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Darkness drawing in, Fledgling flying through November

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HillsBesideTheSea · 31/10/2021 12:13

So another month another thread.

first things first: Naughty corner is over there ----> stocked with comfy chairs, blankies, cupboard of comfort food of your desire, something strong if you require and a nice warming fire.

Right next up the formalities.
We loosely follow the fly lady system. It does work if you follow it, but many of us have found that it works better if you combine it with an additional decluttering system to speed up that process. Flylady is more of a maintence system and build routines to prevent system

This is a loooooong running thread. We seem clicky but welcome new blood to the brood, and you will soon catch up. We don't leave fledglings behind. But also we would like to remind you that perfectionism and comparison can be thieves of joy.

This year has been hard, this winter looks like it will also be hard. So remember to be kind to yourselves. We are all juggling a lot. The house, work, kids, animals, partners, bills, being the family brain. This thread is here to support. So if it looks like sometimes we chat more than we fly, then that is ok. Life is more than living in a show home, and real life is chaotic, messy and loud and that is just what it is.

So welcome to November's thread

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HauntingHazel · 09/11/2021 15:01

dancing, that & zoo sorry to hear you have cold and coughing in your homes. I hope everyone feels better soon 💐🫖☕ keep fluids up, honey and lemon in hot water does wonders too. I also drink hot toddy when I'm feeling that way, but definitely not for the Littles!

hills you sound overwhelmed, is there something we can help you with?

YesTaDas:
🍁 work all day (normal 10hr shift)
🍁 made dinner using up broccoli and cauliflower in the fridge, I made a broccoli and cauliflower cheddar soup, it was freezing here yesterday
🍁 cleaned up kitchen with help from DS; DW rotated, dirty handwash dishes washed, countertops wiped down, including under the microwave

To do today (my day off):
🌻 wash bedding
🌻 make truffles for an order from a coworker
🌻 drop off said truffles to work
🌻 go to lunch with MIL, she is buying too thank me for my help on Saturday
🌻 take dog to groomers to get nails trimmed and anal glands expressed
🌻 bathe dog
🌻 grocery shopping

I still need to figure out meals and a proper list, I also need to Skype mum, but I can do that while I'm making the truffles. I'm currently planted on the couch, wrapped in a blanket. It's 8am here, need to get my arse in gear to get this all done today.
I'll check back in later

SingToTheSky · 09/11/2021 15:05

I can’t even be my own responsible adult half the time 🤣

Maths lesson went really well. Today is a good day! I’m ridiculously hungry now though so I’d best go and eat before making a phone call at 3.

IWillWearThatGlitteryWoolly · 09/11/2021 19:56

Erm... Sing, I don't want to spoil your day, but you posted that at five past...

Hills what sort of responsible adult do you need? I can tell you to watch out for the cooker, it's hot, and ask you to eat (allergen-free) vegetables, but after that it all gets a bit marginal.

Hazel hope you had a lovely lunch with your MIL.

Today I have only done a few things in headline terms, but have ticked lots of little things off the list.

Ta da:
🍁 Hoovered under cushions of music room sofa. Was disgusting. Could do with washing the covers, but won't get them dry at this point.
🍂 Walked up to town and did many things:
🚶‍♀️ Bag of stuff to charity shop
🚶‍♀️ Bought stuff for dog at vet's
🚶‍♀️ Called at two different chemists to ask about a styptic pencil to stop my lip bleeding. Treated like a 🦕. Turns out the interweb says Superdrug has them 🤦
🚶‍♀️ Went to 4 different shops for paper Advent calendars (no dice) and a boring scenes-of-British-countryside birthday card for FIL
🚶‍♀️Queued for 20 minutes at the bank to pay cash in, while both windows were taken up by people trying to sort out long term fraud on their accounts, which did NOT fill me with confidence
🚶‍♀️recycled Ella's fruit pouches at the newsagent
🚶‍♀️ Recycled batteries at Robert Dyas
🚶‍♀️ Recycled cups at Costa
🚶‍♀️Bought my friend a birthday present
🚶‍♀️Got DH to pick me up because I was exhausted

Then, after a 3 hr rest on the sofa,
🍁 Drove DD's (U6th) friend to a station on a different line as our station was at a standstill due to an earlier incident
🍂 Ordered Christmas cards from the V&A
🍁 Ordered paper Advent calendars online
🍂 Bought a Christmas present from Etsy

I'm done. Everything else can wait.

SingToTheSky · 09/11/2021 20:04

Haha, so I did! Luckily the phone call was actually at 4 not 3, and I made it at the right time 🤣

Dancingtomusic · 09/11/2021 21:01

Wellies- did the pen help your lip stop bleeding?
Thats alot of stuff to do.

Sing- glad u made the time! Lol.

Hazel- thank you, i do need to remember a toddy. You have been very busy.

Hills- I struggle with normal adulting - I couldnt juggle your workload- but I offer my services that I am very good at - washing and drying of clothes. I am happy to organise and fold them.

I have been suprisingly productive.
Tada
Cleaned bathroom.
Vacuumed hallway, kitchen and sitting room.
2 lol and dried.
Made a pumpkin pie - pastry was too think but the filling was lovely- like egg custard.
Dw filled and on.
Tried to get kids to do homework.
Cant believe it 9pm already.

And my coughing starts 🤦‍♀️😑

Red

Dancingtomusic · 09/11/2021 21:03

Whoops dont know what happened but....

Red- how are you feeling?

Big waves to everyone.

Redsquirrel5 · 10/11/2021 00:18

Thanks for asking Dancing a lot better today thanks. My tummy/ intestines seem to have returned to where they should be and settled down and the pain and the weird feeling has gone. My back and neck are a lot better too.

Just lost my damn post.
Haven’t read today’s posts.

Ta da
Sitting room vacuumed.
Sitting room dusted.
Tidied up.

Trip out.
Charity bags x2 taken yeah!
🌲fish order for Christmas
🌲turkey and gammon ordered
🌲second present bought
🌲ideas gained

Bought wool from Cancer research for £1:49.

The given brace were lovely, quite nice having a midweek roast.
We were really tired after being out. Had a nap.
Friend rang to cancel Thursdays meet up but can’t be helped. Meeting a past colleague tomorrow. Flu injection first.
Really tired so no personals sorry. Night night

HauntingHazel · 10/11/2021 03:49

Red it's good to see you're feeling better
dancing you've been busy! Mmmmm, pumpkin pie is so good, I haven't made a keto friendly one yet, I can't eat the pie anymore, but still make it for Thanksgiving every year for everyone else. I have made a pumpkin cheesecake, again, not something I can eat anymore, but hope to find a good keto recipe for one. I usually stick to pumpkin cheesecake mousse now, yum 😋
woolly that's a very long list and sounds like lots of walking, I'm glad you had DH pick you up. I hope that pen helps for your lips
Sing glad to hear your maths lesson went well

Ta Das:
🍬 made a double batch of dark chocolate truffles for a coworker
🍬 washed bedding
🍬 2 other LOLs
🍬 lunch with MIL and SIL
🍬 dropped off truffles to coworker
🍬 took dog to groomers for nail trim
🍬 watched a Christmas movie with DD, followed by another Netflix movie
🍬 warmed up leftovers for dinner
🍬 DS helped me clean up kitchen
🍬 rotated DW
🍬 relaxing on couch, trying to set up my new watch while it does the 15 billion updates it has 🙄

I work tomorrow, then have Thursday off since it's a holiday over here (veterans day)

HauntingHazel · 10/11/2021 04:09

I have to vent about something, sorry. Feel free to ignore if you wish..
There is an event here that happens every year, it's a fundraiser for the local hospital. People (individuals and organizations alike) decorate a tree, wreath, some other festive display and donate it. There's a silent auction where people can bid on each item and buy them.
We are donating a tree at work. There were 3 of us who were decorating it, so excited to get working on it. My boss texted me today, one of the other ladies decided she was just decorated it by herself, this morning, instead of waiting for us to help her. We have 2 weeks before it needs to be finished. It really pissed my boss off because she knew I was looking forward to decorating the tree, I helped pick out the decorations last week.
My boss did tell me that she will have me do it next year, not even mentioning it to the other lady.
Ugh! 🤬 Anyway, MIL and I might do our own tree to donate, we've done it a few times over the years, I'll discuss it with her tomorrow.

IWillWearThatGlitteryWoolly · 10/11/2021 07:46

Oh Hazel that is disappointing. I'm glad your boss has your back, though, and recognises that these things are important. What was go-ahead-on-her-own lady thinking? Hope you and MIL can do one yourselves.

Red I'm glad you're feeling better.

We've had a new wool shop open temporarily here, DD went yesterday to look at their "sale" and came away in high dudgeon, not considering that £5 for 50g of bog-standard DK acrylic is a sale in anyone's language! She went back to the dry cleaners instead where it's £2.20 per 100g and they know her.

Dancing oooh pumpkin pie. Yum.

Today is going to be a much quieter day, I rather knocked myself into a cocked hat yesterday. Definitely going to do some Actual Writing today!

🍒👋 to everyone.

Stilllivinginazoo · 10/11/2021 09:34

hazelI am old and becoming more forthright.uf I was your boss is have told her to wait....not nice,and hope you get to decorate and donate one.lovely idea
Wooly were they golden sheep or something at that price?!
Waves to all

SingToTheSky · 10/11/2021 09:47

Oh Hazel that would piss me off too 🤬 I’m glad your boss has acknowledged the unfairness, but a year is a long time to wait! Decorating the tree is definitely not one of those “just get it done” things.

I’m a bit grumpy myself this morning as the ear pain is back with a vengeance and it’s starting to feel a bit endless (even though really it’s only been a couple of weeks).

Going to be a long day - DH got a call yesterday morning to say that his arthroscopy - which got cancelled when we got covid, and then cancelled again because they had a new policy about waiting 7 weeks after a positive test - was on for today! Not an ideal amount of notice but he’s been waiting for this for such a long time. So the poor sod left at 5am to have a camera put into his knee and I’ve no clue when he will be back. Neither DS nor I are up to the nursery run, so Cagletini and I are watching Spirited Away (or “no face” as she asked for!) and DS is upstairs working on the Lego Sauron he’s building for DH’s Christmas present 🥰

I rearranged my 9am zoom maths lesson for tomorrow, and I got all my pressing work done yesterday so I don’t really have anything that needs doing desperately.

po3.1
❗️Phone nursery as I don’t think DH had a chance to tell them yesterday
❗️Get DS to do some home ed and his chores (LOL and DW)
❗️Do a nice activity with Cagletini after the movie

Stilllivinginazoo · 10/11/2021 10:10

Hope he gets on oksing and it gives some answers

IWillWearThatGlitteryWoolly · 10/11/2021 10:33

Hope DH gets on ok, Sing, he has waited a long time for this. Hope you get through the day too, having these things sprung on one always causes domestic chaos in my opinion!

SingToTheSky · 10/11/2021 11:26

Indeed! Although tbh we are chaotic enough usually, and DS just spontaneously room rescued the living room?! 🤩

Stilllivinginazoo · 10/11/2021 12:04

I am on a go slow/exhausted day...
Girls were woken,had toast thrown and at them,and lunches made,sent them Orf

Dancingtomusic · 10/11/2021 12:19

Sing- weldone to your super ds for a room rescue!

Red- so Glad you are ok!

Woolly- thats abit crazy prices for wool. I bought lots from Aldi. Not made anything- just stuffed tge draws full 🤦‍♀️

Hazel- that is very annoying. Why did she think she could dress the tree herself? She should have considered others will have wanted to decorate the tree. I completely understand why you would be annoyed.
I want to watch a Christmas film now.

Tadas
Kids to breakfast club.
Showered
Out for a coffee with a friend.
Small shop
Bought gingerbread xmas socks- 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Home
Dad visiting- needs helps booking central heating service and renewing his licence.
(Thank the tidying up fairies that I had vacuumed yesterday- or my Ocd dad would have been abit 😳 at my lived in house.)

Todo
Make pumpkin soup for dd today.

Thank you guys - i shall leave pumpkin pie in the naughty corner- a normal one. A df version and keto version- does that cover everyone?
(I didnt realise pumpkin pie is rather like a huge egg custard- but with lovely pumpkin in it. Cant taste the pumpkin- but its a lovely background colour and base of the cinnimon ans nutmeg.)

Hills- how is your back?

Waves to everyone

THATlittleBANGER · 10/11/2021 13:20

I am the kind of person who would have rearranged the tree if i were hazel Blush

I am finally feeling a bit more human
However another dc has now got d&v
You win some. You loose some.

Stilllivinginazoo · 10/11/2021 15:17

I'd call that a big win as long as that DC keeps it to themselves that

Mc3209 · 10/11/2021 15:40

That solidarity. McTiny has d&v currently, and I am due to go back to work from Monday. What a great impression I am going to make asking for time off from the get go 🙄 Nursery is fab, but goodness me, it's a germ fest.

Ta das:
🎉Home bleugh done by the cleaner
🎉IPL on legs, arms, bits, and pits! Excited to see if it will work 😊
🎉LOL on

Will need to tidy the toys away later on as they are EVERYWHERE now.

Mc3209 · 10/11/2021 15:41

Sing good luck to your DH! I hope it goes smoothly and recovery is speedy.

HillsBesideTheSea · 10/11/2021 19:06

I thought i had posted earlier, i definitely wrote the post but apparently not. Hmm

Sing hope dh is ok
MC hope Tiny is ok and recovers quickly
That hope your little one recovers soon also.
Wooly prices have gone up massively for wool in the last 18 months. A lot of businesses have not been able to absorb the prices hikes and had to pass it on.
Dancing still problematic unfortunately, pie sounds lovely!
Zoo Hope the rest of the day improved and girls came back in a better mood.
Hazel oh that is annoying and frustrating
Red hope you feel better soon

Stupid computer crashed in a middle of a training session today. I was really enjoying the training session and missed the aspect that i was most interested to hear about.

Day has been a bit of a write off. Which is frustrating in a lot of ways.
Just finishing a meeting and then need to get going.

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SingToTheSky · 10/11/2021 19:18

Sorry about the pukey kids 💐

Bit stressed, DH’s “little look with a camera” ended up as a bit more than that, and the upshot is he’s on crutches for at least two weeks with full recovery not expected for a few weeks after that. Joy!!! We are pleased of course as it is hopefully going to make a difference to some of his pain. But it’s a busy couple of weeks and I’ve put off thinking about plans as it is - now need to actually sort stuff and cut out anything unnecessary. He’s got to stay mobile so it’s not a total disaster.

Dinner next, DD1 is back from dance and in full nonstopchataboutschooldrama mode. KMN!

merryhouse · 10/11/2021 20:54

Hazel

I don't want to worry you, but 37 does seem quite... young...

Are you sure your contraceptives are working?

merryhouse · 10/11/2021 21:02

TaDa
have hit Officially Healthy Weight
spluttered my way through Thursday's choir practice: weird bubbling sound every now and then which apparently nobody else could hear
did a Come and Sing Faure Requiem on Saturday: weird bubbling sound only very occasionally; lovely conductor who vastly improved a tenors bit in about two sentences and without uttering a word of complaint; noted that H appeared to be leading the basses despite being the least experienced of the six of them Grin
ordered some Christmas presents

I appear to have decided that I am going to go for my third dan at some point. I mean, not any time soon obviously, but maybe in the next five years.

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