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

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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!

Also a fake flyer here . Usually I only look at the missions when I am thread leading, and often don’t even bother then .

Ta da:-
Food shop done and put away
Went for run
Stocked up on birthday cards - good deals at Aldi
Bought two cheap storage baskets to have round the house to put each DDs stuff in to then put away in their rooms (pinched from another thread so will see if it helps).
Prepped most of packed tea.

To do:-
Lunch
Figure out what to do about this activity thing for DD1
Put away and do a lot of laundry
Change sheets in both DDs rooms

Was hoping to do home bleugh but won’t manage that now I don’t think.
Swimming lessons
Have to pop out later for a school social thing. CBA really and DH not feeling well so will do bedtime before I go out then go for a bit.

I've it's only carpet on stairs so cheap (£28) goblin hoover from Asda as i get wheezy if sweep it...(we haven't gone all la Dee dah!!)

So it seems we should name the may thread flying fakers come what may!

I read all the baby-steps, zones and missions and then don't do the Flying

Tbh zoo we have a more expensive hoover and it only comes out about once a month

That is an excellent thread title! Please remind me nearer the time 😀
Pondering whether it’s even worth posting links 😂 but on we go anyway.

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Friday 27th April
Babystep www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/day-27/
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I think the most helpful part of flylady for me (apart from being the reason I “met” you lovely bunch of MNers!) has been the overall principle of jumping in where you are, and never being behind.

Argh I lost my whole post

Basically I said I look at the links cag and then I choose if I want to do the mission but I do stick to zones as I find it helps me decide what to do otherwise I waste time thinking what to do and panic!! I'm a rule follower though always have been

Ta da
Picked up parcels
Decluttered car
Made list of things I want to buy clothing wise
Paid nursery fees
Did some research into dh birthday present

To do
Finish daily routine
Swish and swipe downstairs loo
Make cake
Make dinner chicken korma rice and poppadoms
Declutter bag and purse

I do like idea of zones shut eyes on boudoir week

I always read the missions.that counts right?!

Ive I inherited a hoover but was glad it died.eas heavy and my back hated doing stairs with it!!I'm happy sweeping rest of the place as there's only laminate,tiles and cushion flooring

Can't clean a building site...

Sorry I got distracted as DH got out of work early. Daily focus is cleaning out bag and car but I’m sure y’all know that anyway!

Productive afternoon ahead. Hahahahaha. Yeah right.

I dont use a bag or have a car

Dropping out for a wee while, had some bad news today. Will be back soon. Didn't want you all thing I'd barged in then buggered off.

Sorry to hear that plower hope you're ok

My curry was a disaster - watery and bland. Not sure what I did wrong. It was a hairy bikers recipe. And my cake went wrong too , icing was too runny , it looks awful but tastes fairly ok I suppose! Not a good day cooking wise. Instead of ironing while the dc were in the bath I sat and drank a beer while dh did it all. I'd better help him get them to bed now though ...

Oh no plower take care, will be thinking of you xx 💐

ivegot 😂 no car here either and I don’t use my own bag now. When I do daily focus I use the changing bag and buggy tidy (we have one of those things that fits over the handle bars and it is always full of receipts etc)

I don't have a car(dp does)
No bag either(classy carrier bag if need carry anything!!)

Plower hope you are ok lovely.hope to see you back soon

Gasmans came at 430.left me no running hit water.cretin forgot turn supply back thru boiler.thanjfully was poss fix it myself after told how my his company

This ment sit in all day waiting for him.i had get few essentials so Morrison's at 530 trailing zoolets.bloody nightmare!!

We watch valerian dvd dd2 had Xmas after.highly recommend it

Quick sandwich tea as cba

I am absolutely exhausted!!

Sorry to hear that Plower hope you are ok .

Amazing Flying everyone!

and comfy chaise longue for Zoo no wonder you are exhausted after such an early start baking and such a long day.

Worth checking the curry recipe Foxes - cookery books are not copy-edited well nowadays - I've found loads of errors in ingred lists!

Hope today wasn't too grim Hills

Really impressive lists: Toostressy Goth Zoo Foxes I'vegotafamily!

Like Cordelia I had a rest day today as directed by doc - was supposed to have coffee with friend this morning and go out for supper tonight but felt too dizzy so nattered on phone instead. So behind with housework it's untrue. Heigh ho!

I’ve still got to catch up on a few pages! Behind on all my threads lately.

Tired.

Missed the bus to baby rhyme and nearly cried I was so frustrated. But ended up seeing a friend instead so that worked out really well.

Did a bit of laundry, made quesadillas for me and the baby, and did some home ed stuff - that’s a full week of trying harder with a bit more structure and it’s gone really well I think. I now need to think of more bits that can be done in short bursts as that seems to be the way forward. What’s even more amazing is that they have been totally fine with switching to the rule of no TV at all during the day. 3pm is “end of school” so they can then have their free screen time or watch something. Obviously this rule doesn’t apply at the weekends, I just want to do spellings (I’ve switched to a system that means I don’t need to come up with words myself every week so hopefully I can just get straight on with setting the new ones each Friday rather than faffing about until Monday) and any online learning stuff at weekends as they enjoy it anyway.

I need to sleep now I’ll try and catch up tomorrow.

Morning all

5am wake up so gladly seems be getting more back to normal.

Need get so much done this morning

Dc have friend over later. Friend from fancy house.

Ta da

Dryer on
Washer on
Ds3 up and fed
Measured ds3 feet
Order 2 x shoes on sale ty clarks!

I'm here ivegot! Had a bit of a mad morning we were up and out early. Hope you got stuff sorted in time for arrival of fancy friends!

Ta da
Got some groceries
Dishwasher emptied
Made dc lunch- chocolate spread sandwiches with strawberries and grapes (not the best sugar wise but hey it's Saturday!)

To do
Finish daily routine
Make cakes for my neighbour as she gave me some eggs yesterday - dd is friends with her ds and has insisted we make blue iced cakes so we had to get some food colouring from the shop this morning!
I've got an appointment later and need to pick up a parcel too so will do all that once dh home from work

I’m here too .

How do you manage without a bag if you don’t carry one ? I do venture out for very quick trips without one but feel on edge without the kitchen sink !

Sounds as if you are making some real progress with the home ed stuff Cag. Pleased to hear of rest day SC and sorry to hear of cooking disasters foxes.

Have had some very bad news about a friend’s illness yesterday which has put things into perspective a little. Have resolved to stress less about daily things but that of course lasted about two minutes!

Today is a bit disjointed.

Ta da:-
Dancing for both girls
Reading

To do:-
Take Dd2 to party, leaving DD1 with DH
Swap over then take DD1 to party, leaving DD2 with DH.

DH has a cold so the mood in the house is not brilliant .

In my coat/jacket pocket i carry phone, card, keys, lip balm, gum and a tampon

Usually have a brolly, wipes and a shopping bag under the pram

See that would never work for me. I don't own a coat. And pockets? yeah apparently girls are not allowed them stupid designers

It's an odd day here. feeling right out of sorts. sums it up