Weekly Flylady Thread 17th August 2009

AnW'sMum

Miss A has just prepared a lasagne for dinner (with a little help from me)

poohbear59

It serves me right for not checking in here first, because I have completely blitzed the kitchen today with help from DS3. Luckily I also tidied the living room and dusted too.

Jennybee AnW'smum and valli are right you have some major issues right now and need hugs and support as much as anyone.

froddington

Hi - I am here. Bit of an odd day as it's the anniversary of my brother's death (5 years) so have tried to keep busy but it hasn't really worked :rolleyes:

I have done a huge Mr T shop though so I can at least eat now!

bonsibabe - great news about the car

Triker - hugs x Will your doc not do you another sick note without you having to see him? At mine, you can request one and they might do it

tim - ooops! hope all is calm now!

Quillion - :rotfl:

Jayne - welcome

LittleBit - welcome

fedup - hugs; hope you're feeling better

ALIBOBSY - welcome

likkegibbon - good to see you posting; welcome back

FFP - Piper looks lovely in her uniform

I hadn't realised some people went back to school today Hope it went well for everyone

Jo - huge hugs

pigpen - great news on the pennies! How's the flat? Any more stuff needed?

JennyBee - welcome back; and hugs for you all

johanne - hugs

Miss A - well done on cooking dinner

valli, lil_me, and Miss A and W - hope you all have a fab time away.

I have also transferred by holiday photos onto the computer so they may appear on fb soon

Will find my list and see what I have actually done :rolleyes:

Lo-Lo

Hi everyone,
I'm back for my second week. Feeling really meh this evening, not sure why (maybe just long day at work and the lovely 11 mile walk in the country yesterday with pub lunch!), but I shall try to perservere! I managed to sell a job lot of books today so just waiting for the guy to collect them and that will be a bit more decluttering under control.

So back to it. I'm hoping this week to list 5 items a day on Ebay as well as the list so we'll see how that goes. Good luck everyone, happy Flying!

Magnificent Monday ~ Living room, Hall, Stairs and Porch!
LEVEL ONE DONE! 7pm
[STRIKE]Level One
Declutter all the floors
Tidy away the coats and bags and shoes etc[/STRIKE]
LEVEL TWO DONE! 7.10PM (can't believe how quick that was!)
[STRIKE]Level Two
Vacuum all the floors, shake the muck out of any mats
Dust and polish any electricals
Wipe and water and plants[/STRIKE]
LEVEL 3 DONE! 8.12pm - stupid CDs all over the place!
Level Three
[STRIKE]Check all those smoke alarms!
straighten any books/CDs/DVDs etc on shelves
Tidy the understair cupboard[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]Wash any windows in need
Wipe over sofas if neededClean the mantle.. polish and put back only what is meant to be there. Wipe skirtings and dados and door frames!
[/STRIKE]

1. Declutter coffee table
2. [STRIKE]5 things on Ebay[/STRIKE]
3. 1 load of washing up
4. [STRIKE]Cheapy tesco shop[/STRIKE]

Valli

Done all my ironing...there are about 2 items in the laundry basket, nothing in the ironing basket *glow*
(Still got a pile of pots drying on the drainer though :rotfl:)
Am waiting for DD to be picked upfor Jui Jitsu then I will phone mum and crack on with the extras, according to whether I need to go and pick up the kids (I shall wave at the bottom of Mummyoffive's road, as I always do LOL if I do have to go to pick them up)
NDN's know how to throw a wedding - they're having a barbecue now...the party has been going on since Saturday LOL

dinx1972

Need to think of what to make with 3 bananas on their way out!

Banana tea bread - made that yesterday with DS1 (2lb loaf nearly half gone now) nyum nyum.

Am back had to do a mercy dash to allotment (10 miles away):rolleyes: to pick raspberries before birds helped themselves, that was fun with two whingey kids NOT!!

Anyway dinner on Jackets with prawns and salad and raspberry mess for pudd (freshly picked rasps:D, whipped double cream and meringue all mixed together in a bowl nyum nyum. Also pudd made for tomorrow night rasps and trifle sponge in jelly.

Will update my done list for today in a bit but

I CAN SEE THE LOUNGE FLOOR:j:j

OrkneyStar

I am so happy.....I found a program which magically found all my missing holiday pics from the SD card .
When you look at the files on there the normal way they are not there, but this lovely program found and recovered them all for me.
So tonights task is........rename them all, upload to truprint (maybe order prints) and write them to disk.
As for those who don't think their problems are important.....of course it does not do to dwell on stuff, and there are always others less fortunate, however there is nothing wrong with venting when you need to. Little things can sometimes be the ones to tip us over the edge so to speak......we are all human and all need hugs sometimes. So here is a massive hug :grouphug: for anyone who needs one........x

helen_jelly

Hi all

I've tried to catch up with the thread but can't possibly read 12 pages so hugs to all who need them, fingers crossed for anyone who needs them and hello to newbies

Haven't done much flying really for the last 2 weeks as my Gran died and although for some strange reason I'm not to upset about it my DD is devastated and I've had to support Mum as much as she'll let me, so routines have gone out of the window. Funeral is tomorrow and I'm really hoping that DD will be able to say her goodbyes and then return to being a happy child [really hoping that resilience[sp?] wins out for her]. So for this week I'm only aiming for level 1 each day and anything else is a bonus. I also feel very very mean cos I don't feel as awful as the rest of the family do [Mum called me hard] but I hadn't had alot of contact with Gran for years, Mum took DD to visit and I used the time to catch up on jobs round the house as I was a single Mum then. So feeling guilty, not looking forward to Mum and DD being upset tomorrow and generally feeling carp

Anyway, off to start the list for today

Thanks to Pigpen, Soapie and Toots

Helen x

pigpen

WOOHOO!!!!

I have reclaimed a bedroom, my hallway, half th emiddle room and just have the front room to clear of OH's stuff .. before he brings the next car load lol.. it has all gone off to DS1 at his flat and I have some room!!! I have a space on my landing.. and boxes of carp to sort through..

I will have a reasonable house.

DD1 has asked if I will repaint her room.. yes dear of couse it isn't like I haven't been promising DD2 I'd do hers since February after all!! teenagers!! Who'd have them?!

I have thrown out a broken cupboard which used to house the school uniform.. I am aiming to get the shelf unit out which has 5 shelves and houses 2 shelves of bed linen! .. and 3 shelves of detritus.. I have a few boxes of stuff which belong to XH which he will be having deposited on him very shortly as I am sick to death of looking at them.

Peter Pusscat is off to his new home next weekend I think.. and the igrlies may just be staying here.. 6 cats... 7 children.. 3 fish.. 2 rabbits... ARGH!!! ... Triker.. if yoiu decide to breed your birdies can I have a couple of girly ones? I am looking at clearing the big shed and building a run around it where they would be able to live.. .. though if you don't want to I could have a couple of birdies from my cousin.. he has a fair few now.

Best go feed the brood!

Back in a bit with the list...

OrkneyStar

helen_jelly wrote: »

Hi all

I've tried to catch up with the thread but can't possibly read 12 pages so hugs to all who need them, fingers crossed for anyone who needs them and hello to newbies

Haven't done much flying really for the last 2 weeks as my Gran died and although for some strange reason I'm not to upset about it my DD is devastated and I've had to support Mum as much as she'll let me, so routines have gone out of the window. Funeral is tomorrow and I'm really hoping that DD will be able to say her goodbyes and then return to being a happy child [really hoping that resilience[sp?] wins out for her]. So for this week I'm only aiming for level 1 each day and anything else is a bonus. I also feel very very mean cos I don't feel as awful as the rest of the family do [Mum called me hard] but I hadn't had alot of contact with Gran for years, Mum took DD to visit and I used the time to catch up on jobs round the house as I was a single Mum then. So feeling guilty, not looking forward to Mum and DD being upset tomorrow and generally feeling carp

Anyway, off to start the list for today

Thanks to Pigpen, Soapie and Toots

Helen x

Another massive hug coming along just behind the last one Helen. Grief is a funny thing, it affects us in funny ways. TBH I was not that upset when my Gran died- I was 9, and don't remember her that fondly. I do try to think of her as a young woman, with her young family, and all the things she was before I ever knew her. Opens things up in a different way and allows me to see past the old woman iyswim. An ex-colleague of mine died recently...only knew him 2 years (and DH knew him too for much longer), tbh I think that has affected me more. He was such a decent chap and a real honour to know. Was only in late 60's too.
I hope you get through it all ok, and DD too.