Weekly Flylady Thread 15th December 2008

mumoffour77

I will join you Sexymouse!!:)

toottifrootti

I'm in sexy even if a few mins late
toots xx

AnW'sMum

GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:

1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptise cats.
2) When your Mum is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.
6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
10) The best place to be when you're sad is nana's

GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:

1) Raising teenagers is like nailing jelly to a tree.
2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fibre, not the toy.

GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD:

1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.
4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions..
6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.

THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:

1) You believe in Santa Claus.
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus.
4) You look like Santa Claus.

SUCCESS:

At age 4 success is . . . not piddling in your pants.
At age 12 success is .. . . having friends..
At age 17 success is .. . having a drivers licence.
At age 35 success is .. . having money.
At age 50 success is .. . . having money.
At age 70 success is .. .. . having a drivers licence.
At age 75 success is .. . . having friends.
At age 80 success is .. . ... not piddling in your pants.

skintscotslass

My HHC last almost an hour as usual. I spent most of my time cleaning up after DD who decided that my sparkly kitchen had to be used and made 3,000 christmas cookies. Ok, not 3,000 but it seems like it I also finished off the bathroom so its all lovely and sparkly too.

I now need to sort out the Christmas presents, get wrapping and write out extra cards that I forgot. Oh and write a list for BF for tomorrow. I am evil hee hee

lil_me

SSL how lovely
greenbee you could put some away for birthdays if it's too much, I do that regularly as I always spot too many things for one person, apart from Matthew who I just spoil completely and don't care if it's too much Oh and well done on your progress.
Summermoon one bonus of a puppy in the house at Christmas was DSs took everything upstairs as soon as they unwrapped it as I said she might chew it, use it as a super tool
Gryfon pass her here, I'll give her some chocolate to make her be quiet then send her back
soappie when I had that iffy ear thing I used decongestant (cheap boots ones) and menthol to inhale. My cold I thought was going/gone but seems to be back too, think some bugs work like that.
rach it's a 2 part one I think. Good luck with the shopping, no Argos up here has lego in!
Dusty I love the slinkies one but I changed it to men when I used it! DP said I wasn't nice
Hex you're close, the original inspiration came from http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=y_tcvvStxAs which is a stuffed chicken leg one but I removed the skin and didn't cover in bacon. I stuffed with hm sausagemeat based stuffing, I'm now tempted to but a couple of legs off the butcher (he usually has loads cheap from those who order crowns) and do a few, I had an amazing stuffing with walnuts in at our Christmas meal and would like to do that. Doing them seperate would probably keep the breast meat more moist as it takes less time to cook.

Good afternoon, nets been playing up this morning and been pretty chaotic here, DPs lost keys hunting everywhere. Anyway dogs been walked but not much else has been done.

Decided no I am not dragging the kids to where he is because he feels guilty for spending too much time racing, I asked and they said they don't want to go. They want to watch Kung Fu Panda they borrowed off my Dad so I ain't arguing with that. I am still coughing and don't want to go anywhere unless I have to!

Sorry, sometimes call them sandwiches here as DSs get confused with different names for things. I was born in Teeside, lived as a toddler/early school in London then moved to Durham. Mam and Dad call them clothes horses but I call them airers usually. My family in Teeside see us as posh because of where we live and our accents changed, I don't think Durham has a specific accent but such a mix of people from so many areas. I do, when I am with my cousins end up speaking like them so that original Teeside accent I had and was brought up around is still in there. DSs, especially DS1, don't tend to use butties/sarnies which is what I was brought up saying because of the way I have had to teach them to talk, they still do a lot of what is called 'echolia' aswell.

Right aswell as kung fu panda I think it'll have to be declare war on housework today, back in a mo with my first list.

greenbee

Rubbish out, recycling out. Pile of recipes located to copy/stick into recipe books instead of doing something useful

Supposed I should get washed & dressed so that I can go and collect my dad's port... if I went out like this they probably wouldn't let me have it :rolleyes:

soappie

Yuk Crafty - how horrid! As a responsible dog owner, I'd NEVER do that!
SSL - how nice your BF had a change of plan
Greenbee - thanks for pointing out that thread - that's funny!
Emily - fingers crossed for your move tomorrow and if you don't get time to pop online - have a lovely Christmas and a happy new year
Awww, SexyM - big hugs love
AnW'sMum - love the truths etc.

Well, I survived the madness that was Tesco. I think I got there at the right time. It was busy, the car park was heaving but I only had to wait behind one person at the till. I now have bags and bags of shopping in the kitchen and a whole salmon. But, I had to stop and eat something (forgot to have breakfast before I went out - didn't expect to be there THAT long!). It has been eaten and is slowly digesting aided by a cup of tea. It was quite a creation - I bought some cocktail sausages so sliced a couple up and fried them along with potatoes and cabbage left from last night - a slightly different take on bubble and squeak. But very yummy.

But, I'd better go and unpack and slice up this salmon for the freezer (yes, I know I could have got Tesco to do it, but I prefer doing it myself) and then sort through all the presents I have and see what's what.

lil_me

AnW'sMum I haven't laughed so much in ages, but with my cough I nearly choked :rotfl:

BOTHER!!! I now have to go to where DP is because the zips gone on his trousers....and the button was already off......20 miles or so inc a stretch of the A1 past Washington Services which will be manic because of the Metro Centre, ARGH!!!

Back later, he will be forced into helping sort out the house even if it's kicking and screaming because of this!

nicki_2

Its taken me 20mins to dust DD's doll house!:eek: Then 30mins on the phone to mum so I best get stuck in when I've had my hot chocolate and I wonder what I can have for my lunch ? :think:

Time to eat :wave:

Dustykitten

Still not made it back up stairs due to various requests from kids for food, lifts, kitten wanted feeding etc.

Going up now to finish and then I'll sit down and have a cuppa and some chocolate.