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Wednesday Week - FLY this way today

34 replies

grouchyoscar · 27/05/2009 06:47

Back in a mo with links Hello and Welcome one and all

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grouchyoscar · 27/05/2009 06:57

Anti Procrastination day it would seem. (I don't think I have time to procrastinate TBH)

Oh, Here's the BABYSTEPPING link, pick your day

And

Here is your mission should you choose to accept it

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grouchyoscar · 27/05/2009 07:58

Hello FLYpals, thought I'd make myself useful and start the thread.

Lady insomnia woke me up at 4:30 this morning Too late to justify trying to get back to sleep really so I thought I'd catch up with my feeble FLYing. So far I have

DONE

Hide the pile of toys stored under stairs under jolly fabric
Down with crockery
Empty DW
Put away
Empty WM
Sort for drying
Fill bird feeders
Empty kitchen compost caddy to compost bin
Water plants
Hang washing out
Clean caddy and dustpan and brush
Shine sink
Sweep kitchen floor
Mop kitchen floor

There is still a heap to do

Personal Hello's later but I haven't caught up with the threads yet Pleasant thoughts and good wishes all round

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wendyredkitchenredspots · 27/05/2009 08:40

thanks for thread grouchy
hello to all who follow
Stomach ache has gone! Yippee. Thinking of trip to Tropical World if I can get my act together in time to get there early enough to beat the school hol crowds!

See you later

EHM · 27/05/2009 08:53

Morning ALL grouchy thanks for thread. hope you get some sleep today.
wendy glad tummy ache is better.enjoy your trip.

Mission done yesterday. off to finish packing. If I don't get back before we go have a great week & weekend. will catch up on Monday.x

sagacious · 27/05/2009 08:59

Hi all !

Back from (fairly sunny) Spain had a fabulous time but not much sleep (dd was dancing at the wedding till 2.30am (shes five going on 21!)

Have a heap of washing/dusty house. So today is a sort out day.

Have a good trip/day out ehm and wendy grouch 4.30am would knock me sideways am still recovering from all the late nights away (dd is still asleep!)

bbl

TheMadHouse · 27/05/2009 09:02

Morning all

Snap with the insomnia Groucy Well done for getting cracking though - I just tend to MN or read, as I dont want to wake the children

Wendy Tropical world sounds good and yippee for the tummy ache

EHM Enjoy and thanks for the pics

Well I am dressed, but boys are in various states of undress!!
Breakfast is cooling
TD is on - tis raining

We are off swimming and then to a teddybears picnic

I am going to try and fit in some ironing
spare room tidying
playdohing

galen · 27/05/2009 09:59

Morning all

grouchy thanks for thread.Sorry about your early start - but you've got loads done!

wendy glad tummyache has gone, have a grreat day out.

sag glad you enjoyed spain

ehm have a good trip

mad enjoy swimming and teddys picnic!

everyone-else Hi!

I had another lovely lie in today
Sadly house in fair ammount of chaos when I finally got up....raining again here so will need to come up with plan to entertain 6 DC for the day in the rain...
Think I may have to give up on trying to keep much sense of order to the upstairs of the hous ethis week....6DC in and out all week trashing the bedrooms continuously makes it kind of an impossible task....need to get older girls to tidy their chaos AGAIN today...not sure I canbe bothered to do little girls again, and I generaly avoid DS1's roomwhen at all possible LOL
downstairs not too bad though, and will make next week house recovery week I think...

Also need to go and get passport photos done today swan am going for Irish ones as it work out half the price and as Dh is Irish by birth, DC have automatic Irish citizenship so should be quite straightforward(famous last words LOL) Who did you get to witness form and photo? Cant find list of suitable people...need to check website again.

right best get something done...half of Dc still in Pj's...but playing nicely so seems a shame to disturb!!

BBl

gibbberish · 27/05/2009 10:10

Morning all

Sorry haven't been back since the w/e. Work Mon and Tue so never seem to get the time to mn on those days

Glad you had a good time saga

Thanks for the thread grouchy Mission is in the living room which I am glad to say doesn't need much work. Really do need to sort out the dining room though...

wendy have a nice day out!

ehm have a fab time

mad you are so good going swimming. I loathe it... is such an ordeal.

galen 6 dc and rain outside - recipe for chaos! You'll cope though. You always do

Am off to write my list.

gibbberish · 27/05/2009 10:13

Done:

Made my bed
Tidied bedroom
Tidied living room
Tidied kitchen
Cleaned worktops and doors
Shined sink
Cleaned oven

To do:

Breakfast
Hoover
Dust
Clean floors
Clear out fridge cupboard
Tidy utility room
Tidy sideboard in living room
Tackle dining room
Washing
Ironing
Put advert in local paper to sell clear out stuff

Not going to get all of this done but is my list for the week!

Off to have breakfast before cracking on.

TheProfiteroleThief · 27/05/2009 11:01

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sagacious · 27/05/2009 11:03

done

multiple loads of washing
sainsburys delivery and put away
dd's hand luggage sorted and put away
newspapers culled
disherwasher loaded and running
cat returned from cattery (she's now purring next to me on the sofa)

Its raining here too
ds is on the wii and dd is looking through old photos when she was a baby, dh was meant to be off work today but has been called in for a meeting

bbl after coffee/mn and maybe a biscuit (diet starts again next week)

sagacious · 27/05/2009 11:03

at prof

ReallyReally · 27/05/2009 11:17

are you country music gibberish?

sorry am reacquainting

must do housework

(former flybaby from AAGGGEES back, namechanged and incognito)

galen · 27/05/2009 11:46

prof and LOL
gib good luck with list
sag you're doing well!

Well I am supposed to be sorting out some photos of things to ebay/selletc...and what have I just done? I have FINALLY added some pics to my profile page They are the ones of my DC that I edited to print out and put up on our dining room wall when we decorated (where they llok lovely . Will add some more when I get round to it, but thought I'd share

BBl

gibbberish · 27/05/2009 12:19

Yes really And who may you be then???

prof Very funny!

Haven't even started list Off to start downstairs right now though.

gibbberish · 27/05/2009 12:20

Should have said who might you be!

gibbberish · 27/05/2009 12:44

Done:

Made my bed
Tidied bedroom
Tidied living room
Tidied kitchen
Cleaned worktops and doors
Shined sink
Cleaned oven
Hoovered
Dusted
Cleaned floors
Swish and swiped downstairs bathroom

To do:

Clear out fridge cupboard
Tidy utility room
Tidy sideboard in living room
Tackle dining room
Washing
Ironing
Put advert in local paper to sell clear out stuff

wendyredkitchenredspots · 27/05/2009 14:03

Prof - the prospect of that puts me off - one sound on the monitor puts me off actually - I usually turn it off lol
galen your children are beautiful

Trip to Tropical World completed and back safely despite driving through Leeds which I hate (my sat nav is a cheapy one which doesn't do town centres very well so I just have to follow the signs!)
DD terrible, she is very tired. DS downstairs playing with toys. I am meant to be sorting out a cardboard box in the 'study' (dumping room) but DS left the PC on and MN called me!

Melting some crayons this afternoon in the oven then not sure what else. Yoga is cancelled tonight may have to brave tesco instead - they have sent me £10 off £30 which is very strange!!

BBL

sagacious · 27/05/2009 14:13

Have stalled

Am mn'ing and watching Maury

Not Good

Children are upstairs creating tent city

Am off to make a start on the post holiday ironing pile

swanriver · 27/05/2009 14:14

Back from long morning outing which started with dentist for dd (very good girl)moved onto rainy walk with screaming dcs, then rapid fast forward to local hist museum with entranced dcs being bossed around by Victorian housekeeper who kept telling them to stop whinging and beat carpets!(all completely unplanned just a lucky break I guess) rounded off by another rainy walk home.

Now we are going swimming to meet a friend.

Galen, witnessing was a big headache, but if I had looked at small print I would have seen that the witness does not have to know you for a long time, just be a reliable one. So priest would do, or accountant or solicitor, even if known only for a few years. I chose dr which was disaster timewise because he insisted on seeing us (including dh)all simulanteously, couldn't find any appointments for weeks, and practice charged a fortune per witness statement(although he's a very nice man and had known us for ten years which I thought was what was required)
Anyway enough babbling, what about headmaster of dh's or dcs' school, would he or her do? And also the witness has to give a landline for their phone no, not a mobile.

Good luck with it.

To do later
make beds
hoover livingroom and playroom
tidy drawers (still)
send an important letter to someone
supper - leftovers and veg

Enjoy Tropical World Wendy, my alley looks like a rainforest, well apart from mops and e-cloths festoooning line that is.

swanriver · 27/05/2009 14:19

ooh x-post, I'm a bit behind
Now to round everyone up again

TheMadHouse · 27/05/2009 14:26

Afternoon all

Boys are both shattered and behaving appaulingly since we got home, but were as good as gold swimming and indoor picnic

I am shattered Can not keep up with both of them

I need to do a quick Tesco Shop before Aldi tomorrow, may ask mum if she can have one

galen Your children are adorable

grouchyoscar · 27/05/2009 16:01

Hello again

Anti-procrastination day worked and I

Cleaned out the mucky cat cellar
Relined with paper and sawdust
Heave soiled litter out to garbage
The pile of ironing
Was plesant to my M for 2.5 hrs
Made lunch
Tidied away
took DS to the hairdressers (The barnet needed a trin n edge)
Bring washing in from line

TO DO

Defrost chicken for tea
Put it to roast
Try to feign interest in Fairly odd parents
DO some school work with him
Get some shut eye.

DS is the snot monster from another galaxy atm You watch me get it by the weekend

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TheMadHouse · 27/05/2009 16:28

Mother not keen on having a child , so instead

We played with bubbles in the garden
cleaned out my gardening supplies
located some more outdoor chalks
tied up my beans

Then guess what............... DH has just walked in and I can go shopping whilst he feeds the mini mads I do love him

grouchyoscar · 27/05/2009 18:12

Got access to my childhood photos after +15 years today. I've been showing them to Ed who wants to know where he is (well sweetheart, half of you is just below my tummy button ) and insisting my baby brother is him.

Never thought he'd enjoy seeing them so much. I'm just glad to have access to them for a couple of months and DH says he will scan them in to the PC for me

There's a photo of my teddy and he was furry!!! I hugged him bald

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