Weekly Flylady Thread 8th September 2008

hex2

GnB/SSL/Pigpen and anyone else starting a new course - I am green with envy. Best of luck for all of you.

Had a letter from Northern Rock today to tell us the fixed rate ends in a few months, and the mortgage is going up by nearly £400 a month. Can't move it as no other fools will lend us that kind of money - especially as my salary has halved since we took it out and they mostly wont accept my self employed bits. Knew it was coming but still depressing. Hey ho, time to look for a 'real' job I suppose. Not a lot about at the moment though. The house is worth it and I don't regret it for a moment though.

Anyway I did another two hours on the living room/playroom and it is nearly done. Boys are not impressed with new rule of putting the first toy before we get the second one out - but I have been cleaning in there since Saturday. No more treats with wrappers either. I might even clean the carpet tomorrow -I think it used to be green.

pigpen

kaz.. my rabbits and cats are always in trouble for not behaving at the vets.. they drool everywhere and roll about so you can't do a thing with them!!!

I now have medicine for my.... goldfish!

pigpen

My children are revolting.. LOL.. they do not want jobs to do.. look at me.. unbothered!

Mudbath

Today's list is complete.

Thanks for everyone's hugs this afternoon. Toots and dusty you made me cry again but I felt a lot better after I had a good howl. I've decided that each time I lose someone there i'm going to plant another bulb in the garden. I love bulbs so it will be a nice reminder of everyone.

Hex - aren't mortgages scary. Saying that, your house is adorable and so worth paying a big mortgage on.

I'm going to have a read back of all the threads and then DD wants to make tiffin / chocolate slab / refridgerator cake / chocolate concrete whichever you call it.

Pigpen - medicine for goldfish?!?! xx

pigpen

Mudbath wrote: »

Pigpen - medicine for goldfish?!?! xx

He is mouldy!

Anyway.. I meant to say.. now sit down this MAY come across as a compliemtn!!... you ready??

You are obviously so popular at the hospice because you care about the whole person rather than just getting paid and doing 'a job' .. Anyone can do 'a job' but it takes someone special to make a difference!

flybabybunting

Right just coming back to strike off my list, I have been catching up on yesterday as well.

Monday Mucking out - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
[STRIKE]
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
[/STRIKE]Level 2
[STRIKE]
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean windows and all glass.. including the tv screen
Pounce upon the piles of coats and shoes and fling the ones that are no longer worn/needed/fit/wearable
[/STRIKE]
Level 3
Wipe and water plants
[STRIKE]Put all your hotspots in one pile[/STRIKE] and work your way through it..
[STRIKE]Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself[/STRIKE]
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks –

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

Tuesday Terrors - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop floors[/STRIKE]
CLEAN THE OVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. Mrs B.. I'm watching you!!
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
[STRIKE]
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..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer, cooker hood and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!
Extra Mission : help yourself

1. Muck out the fridge.. use up all thos ebits that are on the verge of getting themselves out of the fridge and biting you!
2. Empty the medicine cabinet.. throw out everything manky/out of date (some medicines are actually poisonous after a certain length of time!!.. AB's being one of them!!) and restock.. all those coughs and snots that will be flying around, sore throats and wheezes... go on.. shoo...........
3. 34 fling boogie..
4. GO! Get yourself a treat for being wonderful!!
5. Empty the kitchen bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Still loads to do, so best crack on.

MrsV

emmb Sorry but that made me smile Glad you made it home even if you were a little moist

(((Mudbath)))

kazwookie Think I could do with the same diet as your cat

johanne I put a load of VHS tapes on freecycle and they went really quickly.

pigpen Good on you for the college thing and thank you as always for the lists; forget to say it sometimes :T Reading your own lists and the antics of your littlies and pets wears me out so heaven knows how you do it (vodka?:rotfl: )

Right must get on with my list; just made Shepherd's pie for dinner as it is wet and miserable here, and done some of the list at the same time. It must be bad as even LFD won't go for a walk. Got lots of w*rk done this morning and been shopping but look at the time now :eek:

Tuesday Terrors - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[strike]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/strike][strike]
[/strike]Level Two
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop floors[/STRIKE]
[strike]CLEAN THE OVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. Mrs B.. I'm watching you!![/strike][strike]
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
[/strike]Level Three
[strike]Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round[/strike][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..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer, cooker hood and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!
[/strike]Extra Mission : help yourself [strike]

1. Muck out the fridge.. use up all thos ebits that are on the verge of getting themselves out of the fridge and biting you!
2. Empty the medicine cabinet.. throw out everything manky/out of date (some medicines are actually poisonous after a certain length of time!!.. AB's being one of them!!) and restock.. all those coughs and snots that will be flying around, sore throats and wheezes... go on.. shoo...........

[/strike]

1. 34 fling boogie..
2. GO! Get yourself a treat for being wonderful!!
3. Empty the kitchen bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

polkadot

Goodness I cant believe I was gone that long! And we didnt even go to the park. Got off the bus about three stops too late so I had to walk back quite a bit-but getting back was easy. I took DS out of the buggy when we turned off the high street onto ours so he could walk abit....and then the heavens opened:rolleyes:
He was happy enough to keep walking and even did abit of running to try and catch a "skirrel".And LOVED the rain-didn't want to come in.
So the shop...I phoned DF so he could get the yelling over with as I spent £40:eek:and didn't get that much at all-some sugar paste, some pink and black colour, a brush a smoother and a set of ribbon stensils.Oh but I did cake two cake boards and a box to carry it in. I guess its not too bad as its some tools and the colour does stretch. So thats the first equipment I've bought. My confidence dropped a bit as the woman who owns the shop seemed to have a bit of a "holier than thou" attitude, and didnt seem to think a person who has never used equipment was competition ready.
She didnt seem to get my idea about doing it for fun-not to win.

Anyway, Im sorry Ive not read all the posts yet but I did notice Mudbath needs a hug.
Im going to get a cup of tea and then get the washing away and wash the dishes. I did most of the kitchen yesterday (will wipe down the hob though).

Oh dear-I know its late but I think DS needs a nap-think Ill put him down first and Ill start an HHC at 17H15. Anyone in?

MrsV

polkadot wrote: »

She didnt seem to get my idea about doing it for fun-not to win.

Oh dear-I know its late but I think DS needs a nap-think Ill put him down first and Ill start an HHC at 17H15. Anyone in?

I'm in polkadot and poo to the woman in the cake shop

sexymouse

Ohh polkadot I'm just in time!

Afternoon ladies - been supplying today. Was called at 7.30 this morning to supply in a local school all day (not the one I was in yesterday that's 30-45 minutes away so saved on petrol) and have been asked back again tomorrow. It was with a year 1/2 class which was nice as I had no marking to do apart from a couple of ticks on their English work. Bit worried about the English tomorrow though cos the lady I'm covering normally does the planning and she obviously hasn't been in - lady at the office said I may have to wing it! Oh dear! Anyway - I'm doing supply down in Southsea on Thursday morning, so I'll have done supply every day this week apart from Friday, which someone may end up booking me for (you never know). The good thing about knowing where I'm going in advance, is that I can I have a lie in tomorrow morning, as it only takes a maximum of 15 mins to get there, so I'll leave at 8am and then I can read through the plans for the day and have a cup of tea before the children come in. The school I was in today is a school that I did one of my PGCE placements in, and they remembered me which was nice.

Anyway, I've just jumped out of the shower, so I'd best get dressed so that I can get on with this HHC. I've had a headache all day, despite taking painkillers at lunchtime, and woke in the middle of the night sneezing, so think I may have a cold or some sort of allergy.

Will post at 5.45 with an update after the HHC.

sexymouse xx