Action Stations for August! Fledglings Flap Frantically and Swish’n’Swipe through Summer

[SingToTheSky]

Welcome one and all!

I’m quickly setting up the August thread (ok seriously I know someone says this every month but HOW is it August already?!) - MN has been a bit iffy today, and I got rather distracted this evening which I fear may be a portent of my hosting skills this month. Thank you to the lovely ED for steering us through July despite much to manage at home 💐

Anyway - do join in as we loosely follow the Flylady system, in order to gradually sort our houses out. The key word here is GRADUALLY. There is no turning the house upside down and banishing chaos overnight, there is slow and steady. You are never behind. Miss a day? Week? Decade? No worries, jump back in, it’ll all come round again.

Newbies always welcome!

Hi
Hills- you are bloody amaze balls doing so much.
Wellies- i too wish guys could just sort out meal plans and shopping. If i had to, i would direct my dh to the organised mum's weekly meal planners on her website- she has recipe lists, video on how to cook. She was dairy free so has different options and the best bit. Quick and easy cook meals. I tried the 1 dish using the slow cooker a lamb mince and it was superb.
Zoo- fab your ds made bannana loaf on his own!
Honey- great idea for setting work boundries.
Mc- what is carrot porridge without carrots? Hope mctiny eats it.
That- gooduck on your results.
Ed- stone top sounds fab!
Sing- hiya! Does hitting myself with my own handbag work?

I am vaguely considering a teaching assistant qualifcation level 3- only prob is....i also have the concentration of a gnat. Dont know where its gone.

Tadas-
Dbro came over again and spent 5hours sorting out the kids rooms. So i pushed myself to sort too.
Problems with eyesight is back. Dh has been in extreme pain with right arm for 18hours. Its bad. So the badluck that hangs over dh has struck again. 🤦‍♀️ i have get to chemist to pick up his pain meds. What 111 gave last night doesnt touch the pain. 🤦‍♀️
2 little kids, trying to organise the house. Dh is now been put onto sick leave. Shit.
Going to charge on through cos my dbro is going to keep appearing to help re-sort and organise the house.
I do wonder what its like to have a normal life without having to call 111 every 3 weeks 🤦‍♀️.

🍒👋everyone goodluck to everyone waiting for results. 🍀

Red- your friends book room sounds beautiful. What a lovely thing to let your daughter choose a book. I bet she will remember that for a long time.

Sorry about earache MrsT.

I've put on the lol and put some clean clothes away (still a big pile on a chair in the kitchen that I'm chipping away at) and ordered my Dad's birthday present. Have to go out to buy a card for which I need to have a shower and wash my hair but going to do my pelvic floor machine thing (tmi sorry) first whilst watching some netflix.

Tasted a slice of the tortilla and it is yum. Have served up ds's on a plate with sliced cucumber and olives ready for when he wakes up. He's going to wonder what I'm after

honeyhis young back for moving things perhaps?
Dancing sorry dh is off and underfoot again.hurrah for your brother!is he open to being borrowed by other fledglings and is he single ?

Family therapist was nice,need another session next week to chat given such a "complex need family" before decisions are made if we are a right fit for this.he was nice,so that's something if we end up working with him

Three more cut offs from attempts call council to fix loo.aaaargh

Wash in drier
More on
I need either sort my room or get some fresh air and have a walk..can't decide which is higher priority!

po3.3
❗️Volunteer phone call (and summary email to supervisor after)
❗️Eat something proper
❗️Finish getting masking tape off bathroom

I've managed to pour a bath now just need to get in it, get out, dry my hair, get dressed, go to the shops for birthday cards, get the still unconscious boy on the move getting showered and ready and packing a bag (he's staying at my sister's tonight) and writing on his card. Get myself properly ready for meal out where there will be the usual horrors of people taking too many photos. Hoover bedroom - ensure whole of floor clear and windows closed etc then set off flea bombs in there before we leave. Take the dog out and feed animals before we go.

Funny how 4pm deadline sounds like ages away and then you realise it's gone 1pm already

I may have an internet addiction.

I opted out of tidying and decided a walk was more important.took D's for some fresh air.i even had forethought pop spuds on to bake with out,so lovely smell of jacket potatoes is wafting😋😋😋
Nearly ready,so go get D's a sarnie

Zoo that’s brilliant about the family therapist being nice, working with someone you get on with is so important. And well done to DS for his baking!

MrsT I hope the earache is better

Honey hope the flea bomb works, and that you got your PF squeezes in :o

Dancing aaaargh about DH. I’m sorry. Very glad you have your brother helping, he sounds a good sort indeed!

I’m just grabbing a rest having got the bathroom vaguely back to normal. Need to sort out the edging etc but frankly it can wait for today! We need to repaint the woodwork and radiator too so need to buy some paint for that anyway. As well as towel hooks etc.

DH is going to Asda with the Caglets in a bit, hoping they can get DD1 a lamp to read or draw by in bed. She’s having more trouble sleeping. In a bit of a quandary about it because she feels the melatonin (that she’s been on since her autism diagnosis) is now contributing to her anxiety and isn’t worth the minimal help in sleeping. But obviously her sleep is much worse without it!

We had the same with ds and melatonin sing

Ooh did he find it made him feel worse then? It’s a new issue with her (was on 2mg for ages and now been on 4mg a while), she sometimes found it after a break, but this time she feels it’s not got better. But then when she doesn’t take it and can’t sleep for hours the anxiety sets in big time anyway. :(

Not much traffic here today.

I have completed all but the dusting.
I vacuumed all of downstairs.
I was going to wash the kitchen floor but DH did it. I nodded off.
Sorted some books. Put some in the charity book box.
Washed sheets but then it rained. Need to do ironing.

Found two books I was looking for to give to lovely, young teacher.

Scroll mode activated 😑 must go do something else. Argh

i'll pm you about it sing. But if i forget remind me. this weekend is absolutely batshit.

Dancing it had carrots and spices (but not a carrot cake), it really did end up tasting like a carrot cake though. McTiny actually ate it well! Zoo I'll be trying with grated apples next for an apple pie flavour ☺️

ta da
survive work
banking
run some errands in town
petrol into car
did not kill anyone
move what feels like to be 50 billion boxes back into the spare bedroom
make pastry
play hunt the pie dish
make quiche
realise not enough filling for 2 for tea and 1 for people, make more but different filling make 1 more for them to take
find pie dish, swear a lot but grateful still have filling and pastry for making more transportable quiche
start moving all furniture out of the lounge
swear about the people who have put away everything I need and left out all manner of random crap
deal with teen with hangrys
deal with some stupid 3 party who is calling on behalf of insurance company
argue with chat bot trying to find out how to stop these calls
essentially throw food at the people
delegate some prep of black currents that have been in fridge cos said person said they would do the prep and didnt. ignore said person huffing and puffing
prep the meat part of cottage pie

to do

Thanks hills 😊

po3.4
❗️Bit of assignment (will just write notes for lots of questions as can’t get on PC now)
❗️Write list with DH of what still needs doing in bathroom, and thus what needs buying
❗️Tidy and vacuum living room floor

also ta da
delegate the peeling and chopping of potatoes
clear windowsil of junk
hoover window sil
remove more stuffs from lounge
remove rest of furniture from lounge
remove laundry waiting to be folded from lounge (currently sat in bath tub out of the way)
hoover some more/again
poke random thing that looks odd on floor
tell ds he is my responsible grown up (we were talking about possible epi pen situations) laugh at ds' reaction of fear
discuss ds' plans for next weekend
swear as fall over things that are not in the right place because the right place is in the way but there is no where for it to go because mid project...
Say bollocks to it all and sulk with a cup of coffee.
Pull up big girl panties and get on with clearing lounge
Hoover everything through again to within inch of life
life rug
hoover some more
Lay plastic
relay rug and hoover it again
delegate spot treatment for removing stains pre wash tomo
turn potatoes into mash
finish off cottage pie bottom
deal with glass that was sent flying across the room by a person in a hurry
Make and cook 4th quiche of evening
discuss meal plan with ds for next week - agreed he is well stocked if i am too tired to cook to sort himself.
wander around the house looking lost and wondering where the fuck i put my water bottle this morning.
discuss the bedroom being left for the carpet to be cleaned

Finally the kids are asleep so i can type in peace.
Hills- hope the quiches are yummy.
Sing- weldone on getting bathroom back to nearly normal.
Thanks Sing.

Mc- weldone Mctiny! it sounds lovely, do you mind posting recipe please. Both sound lovely.

Red- as dbro was here sorting, i had to crack on with the chores and never got a chance to pop back on here. Thats nice you are going to pass on some books to young teachers.

Zoo- thank you Dbro is very kind and helpful to everyone. He helps alot of his friends. He has a lovely boyfriend bless him 😊
Zoo, your family therapist sounds really good and i am glad you all will be talking to someone. Hopefully you all will get some support. Sending you a big woolly, knitted hug.💞

Tadas
Books in the kids bookcases look so lovely!
Lol x2
Piles of paperwork sorted
Meds givin to dh.
Loo s and w everyday.
Dishes hand washed
Takeaway pizza for tea.
Lots brac sorted and put away in sitting room.
Struggling to stay awake now.

Dancingthere is a lovely one that goes to church. She offered to give me something bless her. I will be glad to pass them to her.

I.hate.insomnia
Gave up trying to sleep at 3am
Have checked news,weather,MN and may as. Well give up and get up

Tada
Cats fed
Wash on
Harpic lav

My room
Scrub mould from window seals
Clean windows
Wipe sills
Empty chest drawers
Fold everything properly and put away
Makes bed
Open brand new pillows (old ones were flat/lumpy in need replacing)and glory in their plumpness in fresh pillow cases
Shelving unit at end bed emptied
All shampoos,condition,body wash grouped back together
All pamper stuff put together
All everyday stuff I use put together
Tidy all jewellery/hair clips etc into relevant boxes

Wash in drier
More in

Now to tidy cupboards/check what need
Write shop list
"D"p ment be coming today to help with shopping so as freezer over half empty hoping pop Aldi and farmfoods if he turns up

Morning all,

We have started to inhabit the kitchen a bit more now, its not finished and won't be for a while but it is useable now, apart from having no tap (the outside tap is just outside the back door so we are filling big water bottles from that and the DW is plumbed in so we can use that, the sink drain is connected too). The EH is throwing off a nice gentle heat, which seems a bit weird at this time of year but on mornings like today (13C and pissing it down outside) it is lovely.

Made a spur of the moment trip to Ikea last night for some high stools for the breakfast bar (we didn't have one before). We had looked at all sorts of options locally but either very expensive or 3 months lead time for ordering. Managed to not buy too much else while I was there.

Dancing - your DB sounds like a real treasure.

Zoo - I treated myself to new pillows from Ikea yesterday too, my old ones were in a terrible state. Growing up we always had feather ones, I stuck with them for many years and then went over to synthetic for more plumpness but they don't seem to last very well.

Red - that's lovely about your friend's room of books and your DD.

Better go and get dressed. Back later.

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Yay it’s the weekend! Saturday’s focus is family fun.

FLIGHTPLAN

It’s the last day in zone 1, the entryway and dining room, so do any last minute decluttering and cleaning in there I guess.

That’s all folks 🐷🤣

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Forgot to post my list yesterday. We spent ages talking to DD1 about the sleep issues etc but didn’t really get anywhere as she disagreed with every suggestion :(

YesTaDa

🧇towel LOL
🍫took BP
🧇got masking tape off the wall and scrubbed various paint spills
🍫bit more catching up with lesson write ups
🧇room rescue living room
🍫got DD1 to sort rubbish and recycling
🧇LOL in dryer and put next LOL in
🍫tried volunteer call and left a couple of messages to rearrange
🧇delegated post-painting bathroom vacuuming and floor scrubbing to Caglets
🍫second LOL in dryer
🧇neatened up bathroom - got rid of masking tape bits, took tools downstairs, cleaned bath and windowsill etc
🍫bathed Cagletini and washed her hair (handed over to DH for stories)
🧇bit of my assignment
🍫made list of what still needs doing/buying to finish the bathroom

Anyway. On with the day. Got a lovely afternoon ahead, just need to get stuff done in the morning!

po3.1
❗️Confirm arrangements with DD1’s friend and book tickets accordingly
❗️Type up some assignment answers that I made notes on last night
❗️Take BP

Well done everyone. I'm afraid I've just done a quick skim rather than close read to catch up so sorry for no personals.

I did not get to do the flea bomb because as usual time suddenly zoomed. I'm going to the gym at 11.30 so the THEORY is that I will do it then but my faith in myself actually getting things done is at rock bottom!

I really, really need to start following the programme from Monday or I'll end up back at work having wasted the opportunity to get this house sorted! An organised house would make such a difference so I want to get there.