Weekly Flylady Thread 1st January 2018

Hi everyone
Not had time to read posts since I posted last but I just wanted to say that the bathroom has been cleaned to a inch if it's life and its so clean I don't want to use it now!!!!
Right off to do some desk work after I make a coffee to keep me going, but I will need to borrow the shredder from dd1. This thread has got me fired up and I feel so much better for doing it.
Nannyg

roundtuit wrote: »

Wow - that is a serious amount of money _pale_

I've just WUDUPA whilst concocting a pasta dish for myself. That's the first time I've done anything like that for years - concocting that is, not WUDUPA. I usually grab something ready made from the freezer, heat it up and eat it, but, today, I boiled pasta and made a 'sauce' using a tin of tomatoes and a tin of sliced mushrooms - which I liberally coated in pepper. It wasn't great but it was edible. I need to learn portion size when cooking pasta :eek: and my 'sauce' was too wet: I've had to change my top as I didn't think to wear a tea towel as a bib . But I had a go - and next time it'll be better (and there'll be less pasta!)

So that's the paid stuff and the dailies done. And Day 3 of healthier eating: tick. Also today I brought in the bin and recycling boxes, cancelled my hair appointment tomorrow and rescheduled it in 5 weeks time...my hair has just grow to a length I like so I didn't want to pay to have barely anything taken off the ends :money: , and took my dad his birthday card and present - he's 83 years young today :T

Have a good evening.
Rxx

Handful of dried pasta is roughly a portion, two for when you're not having bread or salad/lots of veg with it. Use tomato puree rather than a tin of chopped next time and drain, then dry the mushrooms off in the pan before adding anything else (such as a little bit of chopped/crushed garlic, chopped onion and a little bit of oil - if you're using fresh mushrooms, put them into the oil with the onion and add a tiny splash of water if everything looks too dry). Add puree - a very large blob, proper tablespoon size, at least three soupspoons of puree, if not six - and stir well. Bring up to heat, let bubble if it still looks a bit wet (if it looks a bit dry but not burning, don't forget there will still be some moisture from the pasta), at the last minute, chuck in some torn up herbs if you like them, drain the pasta and then stir it through. The sauce should cling to rather than immerse the pasta.

Well, I didn't have a very productive day, as had a hospital appointment and then went shopping for back to school/uni stuff. I have managed to get a few things done.

Monday - New Year's Day

Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Living Room
Wipe/scrub sink
Move clutter so you can vacuum under it
Vacuum and wipe (if needed) sofas
Dust any areas below eye level
Dust anything above eye level (if safe to do so)


Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen.
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Put all the ironing away that was done over the past few days.

Thursday ~ Childrens/spare rooms
Work out finances for DH for January/February (work in progress)
Strip, wash and replace bedding
Sort through a box of toys/shelf/cupboard see if you can fit in some of the christmas stash
Tidy a chest of drawers
Vacuum, even if it means kicking all the mess into a corner heap!
Binbag Dance.. fling those broken things and empty packaging!
Wash windows and sills, and curtains and blinds!
Make sure games are in boxes and books are straight on shelves
Dust all the light fittings

Friday ~ Bathroom and study/pc area
Declutter floors and chairs and pile all the paperwork in one heap
Clear desk of papers and junk.. give it a good wipe
Wipe mouse, keyboard and polish screens while pc runs defrag.
Declutter 50 emails, 5 dead links and any unused programs.. make backup disc of pics etc.. just in case!
Scrub bath, loo, sinks, showers
Wash shower curtains/mat etc that are grotty
Clean paintwork and shine mirrors
Make room in the bathroom for your new christmas smellies! and get them installed
Clean radiators.. don't forget the back (sock on a stick/coat hanger!)

Evening everyone - I confess to having had a very lazy day today although I did put the rubbish out and did one load of washing. Also put dates in my calendar (which finally arrived this morning!).

Welcome to nannyg, katto, PrincessMP and Wishing

atb - hugs; hope you're feeling a little brighter xx

Dizzy_Imp wrote: »

How does freedom feel Frodders? Hope you've enjoyed the day xxx

Thanks Dizzy - tbh it's a bit strange and I feel as though I'm bunking off! Still not into any sort of routine though so that is my aim for next week.

roundtuit wrote: »

Honey Bear, froddington I'm looking forward to hearing about your successes as we turn our homes in to places we can truly relax in. :beer:

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Roundtuit and Frodders, I think we're all in a Challenge of our very own. Ahhhh. I amazon'd all my textbooks Frodders - and welcome to the world of not working M-F during the day. It won't be long before you wonder how you ever managed to fit working in

Thanks - I will have to work again at some point but it's nice to know I can have a few weeks off! Will look at Amaz0n for the books.

HB and Roundtuit - I really, really must get this house sorted and, if I can do a decent amount in the next few weeks then I can get people round to give estimates for my new bathroom and / or kitchen. We CAN do this (but I will need your [STRIKE]nagging [/STRIKE]encouragment :rotfl:

froddington wrote: »

Evening everyone - I confess to having had a very lazy day today although I did put the rubbish out and did one load of washing. Also put dates in my calendar (which finally arrived this morning!).

Welcome to nannyg, katto, PrincessMP and Wishing

atb - hugs; hope you're feeling a little brighter xx



Thanks Dizzy - tbh it's a bit strange and I feel as though I'm bunking off! Still not into any sort of routine though so that is my aim for next week.





Thanks - I will have to work again at some point but it's nice to know I can have a few weeks off! Will look at Amaz0n for the books.

HB and Roundtuit - I really, really must get this house sorted and, if I can do a decent amount in the next few weeks then I can get people round to give estimates for my new bathroom and / or kitchen. We CAN do this (but I will need your [STRIKE]nagging [/STRIKE]encouragment :rotfl:

From experience of both being the one not working and from living with somebody who isn't, I'd really recommend, particularly as you've been in such a timetabled environment for so long, that you draft out a tiny, tiny schedule for yourself.

Maybe, depending on whether you are a morning person or dragged yourself out of bed every day, setting an alarm for what you feel to be a civilised hour - for me, it's either 10am for a lie in or 5am as I love the very early mornings?

Then curtains/blinds open, window or back door to let in some fresh air and daylight, a nice cuppa and breakfast whilst you think about what you're going to be doing today. Yes, Flylady can help, but that might end up a bit restrictive/you feeling as though you're behind if you do something else on a couple of days.

I try and do all the going out stuff early so that I'm back in the house by lunchtime - and rarely attempt cleaning if it's after noon, just because I seem to find it more rewarding to do it first thing, as then I've got the rest of the day to do other things.

Without any plan at all, it's easy to find that nothing ever happens.


From the point of view of having to live with Himself, he's a s*d for languishing in bed all day and then it being too dark, too cold, too late or any combination of the above to do anything other than watch TV and annoy me. It very nearly ruins every week off I have, as I'm left rattling around by myself, creeping about so as not to wake him, going out without him or controlling an urge to chuck a bucket of cold water over the bed and swear profusely.

However, when I'm back at work, he wakes up in the morning and at least makes me a coffee, so he's up. Because I insist on opening all the curtains and blinds, there's daylight flooding in, he gets dressed and there's a good few hours of him being up, even if he does skulk back to bed. He's more likely to do that if he's put the TV on downstairs first thing, as he will sit down when I leave and get sleepy again, rather than if there's a radio on, which seems to encourage him to get up and do something.


I'd also suggest scheduling two days a week minimum where you go out, whether it's shopping, a hobby or something else, it's too easy to slip into not leaving the house and therefore not getting as much fresh air and daylight; like it or not, being stuck with playground duty means you were outside for more than if you didn't have to.


Other than that, remember that you don't have to spend your days fuelled by stress, half cups of tea and the occasional biscuit stuffed down whilst trying to avoid another learning walk 'oh, I saw you eating at your desk. It's not appropriate/professional': - sit and enjoy your lunches. Have lots of things with peanuts in them, lots of stinky foods, be confident that there will be decent coffee and a decent clean mug whenever you reach for them and enjoy wearing non tailored trousers, tops that expose the collarbones, skirts that do not end on the knee, shoes that are not black and capable of taking polish, trainers and, when summer hits, spend plenty of time in the garden with a Pimms whilst wearing shorts and strappy tops. And if you like, dye your hair a ridiculous colour, wear far too much eye makeup, neon nail polish and swear like a trooper.


Because you can.