Monday Fly - Starting with babysteps again

[TheMadHouse]

Morning all

Hope that this morning isnt too bad for everyone being the first back at preschool and school.

Right I am babystepping again, but going to do two a day, feel free to stop me or join in if you like (I will just tyoe to myself)

shine your sink The great foundation for fly - if we have shiny sinks then anything and everything is possible.

get dressed and be off with you lace up shoes. I and many others dont get the shoe habbit, at least not until we leave the house. But by getting dressed Fly means doing amy make-up you wear and also your hair.

I am going to try and follow this principal during school weeks and not come down unless I am dressed and sone.

mission

This weeks zone is the master bedroom - you do not do the missions if you are initially babystepping, but I want to keep up with them as I am refressing.

I am also going to attempt a zone clean this week, so below is my list:

Zone4 - My Bedroom

Ensuite
Clear any cobwebs
Clean all tiles
Wash mat
Polish taps
Clean blinds
Wash windows
Clean all mirrors
Clean outside of toilet
Soak inside of toilet
Tidy drawers
Hot wash all towels
Throw away empty bottles
Clean sink inc pedestal
Wash Floor
Wash hairbrush
Empty and wash out bin
Clear and wash any shelves
descale shower head

Bedroom

Clear cobwebs
Polish Furniture
Clean inside of window
Empty and clean bin
Wipe woodwork, inc skirting
Clean Mirror warbrobe doors
Flip Mattress
Wash Bedding
Sort Makeup
Tidy wardrobe
Tidy Drawers
Sort under bed
Hoover
Beat Mat

Also Mondays toto list

Up and dressed - done
S&S - done
Make Beds - done
Empty Dishwasher - done
Breakfast - cooling
Wash Breakfast Pots
Robbie to Preschool
Hang Out washing/washing in dryer
Sort out lunchtime meal
Collect Robbie at 11.10

Lunchtime Routine

Feed the boys
DS2 nap
Tidy and wash lunchtime pots
Sweep dining room floor and clean table
Lunch for me
Ironing
Sort Dinner for all
Mission

Evening Routine

Dinner for Boys
Load Dishwasher and clean Dining room
Bath Boys
Get their clothes out for tomorrow
Tidy Toys
Load washing machine
Start the dishwasher
Shine Sink
Get my clothes out for tomorrow
Read a book

morning ALL*
Morning TMH your post is just beaming with positivity & feelings of well being. good for you.{smile] Hope ds enjoys returning to PS & you enjoy time with ds2.
wolf good luck today

off to farm with an old work friend & her daughter later this morning.
washing hung out
1 small load to do then basket empty
ironing done last night
hoovered/mopped last night
bleach kitchen also & wiped out fridge last night
so house looking really good

to make picnic lunch & get dressed
put away grocery shopping when it arrives

Have a great day.

Morning Mad . You are like a flylady guru .

Today:
back to work/school/nursery.
DS swimming lesson after school
laundry

BBlunchtime. Have a good day all .

TMH I know you are feeling great. I am a concerned you will over do it lovely. Thats a big list for anybody, especially when you are still recovering. I know you will be reading this & probably thinking oh bugger off bossy boots. Its only because I care
scattyhave a good day.

pack lunch made & spoke with sister & mum. My sister is at my Mums for a few days.

Will try & get back before we head off to the farm.

Today is ds1 9th Birthday! slightly lost in amongst getting everyone back to school...but we will unwrap presents when he gets back this afternoon (actually I have to dash out and buy some) apart from a Simpson's teeshirt and some cards from his brother and sister!
He's been so sweet in holidays, only occasional hissy fit /punchup with siblings, just tagging along with the older cousins, reading Horrendous Haddock and singing little ditties to himself. He's only just started being interested in LEGO so I might buy some for him!

Mopped floors last night when light was dim so didn't get so bogged down with the detailed inspection of various horrible grimy marks - so this morning do not have to think about anything lower than the worktops. Well, apart from carpets.

Today
SINK IS SHINY from last night
GOT DRESSED first thing

Work this afternoon
so this morning

ring dentist
Make beds five mins
hoover playroom and stairs 20 mins
bleach loo, scrub bath 10 mins

then to shops
presents
shop cake

locate summer uniform (so far have only found two polo shirts both without buttons and long white socks for dd
luckily not compulsory till MAY

What's for dinner - something special that ds likes...???inspiration will strike when I'm out.

TMH - food, laundry, tidying, but don't do strenuous "running up and down stairs" cleaning. Dcs and flt are exercise enough.

That's lovely that work friends have similar aged dcs EHM, enjoy farm.

Swan hope your ds1 has lovely birthday very exciting to come home from school & have pressies to unwrap. He sounds like a lovely little lad.

Not so little EHM ...very tall (but handsome)

Morning all

Got back from Ireland late last night, after horrendous 13 hour journey (car 3 hrs, ferry, car 5+ hours ) All DC were totally fed up and exhausted. DS2 was sick...

DC enjoyed the visit - well first part was best. lots of fun with cousins etc... and the weather was even lovely so we got to go to the beach a couple of times which they loved.
It was very hard when FIL came home from hospital though. DS1 is REALLY upset having seen him. Still I think it was better for them to get to see him one last time...hope so anyway.

Everyone was so ehxhausted and emotionally drained today that we have kept DC at home. Will just chill today (well DC will !) and I can catch up on 700 loads of washing etc....

Thanks to FLYing though I left the house in a decent state so that was good to come back to. even got all PE kits etc ready before we went so fairly sorted for tomorrow back to school....

Hoping everyonme is OK...will catch up on threads in a bit.
Is it just me or are all the messages backwards today...either I'm going mad or PC is playing up if not LOL

BBL ladies

Oh Ok message snow back in order.... maybe going mad.... who knows LOL

morning all. been a while since i was last on here, am thinking new term new start

Swan happy birthday to your ds ( my ds has just re-kindled his love of lego after a few years of neglect, he's 10

TMH glad to see you are feeling well

EHM enjoy the farm

Galen sounds like a tough journey and a not so easy week, grab some rest- the housework will still be here tomorrow

i have loads to do and am not getting anywhere, have to assignments due in next week and have only done half of one of them, so i see late nights occuring!
also dd's birthday on weds so need to round up presents i have hidden at families houses so she doesnt see them. get them all wrapped. also off this afternoon to buy all the food etc for her party on sat and need to sort out the decorations etc- why did i leave t all to the last minute

Morning all.

TMH That is a big list. Take it easy won't you. Glad to hear you sounding more positive.

EHM Enjoy the farm.

Scatty Have a good day.

Happy Birthday to your DS. My DS1 loves his lego. I just wish the sets were a bit cheaper so i could buy him more.

Galen Glad you mostly had a good time.

Beautiful morning here. I need to put the 2 loads of washing out in a min. Very quiet with kids back at school.

Have watered grass seed and that is all since getting back from school run and dog walk!

House is a pig sty so i really should get on! BBL.

x posts Dyls .Hope you get everything sorted for the party. Is it a big party? DD1's 5th birthday in May. She wants a few friends round and build a bear things! Need to sort that very soon if i decide to go ahead with it.

Hello again all

Swan Happy birthday to a big DS from TheMadHouse and all that sail in her

EHM Dont worry that is for the week and I have collected mumf for the ironing part, so my daily list is not that bad

I have

Found parasol for table and put up with mum
Took the shade off the sandboat and broke two of last years rakes moving it, so that it dries a little for DS2
Watched some Peter Pan with DS2 and made him eat something
Emptied the dryer

I managed the shiny sink last night and the getting dressed this morning.

galen Sorry that the journey was horrendous, I am sure it wasnt made any better by what you were leaving behind. Enjoy today as a family in this wonderful weather.

[sneaks guiltily in side door having been lurking then absent for far too long]

Would love to repeat baby-steps x 2 - thank you very much for thread Mad House, it's a great idea post-Easter holidays - and as it happens I am tackling the master bedroom today anyway

Swanriver - happy birthday to your ds1 - he sounds achingly gorgeous

Wow Galen - am impressed about your pe kits being ready BEFORE going on holiday - now that's the sort of thing I aspire to do

Hello to everyone else!!

I am hoping more people join us, maybe tomorrow - it seems loads of people have inset days today

tort am expecting about 10 2-3 yr olds. its her 3rd birthday so not planning major activities thought some dancing pass parcel and eating time should take up most of it. party is at my mil so i need to prepare as much as i can at home then take it to hers to get it all set up, also need to go over the day before to child proof her house
build a bear sounds a fun party

am totally fed up just had a letter from council (am on housing list) to say they have reviewed how the system works and i have been dropped to band c, am gonna be in this horrid flat for ever

I'm glad you kept everyone close today, Galen, poor you sounds very very difficult not least worrying about your ds1 feeling bad about his grandpa
I remember that ferry well, and the hanging around waiting to get on and off. As kids we used to get the boat from Liverpool to Dublin which involved setting off at 4.am from London with a yowling cat digging its claws into the driver (my Dad)on the motorway. Once the cat escaped from the car and hid under the service station portacabin in the middle of nowhere and my Dad kept saying (all too eagerly in our opinion) we will definitely have to leave the cat, or we'll miss the boat! Luckily we lured her out. We always had a special treat at service station of sausage rolls with vinegar , our idea of a great delicacy which we never had at home.

Dylsmum sorry about the council, and the flat getting you down. Still loads of time for party preps though, I speak from experience of last minute frenzies, and they don't need much food really, you will find...
The parents will eat most of it.

Dyls Sounds fun. They really won't eat much that age. Sorry about the council. No point me even applying because i know they think we are in a big enough house! 3 bedrooms 4 kids. DD's have started getting upset at not having any space to play in their room and i don't even have a room! DS's have a room each. They just couldn't cope in a small room together. Before they moved us 4yrs ago, i had 4 kids in a two bedroom upstairs flat!

Washing is out.Next load in the machine. Can't hang that out until 1st loads are dry though.Ran out of pegs!

Now need to tackle the front room!

TPT, this year it will be ds's turn to have a delightful shopmade cake. He is the lucky winner of the defeated mother lottery.

I cheated a little with DS1's cake. I made the cake but bought a cake topper off Ebay to decorate it.

MUST STOP LOOKING ON MN!!!

Oh MadHouse - I'm sorry to be so rude - Profiterole's post has reminded me that I must have missed your operation while I was absent from this thread. It was a very brave step and I'm so glad to see that you are well on the way to recovery. "Chapeau" to you!

Hi all galen are you sure you didn't press flip thread ???
Welcome back counting
Take it easy mad thanks for the thread
tort I need to water grass seed ta for reminder!

Dc's back at school today
Have been trying to get house back in some sort of order

done

4 x 15 min stints
descaled kettle
cancelled 2 x magazine subscriptions (have arranged a credit crunch magazine swapathon with a few of my school run mates)
1 load washing
sorted dh's credit card bill (to post later)

to do

Sort gym kit
Go to gym (!)
School run
Dinner (some sort of variation on mince)
PTA meeting (this evening)
Drinks after PTA meeting (note to self DO NOT get hammered like last time!!!)