Weekly Flylady Thread 13th December 2010

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Hugs and a glass fo whatever you fancy required all round I think? Especially Lamewolf, PenPen, Vanilla and Valli
Toots :santa2: thankyou!
PenPen - horrified for you and the people who needed the service, but also e-mail is !!!! poor practice, stunned that an organisation who advise mistreated people would behave this way. I always look people in the face when I deliver the bad news, and I will not work for anyone who expects different. It isn't nice but at the end of the day it is what I would expect, and am paid to do.

House is no better - and first visitors are now due Sunday. I am working tomorrow, and have no more child free time prior to the big day. The playroom is nearly done, and I have done all the ironing backlog and so on - so it is achievable with a bit of focus. No energy and shattered after a busy few days which makes it more challenging.

boddy

Wednesday - no laughing.. KITCHEN!! ALL DONE


Been to Mr As twice today and xmas shopping finished. Met DD for lunch. More wrapping done and sorted into piles. Have been to a friends to deliver their xmas cards.

LW and Mr LW. Big Hugs.
vanilla Hugs.
Soappie Hope DD is recovering ok.
valli. Hugs. I still feel the same about my bathroom and its been about a year since it was done.

Hugs and spoons to those that need them. Specially Toots. Lady L. Diva and LW.

Triker

helen_jelly wrote: »

Does anyone else have a child who is incredibly fussy about eating - I'm getting beside myself with annoyance at the continual battle over what to cook for tea for my DD and its now getting to be an issue - would really appreciate some advice on how to get her to eat food without all the " I don't want/like that" battles" - she is 10 now and still will only eat a few types of meals ie noodles and kievs, lasagne, noodles and kievs, toad in the hole, noodles and kievs - when she was a baby I fed here everything under the sun with the idea that I wouldn't have these probs now - she fixates on a food and will only eat that until she becomes sick of it - please help

Thank you
Helen

Yes!!

My 18 year old DD is exactly the same, carb obsessed if you ask me.

She will only eat noodles, pasta, lasagne, sometimes kievs, sausages...will not eat most vegetables, meat with bones in ie chicken on the bone, she will eat corn on the cob but not sweetcorn from a tin...go figure...oh and is also addicted to crisps.:o

I don't know the answer, its been a battle for years and if I'm frank I've given up.

She has bizarrely started eating bulgar wheat which she really likes.

Shopping done again, need to assess pressies, think it's literally just stocking fillers now.

Just made some pots of gold for DD2 friends at school, she's finishes for holidays tomorrow, wish I did.

Hubby still slaving doing the other bedroom, we should be in for christmas and DD2 will get the other room and finally will be out of the box room.

Huge hugs to all those going through it at the mo. Seems the world is turning upside down for many, you have my sympathy. xxx





Also Toots where are you hun, not seen you about for a while, hope you're ok and not too cold and snowed in again. Huggles winging their way up to you.

Lady L...ditto, hope you're ok me duck. xx

Mumto5

Sexymouse How lovely that you saw Lady L. Festive greetings to you both x

More progress made with the ironing hill. I've done 10 of DH's shirts
He is away tonight but can't be booked out on Saturday so he is deffo coming home tomorrow:T

One of the Mum's from DS3's class is emigrating on 2nd Jan to Texas for her husband's job. She's having a drink in the local tomorrow night so we will go and blacken our noses.

DS1 & 2 have been driving me crackers tonight. They always bicker when DH is away. I really don't have the patience to deal with it and they have the strength I am lacking.

Night all. Sweet dreams.

Lady-Liberty

Hi Everyone .....

sexymouse wrote: »

Hugs to all who need or want them, and hi to LadyL if you're reading this. Let me know if you need anything tomorrow wiv MrL away (if he makes it on the train) - cuddles to the puddies too.
sexymouse xx

Thanks honey ... was lovley to see you too ... your number is on my favourites if I need anything xx

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

Wanders in nonchalantly, been here the whole time, honestly:whistle:

Welcome back ... you have been missed ... xx

Triker wrote: »

Also Toots where are you hun, not seen you about for a while, hope you're ok and not too cold and snowed in again. Huggles winging their way up to you.

Lady L...ditto, hope you're ok me duck. xx

Thanks Hun ... I'm not too bad ... I had a text from toots earlier ... I'll pass on your love xxx

Looks like lots of hugs are needed all round .... so help yourselves (((hugs))) xx

Valli

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

Need to get back on top of it before we get buried under the detritus.

i USED THAT WORD AT WORK ONCE - AND HAD TO EAPLAIN WHAT IT MEANT - TO MY boss :eek:

oo sorry didn't mean to shoiut

been to 'work' as we had second public performance of Y3/4/5 show so I thought I had better show willing, since we ask parents to bring their kids back. Really cold but since we had rain, then snow, then below zero temps things have frozen solid because they were wet

Have 'tested' an item from todays delivery in the interest of QC - they passed...;)

froddington

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

Wanders in nonchalantly, been here the whole time, honestly:whistle:

Hello Missed having you around (and Richie of course!) Hope you are all well xx

Huge hugs and coping vibes for LW and Mr LW. My thoughts and prayers are with you all. Please take care of yourselves and forget about the housework for now xx

I am soooooo pleased it's the last day of term tomorrow - I need to binge sleep!

Will catch up over the weekend.

Love, hugs and prayers to all especially Toots and L-L xx

Night all, sleep well xx

seafarers_wife

my list for tomorrow

bank to pay in cheques and cash gifts before i spend it.

check and check and check weather forcasts as planning to drive from durham to glasgow on tuesday :eek: weather dependent so hope its ok for me to drive up as planning on one of 2 routes, either down to scotch corner and over and then up the motorway or down to leeds and then up the motorway (this route is last resort as its longer time, mile and fuel wise) as my usual route to gretna before joining the motorway is lots of b roads which dont want to do if its icy or wet.

Monday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
Extras
Wrap all the presents for family/friends
Tuesday - living room, hallway, stairs
Level two
Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
Level three
Wipe the sofas and wash any skanky soft furnishings
Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs.
Wednesday - no laughing.. KITCHEN!!
Level one
Wipe the soot off the cupboards and appliances!
Level Two
Wipe the soot off the light fittings and window sills
Wipe the soot from in the fridge!
Wipe the soot from the table and the dining chairs!
Level Three
Remove the sooty webs and dusty corners!
Sweep and mop the sooty sticky fluffy covered in fireman boot print floor!
If you still have one... clean the cooker and hob!
Thursday - Master messroom! and landing
Level one
30 minutes floordrobe/junk clearing!!
Level Two
Vacuum the landing and floor
Clean the windows
Level Three
Wash any curtains/etc that are in need
Wipe down all the furry paintwork
Extras
Clean out any pets/wash pet bedding
binbag dance.
Friday -finale!
Level One
S&S the kitchen and bathroom
Level Two
Vacuum through the rooms that need it
Wash any grimy windows - living room outside windows
Level Three
Clean out the fridge
Clear out a grotty cupboard!

lauradora

Wednesday - no laughing.. KITCHEN!!
Level one
[STRIKE]Wipe the soot off the cupboards and appliances!
HHC in a RoD[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Wipe the soot off the light fittings and window sills
Wipe the soot from in the fridge!
Wipe the soot from the table and the dining chairs!
Level Three
Remove the sooty webs and dusty corners!
Sweep and mop the sooty sticky fluffy covered in fireman boot print floor!
If you still have one... clean the cooker and hob!


Extras

1. Clean filters and drawers and door seals
2. [STRIKE]Empty a wash basket of smokey laundry.. [/STRIKE]
3. Polish any smokey smudgey mirrors
4. [STRIKE]HHI[/STRIKE]

n.b. please feel free to substitute sooty/smokey for filthy/sticky/smelly/etc.. and make sure you have functional smoke alarms fitted!!!


Thursday - Master messroom! and landing
Level one
[STRIKE]Strip the bedding and get it washed!
30 minutes floordrobe/junk clearing!![/STRIKE]
Level Two
Vacuum the mattress, landing and floor
Remake the bed
Clean the windows
Level Three
Wash any curtains/etc that are in need
Wipe down all the furry paintwork
[STRIKE]Fill a binbag for charity shop or the bin!
[/STRIKE]
Extras

1. HHI
2. Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs
3. Clean out any pets/wash pet bedding
4. binbag dance.

So quite a good week so far for the first week back. got to at least level one every day So here hoping it will get a little easier next week.

Looking forward to tomorrows list, it must get done tomorrow so me and mr can have feet up time next week. Hope evryone had a good day xxxx

soappie

boddy wrote: »

Soappie Hope DD is recovering ok.

Thanks Boddy - she's doing OK. The valium and the numbing has worn off so she's in some pain. She made herself (and her boyfriend who caught the bus over - took him an hour to get from his to ours which is only about 4 miles!) some ham and pea soup this evening (I offered but she refused!) and she had hers all liquidised up. She did well - it tasted divine. She then drove BF home (I bit my tongue at the idea!) and is back here again, home safe. She'll sleep well tonight I think.

Oh - and I don't think I got around to saying how sorry I was to read about your Mum Boddy, so sad and you'll have a big hole in your life and your routine. It'll take time for you to adjust to your loss but you will, I'm sure.

No snow here yet - but the temp's dropped considerably. Tomorrow I need to do my Christmas shopping. On a severly tight budget! Including getting in the Christmas tree..