The Flylady thread for 29th January 2007

pigpen

PiixxySu wrote:

pigpen!!!! on your feet!!!! (:D)

'Seat', was that??

I'm on my seat!! .. lol

shell2001

Back from nursery drop so hour and half until I have to leave to pick her up! Tiredness is creeping in so stopped at shop if way home for coffee (with caffine in) and bar or chocolate. Chocolate now scoffed, coffee about to be gulped so waiting for the energy surge to kick in.

If no sign of movement in 5 mins give me a nudge I may have fallen asleep over the keyboard!!

Trying different take with 4 year old who is allergic to sleep, she is now grounded (as in her friend cannot come over for lunch until she sleeps all night in her own bed). Not sure if it will make any real difference but at least I will not have a huge clean up operation as they usually get every toy in the house out between them lol.

Beccatje

I've not done much yet today. Had a friend over to visit, and now I've got to go get ready for work.

Did load the dishwasher, so the breakfast mess is gone again.

I'll do a quick tidy up before I leave and get cracking this evening with the rest.

i don't have a dining room, but our living room is divided up into a sitting area and an eating area. I'll see that as the dining room. ;-) Big window and window sil to be cleaned and a bookcase to be sorted.

have a good day all. Happy flying!

Becca

shell2001

Washing pegged out.
Downstairs hoovered.
Freecycle item collected
Another item posted on Freecycle

Another coffee me thinks and may clean lounge windows (inside)

Update - Windows and framework done, plus cleaned vertical blind fitting

Nearly time to leave for nursery pick up. May let kids on drive on bikes when I get back so can do lounge window outside.

embb

Hello again :hello:

Nearly done, I'm tired and achey now and cannot be bothered anymore (that's what happens when I get up at 6am ) Think I'll try and have a little snooze then do what's left later, there's not much.

Decided to register on Freecycle and see what's what, looks a bit complicated to me but I'm not that much of a technophobe so I'm sure I'll manage, don't like the thought of giving my address to people off the internet that I don't know though Guess I'll see what happens.

Ciao for now x

lil_me

Morning everyone!

Right little DS off poorly still, so pleased I don't have a dining room. PC desks a mess with OU paperwork etc so that needs sorting.

Here's mine for the day

Dailies
Moggins list
Tidy kitchen S & S
Bathroom disinfect! S&S
Make some wholemeal bread (never tried before)
Computer course 1-3pm
Pack and post eBay items, post bills
3 extra loads of washing and drying
Put laundry excess away (on landing so have to do this to do list)

scaredy_cat_2

morning awful start here today - about 7th night of dd2 being awake for at least 2 hours in night and disturbing dd1 too. :eek: so am flaked out today.

Thought with dh having a course so later start would help but no - have done nothing but get dressed and taken dd1 to preschool - was a nice walk tho so positive there. 'encouraged' dd2 to go for nap now so she wont be too tired for lunchtime swim and instead of flying had milky coffee and watched fern and phil for 5 mins!!

feel ready to get swim bag ready now and then hand out some washing or do dishwasher - will be setting that timer!! have afriend coming over late afternoon which will be nice and dh will be home much earlier so planning to get some study done in that hour before bedtime rush or maybe put that on hold til tomorrow and do kitchen instead will be happier tomorrow then

see you all later :j (trying to drum up some energy)

moggins

The downstairs is now spotless, the washing basket is empty, something is prepared for tea and I have finally fitted all the christmas decorations into the understairs cupboard. Although that got delayed because DH was still awake and he decided to coax me into 30 minutes "recreation time"

The market is on in town and I have until 3pm free so I am going out

Craftyscholar

Moll wrote:

tomorrows list...the table
its a drop leaf table . and up to last week it was a hot spot,general dumping ground but after following moggins list last time we did the table , it looked lovely , and we started using it to eat off ,BUT ................
ITS FILLING UP AGAIN Ive took notice if i clear the table and drop the leaf down ,no one bothers ,but if i leave the leaf up .it gets used straight away to put junk on ,,,,,,,,,,,,,so im going to have to make sure its folded away this time when not in use,

I've got a table like that. I did get it clear and ate off it but it's filled up again.
One problem - I live alone so no-one else to blame
So if I use your trick - clear it then fold it down - I might have cleared it for good.

pigpen

Having done NOTHNG all morning.. I found this.. while browsing th einternet and eating a whole block of marzipan!

It made me think of you all... and me.. trying to make a difference in our houses and our lives and our childrens lives.. because we will, one at a time get where we are going.

The Daffodil Principle

Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come see the daffodils before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour
drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. "I will come next
Tuesday, " I promised, a little reluctantly, on her third call.

Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove there. When I finally
walked into Carolyn's house and hugged and greeted my grandchildren, I said, "Forget the daffodils, Carolyn!

The road is invisible in the clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see bad enough to drive another inch!" My daughter smiled calmly and said, "We drive in
this all the time, Mother." "Well, you won't get me back on the road until it clears, and then I'm heading for home!" I assured her.

"I was hoping you'd take me over to the garage to pick up my car." How far will we have to drive?" "Just a few blocks," Carolyn said. "I'll drive. I'm used
to this." After several minutes, I had to ask, "Where are we going? This isn't the way to the garage!"

"We're going to my garage the long way," Carolyn smiled, "by way of the daffodils." "Carolyn," I said sternly, "please turn around."

"It's all right, Mother, I promise. You will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience."

After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small gravel road and I saw a small church. On the far side of the church, I saw a hand-lettered sign that read, "Daffodil Garden." We got out of the car and each took a child's hand, and I followed Carolyn
down the path. Then, we turned a corner of the path, and I looked up and gasped. Before me lay the most glorious sight. It looked as though someone had taken a great vat of gold and poured it down over the mountain peak and slopes. The flowers were
planted in majestic, swirling patterns-great ribbons and swaths of deep orange, white, lemon yellow, salmon pink, saffron, and butter yellow. Each
different-colored variety was planted as a group so that it swirled and flowed like its own river with its own unique hue. There were five acres of flowers.

"But who has done this?" I asked Carolyn.

"It's just one woman," Carolyn answered. "She lives on the property. That's her home." Carolyn pointed to a well kept A frame house that looked small and modest in the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house. On the patio, we saw a poster. "Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking" was the headline.

The first answer was a simple one. "50,000 bulbs," it read. The second answer was, "One at a time, by one woman. Two hands, two feet, and very little brain." The third answer was, "Began in 1958."

There it was, The Daffodil Principle. For me, that moment was a life-changing experience.

I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than forty years before, had begun-one bulb at a time-to bring her vision of beauty and joy to an
obscure mountain top. Still, just planting one bulb at a time, year after year, had changed the world. This unknown woman had forever changed the world in
which she lived. She had created something of ineffable magnificence, beauty, and inspiration.

The principle her daffodil garden taught is one of the greatest principles of celebration. That is,
learning to move toward our goals and desires one step at a time-often just one baby-step at a time - and learning to love the doing, learning to use the
accumulation of time. When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small increments of daily effort, we too will find we can accomplish magnificent things.
We can change the world.

"It makes me sad in a way," I admitted to Carolyn. "What might I have accomplished if I had thought of a wonderful goal thirty-five or forty years ago and
had worked away at it 'one bulb at a time' through all those years. Just think what I might have been able to achieve!"

My daughter summed up the message of the day in her usual direct way. "Start tomorrow," she said.

It's so pointless to think of the lost hours of yesterdays. The way to make learning a lesson of
celebration instead of a cause for regret is to only ask, "How can I put this to use today?"

--Author Unkown