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Good morning all

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Wendy Dont worry, the living room is next weeks zone clean.

We put the DC to bed and DS1 was sick everywhere. Then sick on the way to the loo. SO I have the washer on and have cleaned the carpet - cream carpet and sick do not go. hope he is feeling better and it is only due to the cold he has - all that goo.

We had a really nice late afternoon watching a DVD and then wipeout on TV.

mad i hope ds1 is ok now. sometimes they do that and it seems to clear them of the cold gunge.
i have wendy am feeling ridiculously proud of myself. the bedroom looks like somebody elses.
i have sorted through every drawer, every box
literally everything. and have been uncharacteristically ruthless with everything.
have filled up my hoover just in my room as i have moved all furniture to clean properly behind it
ds and i have worked through his room as well. am very proud of how well he has done, his room wasnt far behind mine and looks brilliant now. since we finished his room last weekend he has been in there tidying etc everyday to keep it looking good, he is very proud of it himself.
i now have empty boxes stacked up in the living room which i need to take to the bin stores tomrrow, plus the ever growing pile of bags we dont need to the charity shops and then it will look great in here. (if i do say so myself)

Everyone's asleep, except ds1 catching up on his N.dssing (long awaited treat). Read dd Rapunzel and she asked very sensible questions about how Rapunzel had originally got into tower if it had no stairs?

Dyslmum it is its own reward tidying isn't it, you have obviously done a fantastic job.

Wendy, putting away is definitely the prob, all one's scouring energy just peters out. That's how the stash and dash room gets created I reckon. This morning I managed to mislay dd's ballet clothes, because I had not quite followed through with some vigorous pre-Christmas sort and they have GONE, who knows onto which pile. She was so upset and refused to go in half a kit even though I had a spare pair of ballet shoes. I felt so USELESS because all my sorting had completely backfired. I thought they were in the car in usual place but I must have moved them when I took for MOT in late Dec.

Question about bread? What sort of sustaining bread would you make to serve as a meal with vegetable soup. BREADMAKERS?

TMH, hope it was a one-off with poor DS1.

Hi don't shout at me I am on my way to bed honest! Got stuck watching Elizabeth on TV, forgot what a good film it is.
Living room is gorgeous! have only one box of stuff to put away! Promising myself to do tomorrow.
Hall and stairs tomorrow for deep clean!
What was this week's zone clean ? As I am ahead of myself by doing the living room this week!
Swan bread by hand or in machine? We just have any old bread with our soup, i.e. wholemeal loaf or rolls from breadmachine (I never buy bread). How about cheese bread?

Doh just realised it's the bedroom, you all have been decluttering your clothes this week. Missed the boat this week with that one!
Mad hope it was one off vomit and not two days' worth like I had with DD (who not has a cold)
Off to bed!!!

Morning all

Swan I would do a multiseed one in the breadmaker, but only me eats soup.

Wendy Havr the early nights gone to the wind them?

Dyls I bet your place looks great

DS1 is up and has been since 5am, he has not been sick again, but said his PJ's were hurtning him , I think he is just off IFKWIM.

Anyhow he is watching scooby do adn I am having a cuppa before I go for a cuddle.

Hope DS2 sleeps a little longer - he is getting his molars and has been up most of the night - I had forgot what a PITA teething is.

Morning all
dylsmum well done - bet your B'room looks great!
wendy you can do the bedroom this week- at least your living room looks lovely - well done
mad sorry bout your early start, porrly DS1 and teething DS2
I was up at 5.30 here too. fairly typical here though LOL. My Ds2 also teething - so still quite sad.

Not much done yet.

Had a lovely day yesterday though. Read my book in bed for 1 1/2 hours yesterday afternoon while all were out. I so rarely get any time alone - it was fab!
Then watched Sound of Music with Dd's 1 and 2 , complete with popcorn. Haven't watched it for years - it was great LOL (Dh huffed about it a lot though !)
And the best thing was cause I'd kept up my routines in the week I didn't have to spend all day Sat running round like a headless chicken trying to catch up with house stuff - yay!

This morning - church
then collect DS1 from scout camp at 1.30 - bring home to hose down (they never wash on camp - ewww) and defrost!
Roast and apple crumble for dinner - need to make crumble...
Sort school stuff....

Right better get on - I'm still in my jammies oops!
Have a good Sunday all.

( oh I got as far as walking into Ds1's room yesterday, looking round and wondering where to start....came down to get black bags then DH and kids came home so it will have to wait for another day LOL!)

morning all

it's groundhog day chez Wolf. I am in serious need of some sleep. DS was really hard work yesterday, and poo'd all over the living room and hall carpets just as I finished the home blessing horror. Not his fault but frustrating none-the-less.

done so far today

tidied living room and kitchen
threw old food out of fridge
got stuff out of freezer for todays tea as I forgot last night

will go and catch up on thread now

grouchy I'm glad ed had a better day yesterday
mad I hope the mini-mads start to feel better soon and there's no more vomit
swan if you're hand baking i'd say soda bread but if it's the breadmaker then I agree with mad on the seed loaf
galen very jealous of your time in bed with book, I was hoping that dp would get up with ds this morning but no such joy, he is still in bed

Wolf Are you toilet triaining? DS2 is 2.7 and is getting to that stage, however, with my op we are leving it till the summer.

galen sounds like a wonderful day. I minimally fly at the weekend - routines only and I am still in PJ's, although the boys are dressed

OK - I need some ideas of food/meals I can freeze for hospital time and after. SO far, having lots of bolegnease sauce in freezer.

mad no we're not potty training, I don't think he's ready yet and he refuses to sit on a potty unless fully dressed even bribery with chocolate buttons won't move him on that one.

When he was being a little so and so yesterday he must have wriggled so much that his nappy slipped out of place and he just poo'd straight down the leg of his trousers! In hindsight it's quite funny really.

I am also still in my jammies, just going to go and give ds some brekkie if I can peel him away from big cook little cook.

Wolf Mine spend most of their time naked, so I am used to accidents, hence having a wooden floor. It is known as Big cock, little cock in our house

I can make soda bread (being Irish) but not sure how to make real bread at all. Do you all have electric breadmakers? Was hoping there might be a simple yeast loaf that can be kneaded by hand?

You had a good day Galen! And you will probably have a very happy ds1 when he returns. My eldest LOVED his (first) scout camp and still is talking about it 4 mths later.

TMH. Shepherd pie, fish pie, quiches(?)brown stew, chichen casserole. I think all these things can be frozen with impunity. Apple crumble, sponge pudding. I freeze moussaka as well, but maybe aubergine is not everyone's fav. Pizza bases? Homemade chicken nuggets.

Today, it is raining. We are off to church and then lunch out, and some healthy activity not sure what. dd is watching s of m (still) and sons on n ds. Will have to prise them off.

swan if you have jamie's naked chef book there is a good handbake recipe in that otherwise you could try something like this

done

dw unloaded, reloaded and programmed to come on after showers
dry washed pots put away
washing up done
kitchen surfaces cleaned
ds fed
breadmaker on
very strong coffee made and coffee pot put in vinegar and bicarb solution as dp never washes the damn thing

ds is being an absolute little so and so again

I know I'm not a regular but love pop-in just for the motivation. You are a great bunch from reading some of your post. You seem so supportive and nice.
Well the clock is ticking and I must post my chores.
make beds
empty clothes dry,
Put wet clothes on dryer.
Fill machine again
Go for a walk. Collect dry cleaning.
Fold clothes
task DH and Ds to tidy
Start cooking Sunday roast and Ratatouille. Might as well cook two meals in one go one lot of mess. I think that's it.

Morning everyone

We all had a lie in this morning...the kids didn't wake up until 9.15!!!!!!! It was great.
I'm just contemplating what to do for lunch. Either pork or a giant toad-in-the-hole with all the usual trimmings of a roast.
I'm thinking toad-in-the-hole.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get birds in my garden? Obviously I have put feeders up around the place but absolutely nothing is interested We had a little robin who would pop in from time to time but even he has disappeared. It would be lovely to watch them feed...but its deserted!

Gardening. Do some digging and they will pop down to eat the worms and insects. After the rain in the mud as well. I don't put feeders out any more and horrible pigeons come down.
Sorry, they are flying rats.

Swan The bread dough recipe I use is

1lb 8oz plain flour
2tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
Itbs dried yeast (or 1 oz fresh yeast or 2 packs of the instant stuff)
I tbs oil
400 ml tepid water

If using fresh or dried yeast mix into sugar and water and leave to ferment in a warm place (should take 15 mins, it will bloom on the surface) Wisk and add to other dry ingredients and mix to a stiff dough.

or

Mix flour, salt, oil (instant yeast if using) and water together and mix into a stiff dough.

Knead thump mercilessly or subject to whichever abuse you choose (I do mine in a kitchen aid mixer) until smooth and springy (OK I'm ready to be flamed by the bakers now but it works for me)

Pop into a clean bowl, cover and put in a warm place until doubled in size

If making bread (rather than pizza) punch the dough, re-knead, shape and leave to double in size again. Then bake until golden and sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom (rather than flabby like me )

Ed has complained that we put 'too much crusty stuff' in the bread but I think it's just fine

Whoo Hooo Ruby Hello

Right back to it. I've been trapped on the sofa waiting for the floors to dry.

afternoon all.
i have had a fairly busy morning al by myself.
i have

taken 6 big bags of toys to charity shop.
taken useless junk to the dump
been to asda
hoovered through
washed all floors in flat
washed up
made soup
unloaded washer
sorted dry washing
ironing
put wet clothes up to dry
loaded washer

am off now to eat my soup before the children start coming home and mess up my beautiful and (finally tidy!) flat

Afternoon all

DH and I have painted the hall and stairs. Gruby little mits and marks everywhere. He did the ceilings whilst I did the walls and the DS's trashed downstairs.

So DH is cleaning all the painting things

DS2 is napping
DS1 is playing with beads, which I have just picked up from the floor
dinner is in the slow cooker

I think that it is sunday papers then baths

afternoon all

done
bed made
ds read to
bread out of bread maker
been out to buy prezzies for two good freiends who both turn 30 on the same day next week
been to tescos where ds had a melt down and tried to rip my face off with all his might
ds is now asleep on the sofa and i am having some toast while i try and resist the urge to hit the gin

ruby I got them a Neal's yard gift box of goodies each, Rose for one and Lavender for the other.