Weekly Flylady Thread 25th May 2009 *** stars at post 516 ***

sexymouse

Feeling quite proud of myself. After finishing today's list and my personal extras, I decided to see if Martin's ThriftyWays book was available in the library. It wasn't available in our local one, but was available at Bognor, so I drove over and got that book out and Frugal Living for dummies. Got home, and we'd had a power cut, so I read them both. Power's been on for a bit now, so I've managed to meal plan and write the shopping list for the whole of June, so hopefully this will cut down on my spending on food this month. Have looked through all of my cupboards first to find ingredients, so a couple of weeks only need a few bits and pieces like salad to be bought. Will be off to the gym in a little bit to go to aqua, so probably won't be online again today, so take care everyone and enjoy your evenings.

See you all tomorrow,

sexymouse xx

Penelope_Penguin

Marvellous Monday - kitchen and dining room :staradmin

Extras

1. Wipe down paintwork/sideboards/units in dining room
2. Clean filters and detergent dispensers

Tuesday twinkles! - Living room, hall and stairs! :starmod:Extras

1. Sort through a handbag
2. Sort through a cupboard or drawer of junk
3. 29 fling boogie...

Wonderful Wednesday - master bedroom and landing ALL DONE :j
Level One - done :j
[STRIKE]Strip and wash the bedding
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]clear the floordrobe[/STRIKE]
Level Two - done :j
Level Three - done :j
[STRIKE]Dust and deweb[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe any grotty paintwork and furniture[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Check those smoke alarms!

[/STRIKE]Extras

1. 15 minutes filing
2. fill a binbag of stuff for charity shop!!

Twinkly Tuesday - Bathroom and study!!ALL DONE :j
Level One - done :j
Level Two - done :j
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors
dust the fluff away[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe over the sofas/chairs/desk etc
[/STRIKE]Level Three - done :j
[STRIKE]Scrub the bath, shower, basins and loos
Scrub down the tiles[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wash any bath mats, shower curtains etc that are in need

[/STRIKE]Extras

1. Clean the windows and mirrors
2. delete 50 unwanted emails!
3. [STRIKE]defrag the pc[/STRIKE]

skintscotslass

nicki wrote: »

DD has agreed to a mad clean on Saturday right through - I'm going to blow the budget and let her have a chippy tea as she's been so good for me this week and has had a pretty lousey half-term

nicki - that is such a good idea I feel I need to copy you

gratefulforhelp_2

Bravo sexymouse you can tell us your headline top tips.

What's happened to lady liberty - I'll pray for you anyway til I find out, LL ETA ok I was being dim. You and Toots have all my car prayers. Only time I ever get any peace!

Dysoned DD's room and she has, allegedly, put everything back neatly. spent 430 quid on the car having a new clutch today, eek!

skintscotslass

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

sarahshattered I totally sympathise, had acrimonious divorce myself and even though he'd done a flit when DD 3 months old, still swaggered about as though the world owed him a living. Will pray. You don't think straight in that situation, tell her heroin addicts get to keep their kids, so she doesnt have a problem in that direction. (not a comment on heroin addicts BTW)

gfh/sarahs - snap, still dealing with !!!!!! 10 years down the line. The best thing I can say about my ex is that he hasnt tried to get custody, because that would spoil his lifestyle. I'm sure she'll be fine and I've been sending her positive vibes all day. Failing that, I'm in a bit of a mood, so could travel south with a baseball bat to take care of his new car :D

Oh and it took my neighbour 3 years to get custody of his DD from his herion addict ex who was shacked up with a drug dealer (who was banned from seeing his own kids :eek::eek::eek: ) Seriously, you could not make this lot up!

Flying wise, may I have a star for Tuesday soappie when you get a moment please? I dont think I'll get much more done this week

nicki_2

Tea had - Chippy as I'm so tired and DD has decluttered some more programmes from the freeview box :rotfl:

List update (if its gone its done):

Monday - kitchen
Level Two
Empty cutlery drawer.. wash cutlery tray and replace everything neatly.. get rid of all the odds and sods that shouldn't be in there.. DD & me she's decided
Wipe the front of the units, kickboards and the large appliances
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Three
De-web and fluff the room

YOUNG HELPER LIST
And let's see if you can do some dusting? Wipe away all the dust and fluff and dirt in one room!

Tuesday twinkles! - Living room, hall and stairs!
Level One
Vacuum! DD
Level Two
Vacuum sofas
Wash windows inside
dust and deweb!.. don't forget furry skirtings!
Level three
Vacuum right the way up the stairs!
Sort through coats n bags n shoes etc DD to do hers as well

YOUNG HELPERS LIST DONE

Wednesday Waces - master bedroom and landing
Level Two
Wash the windows
HHI
Vacuum the floors
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe any grotty paintwork and furniture
LITTLE HELPERS LIST
Do a very quick binbag dance... we rush about the room with a binbag throwing away all the rubbish.. then we will need a tea break with juice and cake or biscuits.. tell mummy I said so!!

Twinkly Thursday - Bathroom and study!!
Level Two
Vacuum floors
dust the fluff away
Wipe over the sofas/chairs/desk etc
Level Three
Scrub the bath, shower, basins and loos
Scrub down the tiles
Wash any bath mats, shower curtains etc that are in need - Did this monday but it will need doing again on Sunday so I'm leaving it here for now.

LITTLE HELPER LIST
Can you make sure all the bottles and pots are nicely stacked? The ones in the cupboard that need to be there and the ones that are being used all stood nice.

if you have an old toothbrush.. can you use it to scrub away all the dirt from around the taps? My little helpers LOVE this job..

Personal

1. Studying :
   • B120
     • Course prep
     • Start Book 1
     • SG - Session 1
     • TMA01
       
2. FOH (windows, sweep front, wash front door, clean brass)
3. Sort out ring tones for my new phone
4. HHD of computer (How many will it take... 3 so far):o
5. Find old router stuff to see if I can work out how to reset it so it can be sold since neither 1 nor ex can remember the password to access it
6. Ebay listings
7. Sort out housing benefit. - on hold until JUNE

Right, got to move myself, do some washing up and then start on my next assignment :rolleyes: :wave:

Valli

skintscotslass wrote: »

he hasnt tried to get custody, because that would spoil his lifestyle.

thereby hangs MANY a tale...funny how quickly they get used to 'living the single life' again...

Flying wise I have a shiny bathroom and a letter from Severn Trent telling me the water is going off overnight on sunday (from 9pm) and during the day Tuesday (from 9am) Tues isn't bad really...will have to plan tea accordingly - ah I think I have a use for the Shepherds pie in the freezer.

I have bought baby wipes...

rosepink1984

Valli wrote: »

Flying wise I have a shiny bathroom and a letter from Severn Trent telling me the water is going off overnight on sunday (from 9pm) and during the day Tuesday (from 9am) Tues isn't bad really...will have to plan tea accordingly - ah I think I have a use for the Shepherds pie in the freezer.

I have bought baby wipes...

What about some of that sanitizing hand gel stuff? I have some - it's especially useful for when you are forced to use one of those disgusting public loos where you feel lingering in there to wash your hands will just make you more dirty! I only use them in dire emergencies, and the hand gel is just the thing!

I am completely done in, keep looking at the mess in my LR and not got the slightest bit of energy to deal with it. I have until 12 tomorrw when my support worker is coming.

Valli

I already have that - the wipes are for - erm - important little places lol

I have a bottle of hand gel in the car, a spare in my toiletries box (for they were on BOGOF) and a little aerosol one in my handbag!

SarahShattered

skintscotslass wrote: »

I'm sure she'll be fine and I've been sending her positive vibes all day. Failing that, I'm in a bit of a mood, so could travel south with a baseball bat to take care of his new car :D

LMAO :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:I think there'd be a queue!

Oh and it took my neighbour 3 years to get custody of his DD from his herion addict ex who was shacked up with a drug dealer (who was banned from seeing his own kids :eek::eek::eek: ) Seriously, you could not make this lot up!

No... you really couldn't. It's horrible when it's horrible iyswim. It really makes me appreciate my parents who divorced when I was little, but always showed a united front when it came to us kids. No mucking about, straightforward access/maintenance etc, never any point scoring off each other, or bad mouthing the other. Fair play to em.

I didn't realise any of this until I was 18 and heard Dad talking to Mum, and saying " she's 18 now, I don't have to do as you say with regard to any of the children any more" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: