Weekly Flylady Thread 1st September 2008

Valli

***hangs head in shame***
My great skill in life is procrastination - and have found (:rotfl:) sometimes that, if you put it off long enough it will never need doing!

I didn't start my family until I was 32! On my 32nd birthday I said to my mum that I wanted to be a mum before I was 33.
DS was born THE DAY BEFORE MY 33rd BIRTHDAY (and he was 2 weeks late)

froddington

Thank you all for your lovely comments :T Too many of you to mention!

I am feeling better about going back to work and hopefully it'll help to take my mind off other things as I'll be busier and have less time to think!

There is one other teacher who lives near me but she tends to arrive at school at the last minute so I could only car share with her if she's going to get there a bit earlier!!

Well done Valli on the planning - I may well join you for a HHP or 2 tomorrow! It does seem as though there are a lot of us teachers who leave things til the last possible minute although I do know one or two who do their planning before the holidays :eek: I'm going to do enough to get us through Thurs and Fri and then tackle things at the weekend. Can't do much more than that as I don't know my new class very well and 2 of them are new to the school and I've not even met them yet!

Off to bed now as need to start getting up earlier :rolleyes:

Froddy x

loopy-loo73

evening all, i'm exhausted for some reason so off to bed soon. managed to get the following done ...

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 - only bought stuff that i needed for my meal plan so do i need to do this one???
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table[/STRIKE].. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
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..
Wipe out a dirty cupboard... get rid of everything you no longer need and make it all pretty and tidy!
Extra Mission : help yourself

1. S&S over the hob and oven
2. Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
   
3. 34 fling boogie..
4. Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell heavenly - df emptied for me (& the nappy bin )

[STRIKE]wm / dw / td
go to work!!!
pack dd2 bag for childminder on Tuesday[/STRIKE]
make salad for my lunch on Tuesday - going out for lunch cos inset day
[STRIKE]make df packed lunch for Tuesday
sterilise & make bottles
take & collect dd1 from dancing[/STRIKE]
go to slimming world & hopefully lose weight!!! - not been for 3 weeks & lost 3lbs
sort out clothes for me & dd2 ready for Tuesday morning
[STRIKE]write list for when dd1 back at school so all daily jobs get done (& not just by me!)[/STRIKE]

quite pleased with what i've managed today, will see how i manage tomorrow, dd1 is home by herself in the morning so asked her to sort a few bits out for me (will wait and see if she does)

Tuesday Chuck - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean windows and all glass.. including the tv screen
Clear the mantel and only put back the items which are supposed to be there.. and that doesn't include letters, keys or other treasure!
Level 3
Wipe and water plants
Put all your hotspots in one pile and work your way through it..
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks –

1. Filing.. find a pile and file it
2. Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
3. Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
4. HHI (did someone mention they needed one?)

wm / td / dw
pack dd2 bag for wednesday
make lunch for wednesday for me & df
sterilise & make bottles
help dd1 finish booklet for highschool

catch you all tomorrow, i'm taking my very sore head to bed
Lou x

Valli

greenbee wrote: »

Valli - congrats on finally getting round to doing your prep:T You clearly need to be up against the deadline to get motivated. Is this an important part of being a teacher, as Serena and Froddington seem to have it too;) ? I'm not sure about sexymouse... she hasn't mentioned paperwork much recently! :rotfl: )

She's doing supply - so, with any luck she'll be using the planning already done by the class teacher:rolleyes:

Valli

Money_saving_Diva wrote: »

Ok, so that was almost a good day...

Thank you Valli for mentioning me, I sometimes feel that 'cos my lists are so small and seemingly insignificent I am wasting others time by posting on here, but I do really find it helps me. As for my mother - well there are other people involved and I do not want to write a letter that she can show around to others and use to bolster her own side of things. I know that might sound odd but it's complicated. I DID ring her and I left a message on her ansafone and apologised for something I haven't even done...:rotfl: but I want to make peace so willing to take the blame verbally. I miss her in my life.

See you all tomorrow!

Diva.x

quite understand (re the letter) and nice to know I'm not the only one with a feud to settle - I just wish someone would tell me what I had done because it's not what I though I had, apparently!
And when I'm back at work my lists will be tiny!

Valli

Greenbee - will bring a jar of jelly when I drop off your I**A (she might be looking!) list! :rotfl::rotfl:

hollyh

Hi

I haven't done any flying today except for wiping the worktops.

i have though gone and got Ds1 new school trousers as the ones i ordered before he went to his Dad's ( and didn't turn up until after he'd gone) were too big. I've picked up the rest of his uniform from the uniform shop. I have been food shopping. Made packed lunches for tomorrow, and labelled everything. Also i have made dalek cookies and hobnobs with Ds2.

Hopefullly with Ds1 back in school tomorrow i can get into the swing of things a bit better.

carol22_2

Right I'm going to post my list for tomorrow(for the first time) and hopefully I'll get everything done!

Tuesday Chuck - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean windows and all glass.. including the tv screen
Clear the mantel and only put back the items which are supposed to be there.. and that doesn't include letters, keys or other treasure!
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks –

1. Filing.. find a pile and file it
2. Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
3. Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
4. HHI (did someone mention they needed one?)

WM (plus bed linen), DW
Driving lesson at 9am
Write and post cards (I'm doing goodbye cards for my friends)
Pack books and other stuff I don't need between now and Saturday
Sort TV licence for flat

I'm sure I've forgotten things but never mind. And i've taken out level 3 as I'm sticking at 2 this week

Valli

Oh I can't resist this

Dalek Cookies? Aren't they poisonous?

"EXTERMINATE...EXTERMINATE"

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

cha97michelle

Another day bites the dust.

I've just done an hours ironing so the kids have some clothes to wear again, and then washed my hair. I am moulting so badly at the moment i have then had to pick all the hair up off the bath and sink, and i am sure i could knit a poodle from it. I know hair loss speeds up after having babies, but this seems more than last time. DH assures me i don't look bald. :rolleyes:

Kids clothes are laid out for the morning for dropping DS1 at nursery. Chicken curry out of the freezer so we can eat tomorrow night, and bathroom bin emptied. Also checked internet banking and paid a credit card bill.

I think i am quite well organised at the moment.

I think i need to make my focus this week the boys stuff as DS2 is almost in the 6-9 month clothes and i still haven't boxed up the 0-3 stuff properly, and DS1 has clothes in 2 different rooms and i need to condense it to 1 wardrobe and get it sorted. I have found a carrier bag of old stained stuff that i won't put on them again, so that is ready for the recycling collection on Friday.

My thoughts are really jumbled at the moment. Can't get my head around everything properly, so i will just keep plodding on in my own special way.


Monday Mop- Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Level Two
Clean the fridge and work anything that needs using soon into your meal plan
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe all the windows in these areas!!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards
Wipe out a dirty cupboard
Extra Mission : help yourself

1. S&S over the hob and oven
2. Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
   
3. 34 fling boogie..
4. Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell heavenly

Extras for this week:

• pay cash into bank
• sort September birthday cards/presents written a list of what is needed.Ticked off what i have, and written the 5/8 cards i have
• DH to fix mums hoover cable - the dog chewed through it while they were on hols
• then deliver the hoover back
• DH to pick up free birds eye stuff from ASDA as they had run out today
• DH measured for suit at Moss bros - there was a long wait today so we couldn't do it.
• boxes to go in the loft bumbo box back in
• HHI (2 done)
• wash moses basket covers, get all that packed away
• All DS1's clothes in his new room
• DS1 change to new room/bed at the weekend
• mortgage payment protection
• post off payment to boys trust funds

Michelle, x