Swish through September 2019 with the fledglings - Flylady thread

[ChicCroissant]

Let's swish and swipe our way through September, decluttering as we go with the Flylady! We have a mix of old and new fledglings and everyone is welcome to join us for chat and motivation. Thanks to Stressy for running a fabulous August thread!

The Flylady Launch Pad is the place to start each day - each week focuses on a different zone of the house to clean if you have decluttered it first (can't clean clutter) and you can also follow the Babysteps if you'd like to introduce one new element each day and build on that.

If you like to plan in advance, the weekly Sneak Peek will give you advance notice of the missions and zone coming up, it changes each weekend.

The monthly focus for September is making the bed.

Zoo - I took up ballet and tap in my 40s several years ago having never been to a class as a child and love it. We are a proper mix in the classes, late starters like me, young adults who went right through dance school grades and want to keep ticking over, all shapes and sizes. No leotards, I just wear a tee shirt and leggings.

Tada!

Fed cats
De-pooped litter trays
Cleaned loo
Put empty milk bottles out
Washing on
Made a cuppa and back to bed for 15 mins

Good morning! Internet working so just popped in to say:

Chic so sorry you are unwell, and hope tests results ok and provide answers

Zoo Wow those hair buns are a-maz-ing!! I couldn't manage anything as remotely complicated as those! The teacher was right, you will be in demand for show day! Most of all, fantastic news that LilZoo had a good time!!!! I still have a box of wierd and wonderful ballet stuff knocking around somewhere if you are interested. Things like toe tape and little foam toe caps for pointe shoes and pink waxed thread for something or other and all the usual pins and tights and stuff... .Let me know if you need any of it!

Bower that's rotten about those scams and sorry you were upset

Toostressy I am now imagining you twirling about with a cane, wearing top hat and tails! .

Hope your dd's gums/teeth not too sore Expletive

Waves to Foxes, Lisette, Honu, Tidy, Laputa I've and baby I've and everyone else!

Now off to do some ballet of sorts with dhorse! Well, encouraging him to take a few steps backwards and do a "shoulder in" . It's not easy to be elegant when you have feet as large as dinner plates

Good morning!

Second load of laundry in, first one was teatowels and cloths so no ironing , second load in now of shirts. Looking quite bright and breezy here so may take the risk of hanging it all outside while I go out this morning.

It's Friday - we made it! Give yourselves a pat on the back.

While I was typing this, my GP surgery rang and I've got a hospital appointment for the next set of tests in about 10 days time which is good.

Catch you later!

Beautiful day here. I'm going to start an autumn house clean. I think the windows need doing. Will need to do a quick holding clean and start a more thorough one over the next two weeks.

Fabulous drying weather.

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Glad you enjoyed tap Toostressy. I have an older friend in her sixties who has always done ballet. She's so limber. An inspiration. After having major dental work she casually mentioned to the dentist that she was going to a 90 minute ballet class later. He had to insist she didn't go as it was too much he felt after dental surgery. So she obeyed but was most put out!

I'vehow's things?
Lisette I'm cleaning with view of bit decorating before gets too cold now we start declutter some extensive over buying if toys dp has bought over the years.place has only had zoolets rooms redone and living room once in near 13 years we been here and it looks shabby and as tired as I do!!
Chic glad it's not a long wait lovely!hope got washing dry outside

Gorgeous afternoon here, laundry drying nicely! May go out again in a bit to collect paperwork from surgery, just avoiding the school rush at the moment. Have done food shopping and DD in a good mood having had a good day at school.

Had a shit day! Friday the bloody 13th.

I'm sorry to hear that Bower. I'm guessing it's work related. Hopefully you've retreated to the summerhouse of solace with wine. 🍷💐🍃🍂🏡

Hi everyone!

Sorry about the bad day bower hope you're feeling happier now.

It's been a bit of a week here, the committee I volunteer on have had some big problems and I offered to help which then led to me doing it all and it's still ongoing . And my actual work have asked me to do some overtime this weekend as it's so busy.

But good news is dh finished and submitted his dissertation this week!!!!! This fact hasn't actually sunk in for either of us. It's so weird him not working when he's at home!

In other news today on the school run ds crashed his scooter into a huge load of thistles literally head first I had to pull him out! He was covered in little spikes the poor thing. So I was late picking dd up and then she fell off her bike on the way home.

I told you it had been a bit of a week! as for flying...ahem. I did put some more stuff on eBay earlier so the decluttering continues!

sorry for the me, me, me post but I'm horribly behind with the chat on here.

Thanks Lisette it was gin and then tea with BF.

Can't go into it but been in tears. Told them I am taking sick leave. Wish I had retired last July.

There will be lots of decluttering here next week. My God this house will be sorted out.I will be on a mission to get rid of lots of things????????

WOW! Foxes that is a relief perhaps he would like to some mundane tasks like housework to catch up on what he missed out on while writing.

Flying today I folded some clothes. TA bloody DA!

Bower .

What a mixed time you have had foxes. Absolutely brilliant news about your DH and dissertation though .

Autumn clean sounds like something Flylady would approve of lisette as long as you do it manageably .

zoo and SC, instead of picturing me with a top hat and cane picture me learning very very simple tap steps very slowly . Tbh I probably wouldn’t have gone for it were it not that the dance school has started a new beginners class and it is a time and location I can do. I was really nervous but wanted to do it more than I was nervous iyswim. I’ll leave the fancy dancing to Expletive!

Chic, I actually have acquired a pair of size 5 tap shoes for free amazingly! They are very well used and I think actually are a bit small but will be absolutely fine for now so that is great. Glad you have an appointment although of course sorry you are still unwell .

Ive

Today I managed to do home bleugh and have almost finished my physio except for today. That is all though.

Sorry to hear about the bad Friday 13th Bower and Foxes (thistlegate!) Apologies for the lack of personals, I will catch up over the weekend.

Launch Pad for Saturday

Morning Zoo can’t sleep.

Lots to do today.

Morning! DD has a class today so should start the breakfasts and get ready to take her there later on. Looks another lovely day here, BBL.

Hello everyone. Both girls dancing at the moment but will soon be time to pick up DD2. Have grabbed a load of school paperwork to look at while I wait.

Big wing flaps to Bower, Chic and everyone else.

Hi all
sorry you were up with me bower!

Tada
Wash on
Cats fed
Littertray and bins
Clean out baking cupboard(add things to shop list we low on)
Wash on airer
Towels on to wash
Breakfasts
Wash up
Took lil zoo to dance shop for pale pink tights and shoes❤️
S+s
Towels in drier
Camera club on nature reserve with zoolets-action shots today and perspective.they took turns playing petang and snapping pics
Picked up bread on way home
Lunch
Spend two hours organising menu plan,incl interesting pack ups and write shop list for tomorrow
Snack

Did I mention yesterday I wash all dark uniform/pe kits and dry AND all shirts/whites and put awayand I remembered to retrieve lunch boxes and water bottles and wash/dry and stack ready for monday,ice packs in freezer

To do
Dinner-fish finger salad pittas/kidney bean,carrot and cumin falafel in pittas with salad
Bit if a tidy if front room

Debating whether to go attack my huge buddleia some more as bins now empty and its glorious out....

You did all the uniforms YESTERDAY? what kind of witch craft is this?

You're meant to prune buddleia in Feb/Mar Zoo - mine is very scraggy now but Indo leave it over winter.

Impresses with your uniform exploits! I've gotn 4 loads done and line dried today, 2xcolour 1xwhite 1xtowels and WM is now on a maintenance wash (90°) with the shower curtain and a load of soda crystals.

Off out to see Downton Abbey tonight.

. How are things going Ive?

I love it when they're milk drunk

Lemony lentil soup
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium white onion, peeled and diced
2 medium carrots, diced
5 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
6 cups vegetable stock (or chicken stock)
1 1/2 cups red lentils, rinsed and picked over
2/3 cup whole-kernel corn
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon curry powder
(optional) pinch each of saffron and cayenne
zest and juice of 1 small lemon
sea salt and freshly-cracked black pepper