Fly weekly (31st May onwards)

[MickyLee]

Here with the new week.

Can someone else put the links on as not sure how to shorten it

Hope everyone is ok

Mondays are always big cleaning days here after the weekends

So far I have done-
Cook breakfast
Clean up breakfast
Strip beds
dust living room
Clean bathroom including wash shower curtain and mats
Detailed cleaning of DC room (was meaning to get this done all last week so very happy now)
Cooked lunch as DH came home for it

To do-
Clean up from lunch
Continue loading WH and hanging out clothes
Dust bedroom
Tidy up throughout
Vac and mop all floors
Todays mission
Ironing
Make up beds

BBL

Afternoon all

Bank holiday has been wet and cold here in NE.

But we went to my niece 5th Birthday party yesterday and had a ball.

Today has been spent baking and gardening

Guess what - tomorrow we are off to Emma Bridgewater for a factory tour and lunch, paid for thanks to the blog

Oh I forget it was school holidays this week in the UK.. I wondered where everyone was on here. Hope you all have a nice time and the weather gets better esp for you tea

It is hot here now.. but not mossie nets at the windows so we have to close them at 8ish so we don't get bit.. hoefully we will get some fitted next week. We still have no TV either so I am getting loads done around the house (ironing is really boring though withour tele to watch) Plus going to buy some black out curtains for DC room so hopefully they will sleep in a bit longer in the mornings (6am starts are getting too much) Just waiting for DH to make some money at work now to shop for everything!!!

So far good day
Cook breakfast done
Clean up breakfast done
Strip beds done
dust living room done
Clean bathroom including wash shower curtain and mats done
Detailed cleaning of DC room done (was meaning to get this done all last week so very happy now)
Cooked lunch as DH came home for itdone
Clean up from lunch done
Continue loading WH and hanging out clothesdone
Dust bedroom done
Tidy up throughoutdone
Vac and mop all floors done
Todays mission done
Ironing
Make up beds

Going to get the ironing started now BBL

bookmarking for later- will read and post properly then

Hi all.

mickey No TV!

dyl wow you are very productive. Love the idea of making a quilt .

Happy holiday ruby . (where's she off too?)

Hope temptation doesn't get the better of you at Emma Bridgewater tea (well not too much) .

Had a fantastic day on the beach today . I even took my fleece off (dh didn't lol). DD and I have a plan to get dh in swimming trunks and into the sea by the end of the week .

May do some housework tomorrow .

Yes i know spice just had a glass of wine to help me through the ironing as no TV.

Managed to get everything done today, lets hope tomorrow will be just as good

List for tomorrow-

Re-load WM
Cook breakfast
Clean up breakfast
Shower and dress
DC washed and dressed
SS bathroom
Hang out washing
Look at mission and do that
15 min declutter of zone
tidy away toys
Leave for lunch outing (pizza mmm...)
Bring in washing
Cook dinner
Clean up dinner
quick vac round
DC bath
DC books
Ironing

may pop round to inlaws tomorrow.. i would go more but they never let us leave and want us to stay late. They can't understand why i put DC to bed at 7pm.. they think it is far too early because here in Turkey children don't go to bed until 12!!! they think i am a nutter! haha
So will see maybe leave it until Thursday

dyls the dress and the quilts are gorgeous
tea enjoy emma B

done

loads of washing and dishwashing
washing up
bin empytying
s & S
sanded outside step and window sill
packed up loads of rubbish from around kitchen and bedroom and took to tip
took some washing to mum's
beds stripped and made
ds's washing put away
washing hung out brought in and hung out again
some gardening done
new washing line put up with assistance of dh
vac fixed
living room floor vaccumed
kithcen floor vaccumed and mopped after dh swept up
baby gates taken down from downstairs
plus other stuff I can't remember

Micky mondays are usually my biggest cleaning day, but as its bank hols i done not a lot today.

Tea hope you have fun at emma bridgwater- can you link to your blog again please- i seem to have lost it!

Scatty - you're brave if weather where you are is like here in Kent!

Micky- what time do children get up in Turkey? That would do me in I don't even stay up til midnight

done;
mission
tidy
hoover
wash up
strip all beds
remake beds
sort dry washing
load washer lots
iced cake

we also went for a walk and found our self at a nearby castle, its an easy walk from here. Dc enjoyed them self playing in the castle grounds.

We are going bowling tomorrow, unless dc change their minds.

morning all

Cold and grey here

House total disater,(as always during holidays...),

carbroke down yesterday...very Just praying it wont cost a fortune to fix...wiating to phone garage in an hour....

Argument with DH finally followed breaking down...

trying to read through loads of research for my interview....but VERY slow progress...I don't seem to understand half of it anymore...help! I have developed Mummy Mush Brain!

Am off to cinema in a bit with dd's for cheap showing of princess and frog....Think I may have to nap in the cinema as so tired LOL

BBL

Morning everyone

Dyls I just had a look at your blog.. lovely quilt.. you should go into business.. i would love one.

ofm poor you, hope you week gets better.. don't stress about the house, it is only a week afterall. Good luck with the interview.

So far for me-
Re-load WM done
Cook breakfast done
Clean up breakfast done
Shower and dress
DC washed and dressed one of two done
SS bathroom
Hang out washing
Look at mission and do that done
15 min declutter of zone done
tidy away toys
Leave for lunch outing (pizza mmm...)
Bring in washing
Cook dinner
Clean up dinner
quick vac round done
DC bath
DC books
Ironingdone

Just got to get dressed now.. when my DS goes down for a nap!

OFM messy house is getting me down too...on the other hand don't want to ruin halfterm clean clean cleaning/scream scream screaming

so will revert to babysteps as of this moment, and try not to stress about rest
beds - get kids to do
s & s - kids?
put away clean washing up in kitchen - ds1?
make stew for supper - ds2 helping?
rubbish out - ds1?
I hour?

bbl

then a bit of gardening
get kids out for a breather ? Library run?
swimmng later, lunch sorted
dh at work this week
music practice x 3

OFM bet you remember more than you think! Anyway presumably you know far more than most newly qualified pyschs, despite them having latest research up their sleeve.
project a little bit
garden sweep sweep sweep 30 mins

Morning all (or aft LOL). Raining today!

Dh has taken kids to the pictures.
I have been to shops , booked dd onto swim lessons (figers crossed she doesn't wimp out)and rebooted laundry. Need to tackle floors now.

micky I would strangle my kids if I had to entertain them until midnight .

OFM good luck with the revision. (bad luck about the car ).

ML your lists are always an inspiration!

swan...sigh...yes,indeed!babystpes! scatty shopping without dc sounds good

Car booked into gagage for tomorrow ... fingers crossed.

Hitanother stumbling block....need a particular textbook...located in Health Sciences library atChildren's Hospital...yay...rang up,but library shut for "cleaning and decontamination" and not open again till July
Heaven only knows what they're decontaminating

so...back to drawing board....said book is over £100 to buy...so that wontbe happening LOL

anyway..been to cinema...nice time had by all,dd3 had total meltdown on way homethough because I forgot to buy herpens..

all now fairly peaceful....should be revising...can't be bothered....

BBL

gosh....not sure what happened with my *'s there LOL sorry

OFM very expensive text book!!! Could you buy second hand? At least you all enjoyed the cinema.

Children here don't have routines at all.. they sleep when and where ever, Whole families of 4 on a scooter including mum holding baby, Cover babies faces with blankets when they sleep, feed them the most rubbish food.. i.e bread dipped in black sugared turkish tea for a 6 month old!!! Parenting here is crap. They do eat quite a lot of fruit though
On the upside of it though DH think i am the best mum in the world from only seeing his sisters parenting skills

Got through my list except reading books to DC and bathing them but thats ok on occassion.

Hope you are all well BBL

"decontamination"does indeed sound scarey

well I can think Ican beat dd3's score OFM dd had no less than three horrifying tantrums today, which reduced me to tears. Then dss had further tantrum when I tried to switch off some quiz show (on the i-player so they could have watched it any time the varmits) I drove to swimming feeling like I had been beaten over the head with a baseball bat, but by this time dd was murmuring affectionate sweet nothings to me and is now in excellent form after swimming lesson.

I don't know...feel a real failure at halfterm why can't we be good at getting on???? Tried to have a very low key day, but doesn't seem to make any difference to latent aggressions and emotions...violent squabble outbreaks. Like dancing on a volcano really [ouch]

Anyway on good note, have managed a bit of decluttering, got all three dcs to do some housework without complaint (despite later breakdowns)
swimming lessons great success
bedrooms are nice and tidy,
everywhere not too bad really
supper prepared
food in fridge for week

OFM cinema sounds lovely, I think just need to treat my home as a honorary cinema, and all would be well!

ML ah but I bet you Turkish kids don't cry much or have hellish tantrums...the tannin makes all the difference [rushes off to feed dd large cup of refreshing tea]

swan haha maybe you are right. Except the fact that Turkey has the highest death rate for under 5's in Europe. Although shamefully England came third
As for you feeling like a failure.. a tidy house and food in for the week? I don't think so!

Well tomorrow DD in nursery so DS and I are going for a play date at my friends who has a DC similar age.. means we can have a coffee and a good chat while we leave them to it really

So tomorrow-

Load WH
cook breakfast
Clean up from breakfast
shower and dress
DC washed and dressed
Hang out washing
Get cushions out of storage to give to DF
Leave to take DD to school and go to DF's
Walk back and do some shopping on way home
Bring in washing
Daily mission
Tidy up
Cook dinner
Clean floor of balcony
Collect DD from school
Clean up from dinner
Bath DC
books to DC
Ironing

I love being part of this thread.. my house has never been so flyladyish x

swan poor you, have a glass of wine. I am having it easy as dh is off so we are operating in shifts.

OFM I wish I could close my house down for 'cleaning and decontamination' (put the kids into kennels for a while lol).

micky wow I think even I'd feel like a good parent in Turkey!

Floors 1/2 done, I am getting lazy, definately true that work expands to fill the time available to do it (or something). Have been lolling about on the sofa with dd .

OFM hope the car not too much money to fix. Text books are ridiculouly priced aren't they

Swan you are def not a failure, half terms are very trying.

Micky this thread def helps with motivation doesnt it

today i have;
tidied
hoovered
10 mins of sewing dress
dinner
washed up
put up bathroom cabinet more drilling

we went bowling, bumped into SIL and youngest nephew on way so they came too. Was a good time apart from dd's tantrums when i wouldn't let her run far ahead in town

She is happy again now, in bed chatting to her teddies

I am about to do some work on my patchwork quilt, thank you for your kind words. Have never made one before so nice to have positive feedback.

dlsm putting up bathroom cabinet.. very impressed!

Micky me too! I have learnt a lot about myself since moving- I am a lot more capable than I ever realised. Am in a very positive place right now

Hi, All busy busy time here. Will catch up with you all next week when DH goes back to work. Another course for me this week
A huge to do list that not getting done. But lovely weekend Bat & Ball Picnic & BBQ at Brother's house which was lovely. DS's friend has a tummy bug and didn't come around which Ds has said is the greatest disappointment in his life! SON if that's the greatest disappointment so far then life is looking pretty good so far. Have a good half-term for those doing half-term. Everyone else enjoy summer. P.S DH insulating front room ready for next winter HA! will won't be caught out again.

morning all.

at Nuttys sons big disappointment- if only all lifes disappoinments were like that

today ds is off out with his friend.

to do
tidy done
sweep kitchen floor done
load washer done
s&S bathroom done
wash up done
fill in finance forms for next year
iron
hang washing out
cut grass if it dries off enough
take dd out