Weekly Flylady Thread 26th January 2009

Valli

Carlsberggal congratulations!

MOJ2 forgot to say if he does go you, as a single parent, can get your child benefit paid weekly instead of four weekly in arrears. Just contact the child befits agency. I actually did mine on line!

mumofjusttwo

Thanks everyone.

When I mentioned "wait and see' I didn't mean that I wouldn't do anything. I will be on the case on Monday. Need to get my head round it today, i think. What I meant was that time will tell how it turns out.

trying desperately still thinking about the house, but I really think I need to come to terms that I can't afford to stay here. It is just such security for my children and I can do my job here but probably won't be able to do my job from another home as I need to have no distraction. My DS and DD are certainly distraction

Beccatje

I'd like to join in again.

Fell off the wagon a long time ago when work and caring for kids became too much. Or so I thought.

I ended up loosing all forms of organisation. I'm back to feeling like all I do is put out fires lately and I'm fed up.

I've quit my job to be able to spend much needed time at home with my kids and to supplement my income started childminding.
But my house is a tip!!

As the kind lady from the agency pointed out, the house can do with a serious re-organising and cleaning up.

So I"M BACK!!

I'm just one of those women that can't seem to clean on my own so I'll revert back to the wonderful flylady thread if you all don't mind.

Becca

toottifrootti

LadyL so sorry to hear your are still in a lot of pain - i wish the days would go faster for you! Take it easy and do what you can- ebaying is good as it doesnt involve too much strenuous work - and you are not clogging up the thread - we like to know that you are ok!
pollybear can we have a 'crime watch' update please???? he! he! this is better than tv!!! And oh yes there is karma!!!!!
nicki - nice to hear you sounding chirpier! and I am glad you have been sensible about your lists and taking it a bit at a time!
:xmastree:beccatje I wasnt here when you were on the thread before but it is nice to have you back posting. I am the same - I dont think I could manage without the structure of the lists - good luck getting the house back in order for your child minding! The first post is updated every evening and the new thread starts on Sunday with a link from this one (just in case you had forgotten:rolleyes: ) so do what you can between now and then and then just dive straight in and get working!!!:rotfl:
mumofjusttwo I am sorry I didnt mean to offend/ upset you - I am sure you will get things organised - like you said its still very fresh and you need to get your head round it.

Have had my HH to myself - i did 12 rows of my knitting!
the bed has been stripped and Wm is on
DW filled and on
mail read and filed (for a change!)

off to have lunch!
toots xx

mOZzy_2

Friday - flyday
Level One
sweep downstairs
HH-do something for YOURSELF!!!!!!! (i might do my eyebrows and nails)
Level Two
[strike]wash any bedding that needs it [/strike]- dd
[strike]collect the dirty laundry[/strike]
Level three
[strike]binbag dance[/strike]
[strike]find 10 things that are outgrown to give away/sell[/strike]
[strike]put all disc back in the correct boxes[/strike]
Extras
wash any sticky marks from the room downstairs
transfer some more cd's onto ipod
[strike]tidy a cupboard/drawer/box[/strike]
[strike]make brioche in bm[/strike]
start dinner early (jalfrezi)
[strike]walk into town[/strike] to get shoes for dd (why on earth are ALL girls trainers WHITE????? ), sheets for 'new' recipebook

Dailys
[strike]wm[/strike]
td
dw still only halffull
s/s kitchen
[strike]s/s toilet[/strike] oh ordered a new one and it'll be here by monday - that should be fun :rolleyes:
empty bins + change binbag[/quote]
[strike]s/s bathroom[/strike]


pheww, back from town. shouldn't have walked so much having this cold :rolleyes:
so back to my question: why on earth are girls shoes WHITE?!?!? where the only ones i could find so had to get them. her old ones are falling apart
i also got some paper for my 'new' recipe book - i'll start later
AND before i left i remembered to take some of my clothes to the charity shop. hadn't anything preprared really so i dashed upstairs (fully clothed - shoes and coat) and grabbed 24 pieces (after a quick rumage) and off 2 bags went to the charity shop :T


dd wants on the pc so i'll find some lunch for myself and will sweep the floors and do the kitchen oh and start on dinner!!

soappie

rach wrote: »

I was always almost the last person there you may remember....(except for the chair occasionally!)

I do remember Rach! But, I managed to get there in time. Bit of a stormy meeting but that made it go quite quickly!

Happy birthday young W!

Mumofjust2 - big big hugs love - Valli's given you some excellent advice

Carlsb - glad your wedding went well.

V. strange weather still. A biting wind and strange looking clouds in the sky. The light this morning was quite unusual. I think I'll do my shopping this afternoon just in case.

But, before I do that, I need to sort out the kitchen. It's turned from pretty alright last night to an absolute mess this afternoon. The dog didn't help by emptying half the bin overnight in an attempt to get some juicy morsel or something at the bottom there.

lauradora

Level One
[STRIKE]S&S kitchen
Vacuum a messy floor!
Level Two
Wash any neglected grubby windows..
Polish the porch!
[/STRIKE]Sort through handbags and purses and other general dumping of loose change and receipt places! (buggy basket is atrocious!!)
Level Three
Clean out any pets
Declutter the pc desk/magazine rack/toy box
Wash any neglected bedding..
Extras

1. write down 5 things YOU are good at!! (A little self appreciation goes a long way!)
2. HHI
3. Wipe down dirty dining chairs or sofas or suchlike
4. 15 minutes filing

Friday - flyday
Level One
Clear and vacuum floors in childrens and spare rooms
[STRIKE]HH-do something for YOURSELF!!!!!!!had a good natter and coffee with a friend and a few slices of HM cake
Level Two
wash any bedding that needs it
collect the dirty laundry
[/STRIKE]drag the junk from under the bed and deal with it as necessary!
Level three
binbag dance
find 10 things that are outgrown to give away/sell
put all disc back in the correct boxes
Extras

1. sort through the school uniform.. get rid of outgrown stuff and bin dead stuff
2. wash any sticky marks from the room
3. wash any grotty stuffed creatures
4. [STRIKE]delete 5 unwanted contacts from your mobile phone!![/STRIKE]that was remarkably easy!!

Done 2 loads of washing
shined my sink like its never been done before!
been right through downstairs

still plently to do after lunch! xxx

Craftyscholar

I haven't been posting as I haven't been flying, but I am going to count deleting old URLs from bookmarks so I can.

mojt - hugs, that is not good news, but there are several people here who can offer good advice (and the rest of us will sent positivity vibes)
L-L - healing 'pain go away' vibes coming your way.
Triker - hope things are improving

Hugs to anyone else I have missed

mumofjusttwo

tooti you didn't offend me just didn't want anyone thinking |I was
trying to sweep it under the carpet IYSWIM.





or that i wasn't listening to everyone.

i rea0lly appreciate it.

Valli

MoJ2 - I was worried you might be panicing and not thinking straight - that happened to a friend of mine...bad decisions were made.
And I have friends whose relationships-going-downhill situation was so stressful they ended up with a medical condition (1) and major depression (2). It is never an easy time and these decisions are not made lightly. Anyone who says divorce is easy has NOT been divorced!

I have done some flinging (woo hoo) ironing (woo hoo) and coughing ***cof*** ***cof*** (ouch)

all beds stripped and airing.