FLY weekly (24 May onwards)

[Jas]

Morning. I need a new thread per week, or I will get lost. Links to follow.....

So relieved it is half term..
no activities, arrangements or commitments of any kind! except for party bt that is whole week away
Have booked swimming course for dcs in a mad flush of enthusiasm at pool yest, every day at 4.30 during half term, but might just be dressed by 4.30LOL next week.

lazy morning so far when usually I have to be out of house by 9am on Saturday.
Grey cold morning have mooched in garden a bit but not done any work there

Dh is putting together a desk for ds1 helped by dd. Ds1 given up helping and on NinDs
Ds2 is playing in my bedroom as I type. I have actually retreated back under duvet though I am dressed

List
avoid arguments LOL OFM with you on that
hoover up polysterene debris
do brainstorming creative list of possible activites with dcs for next week
pay friend for singing lesson yest
drycleaner ds2 jacket
rubbish sacks out of garden
dead snails continued
piano piano piano
think about holiday plans, going to Eire as usual for five weeks (without dh), but need to branch out when there, and possibly go to seaside

Oh dear Ds2 looking at travel brochures and demanding to go to France

Swan it is a lovely feeling isn't it- we don't need to work by the clock for a whole week- heaven!

done today
swept through
washed up
sorted dry washing
watered plants
s&S bathroom
tidy dd's bedroom
breakfast

to do
ds to swim lesson
ds to dads
iron
food shop?

am off to cinema tonight with a friend, anyone have recomendations for films on at the mo? I pay no attention to anything other than chidlren's films am so unused to having time to myself.

wendy I hope you feel better soon

ruby happy birthday toooo yoooooou happy birthday tooooo yoooooou

Hello to everyone

done

lots of phoning up for name changing
online banking
started filling in budget book which has been neglected for the last two months
unpacked

need to do some work this weekend but hopefully will also get some family time

ok....hectic day
feeling grumpy

took dd to party, not bad actually, quite decent entertainer for a change
then ended up taking older 3 dc shopping for various items....shopping centre packed...but got what we needed,
also booked cheap tickets for Princess and frog for girls on Tues

got back from shopping to find ds2 on top of dd1's (high) bunk bed,covered in chocolate,DD4 crying and dd3 in bathroom crying,with an orange face,dining room table (and floor and walls and laptop etc) covered in paint......
not hugely impressed,Dh picked up on vibes of disgruntlement...assured me he had everything under controland told me he had done lots of cleaning and that house was significantly cleaner that iut was this morning
Why does he always do this? Spend hours on some totally inconsequential cleaning task and embark upon major task with dc at the same time thus allowing total chaos to descend.....

anyway...have removed the (non-face)paint from dd3 face,calmed dd4,and removed ds2 to a place of safety(ie on sofa watching cbeebies for 10 mins LOL)

Now need to take deep breath and chill and avoid arguing with dh

still haveno dinnerfor meand dh...was hoping to get the M&S meal deal...but was sold out of any of the options I wanted....
think I need a glass of wine....sigh...

BBL folks

OFM I came home this afternoon to find dh in TEARS over his flatpack experience (something to do with too few P9s) He has vowed never to put together another piece of furniture, EVER. Children slightly chastened by being in house with mad handyman all day.
Poor you, though I suspect they probably had fun with the paint and had only just got bored of being orange/chocolate covered.

Nice day on the whole though (for me)
lunch out with dcs/dh, short walk in rain
Done
desk finished for ds1 by dh
started getting teeth into dts project/involving library trip and photos/architectural pointers
wrote notes for it
shopped
party errands
bolognese
cleaned kitchen before bed
hoovered ds bedroom of polysterene
I load of washing
more clothes to recycling
Dr Who
lots of walking (me)

notdone ironing reading piano Dylsmum I don't know either Hope you found a promising film. I watched Stardust on TV last night, did enjoy it

OFM hope you have chilled a bit by now. Sounds choatic when you arrived home, but judging by friends with partners its an annoying man trait

Swan didn't go to the cinema in the end. My friend who was coming is not feeling well. So as another friend had also invited me out tonight I went to the pub with them instead. Just got home having had a good giggle with the girls and feeling good about the fact i won't have a hangover when the children arrive home tomorrow as I only drank coke

gonna go get some sleep now as I still haven't done the ironing and i really should do that in the morning

morning all

swan poor DH and the Flatpack LOL
dyls glad youenjoyed your night. Lovely when you wake up feeling fine from not drinking too...makes one feel very virteous!

have hade lazy start to day.
Have skived off Church..ooops! mademorning feel much longer though...intitially good, but dc getting bored already...sigh

haven't done much..but have

rebooted laundry
ordered new shoes for dd2 and ds2
reading with dd3
homework with dd1
ordered punctuation book for dd1(well actually for me so I can help dd1 with the more complex aspects of grammar and punctuation LOL!)
so far have avoided arguments...phew!

next:
Lunch

then...(basically everything off yestedays list!)
tidy my room
washing mountain
reboot laundry
fun,creative ,mess free craft activity with dc..hmm
take ds1 to bag packing at M&S (Scout fundraising!)

hopefully BBL

oh...have also decided to go for job interview in June...have LOADS of complicated research and prep to do...must start with long complex registration form that I never finished before...sigh...
Looks like lots of late nights for me for next 3 weeks!

ofm good luck with the interview
swan i hope DH has recovered from his flatpack nightmare

done
supermarket shop
been to garden centre and pet shop to contemplate guinnea pigs
washing up
work call taken
book finished
draining board washed
rubbish out x lots
kitchen surfaces wiped down

Hi everyone.. you all sound as busy as ever.
wolf how is married life going so far? I am sure you are both sooo lovey dovey
OFM I think you should be proud.. you always manage to fit in DC's reading and home ed and on top of that planning to go to work.
swan I hope you have recovered form your stressful saturday

I had a lovely time away.. quite tired though being away from home with 2 DC on my own.
The wedding was fab.. but absolutely the most disorganised wedding ever. The venue wasn't set up so all the girlfriends of the bride ran there to set up with 2 hours to go while i tried my best to keep all my friends DC safe and happy. They arrived back with half an hour to all get ready including the bride!!!! But very happy to say all was perfect at the last second.
Very tired today as drove back through the night! house a tip now and loads of washing to do but thats for tomorrow

afternoon all

OFM good luck with the interview

Micky glad you had a good time at wedding.

Have been pottering about today

done;
washed car- first time ever
hoovered car
hoovered through downstairs
washed floors
s&S'd
load washer
unload washer
load washer
iron
sort dry washing
strip ds bed
taken ds to aunties house as he is staying over tonight
made a cake- in oven now
made more cheesy whirls

Also had a good chat and giggle with ds auntie and her neighbour, reminding them what they got up to last night very amusing

while I wait for dd to come home I am contemplating cutting out another dress to make, thought i might make a couple and put them in an online store of some sort. I have found one on a site called etsy, it appears to be american but with lotws of british sellers, so will have a look at how that works and see if there is an English version

OFM we managed to get to church this morning, partly because dcs were terribly confused and thought it was Saturday choir slot (which they love
all went well, dh went to work trade fair un til 2pm

felt very badtempered at mess and squabblesome children on return/trying to put lunch on table etc whilst getting dcs to write reversible No Entry/Welcome notices to their bedrooms

I do find I am in a continual state of mild tension, which can't be good.
Anyway went for very long walk with ds2 to take local history photos and get some printed for his project, and that was a great pickmeup.

On my return found Dh had planted a large miniature lilac for me which had been hanging around for years in a pot rather disconsolately. Garden looking better by the day

Beautiful blowy afternoon, now feeling much more relaxed despite muddle and mess.
So many clean clothes to put away, and kitchen still a horror zone.
Tea will be boiled eggs, mayo, ham, bread and butter and salad, blueberries and apricot fruit salad.

ML run[a]way bride LOL
Dyls I haven't been drunk for aaages, I don't miss it (is that very sad of me?)
Wolf what book did you read? Can you recommend any new ones?

Hi all. Hope you're surviving the BH weekend

OFM and swan and anyone else with problematic husbands, you have my sympathy. My dh is equally problematic, I actually think he may be mildly depressed . But hey, we love them (someone has to) .

Went to see fantastic DR Who exhibition at centre for life - Newcastle yesterday. DS was in his element (dd less so lol). Been to swimming baths today (to think we were swimming in the North Sea last Sun - sigh). Fingers crossed for warmer weather through the week.

No flying done except laundry

swan I read a book called dwarves by Marcus Heitz. It was pretty good but fantasy so not everyone's cuppa. I don't think I've read any none fantasy books since christmas except for The Street Lawyer as I am plowing my way through a 13 book fantasy epic.

micky thank you for asking, married life not much different to before to be honest. Glad wedding went okay in the end, I think if I'd been that bride I may well have been tearing my hair out

dyls would love to see your handiwork, can you post a piccy?

scatty how long is the DR who exhibit on for?

Until August

Wolf i have just added piccys to my blog here
glad your wedding went well

Swan at dh planting your plant for you

Scatty we can hope for some nice weather this week

I spoke too soon
dh now driving me to drink with pot banging and telling me that I'm spending too long on preparing research material for twins' projects. Has he ever tried looking on internet with two children simultaneously screaming in your ear?

I am seriously grumpy now and have gone to bed.

oh no Scatty yes love is the only answer, but not too much, I find that keeps them on their toes so to speak...I hope ds1 does not find out about Dr Who exhibit.
more swimming tomorrow, also think I may be summoned again to clean my mother's house for tenants - she is a whirlwind in pensioner's clothing

that's a lovely picture of you Dyls too!
I started some patchwork in hols - I love arranging the little patches in strange geometric shapes. I save it for hols though, at my mum's in Eire, perfect task for doing little by little in front of tv. I used all dd's and mine tatty torn summer dresses as raw materials so it will be sort of like a memory box too.

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