Weekly Flylady Thread 21st February 2011

froddington

Evening! A good day of football and rugby here (oh, and some flying too!!). Not getting far with my stuff for school though Good job it's an INSET day on Monday!

Ian - thank you for taking the time to post a message; Diva will be missed by so many x

Toots - no, I guessed you'd spot it! At least I didn't type the actual 'r' word :rotfl:

Mrs B - hugs and prayers for you and yours x

serena - hello!

LiT, crafty, etc - I'll join you in the spending diary. I'm sure I waste a lot of money that could be put to better use

1 step - well done on the RoD; wanna come do mine?!!

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

I need to find and update my list and make my bed!

froddington

List updated - think I'm going to have a bit of cross stitch time now

Monday ~ Living room

Level Three
Clear and wipe and cupboards/sideboards in here
Polish any glass.. screens, pictures, ornaments mirrors etc

Tuesday ~ Kitchen - DONE!!

Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing

Level 1
replace with fresh linen
Declutter the floordrobe

Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing fresh linen

Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage
Defluff and demuck woodwork... skirtings, window frames, door frames dados, picture rails etc

Thursday ~ bathroom - DONE!!

Friday ~ Spare rooms

Level One
Declutter and vacuum the floor!

Level Two
Sort through a cupboard of clothing
Sort through a box of toys/junk

Level Three
Tidy/straighten a bookcase/shelf unit
Dust and deweb

My 3-a-day list!
- [STRIKE]post x 4[/STRIKE]; house insurance; DVD to D
- [STRIKE]hammock to Dad[/STRIKE]; charity shop; book hotel
- laminating; [STRIKE]shredding[/STRIKE]; filing
- [STRIKE]collect parcel[/STRIKE]; [STRIKE]banking[/STRIKE]; phone
- GP; [STRIKE]hair[/STRIKE]; tax office
- car checks; [STRIKE]gas / elec[/STRIKE]; [STRIKE]sort cross stitch[/STRIKE]
- write AR; IEPs x 10; APP files

jinky67

http://www.spendingdiary.com/ self explanatory;)

or for those who can work spread sheets.. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=238575

http://www.foodfocus.co.uk/home.php


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today I have shouted at the rugby. :mad::j:mad::jstuffed my face with rubbish and brushed and mopped all the floors and also done a lot of :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

oh and I also built what turned out to be a nest of glass tables found the stuff in the hall cupboard, so I thought I would be brave, there were no instructions:eek: but I did it :j:j:j

Dustykitten

I've used the hopi candles on DS3, he likes it but I haven't found it does much. From what I read it is a myth that the residue in the candle is from your ears, I think it is the remnants of the beeswax - I'll go and see if I can find it.

http://www.hopi-earcandle.co.uk/how-do-ear-candles-work.aspx

AnW'sMum

Well I have learnt something today, I'm sure I can't be the only one who has not heard (pardon the pun!) of hopi candles surely????

sockdrawer

Thanks Dusty Interesting reading. AnW's Mum I only heard of them a couple of months ago from a poster in a clinic, so no, you're not alone Seriously thinking of trying it out though. Would try about anything to get rid of these scary (lots of visual effects, nausea, etc etc, though not painful) migraines I get, and my ears are definitely affected before an attack.

Chloris

AnW'sMum, I had heard of it but didn't know what it was, so I have learnt something too!

I keep a spending diary. Been doing it for over a year now. Very enlightening (insert fall off your chair "my god is that what I am spending!?!"). I still go over budgets sometimes, but it is not by much as I can see it slowly happening.

DH is off to buy me(! household surely?) a bread maker tomorrow.:T We have had a few before, but haven't replaced the last one since it died about a year ago. I am on another of my "How much carp is put in our food?" kick again. I cook most things from scratch except sandwich loaves. So after the initial outlay is will be no hassle to do. Next is to find a children friendly doesn't send them nuts squash if such a thing exists! All ideas welcome.

Hugs and spoons.x

sockdrawer

Spending diary I have to be more faithful to this. I don't know if anyone else has this problem but, I start out with a weekly budget (because that's how we're both paid) and then buy those "essentials" (usually on a monthly free delivery slot from Mr A's) only to find that I need to pick up a load of stuff locally (at MrT's) I hadn't reckoned for. I think if I am going to do it properly, I need to meal-plan for the month, and include "random" days where I am allowed to try out a new recipe or two, or three.
I'm also on a bit of a personal jag to only use our local owner-occupied shops as far as possible, however it's difficult to get some things using those methods, so I have an "allowed" list including tinned tomatoes, butter, flour, that type of thing, that is not available in our wee town unless you supermarket it.
Draws horns in..... and tries to just get on with it instead of blethering about it.
(mutters, I may also randomly spend on seeds, books, wool and fabric....... those are my..."they cost how much" moments)

Chloris

Sockdrawer, I have a guilt free allowance, or adult pocket money for my craft/mags/random buys. This is only £10 pw I rarely use it so it builds up for when I do need something for a project. I am also on a finish the last project before you start the next one drive.

With the topping up the grocery shop, I am going to try to only do 1 or 2 extra shops on top of our weekly shop. I aim to write my initial list more thoroughly!!! We buy our meat seperately so need to do some extra. I am re-evaluating our budget at present!

life_in_termoil

AnW'sMum wrote: »

You don't need to tell us but how much or what percentage of your debt would that clear? That is how much you are spending (by your own admission) each year on cigs. So if you throw it at your debt you'll be debt free and heatlhier a lot sooner.

That would clear about 20% of my debt!!! :eek: *slumps back onto sofa hanging head in shame*