Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd March 2009

rach

Hello all

Am finally back from my travels, but am working today so won't be around til late afternoon anyway...Apologies I don't think I'll manage to catch up this week, not sure I'll get 5 stars either! I do have monday off in leiu of today though so don't mind too much (i like having a day off when everyone else is at work!)

Here's my list for me to attack later, DH has been a star whilst I was away so the place looks fine and I even had my dinner on the table when I got home last night.

Thursday thrills - Master bedroom and landing
Level One
Strip and wash bedding
Vacuum and turn mattress
Level Two
Clear the floordrobe
Clear the floor on the landing
Wash the windows
Level Three
Vacuum the cleared floors!
Dust and deweb.. don't forget the bed frame and light fitting
Wipe the paintwork
Friday with huge apologies I was certain I'd done this!!
Leve One
S&S the kitchen
S&S the bathroom
Leve two
Empty all the upstairs bins!
Collect all the dirty laundry from upsairs and around the house
strip any neglected beds!
Level three
Wash any windows that need doing and you always leave!
Ring someone you love just to tell them so!! We never know how long we have with them
HHI
Extras

1. run the WM/DW through a clean cycle and clean those icky filters!!
2. Wipe down the downstairs doors
3. meal plan

7 important-ish things to do this week:

storecupboard inventory
print household notebook printables (I can't get them to print the right size!)
email MiL with dates I can help GB
buy Kara Birthday present - just need to order.
phone re new ISA name mistake
send sis new home card
send parcel to Cathy

soappie

AnW'sMum - can't help you with the gerberas I'm afraid I'm a bit like you - can manage to kill the hardiest of plants - that's why I employ a gardener!:rotfl:

Dusty - re the ready meals for your Nan. When my Dad was alive, I used to have a monthly 'cook in' at his. He'd tell me what meals he fancied, I'd buy the ingredients, cook 'em up and then pop them in his freezer. He could get one out in the morning, let it defrost then heat it up in the evening. Worked out much cheaper and healthier than shop bought meals.

One load of washing is outside on the line. My bedding is currently in the WM ready to go out as soon as it's finished. Proposal almost complete. Just need to do a background paper now...

toottifrootti

Morning all
grey, drizzly and a bit windy here this morning - and No thats not me its the weather!!

Dusty happy birthday to your DS1 hope you have a great day.
AnW's Mum good luck with the 'shoot'!!!!
Soappie good luck in finishing the proposal and getting it out of the way.

I have NOF coming to see me this afternoon for the first time!!!! So the lan is for a general whizz round to make the place presentable - i know she wont bother but I would like it to be reasonable.:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
cant believe its Saturday and i was up at 8 and have struggled to get up all week!

ok off for my first whizz round - catch you in a bit
toots xx

AnW'sMum

SIL just phone, pic has had to be cancelled as the photographer is ill. So we have the day to ourselves

ETA Just seen from Toots post that it is your DS's birthday Dusty, hope he has a great day

Hope you have a great day toots with NOF

Suppose I should get dressed and get on!

Triker

Morning everyone, still in bed, but awake. Will get up in a mo and get going.:D


Basically going to tackle the lists an endeavour to try to achieve at least 1 star.

Tried o catch up last night but basically fell asleep so apologies for peeps I've missed but

Pigpen, *shakes head in disbelief for DS GF*, nothing more to add hun, xx to you all.

Lady Liberty, oh sweetie, I hope that the specialists will be able to heal you and set your mind at rest quickly, xxxx

Soappie, how's doggily?

Emily Jackson, great to see you posting more Emily, lovely to hear how you're doing.

GnB does you LO go in on the 10th, I seem to remember that date as OH is going for his op (mouth - tooth- hole thang) on 9th (monday).

Toots, wotcha hun, hope you are well and thanks for being so......organised :T, your capacity to remember things and not leave anybody out is amazing.


Anwsmum, our daffs are on their way out too, I think of you when I see them. xx


Rightio, best haul myself out of bed and make some coffee.Then assess the devastation that is my [STRIKE]bombsite [/STRIKE] home.

I particulary want to get our bedroom sorted for OH's healing next week. I've taken mon/tues/wed off work to look after him too so I should have a lot more time to get some flying done.

Coffee, then I'll be back. x

sexymouse

Morning all,

Just caught up with the thread. Lots of messages to post and sorry if I accidentally miss you out:

Pigpen - congratulations on getting your uni place, and condolences to DS1's GF on the loss of her Dad.
Soappie - glad that the cat was rescued. Any news on your little doogie yet?
SarahShattered - congratulations on getting the job.
ZCC72 - sorry you didn't get your job, but I'm sure a job that is perfect for you will come up soon.
Serena - glad it all went well at the dentist - sorry I wasn't there to hold your hand in time.
Lil_me, GnB, Kaz, Rosepink, Leila and anyone else who needs one - have a hug!
Greenbee - congratulations on getting a pay rise and sorry you didn't get the other job.
Quillion - well done for all of your flying and for impressing your friend.
Jo - glad to hear that you and OH have decided to give it another try.
Triker and everyone else who's lost weight this week - well done!
Dusty - I hope your Nan feels more settled soon.
Toots - glad you had a lovely time out with your friend.
Sammi - congratulations to your DD.
Phil - well done on all of your hard work this week, and hope wife starts to appreciate you soon.
LadyLiberty - you know where I am if you need someone to talk to or take your mind off things. Big hugs for you.
All new and older flyers - well done for all of your hard work this week.

Haven't done much flying since Tuesday, but intend to catch up over the weekend. I've written OH his new list (he still has to clear out his car on last week's list too). Anyone interested:

Moon's List (wk 3)

1. Re-string washing line.
2. Empty both hoovers.
3. Choose one cardboard box in the house to clear completely (ie. rehome, chuck, etc)
4. Clear at least 2 of your intrays (this means sort properly, not just move stuff to a different one).

Reward: I will attempt to make a cake of your choice.


Off to copy the lists from the end of the week into a word doc, get dressed, eat breakfast, and then pop into town. Need to pay in 2 cheques for OH and I think I'm going to try and take our old double duvet to the launderette to wash so that it's clean before I vaccuum pack it. Also need to get some fruit from the market. Will catch up with flying when I get home.

Love to all,

sexymouse xx

serena

:hello:Hi sexymouse!! Just thinking I hadn't seen you around this week - I hope it was because you had loads of lovely work! I survived the dentist - not a great deal of fun, and my tooth has been touchy all night - I can't bite on it without a stabbing pain, which is a surprise as it didn't give me any trouble before it was treated...

Just whisked the vacuum round, and I have huge amounts of laundry to do today. I'm supposed to be having a bit of a girly day with DD, so must dash and do all the work stuff before!

Hugs for AnW's mum. Gerberas can be tricky, as they are quite tender plants and usually grown in heated greenhouses.There are a couple of lookalikes that you may like to try:

rudbeckias - large cheery daisy flowers usually in shades of yellow and brown. Can be grown from seed or plants. Some will survive the winter.
osteospermum - daisy flowers, often with a satin sheen to the petals, some tender, some hardy (I can send you a chunk of a hardy one). Usually in shades of pink, purple and white - the tenderer ones usually the darker colours. A few from seed, but usually bought as plants, and often found in the patio plants section from April onwards.
Arctotis and gazanias - more South African daisies, in all sorts of colours, often with cheerful rings of other colours. Can be grown from seed, but again often as plants in the patio section from April. They close their flowers in dull weather and overnight, which children often enjoy.

All the above will thrive in the sunniest spot that you can find in the garden. They will grow in containers, although some of the rudbeckias can get very tall. Google for pictures!


If you want some easy annuals, then look for 'hardy annuals' on the packet.(Annuals mean you sow them in spring, they grow and flower this summer then die. They usually drop loads of seed that comes up on its own the following spring). The very easiest daisies are English (or pot) marigolds (may be labelled calendula) and Miss A may very well love them. Easy peasy to grow. Also, annual chrysanthemums. Both these can be sown direct in the garden - no need for pots or anything. Clear a patch of soil, scratch a narrow furrow, drop in seed, cover over again. Label if you like. Water if dry. Forget. Oh, keep cats off! They love seed beds! If you pick off all the dying flowers they will probably keep going until frost.

Quillion

I was outside this morning cleaning the conservatory windows and frames at 07:30 i think my neighbour thinks i am having a crisis. She came out to let the dog out and asked me if i was ok:rolleyes: can't a girl clean !!!

Got a couple of loads of washing work clothes and school uniform and then all done.

Anyone fancy a
HHC 10:15 - 10:45
I GOT WASHING TO PUT ON LINE AND A S&S IN BATHROOM AND KITCHEN

emily_jackson

Hi,

Hope everyone is well & welcome newbies/returners. My aims for today are to:

Do grocery shopping
Do laundry
Wash up
Check bins
and do errands

positivelypurple

We were busy with other things yesterday so I'm playing catch up with Friday's list today...

Friday with huge apologies I was certain I'd done this!!
Leve One
[STRIKE]S&S the kitchen[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]S&S the bathroom[/STRIKE]
Leve two
[STRIKE]Empty all the bins![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Collect all the dirty laundry from around the house[/STRIKE]
Make up beds
Level three
Wash any windows that need doing and you always leave!
[STRIKE]Ring someone you love just to tell them so!! We never know how long we have with them[/STRIKE]
HHI
Extras

1. Clean out any pets
2. run the WM/DW through a clean cycle and clean those icky filters!!
3. Wipe down the downstairs doors!
4. 31 fling boogie!
5. Iron school uniform
6. Put awake ironing
7. [STRIKE]Do weekly shop and put away[/STRIKE]

Quite pleased with myself today but still lots to do. :T