Friday Flying Skip to My Lou Friday Flying Skip to My Lou

[swanriver]

Someone please add links!

Morning

mission
babysteps not sure which day we're on.

Need to post my list so that I can start running up and downstairs.

So far
Breakfast
dressed
violin practice ds1 he sounds so great
lunchbox last one for dd, ds2 next week cheese sandwich lad
swimming things and snack for ds1 in bag
library books for school

Now
morning routine, kit laundry s & s

extras
buy food for Sat guests
mop floors
send birthday card and voucher to goddaughter for this Sunday DO THIS FIRST
thank you for last Sunday's picnic NEXT

people round after school too
need some sandwiches (scones in freezer) and fruit (add to food list)

Also yesterday's mission needs doing which will mean taking all magnets off fridge

ALSO I need to go swimming without dcs and buy some more compost - have to force myself to schedule this in SOMEWHERE this morning, and start making more of a habit of doing a fun activity which is neither shopping or cooking.

Sorry I didn't find this thread so posted once under old Thurs one.

I need help
Insomnia has driven me to exhaustion
Dp came home last night and said he was feeling very down.
House went to pot last night and I'm faced with disarray.

Had a productive day yesterday but did lots of cooking and the kitchen shows it.And I suddenly feel i can't face it.

Children being children - but I'm frazzled and NOT in the mood.

Can someone give me a little poke and a few words of encouragement? I really need to get it together as I feel like I've hit a birck wall.

Got painter round today and have to put adverts for nursery on website... can't be dithering a round.

Sorry for miserable post. x
Perhpas I need to use the timer?

Thanks Shannara.
What a perfect mission for today!
Alan Bennett's mother apparently had different mops for different rooms

Everything is still a mess here. The kitchen floor is still wet, I'm going to have to do last nights washing up in the bath Hopefully it will be dry by the time the council comes about lunch time to lay the new floor, proves how damp the flat is!!
No plans for today apart ftom trying to keep Ds amused with no room to move and pouring rain outside.

swan sounds like a busy day.
laura any chance of a 10 minute power nap?
Hope everyone else has a good day
BBL

morning all
swan thanks for thread

shanna thanks for links

laura set your timer for 15mins and do as much as you can in the kitchen in that 15 mins, then take a rest and play with dc for a bit, then do another 15 mins etc and it will look much better

my to do for today
tidy done
hoover done but dd eating croissant on the rug so will do again when she has finished
everyone breakfast (including me!) done
ds lunch done
ds to school done
s&s bathroom
wash up done
ironing
car to garage done
clean mine and dd bedroom
15 mins declutter in kitchen
mission
dd books back to library
collect dd's prescription
outgrown/unwanted stuff to charity shop

lots of crossed posts

shanna how come your floor so wet (sorry if this has been said oreviously and i've missed it)

Oh poor Laura, and your poor dh, BUT you did have a productive day yesterday, so hopefully you won't have too so much foodwise today? So you are ahead really. I was up too late yest too. It is like groundhog day really, or snakes and ladders never feeling one is progressing with housework.

RE Kitchen mess. It always makes me feel much better to just pile everything into sink, near sink run lots of therapeutic hot soapy water and clear all worktops.
Then I take a deep breath and start washing up a bit of it, and putting some in dw.

I'm coming back onto computer in 15 mins when I've done something useful. Would you like to set timer with me?
BB15 mins

sorry dylsmum my kitchen floor was ment to be getting retiled yesterday but it was too wet, due to previous pipe leaks. He therefore put something all over the floor yesterday to level it and dry it out, unfortunately it's still hasn't dried.

Also agree dhs' states of minds can be very overwhelming. Only (cold)comfort is to know once they've passed on their low feelings they often feel a bit better for the rest of the day

Dylsmum you are a great encouragement I will try interspersing housework and paperwork on same principle.

Lovely to see wendy back again . And always lovely to have simply pop in!

Morning everyone else. smile

laura sorry you are struggling a bit. You've not hit a brick wall, just a closed door - which you can gently open. Understandable you feel the way you do though considering the lack of sleep, which can make everything insurmountable. Do what has been suggested, esp by dyl, do bits in little bursts so as not to exhaust and sicken yourself, and try to power nap when you can. You have done SO well. Focus on what you have done rather than what you still have to do, and congratulate yourself for that.

Not much for me to do today. House is lovely and all missions done. So going to spend the morning at the hairdressers getting hair coloured

Prob won't be around much today but will hopefully pop in later on. Have a lovely day all x

Did you like my smile lololololol

Morning ladies!
First off apologies for any dodgy typing - I'm currently playing hairdressers with DD4 and she is brushing/tugging/spraying/twirling my hair LOL

swan sound like youre planning to fit a lot in this morning - are your mornings twice as long as mine or something?

laura Doing things in short bursts is a good idea - stops you getting overwhelmed. 10 or 15 mins at a time. Make a list maybe to prioritise and start on first thing - and forget about the rest whilst you do thatone thing.It will get back on track gradually, and I bet it turns out to be not as bad as you think.Hope your day goes well and youre feeling brighter soon.Or actually just decide to give up fpr a day like I did the other day and snuggle/play with/nap with your DC!

dyls looks like a busy day!Butlooks like youre doing well!

tiger hope you get your floor sorted. Sounds a nightmare - not what you need is it!

Things not to bad here.
Have been up since 5.15 though (thanks to DS2)BUT it does mean I got lots done before school even!

DONE
everyone up, breakfasted, dresed
3 beds made
stripped dd1 and 2's beds
bedding in wash
Sandwhiches made
breakfast cleared,DW loaded
hoovered lounge, stairs, landing , bedrooms
swept and mopped kitchen and hall floors
upstairs bathroom S&S
school drop off
Home - snack and MN time

so TO DO
sweep and mop dining room
reboot laundry
clean washing away
remake DD's beds

So going to play with dd mostly this am.... then nursery drop off as shes better today!

Hope youre all having good mornings so far
BBL

Gibb, sounds like a lovely morning Enjoy!!

{sad} Laura, I totally agree with the other ladies, the thing I feel, that makes FlyLady work is that under no circumstances are you expected to get it all done at once. 10 minute here and there can make a huge difference. If 15 seems to big before you stop for a natter/play with the kids/cuppa coffee then do 5 minutes 5 minutes is loads of time to wipe the sides down and clear the table in the kitchen, then come back and do some more later. By the time you fall into bed tonight your kitchen will be done and things will be easier to start tomorrow morning.

Thanks for thread and links Swan and Shannara hope you both have productive and fun days.

Dyls - I have a huge bag in the garage that needs to go to the charity shop, I must try to get it done this weekend, it is really hard to get the boys bikes in and out because of my tat

So I have a cake in the oven for a client to pick up tomorrow, DS2 is at playgroup, DS1 is at school, the house is clean and I am pooped but desperately trying not to have a nap because I can't let the cake burn!!!!!

Have been having a lovely week but Mum is back from Holiday this weekend and I know it will all start again, must keep trying to keep visualising this when she rants on.

ANyway hope all the missing Flyladies are well.
Back later

x posts Galen, you are sounding brighter - what style are you having and is she in charge of scissors or just the brush?

Wendy glad to have you back and that the move was a success.
Galen i brought Dd a styling head that she can brush and put makeup on, has saved my hair!

thank you thank you. Words of encouragement are SO helpful to me. Just to know I'm not alone at ALL. And to hear sensible advice in a caring tone....aah!

Going to follow your words of wisdom and will bbl when I feel a little stronger. xxx

Time's up (well 10 mins over) and I've done

Cleaning all bathrooms including walls round loo
put away all laundry even if it meant stuffing it into drawers throwing it into corner of bedrooms etc.
sorted washing into three piles
doing woollies now

Hello Galen (I have the DAY till 3.00 childfree Galen on Fridays so it's amazing how LITTLE I get done), Greyskull (hope cake cooks soon you can have a rest)and Gibberish

Now paperwork/cards.

Wow Swan you are on a roll!!

go girl!

Greyskull, my mum rants too (and so do I as result)It makes me feel really useless and badtempered when she does it, and really argumentative, I feel I become a sort of a passive aggressive nightmare. Anyway she is being fine (and happy)for now, so maybe your mum will be in good form after holiday.
What a lovely duck to visualize. A form of smiling and nodding.

x-post, must stop meandering..

Thanks Swan, I have to let her mean words roll off like water off a ducks back, and that does seem like a very lovely duck to visualise.

Does she do anything kind or nice for you that you can hang onto? Do you think she wants a response to her meaness?

Done my cards, addressed and stamped.

She is a very good Grandmother, if she wasn't there would be no other reason to see her.
ANyway, cake isout of oven and I am going to have a quick nap before picking up DS2 from playgroup.
Later ladies