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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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Cagliostro · 30/04/2018 22:53

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 💐 😘

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Stilllivinginazoo · 03/05/2018 07:42

Her school is leterally the other side of hat "fountain"

Ivegotfamilyandidrinkcupsoftea · 03/05/2018 07:48

zoo i feel your pain, my back is killing i feel all bent. Must have slept funny. Head banging too. Hopefully fresh air will help.

BrewCake for all in need

Ivegotfamilyandidrinkcupsoftea · 03/05/2018 07:48

Shock that is impressive zoo! As is the blue sky!

strawberry1122 · 03/05/2018 07:56

Thats almost as much water as the leak i had under my kitchen sink the other week Blush

Stilllivinginazoo · 03/05/2018 08:34

Omg strawberry that must've been messy..
I've pic was taken just before 7last night,but it's same here again this morning.i had a call from dd2 paths still flossed and grass surrounding super swampy...

Stilllivinginazoo · 03/05/2018 08:34

Flossed?damn phone.flooded

Cagliostro · 03/05/2018 09:05

Bloody hell zoo 😱

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Thursday 3rd May
Babystep www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/day-3/ recap of 1&2
Zone 1 - Dining Room and Porch/Hall www.flylady.net/d/zones/zone-1/
Mission www.flylady.net/c/sp.php#missions porch cleaning
Detail Cleaning Zone 1 www.flylady.net/d/zones/detailed-cleaning-zone-1/
Daily focus - Errand Day www.flylady.net/d/daily-focus/daily-focus-Thursday/
Moving in May www.flylady.net/d/habits-of-the-month/may/
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strawberry1122 · 03/05/2018 09:34

zoo no my leak was nowhere near that bad. I was just being dramatic/amusing myself.

Ok i'm gonna start the chores. I've had my cuppa and i'm ready for it.

ta da

showered
fed kids
dressed kids
done school run

Ivegotfamilyandidrinkcupsoftea · 03/05/2018 09:40

Pointy stick please

GoingGoingGoth · 03/05/2018 09:45

Zoo that's an impressive leak.

Foxes overall I liked it but (trying not to give away spoilers) there's a few bits I was Hmm at.

Ta-dahs
Beds
Swish & swipe
Breakfasts
Washing up
DD to school

To do
Laundry
Ironing
Pack orders
This week's missions
Database inputting
Dinner

strawberry1122 · 03/05/2018 09:49

Did the pointy stick go like this?

----->--->

Grin
strawberry1122 · 03/05/2018 09:50

ta da

washed dishes and packed away
anti bac'd kitchen tops
emptied kitchen sin

HillsBesideTheSea · 03/05/2018 11:06

Day off

You're welcome WinkGrin

foxessocks · 03/05/2018 12:02

zoo was that water leak on the news?! Dh was telling me he'd seen something online yesterday about a water leak somewhere and cars had been floating Shock

Ta da
Dishwasher on
Dd packed lunch made and dropped at nursery (good luck to her teachers today she is tired and stroppy)
Dropped in last bit of paperwork to school and they said they'd know about induction dates by end of the day so we'll see
Been to shops for few bits needed. Unsuccessful at finding friend birthday present though they didn't have what I wanted even though I did check online before I left Angry
Made ds his lunch - beans on toast his favourite

To do.
15 minutes decluttering anywhere
Clean front door / front step
Swish and swipe downstairs loo
Change online food shop
Ring library

I've just bought mini eggs in b&m bargains reduced ...oops Blush

Stilllivinginazoo · 03/05/2018 12:15

I love mini eggs....

I will see leak couple hours.have go that way take lil zoo go

strawberry1122 · 03/05/2018 12:21

My ds has still got an easter egg and a chocolate bunny. He seems to have forgotten about them Shock I must not succumb to eating my child's easter egg

ta da

made beds
quick wipeover bathroom + bleached loo
put washing machine on
general tidy up downstairs
bleached downstairs loo

To do.

Return the phonecalls to these various estate agents trying to arrange viewings.

foxessocks · 03/05/2018 12:32

strawberry I ate 50% of my children's Easter eggs at least, sugar isn't good for them! Grin

strawberry1122 · 03/05/2018 12:48

I did eat some of the sweets he got for easter. My dad got him this huge box of sweets of various sorts of chew bars, lollies, refreshers, sherbet, etc. Included were these two big bags of very sugary fruit salad and refresher chew sweets. Never seen them before. I decided the bags were too big for my 5 yr old and too sugary Grin

strawberry1122 · 03/05/2018 12:49

How long do you think this easter egg and bunny can stay in my cupboard seemingly forgotten about before they legally become mine? HmmGrin

Stilllivinginazoo · 03/05/2018 13:04

NOW *strawberry!!
Seize the chocolate day!!Grin

Stilllivinginazoo · 03/05/2018 13:04
Cagliostro · 03/05/2018 13:51

Oh god it’s like Groundhog Day this weaning lark. So much mess 😭😭😭

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Stilllivinginazoo · 03/05/2018 18:36

Lil zoo went gp.
Given anti spasmodic s
Bloods being taken at hospital tom for inflammation markers,aneamia and full vit n mineral count.
Unless they detect anything and assuming meds work diagnosis will be ibs

Saltcrust · 03/05/2018 19:02

[Emerges from sick bed: migraine/dizziness.] Crikey you lot, last posted on Tues, and there is so much to catch up on!

Some great lists of things achieved on here! (I have scored a huge fat zero on the Flying front of late.)

A warm welcome to MissReginaPhilange, Bearyinlove, Thingywhatsit and welcome back Strawberry!

Just popping in to say hello and apologies for lack of many personals; still not too good on screens.

House a pit. (Perhaps tmi but I cancelled cleaning lady as I wanted to throw up and moan in private.)

Dh being very good and supportive but I can see that he is chafing at the bit to get back to travelling (he's had to cancel two trips because I was ill).

And I've just about managed to bring dd around re: group detention on Friday. Told her, yes its unfair, I understand 3 hrs helping out at school open evening on a Friday night is not her idea of fun, but everyone is in same boat, and to think of everything the school has done for her (introduced notion of service etc) and best way to tackle it is to be helpful, work hard, and go in with big smile rather than resentful cats bum face. I feel in two minds about this, because punishment is a bit unfair tbh and I think she feels embarrassed about being "in the punished group" but then at the same time I think its not the end of the world for her to have to suck it up for the team as well. I dunno! Motherhood! Making it up as I go along as usual!!

Anyway, she seems ok about it now and is out with a friend now for their nightly run (she has to do various exercises and run for 25 mins straight for end of term PE exam) so hopefully that's a good sign.

Good luck with weaning Cag!

Well done re: paperwork Bowerbird!

Good luck with nursery prep Foxes

Yikes at leak Zoo!

Still have easter supplies here unfortunately Strawberry!

Will have to check out mad decluttering vlogger ¨Toostressy!

Good to "see" you Whoknows!

Waves to ¨Blue¨and to everyone else!

Hope anyone who is feeling ill/recuperating/on tramadol etc/has bad back/is sleep deprived, feels better soon x

Saltcrust · 03/05/2018 19:03

Glad Lil Zoo being investigated properly Zoo hope they get to the bottom of it x