Weekly Flylady Thread 1st September 2008

DeniseNZ

Pigpen - lovely pics! And well done on the cake - amazing, let alone for a first attempt!!
froddington - so glad your meeting went well.Nice to know she is supportive.

Morning to everyone else.

Will be back later with my list

toottifrootti

pigpen wrote: »

Can I just say. I have NEVER iced a cake before in my life!!!!!!!!!!! That was a first attempt!!! .. and surprisingly simple it was too!

Well can i say pigpen it looks very professional - a brilliant first icing challenge :T :T

toots xx

toottifrootti

DeniseNZ wrote: »

Then you'll be even more impressed that I got up at silly o'clock this morning and did some more!!!

I am extremely .......:T
It is a bit addictive once you get started ....well at least thats what I am finding ....I really really really want to do it now!!!

toots xx

kindlesgirl

Evening everyone - first visit today - have been busy - kitchen sorted this morning then had to sort out childcare for tomorrow - was sorted at the beginning of the hols until my "friend" told me she was unavailabel tomorrow morning - she has just landed a new job and needs induction tomorrow - so after a few frantic calls I found someone for DD and they'll have DS as a bonus (child of same age)!
Promised the kids a trip to local castle - ruin really - so we managed that before it rained - even got the washing in in time! only 1 item to iron so may need an HHI tomorrow to cope with the amount that's built up in the last 6 weeks ( I don't iron unless absolutely necessary - bit creased in places butI have better things to do with my time!)
Visited pa - got tomorrow's lunch out of the freezer for him and made sure he had enough for tea - not sure he'll make the week without mum - may have to move in for a while - he misses the company and panics on his own.
DW on, cake baked for lunchboxes, so ready to wind down now - have to get up early tomorrow ready for an 8:30 start at work - yeuch!

so list was as follows:
Monday Mop- Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop floors[/STRIKE]
Clean the fridge and work anything that needs using soon into your meal plan
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary) [/STRIKE]
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
[STRIKE]Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Wipe all the windows in these areas!!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..[/STRIKE] OK so didin't do boards!!
Wipe out a dirty cupboard... get rid of everything you no longer need and make it all pretty and tidy!
Extra Mission : help yourself

[STRIKE] S&S over the hob and oven
Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk![/STRIKE]

1. 34 fling boogie..
2. Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell heavenly - only did that at the weekend in readiness for rubbish collection today.
3. [STRIKE]
   
4. Put out recycling
5. [/STRIKE]

toottifrootti

DeniseNZ wrote: »

Morning to everyone else.

Will be back later with my list

I am totally confused with your time !!! I thought you were on ealier - havent checked back to see when it was but you were going to bed and here you are posting again ! I know you said it was silly o'clock but was it very silly o'clock?

How far ahead of us are you ?
toots xx

toottifrootti

Hi Froddy
That sounded like a very productive day you had at school - well done. I am delighted that the head was supportive and you be sure to take her up on her offer of somewhere to go if things get too hard for you. Its good that you dont have to go in tomorrow it will give your arm a rest again - dont overdo it for a while - sorry to nag!
I hope you are not feeling so apprehensive now about wednesday -
your classroom sounds well kitted out and ready for the little darlings!!!
take care
toots xx

KAAT_LADY

good evening all

I have had to put the BM on again asI forgot to put my walnuts and sesame seeds in so DH will have to eat that as I dont really like plain HM bread anymore ,,very much,,

did I see someones birthday was 17;11 ,, its my wedding anni then but for the life of me I cant remember which one ..

Originally Posted by polkadot
Sexymouse and Laura recipe for snickerdoodles (although Ive not worded it exactly for obvious reasons:

Half a cup of butter/Marg (I use Mr T unsalted butter)
1 cup sugar (again, I use brown sugar-they come out crunchier)
A quater teaspoon bicarb
A quater teaspoon cream of tartar
1 Egg
Half a teaspoon vanilla

One and a half cups of plain flour
For Topping:
2Tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon

Cream butter and sugar together
Add Bicarb and cream of tartar
Beat in egg and vanilla
Gradually add flour
Cover and chill for an hour

Combine sugar and cinnamon
Shape dough into 1 inch balls
Roll ion cinnamon mix to coat
Bake at 375F or 190C for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
Allow to cool
Makes approximately 36 cookies.

these look nice I may make them t[STRIKE]omorrow [/STRIKE],,in a few days ,, as ,, I have made flapjax and custard cookies today

See you tomorrow

KAAT xx

teedy23

I,m going to try and join in this week, if you dont mind, fed up with this house always looking a mess, no need for it. I work full time and have quite an active social life but really must get to grips with the house. Heres what I,ve done today, after work.
Washed dishes and wiped surfaces
Took down roman blinds in bedroom, washed them and rehung.
Washed curtains for bedroom, now dry ready for ironing
hoovered bedroom and polished furniture
hoovered hall (not stairs though) livingroom and kitchen floor
cleaned inside of bedroom windows and frames
Gave two bedroom rugs a good old shake out the window
threw some paper rubbish out of the cupboard into green bin
folded washing from 2 days ago and put away
wiped rund bathroom sink and bath edge
decanted big pot of soup made yesterday into containers and froze
cleared cupboard under sink (now found out where smell was coming from, water must have gone down back. YUCH!)
Tomorrow I hope to make a good dent in the small bedroom I keep the PC in, and make it habitable, just a junk room and getting worse all the time.

polkadot

toottifrootti wrote: »

I am totally confused with your time !!! I thought you were on ealier - havent checked back to see when it was but you were going to bed and here you are posting again ! I know you said it was silly o'clock but was it very silly o'clock?

How far ahead of us are you ?
toots xx

If I remember right its about 9 hours.(if Denise is in new zealand as I thought) My stepsister lives in NZ and my stepmum keeps three clocks in the kitchen-South african New Zealand and england. South Africa is an hour ahead of us (in summer) and SS is 8 hours ahead of them-but then Im not sure of their DST (says me hoping she hasnt come back on to give us the right answer:o ) I just love that my SM has three clocks so she knows when she can call us all:rotfl:

hex2

snickerdoodles - I have made the nigella version a few times, they are very nice but there is only me who eats cinnamon so I pigged the lot .

Pigpen - loved the photos, especially the kitten. I do like kittens a lot.

DS2 had a lovely time at school and he can't wait to go back tomorrow :A .

I spent the morning deep cleaning our room so that it is now a BR rather than a camp site. We have only been sleeping in there for a few weeks after all. My aim is to deep clean a room on each free morning for the next couple of weeks, and to go jogging after I drop the boys off at least twice a week.

Rained all day here so no photos. I will sort some out when it stops and post a link so anyone who wants to can admire my collection of chickweed and shiny evergreen azaleas.