Weekly Flylady Thread 5th April 2010

LilySue

Back from Essex....exhausted from having walked round ££££dsis's new estate.....very weird to see how someone you have grown up with is now so wealthy and how it changes so many things( But she did give me a couple of pheasants left over from her shoot to bring home )

Just got my dailies done and now off to bed..........

Edinburghlass_2

soappie wrote: »

Well done :T:T:T

But it's important not to burn yourself out at the start. Just try for level ones for a couple of weeks. It WILL get easier as it goes on xxx

There are different levels :eek:

liuhut

Well…I’m getting there. Just on the phone to the bank and then off to work in 20 mins, plan to try to half the list tonight…

Easter Monday ~ Surprise!
Level One
Sweep and mop
Level Two
Level Three
Complete ALL your dailies!

It's Bank Holiday.. go enjoy yourselves!

Tuesday ~ Living/family areas.
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
Vacuum under furniture you can move safely
Sort out ALL the paperwork strewn about.. put it all in a heap and work through it!

Extras

1. Sort a pile of stuff you have beenignoring for an age!

Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Remove and wash bed linen.
Level 2
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen
Level 3
Sort through a box or bag of stuff you've not looked at in months..
Extras

1. Wipe grotty paintwork.. touch up any bits that are looking shabby

Thursday - The Land of 'Spare Oom' and the neighbouring 'Land of Child Grot'
Level One
Strip the beds that need doing
Level Two
Wipe windows, pc's, screens etc
Level Three
Wipe away any sticky messes and grub-spots
Turn mattresses and remake the beds
Extras


write three letters to post home – done envelopes…need to post

Sort new Shower head – once OH has taken then down!!!

AnW'sMum

Dusty glad DS has settled, I hope you all have a better night.

I have just been looking at the list of approved counter signatories for passports and realise even in my pleb status I can counter sign applications :eek: Knew DH always could but he is rather indisposed at the moment!

Anyway I am off to bed, it's the factory for me tomorrow. I wonder what atmosphere I will walk into, not expecting it to be great but hey ho it will soon be the weekend.

toochoosey

Everyone gone to bed....do I have to go back to Facebook??? or bed????

greenbee

I went out in the end. It was nice, but a it's a long way to go for a chat and a couple of non-alcoholic drinks! Still, it's only every couple of months. And it did me good after having worked from home so much recently. Having said that, I won't feel like dragging myself into the office tomorrow now, so I think i'll give up on that for this week.

Off to make my hot water bottle, try on the new gym kit that arrived to day and head off to bed.

Tooch... go to bed :p

toochoosey

greenbee, sorry, facebook already on!!! Won't be too long though.........

Facebook games being soooo slow I may be in bed a bit sooner!!!

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Despite further general grumbliness and aches, AF has still not made her appearance after over a week (but there can be NO pleasant reason for this, it's just to annoy me, I think).

So I went to take my ire out on the DAETH TRAP [sic]. I was going to start on DD2, but then I decided to have a proper look at DD1's unused corner of the room.


[choke]
[sneeze]
[gag]
[whistling sound as JJTT reaches boil]

At midday +1 minute, the bin bags came out and DD2 asked 'should we really be doing her private stuff, Mummy?' (DD1 is very territorial and refused to do anything remotely connected to DD2's mess as 'It's not me making the mess there').

Oh yes, sweetie, we really should.

The only reason I stopped at 6pm was that after
9 bags of krap, gibble, cat hair, cat vomit,
2 pairs of shoes she was told to throw away 4 years ago because they didn't fit her, 2 pairs of shoes she insisted on having but never wore because it didn't fit the image the boyfriend liked (but fit me so brand new shoes, just needed dusting), 2 pairs of cheap boots, 1 pair of my suede boots
1 pair of my high heeled boots (which I never wear, but neither did she because she couldn't walk in them - or find them under the krap)

a whole secondary school career with accompanying books, paper, unused notepads,
5 carrier bags of pens, pencils and chalks (all of which she insisted she didn't have and must have cash to get), 3 stone of out of date cosmetics & toiletries, 7 maths sets (none of which existed when DD2 needed one),
4 scientific calculators (none of which existed when I needed one and, in fact, I was supposed to have taken and lost)
My old work adding machine from the accountant's
Empty envelopes, a carrier bag full of bits of blank paper,
A secret stash of sweets and wrappers
A lot of things that belonged to DD2
and £22.80 in loose change hidden in various purses and bags + £5 WHSmith voucher

I had run out of bin bags and was ready to hunt her down and make her come back to sort it, boyfriend or not. But I didn't. I restrained myself and left her with 3 small boxes of proper sentimental possessions.

DD2 was shocked. So was I - you would think the idiot girl had a religious objection to using the vaccuum cleaner, she had obviously deliberately switched the vaccuum on for 10 minutes at a time to make the noise and not actually touched it to the floor for about 4 years.

No wonder she had to take antihistamines everyday for her asthma - and there was me getting all tearful and guilty because the mould was getting out of control and I thought it was that causing her problems! It's not as if I hadn't told her each time to make sure she did more than the bit by the door.

DD2 is delighted. She is now promising that she will do every single scrap of under her bed, top of chest of drawers and the bookcase tomorrow (it's all that's left to do now) before KH comes to pick her up for a long weekend, because 'you've made the air in here clean for me to breathe, Mummy'

Whilst I was wedged under DD1's bed, DD2 answered the door and took delivery of a parcel - she doesn't know it's the USB microscope for her birthday in June!

Decluttered six slices of toast and 3 cups of tea this evening as I hadn't had a thing all day. Gave DD2's wonky hypermobile feet and legs a massage as she sat on the back of the sofa grumbling at Masterchef, turned away to drink my tea, when I looked back, she had fallen asleep on it with the cat climbing on to her back for a free snuggle!


Looking back, I should have channelled my inner Pigpen more often, I think.

Will have to hit the kitchen [STRIKE]tomorrow[/STRIKE] later today, as it got neglected today. My room is pretty fine, just need to do some wardrobe filling in there.

[collapses in frazzled heap]

love to all that need it!

toochoosey

Facebook put to sleep and I am on my way....goodnight all and continued hugs (gentle ones for those with broken/sore/poorly limbs xx) to all in need xx

juliejim

Morning All

I'm up and dressed and about to put the WM on.

Greenbee - I was looking forward to meeting you - if you go for your walk at 6am will that work!:p

I'm tired this morning - said bye to my DH at 5.10 this morning - I'll now see him on Sunday.

Have a good day all

Hugs

Jue