Weekly Flylady Thread 16th February 2009

Penelope_Penguin

mumofjusttwo wrote: »

thanks everyone.

Can anyone tell me if child tax credit etc take into account savings and and money that DH gives re the children please.

TRying desperately to work out if i can still live here.

Hi there! Can I ask, are you living apart from DH? You can PM me if you'd rather I'm a Money Adviser at CAB, so do this sort of thing every day.

Off for the HHC :j

Penny. x

mumofjusttwo

well he is moving out today.

greenbee

((((hugs)))) for mojt. I can't help, but I know there are others here who have been through similar situations and can provide plenty of advice based on experience. We're all here if you need to talk. ETA - I'd take Penny up on her offer if I were you, then you'll know what information you need to get together and what questions to ask.

soappie - I find giving myself a good talking to about the fact that I don't have time to be ill helps! GnB's idea about steaming is a great one. And if you have any menthol crystals, chuck them in. If that doesn't clear your head, nothing will! I also find hot soup of some kind made with chillies helps, as does yogi tea (or ordinary tea without milk). Hope you feel better soon.

Didn't get up in time to go to the gym, but DID manage to wake up on time and read to stay awake. Got up at 7 (so only an hour late :rolleyes: ), and have a load of washing on and had breakfast. If I can make it out of the house by 9 with the laundry drying and no more mess in the house than there was last night I'll be happy!

I have managed to mislay my lunchbag since Friday though... think it must still be in the car :eek: I really hope I didn't take any yogurt to work

Since we've got back onto the bath debate... I see baths as a leisure activity (clean water, bubbles or oil, book, wine or chocolate if I'm feeling indulgent!). If I want to get clean its a shower or wash. Mind you, when I was at my first boarding school, we had baths on alternate nights in about 3 inches of water (with the doors open :rolleyes: ), and strip washes at rows of basings on the landings morning and evening. In the senior school we could have showers, but only ONCE A WEEK. The rest of the week was strip washes and the occasional bath in scary spidery bathrooms. And hairwashing was weekly on Saturdays over basins, even for those who clearly needed it more often due to puberty/games (and no, we didn't get to shower after games... straight back into the classroom after hockey :eek: )

Suppose I'd better go and get dressed...

scaredy_cat_2

ok, morning everyone. Kitchen bits done but then got distracted by Martin's email and then reading posts here.

mumofjust2 - so sorry hope you get it sorted. My sister was on her own for a while with children and got lots of financial help so fingers crossed for you
pigpen - great news re cc. You have done so well on this. And i loved the picture of your little ones covered in dirt!! makes me feel better!!

What is this wasting water thread need to visit it!!

sexymouse - Teaching is an incredibly stressful job and the pressure of the NQT year must be awful. (didn't have that when i qualified but it was stressful enough) I hope something comes up soon.

smoke alarms - think fire service fit them for free - please phone them!
Right my plans scuppered as i have to go to town to get my sis a pressier and my mum wants to go this morning! Have dentist at lunchtime but no other plans - gonna be a good day!

take care all, see you later

Intergalactic_Floozie

Oh my goodness this one's gonna be a biggie!!! Don't know how much I will be able to get done. Luckily I don't have a hallway, just stairs so that's a small something!!!

I turned my heating off yesterday as it was so nice, I wonder if I can keep it off now til Autumn or whether it will get cold again??

Dailies:
[strike]Washing[/strike]
Drying
Put clothes away
[strike]Tidy Kitchen (swish & swipe)[/strike]
Make evening meal
[strike]Money spreadsheet[/strike]
[strike]Pick up anything on master bedroom floor following yesterday's clean[/strike]
[strike]Straighten duvet on master bedroom bed. [/strike]

Wednesdays are Wonderful!! - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter the floors![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum/mop floors & stairs![/STRIKE]
Level Two
Wash the windows and the front door.. inside and out!
[STRIKE]Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move![/STRIKE]
Clean the sofas
Level Three
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
[STRIKE]Wipe all the paintwork![/STRIKE]
Dust mantle and polish all the trinkets upon it.. and get all the junk off it!
Extras
Polish telly
[STRIKE]Hotspot[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Shred any paperwork that's no longer necessary[/STRIKE] (I have piled it up ready for shredding)

embb

Morning lovelies! :wave:

mojt sorry to hear that, hope you're ok? I get WTC but can't for the life of me remember if they take savings into consideration but I know they don't take maintenance payments.. x

First job this morning has been cancelled due to her hubbys illness so I've a spare 2 hrs or so, OH has his MOT today so I'm picking him up at 9 ish then hopefully I can get some list done, didn't do nowt yesterday, tho I did admire my new cutlery for an hour or two and made everyone else admire it too lol

So, playing catch-up which sounds worse than it is cause I could blink and have the master bedroom done and the living room is nowt too really, the front door however will take some doing - good idea putting it on the list.....cause it never occurrs to me even though all my grannies have me doing theirs every week lmao :T

Twinkly Tuesday - Master bedroom & Landing
Level One
Strip bed and wash sheets/duvet cover
Clear the floor of gibble
Level Two
Clear the landing of detritus
Vacuum these floors
Wash the windows (and any curtains/nets the need doing)
Level Three
37 fling boogie!!
Empty upstairs bins
Make sure all the smoke alarms are working and if you have high sleepers you should have alarms in those rooms too.. make appointments with the fire safety people if you don't and they fit really good ones free of charge!!

Wednesdays are Wonderful!! - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
Level One
Declutter the floors!
Vacuum/mop floors & stairs!
Level Two
Wash the windows and the front door.. inside and out!

Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move!
Clean the sofas
Level Three
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
Wipe all the paintwork!
Dust mantle and polish all the trinkets upon it.. and get all the junk off it!

mOZzy_2

morning :hello:

greenbee thanks for mentioning setting a new email account up for toots emails - i've done one now too - so toots! send away

soappie :T for overcoming your fears with the dentist!!!

sexymouse i so know what you mean! i've told the exact same thing to my Oh only a few weeks back - he doesn't appreciate any work i do around the house and kind of ruins everything so that tells me 'he doesn't respect me and the work i do' .. it works for a while :rolleyes:
glad he seems to acknowlodge it and i've got fingers crossed that you'll find the right job in the end!!!

froddy my choices would be guildford or southampton - thanks for putting the time in! can't say yet if i'll take the kids i first need to know the date then i'll know if OH works or not!

lil_me Happy Birthday to your dp!! will you be doing something nice?

mojt huge hugs!!! i am glad that you get the right help on here!!!!



how come some are already finished with the new list?!?!? :eek: - that's CHEATING!!!! you can't start it the day before ... say midnight would be allright



LR should be doable

Wednesdays are Wonderful!! - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter the floors![/STRIKE]
Vacuum/mop floors & stairs!
Level Two
[STRIKE]Wash the windows[/STRIKE] and the front door.. inside and out!
Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move!
Clean the sofas
Level Three
Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer!
Wipe all the paintwork!
Extras
[STRIKE]Wash any smelly soft furnishings[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Get a pile of filing done!![/STRIKE] ever since my filing marathon it's up to date :T


Dailies
get everybody dressed straightish
dw
wm
td
fold washing
put washing away
kitchen surfaces
[STRIKE]think of dinner[/STRIKE] beef, green beans, roast potatoes
sweep floors
tidy playroom
s/s toilet

sexymouse

Wednesdays are Wonderful!! - Living pit, hallway, stairs!!
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter the floors![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum/mop floors & stairs![/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Wash the windows and the front door.. inside and out![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum under the furniture you can safely move![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean the sofas[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Declutter the inside of a cupboard or drawer![/STRIKE]Coat & shoe cupboard
[STRIKE]Wipe all the paintwork![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust mantle and polish all the trinkets upon it.. and get all the junk off it![/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]Wipe and water the plants[/STRIKE]

Toots - list complete!

juliejim

In my HHC I:

Cleared a hotspot
Paid a bill

That's about it!

juliejim

Sexymouse - now you're just showing off! Can you come and do mine please?