Weekly Flylady Thread 13th April 2009

Valli

mucho flinging done because I have emptied the upstairs bins and changed the bag from the upstairs vacuum cleaner and remembered to throw away the box the slow cooker came in (I was saving it until I had tested the SC then kept forgetting) It's black bin day tomorrow
Much card has gone into the green bin (some easter eggs have had all recyclable packaging:T) so foil into blue box and card into green bin
Filing filed
Shredder emptied into compost bin and mixed with grass cuttings

poohbear59

I am still with you all in spirit but haven't really posted much as too busy to stop!
Today I have
sorted out ribbon for wedding cars
Sourced platters for evening do
Ordered wine and beer
Tidied lounge
Clean kitchen floor-DS3
Hang out washing-DD
Prep dinner-Me
Clean bathroom 1
Filled one box for freecycling
Filled bin bag for charity shop

Vacuumed kitchen, dining room, hall, bathrooms and lounge and playroom/office.

I MUST CLEAN THE COOKER

JillD_2

I've done loads today:
- got everyone up and dressed and fed kids gave me a lovely lie in til 930 :beer:
- cleaned kitchen work surfaces of flying list
- cleaned small appliances off flying list
- repotted courgette seedlings though I am now a bit worried they look worse for it so off to greeenfingers tonight for advice
- put a washing on
- hung it out outside
- went to Asda
- returned DS top
- gave old tablets to pharmacy to chuck
- put shopping away- loaded and put on DW
- stripped our bed and remade
- put our bedlinen on to wash - just going to peg them out for a bit now
- tidied upstairs
- put bread on
- tidied piles of carp in the kitchen

I am very impressed with myself!!
Just going to skim the thread for 10 mins with a coffee before I do tea.

JillD_2

blueberrypie wrote: »

Great sentiment - I completely agree: kids first, housework later. Mind, it doesn't help those of us who have children at home all the time, either because there are littlies or because we home-educate - or both, as in my case - no wonder it's so difficult to keep this place decent! LOL

yeah me too, I have littlest one - asbobay - at home, needless to say she does not make the hosuework any easier LOL In fact I got more done today with the other 3 here to entertain ehr tan I will next week when they are back at school/preschool.
Home educate wow how do you find the energy, I would crack up and I dont think me and DS would be on speaking terms and he's only 5!!!

Dustykitten

Mudders - hugs for your Dad. Where did you get your kids blades from DS3 wants some but the ones in JL are mega expensive.

JillD_2

so the rating thing that serena sugested - well I sort of did it today, I felt fine til about 4 oclock and then had a real dip. The older 2 were in the garden, DD2 was asleep in her cot, I was trying to get all the bits and pieces done in time to have a coffee before getting her up. I suddenyl felt really really down. The only thing I could think of was either a drop in blood sugar, or the worry of dinner, I HATE dinnertime, I hate preparing dinner, I hate cooking it, I hate serving it up, I hate clearing up afterwards. If the food wasnt so rubbish and we could afford it I would take them to the likes of McDonalds every night just to avoid the stress. Its all so stressful. They never want to eat, they always mess about and argue, etc etc. How can I stop dreading it every day ? We had a family meeting" and they agreed a list of things they would eat , but they are only 4 and 5, so they dont know how to uphold their end of the bargain. The baby is a nightmare and refuses everything. Not sure where to go from here.
Ooh that was a bit of a rant sorry.

flylady_flower - so glad things are on the up for you. I constantly beat myself up because all my friends seem to have their acts together, they have money to spare, are slim, have family around to help and husbands who do loads at home. I have none of those, My husband is a wonderful wonderful person, fantastic with the kids but the house is just not a priority for him. and I mean to the extent of the garden being safe or a lightbulb being changed. That said we got back from Ikea at 9pm last night both knackered, put the kids to bed and he proceeded to unpack and build a shoe bench we had bought and he said it was because "Iwanted to do something nice for you" I was stunned!!!! Anyway tangenting. I do have to remind myself that just because my friends seem to have itsorted deosnt mean they dont have issues and also doesnt mean that every other person on the plent has it sorted LOL

Happy Hump Day

flying_fresian - I havent heard that in YEARS and then was not surprised to see you ar in Edinburgh. When I was up there (down in S England now , lovely but flat anf boring in that respect, I do miss mountains) I had a friend I worked with at South Queensferry and she always called in hump day. If I say that down here people think I am being rude :rotfl:

JillD_2

Mooloo - hope you arent feeling as sick

rose - glad you are feeling a bit better today. I hope you are like me in that even when yo convince yourself that people would be better off without youl, that you can seacrh deep within and rationalise that they defintely WOULDNT and they would miss you terribly. I sometimes think it would be better if I wasnt here for the worry, same as you do, but I know my husband would be a mes and of course my children need me.
I went to Asda today with alist and still spent £35 but I did get lots for that, gotta love Smart Price!
I did the band thing last night to get to sleep, clearly cant have done it for ages, I could even compete A :rotfl:
Well done on scraping the rent together almost :beer:

loopy-loo73

I'm giving in cos i'm knackered managed 3 rooms but they are spotless so am still pleased. dd1 helped with dd2 & supposedly cleared her bedroom floor (not that i can see the carpet to hoover it yet!). dh home from work & v.impressed with clean rooms going to relax with takeaway & beer in a bit (not very os but it ishis bday!).

be back tomorrow
Loux

TAG

Valli wrote: »

Tag how do you clean the bathroom light pull? I also have a shaver light with a pull cord which can't be detached. .....

You bleach them. Put some neat bleach on a bit of cotton wool. Wrap it round the cord/pull and leave it for 2 or 3 hours. Should be white when you take it off. Well it was when I saw it on Kim and Aggie the other week.;)

TAG

Magnificent Monday - Kitchen and dining room
:j:jALL DONE TOOTS!!!:j:j

Terrible Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Level Three
Vacuum floors

Wednesday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
Level Three
Clear the desk of mess and mush.. get rid of those

Extras - binbag list! This is my favourite!

1. [STRIKE]fill a binbag for the bin[/STRIKE]
2. [STRIKE]fill a binbag for a friend[/STRIKE]
3. [STRIKE]fill a binbag for recycling![/STRIKE]

Not much left :j:j:j:j