Weekly Flylady Thread 7th June 2010

Penelope_Penguin

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It has been brought to my notice that some people object to the chattiness on this thread.

This puts me in a difficult position, as I'm a BG, who often posts chatty posts here.

If anyone has any issues with this, please will they contact abuse, and make their feelings know through the correct channels. Abuse's e-mail address is in my sig.

If anyone has issues with my behaviour in particular, a polite PM to me will work wonders, or you can conatct abuse as before.

This isn't a plea for supportive PMs - I'm absolutely fine just gutted at the footie result

Penelope_Penguin

Monday ~ Kitchen and dining room!

Extras

1. dust and deweb.. make sure you do any blinds/lightshades too!
2. Sort through a cupboard.. Only put back what you will use..freecycle or fling anything else!
3. bake a cake/buns or prepare a new meal for our family!

Tuesday ~ Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Extras

1. clear a hotspot or 3!
   
2. Clean a window or two.

Wednesday ~ Bedroom & Landing
Extras

1. Clean the windows

Thursday - Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One ~ done
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean baths/shower, toilets, don't forget under the rim! and sinks
[/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
Level Three ~ done
[STRIKE]Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc whatever needs cleaning.
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. and delete 10 dead/unused links from your favourites!
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Collect any stray laundry from upstairs. [/STRIKE]

Extras

1. Wipe the paintwork in these rooms
2. Clean the radiators in these rooms
3. Wash the windows in these rooms.. and shine the mirrors

Friday- those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One ~ done
[STRIKE]Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!! paint your nails, make an appointment to have your hair done, a lovely soak in the bath.. whatever you feel like!! I'm having my nails done this morning as usual[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
[/STRIKE]Level Two ~ done
[STRIKE]Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!![/STRIKE][STRIKE]
[/STRIKE]Level Three
Clean 2 windows
Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors

Extras

1. [STRIKE]Wash a set of curtains, nets, duvet or throw
   
2. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames! [/STRIKE]
3. Sort through one box or toys.. if you have no children find a box of junk.. is there anything that needs to go?
4. End of week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

soappie

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

BOARD GUIDE INSERT

It has been brought to my notice that some people object to the chattiness on this thread.

This puts me in a difficult position, as I'm a BG, who often posts chatty posts here.

If anyone has any issues with this, please will they contact abuse, and make their feelings know through the correct channels. Abuse's e-mail address is in my sig.

If anyone has issues with my behaviour in particular, a polite PM to me will work wonders, or you can conatct abuse as before.

This isn't a plea for supportive PMs - I'm absolutely fine just gutted at the footie result

Pen Pen - I have no issues with your chattiness whatsoever. Re your previous post and the silliness in the Arms, I hope you've noted my invention of a new word - "Endemolism". I hope it'll be in common usage soon - remember - you read here first on Money Saving Expert :rotfl:

Oh - flying - I have decluttered my steak and salad with baby new potatoes and have tidied some things up but there is a bit more washing up to do at some point...

Penelope_Penguin

soappie wrote: »

Pen Pen - I have no issues with your chattiness whatsoever. Re your previous post and the silliness in the Arms, I hope you've noted my invention of a new word - "Endemolism". I hope it'll be in common usage soon - remember - you read here first on Money Saving Expert :rotfl:

I did Endemolism - the process by which popular culture is dumbed down to such an extent that no further depths can be plumbed? (did you see my pun there )

I've never seen Big Brother, but from what I read today, it's reached new depths

Do I remember that you have a particular interest in Bazalgete?

Name, Soappie; specialist subject, the Victorian sewers of London :rotfl:

soappie

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

I did Endemolism - the process by which popular culture is dumbed down to such an extent that no further depths can be plumbed?

Brilliant :T I come up with the word, you save the Oxford dictionary people the problem of writing a proper defintion for it because you've already done it. :T

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Do I remember that you have a particular interest in Bazalgete?

Name, Soappie; specialist subject, the Victorian sewers of London :rotfl:

You're right, I have an interest - one of Sir Joseph's sons is one of the blokes I've been researching all these years :cool:

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

You a musician JoJo?Cool. Was there any saxophone?

MK, the only good bit is Stony Stratford *ducks*

Nope. I can get a rudimentary tune out of most instruments (and a few household items if I need to entertain a small child ), but I'm more of a techie. No sax, but there was a 8 month old Steinway D Concert Grand in the studio.

Like this -


And I was sitting here



Even the mics were fifteen hundred quid's worth of AKG C414s - the same as used by the BBC - so if you think the sound quality is good on the Archers, that's the quality I was dealing with.

My London senses were all yelling at me 'don't use the underpasses! Don't walk through the car parks!' but as far as I could see, that was what I was supposed to do. Felt like I was going through one humungeous industrial estate. (Sorry to concrete cow lovers everywhere!)


I just have to save up for some private engineer training now, as it was so much fun!

soappie

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

My London senses were all yelling at me 'don't use the underpasses! Don't walk through the car parks!' but as far as I could see, that was what I was supposed to do. Felt like I was going through one humungeous industrial estate. (Sorry to concrete cow lovers everywhere!)

Milton Keynes was an interesting experiment. A new town, built with idealistic planning visions.

Lots of cycle tracks and of course underpasses and car parks

I happened to meet an MK town planner about 10 years or so ago and we discussed the cycle paths that were remote (and therefore ideal for muggers etc) the underpasses, the car parks etc. :eek:

Seems from what he said, the layout of the town (or conurbation as it seems to be now) was an experiment and that yes, the experiment didn't quite pan out...

Such is life...

pigpen

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

BOARD GUIDE INSERT

It has been brought to my notice that some people object to the chattiness on this thread.

This puts me in a difficult position, as I'm a BG, who often posts chatty posts here.

If anyone has any issues with this, please will they contact abuse, and make their feelings know through the correct channels. Abuse's e-mail address is in my sig.

If anyone has issues with my behaviour in particular, a polite PM to me will work wonders, or you can conatct abuse as before.

This isn't a plea for supportive PMs - I'm absolutely fine just gutted at the footie result

In a word.. tough.. we agreed ages and ages ago because the thread runs mon-fri the weekends would be permitted to be filled with chatter.. and so long as a post has some flying content it was fine.. Just because some nutter on another board got in a snit why should we change what we do..

I did wonder earlier whether having an anonymous BG Id as well as your personal one might protect the BG's from the abuse they have hurled at them when expressing their opinions.. I know the siggys say the content of the posts is your own not the opinion of the site owners but it seems to be happening all the more frequently that BG's are being persecuted for their position and opinion.. that was what I meant by my earlier post on the dark side.. not that you shouldn't be allowed to have an opinion.

And I think almost everyone on this site is an opinionated pig-headed so-and-so.. and I am definitely included in that! What a boring place it would be if we all had the same thoughts.

Now, Stop being such a drama queen.. you let too many people bother you with their nattering.. if we want you to shut up we will tell you.. ok?

So, shut up and go to polish your chickens!

pigpen

hey look.. this won't happen often.. last to bed and first up..

I have been awake for about an hour.. and trying to decide if I am hungry enough to go foraging or just slob here for a bit.. everyone is still snoring. Wish I was!!!!!!!

I may go do some knitting actually... I finished the other cardy eventually.. it took ages as I was bored of the colour.. there are 3 from the same huge ball. I started a lemon one which is a nice pattern but very dull!

aytch

Phew, what a week, been unable to post since last weekend ... hectic at work! Just seen OH off on a golf 3 day away jolly, so today am catching up quietly and better still the house will stay tidy and stuff will get a chance to relax in its rightful places.
jobs to do today
1. ironing
2. De hair the dog
3. Plant new garden green stuff
4. defrost fridge

..... all this as well as usual vac and tidy!

Have a lovely Sunday