Weekly Flylady Thread 11th July 2011

Goodintentions

Not caught up with the thread, so hugs and spoons to those that need them.

We had my uncle's funeral today, so no flying done. We gave the dog a good walk this morning, then had a quick look in B&Q for the bits we need (still window shopping). We need to at least speak to an electrician to find out about getting electric supply in the summerhouse.

The funeral went well (as well as these things go). It was very sad, and I watched my little cousin (7 years old) and he looked bewildered His mum was very upset. After the wake, we went back to theirs and my kids played on the wii with them, and their mum was laughing. It was good to catch up with my family - some of which i haven't seen for years! My sister made it aswell, & I haven't seen her since she was diagnosed with breast cancer (travelled from Bradford to Essex).

Yesterday, I went to Ikea! i am not taking my DDs there again, they are useless! They can't lift anything!! Saved me a fortune though I bought some boxes & a laundry basket for their room (no excuses!).
I then came home & started sorting & rearranging the dining room! Still work in progress, so I may continue with that tomorrow.
I will also try & catch up with the lists.
But for now, I am knackered (emotional day!) Night night x

pigpen

in order to preserve what little sanity I have I am ringing to request the MW doesn't come back on Monday.. I cannot cope with it.. my self-preservation has kicked in and she can't come. I feel better for that decision being made.. OH is REALLY unhappy with it but this is one situation where I don't care.. I NEED to do this.

List for tomorrow will be up shortly...

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Pernicious

Frittered_Away wrote: »

Well... HHC slightly delayed for the lovely couscous I just made with chicken stock and pesto, I've got no idea where that came from ('stuff in my fridge') but it's delish

(Confession for the day - when I made the chicken stock my first thought was 'ooh, smells like supernoodles'... I'll get me coat )

Hehe this did make me giggle - you can't beat a packet of super noodles once in a while

I haven't caught up on the thread properly but a belated happy birthday to WendyWitch!

Hope everyone else is ok.

Right flying, didn't really do anything yesterday But here is a quickie update:-

Monday ~ Living room, hall and Stairs
Level One
Declutter all the floors
Declutter all the flat surfaces above the floor!!
Level Two
dust and deweb
Vacuum and mop
Wipe over the sofas, or any marks off them
Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings that are in need
Wipe and water plants
Wipe over any cabinets/electricals get rid of those stick finger prints!

Extras

1. Wash windows if they need it
2. Wipe any grubby paintwork/marks off walls/doors
3. Polish any metal (brasses or silver!)/glass
4. Empty and sort a cupboard or drawer

Tuesday ~ Bathroom and study (feel free to substitute other room)
Level One
Declutter and mop floors
[STRIKE]Remove mildewy mouldy bits [/STRIKE] I've attempted this but didn't really do very well....any tips for me ladies?!
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean bath/shower/loo/bidet/basins etc.. [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Empty out the bathroom cabinets, give them a good scrub and put back only the stuff you will use.. get rid of the rest!!![/STRIKE] Yay, froggy eaten!
Clean the radiators.
Level Three
Declutter 100 useless emails and run defrag.. race the defrag.. clean those tiles!
Wash any grotty marks off walls and doors.. and the underside of the sink..
Declutter the desk and make it all shiny.
Extras

1. Wash shower curtains, bath mats, sticky sofas and fluffy blinds!
2. HHI
3. Tell someone you love that you love them.. someone you haven't told for a while.. so not the cat!.. even if you email or phone to tell them..
4. [STRIKE]Descale the shower head![/STRIKE] Again I attempted this....any tips?!

seafarers_wife

Pigpen, if she makes you that stressed and upset then she can take a hike. Its not like this is your first you know what to expect and you know when to call the doc and go to hospital etc, you dont need someone telling you what and when to do things especially when she is making you that stressed as its not good for you or Dot.

Monday ~ Living room, hall and Stairs
Level One
Declutter all the floors
Declutter all the flat surfaces above the floor!!
Level Two
dust and deweb
Vacuum and mop
Wipe over the sofas, or any marks off them
Level Three
Wipe over any cabinets/electricals get rid of those stick finger prints!

Extras
Wash windows if they need it
Wipe any grubby paintwork/marks off walls/doors
Tuesday ~ Bathroom
Level One
mop floors
Remove mildewy mouldy bits
Level Two
Clean bath/shower/loo/bidet/basins etc..
Empty out the bathroom cabinets, give them a good scrub
Clean the radiators.
Level Three
Wash any grotty marks off walls and doors.. and the underside of the sink..
Extras
Wash shower curtains, bath mats, sticky sofas and fluffy blinds!
Descale the shower head!
Spare room/computer room
Level One
Declutter and hoover floors
Extras
HHI
Wednesday ~ Kitchen & dining area
Level one
Sweep and mop!
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe units, tables and appliances
Wipe out fridge
Clear and clean tops of freezer and fridge
Level Three
Wipe over oven and hob
Degrot a small appliance
Chase a repair you have been wanting done for ages.. even if it is just nagging OH again!
Extras
Clear and wipe window sills
Wipe internal and back door.. both sides!
Clean out the microwave
HH-doin something you hate doing but needs to be done.. be that ironing, mending, exercise, gardening... get it done!
3 bags from spare room
clear spare bed of crap.

Frittered_Away

I just realised what MW stands for. I agree with s_w, you don't *need* a midwife (and probably haven't for the last few ) and if she stresses you out then tbh you need her to NOT be around for your health and Dot's.

pigpen

She knows that and I know it.. after today I think my mental health is at risk if I have any contact with them at the moment.. I know where they are if there is an issue.. getting them to listen is another battle entirely but at the moment.. I need to bring in the self preservation.. as much as it distresses OH.. If I fall to pieces there is nothing holding the house together, it is too big a risk to take right now.

She did say she would get the physio to fit me in ASAP which might be next week... though I did say I can't see the point to that either now.. 3rd referral in this pregnancy.. it is a bit of a farce!

anyway... enough of such matters, I don't need to think about any of it because it isn't happening I made my decision.

Wednesdays list is up.. special for someone ..

20somethinghousewife

Monday ~ Living room, hall and Stairs
Level Three
Wipe over any cabinets/electricals get rid of those sticky finger prints!
Extras
*Wipe skirtings/marks off walls*
**Polish any metal/ glass/ pictures/ ornaments**
Empty and sort a cupboard or drawer

Tuesday ~ Bathroom
Level Two
Clean bath/loo (0/3) basins (0/3) etc
Level Three
Wash any grotty marks off walls and doors.. and the underside of the sink.. (0/3)
Extras
HHI
*Wipe the skirtings*

Wednesday ~ Kitchen & dining area
Level one
Clear and wipe worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe units, tables and appliances
Wipe out fridge
Clear and clean tops of freezer and fridge
Level Three
Wipe over oven and hob
Degrot a small appliance
Extras
Wipe door.. both sides!

Master Bedroom
Wipe over the paintwork

Spare Room
Wipe sticky marks from everything

*Dust & Deweb: LR, Kitch, Hall, Cloakrm, Stairs+Landing, Bathrm, SpareRm, Bedrm, En-suite*

LameWolf

pigpen wrote: »

in order to preserve what little sanity I have I am ringing to request the MW doesn't come back on Monday.. I cannot cope with it.. my self-preservation has kicked in and she can't come. I feel better for that decision being made.. OH is REALLY unhappy with it but this is one situation where I don't care.. I NEED to do this.

At risk of poking my nose in where it's not wanted.... I totally agree with you Piggers. It's YOUR house, you get to say who comes through the door. It's YOUR body, you get to say who prods and pokes at it.
*Getting off soapbox now and pushing off to bed before anyone realises I'm still up at stupid o'clock*;)

greenbee

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

Hope you are enjoying being a governor more than I am, greenbee?

dw unloaded and wm.

Not much. I really don't have enough time to spend on it this year, and as most of the other governors are either teachers or don't work, they don't seem to be very understanding about me needing to have meetings when I'm not working...

juliejim wrote: »

Good news is I've lost 4.5lbs at SW this week

Bad news is I've been made redundant

sorry about the redundancy Jue, but try to treat it as an opportunity. I know you've heard me say more than once that both times I've been made redundant I've gone on to something better.

Presentation 3 of 5 drafted. Still lots to do but I think I know where I'm going with it. Insomnia is clearly kicking in, so I could have stayed up and worked all night but the electrician will be back tomorrow so I need to try to sleep. Or at least rest. I'll have to be up at the crack of dawn.

juliejim

Morning All

I've had 4 hours sleep and now I'm awake - that's not good - and I've got a banging headache from lack of sleep and crying.

Need to try and get back to sleep or I'll be fit for nothing.

GI - hugs

Have a good day all

Hugs

Jue