Weekly Flylady Thread 25th August 2008

Dustykitten

Hi soappie, good day?

johanne

well OH checked his bank when he got up but there was no tax credit money gone into his account so we assumed that he was not entitled to anything........ till he went downstairs and opened his post! 2 nice cheques!! Seems hes entitled to £16ish a week working tax credit and he got a nice £250+ backpayment too!! Oooh wish we got this kinda cash everyday! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:


(ETA.... must remind him its my birthday in about 3 weeks time.... :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:)

Flylady_Flower

OK, I did sweet bu**er all today at work coz of this headache I've had since I got up, but seemed to have eaten or drank an illegal substance I think coz something has definitly got into me and given me some energy???

Anyway, have done the following:

[strike]Tuesday Chuck!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 3
Sort through a cupboard and fling everything that is dead
Extra tasks list
Clear out your spare linen.. all those holey sheets, manky duvet covers and stained pillow cases.. FLING!!
[/strike]Whoo Hooo, all done and all the old carp gone! I now have a totally free shelf in there to use (or not!)
Thursday Thrills- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
[strike]Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush[/strike]
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
[strike]Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc[/strike][strike]
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.[/strike]
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
[strike]Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required[/strike]
Extra mission: Take your pick!
Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
Take a toiletries inventory.. what do you not need to buy for the next 25 years?
Friday Frenzy- those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
[strike]Level One
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc[/strike]have thrown all rubbish and piled everything else up on his bed to be put away by DS
Make an appointment for some ME-time.. hairdressers? manicure? night out with friends? .. whatever just do it! – Still thinking….
Level Two
Vacuum the floor
[strike]Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
[/strike]Need to get a mattress protector and new duvet for DS room – his is looking very tired…
Level Three
Clean 2 windows
[strike]
Grab a toy box and throw/rehome anything that is no longer wanted.. it'll be chrimbo before we know it and we need the space!![/strike]
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra Task List
Sort the school clothes for next week.. is everything labelled?
Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
HHI
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!
My Extras
Menu planning for week
Check back with child tax credits
Check lottery
Finish annual budget and check for savings
Send off Hubbys Passport – did online, received forms today - exp 17/9/08
Sort out Computer for club
Make blinds for kitchen
Put clothes away
Do SH paperwork
Do AML spreadsheet
Report broken bedroom window to council & ask when finishing repairing back window
Put 10 more DVD's/Videos onto Amazon
Fix wardrobe door
[strike] Make a virgin order so I don’t loose consultant status[/strike][strike]
Make my bed
Make my ‘boiled’ cake
Get dinner ready[/strike]

soappie

Polkadot - I'm glad your son is at last been properly looked at - as to the peeing on the stick - I either commiserate or congratulate whatever you feel is most appropriate!

Zed42

toottifrootti wrote: »

Now I know this is not 'flying' but I need advice as to what to do so if pigpen doesnt mind I want to ask here first - I have narrowed my 'to do' list down into 4 categories (thanks to greenbee and denise for their help) the only one that I am concentrating on at the moment is the urgent/important one.
On this list I have 5 things -

1. do something about my debt problems - I have huge debts and have been trying to get them sorted for a long time and was making progress -anyway things got a bit worse with one of them in december - I went to the CAB and they started helping me or so I thought - the long and the short is I am still no further forward - Have any of you used the DFW board and got help - I am a bit scared of posting onthere to be honest but dont know what else to do.
2. decide about reclaiming bank charges - Do I start a claim for bank charges? I have read the main site info but seem to go round in circles - has anyone done a claim?
3. decide what to do about gas/elec bills
4. sort through paperwork on kitchen table and do filing - I have a small kitchen table (about 3feet x 2.5 feet) and it is stacked up with paperwork - I gathered all the piles of paper from about the flat and put it all there - some of the stacks are about 2 feet high!!! Should I spend a day doing it or should I just do it a bit at a time?? I cant eat in the kitchen until its done. and there is paperwork in it that i will need for some of these other items
5. Change bank details of 3 direct debits this is a fairly easy one when i find the paperwork - they need to be done before the 1st - OMG i have just realised thats monday - oh well I can probably find what I need and do that tomorrow.

I am really sorry if I shouldnt be posting this sort of thing- so i wont be offended if you cant answer me - or even if someone could pm me with any suggestions I would be very grateful - no.1 is a biggy and it scares the carp out of me!!

toots xx

Toots, I've no idea if this is the right or wrong place to ask this, but here's my two-pennorth for the little it's worth.

1. I've read the DFW board with great interest, and they seem to be a helpful bunch especially if you give them info.
2. Sorry, no experience on this one as I've always "shouted" at my bank the moment I'd spotted charges that I thought were innapropriate, but I'm sure someone else will be able to help
3. Again, I can't help with this one. I'm in a capped rate until the end of Sept and Scottish Power have today announced big increases. I think Martin has an article on this, sure I read it yesterday and he said to hang fire on it for the moment.
4. The paperwork .... ah, now you see, you can make this into a definite flying thing. I would say do 15 mins at a time .... a bit like a HHI or HHC ... slowly but surely the mountain will crumble. I've been battling varying paperwork for a while, and what I do is separate into piles .... 1st envelopes and junk mail can go into a pile to either be recycled or shredded (that alone makes the mountain look more manageable), then a pile for bills, one for receipts etc., ... then with the bills, if you've been stacking up bills, put the leccy bills on one pile, c/c ones on another etc., this way you may just find the details for no.5 on your list too

Good luck, we're here to support you

greenbee

toottifrootti wrote: »

Now I know this is not 'flying' but I need advice as to what to do so if pigpen doesnt mind I want to ask here first - I have narrowed my 'to do' list down into 4 categories (thanks to greenbee and denise for their help) the only one that I am concentrating on at the moment is the urgent/important one.
On this list I have 5 things -

1. do something about my debt problems - I have huge debts and have been trying to get them sorted for a long time and was making progress -anyway things got a bit worse with one of them in december - I went to the CAB and they started helping me or so I thought - the long and the short is I am still no further forward - Have any of you used the DFW board and got help - I am a bit scared of posting onthere to be honest but dont know what else to do.
2. decide about reclaiming bank charges - Do I start a claim for bank charges? I have read the main site info but seem to go round in circles - has anyone done a claim?
3. decide what to do about gas/elec bills
4. sort through paperwork on kitchen table and do filing - I have a small kitchen table (about 3feet x 2.5 feet) and it is stacked up with paperwork - I gathered all the piles of paper from about the flat and put it all there - some of the stacks are about 2 feet high!!! Should I spend a day doing it or should I just do it a bit at a time?? I cant eat in the kitchen until its done. and there is paperwork in it that i will need for some of these other items
5. Change bank details of 3 direct debits this is a fairly easy one when i find the paperwork - they need to be done before the 1st - OMG i have just realised thats monday - oh well I can probably find what I need and do that tomorrow.

I am really sorry if I shouldnt be posting this sort of thing- so i wont be offended if you cant answer me - or even if someone could pm me with any suggestions I would be very grateful - no.1 is a biggy and it scares the carp out of me!!

toots xx

Sounds like your kitchen table is a major hotspot, so I'm sure you'll be allowed to let this count! I can't help with 1 & 2, as I've been lucky enough not to have personal experience of it, but I'm sure the DFW guys will be helpful, and even putting some time aside to read through the posts there will help.

I can help on gas/elec if you give me more details (I work for one of the utilities ), but suggest you PM me, as it might take a bit of discussion.

As far as your kitchen table goes - do you have a filing cabinet/drawer/box? If so, take a small pile off the table and over to the cabinet, file it (putting anything that is still to be actioned into a NEW pile), then go and do something else for at least half an hour (there's always the ironing :rotfl: ). If not, first thing you need to do tomorrow is get yourself a concertina file or a set of folders to keep this stuff in.

Anything that's ancient history can be filed straight away, and it'll be more manageable . Then sort out the stuff that needs dealing with into subject (e.g. gas/elec/phone/bank) by supplier (e.g. bank - TSB, Lloyds etc if you have more than one), and then by date - most urgent first. Put the overdue :eek: stuff in a separate pile.

Once its sorted, have another break. Then take stuff for the next week off the top of the pile, and work your way through it. Once you've done this proactive stuff, have another break, and take a deep breath and deal with the overdue stuff.

Remember, it's breaking it down that makes it manageable. (And writing lists that you can tick things off always helps, so do this as you go along. Include the breaks as things you have to do!).

Hope this helps.

soappie

Shell - sounds like cystitis - lots and lots and lots of water and visit the GP asap.

Valli

Dustykitten wrote: »

I'm done

Toots I'm sorry I can't help with the debt but lots here can and of course you can post about anything - haven't you realised that by now - this week we have had

smashed window
repossession
missing child
updates on pets
potty training
cooking recipes
somebody moaning about decorating
gardening tips

I'm sure somebody somewhere has done some flying but it sure wasn't me!

We are our own tv channel covering all topics on a daily basis.

Wow - we are better than Loose Women

toottifrootti

Dustykitten wrote: »

I'm sure somebody somewhere has done some flying but it sure wasn't me!

We are our own tv channel covering all topics on a daily basis.

ooh dustykitten you have been flying off sorts - i consider decorating part of the flying - its all housework of a kind! enjoy your evening now and admire your HARD work
toots xx

hex2

pigpen wrote: »

Hex.. no it was mudbath said I was a man.. lol

Yes she did - on the same thread!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=748647&page=37&highlight=dusty+kitten+student+phil

see post 738 for Dusty, Mudbaths clearly unfounded allegations are earlier I think on the same thread! Sorry Dusty & Mudbath - I remember spitting tea all over my laptop at work because I laughed when I read it.

How sad am I? Must get a life......