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...

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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 💐 😘

I also went and read the Radford thread

Ta da
10 minute workout (good for waking me up!)

Shouldn't be shocked,but am I've

So,my tada before I got distracted....
Cat/kits fed
Wash on
Bleach lav
Sweep kitchen floor
Sweep living room floor
Empty bins
Littertray
Clean kitchen surfaces
Wipe cupboard fronts
Bit time in the dreaded cupboard understairs culling and organising
Washings now hanging up
More in

I can't find Radford thread😒😒😒😒

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3262012-Radford-family-expecting-baby-21

Link zoo

Ta da
Checked calendar for this week, wrote shopping list

To do
Daily routine
Swish and swipe downstairs loo
Meal plan for next week
Online food shopping for next week
15 minutes decluttering living room
Remove anything that doesn't belong living room
Dinner tonight - cottage pie

I cant imagine what their house must be like before school run I know they now have a few over 18 but bloody hell.

Hello all, we are back from my parents and the visit was tolerable and the kids loved it so that is good. Need to do some more unpacking still.

Currently DC and I are collapsed on the sofa watching telly but it won’t last so i’ll Have to get up in a few minutes.

To do:-
Pick up cat from cattery
DDs haircuts
Go into opticians as my new glasses still don’t feel v comfy
Possibly go for a run. Ugh.
Unpack etc.

A warm welcome to sonnet .

I may regret this but do we need a thread leader for June? I can do if so. Or if we already have someone I can do July.

SC might do June I think? But will need some help when she is away for the last bit.

Only one more night until we get the cotbed. Can’t see bedroom floor currently.

Living room doesn’t seem much better. It just gets messy so fast :(

Yes things get messy so quickly and tidy so slowly!! Ah ok, SC, I’m happy to take over the end of June (or whenever in June really) if that helps?

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Tuesday 29th May
Babystep #29 www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/day-29/ pamper missions
Zone 5 - Living Room www.flylady.net/d/zones/zone-5/
Mission www.flylady.net/c/sp.php#missions finding things that don’t belong in the living room
Detail Cleaning Zone 5 www.flylady.net/d/zones/detailed-cleaning-zone-5/
Daily focus - Planning www.flylady.net/d/daily-focus/daily-focus-Tuesday/
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21 kids! I can only just cope with 1.

Foxes hope you get a chance to rest some time today.

Ta-dahs
Beds
Swish & swipe
Breakfasts
Washing up
Fed cat
Fed birds
Watered recently planted plants
Laundry on
1st load in tumble-dryer
Dry laundry away

To do
Write reports - no procrastinating
Visit Tuesday friend
Post office
Collect DD
Grovel to vet for missing appointment last week
Sort out electrician
Dinner
Washing up
Weekly bleugh

Is it too early for ?

Dashing .... waves to everyone ...

Thank you Toostressy that would be great! (Glad visit wasn't too bad and dc enjoyed it!)

I'm fine to run thread for main body of June - just at the end when I transfer to wreck2 where Internet signal sometimes a bit slow/intermittent when I may need help (and poss the odd weekend in between)

Largely based here now though until end of month (horse is on holiday with equine friends for a month!) because dd knee-deep in exams needing good food/good sleep/calming words etc etc). The pressure put on school children here in the state system is immense .

Tally-ho!

School does sound ridiculous SC .

I know, 21 kids !

Yes, the visit actually went really well and we nearly made it through with major dramas until yesterday morning when we were loading the car up, DDs upset to be leaving and my mum keeping giving DH more and more stuff to put in the already full car. He was very obviously annoyed so it didn’t end very well .

However, all in all it really wasn’t too bad and the kids had a great time. I shut down most parenting conversations my parents tried to have with me as things were going well and I couldn’t face that changing. At least we are back now .

Well done for surviving it all without any major dramas Toostressy and leave-takings are often stressful for one reason or another! It's always a relief to be home isn't it?

Sorry, just read that back - rushing - meant "try not to worry as leave-takings are often stressful for one reason or another" meaning "hopefully everyone will understand"!!

Evening all!
Glad you survived stressy
Foxes hope you either got a nap or found second wind and didn't share with dc

I did couple more loads washing
Watched miss peregrine's home for peculiar children on dvd with zoolets and coloured a picture D's.a rare bit time with them interactive and "unplugged"

Tonight dinner-corned beef and mash with carrots

I was working from home on my own for half the day zoo which was actually bliss!! And I booked a little holiday. So all in all I'm feeling good. Dc were bouncing off the walls this evening though, gone quiet now though so hopefully asleep already

It's been quiet on here all day. Hope everyone ok. The weather has been awful here today. All the roads round here are flooded and traffic has been a nightmare.

Rains started about half hr ago here.been very cloudy n threat rain all day tho.ment rain thru night and showers again tom
I think we've had so many dry days it feels a bit unending but guess plants need it

That's great about a holiday Foxes; I bet you could really, really use the break (well as much of a break as you get with los!)

Thank you so much Zoo; stress levels not helped today by yet another terrorist attack in another city here. Two police officers murdered with a knife; horribly . And in the vicinity of a school where a cleaner was taken hostage (thankfully she escaped ok). Foreign office advice that more attacks anticipated. Not remotely anxious for myself but csnt help but be v worried about DD and friends whose school is right in the middle of an area that's known for terrorism.

Your interactive "unplugged" time with DC sounds lovely! (DD and I have a battleships and draughts 'thing' going on currently and we're learning cribbage!)

for Goth - much deserved after that list!

Not much achieved Flying-wise today as out at med appts. Lots of waiting in airless waiting rooms... . Popped in to office on way back and had tea with everyone.

Two loads washing done and hung up.

Pesto pasta with peas, broccoli and bacon for supper for DD and dh. Home made celery soup for me (really wanted the pasta though!)

Going to try and focus a bit more in the house tonight -general tidying - as busy day tomorrow.

Waves to all!

Horrible to hear of another attack SC .

It has looked as if it is going to rain all day here but we only had a few drops on and off.

Both girls in bed although DD2 not asleep yet so DH has gone in to have a go. I am going to do a power 36 minutes now in the hope of sitting down at 9pm. It will probably be later but at least I can try.

Big wing flaps to all.

Oh SCI wish we could end all this violence our children are having to accept as part of life
All fed n watered
Washed up
Lil ones in bed,read for bit and settling

Time for vegging in front of Gogglebox
Least seems but cooler,at least for now!!

SC dinner sounded delicious(my willpower would've force me face first into the pasta)
I play draughts occasionally with dd2 and Othello
DS loves battleships
They all learning rummy
Go nuts for donuts is popular too

We are building a nice hoard of board games and I'd love start a regular habit of time playing them together

Hi all, just popping in - somehow the week is running away from me!
Nice to read all your ta das :) and welcome @sonnet

Feel free to shorten my name to 'carbs', since it's all I seem to eat

went to ikea to buy jars and bits for pantry
cleared kitchen table and island (big job! Covered in painting stuff and other random junk)

Friend came round for a cuppa and dh made food - impromptu supper party.

House remains a tip.

Oh and zoo - yes we love board games here too! I hated playing them with the dcs when they were teeny (I tried to hide it though!) but now they're older it's really fun - we love settlers of catan and ticket to ride the best.