drying time, but ups the creases. I always spin mine on a much lower spin than the machine is capable of. Also, take it out of the washing machine quickly. I do not always do this, and regret it when I don't. My washer and tumble dryer have a creaseguard setting and I always use it. Not sure what it does, but I hate ironing, so figure it's worth a shot.

2)Anyone who has a cordless hoover would you recommend it? Worthwhile investment even if my hoover does work fine but is very bulky and heavy

I love my cordless Dyson. It's a very expensive model that we got when DH won a competition at work. He actually won a massive TV, but asked his boss to swap it for a freezer we could put in the garage and a cordless vacuum. He didn't even ask me, but he knew that's what I wanted. Sometimes I remember why I married him in the first place.

Anyway, it's great. Is it £450 worth of great though? I'm not sure. I certainly hoover about three times as often as I used to, because it is so easy. There's loads of stairs in this house, and I love it for those. It's suction is much better than our old incredibly ancient upright Dyson (bought before they switched production out of the UK.)

But... Amazing as it is... I do think it is very expensive for what you get.

3. what cleaning products do you use for surfaces bathroom or kitchen? Does anyone make their own sprays or anything like that ? I never know what to buy! There's so much in the shops different wipes and sprays it confuses me confused

I use Viakal in the bathroom on any shower screens and taps because our water is incredibly hard. I have been known to use neat vinegar on our stainless steel sink in the kitchen because of this. I use flash bathroom spray and flannels (originally from the baby department of Ikea) for everywhere else. And anti bac wipes for quick cleaning.

I have cheapy antibac spray for quick surface cleaning in the kitchen, and a Flash lemon gel thing for deep cleans that is often on multibuy offers or in poundstretcher type shops. More anti bac wipes, but I try to use them more sparingly these days.

Not much flying done. DS has an ear and throat infection that is still lingering on.

Yay for school news!

Thanks everyone

Callme I do use a high spin speed and often leave in the machine so I'll definitely try those two things!! Thank you. The lemon flash thing...does that just clean better then? I'll have to look for that. Might get some anti bacterial wipes then. I'm reluctant because I already use lots of baby wipes and I use floor wipes (although sparingly) and I do feel bad about the planet!

Anyway i will see what I can find when I do my online shop tomorrow. At the moment the sprays I use don't seem to really make things sparkle. Maybe I'm just hopeless at cleaning! Well I definitely am.

Yes it does clean better, but it is more of a faff than anti bac and kitchen roll, so I don't use it all the time. I just looked at the actual bottle and it says that it is double concentrated Flash multi purpose cleaner. Apparently it smells of "crisp lemons".

Yay on school front foxes

Are you overloading wash?do you have a reduce iron setting?!

No idea,don't own hoover

I like flash with fabreeze for bathroom
Also use wilko lemon anti bacterial wipes

In kitchen same wipes and muscle trigger spray on hob/tiles

Clean Linen scented zoflora on floors