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Weekly Flylady Thread 30th November 2009
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40th week! THOU SHALT BOAST ABOUT THINE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, but only in special Spylady invisible ink ;-)
Monday- Living room, hall and stairs ALL DONE
Tuesday ~ Kitchen and Dining Room of Gloom ALL DONE
Extras- Wash the windows
- Drag out a large appliance or 2 and clean behind and under it

Extras- Write up the christmas cards and get them ready to post!

Level One ~ done :j
Level Two ~ done :j
[STRIKE]Wash windows
Wipe all paintwork
Vacuum/mop all floors[/STRIKE]
Level three ~ done :j
Friday ~ Spare room! ALL DONE
Level One ~ done :j
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sort through a cupboard.. any cupboard, could even be a kitchen one!
Drag out and sort all the gibble from under the bed!
Straighten the toy boxes and shelves[/STRIKE]
Level Three ~ done :j
Extras- Binbag dance
- HHI
- List 1 item to sell .. or sort pics and listings for this weekend FREE LISTING on ebay!
- sort the shoes, coats and bags!
:T Pen Pen's List :T
- prepare Football accounts
- order cables
- sort credit card slips
- tidy out handbag
- actions from Scouts meeting - most done
- pay cheque into bank
- crochet flowers for DD's headband
- pay football money into the bank
- pay Scout money into the bank
- update Greenmetropolis list
- update LoveFilm list
- syphon cider :beer:
- fill log baskets
- clean shutters
- paint archway
- menu plan
- shopping list to match

- pay work lottery
- sterilise fermenting bucket
- online banking
- list item on eBay
- PM G-R, Z-C
- buy corn and layers' pellets

Pen Pen's Festive list 

- [STRIKE]print card list [/STRIKE](US 10 Dec; Europe 11 Dec; parcels 18 Dec)
- write cards
- buy stamps
- prepare gift list
- check what I already have in the gift box

- [STRIKE]weigh out and soak fruit for cake[/STRIKE]now soaking in brandy :beer:
- [STRIKE]weigh out ingredients for pudding - steaming as I type [/STRIKE]:beer:
- weigh out fruit for mincemat
- make Nigella's chilli jam
- [STRIKE]order turkey [/STRIKE]
- [STRIKE]order John Rutter CD
- [/STRIKE]order from Thorntons :beer:
- clean silver
- wash table mats
- new camera
- buy parcel tape
- wrap presents
- plan Christmas Eve Party - invites, menu, decorations
:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0 -
Chesterfield ladies and anyone else who wants to.
Would you like to meet up for a coffee next Thursday morning ?
PM me if your coming and we can decide where.
Ooooooh - which Thursday is that - How far from Penguin Towers to Chesterfield - if not too far I may join you :j
Penny. x:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0 -
Evening all,
I know you're probably all on the old Fred but i thought i'd update my list here.
Since my last post i have
Cooked Tea
Washed up x 2
S & S Kitchen x 2
Put washing on airer
Set up painting for Ds2 then cleaned up after
Took recycling out of kitchen
Made Ds1's sandwiches for the week & froze
Wiped table
Put Ds2 to bed
Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom and landing
Extras- HHI
- Wrap more pressies!!
Friday ~ Childrens pits, spare or neglected rooms!
Extras
- List 1 item to sell .. or sort pics and listings for this weekend FREE LISTING on ebay!
My Extras
- Ebay 1 item listed
- Update Xmas SS & Wrap
- Take small bean tin into nursery
- Take game back
- Pay cheque in
- post letters
- Deal with post
- Menu plan
- Cancel WW
- Fill in K form
- Print off pics for scrapbook
- Card for UP
- Elf letter & mischief
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Plan for today is to:
- [STRIKE]write out the flylady cards[/STRIKE],
- [STRIKE]deliver to LadyL[/STRIKE],
- [STRIKE]go to MrT to get some more cards, as I forgot to get them yesterday[/STRIKE],
- [STRIKE]mark the rest of my literacy books[/STRIKE], :jFINALLY DONE - 18 books with as far back as October to mark! My poor fingers.
- level the maths assessments done so far and work out who is still left to do them - will just work out who has to do them now - too tired to do any more marking.
- put away washing that I didn't do yesterday
- do some more washing
- clean bathroom and kitchen
- [STRIKE]pack lunchbox for tomorrow[/STRIKE]
- change sheets
- wrap a couple of presents
- [STRIKE]work out who I still need to buy for[/STRIKE]
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.I married Moon 8/4/2011, baby boy born 26/9/2012, Angel Baby Poppy born 8/11/15, Rainbow baby boy born 11/2/20170 -
Penelope_Penguin wrote: »Ooooooh - which Thursday is that - How far from Penguin Towers to Chesterfield - if not too far I may join you :j
Penny. x
Where are the towers PenPen ?:beer: Officially Debt Free Nov 2012 :beer:0 -
Tuesday ~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Clean the oven
Thursday - Bathroom, Loo & Study
Level One
Level Two
Wash windows
Wipe all paintwork
Level three
Friday ~ Childrens pits, spare or neglected rooms!
Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floor
Level Two
Level Three
This is as much as I got done as well as pack loads of boxes!Cross Stitch Challenge Member ?Number 2013 challenge = to complete rest of millenium sampler.0 -
PenPen is, AFAIK, scarily close to our glorious leader...Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
Janice 1964-2016
Thank you Honey Bear0 -
Penelope_Penguin wrote: »Ooooooh - which Thursday is that - How far from Penguin Towers to Chesterfield - if not too far I may join you :j
Penny. x
could you pick me up on the way?LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
star done to 1410:heart: R.I.P.:heart:
Money Saving Diva
mummyslittleboy
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duh wrng thread
Jan GC: £202.65/£450 (as of 4-1-12)
NSDs: 3
Walk to school: 2/47
Bloater challenge: £0/0lbs0
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