Fledglings are awesome in August - the Flylady thread

[TooStressyForMyOwnGood]

Welcome to the August Flylady thread. This is a lovely friendly thread where we loosely follow the Flylady system (see the Flylady website ) in the hope of having organised homes and lives.

This is the August thread so I am reliably informed that it is usually more of a general chat thread. Links won’t be posted by an official ‘thread leader’ every day but I will leave some links in this OP. Please do familiarise yourself with the Flylady website, especially if you are new. The Flylady is (understandably) keen that people do look at the website.

On the website there is information for beginners. You can also sign up to the Flylady emails but we would advise caution as there are hundreds of them.

We post our achievements (ta das) and our to do lists and any other general chatter about life / flying.

Information on getting started: www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/

The launch pad is also a good starting place:www.flylady.net/c/lp.php

Fly stands for Finally Loving Yourself. The general idea is that short bursts of tidying / organisation are more achievable than marathon efforts. Flylady advises 15 minute bursts is effort but you can tweak this to fit your own circumstances.

Be kind to yourselves, jump in where you are and be careful not to crash and burn!

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A daily summary (which should update automatically every day) is available on the Flylady website at flight plan here.

The link to the current zone and missions is [[http://www.flylady.net/c/sp.php#missions here].

Re. zones, do what works for you. I don’t always stick to the zones myself and do what works best at the time, with varying degrees of success!

daily focus

missions for the week

Flykids mission

August’s habit is laundry

beginner babysteps.

Happy flying everyone.

Morning.

I am procrastinating. Bed is comfy. Moving seems impossible atm long todo list for today though. So really really really need to get moving soon.

Hills ds2 and I are also currently snuggled up in bed watching cartoons together. It is chilly here so I have no desire to hurry out of bed.

I have been on the website cag I also had gd in my last pregnancy so thought it would be easier this time but I'm strugling with my bs.
I guess it takes time. Dp has promised to make a cheesecake off of the website today so that will make me feel less deprived. You should definitely be proud of all the work you have been doing around the house, your lists always impress me.

Sorry to hear about dhorse SC. Try and enjoy your last day with him before he rejoins his equine friends.

Dp and I have planned to declutter our bedroom and move the furniture around. So when we finally get up it will be a busy day. Big wing flaps to you all.

Morning all. Slow start overall, we didn’t get to bed until the small hours. But I did get dressed straightaway, put a wash on and put away some clean clothes that had been lingering. DH is doing the washing up (loads as we had guests for game night... reeeeeally want a dishwasher).

Need to go into town really as DS’ birthday is on Thursday and we haven’t got everything. Or organised anything. I promised myself it would be more organised this year! But then Moving House happened. And the baby. We still have loads of house stuff to get. I’ve written a Master Shopping List in the back of the Moving Notebook :o so we can keep referring to it.

I’m so tired and feeling a bit sick/headachy. Think I’m due on soon. I seem to be heading back to normal cycles now though which is good.

Zoo I am taking iron too, it’s really important to take it with vitamin C as it aids absorption, and avoid caffeine as it inhibits it. So have it with orange juice and not coffee! (Sorry if preaching to the choir there.)

Thanks for the nice comments about my lists etc 💐

Mercury I have heard that GD tends to be worse with each subsequent pregnancy (I had it with DS too but didn’t realise until afterwards so can’t say if it rang true for me). I really got into low carb high fat this time and lost weight (much needed), and didn’t crave sugar as much as I thought after a while. I did do lots of whinging on here though 😳.

Ta da:
Two resentful hour's of tidying and sorting (mainly dd's room which she has left in absolute pit)!! Seven empty one-use plastic water bottles (which we made family pact not to buy!), dirty clothing, choc bar wrappers etc etc under the bed!!!! . . Here I am cleaning the pit while she swans off with friends!! GAH! Why do we let them do it to us??!!

Also found dog-collar (important; has tags) which she swore were not in her room and promised she had searched for three times! I wouldn't mind if she had been revising hard for her one exam re-tske but she has done hardly any revision whatsoever! I despair!

Dh's desk not a lot better: strewn with receipts, cables, papers, books, coffee cups, bits of old wire!!

Also, sorted washing and bins and recycling again!

Har ruddy rumph!

And farmer has just called to see if he can collect dhorse tonight and not tomorrow!

Oh SC sounds like you are wading thru treacle of others mess

Will horse be far away from you with his friends?

I've I was go pm you later check you were ok.what been happening your end?

Mercury cheesecake enough said

Tada
survived shop trip.we did Tesco,shoe zone,peacocks,WHSmith,wilko
Got D's trainers,lil zoo a pair trousers and dd2 has school trousers.size 12 adult f+f.and they fit!!!(beyond excited) normally to fit her tummy,don't fit in leg but since we start be bit firmer with carb portions and addore fruit n veg she's shot up a bit(around 5ft 2-3) and lost half stone.her shocked,then happy face they fitted made me want to cry.finally we can contemplate clothes shopping without tears of frustration!!!
Left house 7.15,got back 12.15 having acquired my meds on route home.
I am wrecked!!
Lunch done(cream cheese and tomato sarnies,cucumber and carrot sticks and crisps) I need sit quiet briefly before try do few bits overwhelming desire to take nap,but slept badly last night and I suspect my hour yesterday afternoons to blame for that!!

Aah that’s great zoo well done DD2! Carbs are my downfall too.

We had reheated pizza for lunch, DSDs couldn’t come over so we had too much.

So frustrating sc :(

I have barely moved from the sofa. We are watching vicar of dibley.

You ok ive what’s the status with UP? And have you sorted childcare yet (am only nagging about that as I know it can be hard to get) 💐

I need to put another wash on

We all love bread and pasta and she doesn't have an off switch cag- could easily eat sandwiches with 6slices bread and then want crisps,fruit etc

I am planning get bottle Ribena to take me iron meds with as I allergic orange juice figured that's bit c rich?(if anyone knows of cheaper/better option genuine shout out as my brains waving a white flag today and refusing work with me at all!!)
Had cheeky nap-- told zoolets wake me within the hour,which they have

To do
Sort on and around dining table clutter
Tidy rest front room
Rebuild and sort thru lil zoo mlp stuff that just got lob in her cupboard willy nilly(it will still live in there,but want it organised)
Clean kitchen surfaces(scoutcat been prowling again.for some reason he has oily paws and leaves evidence on surface that needs be scrubbed with its soapy very hot water or it don't come off😒)
S+s bathroom
Clean lower floors(if I cab ba)

UP has been being a UP. I told him he was a UP amongst other things. He is now being more helpful and did appologise. So whatever. It wont last. I dont care.

Did three (short) days at new job so flying FLOPPED big style. Major washing backlog.

Childcare is sorted (more or less)

Well done to you and dd2 zoo

I had a friend who was pregnant at the same time as i was who had GD. Her diet had been BAD, like 5 takeaways a week. As our pregnancies progressed i got bigger and she got smaller! It was crazy.

I need to get some vitamins. I did work out what i thought i needed but ive lost the list....

Welcome to new people

I have ordered MOST school things

Still need ds1 shoes, ds1&2 trainers, 3 x water bottles, 2 x bags

Arggggh.water bottles and lunch bags face plants palm

How did the job go I've? Is it what you hoped/wanted it to be?

Tada
Located top dining table,now clear piles that build up under it....

Right just signing in with a list, it’s early (although it is unlikely to get any longer TBH I am not feeling productive) but basically I am nearing my limit with screen time, I have an app that tells me how long I’ve been on it, so I am going to put the iPad away now. Which also means I can’t watch any more Unforgotten. Determined though to get a handle on my screen habit since we got the internet working.

ta da
✅dressed straight away
✅two washes (will go in dryer shortly)
✅cried at Unforgotten 😭
✅wrote the basics of a home ed plan for September
✅panicked about how the fuck we will actually manage said plan

And that’s all from me! Please tell me off if you see me again this evening!

Tada
Cleaned under table- put loads stuff away in proper homes and wiped floor
Spent over hour ages sorting mlp stuff,it was sticky etc so had wash hot soapy water and dry before building again!
Sort thru 4 BRC in their room
Wipe under lil zoo bed zoflora
S+s bathroom

Dinners on
Simple pasta,cheese and veg as I'm knackered!yogurts and fruit for pud

ta da
finished making a thing.
loooong drive
fish tank stuff
delivery thing
loooong drive
training
middling drive
fish tank setting up - it has stones, ornaments, water, water treatment and pump. Need to figure out the heater tomo but was too tired tonight.
Found the easter egg that I bought for ds and put in a safe place
1 load of washing
Half hour at the spinning wheel

I am grateful that I slept so well last night, although regretting the cup of coffee drunk around 6pm. Training was without knee strapping as did not make full session and I need to get it used to training without the strapping thus it forced me to take it easy. Muscles still hate me. My to do list hates me as it is looooong. But right now I don't care and have turned off the alarm.Will have to see how much sleep I get or if I end up in a hot bath due to muscle spasms and cramp who knows what will happen. Just as long as I don't dream about being pregnant that will be ok. Pregnant is not on my to do list and would be very unrecommended on my to do list medically speaking. And I did not fare well when pregnant with ds (several hospital admissions) so I can't say i enjoyed the experience. So I have come to the conclusion that 1. I am tired and rambly and 2. my brain has an asshole setting which is design to torment me when I have least control of it.

Sorry to here you are suffering mercury
Yay for dd2 zoo
Good list cag
sorry people are being so peopley for you SC
Has henny pen tried to escape recently Bower? sorry if I have the name wrong I am shocking for names

(Arachnophobics look away.)

Ok so tonight's excitement is that I was woken by noise that I thought was a mouse in the bedroom.

Turns out it was mahoosive spider as big as my hand (well nearly!) walking across floor then wall. Shamefully woke DH to deal with it!!

I like spiders but those really huge ones are a bit disconcerting I have to say.

Now trying to go to sleep with low ight on ...waiting for Mrs Spider to emerge ...

Crikey SC
When I was a kid we had a whopper in the house that appeared at night.my mum swore it had "hob nailed boots on" as always woke her up strolling around!

Afraid this time of year the boys come in looking for space to mate so may well be another be lurking

Ds3 has been up since 330. I just gave up wrestling with him and came down 😴

Oh yay company

In answer to earlier question re the job....it was ok, it isnt entirely how i thought it would be but this may work to my advantage. Some things need sorting out there and i have experience other people do not. It is fixable but feathers may be ruffled.

Sounds promising I've👍

Dp was ment be coming today.i had text at ..I wanted pick up a cream fake leather blanket box for the front room (storage of jigsaws and Lego) and a plastic drawers unit for bathroom,but no I had a text at 345.hes decided as weathers going to be crap and we be "stuck indoors" he wont bother
Whatever mate,once saw forecast I presumed and warned zoolets so no kicking off with disappointment...
This does mean whilst I'm tired I'm cross so cleaning will get done faster and I get time to myself with zoolets later

Tada
Cats fed
Lav cleaned
Wash on
Tidied hallway

Moving into the kitchen....

God
Im stuck to the sofa

Ta da

Ordered bags for dc1&2 (est delivery 31st aug - 10th sept, back in school 4th sept )

Fingers X sooner than later delivery I've

Tada
Scrub surfaces
Clean hob
Empty toaster tray-lets just call it a forgotten job as crumbs EVERYWHERE
Wipe up crumbs
Scrub sink and drainer
Scrub floor onhands and knees

Bins and littertray next