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 💐 😘

foxes she sounds just like my dd last year! It really peaked when she started school so prepare yourself. My dd had been doing 8-10 hour days at nursery before starting school but school still wiped her out. Lack of down time i think!

zoo i have always lost fair amount of hair after having each baby but not at other times, i would be upset what does dr google say? You can probably get shampoo to help?

Not certain of your age Zoo but my hairdresser told me that it's common for hair to thin as one goes through the menopause. Its hormone related I think (my hairline is definitely receding at the front).

I wonder if it could be seasonal though as well too? (Only saying this because the horses of my acquaintance are busy shedding their winter coats right now )

I managed to stay upright and not sway too much (dizziness) at church. Met an ex teacher of dd's with her two month old baby which was lovely. You forget how small they are! Came home to find DD deep in her books being supervised by dh. Phew! And the work I put in to the kitchen yesterday has not been trashed yet either - so all good so far!

Have hung up x2 wash to dry and re-fed machines.

Off to do a small fruit and veg shop at the outdoor market now and stop at bakers and butchers on way home. Then longer walk with furry.

Enjoy your Sundays everyone!

Hah! Found you all. Parking so I don't loose you again☀️

Wheelylurker here. I'll continue to lurk now 😁

Hey Wheely!

Zoo - I have alopecia so have spent a lot of time on threads about hairloss and am paranoid about it too. I have a thick head of hair again now but lost an awful lot of it about 10 years ago (and on the plus side arms and legs are virtually hair free now). It can be hormonal, it can also be seasonal at this time of year and it can happen as a result of things like surgery, dramatic weight loss - i had a major op about 5 years ago and a lot of hair came out about 6 months later. It might be worth a visit to the GP for blood tests .

Hi wheely 😀

Zoo I have gone through long periods of hair loss, thankfully for me it makes no odds as my hair is crazy thick anyway, but it’s still irritating. Worth getting blood tests as you sound run down anyway, just in case there are shortages of something. Vitamin E and selenium are important for hair I think?

Must get ready to go to town and meet my parents who are up for the day. Knackered but looking forward to seeing them. Have done fuck all this morning. Need to pick up those antibiotics as it looks like another spot is forming on DD’s throat. Not heard from GP yet about lab results and of course won’t until Tuesday now. Also got to pick up a few bits of shopping, get a passport photo of DD for her taekwondo licence, and buy a bath mat for the baby. Sigh. Everything is so expensive right now.

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Turns out it's a "find a single shoe caught up in the buggy wheels and lose a hat in the rush to catch a bus" sort of day.

Hope everyone's weekend has improved somewhat. No shouting today yet but slightly stressful morning, afternoon has been better as the dc have been helping in the garden.

Ta da - this is a team effort I can't take all the credit!
Bought plants for front garden and planted them
Bought few things needed in town
Finally got myself a few new clothes
Daily routine
Moved the veg plants from the kitchen and planted in the garden

To do
Cook dinner - chicken tikka masala tonight
Get dc to bed early!

Flying has gone out the window this weekend, doesn't help I twisted my knee yesterday while out walking.

Good news however is that I got my new glasses today and everything seems a bit sharper now.

I have heat rash and currently regretting some past life choices. Not having to do cleaning and sorting out is appreciated even if the no kitchen thing make make me melt down at some point.

Going to go renew my spirit a bit.

Dd2 has reverted to bitch mode
She's encouraging lil zoo to join her and it breaks my heart to have such a surly 10yr old(she has strops don't get me wrong but the answering back etc is dd2 style)

I have taken her tablet as they were watch dd2 fave show(not age appropriate for lil zoo) and dd2 has been told so repeatedly as no phone she's viewing bus siblings tablet.shes giving me lots crap about not wanting tea,don't care.so won't get tea and has had a bath ran n will keep well away from me as I gave pms and fingers twitching gef round her smarmy throat

We went park pm n she talk about show n got told off in car on way then deliberately shut out D's so couldn't play in order to continue conversation out of ear shot

I've warned now that if she does it again she will be forbidden watch the show ever again

I am losing will to live with her

zoo that sounds very stressful

Yay for new clothes foxes

I have a load of tops i dont wear because they need ironing. They are next to new. At some point i will iron them...

Feeling touched out today. Dd very sensitive about everything. Its been one of those days where i seem to have barely had 2 seconds to myself!

Zoo we're at the stage when it feels like DD is losing her electrical stuff every other week. She's so much nicer to be with when she's using them.

I can't offer any advice but sending sympathetic vibes

Hang in there Zoo I was ready to strangle DD yesterday - her behaviour really upset me - and today she was a different person after being out with her friends for a bit. Talk about an emotional rollercoaster ... tomorrow is another day and all of that... .

[Hands out heat packs to Goth and Hills. Grabs a few get out of flying permission slips and stuffs them in pockets.]

Yay to retail therapy Foxes

Weary wing flaps to everyone else.

Disappointingly felt very dizzy again this pm. Spent the afternoon watching Badders and the evening encouraging DD to show me her hwk. (Cosines in French - argh!) Needed two glasses of wine to help with that. Kedgeree for supper. A pitiful amount of Flying achieved.

Morning all
Hoping today will be slightly less fraught
Intention today is to clean furiously til 8am,walk zoolets for a bit then flop and do as little as poss

Morning all! Ordinary school/work day here but hope everyone has a lovely bank holiday!

Tada
Fed cats
Wash on
Bleach lav
Make 2x1lb banana loaves
Wash up
Kitchen
Clean windows
Wipe sills
Clean surfaces
Wipe cupboard fronts
Clean top tumble dryer
Sweep floor
Bleach sink/scrub drainer

Bathroom
Wash windows
Clean sill,radiator n skirt
Wipe bath
Wipe sink
Empty bins
Littertray
Recycling out
Clean living room windows and sills
Sweep floor
Wipe dining table
Feed DP as he off to work shortly

To do
Make him pack up
Wrap up cakes
Feed zoolets who all still asleep!!

Morning all .

Probably worth a doctor’s appointment and a multivitamin zoo .

To do:-
Not spend too much time on Mumsnet
DD1 homework. Not looking forward to this one.
Probably some homework for DD2
Laundry etc
Paddling pool although can’t have DD1 in the sun all day so will need to think of something else
Calendar check
Feed next door’s cats

Morning all!

Ta da

Dc3&4 up and fed
Discovered kitchen sink drain blocked

Tada
All fed
Made Dp pack up
Wash up
Hang up wash on airer
Put towels into wash

We are off nice walk another local reserve for couple hours before too hot for dd2 and she burns to crisp within hour despite sunblock!!
Toodles everyone!!

Morning everyone. We were going to go to an event today but due to the heat and dd behaviour of late have decided to stay at home and have some quiet time as we predict a day out would end up with us hot, sweaty and shouting at the dc! We have promised dd a trip out for dinner later at a local pub with a play area and she is happy with that.

Unfortunately this means I have no excuse not to do the home bleugh as per usual on a Monday...

Haven't even got out of bed yet dd is playing downstairs with her dolls house and ds is still in his bed playing with his teddies. This peace won't last!

Good morning. My entire bed is covered in laundry.

Ta da

All dc up and fed
Sink unblocked and scrubbed
Washing on line

cag i sorted about 5 loads of dry washing last night, laundry should be a sport

Absolutely! We could form an Olympic team. United Principality of Flylady.

Cagletini is actually asleep in her bed! I really need to get better at actually putting her DOWN for a nap rather than just snuggling her and getting nothing done... also need to order her a bed as she’s busting out of her Moses basket 😳

Slow start to the morning. It’s not a school day obviously but the Caglets know they have to do a couple of bits anyway (we did nothing but DoodleMaths over the weekend which is like five minutes 😳) and do a couple of chores before playing outside.

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I hate sorting laundry. I don't mind hanging it out but the sorting it before and after - argh.

Well this is I think a record for home bleugh completion (unless I've forgotten to do something which is possible). It does help that I've had dh helping it's much easier with two!

Ta da
Hoovered
Mopped
Bins emptied
Mirrors polished (some of them anyway)
Dusted furniture (most of it)
Swish and swipe bathroom
Daily routine
Bed stripped
Changed all the towels etc

Time for I think.