Fly Weekly 7th June Lets push the boat out!

[Nuttybear]

Morning, Sorry for not joining in lately. Half term, the men are around and spoiling my routine.
mission
Right must crack on as the house is a tip after DH fixed the insulation in the front room. I will post it's condition as my brother in Canada thinks it will get mouldy!
Today we have a play date as it is an inset day, so:-
Tons of laundry
sort washing
load w/m as many times as possible
hang washing (weather permitting)
shopping for bits
scrub kitchen floor (layer of adhesive on it)
Freeze pasta sauce
Tea!!! Can't be more pasta!!! Lentil soup amaybe

I'll copy and paste over to your link

ok it appears we are in the kitchen this week- prob a good thing as mine is disgusting!

mission

I am having a jelly day . not helped by dd being v reluctant to go in to nursery as "she likes being at home and misses me" . guilt is never far away as a mum is it- nothing you do is right. Am trying to get out of this mood and be happy chirpy for pick up time.

done;
dc to school/nursery
bought more plant pots
post office
put in repeat prescriptions
breakfast
wash up
strip all beds
washing online

to do;
tidy living room
hoover through
mission
wash kitchen floor
15 mins decluttering in the kitchen
collect dc
go to library
arrange placement in a junior school
contact school dd is due to start to see if can arrange a visit with her

was meant to be doing an after school gardening club with ds, rearranged dd's nursery days for it. School forgot to send the letters home to say they are now unable to do this club, which was due to start today. I was looking forward to it as it would be nice to have something I can do with just ds and give us time without dd. Think it may help with the shoutyness.
Swan i think you are right it is an age things, talking to a couple of other mums I know with this age. I don't think I have helped much this past week, as I am distracted/worrying so perhaps we have clashed a bit more than usual.

think I am going to put some music on while I clean and try and cheer up

BBL

Morning Dyls

Dyls, Anthems of Rock works for me. Hope your mood improves. Lovely Mum is doing my shopping for me. She loves our local market so it give her a reason to shop & chat to the stall holders.

Morning dyls and nutty and all-who-follow

briefly popping by

dyls how old is DS? Shame about gardening club. Could you do something else with him for 1/2 hr if dd at nursery? Hope you're feeling brighter soon

nutty I hardly got on last week either...far too many people around destroying my routine LOL

Have been trying to catch up this morning. Have done:
6 DC up dressed,breakfasted
school run - including remembered to give in my new mobile number
walked dog
tidied kitchen,cleaned surfaces,cleaned hob,cleared and cleaned window sill
bathrooms S&S
Tidied and hoovered littlies room
Tidied and hoovered girls room
Tidies and hoovered our room
Hoovered landing
tidied and dusted lounge
rebooted laundry X2

to do:
Nursery drop off dd4
Mission
Hoover lounge
Hoover stairs
Sort clean washing
sew on dd's cubs badges
mop floors
more revision for interview
reply letter for school re ongoing saga of dd's accident!

am battling with technology...attempting to download audiobook on pitifully slow internet connection...to discover it wont play on my pitiful cheap mobile phone LOL...sigh....

right....must dash
BBL

Nutty thanks I have raided ds music as I felt like a change- am listening to Killers at the moment. bI like some of the songs on this album- some are a bit dreary. Will have to see which others he has up there

you have reminded me our market is on tomorrow may pop down there for a nose.

OFM he's 11 good idea, he loves his swimming, maybe I'll suggest going swimming after school with him instead. I know today he wants to go to the library- he put his books in his school bag so we can stop off on the way

ok feeling not as sad now, have also been very productive

done;
dc to school/nursery
bought more plant pots
post office
put in repeat prescriptions
breakfast
wash up
strip all beds
washing online
tidy living room
hoover through
wash kitchen floor
15 mins decluttering in the kitchen
arrange placement in a junior school-waiting for reply
contact school dd is due to start to see if can arrange a visit with her-awaiting reply
wash living room flor
wash downstairs hall floor
wash up and downstairs bathroom floors
s&S bathrooms
hoovered bedrooms
dusted bedrooms
put more washing out- and got some in

to do;
remake beds
mission
dust downstairs
collect dc
go to library
get rest of washing in
sort dry washing
ironing
dinner

am hungry now, so going to go and get some lunch- must also make dd some lunch for when I collect her as I promised I would when I dropped her off.

afternoon all....
quiet in here today

dyls yep, tricky age.My oldest ds is 12 and very difficult at the moment. Makes me realise I should make more of an effort to do nice stuff with him...

right...dd4 at nursery,ds2 napping,dog asleep...peace yay!
have just made cuppa...and accidentally eaten a left over cream cake(well it was actually one day past its due date...couldnt throw it away could I LOL!)

now going tohave 5 mins peace before getting on BBL

dyls BTW its lovely that he still wants to do stuff with you. My ds is already in the "can't be seen out with my mother" phase...sigh...

Xposts dyl wow, you've done loads! well done you!

OFM it would have been wasteful to discard the cake so you saved the penguins (dd's fav phrase) by eating it

it is reasurring to know its not just my ds that is being difficult, makes it more bearable if it's an age thing. Doesn't help that most of my friends have younger children so don't understand yet that he is actually just being his age!
ds is ok being seen out with me if it is not anywhere near his school- as his friends live near to his school, we live several miles away so its acceptable near home

lunch eaten should go and get on with some more stuff now

Dyls What industy! It does make you feel better when you can tick off so much.
Not as productive here but assisting DS in learning to do chores which will pay divideds in the future.
He has made his bed & tidied his room
put recycling out (smashed a bottle in the process!)
Loaded the D/W.
We have also done a reward chart. He has to read every day without moaning. and some maths. 1 width of the pool. for 5 weeks with little rewards along the way. He get a hot wheels track!
Okay me
Made my bed Done
sorted washing DONE
load w/m DONE
Freeze pasta sauce DONE
Lentil soup DONE By lovely Mum
Lunch DONE
Collected ds's mate DONE
shopping DONE by lovely Mum
Now I have to buy her that shed and get the delivery sorted only fair.
OFM & Dyls Watched a bit of'Kidulthood' on TV last night. Had to change over as it scared the socks off me. Not looking forward to the teen years. I'm sure it not going to be as bad as the film. DS will be off to Northern Spian in the rain if I get a wiff of trouble. I think I can cope with the 'your not groove mum' stage' Well I hope so.

Dyls I think it's hard work being the eldest too! You never get the benefit of being the naughty youngest, and all the expectations of your parents too...
You must be exhausted as well after moving and finishing course, sometimes it takes a while to recover from the ongoing stress that you don't realise you are under..ifysim.

OFM you have done loads too
Dh has decided to stay at home today, in a cuddlesome mood, which is not what I intended at all as today was meant to be WASH UP AFTER PARTY and DENTIST day. I feel a bit fed up because he's wasting holiday time by taking today off, but nevertheless it's nice to be able to nurse my toothache on the sofa (2 hour crown just finished)and e has done some washing up. There are so many jobs I could have organised if I just knew he was going to stay at home!!! Or even just gone out for the day to see an exhibition, friend or even gone to Eire for weekend

Feel utterly shattered, but v relieved that i have climbed a few mountains recently. More still looming alas.

Alsodone shopping/mealplanned nutty
chores indoctrination - excellent
lovely mum indeed! mine was meant to help me on Friday but decided she didn'thave time but she rang up today and we had a nice chat about party (she couldn't come)

Afternoon all

You have all been busy bees haven't you. Must try and get some jobs done

Dlys I'm inpressed with your list. My DD can be like that re nursery on first day back so I know I'm gonna get that on Thursday (can't believe she is off for 2 weeks)

Swan DH does that sometimes and I get mad at him cos he has spoilt my plans. I guess its nice but i'm always thinking of the jobs I should be doing

OFM good decision re the cream cake - would be wrong to throw it away

Nutty I started a reward chart for DD on Saturday. She went flying off and I thought she was in strop - when I checked she was tidying her bedroom lasted about 5 minutes until naughty behaviour resumed so I'm going to try it again this week.

Hello to anyone else

Done today

• Been and picked up DHs repeat prescription
• Bought duck for tea - scarce in Sheffield clearly as had to go to three places for it
• Played make up and school with DD this morning and watched her recite her entire 40 minute ballet lesson - complete with discussions with imaginary pupils
• walked up to retail park to get a gogo hamster ball and bed for DDs new toy hamster - it was supposed to be for her birthday but DH left it out
• Car in to be fixed - has a big thick groove out of side - no car for 2 days

To Do

• Sign language revision - it will be a miracle if I pass this exam
• Try to get a run in - at the moment not looking promising
• hand wash ballet clothes
• washing x3
• tidy kitchen
• tidy books and papers at side of computer
• run hoover round
• cook tea - weightwatchers plum and duck stirfry. Last week I menuplanned for 4 weeks - printed out the receipes and typed up each weeks plan and put it in a display wallet - so far I have managed to stick to the main meal each day so reasonably happy (just need to stick to the lunches instead of going for the quick and easy sandwich option)

Right to get on - will report back later

OFM + and I'm so mean to her. My mum is one of those people you can't help but get annoyed with. I don't understand it. I'm going to phone her and be sweet in a mo.
Making Changes It started really last week when I told him to make his bed he thought it was a punishment and cried so I hit on the idea of giving him points for every bit done correctly (he loves getting points) and I walk around like a judge in a cooking competition. a bit of play helps with my boy.
Swan It's strange now I'm a working mum I have to plan every day in advance otherwise a day just mooching feels so wasteful. I used to mooch for days without even washing a plate or pick-up anything AND not care!
If having men around is a nuiance unless planned what are we going be like in retirement

Hi everyone.

I have been out of the house today on a secret mission. You know i live in Turkey, well my in-laws are very old fashioned muslims. My SIL is the youngest in the family and un-married. she has been talkimg to someone online for 4 years and they really like each other. Yesterday he travelled 36 hours to come across Turkey to meet her!!! but the family are very protctive of her and even though she is 24, she never leaves the house except to go to buy food for a meal etc. But she wanted to meet this guy before he went to her family to ask to be married (can't blame her) so today we escaped (well her.. i ofcourse go out everyday) we arranged to meet him insecret for a coffee for a few hours. SIL made the excuse she was coming to the hair dressers with me. He was lovely and a really good guy and thankfully no one found out! If they did i would be in sh*t because they would think as i am englsh i talked her into it. Although I think it was better i went than her on her own.. you never know and she couldn't tell anyone else.

Anyway went back to the families house afterwards and only just got back home.. need to tidy but a glass of wine suddenly appeared in my hand and now i can't be bothered.

So i am just going to catch up tomorrow. And the list is-

Load WH
Cook breakfast
Clean up from breakfast
Shower and dress
DC washed and dressed
SS bathroom
Hang out washing
Tidy up throughout
Dust living room
Vac through
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Nutty at teaching ds to do chores now

MC when is your exam?

Micky- how exciting-like being an undercover spy!

I have been very busy, am feeling good about the house and seems to have put me in a better mood. Took dc to library after school to collect some more reading books. Ds has got a teen cook book and wants to try out some recipes from it. So he is cooking tea tomorrow after we have been for a swim together.

done;
dc to school/nursery
bought more plant pots
post office
put in repeat prescriptions
breakfast
wash up
strip all beds
washing online
tidy living room
hoover through
wash kitchen floor
15 mins decluttering in the kitchen
arrange placement in a junior school-waiting for reply
contact school dd is due to start to see if can arrange a visit with her-awaiting reply
wash living room flor
wash downstairs hall floor
wash up and downstairs bathroom floors
s&S bathrooms
hoovered bedrooms
dusted bedrooms
put more washing out- and got some in
remake beds
mission
dust downstairs
collect dc
go to library
get rest of washing in
sort dry washing
ironing
dinner
wash up
clean windows
water plants
wash kitchen floor again after dd ran across it in muddy shoes.
cleared everybody elses rubbish from my front garden
cleaned barbecue

am off to put dd to bed then can relax for a bit

Dyls wow.. very productive day you have had. You deserve a relaxing evening

evening all

nothing much achieved since lunch time

heard some sad news at school pick up time.
One of the little boys in reception was discovered to have a brain tumour last week, and was in hospital having op today. I dont know the mum very well,they have 2 boys,but niether in any of my dc classes but vaguely know her to chat to....I dont know many details..but it's such a shock.Cant stop feeling sad for that poor family and what they must be going through. So hoping it has a good outcome. Really makes you realise how lucky you are,and how much I have to be thankful for,and how stupid I am to waste time getting stressed over untidy bedrooms.
Have therefor spent lots of time hugging dc and ignoring mess this evening!

Now need to go put dd3 to bed...

BBtomorrow.

OFM how its awful when you hear of little ones being so poorly, it does put things in perspective doesn't it (well for a little while..)

OFM hope he pulls through.

Micky what an exciting day (and good for you for helpimg her out).

dyl I'm impressed your ds is going to try some cooking from his book.

swan how was the party?

Hi everyone else.

Have been to Drs with ds re nosebleeds (I said 'hurry up we have to be at the Drs in 5 mins!' and ds said' why, am I going to have a nose bleed in 5 mins?' . Apparently you can get an ointmant to seal the blood vessel (sounds far nicer than having it cauterised).

Done:
recycling
changed dds bed
laundry

Forgot to say swan printer. Top one. Quite impressed now it's installed (good at photos). The installation would have been very easy except the colour ink cartrige supplied seemed to be empty which caused a few problem (but took me a while to realise that this was the problem). Buy ink.

ofm how sad.. the poor family.. makes us realise hows luckey we are. And you are right.. we should all spend more time hugging and less worrying about tidy bedrooms. Hope he and his family will be ok

Morning all . No after school activities or appointments today so going to:
floors
dust
bathroom
post bd card - mum.

BBL

Morning Scatty,and everyone else

have just received confirmation from ds's junior school I can do my pre-pgce placement with them. I will speak to infants I am in tomorrow to see if I can go in some extra days in diff classes to cover the other key stages.

done this morning;
breakfast
wash up
clean table
tidy living room
tidy bedrooms
s&s bathrooms
dc to school
email tutor re missing marks

to do
mission
hoover through
clean cooker
am thinking of putting up another shelf in the kitchen to clear the clutter off the sides (bottles of cooking ingrediants etc that don't fit in the cupboards)
finish sewing the dress I started last week

BBL

corr its quite on here today. where is everyone?

just popping on for an update while my bacon cooks

done this morning;
breakfast
wash up
clean table
tidy living room
tidy bedrooms
s&s bathrooms
dc to school
email tutor re missing marks
mission
hoover through
clean cooker
put up another shelf in the kitchen to clear the clutter off the sides
clean fridge
clean behind cooker and up side of the fridge

BBL