Weekly Flylady Thread 11th August 2008

lil_me

Thanks for the comments, Soappie G&B is right it's a Mathematics and Statistics Degree I was working towards, or backwards from I sat up until 3.30am studying, no further forward with TMA, sat until 4.30am crying and considering what to do next. I think at present a sensible option would be, to complete one of my courses and try to pass one at least rather than failing both. If I choose to continue both I will have an additional 2 TMA assignments, one CMA and an exam, which at the minute, seems impossible within a few weeks in addition to the TMA and exam due for the other. I am going to speak to the regional office on Monday about it anyway. Dormouse syndrme hasn't helped this of course, it's been one of those things where I fight it and study tired or sleep and miss study time. At the mo it's playing havoc with my holidays, DP is having to watch the boys while I fall asleep when we're away.

Enough moaning! I can't do anything until Monday so I am not going to. Well apart from pack my books to take with me. Must get the lawn cut, hoping the lawnmower will last just doing the front again, too much and it smells like it's on fire but not wanting to buy a new one until next week. I wonder if I can get it's main cut done in half an hour, not in strimming, will try!

vanilla

Morning everyone, WM and TD on already and everyone feed and nearly dressed.
Plan today plenty off flying ( i will finish the washing and finish our room), hope to do abit of baking aswell.

Lil_me i agree with Dusty, wait till september and see then once children are back into the routine of school.

G&B hope the man is ok.

CraftyScholar i wear glasses for reading, computer and driving. Only have the one pair and for some reason when i put them on they make my vision blurry then i get used to them and when i take them off my sight goes blurry again, i really must get retested.

On the Bo front, i rang this morning and they said he had a great night and put weight on both back legs but finds it difficult to sit. They even took him for a short walk last night.:eek: The vet said he'd ring later and that Bo should be home this evening as it will bring him on quicker being around familiar faces and he's pining (sp)for us, so all good.:D

galadriel

nicki wrote: »

It depends. I'm starting to find that baking my own bread is not that much cheaper as we seem to go through more of it. The cakes depend on what type I make (the spiced prune cake though is best home made though - I've never seen it in the shops and I'll be pricing it up next time I make it ). This weekend will be the first time I've attempted quiche so that still remains to be seen. :rotfl::rotfl:

Yes I find we eat more, I seem to be making a loaf every day, where before I probably bought a white sliced twice a week. As for cakes I find I get loads of brownie points for home baking , it's a good bargaining point with my son - I bribe him with muffins or a sponge cake when I want him to mow the lawn for me. I wouldn't buy cakes and biscuits so no money saving there for me, but it's nice to hear him say my baking is 'awesome' or '!!!!!ing' - yes this last is actually a compliment in teenspeak

galadriel

kindlesgirl wrote: »

This site never fails to amaze me - not only money saving and support for all things monetary but also heloing to sort out my slovenly housekeeping!

Have made a start this week with windows and some paint work cleaning so will now try to keep up with the rest of the daily "dos"!

But DS is back from camp this weekend so may get bogged down in mountains of wet smelly gear to be sorted before we can go on to other clearing up

Thanks!

I remember this well, my eldest DS used to bring the patrol tent home to be dried as well :eek: a heavy canvas tent which used to take days to dry, and groundsheets we used to have to put over the washing line and hose down.

galadriel

vanilla wrote: »

On the Bo front, i rang this morning and they said he had a great night and put weight on both back legs but finds it difficult to sit. They even took him for a short walk last night.:eek: The vet said he'd ring later and that Bo should be home this evening as it will bring him on quicker being around familiar faces and he's pining (sp)for us, so all good.:D

Great news about Bo, I am sure he will be pleased to see you. It must be quite traumatic for a dog to be hurt and taken away from his owners, this really upset me when mine had to have an op, I had to take him into the vet Friday and didn't get him home until Monday, although the vet did ring me every day.

sexymouse

Tuesday Triumphs - Kitchen
Level Two
Mop floors
Thursday twirls- Living Room & Hall
Extra Mission:
[strike]Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.[/strike]
Friday Flyday- All rooms(No spare or kids rooms so general clean of flat)
[strike]Level One[/strike]
[strike]Level Two[/strike]
Level Three
[strike]Clean 2 windows[/strike]
[strike]Tidy a chest of drawers/wardrobe/floordrobe! Paperwork drawer again[/strike]
Extra Task List
End of week fling!!
Weekend List

1. Try catching up on the laundry
2. Clean out the car
3. Bake a carrot cake
4. Bake m&m cookies (thanks G&B)
5. [STRIKE]Empty DW[/STRIKE]

juliejim

In my HHC I've:

Nearly managed to find the carpet in my LR!!

DS is demanding cheese oatcakes for his dinner so off to do them now.

Will be back for another HHC in a bit!

Jue

mumofjusttwo

Vanilla- great news. Already going for a walk. Fantastic.

Well done my HHC. Managed to clean oven (won't do it on Monday now if we have it on the list) cleaned out WM drawer, DW filer, TD filter, folded clothes for upstairs, added some more to the ironing pile,made a snack for DD and DS and got rid of stuff in fridge I also managed to make a cup of tea. Anyone? :coffee:




Monday Minging & Flinging- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area Two
mop the floors in these rooms.
Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms

Tuesday Triumphs - Kitchen and Dining Room
31 fling boogie..


Wednesday Thllliiing!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Sort through a cupboard and find 10 things to get rid of!
34 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
Clean all the upstairs door frames
Clean windows in these rooms
Do half hour clearing of the place you hate doing the most..HHM need to think about that one.



Thursday twirls- Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!





Friday Flyday- those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Level Three
Clean 2 windows
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
End of week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

To Do
Go to Ikea (still) and buy shelves
put up blinds in main bedroom
sort out toy box
sort out some charity stuff
Have a nice relaxing bath. Bubbles and everything I bet this one gets done.
Do some scrapbooking
Find out when DD is back at playschool. (Not sure how to find out though)
sort out ladder in bedroom
sort out wobbly wardrobe
fix WM
see about counseling
look at college courses

Valli

vivw wrote: »

My third wedding was in 2002

I joked that, if I were to marry again (fat chance) I would have the wedding cake in the shape of a number 3 because I am losing track!:rotfl: :rotfl:

nicki_2

Reality check time I'm too shattered to be doing loads of stuff in the house so I'm going to edit my list to just stuff that HAS to be done...

Monday Minging & Flinging- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clear floors of guff and stuff
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
HOOVER
Tuesday Triumphs - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Sort & clean oven - Will do after my baking session while the oven is hot
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary) more like put cloth on it :mad:
Level Three
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Wipe & declutter all the windows sills in these areas!!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer, cooker hood and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!
Wednesday Thllliiing!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Thursday twirls- Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Friday Flyday- those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!!
Level Two
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Level Three
My list :

1. Study 30mins on train home.
2. Bake - will wait until DD comes home and do it with her, I can't be faffed today.

Just gone to get my stuff out to get dressed and found all my wearable jeans are in the wash again (I need to loose this weight that's crept back on ) so I'm going to sling them in the drier with some "hungry" towels while I have a bath. THEN I'm going to somewhere to study. I don't know where, I was going to go to the park but the forecast is rain, its also windy so not exactly ideal for reading :rolleyes: I think I just need to get out and blow the cobwebs away. Aunt Flo is here and its making me fuzzy and miserable (although someone has just asked me out for a drink so that's cheered me up a bit ) so I'm not in the mood to sit in the house and study as I'll end up either falling asleep or watching TV or playing games on Facebook.

I've done a job I've been putting off - I got a letter Thursday from the CC company that they'd increased my limit AGAIN :mad: I've been putting off ringing them up to drop my limit but I did it this morning (the increase had taken it up to £6450, it was £5700, but I've dropped it to £4,500 so there is still money available on it, but I won't be tempted and I'll drop it again IF Ex can help out clearing some of the outstanding balance) , THEN to top it all off I enquired as to whether Ex was still on the account and he is :mad::mad: I sent them 2 letters in March about taking him off the account :mad::mad::mad: I'm not happy. I'll send them another one, only this time I'll send it recorded so I know it gets there :mad:

Need to go and check emails and stuff :wave: