Friday Fly - Date night for the newbies and oldies alike - all welcome

[TheMadHouse]

Morning all

Fridays are date night in the Fly week, which means we try and make an effort to have a nice evening with DH. For me it means no computer and that we sit at the table and eat without the children, during the week we eat with them.

Our new babysteps for today are to make your bed when you get out of it. I do this for all the beds before I come downstairs now.

read an email from FLy or if you done get them then read something of the web site

So now our routines are looking something like this:

Morning Routine

• Get up and get dressed doing your hair and face
• Make your bed
• Looking at your posted reminders in the kitchen and bathroom
• Reading 2 minutes of reminders
• Recognizing the negative voices and changing them
• Put out your Hot Spots for 2 minutes
• 5 Minute Room Rescue (pick any room in the house) set your timer and go!
• Mission

Before Bed Routine

• Keep your sink shining
• Lay out your clothes for tomorrow
• Put out your Hot Spot

any mums of boys out there - come and help me [http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/behaviour_development/651968-Mums-of-Boys-please-help-me-at-am-seriousl y-unsure here]]

Morning TMH, thanks for the thread and links. You are a star.

Crikey I just slept in l/os were up a little later last night cos grandma babysat while dh and I went out !! That was an all change to yesterdays routine but was lovely. Can't remember the last time I went out with just dh.

Just off to do my hotspots and room rescue before dd wakes though I can hear her "singing" so room rescue may have to wait till after breakfast today..
No time to write today's list if I need to finish morning routine but.....
Happy flying and morning to all

Fridays for me are all about preparing for the weekend, which is real Family time in TheMadHouse. It is DH's birthday today and he has requested a home made curry et all tonight, so I will make that at lunch time.

To Do

Washing
Drying
Ironing
Hot spots x 2
Room Rescues
Whats for lunch and dinner for the boys?
Library

DD vomit in the night here so loads of washing.

anne Oh no I hope it is not what my boys had - it is nasty. I did the bleach thing and kept doing it for three days after your advise as the bugs live for upto 3 days.

Thanks for the support ladies. I know it is just a phaze, but I am shattered and by Friday my thread is a bit thin

So far, they have iced bucuits and ate them
I made a treasure map and they followed that
They are watchiung backyardigans and then we are off to Music and movement

I have managed to get a wash done
TD on
Polished all the propper wood furniture with propper polish
Hotspotted kitchen table
Put out some flowers that DH got me yesterday
Filled out two forms for school

I am now having a cuppa and catch up

Good morning all.

Please could I bother someone for todays mission again?

Morning rouine done.

To do
Leftover from yesterday
Finish hoovering upstairs
Mop bathroom floor
Then
Dust
Mission
Put nappies out
Wash mats
Walk dog
Continue to de-clutter dining room
Dinner
More xmas cards

My house is starting to look so much better, thank you TMH for starting this again for newbies it is a huge help.

Off to make a start.

Morning
I think I missed yesterday - was at work, then at a friend's house, then shopping, then home with the dc...

Anyway, breakfast dishes done, kitchen wiped over, cake baked.
Still to do:

hotspots
room rescue
what's for dinner
make beds
phone restaurant
fill in application form
empty washing machine adn hang washing
put dry washing away
pack ds's swimming bag

Right, better get a wriggle on!

Hello everyone

TMH thanks for the links - again! I will look at your other thread too as I am having trouble with my ds and not sure how much of it I can attribute to testosterone

Friends for tea tonight so:

done
Up
Dressed
made beds
fed
broke up near fistfight between dc in bathroom
DC to school (all of them)
hotspot
biggish food shop

to do
hooover (yes, from yesterday
washing
walk dogs
office work
tidy living room

Best of luck ,everybody!

Done
Dressed first thing
Dressed dcs
Found Show and tell items
dcs School
Kitchen cleared
Dishwasher on
Answered pta email

TO DO
Shopping for food
Buy lots of pencils for homework
Whats for dinner
write all dates on calendar for next few weeks, thus avoiding advent befuddlement
Hoover downstairs and our bedroom
mend two skirts with broken zips rather buying new skirts
To work after lunch
Find present in cupboard for dd to give at party this pm.
Find wrapping paper and card.
Put 20 sharpened pencils in kitchen drawer.

Hi - not been on one of these threads before but I am a longterm flybaby who lapses then gets back on the wagon over and over again! I have a very stressed dp with a busy weekend ahead of him while I'm at work so I'm here to get some inspiration while I transform the house so it's lovely and peaceful tonight and there's no laundry or housework to speak of to do over the weekend. I've got four hours with one child and two with two to do it in. I'm going to go for lots of 5 min room rescues, 15 minuteses and even 2 min sessions so I keep the speed up - here goes!

Surely its not a good idea to make your bed the minute you get out of it? Shouldn't they air with window open?

Thanks Mad. She is now eating dry rice crispies and a bit delicate but not too bad. On 3rd load of washing though

Morning Ladies

I'm flitting about this morning, been to the shop and the bank and a friends for a quick natter and I'm just off out again to clean, which means I haven't really done very much in the house today!

Its really windy and quite chilly so not nice outside. Apparently the weekend is going to be bad weather, I've heard rumours of snow for sunday.

Anyone watching "I'm a Celebrity"?? Oooooh it has been grim watching! First it was the poor lad off Eastenders (his name escapes me!) who had the "eat lots of awful things" task and he gagged soooo badly it made me gag too....bleurgh!
Then last night it was Kilroy who had the worst task ever! I have no idea how they do it! They must be either mad or very desperate to find fame because he did some pretty grim things that I think I'd only do if my life depended on it...or actually if my families lives depended on it!

The world has gone mad!

Well anyway, I'd better get off, see you later

swanriver I always turn my duvet over in half to air it, so I agree.

done

school run
haircut and blowdry
spray tan

(going out tonight )

Hi, complete newbie here. Would someone mind explaining briefly how to get started (although you all sound so busy I'm not sure anyone will have time ). My house is a tip and I don't know how to begin to get things in order and establish a keep-up-able routine. Is flying something that can help?!

If you go back to Monday fly and find the link it will explain everything. I think. I've only just bought a computer so not sure about such technologic methods of referral.

Thanks swanriver, will search and read

lostgirl You can start with babysteps

(the precious new member thing may may you heave though tis very American Gee Wizz)

Welcome BTW I'm meant to be cleaning but am primping and preening instead

[[http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/behaviour_development/651968-Mums-of-Boys-please-help-me-at-am-serious ly-unsure Mission}} Sorry again

Back from music and movement. I promised DS1 15 mins on the PC if he was good, so he is doing that now.

I have cleaned the trip traps and polished them - good god they were grim

I have also done a sweep round downstairs.

I will get more done after dropping DS1 at Preschool.

15 mins in kitchen done - rebooted laundry, rebooted washing up, did some tidying up.

Just had story break for ds, now back doing chores after I've made a cup of tea.

Will be over to your other thread in a minute TMH!

thanks for thread..
have had a lovely morning making penguins and snowmen for the toddlers on Monday
DS2 is being gorgeous playing hide and seek by going away - hiding - counting - then jumping out and saying boo! I don't have to move and inch!
House is tidy just needs a bit of hoovering.

morning routine done
lunch left over fish pie from yesterday
washing on for a 2nd time.
need to do ironing when DS2 sleeps this afternoon.

out at school Quiz tonihgt. so need to get the boys to bed early.
Later ladies..

Sorry - I posted the wrong link for the mission and also never did it right

Trying again www.flylady.net/pages/FlightPlan_Missions.asp