Weekly Flylady Thread 3rd August 2009

mrsmortenharket

I'm off to bed now...after I've made the bottles & hung the shower curtain back up...and got the cat in from outside!

Lisa x

greenbee

soappie wrote: »

My last word on the subject. When a smoke detector died a couple of months ago, I checked and checked the disposal instructions. It said that in household situations, it was perfectly OK environmentally to dispose of one dead smoke detector in one household rubbish bin full of other rubbish. I have applied the same principle to the laptop.

If I could have put it in my recycling bin, I would have but

(a) it's not permitted and
(b) the bin is too full of gin bottles waiting to be collected

It's allowed... household waste is currently exempt from WEEE legislation, but it doesn't mean that it's safe or right. It just means that the government/local authorities can't work out a decent waste strategy.

We can't put glass in our recycling bins... it has to go to the recycling centre in the village or the tip. And I have to go to the next county to get rid of tetrapaks (OK, so it's closer than my 'local' tip in my own county, and I pass it more often, but the inconsitency annoys me...).

Triker - I hope things go well tomorrow. I'm glad to hear you're being well looked after.

I'm off to bed. Someone remind me that I have to drop my car at the garage tomorrow... and do some work... and prepare for the interview!

Triker

soappie wrote: »

Triker, big hugs to you. Hope your consultation with the Doctor tomorrow gives a positive way forward and they can do something to make you better xx

Thanks Soappie, just smiling at your gin bottle pile.:rotfl::D

froddington

Can't see me doing any flying tomorrow as I'm out all day - going to see Hairspray! - but it's a coach trip which means I'm tied to their times and will be out for at least 12 hours :rolleyes: It'd better be good!

Off to bed now so night all, sleep well xx

Magnificent Monday ~ Living room, hall and stairs!

Level Two
Vacuum the floors, including the stairs

Level three
Vacuum under any furniture you can safely move
HHI

Tuesday Terrors! ~ Kitchen - DONE!!

Wednesday Wonders! ~ Bathroom & Study - DONE!!

Thrilling Thursday ~ Land of Spare Oom

Level One
Wash windows
HHFiling

Level Two
Declutter the floor
Sort present stash!
Dust and deweb

Level Three
Sort a box
Sort a drawer
Vacuum the floors

My 5-a-day list

- [STRIKE]Phone BG[/STRIKE]; UTR form; Car wash; Phone solicitor; [STRIKE]Post DVD[/STRIKE]
- Science planning; DT planning; History planning; Geography planning; R.E. planning
- Dye hair; Check airbed; [STRIKE]Buy tickets[/STRIKE]; [STRIKE]Finish cross stitch card[/STRIKE]; [STRIKE]Order torch and charger[/STRIKE]
- Sort school box; Class file; Organise blue files; White files; Past work
- Filing; Shredding; Bag to Charity shop; [STRIKE]My diary[/STRIKE]; Class diary
- Sort stamps; [STRIKE]coins[/STRIKE]; [STRIKE]bottle tops[/STRIKE]; [STRIKE]ink cartridges[/STRIKE]; and Deliver
- List for holiday; [STRIKE]Order currency[/STRIKE]; [STRIKE]Collect currency[/STRIKE]; [STRIKE]Sort transport[/STRIKE]; Pack!

Triker

Greenbee, do you use Firefox as your brower as they have this fantastic add on called ReminderFox. I downlaoded it today and it just pops up every now and the to remind you of your stuff.

greenbee

Triker wrote: »

Greenbee, do you use Firefox as your brower as they have this fantastic add on called ReminderFox. I downlaoded it today and it just pops up every now and the to remind you of your stuff.

Yes I do, thanks... I'll go and look for it!

Triker

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1191?collection_id=1f340a06-ddaf-7206-6b98-517604afae7a


Here it is Greenbee and anyone else who may use it. x

kazmeister

its taken me ages to catch up with 2 days of fred, and now probably another 2 hours to type up.

Princess jane - hope you forgave hubby about the cheq
Quillion - I had forgotten that you house sat for your friend but seriously you'd never declutter and clean my tardis in a month let alone a week. I had remembered yu have rellies in Docking, do anyone of tem work at CITB.
Mrs Dawn - sorry your hols was so wet but at least you saw the dolphins
Miss Shattered - nice to see you posting, hope you enjoy your hols and say hi to Toots for us all
vivw - nice to see you back. How's the knee, you'd hurt it badly last time I saw you post
SSL - sorry I missed your birthday, hope you had a good day
Sexymouse - hope you got rid of the worm. See you have well done
Valli - hope you having a better day today
Beki - welcome back
Summermoon - the redec sounds like somethign my DD would do
rosepink - flat sounds good
serena - hope DS1 had a good birthday
hollyh - bad news about the freezer - I was gutted at having to chuck stuff out when my freezer went off
Dusty - hope you getting there with the highways
Chunky hope you feeling better today
AnW's mum - welldone on getting the drawers done. It was sweet of Miss A.
Greenbee - its frustrating and embarrasing when that happens to your card. Glad its sorted now
msgnomey - well done on the weight loss this week
chunky - you getting hitche? I've got 3 weeks today til my wedding
thifty - sending +ve vibes for house sale
elly2 - big hugs
dusty - hope fluffy cats ok
Valli - well done on completing your banking. i still have a huge pile left of mine to do
crafty - well done on the win
johanne - hugs for you hunny
blimus - youre a bit further out for the ladybugs than we are, but we did have loads 2 weeks ago when we were in the caravan at Kessingland
DollyDD - I'm on B12 injections too so know how you feel, I'm due a top up next but I'm going to ask my consultant if I can have iron injections as well. i have iron defieciency as well as penicious anaemia and feel cream crackered at the moment.
rosepink - sounds +ve on the flat front, fingers crossed for you.
Quillion - when do you want your hols. - oops seen your other post now. I'll try and ask my friend if her mum has any cottages free, as she has them round the coast. If not what type of thing are you looking for and your budget?
fedupand skint - sorry to hear your doogie is poorly
greenbee - are you coming up on BH weekend or the one after. I'm back from hols late on 1 Sept, back at work on 2nd.
Natty - hope lodger cat is ok
Ginger girl (and sorry if I offend anyone here) - You are in the UK not an arab country and if you like short skirts and killer heels wear them. If you were over there you would be expected to abide by their rules but the UK is still supposed to be a free country, be yourself.
thifty - sdont worry about being called over the tannoy in Asda. I regularly used to have my daughter go AWOL, hiding and the likes when she didnt get her own way. I used to get them to tannoy for her and used to get the security staff to go on a hunt for her. She was loads more embarrased than I was :rotfl:.

Well I think thats it, except to say I really hope that all those poorlies have an improved day tomorrow, hugs for you all

Night for now

Kaz x

soappie

greenbee wrote: »

We can't put glass in our recycling bins

Well I can - so there! And cardboard. And paper. And WINDOWED envelopes. And most plastics (but not tetrapacks) and tins and bottle tops

greenbee wrote: »

I'm off to bed. Someone remind me that I have to drop my car at the garage tomorrow... and do some work... and prepare for the interview!

Don't forget to drop your car at the garage, do some work and prep for the interview.

rosepink1984

embb wrote: »

Hi guys :wave:

Rosepink ooooh mega excitement :j everything crossed for you x
Well, best get tea on the go now, I bought new PJ's from Primark and they fit! first time I've getten into anything from there :T (size 16-18 an all woot)

Well done you! And shops like that cut everything small so you are probably a size 14 in other shops! WTG Embb!

soappie wrote: »

Just spoken to DD and her bloke's fever broke last night and he's now at the moaning about everything stage so that's good news. Apparently he says that what he's had can't possibly be the same as what we've all had. I guess there are now, officially, two versions of swine flu - the ordinary version and the man-swine flu version

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

johanne wrote: »

Ex-OH had to wait in a queue 2 hours to sign on today apparently there was a queue out the jobcentre door!!! When he finally got to the desk he was told they were short staffed! The irony! :rolleyes:

I've seen on the news loads of queues outside of job centers stretching round the block, it's so sad seeing all those people out of work


I've hung out the washing and thrown out a manky cool bag that DH had left lying around the place. It's our old one, he said he wanted to keep it but had allowed fruit to go rotten in it (I think it was still in there when I binned it) and I got fed up with having it in the LR. I've also pretended to throw away his huge box with power tool chargers in that's been in the flat for weeks on end. It's actually hidden somewhere. He had due warning this would happen but refused to do anything with them. I can't cope with having them in here, the place is too small as it is.

Getting a bit tired and tetchy so going to bed. Day 2 of my new system of doing things is working well - I've got a page per day diary and next to each time I've written what jobs I need to get done (eg. 10am washing up, laundry, bins) and it's working well. I find otherwise I drift through the day and can't think of what I should be doing, or if I think of it I think I will do it later, which of course, I don't! HOpefully I will get more done now!


Hugs Natty, hope you and lodger cat feel better soon

Ginger, I would opt for anything you have that covers you up – a short skirt would not be the thing! A long skirt and long sleeves too if you can bear it. Good for you for thinking about what you wear, it makes a huge difference. Hope the meeting goes well for you. My friend told me about when she and another lady had to go and see a Muslim woman and they were wearing modest summer dresses but decided to go home and change first into something even more modest. She actually commented on what they were wearing and said how lovely it was that they were so modestly dressed – it made a big difference to how she interacted with them. ETA: Just seen Soappie has also advised this too!

Thanks Thifty, I’ve been really suspicious of this too. Am still waiting to find out it’s a con or a scam of some kind. He wants to know who we are and about us as people – he wants to know what kind of people we are if we are going to be potentially living in his home. I’ve not given out anything like bank account details! He said he wanted proof that we can pay the rent as he’s had trouble with people before, so I’ve offered to send him references – there is no way I would give him bank statements or anything like that. It does seem too good to be true, and although I’m excited about the prospect of living there I’m totally prepared for this to be a hoax of some kind. Thanks for your concern sweetie

Greenbee I like Raffaella Barker too! I have to confess to throwing out DH's old computer moniter once but it was a couple of years ago and I couldn't get to the dump.

Frodders have a great time at Hairspray!! I saw the filam but DH fell asleep – he’s not a fan of those type of things! I would love to see the show tho, is John Travolta still in it, or is someone else now

Triker, huge hugs for you. I remember Mum railing against her illness for years, she couldn’t get her head around the fact that she was ill and rebelled against it at every opportunity, only to then have days in bed afterwards. I know this is a huge change for you and something that’s really tough to get used to. I remember spending hours in the 1990’s in doctors waiting rooms and going all over the country to various alternative health people/nutritionists etc who were going to “cure” mum, only for her to be crushed with disappointment when it didn’t work. Those years were tough for her and she is much happier now she’s come to terms with it and has learned how to pace herself so she does a little when she has energy and the energy lasts for longer instead of rushing about like a mad woman when she felt a bit energetic and then being really ill for ages after.

Sorry for writing an essay