A FROG a week equals a special treat!

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squirrelgirl wrote: »

Update time!!

1.[STRIKE]Paint and fix the door jambs [/STRIKE]- Froglet
2. [STRIKE]Clear out the understair cupboard [/STRIKE]- Tadpole
3.[STRIKE]Clean the grout in the hall[/STRIKE] - Froglet
4. [STRIKE]Seal the hall tiles [/STRIKE]- Frog
5. [STRIKE]Sort the stair spindles[/STRIKE] - Tadpole
6. Spot clean the carpets - Tadpole
7. [STRIKE]Lay loft insulation[/STRIKE] - Froglet
8. Replace bathroom light pull - Tadpole
9. [STRIKE]Clean bathroom tile grou[/STRIKE]t - Froglet
10. Do a test removal on hall tiles - Frog
11. Replace hall tiles if test goes okay! - Big Frog
12. [STRIKE]Touch up paint around windows[/STRIKE] - Froglet
13.[STRIKE] Clean hearth [/STRIKE]- Froglet
14. Clear rubbish from garden into sacks - Froglet
15. Clear out greenhouse - Frog
16. Clean all reusable pots - Frog
17. Replace greenhouse glass - Froglet
18. Dig out plants to keep and put into pots - Enormous Frog
19. Dig over border - Godzilla size Frog
20. Plant seeds for veg - Froglet
21. [STRIKE]Silicon around the bath[/STRIKE] (remove old first) -Frog
22. [STRIKE]Sort curtain rails[/STRIKE] - Froglet
23. [STRIKE]Put up blind on landing[/STRIKE] - Froglet
24.[STRIKE] De scale shower head[/STRIKE] - Frog
25. [STRIKE]Sort sealant around radiator cover[/STRIKE] - Froglet
26. [STRIKE]Sort sealant around living room door[/STRIKE] -Froglet
27 [STRIKE]Fix room divider between front room and hall.[/STRIKE] - Froglet

Getting there!! I'm out of the house for a few days now so unlikely that anything else will get done but I am very pleased with what we've achieved so far!!! :T

So, the stuff in red is still outstanding - I've decided that I will break my frog list into short, medium and long term goals. Mainly because some of the garden stuff will take months and seeing them constantly on a frog list where things around them are being struck off is depressing me!! :rotfl:

So, the new Frog List:

Short Term Frogs
Spot clean carpets
Replace Bathroom light pull
Clear rubbish from garden into sacks - Froglet
Plant seeds for veg - Froglet

Medium Term
Do a test removal on hall tiles - Frog
Replace hall tiles if test goes okay! - Big Frog
Clear out greenhouse - Frog
Clean all reusable pots - Frog
Replace greenhouse glass - Froglet
Dig out plants to keep and put into pots - Enormous Frog

Long Term
Dig over border - Godzilla size Frog

I think that this makes it easier to see where I am making progress and I will break down the bigger jobs into smaller frogs as I start to tackle them

iamsalt

Hello squirrelgirl
I think you are going really well.

Is it worth breaking your godzilla frog and the other big gRden ones into smaller frogs. Such as from wall to first fence post or something that means you can ‘mark’ a smaller area. I do that with my garden projects and they seem to be more motivating as well.

Hope you are still treating yourself when you complete your frogs

S x

Fridayschild

We will be moving late next year, so we have a lot to do in readiness. We've already made a start but it's been slow going. So with that in mind here is my FROGS and TADPOLES list.


Continue with loft clearance.
3 cleared and tidied, 1 section left to do.
Sort and dispose of leftover surplus to chazzers/ebay/local fb pages.
Clean and tidy loft bedrooms (after lofts are cleared)
Tidy and clear out rubbish from bureau
Bookcase 1 - sort books and offer excess to friends/book club and chazzers
Same for Bookcase 2
Paint small bedroom, replace worn carpet
Check furniture in each room and sort excess for charity/sale (we have quite a lot of furniture which has been acquired from deceased relatives and some we were "storing" for family who eventually decided they didn't want the items!)
Scrub and sweep side path.

Dig over borders in garden when it dries out.


This list is just for starters. There will be more......


FC

Fridayschild

Some progress made on my list.  We've been working quite hard to get it done while the weather is so awful.  I've added a few more now we are getting some tasks completed. So far:

Continue with loft clearance.
3 cleared and tidied, 1 section left to do.
Sort and dispose of leftover surplus to chazzers/ebay/local fb pages.  In progress at the moment
Clean and tidy loft bedrooms (after lofts are cleared)
Tidy and clear out rubbish from bureau
Bookcase 1 - sort books and offer excess to friends/book club and chazzers
Same for Bookcase 2
Paint small bedroom, replace worn carpet
Check furniture in each room and sort excess for charity/sale (we have quite a lot of furniture which has been acquired from deceased relatives and some we were "storing" for family who eventually decided they didn't want the items!)
Scrub and sweep side path.

Tidy up the garden (far too wet to attempt this yet)

Sort out packs of old photos

FC

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It's been a while!! 🙈 
Lots of things going on but I'm gradually getting through! 😉 
  Short Term Frogs
Spot clean carpets
Replace Bathroom light pull
Clear rubbish from garden into sacks - Froglet - done
Plant seeds for veg - Froglet

Medium Term
Do a test removal on hall tiles - Frog
Replace hall tiles if test goes okay! - Big Frog
Clear out greenhouse - Frog - pretty much done
Clean all reusable pots - Frog
Replace greenhouse glass - Froglet
Dig out plants to keep and put into pots - Enormous Frog

Long Term
Dig over border - Godzilla size Frog

Still loads of garden stuff to do but it will be months of work so I'm okay with that! 
We have bought the light switch for the bathroom so hopefully that will go in at the weekend - life has got in the way a lot recently but I'm determined to keep going 😉

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Quick update as it's been ages! 🙈
Not a lot more has happened really - despite having the time, I have lacked motivation! However, many of the enormous frogs will be completed soon as I have employed a gardener!! The digging out of the plants, sorting the border and then building raised veg beds will be completed by him - I'm also going to get him to sort the rest of the garden throughout the year so all of the pressure is off as far as outside is concerned 🙌 
This week I will plant the seeds (didn't want to do that until I knew I'd have somewhere to put them 😉) and sort/clean all the reusable pots as well as finishing off the cleaning up of the greenhouse - we can't get the glass sorted yet but we will improvise until we can. 
I also want to add a couple of things to my list- I need to clean out my wardrobe (not clothing - just all the paperwork etc that I stuffed in there while going through a court case against Everest) and get my food cupboards in order as I had a large delivery from Suma several weeks ago which I had given up on receiving so when it arrived I hadn't sorted the space! 🙈 
Anyway, despite my lack of progress, now that I know that the garden is definitely getting sorted over the next few weeks I feel all motivated again - it's time to get my other jobs and self sorted now! 😁
Happy frog munching!! 

maman

I saw the title of the thread and just had to ask. Why a FROG? Is it an acronym?

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maman said:

I saw the title of the thread and just had to ask. Why a FROG? Is it an acronym?

Tbh - I have no idea!! 😂 the thread title was designed by someone else a few years back 😉

PollyWollyDoodle

I think it comes from the saying about tackling difficult jobs - ‘If you have to swallow a frog, do it first thing in the morning and get it over with’. I could be wrong!

maman

PollyWollyDoodle said:

I think it comes from the saying about tackling difficult jobs - ‘If you have to swallow a frog, do it first thing in the morning and get it over with’. I could be wrong!

Thanks for the clarification . I'd never heard the saying so I looked it up. Apparently it comes from Mark Twain and is used for motivation to prevent procrastination. So very apt in this context. Every day's a school day! 😁