Weekly Flylady Thread 5th January 2009

Lady-Liberty

Monday Mayhem..
Level One
Clean the sinks, baths, toilets, showers etc
Level Two
Wash the window and clear the sill
Fling out all the empties from the bathroom
Wipe the mouldy bits away
Level Three
Scrub down the tiles..
Wash/vacuum the floor
Wash the shower curtain/screen, curtains/blinds etc
Extras

1. Empty and clean out the bin
2. Polish the mirrors
3. Declutter the desk.. make it shine!

Oh dear only a couple of bits done from the list....but I have:

Taken the tree down, boxed up things to go back in the loft
Mr.S came, shopping put away
Washing hanging on radiators
Washed all towels now in TD

And been next door for a cuppa :rotfl:

Off to do a bit more, must go to PO xx

pigpen

rice krispies scarfed... that counts as a meal in my house!! I can see I'm going to be living on them again for the next 6 weeks.

I need to chase my insurance cheque..
I need to email hubby dates I need him to collect children etc.
I need to reschedule dentist appointments.. hubby can do that too.. he is taking them not me!

I'll go do something useful now..

mumoffour77

Tesco delivery has just arrived:)
Risotto tonight for dinner:)
yum!!!

Pollybear

Posting first and reading after

Afternoon all.

No washing today!

I've done the kitchen properly, damp wiped the living room and computer desk, vacuumed right through downstairs and done the stairs and landing.

Went over to the shops and picked up the dog's tablets and paid the paper bill.

Welcome to newbies, hope nobody's ill, off to catch up

gsysezz

Talking about wiping mouldy bits away ;-)

I have a patch of black mould on the bathroom ceiling. Do I merrily paint over it and hope it doesn't come back too quickly or is there a magic paint / cleaning substance I should use. I have a heater / extractor fan in there but fear it may be from drying clothes on the electric towel rail. Naughty me...... but no tumble dryer in this house.

Oh how things change in a week - I'm normally too busy tiptoeing through the detritus to notice the ceiling but today I have a clean bathroom floor. It's a miracle................

indigostar

Mum_on_a_mission wrote: »

Well I'm up and dressed, but can't say that either DH or I slept last night, or the last three nights if honest. He's now left for work and I feel awful - a real sense of gloom.

But shakes self - can't get too down as DS not back to school until tomorrow and don't want him to pick up on things. We've had a sprinkling of snow and he's happily playing outside making a baby snowman.

Feel a mad cleaning frenzy this morning, and have another small person to mind this afternoon which will help. But its going to be a looonnngggg day until I hear if things are to stay as they are or whether we have a big problem.

Will pop on and off I think for company if no-one minds.

Moam

Moam thinking of you today....hope it all works out

toochoosey

WM+TD emptied and reloaded, kitchen tidied and cleaned, downstairs bins emptied and all downstairs hoovered.
having a rest now, AF is giving me jip..

nicki_2

Justamum wrote: »

My clothes have been getting much tighter over the past few months - and I didn't have any scales as the ones I had were broken. I bought some the other day. I am back to the weight I was in Jan 2006 - and I had managed to lose nearly 2 stone, so back to square one :rolleyes::mad::eek:

I know what you mean - I'm back to the weight I was January 2007 :mad: Most of its gone on this past month, just hoping my work clothes are still presentable tomorrow! Thank goodness I can wear jeans and casual tops

MOAM- thinking of you and yours today.

Pigpen - If you ever find somewhere that sells knee high boots for big calves can you let me know - the only ones I've ever been able to wear were lace up doc martin type ones but with a heel ... I really regret giving them to the charity shop when DD was born :mad:

G&B - I have 2 davina ones and I love them... they made a big difference to my fitness levels last year and then I stopped doing it when DD finished school for the summer and never got back into it... maybe that should be my MACAW for next week - start working out again


Right...whats my list then...

Personal :

• [strike]Post ebay items[/strike]
• [strike]Asda shop (tippex, salt. cucumber, lettuce) :p Paying with CASH [/strike]
• [strike]Job center - 10am (ask about possibility of a NVQ level 3 somewhere or the alternative of me being an OU student full-time as of May)[/strike] System playing up so I'll ask in February at my next appointment :rolleyes:
• Assignment.
• Check bank for CSA payment :mad: Checked but no sign yet... have moved other benefits across though
• Get stuff ready for placement on Tuesday - possibility of me having some prep/study time
• Extras:
  • WM x2 (so far
  • TD x 2 (only HH each then onto the maiden - also warms the kitchen up a bit)
    
  • Spoken to mum on the phone and walked around while I was at it
    
  • Coffeetable cleaned + thumb whacked (stiff now and redish ) & shoulder hurting even more after pulling a muscle in my back this morning :mad: wouldn't mind but its my right side and I'm righthanded :mad:
    

Monday Mayhem..
Level One
Clean the sinks, baths, toilets, showers etc
Level Two
Wash the window and clear the sill
Wipe the mouldy bits away
Level Three
Scrub down the tiles
Vacuum the floor
Extras

1. Empty and clean out the bin
2. Polish the mirrors

My M.A.C.A.W challenge this week is, to be in bed by 10pm school nights, 11pm Friday night (only Saturdays when I don't have to be up :rolleyes: )

I got to bed at 11pm last night I forgot I needed to make my bed, and sorting the washing took longer than I thought. Then this morning I slept in until 7.20 (should have been up at 6.30) then my phone battery went but I didn't realise until I wondered why the reminders for DD to do her hair etc didn't go off Oh well, she made it to school on time, and I managed to do Asda & the job centre (including calling home to drop of the shopping in-between) in 90mins :j

I double checked the price of the game I got for my DSlite the other day - its priced up on the shelf as £24.17 Its called "My health coach" and I'm impressed with it already - my new pedometer plugs into it and actually accurately counts my steps Already I've lost 2lb and I've only been using it since New Year :j I'm also enjoying using it as I can set challenges on a daily basis, I just didn't realise how good I was already doing when it came to making healthier options so I'm guessing portion size (which I'm working on...kitchen scales have appeared again...) and exercise is going to be the key. It says I need to walk a minimum of 5000 steps a day, and so far today I've reached [strike]6638[/strike] 6984 :j Only problem I'm having is that the food diary is in cups so I'm having to estimate (going by the calories it says are in a cup) how much I'm eating so I can record it. :rolleyes:

DD is going to be chuffed when she gets in - she has 50 packets of "pretty princess" stickers to work through, that should keep her busy She's also sold a 3rd lot of stickers on ebay - Which reminds me :
Those who sell on ebay - if I'm selling stickers where the buyer gets to pick which 10 they want for a fixed price, how would I do the multiples items available thing? ATM I'm listing all the stickers, allowing the auction to come to an end on BIN then relisting the item with the bought stickers edited out so its costing me 40p a time...is there a cheaper way? Anyone who can help but doesn't understand PM me and I'll send you a link to one of my auctions so you can see for yourself.

Right, best get myself some lunch and something other than tea to drink as I can feel the icky feeling I get when I've drank too much starting :wave:

gunsandbanjos

indigostar wrote: »

Moam thinking of you today....hope it all works out

Ditto, big hugs.

I just punched myself in the face trying to dismantle one of DD's toys:rotfl: Anyone have any use for a fairly large girls wendy house style tent thing? Hubby bought it from john lewis last year and i hate it so it has been dismantled, it is a lovely tent if your child has a large room or a garden to put it in, but as we have neither it has to go!

indigostar

Flylady_Flower wrote: »

Hi Toots and Indigostar - do you mind me asking, what exactly is ECDL?

european computer driving license
crazy name... it gives you about 3 certificates when you've finished. It's an online course which I'm doing through LearnDirect. I'm hoping it'll make me more employable when I've finished
Supposedly there are jobs out there for single mums.....funny when you watch the news, but apparently the govt thinks there are plenty of jobs for a whole new lot of mums when everyone else is losing theirs
go figure!!