Weekly Flylady Thread 7th December 2009

carlsberggal

LL - how blo£dy annoying and inconsiderate, they can't mess with people like that!!! A phone call should have been made to you at the end of last week IMO as they must of known then they had a backlog and that there would be a delay. Biggest of hugs being sent your way xx
Jinky - hugs to you too, haven't been on FB so don't know owt
Toots - took me ages to realise Nangran was me! DOH!
Many thanks for all the replies to my post earlier - your all stars x

rosieben

My second update for the week

Quote:
Originally Posted by rosieben
I'm in this week, please, but I'll be working to my own list:

Unpack
- large box in bedroom
-[STRIKE] last 3 boxes of books[/STRIKE]
- bag of curtains and nets
[STRIKE]- anything else that needs unpacking![/STRIKE] :rolleyes:
- [STRIKE]flatten all empty boxes and store for ds to take[/STRIKE]

Sort and tidy
- paperwork into filing cabinet- made a good start on this
- scrapbooking and craft supplies into cabinets - this is half done
- stationery into drawers - one more big crate to unpack

dust and vac through
[STRIKE]clean bathroom and sort drawers[/STRIKE]
tidy kitchen and wipe tops/fronts
declutter christmas decorations
[STRIKE]write christmas cards and put ready to post[/STRIKE]
make family christmas cards

also need to
- [STRIKE]set up phones[/STRIKE]
- fit aerial cable to bedroom
- [STRIKE]sort printer and pc - declutter old printer etc[/STRIKE]

Not made as much progress as I'd have liked but I'm stopping now and will have another go tomorrow.

LL, how rotten to leave you waiting like that! <<hugs>> to you and to anyone who needs one

rach

Right, I've had enough. I think a day at home has done me good, and I now only have 56 emails in my inbox, some of which need things saving onto the drive at work before I can file them....this morning i had about 100 :eek:

I'm going to head out for a coffee with my book and to pick up a couple of bits for dinner, then back to wash up before DH gets home.

Friend popping over tonight, managed to get a 40% off voucher for both of us as I referred her to my hair salon

Actually, not sure if I'm bothered about a coffee, but do need to go to M&S so we'll see...

De.Nattom

L-L, that's just plain, all out mean, not telling you that you results are delayed. I hope it's good news for you, though - I'm positive we're all praying and hoping it is! At least I am!!! :happylove

Thank you everyone for your support with my TM and TGM - and I have told them on the phone, this morning the following -

Firstly to my TM (toxic mother, I take it?)
"No, mother, you may not have my card, do my shopping, clean up or tell me about my education." Her response was predictable - "BWAHHHAHAHAHAH, I WANTED TO YOU TO LET ME COME TO YOUR HOUSE, I'M LONELY!!! I’M JUST TRYING TO KEEP YOU HEALTHY AND HAPPY SO IT’S NOT FAIR FOR YOU TO DO THIS TO ME – I JUST WANTED TO HELP YOU!!! IT'S NOT FAIR - COME UP HERE AND HAVE DINNER WITH US AND YOU SHOULD LET ME BUY A SOFA BECAUSE I NEED ONE BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" She really doesn’t by the way – her sofa now is about three years old and has hardly been sat on, never mind damaged enough to qualify to be dumped and a new one brought. I said no, again and I got this…..

"But I'm only trying to help YOU!" :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

My response to that was putting the phone down after saying, "That may be but you're not coming down." I wasn't mean, just matter of fact - I had told her throughout the conversation that it wasn't going to happen so - you know. Life is going to be difficult but less so now she's stopping (hopefully) invading my space. She was still ranting though when I put the phone down but I took a deep breath and thought about how long it had taken me to do that – about nineteen years, so help me God. SO was beside me and had listened to everything (half the time I had my head in his lap (get your minds out the gutter!)) so he knew exactly what she said. He told me I was very brave, and he loved me lots and could he get up because he needed to go put the tates on. Isn't he such a romantic~?

As for my grandmother - I spoke to her last night and told her that basically, I wouldn't be coming down until at least February, and I would not take any hostages when I did - it would be a two to three day max visit, and I would bring down the SO, and his two brothers (one of whom owns a van he says we can borrow) and we would clear, clean and chuck everything we could. I want to get her out of her house since it’s a council house and too big for just her and my grandfather. She’s got to go into an assisted living place since she’s so unsteady on her feet and dodgy about her medication – she needs a nurse but they won’t come to the house more than twice a week because they only deliver and give medication, but they won’t take her when she’s got so much stuff that you can barely move room to room.

She was all, “But I want you to come down NOW! IT'S NOT FAIR...YOU SAID YOU WERE COMING DOWN SOONER...I'M TOO SICK AND ILL TO BE DOING THIS, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS TO ME..." She has my mother to call on, or any of my two brothers or two sisters so she’s not alone. I warned her I wouldn’t carry her any more and I needed some time to myself to dedicate to study and regeneration of my nerves (metaphorically, of course):o. After that, I told her quietly but firmly, I would not be coming down until Feb at the earliest, and I would not be going to Xmas dinner as she had managed to get into her head that I was. Then I put the phone down, lay back on the sofa and treated myself to three hours of NCIS, Mythbusters and half of X-Men before going to bed. :beer:It was nice to sit and have something to drink and not have to worry about it~

So, all in all - I made one cry, and another cry and be angry but I feel much better for it. I no longer have such pressure to go down there - and now, I can go away (we leave this Saturday and come back on Tuesday - ) with SO and we're renting a lovely little cottage in Devon for a break. It'll be quite bleak but so much more of a relief to be away from everything and anything. Maybe we'll even find some time to be alone which, I will admit, has become a bit of a rarity with my TM/TGM living in my ear rabbiting on.

So thank you for your advice, and let it be known that I took it and ran with it - and now I have half an hour before I go see one of my tutors at the local college (I don't go to uni because I had a year out of A Levels - so I'm doing another year of college to get the results I need~)

ajmoney

I have only just got in from work. I am posting my list and what I hav done from my dailies, I will be flying later on.

DAILIES
S&S bathroom M T W T F
S&S kitchen M T W T F
Keep floors clear M T W T F
Shred/file all paper as it comes in M T W T F
Keep on top of ironing M T W T F
HHE M T W T F
1 hour study/work stuff M T W T F
EXTRAS
Finish Christmas shopping for OH
Finish Christmas shopping for niece
Buy 8 £1 presents
Get 7 free presents

Extras

1. Clean the top of the kitchen wall units.. if you can reach.. no accidents please!!

Tuesday - living room, hallway, stairs
Level one
[STRIKE]Clear the floor of clutter
[/STRIKE]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
[STRIKE]Wash the windows[/STRIKE]
Level three
[STRIKE]Sort coats, shoes and bags
[/STRIKE]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

Craftyscholar

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..
Tuesday - living room, hallway, stairs

Level two
Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
Wash the windows
Level three
Wipe the sofas and wash any skanky soft furnishings
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs.


Crafty's Dec List
Finish decorating tree - DONE - I have never put up my tree as early as this
Cards - of course
Wrap presents - only two to do
Cut and seam quilt backing -DONE
Book Gammill slot - BOOKED - 17th Dec
Check WIPs and batting - buy extra batting (remember to take voucher)
Studying - make a plan for rest of month

Lady-L :mad:on your behalf. Do they not realise there are people at the other end of their back-logs?
Carlsberggal - good news about the scan. Hugs to you and DD
H – well done you. It’s a great feeling isn’t it.
Hex – my condolences to you all
Pen Pen – What a shock for you – hugs
Kaz – Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas and have a great holiday.
Mumto5 – glad you had such a good time.:T
Hellsbells – hugs – someone told me a story at the weekend that I thought Dad would have enjoyed (he died in 1970)
Greenbee – glad the woodstove seem to be a success – and the job seems to be settling down.
De.Nattom - Well done you :T Now go and enjoy your weekend - then concentrate on the rest of your life and what you need to get where you want to be.
Not sure if I have caught up with all the news so hugs and apologies to anyone I have missed

hex2

Thanks everyone. He was a kind, generous man who loved food, wine and gardening so we got on like a house on fire. We will miss him very much - Christmas just wont be Christmas without Grandad. Not told the littles yet. May wait till the weekend. No such thing as a good time though.

Lady L - that just isn't fair. I hope you get the best news you can as soon as possible.

Carlsberg - good news on the baby. Stretch marks - I used the palmers cocoa butter (try Home & Bargains and/or £shop) stuff and don't have any from babies. I do have them from weight loss though when I didnt bother using anything .

I have de-cluttered a charity shop bag to a collection. Must get mr dyson out and do the DW yet again.

soappie

Well done de.nat :beer::T enjoy your weekend away

sammiell

right have been up town most of the day mum wanted a new wardrobe how depressing is that clothes shopping for someone else just having a cuppa then on with lists need to finish today im still feeling so tired i think i might be anemic again havent got time to go to drs though might just take some multivitamins they said i might need to after my op
hope everyone is okey dokey hugs to all at this busy and stressful time samx


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

greenbee

Monday ~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
[STRIKE] Find and wipe the worksurfaces[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
[STRIKE] Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge![/STRIKE]
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
[STRIKE] Clean the oven and hob.. [/STRIKE]


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 ... I'm in the middle of wrapping presents at your insistence, so no chance
Tidy the baubles and lights on the tree.. OR PUT UP YOUR TREE ... tree is in the attic, and step ladder is inaccessible, so I can't do this - I might, just might, get a real tree nearer the time. However, I have put up lights round the fireplace and kitchen window to compensate
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
[STRIKE] Sort coats, shoes and bags[/STRIKE]
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 - not my problem
   
4. Defluff and deweb these rooms