Weekly Flylady Thread 13th July 2009

elf06

Wow - love it!! Just decided to pop on and have a looky about and can I just say what a fab idea......!
I am deffinately going to join in next week. Should no doubt be doing it this week as we are stuck indoors (DS/Swine flu) but as he is now feeling better I have him running round and making HUGE mess! But all going well he will be back to nursery next week so I am going to make an effort to join in please please please.

Penelope_Penguin

elf06 wrote: »

Wow - love it!! Just decided to pop on and have a looky about and can I just say what a fab idea......!
I am deffinately going to join in next week. Should no doubt be doing it this week as we are stuck indoors (DS/Swine flu) but as he is now feeling better I have him running round and making HUGE mess! But all going well he will be back to nursery next week so I am going to make an effort to join in please please please.

:xmastree: added for you so that pigpen and toots spot you

Have a read of the first post - that'll answer a lot of your questions about how the thread works

Welcome, and glad DS is feeling better! Penny. x

soappie

Welcome Elf!

AnW'sMum

Morning all

soappie TRIFLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Going to be a long day, it's our late finish so won't be home before 7pm earliest

Hope you all have a good day. Re SW if anyone has underlying conditions then I would avoid unnecessary exposure but if otherwise healthy then apart from usual precautions and good hygiene standards I personally would not be too concerned. HTH

Byeeeeeeee

xx_Jo_xx

toottifrootti wrote: »

I realise you are only up for a couple of days but LO is up for 2 weeks - you surely havent managed to get all his stuff on as hand luggage have you?:eek::eek:

Yep!! He has a little blue holdall which is classed as hand luggage. In there is about 5-8 changes of clothes, plus pyjamas, swimming stuff, undies etc. My mum or step mum wash his clothes as he wears them and he normally comes home with a bag full of clean washing apart from what he is wearing, his pjs and the clothes he had been wearing the day before

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

Can I ask you wise flypeople a question...

Would it be rude to approach a neighbour to ask if I could buy part of their garden?

In context, they are elderly, we are on good but distant terms, they have a couple of problems in their garden, ie tumbling wall and out of control leylandii that I think they can't afford to fix. They sort of have two gardens, and they are a lot of work for them both.

Any advice?

I dont think it would be rude at all, but I agree with Blueberry Pies comments that you should suggest it to them as an idea. they perhaps realise themselves that they cant manage with it and it may be something that they are worrying about - they may be happy to sell.

soappie wrote: »

Can someone remind me in the morning that I've promised to make a sherry trifle for Saturday please? I need to get the ingredients and start it tomorrow...

Soappie - you must remember to buy ingredients for the trifle xxx

ETA - Doh! 25 other people have already done that......sorry, should have read ALL of the thread first! :rotfl:

Off to find my list now x

elf06

Great thanks guys. As I say I will give this a miss for this week but will be raring to go on Monday........
He He I am actuallly quite excited - must get a life, must get a life, must get a life :rotfl:

xx_Jo_xx

Magnificent Monday ~Crabby kitchen!
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Thoroughly clean the fridge....will empty to garage and defrost then scrub!

Twinkly Tuesday ~ Living room, hall and Stairs
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Sort through clutter which has appeared in dining room, and I have no idea what it is!

Extras

1. Wipe any grubby paintwork/marks off walls/doors
2. Empty and sort a cupboard or drawer

Wednesday Woes ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level One
Level Two
Declutter the flat surfaces.. even if you just spend 15 minutes trying to find a deeply buried place!
Level Three
Sort through a cupboard.. airing cupboard if it needs it but any other will do IF the AC doesn't need it..:p!
wipe paintwork

Thursday Thrills ~ Bathroom, Cruddy study & Loos!!
Level One
Scrub the tiles and tubs and toilets and tinks!
Level Two
defrag the computer,
15 minutes filing
Level Three
Wipe over any furniture in these rooms
vacuum/mop the floors
HHI

Extras

1. binbag dance
2. Wash any sticky windows
3. Wash any smelly soft furnishings

Friday finale! ~ Childrens roomies, spare roomios and any neglected rooms!
Level One
Level Two
wipe sticky grots from walls and doors and radiators etc
Level Three
dust and deweb
binbag dance
wipe over the paintwork, pc's, consoles etc
Extras

1. [STRIKE]Allocate each person a job that is their very own to do each day or each week depending on their age.. we aren't at school so noone has any excuse not to help! [/STRIKE] There is only me so no one to allocate to!
2. spend half an hour or 30 minutes doing something for YOURSELF!!! That does not include going to the shop on your own to buy little Timmy new undies! Hair appointment, nail appointment etc..
3. Make any vital phonecalls
4. [STRIKE]Make sure your tax credit renewal is done as you only have until the 31st to get it in.. it is quick and easy to get it done over the phone!! [/STRIKE] Done already

New Weekly Challenge...

Hmmmm, 5 things...

1. HH Filing/Paperwork [STRIKE]M [/STRIKE]/ T / W / T / F
2. 
3. Clear out kitchen carp drawer - Off to do this now....
4. Figure out which bulbs are needed for kitchen light fitting and buy bulbs!
5. Move fridge stuff to fridge in garage and properly defrost one in house.

GENERAL TO-DO LIST......

• Start step counting.
• GO TO GYM!!!
• Lose 7lb.....
• Phone Mobile Company to find out about charges.
• Pack Little ones bag to go to Scotland
• Pack my bag
• [STRIKE]Book airport parking[/STRIKE]
• Pack a box for my mum and sister
• Declutter rest of toiletries (can I dump these in Scotland??) :rotfl:
• Sort out stuff to be collected for Freecycle
• Measure bedroom wall for width for furniture.
• Order appropriate furniture.
• Put up light in little ones bedroom
• Find blackout lining for my own bedroom.
• Weed garden.
• Strim front and back
• Cut back hedge
• Remove cat poop
• Cash in change and Pay to CC
• Do proper freezer inventory after using lots up last week - write new meal plan based on what is there, instead of what I think might be there. :rolleyes:

Best take little one to school now xx

Natty68

Sorry off topic.........AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh MEN!!!

Ok that's better..lol. Sorry hubby just emailed and said we are going shopping tonight so that mucked up my dinner plans for tonight. So I've had to route around in the freezers to see if there was anything that I had frozen..voila!! I found a rather suspicious looking stewy type of thing and a definate stew.. So now he is going to have stew and dumplings. Just have to defrost it and shove it in the oven on a low heat about an hour before we head off out. Hopefully if I make the dumplings before we go I can just throw them in the pot when I get back and they will cook while we are faffing around scanning and putting the shopping away. Well that is the plan! I have just emailed him and told him why couldn't he have mentioned it to me while I was awake last night so I could have grabbed some beef out the freezer..lol

Phew is all I can say, for suspicious looking tupperwares in the freezer..lol Luckily I do know they haven't been there that long, well at least since December anyway.

Oh and I haven't done any ironing, I have got as far as putting the ironing board up and puttting a load of washing on. I have been on the lappy since I sent my last thread Now I am going to have a bath, get dressed then have a snooze on the sofa..am absolutely shattered now.

xx_Jo_xx

Oh oh oh - I keep forgetting to say!!!


to the Newbies......

You dont need to wait till Monday to jump in, just ignore the list for this week and do a HHC (half hour challenge) and see how you get on......put some music on, set a timer and do as much as you can in half an hour.

You will be amazed at what you can get done when you put your mind to it and it will give you a good head start for Monday if you do one everyday.

Even if I do nothing from my list, I always try to do a HHC everyday, especially the kitchen as its always my worst room!

Try that and see how you go for starters......if you lose your Mojo, come back to the thread and someone will hug you, kick you or throw a fluffy mule at you - whatever you request

xx

Penelope_Penguin

I'm going to start the day with a HHC 9:00 - 9:30 :j Anyone want to join me

Penny. x