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Weekly Flylady Thread 11th August 2008

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  • nicki_2
    nicki_2 Posts: 7,321 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic I've been Money Tipped!
    hex2 wrote: »
    nicki - are you still in your pj's? I read it and thought good for you!

    I am .... its a rarity in this house :rotfl: I actually can't remember the last time I did this :rotfl::rotfl::D

    Well I've done the dishes & S&S the kitchen. Still the food processor and a frying pan to wash but the drainer is full so having a :coffee: Also cleared out the fridge and update my grocery inventory. So I'm now off to play some games and catch up while DD continues to watch Santa Clause the Movie :D :xmassign: Having already watched, Father Christmas, Muppets Christmas Carol, and the Snowman :rotfl:
    Creeping back in for accountability after falling off the wagon in 2016.
    Need to get back to old style in modern ways, watching the pennies and getting stuff done!
  • nicki_2
    nicki_2 Posts: 7,321 Forumite
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    RebekahR wrote: »
    *Gets off !!!! walks into kitchen, screams and runs back out*
    That's what I did last night :rotfl::rotfl:
    Creeping back in for accountability after falling off the wagon in 2016.
    Need to get back to old style in modern ways, watching the pennies and getting stuff done!
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    *slaps rebekah's legs with a damp cloth and banishes her to the kitchen*.. go clean it.. dirty minx!

    Hex.. don't be silly.. I haven't done my own list but how am I meant to know you've done everything if I can't find a list with it all nicely crossed off?? I am not psychodelic.

    RIGHT.. I HAVE HAD ENOUGH.... I AM going to the pub now..
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
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  • RebekahR
    RebekahR Posts: 5,988 Forumite
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    Ok I have put a few thigns away. Not to take all thewashing up to the kitchen. Need oh to empty dishwasher so I can refill it later. Then to venture to the bedroom *gulp*. all I feel like doing is crying today
  • Triker
    Triker Posts: 7,247 Forumite
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    pigpen wrote: »
    *slaps rebekah's legs with a damp cloth and banishes her to the kitchen*.. go clean it.. dirty minx!

    Hex.. don't be silly.. I haven't done my own list but how am I meant to know you've done everything if I can't find a list with it all nicely crossed off?? I am not psychodelic.

    RIGHT.. I HAVE HAD ENOUGH.... I AM going to the pub now..

    What right now, are you mad,:D:rotfl: xx
    DFW Nerd 267. DEBT FREE 11.06.08
    Stick to It by R.B. Stanfield
    It matters not if you try and fail,     And fail, and try again; But it matters much if you try and fail, And fail to try again.
  • Valli
    Valli Posts: 25,671 Forumite
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    Mudbath wrote: »
    Yeah....well done justamum - fab feeling isn't it xx

    Ditto!:T bet you're thrilled.
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
    "I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
    :heart:Janice 1964-2016:heart:

    Thank you Honey Bear
  • hex2
    hex2 Posts: 4,736 Forumite
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    pigpen wrote: »

    Hex.. don't be silly.. I haven't done my own list but how am I meant to know you've done everything if I can't find a list with it all nicely crossed off?? I am not psychodelic.

    quote]

    I can't do lists! They make me nervous :o . Thought you were omniscient anyway?
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need' Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • Valli
    Valli Posts: 25,671 Forumite
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    ***Valli hangs head in shame*** ate lunch. Decided to read chapter of book...laid down...(you KNOW what's coming)zZZZZZZZ.
    Woke up 1 hour later.

    Now, energised and refreshed, goes off to clean Kitchen and dining room. Quickly, before she is spotted by Pigpen.
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
    "I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
    :heart:Janice 1964-2016:heart:

    Thank you Honey Bear
  • RebekahR
    RebekahR Posts: 5,988 Forumite
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    nicki wrote: »
    That's what I did last night :rotfl::rotfl:

    Glad I'm not the only one. Guess what !!!! just spilt coffee over a basket of clean washing!! *Sobs uncontrollably*
  • RebekahR
    RebekahR Posts: 5,988 Forumite
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    pigpen wrote: »
    *slaps rebekah's legs with a damp cloth and banishes her to the kitchen*.. go clean it.. dirty minx!

    Ouch!! Kitchen is tidy now but not clean. Gonna tidy rest of house first then come back and clean the kitchen. Does anyone actually get their whole house cleaned in one week?!
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