Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd March 2009

greenbee

soappie wrote: »

Greenbee - you sound SOOOooooo like me!

I'm one scary person in professional situations so I've been told. In fact, one place I worked at I was ~um~ surprised/shocked/staggered to find that when new blokes started, they were give the tour of the office along the lines of

"There's the loo, there's the coffee machine, the restaurant's over there and oh - that's Soappie - you don't f*ck with her"

But, underneath, I'm just as vulnerable as everyone else. And scared.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

... which is why they're either too scared to ask me out, as they think I'm going to be like that ALL the time (face it, how could I be, it's exhausting... I don't even voice an opinion at the hairdresser, just leave it up to her to decide what she wants to to!) and men seem to find successful women intimidating, or they're expecting me to be in control and confident if they date me, and I'm just as neurotic and f*cked up as the next woman, which is what they're hoping not to have to deal with! And the end of the day, I'd quite like someone to look after me occasionally and not have to do it all myself, but I definitely don't want to find I'm babysitting some useless g*t who can't get his act together...

... not that I'm hard to please

froddington

soappie / greenbee - another the same here! Can deal with major challenging behaviour, manage staff, pupils and parents at school but then hide away at home at other times Can't see how I'll meet anyone :rolleyes:

Anyway, off to bed now. Night all, sleep well x

sexymouse

Off to beddy bies - just got hooked on a new jigsaw site - jigzone so there went my early night! Oh well, lunchbox has been packed just in case and phone is on charge. Will just need to eat breakfast and get dressed and then I'm ready to go.

See you all tomorrow if I'm not working.

Night night,

sexymouse

PS greenbee I hope your man worries are sorted out soon - after nearly 7 years living with OH I've got to grips with him to a certain extent, but still can't profess to know what goes on in his head sometimes. lol

Dustykitten

Kitchen all tidied from dinner, dw on, wm on, virus scanner number god knows how many running (459 threats found so far!)

Dusty's list for the week

Monday:
Kitchen
Mop floor
hotspot

Food shop
ironing

OH Office
find the floor
wet wipe the whole room
finish hoovering
water the plants

DS3 to Beavers
Visit Nan in hospital

Tuesday
am kitchen
pm help in school

Wednesday
am living room/hall
family room filing cabinet
pm pilates
ev DS2 football

Thursday
am bathroom
change DS2 bed
pm sort out presents for DS1 birthday
ev DS3 swimming

Friday
am DS2 room
sack of pots
possible London Colney

Saturday
DS1 birthday
MS
Cricket training

Sunday
DS2 footballS
Family clearout of the garage

To fit in where possible
change clock batteries
wipe inside of car
recycling
library
strawberry beds
veg patch
order manure
phone SiL
DS1 french

xx_Jo_xx

lol - you both sound like me: strong professional woman, shambles for a love life!!!:rotfl:

I wouldnt acknowledge the comment and just ask for the information..... again. If he brings it up again, just say youd rather not bring your personal life to your workplace. If he really likes you and doesnt just see you as a challenge or a conquest, he will go out of his way to prove it would be worth your while. But you havent really been pining after this guy, so my advise would be not to go there. It may be time to start seeing other people, but dont do it at work. xx

rach

I'm in....will concoct a list in a moment. I like kitchen day

greenbee, soappie, froddy - I'm difficult to please too...took me rather a long time to find DH (I bought him on the internet in the end :rotfl:! I think as a wise friend once said to me 'we all spend a lot of our lives dodging our insecurities'

Bed got remade a couple of hours ago, DH kicked his mate out eventually, 2 days of packed lunches done and DH washed up. Final of today's wash loads just finishing, once I've hung that up it's bed with my book!

rach

Mondays are Marvellous!! - kitchen and dining area
Level One
Sweep and mop the floor
Declutter and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the shelves
degunge the fridge
Wipe the units and large appliances
Level Three
Wash the windows and sills
Clean all those small appliances and give 1 a thorough clean.
Extras

1. Deweb and polish
2. S&S the hob & oven

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

pigpen

Triker wrote: »

Pigpen stop procrastinating and go to the doctors, throw whatever you like, I'll not shurrup about it,:p you wouldn't if it were me!! *awaits excuse, insult, thrown mule*

greenbee wrote: »

Pigpen - just go to the doctors, otherwise we'll have Triker shouting at you all week :rolleyes:... and probably a few others. Remember how we nagged you about the smoke alarm batteries? And what a good thing it was that we did...

Actually in view of the fact I am not effecively ill I can go in my own leisurely 'when I get my rear in gear' time.. I am going purely for selfish, vain reasons and I will go when I am ready.. That was the polite way of saying.. to everyone.. thank you for your concern but do not nag me. I do appreciate your concern.. I do.. really .. :beer:

as for the smoke alarms .. the one that actually worked was the one which was taken down when the wall was removed and it didn't go off until the fire had been dealt with so for all use that it was.. I'd actually not bother having one on the landing ever again TBH.. You need one on the room adjoining the kitchen and in the rooms with high sleeper beds in.. the rest appear to be a waste of time. We appear to have some kind of weird draught thing goin gon which sucked the air and smoke in the opposite direction to the smoke alarm we thought worked.. possibly DD1's bedroom window which was open... dunno but either way if I don't get a grip my children might never have another homecooked cake as long as they live here!

Quillion

greenbee wrote: »

Does anyone on here understand men?

In fact, are either of the blokes about to help out with this one?! :rolleyes:

I'm worried that if I go with Toots' reply of 'can it survive another 36 days as I'm off drink for Lent' he'll take that as flirtation... in fact I can't think of anything I can say apart from 'no' that won't be seen as encouragement!... but I'm still not quite sure that I'm interpreting things right I mean, it could be work related (but then surely it would be catching up over a coffee at work?)

Hi i missed your first post about this can you start again so i can help xx

Raychee

I'm in again!

My house still looks much better from last week's effort, and I'd like to up my game a bit! (And I have a little more time this week... )