Weekly Flylady Thread 15th March 2010

jellybaby21

methekidsandthecat wrote: »

Evening All

PenPen - so sorry to hear about your black eye - that must have been a shock to the system.

I hope that all those that are feeling under the weather or have children and or OH that are sick, soon get better.

I thought I was going to have a good - started well - I managed to sort and declutter several different areas before work - I then start working from home and managed to do lots then just as I was stopping for lunch DD phoned from College to say she was unwell and having a melt down!!

She is really depressed and low in mood but she also says that she feels strangely happy for no apparent reason at other times. She has times when she cannot sleep and many days when she is so so tired. I tried ring GP but no appointments for at least a week, no emergency ones today and only GP I could speak was Dr Crap so I declined. I will try again tomorrow. I worry about leaving her at home with all of my medication here - I think I will take it to work tomorrow. I think today was a panic attack. I am not sure how to help her as everything I say seems to be the wrong thing.

She said that she has nothing to look forward to, no friends and no life...... I feel that I should try and organise a week away in UK as this would be cheapest. (not been away for several years) Might do me some good too. But it does mean that I will not be able to cut my hours at work as I will not be able to afford to save with a £300 drop in my income a month. I feel gutted as my health has been so fragile recently and even being at work for two days this week has increased my pain levels.

I am so sorry to off load - and not really about house work I know - but I feel at a loss of what to suggest or how to support her.

I think a holiday may be too mch for at the moment and she might slip back into the same mood when she returns. Has she got a diagnosis? Probably working on her daily routine would be best, making time to do relaxation of some sort (do you have fitness tv? they have good relaxation half hours on sometimes). maybe a visualisation or meditation cd, you could do this together perhaps? It sounds like you need some time out too, even just going for a coffee with a friend. hugs x x x

Dustykitten

Painting finished but I don't feel like gardening now.

I need to tidy up the dust sheets and then I think a sitting down job like bank statements until school run time.

Jassa

Hi :j
Ouch! and hugs to the accident-prone this week.

Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc AreaDONE!!
Level One
[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Collect all the dirty laundry [/STRIKE]

Extras

1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms DONE
2. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes Thanks to Anniversary Declutter I ended up with a bagful from DD - but working my way through them
3. replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it DONE
4. clear a clutter spot in the bathroom andmake it clean and decluttered! erm.. shelf is still a bit cluttered with DD's giveaways

Hope everyone is OK. HHE done. HHI needs to be done. Will need to have words with DH as he keeps leaving the Study/former Room of Doom in a mess when he works from home - may threaten to lock him in there next time until he tidies up after himself :mad:

Jx

kezlou

Right update of list, so i know where i am.

Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe down tiles in bathroom[/STRIKE].. [STRIKE]defragment your pc while doing this.[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush (waiting for the floor to dry before i tackle it)
[STRIKE]Clear any clutter from desk [/STRIKE][STRIKE]
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins! [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Collect all the dirty laundry [/STRIKE]
Extras

1. [STRIKE]Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms [/STRIKE]
2. [STRIKE]Fling all those empty bottles and tubes[/STRIKE]
3. [STRIKE]replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it[/STRIKE]
4. clear a clutter spot in the bathroom and make it clean and decluttered!

jobs to be done
make bread
use up going south fruit
paint kitchen ceiling
hang clothes out
finish cushion
mend DH's work trousers - just need to fix the other knee pad and resew the button
find placement

kezlou

Well the ustairs toilet is done, now it's the downstairs bathroom, which needs fully sorting out.
At the moment its got stuff in which were using for the kitchen. So going to try and reorganise it in a bit.

found an enormous minging spider in there i swear it was going to eat me. Managed to trap it in a box and release it outside.*shivers down spine*
Got rid of a load of clothes with the recycling, so far so good.
Reorganised the desk, toys and paints.

Now just going to another cuppa, pick up DS2 from school and carry on fixing DH's trousers.

helen_jelly

Me - thought I would add what I think, when I got depressed a holiday was the last thing I could think about - getting through the day was enough, my Mum spent alot of time with me, we went for little walks, had coffee somewhere and we talked about any old stuff, just talking to another human being helped, we did little and often so I didn't get tired and so that I had litle treats to look forward to but nothing too big that would overwhelm me. A holiday would just paper over the cracks, cripple you financially and do neither of you any good in the long run but I do think a day away from all the carp would be a good idea - just take it slowly for both of your sakes [have you got some relatives somewhere that would put you up for a night or name an area on here that you would like to visit and see if someone can come up with some cheap places to stay/visit] and get some medical help if she will go. Really hope things improve for your DD and for you too

Helen x

PS Flying - decluttered some money at M&S site for some new undies

hex2

Mudbath wrote: »

Just a quick hello! I'm defintely off list this week - today I'm spring cleaning the kitchen. I've started in one corner and am literally scrubbing inch by inch! Window, tiles, cupboards.....everything. Throwing loads out and reorganising what's left.

Me too - so you are not suffering on your own. I started at the back door and am working in.

Dustykitten wrote: »

I don't feel like gardening

Pardon? Clearly an out of cheese error .

I have dehomed lots of poor innocent spiders and had a good scrub of the back hall, back door and the cloakroom. Have started on the kitchen but it is currently in an upside down state.

I also did 15 mins of gardening - so cleaned out the greenhouse ready for disinfecting, onion sets planted in modules so grow some roots (so the pest hens hopefully don't steal them this year) and sowed some sweet peas ready for the new border in the front. Feel much better for it :A.

LameWolf

Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms Done
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this. Done
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush Done
Clear any clutter from desk Done
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!! Done
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc Done all I can get to.
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc Mats cleaned; no blind/curtains.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins! All bins done.
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required Done
Collect all the dirty laundry All in wash bin (not enough for a load yet).
Extras

1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms Done all I can get to.
2. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes None to fling; just one nearly empty which will go after my bath tomorrow morning.
3. replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it All OK.
4. clear a clutter spot in the bathroom and make it clean and decluttered! Bathroom all clean and decluttered (no actual hotspot, really)

Phew!! Wednesday all done.:j

funfairprincess

Funfairs list of daily dreads
(not in any sort of order!)
If all else fails


Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining roomAll done!
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Extras

1. Binbag dance
   
2. Wipe small appliances

Tuesday ~ Living room, Hallway, StairsAll done!

Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Extras

• Clean out your handbag.. how many receipts??

Wednesday ~ Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Wipe down tiles in bathroom..
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Extras

1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
2. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
3. replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it
4. clear a clutter spot in the bathroom andmake it clean and decluttered!

Since my last post I have lunched the kids and decluttered them back to school, washed up, did some relaxation, phoned the WM repair boy he's getting back to me before 5 and parceled up ebay sales for OH to take to the PO on his way back into work. Decluttered the money from the sales on some Karen Millen (2x trousers, 1xtop) I think it may have paid for a hem;)

Right off to do the bathroom I like cleaning it now it's all nicely decorated:T Oh! and when OH was at the tip last night he picked me up a lovely chrome unit on casters for my towels so that's been cleaned up now and looks like new, very pleased with it espec. since it was free:T:T

soappie

Afternoon all and welcome Jellybaby

Shame the pheasant got away Dusty - it would have been nice in a casserole

I'm struggling big time today. My back started going into spasm on the way to work. It's not been right since that leaflet delivering on Sunday. I sort of hobbled into the office. Then discovered that one of the girls is a qualified masseuse so down the medical room we go. She managed to ease things off to stop it going into spasm but it's now v. sore and tender.

And, to my chagrin, on the bus this morning I was offered a seat by a young girl Then when a slightly obviously pregnant lady got on and I offered her my seat she refused. :o I must be beginning to look really old.....

But I shall hobble off and do the stars then scrub the bathroom.