Flying Fakers come what May! Come and join the half-arsed Fledglings as we post our To Do and Ta Da lists and get our houses just a tiny bit tidier...

[Cagliostro]

Or try to anyway!

All welcome! I am struggling to stay awake so I’ll do the proper thread stuff tomorrow, but if you’d like some encouragement and chat while you get your house sorted then this is the place for you. We follow flylady in a delightfully lax sort of fashion.

Special thanks to zoo for the title idea 💐 😘

Aw thanks hills it’s ok though as I have them all prepped but I’ll paste them here in case I’m not up to it tomorrow.

I employed DD as baby holder (forgot to say we went to Boots and it’s not a cold sore) one last time while I took plates out and shoved the clothes off the bed (on top of the carry cot that no, I still haven’t moved) and I’m now trying to get baby back to sleep.

I caught sight of myself in a shop window today and OMG. Frumpy McFrumperson of Frumptown, New Frumpshire!!! 😭😭😭 It did show me that my clothes are too baggy. So that’s something.

Hopefully going to weigh myself tomorrow and baby too, and get blood tests if I am up to it. I feel quite inspired to try and lose a bit before my follow up. And improve my hbA1c too if possible. It would feel brilliant to do that before I see the consultant again.

No idea what to do about exercise though. Normal DVDs are likely too difficult still, due to the muscle pain etc. Going to start a thread I think. I did talk to DD about walking more though and she is in agreement that one of the good things about school was that it was a regular walk. Although ironically doing that every day was utter torture and I would be near collapse and scarily tachycardic on getting home twice each day! But it was good for the Caglets. I am much more capable now and want to maybe replace some of our bus journeys with walks. It does feel like yet another thing to fit into our day! But then sometimes we spend so long waiting for buses that we may as well walk anyway. I need to look at maps and timetables to figure it out.

I think she’s dozed off.

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Monday 14th May
Babystep #14 www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/day-14/ using a calendar
Zone 3 - Bathroom and one other room www.flylady.net/d/zones/zone-3/
Mission www.flylady.net/c/sp.php#missions bathroom surface clearing, and 15 minutes in the extra room
Detail Cleaning Zone 3 www.flylady.net/d/zones/detailed-cleaning-zone-3/
Daily focus - Home Bleugh www.flylady.net/d/daily-focus/daily-focus-Monday/
Moving in May www.flylady.net/d/habits-of-the-month/may/
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I think sc has gone away for a bit if I remember correctly so hopefully all okay.

"Cag* look after yourself

also ta da
hoover up the shards of the plates that have been accidentally killed off.
reload the dishwasher
Scoot ds into bed instead of him googling how many hours he can legally work he really wants to be in the real world now and I just wish he would enjoy being a kid!
remake bed
prep lunch for tomo for ds and find his uniform out.
Add help ds research places he can volunteer at to the to do list when? seriously I need more hours

And with all that I only got half of my room done and am feeling under productive and exhausted. Still only another 2 hours before I can go to bed/sleep. pain killers/meds related

Ta da
Made dd packed lunch
Dropped dd at nursery
Picked up parcel (annoyingly Tesco decided to send half my order to a different store )
Got a few groceries

To do
Finish daily routine
15 minutes clothes in dc bedrooms
Bathroom sides
15 minutes decluttering dc toys etc (need to get some cuddly toys for a charity thing but not sure if dd will agree to any going!!) And try and find missing toy which I didn't do at the weekend and it's really bothering me!
Swish and swipe downstairs loo
Hoover
Mop
Dust
Polish mirrors
Change ds sheets
Change towels etc

Morning Foxes!

ta da
ds to school - he even ate breakfast
Put a load of washing to dry
take a nap

to do
run an errand - will take about 3 hours
more laundry
deal with database.

So a fairly easy day here then

On such a go slow today 😞

Ta da
Finished daily routine
Made me and ds lunch - jacket potatoes beans and cheese
Put ds down for nap
Put some towels and tea towels in the wash

To do
Everything else. while ds settles down to sleep first.

Ta da

All up fed dressed out 840
Lunches made
Uniforms ironed
Back to school with everything they forgot
Booked party
Picked up invites
Ran errands
2 x wash on
Dryer on
Washing on line
Recycling out

Ta da
Cleaned bathroom sides
Mopped floors
Dusted furniture
Changed all the towels etc
15 minutes decluttering in DD bedroom , pulled it apart looking for the lost toy, no luck
Swish and swipe downstairs loo

To do
Hoover - including down by side of dd bed , omg the dust!!
15 minutes dc clothes
Polish mirrors
Change ds bed sheets

Incidentally if you were a Thomas the tank interactive talking engine from the sodor track where the hell would you be hiding??! I'm so annoyed because this track didn't get played with for ages and now ds loves trains and is the perfect age for it but no other train fits on it except the Thomas one that came with it which we now can't find anywhere! I've even looked on eBay but I can buy the whole thing with the track but not just the Thomas. I feel like just binning the whole thing!

Behind a radiator
In someones welly
Between the sofa cushions
In a drawer dc can access
In the bathroom

Hello

Can I just ask, when you say done your daily rountines... what do you mean?

Not done anything today as been out all day. On way home now and hope to get stuff done!

Thanks!

Thanks ivegot some good ideas there! I'll continue the search. Sods law as soon as I give up and chuck the track it will turn up so I may as well hang onto it for now.

Beary everyone's daily routine is probably a bit different i think the fly lady thing is to just have some sort of routine that happens each day so it becomes habit. Mine is dishwasher, a load of laundry, bring cups down from upstairs, quick tidy up , wipe kitchen sides.

I've had a serious losing the plot moment. I was just seeing what I was going to do for dinner tomorrow so had a look at my meal plan. Turns out I only put one thing on it for next week which is no good for tomorrow anyway as it takes too long. I did a food shop online, spent a bit less than usual but thought that was because I'd got bits during the week anyway , it's turning up tonight, lots of useful things but the only thing I have got for any dinners is a joint of beef. Nothing else at all.

So looks like I need to squeeze in a trip to the supermarket tomorrow (despite already going this morning )

What's wrong with me?!?

I never had the plot anyway foxes

I am doing a general tidy before settling into the routines. My sink is shiny 😄

Hello all, managed to leave my phone at home this afternoon when I left for school pick up so had a very unproductive 2 hours while DDs did gymnastics and for once each played fairly independently while the other did their class. Typical, the day I forget my phone and can’t get on with anything productive, online shop etc, is the day they don’t want me to play with them . Back home now, just waiting for DD2 to go to sleep and then will check on DD1 who is supposed to be reading in her room but I have my doubts. I suspect she is playing with her toys.

Ta da:-
Enforced putting clothes in laundry basket for DDs
Tried very hard to think like a tidy person all day. Mentally exhausting but I have definitely picked up after myself more.
Did some exercise
Sewed two gymnastics badges
Prepped food for tonight (DH just finishing it now) and made two portions of bolognese sauce to go in the freezer
Phoned vets - I need to take cat in on Friday as she still has not got much fur on her tummy so presumably still over grooming .
Reading with DD1
Calendar check - went through the next couple of months checking for clashes etc
10 mins decluttering living room - it was not enough!

To do:-
Turns out DD2 not remotely asleep so need to sort that
Check on DD1
Tea
Dishwasher etc

Oh that’s good foxes, thanks, if SC said she was going away. I’m afraid like zoo, I never really had the plot so not sure I can help!

Hope your exercise thread was helpful Cag.

Beary
my morning routine is:
Breakfast
Get everyone ready
School drop off
Tidy up after breakfast
Dishwasher
General tidy up of anything left out from getting ready
Put laundry on
Dry laundry
Put more laundry on

Not necessarily in that order and if I am working it is much shorter.

Big wing flaps to all.

Woohoo for tidy up and shiny sink lisette

Think SC was heading wreck 2?

You ok zoo?

Thanks! I have ordered a sink caddy too toostressy. 😎

I am spectacularly low this evening 😰🤔😳 not sure what’s brought that on.

✅got a little home ed done although it was mostly DH really
✅wash on (not dry)
✅went to get baby weighed. Arrived to find clinic had moved. Walked (no mean feat especially due to weather being hot) to other clinic. Perfect growth, whoop. ⭐️
✅blood tests. Bit annoyed I thought they included hbA1c but nope just detailed thyroid stuff
✅weighed myself and measured body fat for the first time. Eeeeeeek. Have indeed put on 2lb, guessing as baby is no longer feeding as often but I’m still eating just as much crap.
✅walked home from TKD. So definitely increased walking today which is good, need to really tackle the eating though.

I don’t want to teach tomorrow. Or at all really. It’s only a tiny bit of tutoring but I’m just losing all motivation to do it. Need the money though and overall I think I need to just get on with it. House such a mess though which doesn’t help.

I don’t want to go to tap either.

Waaaah

Morning

Didn't get much done yesterday as out early back late. Had tea back out again. Never get much done on Mondays.

Beary hi, I bought myself a journal. Don't write in it as much as I should but I looked at Flylady then worked out what I could try and achieve in the week. I. Don't always achieve it but by breaking it down into the days it makes it easier to try. So Monday's doesn't have much as I am at work then home and out to quiz at 7:30 but Wednesday's has more because I am usually not at work. So basic list like bathroom swish and swop, vacuum sitting room, wipe worktops, sink. Wednesday's I clean the fridge out etc.

Ta Das yesterday were mostly work.
My priority this week is work as Ihave a change in routine! I am all feed no one dead plan.
Feeding, washing, try and keep kitchen tidy. Table was clear apart from small tray. WAS! DH looking at you.😣 why can't he putting washing away why is it up to me? The towels live in the bathroom not the kitchen table. My knickers and bras do x not need to be on display in the kitchen for visitors, you could put them on my bed! I suppose I should be grateful he hangs them out and brings them in.

I made a quick tea at 7 when I got in( you're late) ah yes because I was working. SATs, catch up. Teaching then had to mark a pile of books which required a lot of in put. Lunchtime work for some today. Laminating, photocopying.Then went to the Range to purchase some stuff to make a shop, looked for stuff for street party on Friday, cake decorating stuff. Dropped photocopied bunting off for friend also making a wedding cake for this week. We got our heads together to design cakes for groups we work with. Going to be roses, hearts and mini bunting.
I made an omlettes full of fridge stuff and DH added left overs to plates. He actually said it was lovely three times. Rarely comments on slaved over two hours of cooking meals. Add omlette to quick food page in journal!😁 started with allergy at friends. Itched all the way through the heart programme on. Saw one of the nurses that I saw at heart clinc years ago.😄 she was lovely. We are very lucky to have that hospital to be referred to. I was sent as part of research and to use new ( then ) super duper scanner. Straight home to bed.

Today
Washing in.
Make bed.
Feed hen, water seeds, plants.
SATs
Teaching, marking, photocopying, laminating.
Simple tea... Go home via butchers and buy stir fry.
Do some school work.
Garden 1/2 hr
House 1 hr
Bed

cag seems to be a few of us feeling down atm .... hopefully it will soon pass

bower sounds like dh is partly trained but in need on fine tuning!

Ds3 up at 330. Argh.