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Weekly Flylady Thread 4th May 2009

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  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,225 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Penny that sounds like you are in CAB or something - well done anyway - I admire all of you for doing further training.

    Thank you :A Yep, I'm a CAB Money Adviser ;)

    Happy Birthday to Triker :bdaycake:

    Done my HHI, and this list:

    Scouts accounts – send e-mails asking for info
    Complete permission form for DS’s scouts football
    Complete forms for DS to move to Explorers
    Complete DS’s school report form
    Complete annual swim club form
    Pay money into bank
    Pay papers account
    E-mail friends re social engagements

    Lunch now then out in the garden :j

    Penny. x
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
  • greenbee
    greenbee Posts: 18,187 Forumite
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    Jo - if you're not particularly fussy about your solar lights for your garden, I have a few outside which I don't need anymore as I have sorted out my outside lighting. Let me know if you want them. Hope the rest of your day goes OK!
  • Valli
    Valli Posts: 25,587 Forumite
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    edited 7 May 2009 at 12:13PM
    Morning all!
    Ooops!
    Afternoon all

    Bad Mummy confession - due to mixing up the milk we used 9 May before 3 May so - no milk for breakfast and I refused to go get any...
    (and no fruit juice and no cordial)
    kids were told to drink water or instant hot chocolate.

    My mum brings milk from Morrisons for me every Thurs so I waited:D

    I have had two :coffee: now.

    Any way lots of cleaning done - I will edit this post shortly with list.

    Just wanted to say Happy Birthday Triker:bdaycake:Cheer up - you're still younger than Valli! (but both in the same decade LOL)

    I have a banana loaf in the oven! One of my extras!

    Greenbee - solar lights + DS playing football NOT a good combination. I have 1 left and that was cobbled together from two damaged ones! Works though!:money:
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
    "I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
    :heart:Janice 1964-2016:heart:

    Thank you Honey Bear
  • kassey
    kassey Posts: 1,523 Forumite
    Thursday - Bathroom & Study All Done Toots :j:D
    Happy Birthday Triker, Off to get some lunch
  • rosepink1984
    rosepink1984 Posts: 2,753 Forumite
    I've hung out two loads of washing and put away dry washing.My bathroom is now completely full of washing!On the airer over the bath, on the heated towel rail, over the bathroom door and about 10 tops on hangers in the doorway!

    Am going for a nap now that I've found enough space on a tape to record things tonight. I need to go through all the videos really to see whats on them but can't be bothered. Have had a nice morning going through that one and watching things i'd forgotten I'd recorded. Watched the end of Nicolas Nickleby again. I love that film!

    Hope your cold gets better soon Mudbath xx
    "Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together."
    Sealed pot challenge no.576 Loose change pays your debt challenge #2 no.1 Wannabe flylady
    Weight lost since 9 June 2009: [STRIKE]5.5[/STRIKE] 6 lbs
  • lil_me
    lil_me Posts: 13,186 Forumite
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    Hello, sorry can't catch up much as my visions poop at present. Managed some of the meeting yesterday but completely jiggered myself, pulled a muscle in my stomach coughing which isn't nice at all but some DROWSY meds last night helped get some sleep. I've been back to bed this morning but door went every 5 minutes. Unsure how much I will get done, I really need to empty some of the caravan stuff out of my car sorting what needs to go in the new one and what doesn't so I can use my car tonight for swimming/cubs collection and drop offs.

    sunnygirl happy birthday for yesterday, sorry a little late
    Triker happy birthday for today
    greenbee thanks for the advice, I thought I might be a bit premature dropping it yet. I do have about 18 months of data from this house, I keep everything.....so will dig those out. I would hate to be too much in credit and waiting to get it back. Smart meters and monthly billing sounds so much easier.

    Ok going to go wash my face with cold water, see if I can make myself wake up a bit better then try to get some of the car emptied. Toodles x
    One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
    GC: £200
    Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb
  • SarahShattered
    SarahShattered Posts: 2,223 Forumite
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    Thanks for that Greenbee, I really appreciate it. It's really weird. I don't even have energy in my arms to type! I think I've overdone big time, and just really need some old fashioned convalescence! I'll try the fish oil idea. I've got some very good ones here for DD3, so I'll start swiping hers.
    I'm impatient to get back to normality - that's really the problem. :o

    As for something nice... well, me and Mr Sh are going to have an overnighter at Mum's caravan on Sunday night. So that'll be a nice break for us/me. I won't do anything there, except eat nice food and relax. :T

    Toots :):):):):):)

    Right, Mum's doing school pick up for me, so I can get a kip. See you all later. :wave:
    MMSSB Club Founder Member
    'Mean Mummies that set and stick to boundaries' :p

  • hollyh
    hollyh Posts: 5,474 Forumite
    Hi,

    Since my last post i have

    Made & eaten lunch
    Wm x 1
    Dry stuff off line
    Wet stuff on line
    Washed up again

    I'm going to do a HHI at 1.30 if anyone wants to join me? First i need to find my list.

    List found
    Winkly Wednesday - Kitchen and dining room
    Extras

    Run the WM's and DW's through a clean cycle
    Wipe the back door down.. inside.. and out!!
    Thursday - Bathroom & Study
    Level Three

    HHI

    My Extras

      [*]Give letters & tubes to Nic

      [*]Filing

      [*]Clear tops & insides of 2 wardrobes

      [*]Get OH to fix shelves

      [*]Take bags to charity shop

      [*]Clean & list highchair

      [*]Buy pots & compost

      [*]Repot tomatoes & aubergines

      [*]Weigh & list 10 items ebay

      [*]Mend trousers

      [*]Pay cheque in

      [*]Desleeve Ds2's tops

      [*]Transfer money
      [*]Put discs back on PC
      [*]Clear Dining Room hotspot
      [*]Clear Microwave hotspot
      [*]Bins in
      [*]Recycling out
    • greenbee
      greenbee Posts: 18,187 Forumite
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      edited 7 May 2009 at 12:32PM
      lil_me wrote: »
      greenbee thanks for the advice, I thought I might be a bit premature dropping it yet. I do have about 18 months of data from this house, I keep everything.....so will dig those out. I would hate to be too much in credit and waiting to get it back. Smart meters and monthly billing sounds so much easier.

      I think (having had a quick check on BG's site) that the new websaver tariff does variable DD where you pay monthly in arrears for what you've used, as long as you submit your meter readings every month, so it might be worth a look. There may well be tariffs from other companies that do this too, but I just looked following the press release about the price cut! Not as easy to budget as quarterly billing with monthly fixed DD though...
    • hollyh
      hollyh Posts: 5,474 Forumite
      HHI here i come.............
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