Tell me why, I don’t like Mondays, Tell me why, I don’t like Mondays, Tell me why , I dont like Mondays, Tell my why, I dont like Mondays, i wanna shoo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oot the whole day down - Monday Fly

[TheMadHouse]

Zone is the living room

mission

babysteps

Detailed Zone clean list

Clear cobwebs
Wipe skirting
Polish Furniture
Clean leather suite
Wash Ornements
Clean Windows
Clean picture frames
Clean Blinds
Sort Bookcase
Sort Magazines
Wash throws
Wash pillow cases
Clean TV and Video
hoover
Clean TV unit and DVD player (inside)
Wipe Doors down
Wipe light switches

my music for today

Morning mad, thanks for the thread and soundtrack lol .

Hope you all had a good weekend .

To day:
house bless
buy milk and porridge
DS spellings

BBL.

Wolf Please can I have receipes for the following:

Root veg and lentil curry
gnocchi bake
italian baked pancakes
mediterranean pasta soup
home made lamb burgers in pitta bread
oven baked risotto
baked eggs with chorizo
lamb samosas
fully loaded cajun chicken with avocado

Cheers

I am pretty good with food wastage and since doing a weekly menu plan have cut down, but being a SAHM I also have lunches to do as well and we get stuck in a rut.

Today I am dropping DS1 at preschool
Lidl
Messey play
Collect DS1
Lunch - Leftovers
DS2 nap
Zone clean
Stay and Play
Whats for dinner
more zone clean
dinner and evening routine

Morning all

Thanks for the thread and the music this morning Mad

Morning Scatty

Morning all

thanks for thread and music TMH - made me smile
morning spider & scatty and everyone else

have had a great weekend away in london with DH - remembered why we are married - WE LIKE EACH OTHER

have alot to do today but have 10 mins of MN because finished my 9-9.30 task early

So have done this morning
beds made
bathrooms ss'd
breakfasts
packed lunch
DS1 to school
biscuit dough for messy play made
half hour ironing
Washing on.

Still to do
dishwasher
get key for church
finish printing out Kitchen God story
find bag of gold coins.
buy black paper

9.30 - better go back later

Thanks for the mission & the music mad - showing my age here but I loved that song: it was one of the first records I bought

Doing my best to squeeze a bit of flying in amongst lots of office work today.

Wolf - I cannot say how impressed I am at your menus: when can I come to tea?

I like Mondays! In fact since SAHMtherhd they have much improved.

This morning I have
Whisked everyone to school with new waterbottles, absence notes, finished hwk,
hairclips and straightened ties
Lost reward chart despite having many gold stars to put on it.
Swept front path and mulched something
Shaken out doormat

Now
Everything is rather a mess but feel ready to zap.
Off out at 10.00 am.

Bella, I thought you were 29? That was one of first records I bought too. Was it re-released?

I am 29, swan - in my head at least

Strangely, though, I have memories of buying 'Message in a Bottle' on lurid green vinyl too

I still have them, and they are in a pile in living room..waiting to be decluttered.. today! But I think they are now REPRIEVED. Saved by a thread.

Routines done! Sort of.

Morning all

mad thanks for thread, and painting wow. My whole house so badly needs painting... hall way is covered with grimy hand prints!
greyskull sounds a fabby wk/end
wolf seriously impressive menu plan - you've inspired me to come up with a fortnightly one and try to do big shop fortnightly..... mind you have trouble fitting a weeks worth in an aldi trolley as it is.... that's the trouble with feeding 8 people I spose!

So having 10 mins Mn time... lots to do today, but did have sudden rush of enthusiasm last night...
I have done DS's room - wow and yay! Just need to remake bed - bedding in wash!
Also managed to dust and hoover throughout last night, so less to do for blessing hour...Oh and dealt with the field of mud DS brought back from scout camp ( which he loved as always - the freezing cold and wet and army ration packs were his idea of a great time LOL, sounds odd to me but then he tells me "mummy you have no sense of adventure!")

To do today :
Sweep and mop floors
Prepare stuff for tea ( risoto)
Clean washing away ( quite a lot!)
Wipe down doors (why can't my kids use door handles???)
remake Ds'1s bed
Start on zone clean - (living room really needs doing so glad it's that this week)
Come up with impressive menu plan inspired by wolf!

So we'll see how far I get ... depends on moods of dc but we'll see!

Right break time over.... must get on
Have a god morning all
BBL!

Hello, I am new to flying and have been doing it for about 3 weeks now. It's going quite well and I have already got into routines, so can't be bad. I am a mum of 2, dd [8] and ds [2]. I am sahm and I used to be a teacher. I live in Spain. Just wanted to say hello!

Has anybody got any recipes for chicken breasts? Thanks.

popping back quickly -

have done all but Dishwasher
am going to do that before we go out

going to get ready to go..

back later

Amapoleon - sound like you are doing really well!
Galen - I am in awe of you each time I see you post, hope you have a good day.

Hi Swan & Bella

looks like I should go onto the weekend thread and read Wolfs menu plan.. will do when I get back.

Later ladies

Ruby - take it easy. Who needs high achieving friends!

Greyskull - Dh and I had a childfree night out on sat, we chatted about so many things, I have missed him .

Today I am feeling shattered (too many late nights ). I am going to plod instead of fly LOL.

Moved a very large cupboard (had to take out all clothes and drawers) and hoovered dusted behind it. Once a year only I think.

DONE
2 loads of laundry done
kitchen worktops
bins
hall mess
looked at various menuplan threads but felt very worn out at thought of another optimistic list..

Anyway my food is delicious, just have to get the family to eat it!!

Off to work now

All in all I am not doing bad, but I am running on empty really. DS2 is teething - last molars and wont sleep or eat - so is snacking and driving me spare with his pulling at me.

Clear cobwebs - Done
Wipe skirting - Done
Polish Furniture - Done
Clean leather suite
Wash Ornements - Done
Clean Windows
Clean picture frames
Clean Blinds
Sort Bookcase
Sort Magazines - Done
Wash throws - Done
Wash pillow cases
Wash Mat - In machine
Clean TV and Video - Done
hoover - Done
Clean TV unit and DVD player (inside)
Wipe Doors down - Done
Wipe light switches - Done

Today I am dropping DS1 at preschool - Done
Lidl - Done
Messey play - Done
Collect DS1 - Done
Lunch - Leftovers - Done
DS2 nap - Wont have one
Zone clean - Started
Stay and Play - 1.30
Whats for dinner
more zone clean

Greyskull I am so glad tou had a good weekend - you seserve it

Oh and I have forgot the rest, plus WW3 is breaking out - later

afternoon all

ds got me up at 5.40am - urgh, I am getting a bit fed up with this

mad will post recipes this eve if I can. Would you be so kind as to post your menu plan I need inspiration for March.

done

bed made
tidied living room and kitchen
tried to straighten hair with ds balanced on my knee.
put toys away in living room
took ds to granny's

I'm sure there's something else but my brain is so fried I can't remember.

hI ALL

House is fairly straight (had friends over at the weekend and cleaned and sorted as I went along)

done list

Swimming
Aqua aerobics
One wash on
Cleared kitchen
Stripped main bed
Changed online grocery order

Back later

to do

Sort dd's bedroom

Now I know this isn't strictly relevant but the office work is progressing in leaps and bounds and dh has a smile on his face for the first time in ages (never let anyone tell you how great it is to have your own business ) so.....

Hi all

I am feeling smug having done my living room at the weekend but am catching up on last week with bedrooms.

DC bedroom has been deep cleaned this morning - beds out, furniture out, skirting boards, windows - the lot
This is thanks to dd having a stonking cold and needing to stay at home with her instead of going to Lidl!
Have made a start on our bedroom too but that is A Work In Progress
Have folded paper for kites - I am doing the craft tomorrow at toddlers. Hoping DD is well enough to go, otherwise will have to just drop the stuff in instead.
My mum popped over in the middle of a tantrum from DS. He is 4.3 and never really had tantrums til he hit about 3.5 - well, when he went to nursery really. He has hit, pushed and kicked dd today already. Mum had brought presents for them both (always brings them presents, every single time she sees them - usually every day. ) and I asked her not to give him it as he had been naughty - was that unreasonable? She didn't look too pleased about it as she had already given DD her present. But i just think he shouldn't be having a new toy if he has just hit his sister - tell me I'm right!!!
we have had homemade veg soup for lunch so dc can have a more relaxed sort of tea - probably fruit and toast - think I'll need to feel calm by 5pm! Yoga tonight though [serene smile emoticon]
My menu planning is weekly as is my shopping - I find the opposite if I do monthly, that I overbuy. Weekly I tend to empty the fridge by shopping day. i plan the meals after I've come home and buy what is on special offer, but then I only shop at Lidl and my mum gets me the bits I can't get there when she shops at Sainsbury's.
Hope you all have a good day

Wendy - 4 yo tantrums are the worst!!

Hello All

Back from stay and play and just finnished home blessing (floor mopped)

Wendy You are in the right. DS1 (2.10) only gets a treat when he gets all his stickers on his chart - today was a free lego thing. I guess he will be starting Reception in September like DS1, maybe he will be better then

Wolf, we tent to be pretty repetative, but all eat the same (boys included) - this is lunch and dinners

Fish and wedges with mushey peas
Saus casarole with mash + green Veg
Spag Bol (3 peppers, onion, garlic, mince, pasatta & herbs)
Lasagne (with leftover Spag Bol)
Cheese Omlette (with small salad)
Jacket pots with Cheese and Beans
Cheese and Ham toasties
Bean and sausage on toast
Spagetti on toast
Mince and onion with yorkshires
Cottage pie with leftovers
Roast chicken
Chicken curry (adults only)
Fishfingers, smiles + Veg
Hot dogs and noodles
Quesidilas (with whatever filling)
Poached eggs on Muffins
Home pade pizza and garlic bread
Homepade pie

Grr, talk about pesky 3/4 yos. DD had huge strop on the way to school - we ended up 10mins late to pick ds up . Looks like I'm going to have to drive to school all the time as DD getting too old for the buggy but too uncooperative to walk (ds was like this all through reception ).