Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd February 2009

soappie

Mudbath wrote: »

Then I'll sort out all books alphabetically etc.

Alphabetically by what? Title or author? Or even by genre? And if a book is called "The Long Road Home" do you put it under L or T? I do hope you'll keep a space in the 'B's for my book :rotfl:

Maybe you need to catalogue them all on the computer and give each one a Dewey code (like they have in libraries) and order them by number so you know exactly where and what each one is?

S&S of kitchen done. Dinner decided upon (beef stirfry) DS has a friend round so he got to choose between noodles and rice - he chose noodles.

Off to dig beef out of the freezer and finely chop veg...

TAG

toottifrootti wrote: »

TAG AMAZON HAVE SOME SECOND HAND ONES AT 31P with postage thats about the same as the ebay?
sorrrrrrrrry about the caps!!
toots xx

Thanks for that toots. I'll try the one on ebay first cos I can pay by Paypal and if I don't get that then I'll probably go for Amazon. Never thought of Amazon:rolleyes: Which reminds me.Why haven't I looked at Green Metropolis?:rolleyes:

juliejim

Mudbath wrote: »

Juliejim- I came to do your house for you, despite the snow, but you never answered the door. Now i've come all the way home again.

That's because I was buried underneath all the screwed up (previously nicely ironed) clothes that were on the floor of DD's bedroom. I was waiting for you to dig me out - I'd left the door unlocked for such an eventuality!

Mudbath

juliejim wrote: »

That's because I was buried underneath all the screwed up (previously nicely ironed) clothes that were on the floor of DD's bedroom. I was waiting for you to dig me out - I'd left the door unlocked for such an eventuality!

Come to think of it I did hear a muffled voice!! Sorry!! I can't come now because i've already got three big piles of books on the dining room table. Two shelves empty .... a lot to go!! Greenbee - what have you started!! :eek: xx

greenbee

Toots - hope you're keeping a list of all these extras we're chucking at Mudbath so you can repeat them for any other hyperactive flyladies when Pigpen's lists aren't enough to keep them busy!

Mudbath - I try to do my bookshelves once a year (but don't always succeed). They've had a pretty good clearout recently as I got rid of one (very traumatic, I now don't have ANY room for expansion. I even have shelves on the back wall of the downstairs loo, all the way from the top of the cistern to the ceiling!

I have now ironed all my shirts (one needs a button sewing on) and one of the duvet covers, so only one duvet cover and one flat sheet to go :j

As I'll probably be working from home again tomorrow I'm going to take it easy tonight, and not worry about getting much more done this evening.

Must go and empty the WM, hang the stuff up to dry, fill and set the DW (I've nearly run out of DW tabs :eek: must stock up!), and find something for supper. See you later...

Mudbath

I know what you mean about having a lack of space. I try to have a cull once a year but it's hard as books are my main vice!! My children are taking after me too...books galore in their rooms. I suppose they're worse habits to have.

One floor to ceiling bookshelf now empty. At first glance I don't want to get rid of any of them!! xx

mOZzy_2

TAG wrote: »

A few years back I read a Sue Grafton book K is for Killer. One of the Kinsey Millhone alphabet series. Then I came across P is for Peril, in the hotel whilst on holiday in Cyprus about 4 years ago. Spent the entire week buried in the book and never got to the end cos the last 10 pages or so were missing:rolleyes::rotfl:

So, I decided I'd get the whole set and start reading them from the beginning. I have every book from A to T(which is the latest one) except for L is for Lawless. Finding this one second hand is like looking for a needle in a haystack.:rolleyes: It's only the MSE in me that stops me from buying it new:o

Trouble is I've started reading the series now, quicker than I expected, cos they're that good and I'm on G already. So I'm getting a bit desperate for L now.

oh i love her books too!!! and i am regularly visiting our library (every 3 weeks!) - but they don't seem to have many of that series?! :rolleyes: - or they are just well liked and always out
might order them ... never done that before :cool:


sheperds pie eaten and dishes in the dw, playroom is tidy, dd is in bed, oh at work and ds will go soon (to bed that is).

we've got our new toilet delivered yesterday but because we'll have yet another viewing tomorrow evening i didn't allow oh to replace it just yet and rather wait till the weekend ... just imagine the stink :eek: - i am not looking forward to that one?!?!?!?


mudbath you are making me laugh with all your odd jobs
but seriously now - i am NOT far from you 'hinthint'

greenbee

Mudbath wrote: »

I know what you mean about having a lack of space. I try to have a cull once a year but it's hard as books are my main vice!! My children are taking after me too...books galore in their rooms. I suppose they're worse habits to have.

One floor to ceiling bookshelf now empty. At first glance I don't want to get rid of any of them!! xx

I work on the basis that if I look at something and think 'I don't really want to read you anymore' it goes. I find with novels this generally happens after about 3 years (I've usually read them several times by then!).

mOZzy_2

Mudbath wrote: »

I know what you mean about having a lack of space. I try to have a cull once a year but it's hard as books are my main vice!! My children are taking after me too...books galore in their rooms. I suppose they're worse habits to have.

One floor to ceiling bookshelf now empty. At first glance I don't want to get rid of any of them!! xx

i so know what you mean - i LOVE books!!!!!!!!
i even got some old children books in german - i just can't part from them. maybe the kids will learn enough german to read them ...

BUT i am not allowed to buy any more books :eek: - so library it is .....
which is fair enough - i still buy the odd ones tho like the 'kathy reichs' series :T

TAG

Mudbath wrote: »

I know what you mean about having a lack of space. I try to have a cull once a year but it's hard as books are my main vice!! My children are taking after me too...books galore in their rooms. I suppose they're worse habits to have.

One floor to ceiling bookshelf now empty. At first glance I don't want to get rid of any of them!! xx

Ay, there's nothing wrong with kids reading books. Out of four children I appear to have produced only one that enjoys reading as much as me and that's my youngest DD (6). I love listening to her read. She's itching to read books as 'big as Mummy's':rotfl:
Nothing better than a trip to the library or Waterstones with her in tow.

I have a major problem with 'decluttering' them as well. In fact I don't. They end up in boxes in the loft for a while until they are rediscovered and re read :rolleyes: