Weekly Flylady Thread 7th December 2009

MrsChaos

jinky67 wrote: »

I would tout it as something all Mums like to do for GK's......buy their first "real" shoes;)

My mum took huge delight in buying DS1's shoes. I always had properly fitted shoes as a child even though she really struggled to make ends meet when I was little. Therefore she loved going to a shoe shop with us and choosing the best fitting shoes DS1 liked without having to worry about the price tag.

I feel really strongly about shoes, too, and DS2 usually only has two pairs (school shoes and trainers), but they are always 'proper' ones, even though DH goes on about getting them cheaper elsewhere. I hope I'm passing my views on to both DSs

greenbee

DW emptied and stuff put away. Need to try to persuade the stove to light and keep lit... I want it to keep going all day, but I'm not doing very well with the smokeless fuel :rolleyes: I can't work out whether it needs more or less of it in there...

I'll do some baking this morning, then I'm out this afternoon for the baby shower (hopefully they'll like the cake... I'll post photos when I get back). I'll have to get the tree out of the car later today, but probably won't put it up straight away as I need to get a stand and some lights tomorrow...

Suppose I'd better get dressed and get the cake in the oven as it takes ages, then I can start playing around with the biscuits!

mumofjusttwo

Morning all

Haven't really been doing much. Have a grotty cold and lots of running around re school plays etc but am going to try and get the house done next week then have a few days 'free' when XH has the children. That is going to be the plan anyway.

While doing a search noticed that Smartie had passed her BSL Level 1. Well done on passing. It is me that who is also doing it and am loving it. It is so interesting. Well I had my exam last Tuesday but ours get sent to Durham Universersity so we won't know if we have passed for about 6-8 weeks :eeks:

MrsChaos

Morning all :hello:

I'd written a post last night but lost it, and then my internet connection played up and I gave up. Went in the bath instead to soak the paint off.

I finished as much of the decorating as I could yesterday! :T:T:T
DS1's room is painted apart from a small bit I couldn't reach above the stairwell - think I need a very sturdy plank from somewhere. I also need to do the walls at the bottom of the loft stairs , but that's not as urgent and a lot less fiddly than the loft itself.
He also decided that he wanted his furniture differently, so I had a go at moving things around while he was out at a concert. His idea didn't quite work and I hope he's pleased with my solution. We still need to get him some more storage furniture, though, so he can tidy up properly. Sounds like a good reason to nip to Ikea soon. If I didn't have to work tomorrow I could concentrate on DS1's room for the rest of today, but I can't afford to spend anymore time on it this weekend.

Plan for today:
Eat breakfast
decide what I want DSs to tidy while I'm out
Go shopping (by myself) when DS1 comes back from his sleepover (he's late :mad:
take birthday card and present to friend's DH
lots more washing and drying
put clothes away so I've got an empty basket to collect ironing for DH to do on Tuesday
get clothes ready for tomorrow
make sausage casserole
buy 64 toilet rolls for snowman making at school (don't ask)
amazon order (MUST DO THIS TODAY)
spend 15 minutes each in kitchen, living room and bathroom, so they are usable
school stuff

Best get going then...
See you all later. Have a good Sunday. x

Dustykitten

Morning all

Today I will be mainly decking the halls with bails of holly :j

pigpen wrote: »

dusty.. vouchers received.. thank you xxx.. DS1 was upset .. they had gone to buy shopping with the healthy start vouchers not realising they were expired.. so he ended up taking them to tesco.. I didn't think you would mind.. and he was desperate.

Question..

If someone had offered to buy one of your childrens shoes.. not one shoe but one child.. BUT they would be proper fitted measured shoes would you have accepted? Or just been plain insulted?

I wanted to offer to get Jacobs shoes.. he will get cheapy crappy bad for the feet but look 'fashionable' junk shoes.. I would be slightly more polite in my offer but DS1 knows how I feel about shoes lol

Sweetie I'm just glad they got used and not binned. Could you go down the shoe route of the 'problems' his cousins have and as these things are often genetic for now it is best to err on the side of caution or else he'll never play for Hull City.

Right off to the shower and then to do the ref drop, put petrol in the car and do the recycling.

Dustykitten

Hex I'll phone you later - my pm box is full again

pigpen

Quillion wrote: »

I am going to go to Next Sale and buy their gifts and perhaps get a full outfit sale price as apposed to half an outfit at full price. Now that makes sense to me or am i just being tight?

It makes perfect sense.. they will think you are loaded buying a whole outfit from Next lol.. I get all next years clothes in this years sales.. and often a coat or 2 too. A whole outfit is certainly better than half!

Thanks all re the shoe thing. My mother bought the first shoes for a few of mine.Jacob can probably manage a little longer without shoes. His mummy's feet are horrid due to being crammed in hideous shoes from an early age so if I can avoid that with Jacobs trotters I would like to.. My small pinks were complimented on their pretty undamaged feet by the podiatrist and the physio and the only suggestion was they had ankle foot to support their floppy ankles rather than shoes.

I'll speak to DS1 tomorrow.

My mother is after dragging me off to Boots to do some christmas shopping today.. I have a £10 voucher I can spend in here and £40 in points.. but then she will want to do Matalan, Asda and I'll want a peep in Brantanos see if I canpick up some boots for Tiddles.

Best shift my carcass from the bed and clean a room.. I am aiming to get the back room done.. I have a book shelf in the middle of the room which I want in an alcove.. and the books from off the table so I can get a christmas display on it.

One of my mad old fat cats came and pee'd in my bedroom last night.. so I chased him until I caught him, rubbed his snout in it and kicked him up the derriere.. bloody dirty thing.. he is 10 and knows MUCH better!!

Where did I leave my list? Page 58 I believe?

pigpen

Sunday list

WM
TD
DW
Laundry folded and away
Wrap 1 box of presents..

Monday ~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
[STRIKE]mop/vacuum the floors[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Sort through and clean out one cupboard[/STRIKE]

Tuesday - living room, hallway, stairs
Level three
[STRIKE]Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs[/STRIKE]

Wednesday - bathroom, study and other grotty places! ~ done

Thursday - Master messroom! and landing ~ done

Friday - children pits, spare rooms or just neglected spaces
Level One
Change and dirty bedding that needs it!
Level Two
Vacuum through the rooms that need it
Level Three
Clear out the toy boxes..
[STRIKE]Clear out a grotty cupboard!.. any cupboard so long as it is grotty![/STRIKE]

Extras

1. Final final shopping lists
2. Update remaining present lists
3. Wrap remaining presents

Decorating..

[STRIKE]Sand ceiling[/STRIKE]
Paint ceiling
undercoat skirting
undercoat doors and wall
Strip remaining ancient paper off last wall
Sand walls
Lining paper the bits that need it.. there is only a very small bit to do... 3-4 strips
Wallpaper chimney breast.. 2 rolls
Paint walls cream
Paint red bits of wall
Gloss wall and doors
Gloss woodwork
Hang mirrors
Die of exhaustion before starting the next room..

Adding the kitchen to the 'before santa comes list..

[STRIKE]Replace kitchen windows[/STRIKE]
Fill in hole in plaster.. not deep but large!
Emulsion ceiling
Emulsion walls
Paint radiator
Hang blinds
Curtains track for door curtain up
Hang door curtain
Sort doors on larder unit.

jjef

Lazy start to the day in this household, just heading for a shower then its back to the list.

Monday ~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom



Tuesday - living room, hallway, stairs
Sort coats, shoes and bags
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs.



Extras

1. Fill a binbag for charity shop
2. Finalise your christmas menu and shopping list

Wednesday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!
Wash windows and any chairs/sofas
Declutter floors
Replace any sponges/flannels/toothbrushes etc that need it
throw out any empty bottles.. decant dribbles into fuller bottles



Extras -

1. Post all the cards you need to post
2. Wrap all the presents for family/friends
3. Finalise shopping orders/lists for your christmas food shop.. remember shops are only closed for one day!!!!

Thursday - Master messroom! and landing
Strip the bedding and get it washed!
30 minutes floordrobe/junk clearing!!
Vacuum and turnthe mattress, vacuum the landing and floor
Remake the bed
Wipe down all the furry paintwork
Fill a binbag for charity shop or the bin!




Extras

1. HHI
2. Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs
3. Clean out any pets/wash pet bedding
4. Wash some light shades

Friday - children pits, spare rooms or just neglected spaces
Clear out the toy boxes.. (or a box of guff) .. Santa wants to fill them up.. but he can't if there is no space!
Clean out any bins.. and do a binbag dance!!

Extras

1. Final final shopping lists
2. Update remaining present lists
3. Wrap remaining presents
4. Make a timetable for christmas prepartions.. turkey in.. turkey out.. etc

sammiell

Monday ~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Clear and wipe a shelf or window sill
Level Three
Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.
Sort through and clean out one cupboard
Clean the oven and hob..



Extras

1. Clean out the fridge.. make use of anything almost past its best
2. Wash the windows
3. Clean the top of the kitchen wall units.. if you can reach.. no accidents please!!
4. Dust and Deweb

Tuesday - living room, hallway, stairs
Level one
Clear the floor of clutter
Tidy the baubles and lights on the tree.. OR PUT UP YOUR TREE
Level two
Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
Wipe and water plants
Wash the windows
Level three
Wipe the sofas and wash any skanky soft furnishings
Sort coats, shoes and bags
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs.



Extras

1. Check the smoke alarms
2. Fill a binbag for charity shop
3. Finalise your christmas menu and shopping list
4. Defluff and deweb these rooms

Wednesday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
Level One
Clean the loo and the bath and the shower and the basins!
Defragment PC and run spyware scans while scrubbing
Level Two
Wash windows and any chairs/sofas
Clean curtains/blinds etc
Declutter floors
Level Three
Wash bathmats/shower curtain and furry bog hats
Replace any sponges/flannels/toothbrushes etc that need it
throw out any empty bottles.. decant dribbles into fuller bottles



Extras -

1. Finalise those last minute presents you have to buy..
2. Post all the cards you need to post
3. Wrap all the presents for family/friends
4. Finalise shopping orders/lists for your christmas food shop.. remember shops are only closed for one day!!!!

Thursday - Master messroom! and landing
Level one
Strip the bedding and get it washed!
30 minutes floordrobe/junk clearing!!
Level Two
Vacuum and turnthe mattress, vacuum the landing and floor
Remake the bed
Clean the windows
Level Three
Wash any curtains/etc that are in need
Wipe down all the furry paintwork
Fill a binbag for charity shop or the bin!


Extras

1. HHI
2. Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs
3. Clean out any pets/wash pet bedding
4. Wash some light shades

Friday - children pits, spare rooms or just neglected spaces
Level One
Make half an hour for yourself
Change and dirty bedding that needs it!
Level Two
Vacuum through the rooms that need it
Wash any soft furnishings that require a wash
Collect any stinky laundry from about the place
Level Three
Clear out the toy boxes.. (or a box of guff) .. Santa wants to fill them up.. but he can't if there is no space!
Clean out any bins.. and do a binbag dance!!
Clear out a grotty cupboard!.. any cupboard so long as it is grotty!
Extras

1. Final final shopping lists
2. Update remaining present lists
3. Wrap remaining presents
4. Make a timetable for christmas prepartions.. turkey in.. turkey out.. etc

right im putting the whole list up so i can get cracking