Weekly Flylady Thread 21st June 2010

Dustykitten

pigpen wrote: »

There are about 10.. buzzing about under the guttering .. they do keep flying round the corner so Polly is going insane on the boys bedroom window trying to catch them through the glass!!

Send OH into the loft so see if there are any flying around in there.

Bill paid, money made dizzy, kitchen here I come.

lemanie

pigpen wrote: »

A beekeeper?? You are kidding me?!

PENPEN!!!!!!!!!!... How do you fancy keeping bees??????????

TBH though.. who would know if you DID kill them? Not that I want to because they are cute and fluffy.. wasps woud be dead already.

http://www.britishbee.org.uk/local_associations_about_us.php for if they are honey bees.

If mason bees, we accidently re-housed ours when we had some repointing done but they are solitary and it sounds like you have a few and apparently they make excellent garden pets.

MissHiggerty

Finally, finally I have finished:

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/STRIKE]
Empty the Pan cupboard!! Sort those oven trays, tighten handles on pans. Sorry - not today; but did an extra instead... and I had a handyman round to change a dripping tap and mend the gate (does that count?) :cool:
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sweep and mop floors
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there![/STRIKE] and cleared out/cooked the shallots in the cellar making room for this year's
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary) [/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round.. lightshades need doing!
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Oven and hob degrotting!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms, and any other glass![/STRIKE]
Dust/clean/wash any blinds or curtains
HHI .. bit of a catch up!!
Sort your drawer of large cutlery things.. slotted spoons, spatulas.. clean out the drawer, flin the things you don't need/use and make it all neat and tidy!

Hooray! At last - a list crossed off. Am looking forward to coq au vin tonight: it smells yummy. We've got baby jerseys and peas from the garden; and I've bought a profiterole stack from M&S to celebrate on the way back from school: DD just heard that she got into the county youth orchestra today (though strictly speaking she's 2 years too young to qualify). :j:j:j Audition was ages ago, just after she had her appendix op (not good when you have to play the cello!) so we weren't too hopeful...

MissH
xxxxxx

Valli

voiceofreason wrote: »

How do, y'all. Ah, so another week of FlyChapping; seems to be going pretty well and the thing is, even if I don't manage get every(/any?)thing on the list done, it's concentrating my mind nicely into getting something done. This can't be a bad thing, can it?

Happily I was planning to do a bit of a tidy in the dining-room this evening, and scrub down the cooker-hob before making tea too, so it all kinda fits in nicely - but even if not, I'm finding more getting done in the house of a day. And to be honest, I'm not really noticing that I'm "losing" any spare time over it - which is a good thing.

But there must be something sticking - yesterday I found myself scrubbing out the bath and wash basin; I'd only gone in the bathroom to change the towels.......

Joy of the day to you, boys and girls

see it's doable! Give them my joy (waves at all flymates) I have my own;)

AnW'sMum wrote: »

I don't believe it *said in best Victor Meldrew voice* Just had an email from school saying kids can be collected early tomorrow (at 2.30 instead of 3pm) because of the England match kicking off at 3pm.

I am livid now football is being put above children's education :mad: it would never happen for any other sport no matter how 'important' the occasion.

Rant off!

erm
*cof*
I thought the match was Wednesday?

and yours is not the only school:o doing this and at this point I am going schtum just-in-case

I can think of FAR better things to do than watch the footy;)

cyclingyorkie

the match is Wednesday - it starts before DD2's last exam has finished.

I was talking to an exam invigilator and one school (don't know which one ) has changed the time of the exam on Wednesday so that people can watch the match!

Personally I think that's going too far!

Dustykitten

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

the match is Wednesday - it starts before DD2's last exam has finished.

I was talking to an exam invigilator and one school (don't know which one ) has changed the time of the exam on Wednesday so that people can watch the match!

Personally I think that's going too far!

What time is her exam out of interest and how long is it?

Valli - if I want to make strawberry jam how ripe do I want the strawberries, under, just or over? Do I use equal amount of sugar to jam? Do I need jam sugar (I have half a bag left so thought I use it up)

Craftyscholar

Think I need a 'summer list' (that is if we ever get summer)

Get guttering painted - hopefully organised for July
Repaint hand-rails - DONE
paint bottom bricks round house
Sealant for shed roof - DONE Two coats!!!
Second coat of preservative on shed
Sort 'odd' corner of grass (possibly more paving slabs)
Get someone to dig out old shrubs

Valli

Dusty - under/just ripe

'fruit for jam making should be firm, under ripe or only just ripe and fresh'

Stawberries are low in pectin so you need jam sugar OR granulated sugar and lemon juice

your proportions are 1lb stawberries to 1lb sugar you can go SLIGHTLY over with your fruit...

mummyyof5

Quick update....Levels 1 and 2 done

All 7 beds stripped washed and remade
3 dozen cupcakes made and iced....need to put dishwasher on again now

Cushion covers washed

WM x4

Recycling cleared

OH decluttered to Lake District for the week

Bag taken to Charity shop...books I thought I would need to order from library were all in stock

Copy of highway code purchased for DD2...first driving lesson on Sunday:eek::eek:...my poor brother...(he is a driving instructor) by the way and yes we do still have to pay him:(:(


Have to say I am very lucky as no one here likes football so dont have to suffer watching it

Right off for an early bath as I am babysitting BabyD tonight..DD1 off out and if my LO doesnt stop screaming hes up for sale!!!!!

mummyslittleboy

I just nipped out to have car MOT'd me stood there trying to look at MOT tester in dread of him failing my car and it...............passed:j:j:j:j:j

One advisory though:mad: so will ring other garage tomorrow and get a price and recalculate my budget;)

Good news is both girls schools aren't closing early for football on wednesday so I don't have to write a letter of complaint:D