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Flylady Thread for Monday 19th February

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  • AnW'sMum
    AnW'sMum Posts: 4,416 Forumite
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    pigpen, there will be anpther cheap listing day soon enough. I think you deserve a night out and of your mum is offering to pay...... ;) it's not worth the pressure on yourself what with everything else going off at your place at the mo.

    Save the listings and add to them in time for the nest cheap/free day.
    Official Mascot and Chief Cheerleader for the 'Mortgage Free in Three' Gang :D
  • lil_me
    lil_me Posts: 13,186 Forumite
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    A free night off, you wouldn't see me for dust! (no joke intended given current dust situation) Get yourself out, sure you can fly through the ebay stuff tomorrow.
    One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
    GC: £200
    Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    I am at college tomorrow so won't get anything done, by the time I've got back had lunch put shorty to bed it is time to collect the others, which is why I am not going back to college after summer.

    If I wanted to go to the pub I'd make the ebay stuff wait.. but I don't want to go.. my head is really hurting and I am really tired.. oddly enough it has got much worse sitting here listing this stuff (21 things done now!) Plus I hate being out then coming home going to bed and having to get up and rush about in the morning.. I'd rather go another night and not have to get up the next day.. that takes us to.. easter holidays off school!
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • Zed42
    Zed42 Posts: 931 Forumite
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    Evening all :)

    Well, today is the first day of attempting to follow this thread (oh and actually achieve what's on it :rotfl: ).

    So, apart from a full days paid work (fortuitously from home), I've done:

    3 loads of washing and hung out (and got in when started to rain, and hung inside)
    roast dinner cooked
    kitchen sink shined
    study/office cleaned
    work paperwork mountain sorted and shredded where applicable
    fireplace cleaned
    living room dusted, straightened, bookshelves sorted and dusted, sofa pulled out, skirting boards damp dusted, hoovered.
    Halls - damp dusted / stairs damp dusted and hoovered
    Hall doors washed
    Bedroom hoovered
    DW loaded and unloaded twice (which reminds me, it needs to go on again before I go to bed).

    To do: put away non-ironing.

    Yesterday was bedlinen changed, DD's bedroom and our bedroom deep cleaned.

    Rest of house still looks like hell and MIL arrives in 4.5days...

    Tomorrow I will only have a small amount of time as I am going to my ma's to help her have a clearout!

    DD (aged 3) enjoyed helping me clean the hall and happily sprayed everywhere (vinegar/water) and dusted .... tomorrow she can help do my ma's ;)

    I'm hoping that the bathroom comes at the end of the week, ie, just before MIL arrives, as I have a plastic shower door which shows every streak ..... but we'll see .... shall come back just after 21:00 and see what Moggins has in store for us tomorrow :)

    Thank you :)
    GC - March 2024 -
  • Well, finished all the jobs, attic included. Had a lovely day, just pottering and cleaning. Looking forward to tomorrow's list though do need to pop into work tomorrow and [STRIKE]muck out[/STRIKE] tidy up my classroom... and pick up a red pen to do some marking.
  • Beccatje
    Beccatje Posts: 728 Forumite
    mumoftwo wrote:
    actually 2 things sister ... (red light district):rotfl: :rotfl:


    LOL.. true, forgot about that one.

    I am absolutely pooped now!!

    My day:
    Visit MIL
    quick visit to friend to see her new puppy dog
    drive home

    Cleaned living room
    Entertained 5 kids + one teenaged boy who came to visit.
    Started painting the hallway

    Played basebal with 6 kids outside because they wanted me too. Apperantly they think I'm a good pitcher.. (even my DS who plays baseball! :A Bless his heart)

    Cook the tea

    Cleaned up kitchen after tea.

    Painted some more in the hallway
    Put baby girl in her bed.
    Put all paint stuff away
    had coffee with a visiting friend.

    and now I've crashed behind my laptop for a bit..

    exhausted

    I wonder why?

    I'll be going back to work next week to get some rest!

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  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    Oh I give up!

    The ebaying can wait, I've done 26 things which is better than none I guess, I usually sell about half which I don't complain about. I need to sort my stuff for college tomorrow and the childrens uniforms and Shorty's stuff as well, the the DW on and the TD's and WM's

    Back later to see what lovelies Moggins has got for me not to clean tomorrow!
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • rach
    rach Posts: 5,476 Forumite
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    That makes me feel better, pigpen - i thought you were selling it all and i was jinxed as far as ebay goes!
    Mum to gorgeous baby boy born Sept 2010:j
  • shell2001
    shell2001 Posts: 1,817 Forumite
    Well I have finished the last of the ironing. So that to put away in the morning (will take it up to put away as soon as everyone is about in the morn). I love it when everything is ironed it is such a nice feeling - its like that first glass of wine on a Friday night when the kids have gone to bed! heaven :dance:

    The rice pudding was a big hit with everyone so will make that again:D

    Found a couple of books to list on ebay I am actually trying to buy some polly pocket stuff for DD2's birthday in June as she loves the girls next doors.

    Kitchen all swished and swiped
    Washing out on machine and on airer
    Item placed on Freecycle - 3 requests so far (I hate having to choose!)

    Once I know tomorrows Flylady challenge I can work out which of the other umpteen tasks to add to the list.

    Well done everyone :T
  • stefejb
    stefejb Posts: 1,725 Forumite
    just curious .... how many of us are using timers? if you do how long do you set it for and what do you do if the timer goes off and you've not finsihed that job - start something else and go back to it later or what.
    I'm going to feed our children non-organic food and with the money saved take them to the zoo - half man half biscuit 2008
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