Part 2/ June's arrived too soon! Catch up with the Fledgling Fly thread ... .

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... continuing from previous thread here.

Clarification - none of the kids wear coats because they are teenagers not because of the rules.

Morning all.

DD still in bed so making the most of the half hour or so peace (now the cat has shut up)

Today's mission not only seems doable but probably a very good idea

Only just got up so not many Ta dahs but a few To-dos

To Do
Finish coffee
Swish & swipe
Change beds
Washing
Ironing
Cat to vet - weight check
"Encourage" DD to do 30 minutes Maths revision - weakest subject and she needs it to be much better as she's chosen physics - No phone / tablet until it's done
Lunch
Dinner
Washing up
Orders packed
Posting
Walking
Put away veg box delivery
Write up crochet patterns for new class starting

CalllMe Yes a cleaner sounds like a good idea. We all need time to be us.

Hope we get to see pictures of this garden when you are finished.

Aaagh, have window cleaner, plumber and lovely cleaner here atm!

Window cleaner is about to enter boudoir which is a disgrace!! Extreme shame will not allow me to let the cleaner help me with it either (she has enough to do). I have 30 mins to set it straight - I already have face of beetroot - aargh! Life on the edge eh?

BBL to catch up with personals!

Shouldn't complain really but this relentless, Tropical heat is energy sapping.
The thought of vacuuming yesterday made me want to cry (so I didnt)
The vision of sc appearing from behind the Banana tree with her Safari outfit on, made me .

Ta da
Fed cat 🐱 and dog 🐕,
Swish and swipe
Towel wash on
Sit down with

To Do
Really will have to vacuum (at least downstairs)
Quick feather dust.Fledgling
Sit down with Cooling Drink (iced water with cucumber and lemon)
Pick Dgs up from school
Cool him down and give him snack
Prise him into Rugby Training kit
Take to Rugby training (stand on the sidelines not understanding any of it)
Drop him off at 7.15
Easy evening meal
Feet up and telly.

Keep cool Fellow Fledglings!

Tada
School run
Grab bread n milk on way home
Wash hung up to dry

I didn't add when I took down the nets to soak one my kits was curled up at far end wrapped in it and I didn't see her.she wasn't impressed I'd rudely stolen her tent and jumped off sill in a panicked huff...as I got ready to take lil zoo to school she noticed pulled curtain(don't want passing gawkers judging my clutter) and went behind it.the idea be able see straight out with no nets blew her little furry mind.was trilling and jumping up the window repeatedly.had me n lil zoo in hysterics😂

Hello! I'm getting back into this as I really do need to get back on top of things now my 1st trimester nausea is more or less gone!

Ta-daas

Laundry away, another wash on and now put out to dry.
Washing up done.
Swish and swipe done.
Cats fed and litter tray done.

To dos

Mission for the day.
15 minutes de-cluttering.
Put out hot spots.

Funny about animals and netting/bed linen isn't it Zoo? Nothing my furry likes better than a pile of laundry to settle on Preferably a clean, double duvet cover as it is being ironed which means the whole thing has to go back in the wash .

Funnily enough all my linen semi-see-through curtains have come down today (taking advantage of window cleaner presence on tall ladders!). I'll have to put clean ones back up though!

I have managed to bring cheapo cordless hoover back to life Honkywonk; can very much recommend for taking the strain out of hoovering in hot weather.

Good luck with your long list Goth

Hills dd not allowed water bottles on desk but at least fountains are decent. What gets me though is that school is meant to be having huge "eco-drive" and in fact has become an official state "eco school" so we have all changed to gourdes isothermiques (Eng term?) but no one checks or enforces rule so there are still millions of one use plastic water bottles clogging up ordinary bins (not even recycling bins) at end of day. Does my nut in.

Sorry you had such a stressful morning with dd2 Zoo and sorry to hear that Lil Zoo still suffering. Hope the day gets better as it progresses and you can rest up a bit!

Lovely to be able to catch up with all of your news Cordelia! Gosh, you certainly have a lot on your plate atm with gardeners and new job; a cleaner sounds like an excellent idea to me! And gosh how exciting about your garden!! Sounds really lovely!! I hope it will be ready for you all to enjoy in the summer holidays ... .

I am currently clearing the boudoir bed (the one that isn't slept on and becomes a nightmare dumping ground). The prize for most interesting item found dumped on it so far is: A packet of Multi-focal Fresnel Lens Beam Directors

Face still a lovely shade of puce!

Welcome back Stegosaurauslady and if I haven't already "said" so, many congrats on your pregnancy! Glad you are feeling better as pregnancy nausea, although never fun, would not be good in this heat!

Btw, that's wierd about the gas bill I've. Sounds rather underhand to introduce price rise in high summer when they hope no one will notice!

SC they announced that the rises were going to happen on the news. Not really sneaking it in (well unless the fact it was radio 4 counts as sneaking?)

I am still on bed, taking a restful morning after suffering so much with the heat yesterday.

Got a whole heap of stuff to do though Slowly slowly I do not have time for these stupid temperatures, I have stuff to do. Leave the sun drop the heat a bit. ta muchly.

Welcome back stega

Tada
Rang orthodontist and change app
Ring hospital to chase up lil zoo app(answer phone)
Attacked living room
Sorted 3brc from behind sofa #1- most found way into bin..no idea why back of TV remote was in one tho?!-- that's been missing in action a month and batteries keep falling out when zoolets fiddle with tape holding them I
Tidy dvd/games cupboard/shelves
Put away a mountain of "stuff" that built up
In piles
Clean top cupboard
Sat play on Pinterest for a bit,as start feel to rough.time to get back in the trenches as it were

Listen to radio 4 every morning Hills and want to strangle John Humphries but must have missed that! Sorry you are feel rough. Do take it steady. I am with you on the "need to do stuff and it's too bloomin' hot sentiments"!

Yay I remember you losing the remote control a while back Zoo glad it has reappeared!

Onwards!

Gah - 2 warning lights came on when I took the cat to the vet.

AND just before that got a call from the builder that they are coming tomorrow to fit the thermal insulation boards - so that's 4 cupboards full built in cupboards that need emptying by 9am tomorrow morning.
I just have to keep telling myself it will hopefully solve the condensation/mold problem

So Ta-dahs
Finish coffee
Swish & swipe
Change beds
Washing
Cat to vet - weight check
Maths revision without too much of a fight
Orders packed

Off out to do posting, grab lunch, bit of walking & get DD's school hoodie for next year (10% off if we order in June)

Morning everyone

Woke up cold today with a lovely, lovely cold mist in the street. Bit was bliss. I'm hoping we're over the worse of this heat wave.

Ta dahs:

Cake baked
Another cake dropped off
Washing up
Cats fed
Litter tray
Shopping for week
Dusted
Load of washing on.

Which warning lights goth?

Welcome back steg glad the nausea is easing off.

Hey cordelia so excited for you about the garden!

Currently sitting in asda McDonald's while the others get a few bits, then we are going back to the house as the cleaners should be finished.

DD has decided not to do gym comp this time which means she can do her ballet demo instead next Sunday. Less pressure, easy location and no need to practice which we don't have time for atm! She's still going to the lesson tonight but agreed to miss next week while we get more done.

Relatives may be popping up on Friday. This could be a help or a hindrance

I read that as cat had 2warning lights on!!I thought,hey up mine don't have that must be a fancier model...what an idiot!!I blame the heat which has burned back cool clouds and temp rising with a vengeance

Tada
Cleared under sofa#2-4 cat toys,5hair bobbles(tabby has a thing for running around with them in her mouth!!) And the dvd remote that's also been missing a while(was trapped down back of cushions)
Sec I moved a ball both "needed" to come help remove the toys
Cleaned windows frames and wiped windows(curtains now in hot wash with more napisan in hope they upgrade from icky beige to nearly white!!)
Cleaned under computer table(again.its a dumping ground if pens,workbooks,colouring books, stationery)
Wiped floor
Wiped kitchen floor

School just rang going to fetch lil zoo....

I read it thinking "your cat has warning lights?!"

So did I!

Assumed cat is having operation???

But if it's your car - that's a bummer Goth - obviously worse if cat in difficulty!

Window cleaner has just left (phew)!

He has been here since 8.30 am and it is now 14.42! I must have been up and down the stairs 85 times during that period. Think I will puke next time I ascend or descend!

I don't know why I loathe something else being in the house so much - it's not normal is it?

Wishing you the very best of luck and more power to your elbow with cupboard sorting Goth!

You could always do what I did yesterday and procrastinate horribly don't do this and then have to get up at 5 am with the fear of God in your heart knowing a workman is going to be entering every room in the house Great strategy that was not .

Glad one of us is not melting Giggage !

I think we are leading parallel lives atm Zoo I am also cleaning window frames atm!

Hope Lil Zoo OK?

Something else being in the house?

I meant someone else!!

Afternoon! Sorry haven't quite caught up on everything yet, something about a cat with warning lights?! we went away for a night to a theme park which was fun but also a tad exhausting when you're travelling with preschoolers. So I'm jumping back in to flylady from this afternoon.

Ta da
Chopped and frozen all the over ripe bananas as not enough eggs for cake baking today
Went to supermarket
Washing on

To do
Finish unpacking
Finish daily routine
Check today's mission and decluttering area as I'm behind and don't know where we are
Anti procrastination - check some voucher expiry dates
Order dd friend a birthday present , ask his mum for ideas!

Nets dry and back up
(Room seem such brighter,although I think they could still take a dunk in Glo white tbh...)
Bath and sink wiped
Top up littertray as somebody did an epic wee and have drowned the litter
(No one's been here so not zoolets pour water in there as it's under sink)

Lil zoo it's same old same old SC
Also think I read something about cats at vet being weighed? might have imagined that

To do
Locate dining table as moved few things onto that as icleared up
Clear away last couple bags off floor
Sort dinner(too hot for anything but sandwiches again.i seriously need to find some inspiration for cold meals in the heat!!)

Currently bracing for impact>