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FLY over here for the week beginning 17th may thread!

119 replies

dylsmum1998 · 17/05/2010 11:55

morning all back in a mo with links etc

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MickyLee · 19/05/2010 19:28

Ofm- hope your finger gets better soon.

Today my lunch with friend lasted longer than expected and friend came back to mine until tea time.. didn't get all my list done but had a get catch up.

Morning-
Cook breakfast done
Clean up breakfast done
Shower and dress done
DC washed and dressed done
SS bathroom done
Put bathmats in WM (because its bathroom week) done
Take DD to nursery done
Hang out bathmats done

Afternoon-
Tidy up around house done
Leave for yet another lunch out (friends bday)done
Make dinner done
Wash bathroom floors CF
bring in bathmats LATER
Vaccuum throughout CF
Collect DD from nursery DH did

Evening-
Clean up after dinner done
Bath DC CF
Read books to DC CF
Ironing CF

Jajas · 19/05/2010 19:40

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MickyLee · 19/05/2010 19:57

Jajas.. Babysteps as flylady says.. form habits slowly so they stick. You will be flying before you know it.

Going to In-Laws tomorrow for the afternoon until after dinner so no cooking tea for me. Tomorrows list

Morning-

Cook breakfask
Clean up from breakfast
change bedding
Get showered and dressed
DC washed and dressed
SS bathroom
Dust living room
Vac floors
Friends coming round for coffee

Afternoon-
Make lunch
clean up from lunch
Tidy up toys
Leave to go to In Laws

Evening-
Bath DC
Books DC
Ironing

Catch up with you all tomorrow x

scattyspice · 19/05/2010 20:09

Wow Turkey mickey sounds exotic .

Ruby lol volcano watch (fingers crossed for you)

nutty yay for the spare socks .

Can't decide whether to waste sat pm in the hairdressers or do something more exciting (dh taking DC out).

BB tomorrow

Makingchanges · 19/05/2010 22:00

Quick update

To Do today

  • DD to GPs - Done
  • hoover lounge - Done and kitchen
  • File uni prep work - Done
  • Package top and post - Done
  • buy another top to replace - Done in fact two
  • sign language notes - Done
  • put away clean washing - Done
  • menu plan - C/F (again)
  • shop for vits for DH's knee and other essentions - Done
  • wash bedding - C/F
  • whats for dinner and tea today - just me to feed - Done
  • sort out sock drawer (wasn't that on last weeks list) C/F (Again)
  • Maths and science notes from last nights uni prep Done and english notes too

Quite pleased with what i've done, BB tomorrow

MickyLee · 20/05/2010 07:26

Good Morning all..

Had a good Morning so far but have been up since 5.50am with DS

So far done-
Cook breakfask
Clean up from breakfast
change bedding
Dust living room
Vac floors

Yet to do -
Get showered and dressed
DC washed and dressed
SS bathroom

Plus all afternoon and evening tasks

BBL xx

TeaMonster · 20/05/2010 07:33

Sorry for no personals, I am finding it hard to keep up with everyone and my life at the moment.

Todays

Drop Maxi at school
Ring mum make sure she is up
take mum shopping, this takes all morning
Grab lunch for mini whilst out
Drop mini at preschool
home
shopping away
whats for dinner
room rescue all downstairs
check out mission
bring washing in
look after friends Little one for hour and then meet her at school to collect boys
take snacks
park
home

BBL

dylsmum1998 · 20/05/2010 07:34

Mickeylee morning

my list today looks like;
tidy done
hoover done
dust
wash up done so far
unload washer done
hang out washing done
reload washer done
unload washer again
make ds lunch done
get washing in
iron
s&s bathrooms
missions from earlier in the week
tidy my bedroom
pack to go to my sis for the weekend
dc to school/nursery
collect dc
dinner
ju-jitsu for ds

am also off to catch up with a friend at 10 so will pop to coop for cakes etc

have a good day all I need to go and get dc up/dressed/fed

BBL have a lovely sunny day all

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dylsmum1998 · 20/05/2010 07:35

x-posts morning TEA

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scattyspice · 20/05/2010 07:53

Morning all

DD up at 5.30 too micky but I couldn't face the day so got into bed with her.

Today
DD to cheercats
laundry
Must do the floors
book haircut

MickyLee · 20/05/2010 08:17

SS- so you decided to go for a hair appointment while you were child free.. very nice

Dyls - wow how much have you done already!!!

Tea - hope the shopping doesn't take too long for you

Jas · 20/05/2010 10:17

I was sure I posted on here this morning before I left for the school run

Ah, well....

I need to have a shower/wash (still got no hot water so not as easy as it sounds) and tidy up before 11.15

Back later.

Makingchanges · 20/05/2010 10:31

Morning all

Going to Lee Mack concert tonight and have ballet class for DD after school so not a busy end to the day. Need to try and get things finished off today so first i'm going to do the things that were left for yesterday, if I get them done then I will add to my list

  • Sock drawer
  • Wash bedding
  • Menu plan
Also need to
  • Shower
  • go to shop for card for MIL birthday
  • Pack overnight bad for DD

Back later

grouchyoscar · 20/05/2010 11:59

A quick Grouchy FLYpast

Well got ed to school and I went to the next town and bought a HUGE alarm clock fo £3

DONE
Up Meds, wash and dress (in a where thewild things are t-shirt, God I'm such a grown up!)
Make bed
Breakfast
Tidy up
Get Ed ready (or try)
Peg out
Fill bird feeder
Empty house bins
water plants
Take Ed to school
Visit friend
Visit next town
Home
Get ironing together
Make a mocha
Check mails
Visit from Occupational therapists

TO DO

Reading friends at school
Collect Ed
home
Quick Ed tea
Iron Beaver uniform
Make lunchpacks for morning

STOP

Oh, I've seen Wolf's wedding pics. It all looked idilic and she looked truly beautiful.

And Congrats on your pregnancy Wendy All the very very best to you

Better grab lunch and go to Reding friends TTTT (Ta ta til tomorrow) x

OverflowingMum · 20/05/2010 13:01

afternonn all

TM hope you survived shopping

ML and scatty boo for early starts!

MC good luck with busy evening

dyls hope you enjoyed catch up with friend

jas hope you survived cold shower!

GO Long list as always!

Feeling bit better today...DD4 didnt wake up coughing last night,so I got afull nights sleep YAY
However...my finger is still V sore (where I shut it in car door) and swollen with black nail...
and my hayfever is bad...but have given in and taken an antihistamine so now just feeling sort of floaty LOL

Done so far:

6 DC,up,dressed,breakfasted

Tidied bedrooms

rebooted laundry

School run (with correct signed forms,letter and pe kits)

Remembered to get address from DD2 friend's mum so I can pick her up for cinema trip on Sat

Walked dog and tok dc to playground-out for an hour...enjoying sun
Hung washing ouot, rebooted laundry

Showered-me-nice and refreshing,but I did have 2 small spectators who made comments throughout such as "your very fat mummy,you must eat too much" and "I'm just going to do a big stinky poo in your toilet now mummy. Is that OK?" LOL

big tidy my room,including clothes away and sorting recent toy delivery(items for dd3 bady...now hidden in my secret place LOL)

Lunch ds2

DD4 to nursery

DS2 nap

me lunch...and now cuppa

Still to do:

Sort and put away basket of clean washing
tidy kitchen
load and run DW
whats for dinner?

then all of evening stuff.....

right,better crack on

BBL

swanriver · 20/05/2010 14:23

Well, I've been to work this morning and that's about it!!!!!

Started stockpiling things for Communion Party a la Flylady Xmas countdown, cranberry juice, dress for dd and sparkling water!!!
People have started answering invites [trepidation]
now need tent
dryclean ds2's jacket
catechise kids properly
spread compost on garden
spread turf
buy more turf

ah that is making me nervous (I'll forget about it for a few more days)

need Ik of dentist work , but have booked first batch of wrk for next week after two years of putting it off, or I'll have another three missing teeth which is NOT a good thought - just when I can fit into my size 12 jeans again.

TM hope park feels like a rest after your morning - don't do TOO much for others - unless you can look after yourself as well, please. Sometimes one feels one can just stretch that little extra bit, and then twang, the elastic snaps. I'm trying to keep a clear sense of what I can and cannot manage at the moment. In the end if I don't dh has to pick up pieces and so the kids.

scattyspice · 20/05/2010 16:11

Good advice as always swan. Good for you on the party, I hugely admire people who have parties .

very hot school run (I'm not acclimatised to sunshine yet).

To do:
book haircut - done, sat am so won't waste the day
DD to cheercats
laundry
make lunches

swanriver · 20/05/2010 18:16

just done a lot of running around to and from park, violin and singing lesson (usually it's Friday)
Far TOO HOT! Scooter wars.Blister on heel (new shoes) Only just home at 6.00pm.
beautiful summer here in West London though, treelined Victorian streets - [preparing for dts' local history project - grinds missing teeth]

house is v. messy
children have collapsed on sofa/tv

rice pud in oven
otherwise it may have to be scrambled eggs on toast...

scatty dh has fantasy about our "welcoming home"

MickyLee · 20/05/2010 18:21

Mc- enjoy your evening.
OFM- I admire you having 6

My day went as planned but this evening isn't.. Ds went to sleepat 6.15 instead of 7 and woke up wide awake.. Need him to sleep so i can have a date with the ironing watching a dvd... i actually enjoy ironing if i have a good film to watch.

Going to start on tomorrows list

Hopefully no rain because my friend and i are going shopping in another resort for their market day

Morning-
put WH on
cook breakfast
clean up breakfast
get showered and dressed
DC washed and dressed
Hang washing out
Put WH back on
leave to take DD to nursery and straight to pick DF up and to Market

Afternoon-
Wipe out fridge
Put shopping away
detailed cleaning of DC's room
Get washing in and hang more out
Cook dinner
Collect DD from nursery

Evening-
Clean up after dinner
Collect washing from line
Bath DC
Books to DC
Ironing (have tons)

Of course if it is raining we will stay in

dylsmum1998 · 20/05/2010 18:34

Micky hope ds settles down again soon

Swan my house is a mess again, dc only been home since 4pm!

ermm forgotten rest of thread now

quick update on my list before i go to take ds to jujitsu

my list today looks like;
tidy done
hoover done
dust done
wash up done
unload washer done
hang out washing done
reload washer done
unload washer again done
make ds lunch done
get washing in done
iron done
s&s bathrooms done
missions from earlier in the week
tidy my bedroom
pack to go to my sis for the weekend done
dc to school/nursery done
collect dc done
dinner done
ju-jitsu for ds about to do now

also
weeded back garden
repotted salad leaves and living room plant
our dinner contained some of our home grown salad
showered dd

looks like i may do all this weeks missions in one hit tomorrow

am being pestered to go and get dd into her dressing up now, so will try and re-read the thread later and catch up with everyone

TTFN!

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scattyspice · 20/05/2010 19:27

I'll ave em Bolles.

TeaMonster · 21/05/2010 09:17

Morning all

Thanks for the advicec Swan. I didnt get back on yesterday as I had some sad news. One of the ladies I chatted through all my mastectomy stuff with (she had a double mastectomy, but doe to cancer) died. She was only 32 and she had 2 children. I sobbed on and off most of the afternoon.

swanriver · 21/05/2010 09:26

that's awful TM. Her poor little ones. I am so sorry that you have to deal with that news.

BIL here from Singapore first thing(I'd forgottenIt's lovely to see him, he is sitting in garden, after seeing kids off to school, they behaved sooo well!

Jas · 21/05/2010 10:08

So sorry to hear your sad news TM.

I have ds at home all day, as toddler group is cancelled. I did plan on inviting friends and their children over, but my ds and my neighbours son did so much damage upstairs yesterday that I'm having a day off from extra children today.

So it will be boring routines housework, and anything I can find to do outside, as it is lovely and sunny here.

Hope all are well.