Fledglings Soar Calmly into September - the FlyLady Thread

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Calling all fledglings, newbies and lurkers to the September FlyLady thread! Join us as we try to sometimes rather loosely follow FlyLady’s routines to steer us gradually towards clean and tidy homes and organised lives, with lots of nattering and support along the way.

The more the merrier, so please feel welcome to join. I’ll post daily links to try to keep us on track, and I’ll explain the system as we go if we have any newbies. If there’s anything you’re not sure about please ask. The website is here but be wary of signing up to the emails. There are lots.

Thanks to our lovely Sing for keeping us flapping through August, you did a grand job.

The naughty corner is fully stocked for anyone needing a little respite. I am already keeping it warm for everyone today and I’m not even sorry

Remember, you are never behind, just jump in where you are. Let’s do this Fledglings!

Urgh

Having one of those days where i am feeling very 😑 at the default parent thing

Thanks Dancing yes I am fine. I was just too tired after reading all the posts to leave mine.

That you are doing a great job for goodness sake you have 6 kids. All fed is good enough. Some days are always going better than others not forgetting the Manchild give him a kick up the bum from me!

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Wellies 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 hope you are feeling better. This is because you’re family were letting you do too much. Too much standing making dinner when they should have bee doing it looking after you. A🦶🏻Up the bum for you DH too.

Sing glad to hear DH is improving and doesn’t need a kick🦵 up the bum. Glad that he wasn’t that ill too. Anymore crackers from Cagletini the last one made me 😂.

So...
I haven’t been following to well but I did catch up on Saturday and cleaned out the drawer with foil etc and cleaned out the pan drawer. Did the dishwasher and cleaned the worktops, table etc. Forgot to wash the floor.

Bathroom
shower tray ✅
Basin and taps✅
Toilet✅
Found some postcards from Singapore with clown fish and one with pink dolphins so I cut them down and put them in my beach hut frames✅ Quite pleased with myself as they look much better. Bondi lifeguards and in the middle one.

Delcluttering is still going on in the bedroom and I have thrown some old things from Singerpore✅Couldn’t throw all of them because it brought back memories and I hope to go again so I kept the map.
Did LOL x2✅
Went shopping yesterday at the supermarket.
Today
Some decluttering
Went litter picking.2 miles
Took a friend’s dog for a long walk while they were working. 3 miles

Made a lovely meal. We bought a reduced box meal for fun. Supposed to be for DH and I but he stayed in the pub. It was bulgar wheat add 250ml water and a stock cube. Spices to mix Olive oil into then spread on the salmon( quite hot) then chuck that in the oven. Dice tomato, chop spring onions, mint and parsley. Add clove of garlic, zest of 1/2 a lemon and juice 1/2 lemon. Stir into bulgar wheat.

It was really tasty. DH enjoyed it. Showed up just in time as I had threatened to eat it all if he wasn’t back in time.

I am finding some areas are staying tidier. Dining room needs attention next.

Glad it is starting to show Fiddler.🏅

Been awake 2 sodding hours
Not impressed

Zoo- oh no, hope you get back to sleep.

Red- glad you are ok. Thats alot of litter picking! what was the bulgar wheat and salmon dish called? It sounds very healthyful and tasty.

That- default parenting is very draining. I agree with Red- you are doing an amazing job raising 6 kids. I dont know how you do it or get your energy from!

Sing- great your dh isolation period had finished.
Just out of interest, if a child in primary school tests positive, how long should they stay at home?

Morning and ☕ all in the naughty corner for everyone. And juices, smoothies and water.

Oh, my. Morning! I hope anyone who can/needs to sleep will doze off again soon.

I'm up for the day and I slept surprisingly well.

About to give the kitchen a bit of attention, might even shine that sink.

Up for the day here too, baby slept 9-5 so cannot complain ❤ thanks for the kind words

Could be a very long day!

WTAF
Post was...

That
Didn't get more sleep
Already tired and CBA
Better shift before I start getsleepy
Could be a very long day

Going to haul myself out of bed...to get started on the packed lunches....and have a tea in peace...

Another one who woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep. (DP had panic attack). About 4.15 am. Poor DP and poor me. It's a long work day today as well.

☕️to all the sleepless.

Tada
Cats fed
Wash on
Sort bottom shelf of "stuff"(incl dresses dd1 gave me I will never wear/are too young for me despite be very pretty etc.filled bag for chazza)
Wake D's
Cook myself crumpets
Remind D's put dishes in wash up bowl
Remind DD I can't wash up bottles I'm not given
Wash up

About to s+s
And get dressed
DS new school bags due today
it's raining despite forecast saying otherwise ,and DD orbiting the sun with anxiety so looks like I'm doing a school run this morning

Ta da

🍁 all up fed dressed
🍂 dc1 and 2 out to school
🍁 dw emptied and reloaded
🍂 breakfast cleared away
🍁 handwash dishes washed

Thanks for the nature red made me smile.

I crashed hard and suddenly last night. feel teary and fragile this morning. But it is work days until the end of the week. The fact that I have been forgetting the new meds has caught up with me and omg how the hell did i put up with it hurt this bad for so long when I tried to breathe?!

So much to do. Slowly building a morning routine that works. But there are a lot of plates spinning and I am currently throwing them back at people if they try to give me more. 2 weeks left to find a new job

Morning lovelies. Horrible night here - DD1 anxious, Cagletini fidgety, horrible dreams (those anxiety dreams where you’re late for things etc) and my period arrived ridiculously heavy 😩

I now have like ten minutes to get everything sorted (so obviously I came to MN 🙄😳🤣)

po3.1
❗️Meds and breakfast
❗️Make self/zoom background presentable
❗️Switch PC on and send Skype link ready

Gotta go… 😁 have a good morning everyone 💖

I think it's time to stick the kettle on and plump up the cushions in the naughty corner. Hang on in everyone, tea and coffee coming up.

Pupil not shown up yet (unusual for them, hope everything is ok) 🤔 I’m tempted by a tea (ninky or otherwise)

Last day of isolation but I’m not sure I’ll want to go anywhere tomorrow TBH, feel like crap 🤣 (not with covid symptoms thankfully)

Thanks ED. Much needed after a stressful
School run and a quick tidy and floor clean prior to an appointment this morning. Will be back with links and personals afterwards 👋

Pupil showed up a bit late so we just continued after 10. Lesson was great.

po3.2
❗️Shower etc
❗️Make Caglets get started on stuff (including getting ready for school/nursery tomorrow)
❗️Order meds on GP site

Actually speaking of meds how on earth do you know when you need to order new inhalers? DD has a blue and a brown one but they don’t have the dose counters on. I guess we can figure out the twice a day preventer with the magic of MATHS 🤣 but the blue one is just for now and then?!

Sing I just always had a spare for the DC and do the same for me now that I was finally diagnosed at 50+ when one runs out order another spare.
Did you test positive Sing I missed that page I think?

Been awake since 8 but not done anything other than read oh and I did stick some loo cleaner down it so will go and clean the bathroom now.
Nothing planned other than a dog walk at 12:30.

Hills 🌳🌈⛰🌲🍄a toadstool for you to sit on and procrastinate 🌺🌳⛰🗻🌲🐿🌳 for at least 10 mins.

Dancing I will check what it was called.
Ed how is the Everhot? Have you done away with the kettle?

That great sleep for ThatBaby. Good start for you.

Zoo could you make one or two into a skirt?

Right I need kick up the asknoquestions!

Thanks red yep I was also positive. Been mostly ok just run down, nothing awful at all.

DS is now working on one of his scout badges, and DD1 is still procrastinating over science 🙄 DH’s problem today though.

po3.3
❗️Check times for flu jabs and write on board/in diary
❗️LOL including DD1’s clean-but-crumpled school skirt so DH can iron it later
❗️Tutoring admin - message a couple of parents and make some homework

Ta Das:
✅ appointment done. Late and over-ran, but done.
✅ chicken out of freezer for tea
✅ shopping list made
✅ beds made
✅ LOL in

To do:
🖊 15 minutes in bathroom
🖊 15 mins in DD’s room
🖊 hoover and dust upstairs
🖊 post a letter
🖊 shop
🖊 return library books

Today is anti-procrastination day. Mission is to sort medicine cabinet (mine was done not that long ago so I’m off the hook) and to spend 5 minutes putting things away from your stash and dash space (I’m still dining out on Sunday’s utility sorting)

at kinky tea Sing, and I’m loving the pampered cows. Thanks for the link Fiddle.

I’m feeling great thanks Mc, much more energy. Heartburn/reflux now seems to be kicking in. I think mat leave will be end of November. Im already struggling with some of the small spaces I have to fit myself into between equipment and patient beds . Hope DH bucks is ideas up!

Hills sorry you didn’t get away and hope things ease up for you soon.

for all of the early risers.

Get well soon vibes sent to our lovely Willow. I’m issuing yoi an official ‘Exempt From Flying’ lanyard.

Haven't stopped today

So the big news is

DS is GIVING UP HIS LEGO

po3.4
❗️Phone dad to wish him a happy birthday (72!)
❗️Pack nursery bag
❗️Relax with some maths. Need to brush up on my statistics

Can I just say sometimes I HATE BEING FEMALE 😡😭

Luckily DH (who is already out of isolation since his test was taken two days before ours) needs to go out later anyway. So he can get me a lot of chocolate. It’s in the best interests of everyone in a ten mile radius.

Dancing - hall table as requested...

From Apple Crates Ltd on Etsy. They do different sizes etc