Weekly Flylady Thread 18th May 2009

gratefulforhelp_2

soappie welcome home! and

valli that thread makes me cringe, and I don't really know why!

soappie

Having mopped (yes - mopped!) the bathroom ceiling and walls, I'm saying hello to Gordon to get the smell and taste of mildew remover out of my mouth and nostrils. I bumped into this post by Greenbee

greenbee wrote: »

I'm trying to think of reasons why I might need to go up to the Edinburgh office so I can drop in on Toots and check up on her . I've checked the map, and there is a definite shortage of flyladies in her part of the world... and she definitely needs keeping under observation! Do you think soappie would lend us her webcam?!
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Of course we could set :cool: Buster :cool: up to keep an eye on Toots!

In fact, it got me thinking. With all this time on my hands maybe BB and I could do a Flylady tour of the country - end destination being Toots' house. I pop in for a cup of tea at all those Flyladies on the westerly side of the country, say Boo! to Toots and then travel back down popping in for a cup of tea at all those Flyladies on the easterly side, doing the Midlands partly on the way and partly on the way back. I could call it "Soappie Heads Up North to Toots'" (SHUNT for short) :rotfl:

It could be a good practical exercise on the Travelling Salesman Problem - how to reach as many people as possible by driving the shortest distance.

Blimey - my imagination doesn't half run away with me sometimes.

serena

Hi everyone, flitting through just to catch up and then must go cook dinner.

I've done loads of washing today. and only one lot left to dry! Otherwise, outside gardening. Two hours on the allotment with DD and DS2 this morning, making very good progress there. I'm hoping the weather holds as we should have it up to scratch by the end of the week. Oh, mozzy, I picked a carrier bag of lettuce leaves today!

AnW's mum - love and hugs.

soappie welcome back! Sounds like you had a great time! ETA Welcome here anytime!!!

Valli

You'd be very welcome in Valliland Soappie
(especially if you brought Gordon;))

soappie

Valli wrote: »

You'd be very welcome in Valliland Soappie
(especially if you brought Gordon;))

Thank you Valli - and trust me, Gordon is a constant companion - he's very well travelled. He even went on the boat to the Isle of Wight with me

And thanks Serena!

kazwookie

Soappie welcome back, BB looks like he is having a blow dry!

Well spent the afternoon in the garden, and cut back some overhanging branches, just got to go and talk to the neighbours about the ones I cannot reach.

PeneP glad the sausage maker seems to be going ok, do you do free samples??

Dustykitten

Evening all

Soappie glad you had a great trip and looking forward to your visit to me although I guess I'd be near the end of your tour.

Really don't feel I've achieved much at all today but I did manage to get DS1 new trainers and watch a bit of DS3 football.

Treated myself to a new M&S duster today so I'm going to try that out in the living room in a minute. I think I'll soak my feet and do my nails after that - feeling quite lethargic.

froddington

List updated after some flying today. Going to stick on a DVD in a bit and sort through my cross stitch and filing to clear some of my own list.

Quillion - stars for Tuesday and Thursday please

Measly Monday - Living room, hall, stairs and porch!

Level Two
Vacuum all the floors.. stairs too!
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move!
Vacuum sofas

Level Three
Wipe down ALL the paintwork!

Tuesday - kitchen and dining mess DONE

Wonderful Wednesday - spare rooms

Level One
Declutter floor!

Level Three
Sort through another hotspot
Deweb and dust and wipe any grotty bits

Thursday Thrills - Bathroom and Study.. DONE

Finally Friday - Master bedroom and Landing

Level One
Strip and wash bedding

Level Two
Vacuum floors

My one-a-day (or 7-a-weekend!!) list:
- sort filing in filing cabinet
- [STRIKE]collect Avon from mum[/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]chase up car paperwork[/STRIKE]
- make docs appt
- sort cards
- sort threads
- car checks

pigpen

my half hour snooze again became 2 hours so I have got nothing done again!!!

Pots all washed.. dw being fixed on Wednesday supposedly.

most of the laundry caught up on.. gremlins in bed just trying to stay awake enough to get some work done on my assignments.. .. I'm not doing very well at this!!

rosepink1984

Welcome Glamazon and 3onitsway

Abbie hugs and hugs Sarah

Sexy, glad you are more positive about jobs, I’m sure you will get one soon, and I’m so pleased you are making some nice new friends

Big hugs AnW’s mum, lots of love to you and the SWs

Welcome back Soappie! Glad you had a good time away. Operation SHUNT sounds like a brilliant idea, I definitely think you should do it. You can take Buster and film yourself visiting all the flyladies and gents and than post it on the web so we can all see what you got up to!

I've had quite a good day today. Went to pick up my car at my friend's house and while I was there I fed her cat. She did a very good impression of a starving cat, even tho she had lots of dry food left. I put 2 pouches of wet food out and she ate nearly all of it in about 20 seconds! I decided I'd better go in twice a day instead of once a day as my friend had asked, as I don't want her to go hungry. Went back this afternoon and the same thing happened and then she went back to the kittens who all squawked for milk so she lay down quickly and lay on 2 of them! They squeaked indignantly so she got up again and repositioned herself! They all started eating apart from the little black and white one who didn't bother to find the milk - his sisters seem to sit on him a lot and he just didn't seem to have any fight left in him. I picked him up and put him next to his mum and he immediately started eating. I need to keep an eye on him and make sure the girls are letting him eat. (I'm saying him and the girls altho we don't know yet what they are but I've decided what they are in my head!)
Is this normal behaviour for cats? Have never had anything to do with any cats before? Do you think the boy is alright?

Saw Mum and Dad which was good, I've been a bit upset about feeling so ill and the whole job thing, so they calmed me and soothed me, and I had a good talk with them.
I've also been shopping today, and popped into Homebase too and got some sticky numbers to put on our wheelie bin as the permanent marker pen we were using to write our number on the bin isn't permanent! As we live in flats it's important we only put our rubbish in our own bin as people get annoyed if rubbish goes in the wrong bin!