Weekly Flylady Thread 4th January 2010

joeyjimbles

I really had better make a start - I have been faffing with my first go with my slow cooker turning it into a very slow cooker indeed. Well, its all in there now so hopefully nice stew at 7pm tonight. Yummy.

Thanks for all the encouragement so far - and the lovely welcome message Tooti, that was very sweet and inclusive. And I'm still buoyed up by achieving Monday and Tuesday plus extras yesterday though it did take most of the day.

So the status so far

Monday 1,2,3 & Extras - DONE :j
Tuesday 1,2,3 & Extras - DONE :j

Wednesday - Living room, hall and stairs
Level one
Clear floors of clutter and vacuum them
[STRIKE]Make time for yourself!! Half an hour of peace!/STRIKE]
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt backs!
Sort coats and shoes and bags
Level Three
Dust and deweb allthose corners and electrical appliances and shelves.. etc
Clear mantel and put back only what should be up there!
Wipe and water plants


Extras

1. Vacuum under furniture you can safely move
2. Wash any soft furnishing that need it
3. polish and dust all the electricals!
4. Binbag dance..

and take the decorations to the loft
tidy one drawer from the COD in the dining room
find the dining room table under the 'stuff'

[STRIKE] Washing up breakfast stuff[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] S&S Kitchen[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Make Beds/Empty hotwater bottles[/STRIKE]
S&S Bathrooms
Put washing on
Empty dishwasher
Ironing/putting away
Walk Dog
[STRIKE] Make Dinner[/STRIKE]


Hmm time to move - wish me luck!

rach

greenbee wrote: »

25 email in your inbox :T:T I am for under 300 but in the old job that was less than a day's email - maybe I should try for 25 in the new job as I don't get nearly as many (and lots of them seem to be chat/discussions which should be read and digested as and when they turn up)

I try! I don't always achieve it, but i do have a lot of folders and subfolders...gave up counting at 140!!! :rolleyes:

Careful_with_that_Axe

pigpen I also don't agree with what you say. ME and CFS are both recognised as illnesses by the medical community after peer-reviewed research.

greenbee

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

pigpen I also don't agree with what you say. ME and CFS are both recognised as illnesses by the medical community after peer-reviewed research.

Don't take pigpen too seriously on this... she's not very keen on doctors, so if she denies that she's ill then she doesn't have to see them :rolleyes:.

Trying to make space on my desk so I can work... and get hold of the colleague who offered to help me out this morning and then promptly disappeared from IM...:mad: Mind you, he could be having the same problems with VPN as me... too many people working from home I think!

embb

Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Area

Wednesday - Living room, hall and stairs
Extras

1. Vacuum under furniture you can safely move
2. Wash any soft furnishing that need it
3. polish and dust all the electricals!
4. Binbag dance..

DONE! 2 Stars please Toots, when you have a sec, ta chuck xx

I'm having my half hour metime now, and for the rest of the afternoon, I've done all my jobs and can now relax until teatime :cool: may have a sneaky lend of littleys Netbook and snuggle up on the settee and browse, or read one of my new books I haven't even sniffed at yet.

pigpen

greenbee wrote: »

Look under the clutter

bother.. I'll never find it!

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

pigpen wrote: »

Now don't be silly.. I'd have to believe in something in order to be able to contract it.. My throat is feeling a touch better today but I still just want to sleep... after getting up late as it was! Plus that was 7 months ago.. if I was going to get anything related to that it would have happened months ago

LARGE SNOWBALL THROWN AT PIGPEN!!!!!:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

How dare you? I know this thread resolves around you and I know you're not feeling well but my eldest has had ME since she was 15 and her relapse of the past 2 years has been the most horrendous thing to watch!

I am absolutely furious at your comment - you may not believe in ME but I deal with it's daily consequences!

Having read loads and loads of research papers and info and diaries of those affected I actually believe the illness named ME is a manifestation of other underlying undiagnosed illnesses therefore as a stand alone illness isn't truly valid.. as do many other leading professionals into studies of the problems associated with it, which I am sure you are most brutally aware of. It doesn't occur without other primary causes.. such as virus/mental illness/severe illness/auto-immune impairment, etc.

I didn't say it isn't affecting lives and people all over the world.. I said I don't think it is an actual illness.. and I quite steadfastly stand by that, people don't just suddenly wake up one day and get diagnosed with ME, they are ill with other stuff for a while and this kind of piggybacks on that.. like a parasite effect, almost.

True I don't have first hand experience at dealing with those who are living with it, though I would be most interested to be.. that sounds a bit 'wrong'.. but isn't meant to... I wouldn't wish anyone on the planet to be ill with anything (apart from the 3 people I would happily kill with my own bare hands) but I would be interested in watching the progression if that makes it sound any better..

I hope this explains my feeling better and I am sorry you were upset, I didn't mean to cause offence.. xx

Though I will admit my actual post was based on the 3 year olds notion of.. if I can't see it it isn't there.. you know when they shut their eyes and think you can't see them.. Triker would know this.

koolkid

Well I've spent most of the morning scratching my head wondering how I went to bed with perfectly tidy house and 12 hours later it looks like a bombs hit it..... onwards xxx

jinky67

koolkid wrote: »

Well I've spent most of the morning scratching my head wondering how I went to bed with perfectly tidy house and 12 hours later it looks like a bombs hit it..... onwards xxx

children?

they were always the cause in my house......or so I blamed anyway:rotfl:

helen_jelly

Tuesday ~ Master bedroom and landing!
Level One
Strip wash and replace the bedding!
Declutter the floor.. laundry gone, shoes gone.. etc
Level Two
Clear a box of stuff from the landing.
Vacuum and turn the mattress
Vacuum the floors
Level Three
Tidy a chest of drawers/wardrobe.. is there anything past its best that can go live elsewhere?
Clear and tidy the top of a wardrobe/COD and replace only what is necessary.. surely you don't need it all!?
Wash curtains/blinds that are in need.

Extras

1. Wash windows
2. Dust and deweb
3. Shine 2 lightshades!
4. Straighten a shelf of books or ornaments..

Wednesday - Living room, hall and stairs
Level one
Clear floors of clutter and vacuum them
Make time for yourself!! Half an hour of peace!
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt backs!
Sort coats and shoes and bags
Level Three
Dust and deweb allthose corners and electrical appliances and shelves.. etc
Clear mantel and put back only what should be up there!
Wipe and water plants
Extras

1. Vacuum under furniture you can safely move
2. Wash any soft furnishing that need it
3. polish and dust all the electricals!
4. Binbag dance..

Heard nothing yet from the Hospital or DH, he's turned his phone off to save the battery but was going to phone me as soon as he new anything and he hasn't phoned so I can only assume he hasn't heard the results yet Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr I'm getting very stressed now and having the kiddies at hone isn't helping. Anyway off to do some stuff now

Helen x

joeyjimbles

Indulge me, I'm going to have a newbie gush.
I've just done my S&S Kitchen in less than four minutes and thanks to the work of yesterday it looks amazing again and I'm so pleased and proud. I know it makes complete sense but sometimes it really feels like an uphill struggle getting this place straight and keeping it there and in the first flush of following this thread I feel that it actually might be do-able.

Thank you. Off to make magic in the hall and the stairs - there are three floors to this house, I may be some time.