FLYing - baby steps - day 15 - Wed

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Mission
Wed Reminder
Babystep 15

I think I can cope with making my bed in the morning. I do that most mornings.

lol, seems like most mornings DH is either still in bed, or planning on going back to bed.

That's my excuse anyway (and it is true at least half the time).

Be good if they could put up tomorrow's mission today iyswim, so I can plot to get DH to do it sometimes.

You can get a 'sneak preview' of the week's missions somewhere. Try scrolling down the homepage a bit? It doesn't go up till lateish on Monday (them being in America and all), but I quite like to know what's coming.

Thanks.

I thought I'd seen them somewhere, but then assumed I must have imagined it, lol.

Well I am going to count last night as a success even though I did very little - felt ROUGH all day - came home, sorted dinner, put ds to bed, went to bed for an hour, got up, washed up, hung nappies up then had to go back to bed! BUT without FLYing wouldn't have done washing up or nappies (counted them as a hotspot), would have just crashed. Should have done putting clothes out too - sink and clothes being my set-in-stone babysteps - but just wasn't an option yesterday LOL. Not at work today though so will potter gently, sipping lemon and ginger tea, doing what we can (ds 13mo. helped wipe kitchen table last night, v. proud!) (OMG realised yesterday they will be only 21 months apart, I had thought it was 22, this seems very close!!).

We have a cat SuperMonkey, a very strange, very unfriendly with most people, far too bright slightly psychotic beast, and she is BRILLIANT with ds1. When he was tiny she just sat near him and sniffed his head; now that he is grabbing at her she has 'trained' him how to behave around her, batting at him with velveted paws when necessary. We have had the odd scratchy incident but of course we keep an eye, and generally she seems to judge perfectly how to behave around him at whatever stage of development he is. Course it depends on the cat ...! but we didn't expect her to be this good. And he ADORES her.

oh and I make my bed (well, pull duvet vaguely straight) most days too so this should be straightforward enough

That's encouraging SA (re the cat I mean). We would get a rescue cat, not a kitten (too much like hard work) so hopefully the RSPCA people would be able to help us pick a cat with the right temperament.

Morning
Get clean, dressed and make up on Will do after DS woken up
Make bed
Give DS breakfast Still asleep!
Empty dishwasher Done
Get my own breakfast Done
Clear away breakfast stuff
2 minute hotspot (side of the fridge)
5 minute room rescue (utility room)
15 minute decluttering (maybe clean the oven?)
Kelly's mission (clean taps)
What's for tea?

Afternoon/evening
Cook tea
Load dishwasher
Complete one admin task from list

Bedtime
Put dishwasher on
Rubbish out
Shine sink
Put all dirty washing in basket
Put clothes out for tomorrow

Why does bold sometimes not work?

Do you have to asterisk each word?

YES!

Experiment over.

Yes ours was a rescue cat SuperMonkey (hence the temperament, she had a tough start in life) and the animal shelter billed her as 'would make a lovely family cat' - we always thought this was crazy as she is, to put it nicely, a cat of some character; but they must have seen her being good with children in the shelter. So yes, they will be able to advise I'm sure - keep us informed!

Morning all
Feeling super-on-top of things this am.

Have already done my 2 mins hotspot (end of dining room table, as always , 5 mins room rescue plus hoovered downstairs, shined sink & cleared all breakie things.

IS a NICE feeling knowing what you're wearing the next day ++ and is defn making me dress 'up' that little bit more, which is a nice feeling

We're going away for half term so I think I'll go and see them at the sanctuary when we get back. No point getting a cat now then leaving it for a week.

Another rubbish night with DD waking every two hours or so

Have to say, the structure of the routine makes me feel a bit better. Used to be ever so organised but it all had gone to pot in the last few months!

But I'm dressed and wearing a necklace (no doubt DD will try to play with it !!

Morning
Dress and make up/hair done
Breakfast and clear away breakfast stuff done
empty dishwasher done
Empty washing machine and hang up washing done
2 minute hotspot (clean front of washing machine) done by DP
Make beds done
Read control journal and reminders done
5 minute room rescue (bedroom)
15 minute decluttering (sort out box in bedroom)
15 minutes for me (Mumsnet and Ebay)
Kelly's mission (other worktop, we have put in new tap a few weeks ago so still in pristine condition)
What's for tea? (corn on the cob and new potatoes) done
Mums & Tots
Small grocery shop
Butcher

Afternoon/evening
Hair appointment
Cook tea
Load dishwasher
Load washing machine
Jobsearch?
Check calendar for tomorrow

Bedtime
Put dishwasher on
Put washing machine on
Rubbish out
Shine sink
Put clothes out for tomorrow
2 min hotspot (diary)

morning all

Had a pretty good night last night, hoorah! DS not properly awake til about 6.40 and just talked to himself until I went to get him at 7, marvellous!

Morning

Dressed to shoes, makeup done
Sink shiny done
Dishwasher empty done
Washing machine on done
Kitchen worksurfaces clean done
Bottles washed and sterilised done
5 minute room rescue done
Hotspot done
Bed made done
check control journal done
read reminders done Afternoon
Mission
15 minutes decluttering, which is going to be the ironing pile.
Fold and put away washing
Put another load on, need to do two today

Bedtime
Sink shiny
Dishwasher on
Kitchen worksurfaces clear
Clothes for tomorrow (that makes SO much difference in the morning it's amazing!)

Catch up later

Morning...

I'm feeling a bit more human today stomach flu seems to be ebbing and babyboo slept until 6:30 this morning, so my sleep deprived fug is lifting.

I'm off to catch up on the weeks babysteps and Kelly's missions.

I'm not keeping up with my control journal (as I'm not entirely sure what I should be writing in it )

I'll check in later with, hopefully, an impressive list of achievements.

SM, I'm also thinking about getting a cat. DH is mildly allergic, but as he's only here weekends......

We had a lovely cat, Bruce, who adopted us two years ago (his owners moved away and abandoned him ) but he was killed on the main road about this time last year . I'm a bit wary now as we are in a cul-de-sac off a busy (40mph) road, but I've had cats all my life and really miss the companionship!

Well perhaps we can have cat updates too then daisy! My 18 year old cat died about a year ago, I really missed the companionship when she went too.

Progress going well, DS is in the middle of a monster nap:

Morning
Get clean, dressed and make up on Done
Make bed
Give DS breakfast Done
Empty dishwasher Done
Load washing machine Done
Get my own breakfast Done
Clear away breakfast stuff Done
2 minute hotspot (side of the fridge) Done
5 minute room rescue (utility room) Done
15 minute decluttering (wash down kitchen cupboard fronts) Done
Kelly's mission (clean taps) Done
What's for tea? (chilli) Done
Hang clean washing out
Pop to shop for stuff for tea

Morning Routine
Get dressed and make bed done
Eat breakfast and clear away breakfast things done
Put a load of laundry on done
Put mountains of clean laundry away done
Check calendar for today's events done (PIL are coming this pm)
Check control journal done
Read today's reminders done
Turn negative voices into nice ones I always find this a difficult one have to read my inspirational quotes Daily Activities
5 minute room rescue done
15 minutes decluttering done
Bathroom swish and swipe not done (I am waiting for DS daily poo as I usually have to rinse the nappy over the bath and I put the wrap in the sink, so do a S&S then!)
2 minute hot spot not done
Missions not done (Still to do - clean bin, scrub down counter tops and today scrub kitchen sink faucet - faucet is tap, right?)
15 minutes to myself doing now (and probably will do again on and off all day)

Afternoon Routine
Get dinner started (having spag bol, quick and easy for PIL)
Set table

Evening Routine
Check calendar for tomorrow's events
Shine sink
2 minute hot spot
Pick out tomorrow?s clothes

Back again - Not sure who it was that asked about doing this and working, but have asked a friend who works full time, but isn?t on MN because she doesn?t have kids, and she has said

?The de-clutter is key, the less stuff you have to look after the less time it takes to look after. I?m getting there a year down the line! I have a routine and stick to it and it doesn?t half help.?

She has an 'after work' routine
Get home and hang coat up
Open post
Cleaning a room (different day different room - if lots of time deep clean, if not little clean)
Do the jobs off my list that need doing and update
Supper and make lunch for tomorrow (normally leftovers)
Wash up!!!
Then its mong time

And she has the before bed routine we have.

Would that work with having kids? Could they have an ?after school? routine too? My DS is still a tot!

I think mine have one:
Come home, have snack, make a mess, progress to TV watching, while I or dh tidy up their mess, eat tea, have a bath, do reading practice, argue about whether or not they can get to sleep, finally crash out!

Happens most days, so it must be a routine!

Am on top of stuff to do today, I think. Will have a go at the taps in a bit.

Think I may have to crack on the laying clothes out part of the routine. Don't really think I need it, but I'm going to have to start doing the children's! Dd 'couldn't find' her clothes this morning until I picked them up from the floor under her feet!

Loving the kids routine, PT

Hope you have a better night tonight, Bienchen.

Right, I've done my 15 mins decluttering (1 ' tat' kitchen drawer, plus saucepan draws cleared/cleaned. And just off to do my taps

Oh dear.

DS needs getting up from his nap and I seem to have spend most of his naptime having an in-depth discussion on MN about employed/self-employed status and rights rather than doing my ironing.

whoops.

Just set the timer for 15 minutes to make a start on the massive pile of clean washing to put away that's been stressing me out for days ... 10 mins later and it's all done! and so I've done all my morning routine now - v. proud of self at having picked myself up after a morning spent feeling sick, sleepy and sorry for myself on the sofa.

I'm worried I'm a terrible mother as ds is getting far too much CBeebies right now but am hoping that since it's only for a few weeks till I feel better again he shouldn't be too profoundly damaged by it ...

Afternoon all.

DS will be fine SA.

Not seen that thread fbb, but your input is always useful, so time well spent imho.

PT - sounds a bit like my house afterschool (I've just kicked em all out with DH to go to karate, lol, and it's sooo peaceful).

I do most of my stuff after-work/school, it's easier, and I get started when I walk through the door, rather than sitting down and having five.

Anyhoo, my babystep today is to set a regular bedtime. I am hopeless at going to bed at a specific time because I am a bit of a nightowl, and DH does shiftwork, so this will be a bit of a challenge.

I'm going to aim for 11pm, but I know it'll be closer to midnight. oh hum.

Exercise bike and get ready
Reminders, routine and journal, etc
Read and Delete emails
Make the bed - DH still in it when I got up.

Mission - to do.
Hot spot - bedroom chair - done.
Five min room rescue - bedroom - done.

15 mins - DH's wardrobe finished. He has been warned, lol.

My personal 15 mins - read an old paper at work - ssshh, don't tell the boss, lol.
Shiny Sink.
Clothes ready for me and uniform - to do.