Weekly Flylady Thread 13th October 2008

juliejim

Morning All

Just caught up with the thread and set up mousetrap for the kids!

Going to put some clothes away now and set the TD and WM going.

Pigpen - hope you're feeling better this morning.

Catch you in a bit

Jue

kazwookie

Morning folks

Pigpen~~ have a family meeting, and allocate jobs out to the kids as per their ages / abilities, we had jobs when we were kids, and we had to do them or we got no pocket money/ no TV / no treats

I have a great heap of ironing to do later on, but now and here and watching the Grand Prix.

OH tells me at 10.15pm last night, his daughter, husband and GS are on their way over today, and would I like to cook lunch of all of them!! I ask on Thursday what / if / when/ etc and got told he would go and see them, so when supermarket opens I go and get stuff to cook, men really!!

DeniseNZ

Hello . . .

How is everyone?

I popped in quickly during the week and saw my name on a list - don't know what the list was for (ran out of time to check), but I's sure someone will let me know

Have had a carp week. For some reason have got absolutely nothing done.

Worked today, came home and:
folded yesterday and todays washing
Made dinner
Washed dishes
Sister called around, so spent some time talking with her
Wrapped a birthday pressie
Have just paid some bills (that were due last month :rolleyes: )
Transferred some money around various accounts
Updated budget.

Was rather tired at work today - had a night out on the large last night, and have been feeling a bit under the weather today **sigh** That'll teach me!

My house is a pit. It is so, SO dirty. I'm feeling quite depressed about it all. It's not got a lot of clutter, but it really is dirty. Walls, skirting boards, ceilings, carpets, windows, curtains, floors and the entire laundry room. I really don't know how I'm going to tackle it.

I guess I'll sleep on it tonight - or not sleep for worrying about it - and try and start doing something about it this week. Don't know what - but something!!!

Right - Kinky Boots is about to start and I haven't seen it yet; so off to dish up dessert and blob out for a while.

Night everyone, and thanks for listening to my pity party

Craftyscholar

nicki wrote: »

Well I'm suffering from writers block with my assignment again - I blame Christmas films all day - so instead I've done some jobs :

• Kitchen ceiling de-moulded (this involved size 10 chemical handling gloves from a DIY shop as marigold ones just seem to bubble and I end up with the cleaner all over my hands :mad: I must have looked a sight :rotfl::rotfl:)
• Kitchen blind replaced (the one I bought for DD's room that was too short, I cut down even more and used the fittings from the old kitchen blind on it to enable me to put it up in the kitchen :money: DD's room has her original blind up, but trimmed slightly so it wasn't such a tight fit any more and new fittings )
• Veg rack cleaned out (black mouldy & soggy carrots found and binned)
• Kitchen generally tidied up & decluttered
• Dehumidifer thing from the bathroom finally refilled and ready to go back up.
• Livingroom tidied up
• Launch pad drawers (mini set of drawers where we keep keys, purse, MP3 players etc for going out ) sorted out.
• Boots put in the freezer with the hopes of stretching them (this place really is a wonderful source of info! )
• Curtains put up at front & back door
• Draught excluders for front & back doors made out of laces/trim & SP fleeces :money::D then put in place.
• DD's bed remade before she could go to bed.

Amazing the things that have to be done when you have an assignment looming:rolleyes:
Seriously I am in awe of all you are managing to do, nicki.

Craftyscholar

DeniseNZ wrote: »

My house is a pit. It is so, SO dirty. I'm feeling quite depressed about it all. It's not got a lot of clutter, but it really is dirty. Walls, skirting boards, ceilings, carpets, windows, curtains, floors and the entire laundry room. I really don't know how I'm going to tackle it.

I guess I'll sleep on it tonight - or not sleep for worrying about it - and try and start doing something about it this week. Don't know what - but something!!!


Night everyone, and thanks for listening to my pity party

That is why we are here.
I'll get it in first.

Baby steps.
It didn't get like that overnight and won't get sorted overnight.
If you try to do too much you will crash.
So take it slowly and you will get there.
Others will be along to offer more support.

Mum_on_a_mission_2

update

1. [strike]Pick up mindee (small friend of DS's here for the day) by 8am.[/STRIKE] Picked up and now noisily here playing!
2. Sort kiddies lunch.
3. Sort adults meal - baked something & salad as not sure when !'s parents will arrive and need feeding.
4. [strike]Repack extra bedding and put away.[/strike]
5. Ironing pile.
6. [strike]Couple loads of washing[/strike] first two loads done - found some more!...
7. Fling hoover about.
8. Kiddies to park?
9. Find my desk - laptop balanced precariously on a corner - its not safe!
10. Art with kiddies - and use as an excuse to pull art cupboard out and repack/restack in a more useful fashion? Check what else we need to replace other than glue.
11. [strike]Pack Ebay parcels[/strike] and keep an eye on those finishing tomorrow - always get silly Q's!!
12. Investigate best place to sell remaining toys & bits that didn't go at NCT sale.
13. Open a bottle of vino. watch trashy TV, and spend time with hubby when he gets home later in the evening - seems ages since we've done this - well overdue...

back to it...
Moam

Flylady_Flower

DeniseNZ wrote: »

I popped in quickly during the week and saw my name on a list - don't know what the list was for (ran out of time to check), but I's sure someone will let me know

Have had a carp week. For some reason have got absolutely nothing done.
My house is a pit. It is so, SO dirty. I'm feeling quite depressed about it all. It's not got a lot of clutter, but it really is dirty. Walls, skirting boards, ceilings, carpets, windows, curtains, floors and the entire laundry room. I really don't know how I'm going to tackle it.

Hi Honey, don't feel down, it's probably coz you're feeling carp it's getting to you... as Crafty said,

Craftyscholar wrote: »

That is why we are here.
Baby steps.
It didn't get like that overnight and won't get sorted overnight.
If you try to do too much you will crash.
So take it slowly and you will get there.
Others will be along to offer more support.

Take a room at a time, bit by bit it will get done and then you can stay on top - you will get there, just take those babysteps...

Oh, and the list is of everyone on here now, new and old, so you need to be on there...

nicki_2

Craftyscholar wrote: »

Amazing the things that have to be done when you have an assignment looming:rolleyes:

I was just tackling the next job I saw I sat down with my work, tried to answer questions and I couldn't so I looked around to find a job. Now the only problem is that apart from the mending pile and laundry there is nothing in sight when I look around the room for me to do instead of studying :rotfl::rotfl:

Craftyscholar wrote: »

Seriously I am in awe of all you are managing to do, nicki.

I'm only just about managing to keep up, I'm behind, but I seem to work better under pressure to some extent. This next week should be the most interesting though as DD is off on Half-term and I have a course I need to go on on Tuesday (which I'd forgotten about) so studying is going to prove interesting.

Dustykitten

Morning all

Not much planned for today just a bit more of my list to do and maybe another 15 minutes in the garden (I like that wheelie bin bursting when they empty it on Wednesday) weather permitting.

Vanilla - great news on your hubby and your Dad, glad you had a good night, my PM box was full so sorry I didn't get your message - it should be clearer now.

MOAM well done on another NCT sale - I got my cheque on Friday so another lot of stuff out the house and a little bit more cash in.

Lil_me I hope your day is fun in someway x

DeniseNZ hugs for you, you work a huge number of hours I'm not surprised you don't have time to clean, could you kids help even if it is for cash?

Flylady_Flower

pigpen wrote: »

I feel the urge to draw up a list of jobs for everyone too and give everyone a jolly good talking to about helping out because my house is beyond a joke now and there is no reason this lazy lot shouldn't help!

I need time off I think I am so wound up all the time.. and I am getting more and more pee'd off with hubby and the children for not doing enough around the house and when I ask them they either disappear or just don't do it normally.. we had this discussion before I started college.. and I want things sorted before I start uni.

I know what you mean, gentle hints are just not getting the job done and shouting and moaning just gets me wound up and rushing around doing it all coz I'm angry and makes everyone else run for the hills... No middle ground in this house either...

Like you, I'm out a lot, and when I am home I'm working on stuff, but because I'm not doing a '9-5' I've obviously got loads of time to do housework, that must be why I'm there, to run around after everyone, and why is it, when OH's get in from work they can sit down because they've had a hard day, and we can't? I'm still doing stuff usually till I go to bed from when I get up, and I am soooo sick of picking up socks, cups, ect after people... I think a sit down and good talking too is well in order here too... Maybe we should have a group meeting or go on ? all flyladies united!!!