Weekly Flylady Thread 8th December 2008

Triker

Hi all, well tired out now. Finished off the unusual burst of energy by dumping 3 bags and 2 boxes at the charity shop:j:j:j:j:j


Then for some unknown reason..........went food shopping. I only wanted some Trex in order to make the 'special' mince pie recipe listed here. Such is the power of Oldstyle I had to try it and I don't even like Mince Pies.:o



Such is the power of MSE I have 2 jars of posh mincement from Tesco that was reduced to 10p each months ago.....and I don't even like mincemeat.:o


Anyway I managed to hit Tesco jus at reduction time so managed to get the girls some lovely veg. I spotted some bags of reduced cabbage and I thought 'Mmmm I know two lovely ladies who would like that' so got a few bags. CLUE it's not for the children

OH has dramatically come down with a cold, not good.
Had a drama trying to download the USA maps onto the Tomtom, unfortunately my little tiny netbook/laptop thing did not have enough memory to do the download so abandoned it mid way through, baaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Then tried to download Tomtom home on the big PC but it wouldn't run the blasted thing so somewhere in cyberspace are my maps of the US. I'm going to email Tomtom tomorrow to ask what to do.I'm a bit baffled and fed up because I wanted to be a bit organised.:o

Anyway I noticed something unique and amazing about myself today!:p

This is the first year, for as long as I can remember, that I haven't been rushing round town, desperately trying to find presents for people.;) The run up to christmas is usually so fraught for me it has been really lovely not to be doing the frantic shop. It's usually from the last four weeks until the last available day to get christmas done.I'm already booked up next weekend as I have a party to go to so I don't intend doing too much beforehand shopping wise then either.

This is in part because we're going away but mainly due to this great site and the tips for great buys and this spot here and you ladies and guys who have inspired me to change a lifetimes habits and finally start to get a grip on my house so I don't want to leave it all the time.:T

Obviously last but no means least ta to PigPen for keeping it all going.:T


And yes, I have been on the gin!!:rotfl: xx

Dustykitten

Finished watching x factor

Woody is still going mad - has been for hours - currently jumping up and down on a plastic bag.

Lil_me thanks for mentioning lasagna - I have the meat in the AGA (for about 4 hours) and would have forgotten to take it out.

See you all tomorrow

pigpen

Sold one pair of boots... bought one pair of boots... cooldom!!

3 boxes of presents wrapped.. only 97 to go!! *sigh*

I have 3 boxes for family and 11 boxes for the children to get through and whatever else I find stashed away

lil_me

pigpen mine are stashed everywhere too, I don't actually know where all of it is, some I have written on the list where they are, but most I don't

Can't sleep.........well DS1s only been asleep just over an hour so have been unsettled because of that, think I'll try again in a mo

llamahead

Morning all

Glass/Plate update!!

:j :j :beer: :beer: SHE HAS MOVED THEM:beer: :beer: :j :j

And even put them in the DW :T :T So proud...........:D

Sooo glad I didn't see that plate of fry up yesterday - stomach just not up to it!

Soo to celebrate the removal of filthy objects - anyone up for a BBQ? Say, 7pm at mine?

Have a great sunday all.

Mrs LL

pigpen

I'll go to bed then....

juliejim

Morning All

We all went to bed at 10.45 last night after going to the party so hopefully the kids will sleep in until about 8 or they're going to be shattered and whingy. Ended up doing hardly anything yesterday as I didn't get back from shopping until 5.30, so by the time we'd had some tea and got changed it was time to go out.

I'm going to finish writing my family cards in a minute and then I can drop them off at my mum and dad's before they go over to my Grandma's - we have quite a large family so they all get distributed/collected from there.

We're supposed to be putting the decorations up today as well so I need to clean the LR. I've got my work's do on Thursday and my colleague is coming home with me to get changed so I would like the house to be something like by then but we'll see!

Lil-me - I posted my cards last Saturday so mine are probably at your DO.

Natty - I got the front of an envelope in a RM polybag so I'm assuming that was your card. Have you complained? You should at least get stamps in compensation and they need to know as either it's one of their machines or, which may be more likely, one of their staff is opening cards.

Serena - pleased to hear your mum's a little better. Hope she makes a speedy recovery.

Mrs LL - Am I too late for the BBQ?

Lil-me - hope you're feeling better today.

SS - Hugs to you and your friend - hope you're feeling better today.

I'm sure I've missed people so hugs to all

Hope you have a wonderful day.

Jue

SarahShattered

Morning All :wave:

I'm hoping to watch Scrooged with my girls today. It's such a funny movie, and has the potential to make me feel cheery.
Right, I'm off to put the Christmas cards up somewhere

cha97michelle

Hi gang - i'm well back there again, but i jut wanted to say i am joining in even though me and both kids are still grotty. We've been fairly productive. I'm hoping i get chance to be around a bit today but DH is doing the annual carols in the crap, so i am at own with the 2 grots alone, and have already woken up feeling ill still, so its not boding well.

Kids are just waking, so i had best go sort them.

Achieved this week:
Mon 8/12:
Stripped our bed, ds1’s bed, ds2’s cot
Remade all beds
Washed all bedding (2 loads)
Washed a load of dh’s clothes
Folded 2 loads of socks/pants and put away
Hoovered our bedroom
Hoovered kitchen floor
Cleaned kitchen bench thoroughly
Spoke to dad for 30 mins on phone
Made stew in SC
Dry cleaning taken
Ordered car tax online

Tue 9/12:
My bedroom – cleaned wardrobe doors/radiator/skirting boards
Pulled out furniture, hoovered behind it
Cleaned curtain pole/rings
Cleaned pictures x3
Got all dust webs in corners/round light shade
WM- load of kids clothes/load of bibs/load of my trousers
Sorted through xmas pressies to see what the kids piles look like
Put all travel cot bedding away properly
Sorted childcare and found out details for funeral on Friday
Made a pie from stew leftovers
Made mince pies and jam tarts
Swapped my library books/registered DS1 at library
Top-up shop
Posted international xmas card/rest of English ones
Posted condolences card
DS1 taken/picked up from nursey
Bathed both kids
Took parcel to neighbours house

Wed 10/12:
Dry cleaning picked up
Airer emptied of dry clothes/folded and put away
Load of wet washing hung up
Spag bol made
Bathroom bin emptied
Kitchen bin emptied
Top up shop
Put 2 large boxes of nappies from hallway into garage
Put cardboard recycling in the green bin

Thur 11/12:
Washed a white load
Hung on airer

Fri 12/12:
Went to funeral
Got meat out freezer, made chicken fajhitas
Put recyling in bins/boxes
Put boxes out for collection
Made appointment for cat boosters
Took cat to vets

Sat 13/12:
Food shop
Bought xmas tree
Sorted through all toys – have a box to give a friend, 2 to put in loft till DS2 can play with them
Moved furniture to find all the bits of gibble under them
Looked down the sides of all the furniture – found some random stuff
Stripped and remade both kids beds (only done on Monday but they were minging
WM – load of DH’s stuff, kids bedding
Swept laminate floor
Paid CC bill

kassey

I have been up since five this morning , My lovely well trained cat brought me a mouse in the bedroom and then let it go , I shoot out of bed and closed the door left hubby in there with cat and mouse, she did kill it in the end.