Weekly Flylady Thread 26th April 2010

greenbee

AnW'sMum wrote: »

I fear it will take me 400 hours :eek: 14 lots listed and finally checked (I always check them once live) pc rebooted AGAIN, something is slowing it big style and I am getting ever so slightly hacked off with it.

There appear to be bandwidth problems generally on internet traffic. we've been having trouble with webcasts and voice over IP telephony all day.

Personally I blame the election

AnW'sMum

I agree in part but this machine is about 5 years old and there is a lot of junk on here that I don't really need but it is all tied up emotionally (stupid I know!) with DH. Whilst a clean reinstall would solve a lot of the issues it is v out of date in reality I need to replace it. I am undecided on a desk top or a laptop though, I like a 'proper' keyboard and mouse but can see the advantages of a laptop. Coupled with the fact that I seemed to have been Miss Scattercash recently I am trying to put off unnecessary expense at this point.

toochoosey

greenbee wrote: »

There appear to be bandwidth problems generally on internet traffic. we've been having trouble with webcasts and voice over IP telephony all day.

Personally I blame the election

Maybe thats why mine has been playing up????


Bed all done, just need to wipe down kitchen surfaces and it's off to bed we go.........well soon anyway............

Sammy_Girl

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

sammy nice to see you over here.

dw unloaded and reloaded, the effing car is broken again, it has been to land rover to have the same thing fixed three times, and still broke. Grrr.

Thanks GFH Well, I had to keep my mind occupied with something other than BD'ing Sorry about the car, hope you get it resolved soon x

Well, my first day of flying has gone off to a flying start My list below. Fingers crossed the bathroom is tomorow cos mine could do with a good spring clean

Night all x


Level One
[STRIKE]Open the window and air the room
Strip off smelly bedding and sling it in the wash[/STRIKE]

Level Two
[STRIKE]Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet (I dangle mine over the washing line if it's nice)
remake bed with the clean bedding
Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
Find 10 things to get rid of![/STRIKE]

Level Three
[STRIKE]Vacuum the landing and bedroom.. starting at the bottom of the stairs!!!!
Remove anything that should be elsewhere and all the hotspots!!!
Remove some dust bunnies and wipe over the light shades
[/STRIKE]

Extras
[STRIKE]HHI
Clean the windows[/STRIKE]

AnW'sMum

Right 5 more listings sorted and uploading then I am off to bed.

Will try and get 5 more before work in the morning.

Night all

greenbee

AnW'sMum wrote: »

I agree in part but this machine is about 5 years old and there is a lot of junk on here that I don't really need but it is all tied up emotionally (stupid I know!) with DH. Whilst a clean reinstall would solve a lot of the issues it is v out of date in reality I need to replace it. I am undecided on a desk top or a laptop though, I like a 'proper' keyboard and mouse but can see the advantages of a laptop. Coupled with the fact that I seemed to have been Miss Scattercash recently I am trying to put off unnecessary expense at this point.

A laptop is more energy efficient, and more flexible. I use mine on a stand, and have a 'proper' keyboard and mouse attached to it

I suggest the first thing you do is get yourself an external hard drive (or ipod!) and transfer all the data that you want to keep over to it. You'll need it anyway if you get a new laptop. That way you can do a clean install which will resolve things, and then put all the crap back, so keeping the stuff that you have an emotional attachment to, but taking some of the strain off the poor old PC. It's not silly to feel like that, but it is silly to make your own life harder because of it. I'm sure DH wouldn't want you to (thinking of the incident with the christmas lights, you'd better be careful, as if you don't sort it out soon he might do it for you, and if you don't have a backup it might be very inconvenient!)

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Monday stuff done today.

[STRIKE]Monday ~ Kitchen

Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum floor
Clear and wipe work surfaces

Level Two
Wipe units and large appliances
Give one small appliance a good clean!
Scrub the oven and hob

Level Three
Wipe the table, replace the cloth if needed and dust and deweb!
Descale irons, kettles, coffee makers etc
Clean through the pan cupboard and sort those plastic tubs!
[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]Extras
Slop out the fridge..
Scrub the tiles
Pair up the odd socks!
Clean any pet bedding/poo trays/stinky tanks etc
[/STRIKE]


Tuesday - Sitting Room and Hallway

Level One
[STRIKE]Open the windows and turn on some music!
Dust the fluffy electricals
Declutter the chairs[/STRIKE], floor and fireplace

Level Two
Vacuum the floor now it is visible
Pile all hotspots into one heap and sort through it all.. File/shred as appropriate
Clean any glass.. pictures, windows, mirrors etc

Level Three
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Wipe sofas and dusty places
[STRIKE]HHC in the hallway.. sort those coats and shoes and mess!! Can you wash and put away winter ones yet?[/STRIKE]

Extras
Freshen up any soft furnishings
[STRIKE]Binbag dance... grab a bag fill it and fling it!
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Wash windows so the springy sunshine can get in..
Wipe the woodwork in these areas[/STRIKE]



Wednesday - Bedroom of Duvet-nia & Landing of Loveliness

Level One
[STRIKE]Open the window and air the room
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Strip off smelly bedding and sling it in the wash[/STRIKE]

Level Two
Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet (I dangle mine over the washing line if it's nice)
remake bed with the clean bedding
Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
[STRIKE]Find 10 things to get rid of!
[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Vacuum the bedroom
Remove anything that should be elsewhere and all the hotspots!!!
Remove some dust bunnies and wipe over the light shades

Extras
Wash any curtains that need doing
HHI
Clean the windows



My Personal List

[STRIKE]Monday
1. Get Ocado order
2. Stare blankly at coursework on acoustics and get nowhere fast
3. WM/TD/Airer on balcony/Put Away/Chase DD to put hers away/Return next door's cat from balcony.
4. Ignore everything else as trying to do coursework, but very little making sense.
5. Continue coursework stress through wee small hours to OMG What Time Do You Call This Hours with limited success. 30% complete and not entirely certain I have done it right. Bit on reverberation and auditorium design appears to be OK though. The actual tone generation and analysis looks totally wrong.
6. Ignore next door's cat yelling to come in balcony door.
[/STRIKE]
Tuesday
[STRIKE]1. Have First Driving Lesson in 8 years :eek:
2. Realise that 8 years is a long time in car manufacture - the brand new Ford Focus with 80 miles on the clock, in the possession of the instructor for 15 minutes by the time he got to me, was so very different from anything I have ever driven before. There's so much power in it!
3. Realise that all the confidence I had been building up last time I took driving lessons has all disappeared and I have become a nervous, completely uncoordinated learner! How did that happen?
4. WM/Airer/Put Away/Return next door's cat from balcony.
5. DW
6. Have DD announce she doesn't want to go to Brownies any more. Fair enough, one job less. Return next door's cat.
7. Resume coursework, armed with A3 pad and marker pens. Strangely, I think it is beginning to form a structure. Declutter 3rd coffee.
8. Declutter more coffee every hour
9. Have caffeine induced alteration of consciousness which send essay part of answer off onto discussion of concept of consonance and dissonance in music with particular reference to E7#9 in Purple Rain, Robert Plant vs Jimmy Page F# Phrygian in Immigrant Song and dramatic effect of dissonant chords in Pink Floyd. How I knew about these examples, I have no idea.
[/STRIKE]
Wednesday

1[STRIKE]. Submit coursework.
2. Resubmit 25 minutes later when I realise that I attached the wrong mp3 file.
3. WM/Airer x 3
4. Return next door's cat.
5. Sleep for couple of hours.
6. Coffee.
7. Return next door's cat.
8. Driving instructor had last minute cancellation - did I want lesson free? . Still rubbish but strangely much better coming back on 40mph road with lots of roundabouts than I did on little side roads.
9. Breakfast at 4pm.
10. Retrieve next door's cat from under bed. Return to sender.
11. Put cup in kitchen.
12. Retrieve next door's cat from behind sofa. Return to sender.
13. Allow DD to go to friend's for tea.
14. SOADFA
15. DD back. Eat ice cream from van. Chase DD to put washing away.
16. Collapse in heap hoping rest of week is less tiring.
17. Realise coffee consumption probably means I won't sleep more than about an hour here and there until Saturday.[/STRIKE]



Question: Wouldn't breeding shoes become rather painful?

greenbee

jojo - why does next door's cat like it so much round at your house?

oh... and if you can't sleep.... I have LOTS of work that needs doing...

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

The perfect way to spend my 2000th post!

'jojo - why does next door's cat like it so much round at your house?'

It'll be the word MUG printed on my forehead, invisible to all but animals.

At least, that's the only thing I can think of.


I am a bit baffled by the way animals seem to find me irresistible. Not that I usually complain, I've found them easier to deal with than people all my life. It's dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, wild animals, the lot. Even horses seem to like me (or want to do as I please rather than the other way round)!

Thinking about it, that concurs with the driving lesson nerves - I wasn't nervous at all on horseback on a narrow road with cars coming past, but feel more tense in the car somehow.

If I had a house with a garden, I would be sorely tempted to have a big pond, nestboxes, insect homes, hedgehog kennels, everything. As it is, I am left with 3 unruly mogs of my own and until recently, a few Hawkmoth pupae overwintering on the balcony. Plus (judging by the cats' reaction) a spider living round the back of the scratching post

I am permanently fighting against the moulting fur onslaught!

greenbee

jojo - if you're prepared to put your life in your hand riding an animal with a brain the size of a walnut along narrow roads with cars going past, then controlling a car yourself should be a doddle... the car is pretty much guaranteed to do what you tell it to and you don't need to be any more worried about the other cars that you would be if you were on a horse. All the other drivers will be at best muppets and at worst psychopaths with a death wish... but that's no change, you're already used to them.

I was taught to drive my a great instructor who said that it was very important to remember that most of the rest of the drivers on the road were idiots and to assume that they would do something stupid. I've found it very useful advice, even now I've been driving long enough that I'm probably now one of the offendors!