Monday Fly - Let's Salsa with a dust cloth

[Starbear]

Morning all, Hope this works

Mad Yep! like that idea. Might e-mail my couisin ask her what there is to do near my aunt's. Then make the a list with Ds. Otherwise we will drift along doing the same things at my aunts house as we do here. Except in Spanish!
scattyspice Wish I could hope.
I only had to make two work related calls today.
Okay taking a little break from ds, he is playing with a new town toy from Sainsburys.
Another load out of W/M & on line.
More bed linen & tea towels to go in next.
Now I need to do some of that blasted paper work then make tea!
Timer gone off now apparently I have to play construction worker now! Trying so hard not to put the T.v on

dyls Yes, that was I was thinking. I live in a flat, so the entrance isn't mine to clean iyswim, but I did it last time round so is looking fine so I'll stick to living room this week.

I managed to sort out my cd's. They are all in the right cases now. The cases are still really dusty though, don't know why I didn't think about giving them a wipe while they were out, prob coz I'm a little bit stupid!
The area is a bit like the first time I shined my sink, so pretty. Well, not pretty, but in straight piles which looks better than just chucked down next to sofa

They say they are playng with soft toys, but there is an ominous clanking whenever screeching stops. Ds1 is making an enormous pile of dvdsto watch at school.

Can't bear to investigate.

Whew its blinking hot

dc's are refusing to go in the (south facing scorching garden) and are playing the wii with the curtains closed

done

pta stuff x 100000 (AGM tonight and as I'm the secretary I have to sort bundles of paperwork...joy)

Driving lesson (he said I wasn't too far off putting in for my test)

General clear up

Glass of wine (x2) in a friends garden for lunch as its her birthday

To do:

Sober up
Childrens dinners
Dc's homework
Quick tidy round before MIL gets here to babysit (dh on ANOTHER late work shindig)
AGM (note to self do NOT crack open the wine until I've finished writing the minutes)
Stagger home and drink water and attempt to show MIL I'm not a drunken slattern.

BBL

It does get easier switching telly off, she says [hopefully]
Mine still seem to watch an awful lot of films at weekends.Ds1 has an encylopaedic knowledge of films - it is worrying.

Wohoo Ironing mountain has been scaled and all put away - I am trying to locate missing socks - so will have to sort through camping bags in case!!!

More ironing - done
Put it away - done
Make us all a little more presentable - baths and showers affter dinner
Dinner - steaming - chicken, new pots and cabbage (from the garden)
Go to Bros collecting mum on the way

I am then off to a super party in Baby L's memorial garden complete with BBQ and Buffet - maybe DH can drive as he has work tomorrow!!!!

lbb i live in a flat as well hence lack of zone one to do, am planning to start decorating my living room when dc are in bed tonight so may not manage much of a zone clean this week anyway.

tmh i love the summer list idea am going to do that with my 2, they always coming up with ideas of things to do so will be good to see.

have done;
dinner
wash up
wash kitchen floor
spray painted more camping equipment

need to,
bath dc
dc bed
clear livin room to paint ceiling

Off to the party - we are semi presentable

Thanks girls for your calming words. Feeling better now. Mad that website looks fab, have saved it for a proper look later. I have made ds a time line (he finds the calendar confusing) out of post it notes with his stuff written on (with picture prompts), he can take them off when the day passes. It seems to be a hit, he keeps going to check how many sleep until his party etc .

Done:
swimming (passed stage 1 phew)
spellings
laundry reboot
Avon been

To do
wash up
laundry reboot
unpack and repack bags
sandwiches
dc to bed

To hell with house bleugh today.

Galen - hope dh is ok.

Prof - I couldn't live without the telly .

Mad Have a nice evening. And ironing? Gosh, I have a massive pile to do, but think I seriously would die.
dyls Decorating? You must be crazy!! I can barely manage to walk across my living room, never mind decorate it!

I actually turned my tv off today and put the radio on. Ds1 looked slightly confused Remember he is under 2 years old

Scatty I didn't make any sense did I
swan hope nothing is broken!
Mad Ironing in this weather, madness! Enjoy your evening
Dyls We hardly have a hall, corridor or stairs makes cleaning easier.
Ds Tea Stir fry done
Our dinner almost prepared (stir- fry)
D/W on
2nd lot of washing dry (This weather keeps things cheap)Done
another load ready
Failed on the T.V front but agreed he couldn't have bedtime cbbies.
Ds played with hose & buckets in the garden
DH giving him a bath now.
Should go running with neighbour (ha! not likely) DH eye-me up, think bubble

mad Looked at the link again and instantly thought BUT she has girls

Hi all mad and scatty I did that last summer hols with my two - I just had two columns, go and do and I laminated the things and stuck velcro on them (sticky back velcro, which is cheap). Then I did a laminated Mon - Fri plan with morning and afternoon on it, and a piece of velcro backing on it; and every day they chose one do and one go and stuck them on. Sounds like a faff but didn't take long and they LOVED it, and we got through the whole list by the end of the summer. Thanks for reminding me!!!
Had a lovely day today. Did the whole Home Bless this morning - first time in ages I've done it - managed it in about 90 minutes and felt liberated afterwards! After lunch I played with the children all afternoon except for making the tea - it was brilliant and they absolutely loved it! It would be worth getting up early to get the jobs done, I think, if I could just chill all afternoon, without thinking about all the things which need doing. Of course, it meant DD had to play on her own this morning whilst DS at nursery, which I can't do every day, but she was fine with it for once.

Well see you all tomorrow, hope you are ok on your own, Galen, and not over doing it.

evening all,
things going ok here ..... managed not to turn into monster grumpy mummy till around 6pm so that was not bad LOL
The last little bits of bedtime routines were a test of my patience though!
Still all DC home, fed, bathed and now bedded
Lunches done
dinner cleared
laundry rebooted
dishwasher on
Sports kit sorted for DS1 rounders tournament tomorrow

Forgot to buy envelope so will do tomorrow on way home from school and will post forms yay!

Also seem to have forgotten to check if anyone had homework and havent read with dds 2 and 3 - will do tomorrow am....

It has got quite hot here later in the day...have sports afternoon tomorrow too so that will be fun in the sun...

Going to chill now for a bit then early night...

Tomorrow all

Evening all

We have had a great time at the party and stayed far longer than planned.

Children will be shattered tomorrow.

It wasnt that hot here folks and I could not leave all that ironing from the hols not done.

I have a busy week ahead of me and two councelling sessions, so I am hoping I can hold it all together.

See you all in the morning

Not managed today
homework of any kind
ironing ditto
tidy kitchen no
telly-free eve no
home blessing no

But have managed
to tidy front room and our bedroom a little
trp to Mcdonald's with voucher a success
bolognese for husband (and shepherd's pie in fridge for Wed)
taken ds1 to Cubs
picked him up on foot [long walk there and back]
rang two friends
had a nice drink and chat with dh in garden before Cubs pickup

So a good day all in all

now to make lunchboxes
I went to the Passport Office in the end Galen, because I couldn't face the ENVELOPE. Luckily it turned out to be next to Harrods so a fun morning (well I didn't go into Harrods, but felt as if I was having a fun morning window shopping etc)

Hope your dh got to his parents safely.

x-post, glad your party was good, a nice way to round off holiday.

Hello to all. Ooops. It's after 11pm so I'll keep it short.

I was going to do the washing up but instead I e-mailed a few friends incl gibb.

Off to bed! Nos da pawb.

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