Weekly Flylady Thread 25th August 2008

greenbee

It's been a dramatic day here! I've been back to the office for the first time in over a week and its taken me nearly two hours to catch up (including getting my work laptop to cooperate with yahoo!). And I worked from home until 12, so was up to date until then !(but didn't get home till 8, so am now very tired...)

Hugs to those who need them, particularly Johanne & Nicki. :grouphug:

Today's list so far... I'll try to get the last bits done before I go to bed

Thursday Thrills- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
[strike]Clean floors in these rooms[/strike]
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 – which is in danger of turning into a hotspot again…
[strike]Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!![/strike][strike]
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
[/strike]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]Work PC, so can’t do this… don’t have the rights… no wonder its running so slowly…
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
[strike]Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required [/strike](curtain needs a soak in borax at the bottom next time!)
Collect all the dirty laundry
Extra mission: Take your pick!

1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
2. [strike]Fling all those empty bottles and tubes[/strike] Done last time... haven't finished anything since!
3. [strike]Take a toiletries inventory.. what do you not need to buy for the next 25 years? [/strike] I have 5 litres of shampoo & 5 litres of conditioner...
4. [strike]Fill a binbag for charity shop! [/strike]I'm having realy trouble doing this... back to emptying the bookshelves I guess... but I'll have to read things first just to make sure I really do want to get rid of them :rotfl:

soappie

Nikki - big hugs to you and your DD. It must have been really scarey for her and you. I'm surprised at the Police not coming out straight away to reassure. But, I guess that's a sign of the times. I think I'd find a hammer to put under the pillow tonight and sleep in DD's room just in case...

soappie

And for those aircraft afficionados (and apologies to those who aren't into this PARTICULAR type of flying) - here's one very brave lady doing the wingwalk...

nicki_2

The window is as secure as it can be - just the outer pane smashed so I went outside and checked what it looked like from out there and it was very obvious especially with the blind down. I've taped a cardboard box on the inside - won't do anything other than show anyone thinking "easy target" that we're aware of the broken window. Also cleared the windowsill off so if someone does try to get in then DD's stuff won't get damaged. DD is worried though so I've got her baseball bat next to my bed and I've promised to beat any barstool who might try something into a mm of their life, an inch wouldn't be enough :rotfl::rotfl:

Expecting a rather sleepless night, especially as DD is sleeping in with me, so I've got my laptop with me and my OU tutorial DVD to watch along with headphones to I can minimize disturbing DD :rotfl::rotfl:Just glad there's plenty of floor space :rotfl::rotfl:

On the house-hunting front I have in my possession (well, downstairs on the desk) 2 glowing references from my current & former landladies which I was going to drop off at the housing offices in Wigan by 10am:rolleyes: depending on what happens over the window being replaced we'll either go tomorrow afternoon or Saturday morning first thing. I'm sorry but I don't trust Royal Mail not to loose it after the messing around over my CRB form.

Off to try and update AVG now :wave:

nicki_2

Oh, I meant to say the landlady has already been out to see the damage (she works/works in a chippy at the bottom of the street) and has been in touch with someone but has to call back tomorrow morning at 9am to arrange them coming out to measure and refit the window.

greenbee

Nicki - if you can find any large and obvious items to put on the windowsill then do. If anyone is thinking of breaking in they'll want to do it quietly, so a large pile of crockery/flowerpots/baking trays whatever is likely to put them off. And if it doesn't, at least you'll know that someone is trying to get in. If you're really worried about it, make sure your phone and handbag are in your bedroom with you, lock the door and have they keys to hand inside a white sock... that way you can lock yourself into the bedroom, call the police and drop the keys out of the window to them if they turn up! (No, I'm not paranoid , I was just told all of this after a break in at my last house, when luckily I was out - my neighbour called the police and the culprits were caught in the house)

DeniseNZ

Johanne - I'm sorry you're having to deal with all this . . . please keep posting (((hugs)))
Rach - happy walking . . .
Welcome Newbies

Our friday and weekend plans may now be changing. Have to take DS3 to the doctors today - I'm thinking he's got glandular fever, but I hope not!

Off to do a HHC - must get something done!


BYE . . . .

johanne

nicki wrote: »

and the police can't come out to reassure her until 9pm Friday night :mad:

No one was hurt, the people who did it are long gone... nothing they can do. Your lucky your getting to give a statement tomorrow...... would be a waste of resources to send someone round now in all honesty.

Not being funny but ... you know when our car got blown up with the industrial firework they left it sat on a busy residental road for over 2 days with all the doors unlocked (due to the electrics being bust), the windows smashed by the fire brigade and some of our possessions still inside (albeit most were melted into the dashboard which was now a pile of gloop on the floor :rotfl: ) ....whilst they waited for the CSI team to come look for fingerprints!!! 2 days it sat there..... Was really surprised it wasnt set alight again in that time by the little vandals who originally done it...and not shocked the CSI couldnt distingush any unique finger prints! :rolleyes: So i think a 24 hour wait for a statement to be taken, where nothing was witnessed, noone was hurt and just a single pane of a double glazed window unit was smashed is a damn good responce sis!

johanne

i have read all the messages here for me and the PMs but my head is mashed.. only just got sarah to sleep.. so i will try and respond tomorrow.. must go read some open uni textbook - i have an assignment due on tuesday and with everything this week im behind on getting it started!

Just didnt want everyone to think i was being ignorant... to be honest youve all been sooo nice it will take me forever to reply to everyone!!!

jo1972

[strike]Go to B&Q and buy paint [/strike]CHECK :T
[strike]Clean kitchen (don't think a S/S would cover it!) with my new bottle of stardrops!![/strike] CHECK :T
[strike]Take junk to dump[/strike] CHECK :T

Take old toys to charity shop - been put in boot ready
[strike]Take old clothes to recycling doodah [/strike]CHECK :T
[strike]Clear hallway of OH's discarded jackets, clothes and junk [/strike]CHECK :T
Clear stairway of everyone's discarded jackets and junk
[strike]Clear out airing cupboard[/strike] CHECK :T
[strike]S/S bathroom and toilet[/strike] CHECK :T
Paint bathroom and toilet
De-clutter lounge
Paint lounge
Put lounge back together
[strike]Clean windows[/strike] CHECK :T
Make place generally look and smell nice once all the above has been done

I can't believe how much I achieved today thanks for all the motivation

Gradually getting there!

xx