Weekly Flylady Thread 16th April 2012

mrs-moneypenny

right going to put the kettle on wash up then start a HHC as i need to make a start on the bedroom

ClaireT13

Hi All

Hugs to all who need them:grouphug:

Just back from helping at school, work and then school pick up so FLYing starts NOW!

See you all later!

Claire

bossymoo

Mrs-money penny

Thank you for your kind thoughts. You are being nosey! Only kidding! My husband was 35 when he passed which will be 5 months ago tomorrow. I am 36. Both our children were under three at the time.

I see my practice nurse every two weeks and she is amazing, I also have counselling, am down to sort of monthly now, and I do talk about him with children, my mum, his parents, and now and then my friends. So lots of emotional support. His parents are fab, they dote on the children and will drop anything to help me out. We talk about how we feel, and seem to be sharing our grief rather than guarding it, he was an only child. Anyway, they often collect the children, they have looked after them with chicken pox so I could go to work, and generally do try to make life as easy as possible.

Which is why we are all going on holiday together, this Saturday!

So you see, I'm in good hands!
XXX

skint_spice

Afternoon all, I can see how this works, it's all getting a bit tidier here and I can see me actually being able to do a wee bit extra each week till I'm on top of things again:D

Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level 1
[STRIKE]Strip the bed linen and wash and replace[/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Clear the floor and hoover[/STRIKE]This took ages, my bedroom has been taking over as ROD since decorating lounge but I am delighted to report it now looks like a grownup's bedroom again:o[STRIKE]
Dust away any cobwebs[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Remove the piles of stuff on the landing[/STRIKE]Done yesterday with rest of hall.

Level 3
[STRIKE]
Have some me time – soak your feet and read a magazine etc
[/STRIKE]been to the gym and planning a swim/sauna later - bliss
Do any mending, sew on buttons etc Not got any at the moment - shh or DS will provide me with some:eek:
Sort out your summer tops in hope of some nice weather Not done this but it's Scotland - n'er cast a clout to May is out!

AnW'sMum

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

Bossymoo and AnW's Mum
im not sure of your exact ages or circumstances but i can only imagine how strong you have to be coping with everything life throws your way as well as running a home rasing and supporting children as well as coping with your own grief.

do you recieve any help im not being nosy and you dont have to answer me at all i think im rambling/thinking out loud and hope i dont upset anyone with this post but im just wanting to check you are getting help with emotional as well as physical day to day things if its available to you
sending hugs to everyone who needs one

I would not have mentioned our circumstances if I didn't want people to know so don't apologise for being nosey

My story is on Stormbay's thread, we have 2 children A & W (hence my user name!) who were 6 and 3 at the time. Learning to ask for and accepting help has been one of the most difficult day to day aspects for me.

bossymoo wrote: »

I have seen the thread, thank you! I think it's a little quiet at the mo but makes for encouraging reading. I am determined to make a life for me and the kiddies, you never know how long you've got x


Mrs-money penny

Thank you for your kind thoughts. You are being nosey! Only kidding! My husband was 35 when he passed which will be 5 months ago tomorrow. I am 36. Both our children were under three at the time.

You are so right about none of us knowing how long we have got. I think you are doing fantastically in such a short space of time. The first year is the hardest IMHO.

mrs-moneypenny

so glad i didnt upset/offend either of you.
right coffe made dusters and polish assembled and ready to wage war on the bedroom for a HHC
DH is going climbig with middle DD tonight so if i crack on now i can sneak some knitting or cross stitch in later

Helensdatter

Bossymoo I always enjoy reading your posts - all the best to you and your children.

I can hold my head up at last as I have finally done some cleaning, and the bedroom looks great and smells clean!

Horrid work tomorrow and friday so I won't be doing anything else before the weekend - I think this is where I go wrong.

mrs-moneypenny

in my HHC
i tidied top of ottoman (it still has too much on but is at least now tidy)
dusted polished and tidied dressing table top
put loads of clothes away
took empty coat hangers out of wardrobe and put in bag for when i need them for ironing
dusted all dusty bits
made bed (was stripped earlier)
found loads of paperwork and reciepts in our room that should be downstairs so bought them down to file/shred.
bought two carrier bags of rubbish down to bin/recycle

[STRIKE]just going back up with dyson to blitz our room landing and boys rooms[/STRIKE]. done
[STRIKE]taking dry folded washing from yesterday up[/STRIKE] done and distributed
[STRIKE]will fold towels and put in bathroom [/STRIKE]
then need to feed boys and sort out what were eating later
[STRIKE]dust landing bookcases and put some more in the attic box[/STRIKE] just needs taking up now

ClaireT13

Evening All

Well, thanks to having done some of today's list a little earlier on this week, I'm doing okay:

[STRIKE]1. Check our accounts
2. DW
3. Help at school
4. Work
5. Make the beds
[/STRIKE]6. HHI
[STRIKE]7. Order DH repeat prescription[/STRIKE]

Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level 1
[STRIKE]Strip the bed linen and wash and replace[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
[/STRIKE] - did a few days ago
Level 2
[STRIKE]Clear the floor and hoover[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
Dust away any cobwebs
Remove the piles of stuff on the landing
[/STRIKE]Level 3
[STRIKE]Have some me time – soak your feet and read a magazine etc [/STRIKE]- doing tonight - Watching Apprentice with a glass of vino
[STRIKE]Do any mending, sew on buttons etc[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
[/STRIKE]Sort out your summer tops in hope of some nice weather - doing tomorrow. All stuff in loft and don't want to take kids up there.

PLUS:

Monday- kitchen and dining room
Level three
[STRIKE]Sort out the cupboard you visit the
least - do you need all that stuff? [/STRIKE]



Tuesday - Living Room, Hall andStairs, downstair loo
Level 2
[STRIKE]Start finding homes for yourhomeless
items
[/STRIKE] - although this is ongoing



I've also:
1. Folded up washing and put away the airer
2. Lunches for tomorrow
3. Cleaned the kitchen
4. Cleaned the hob

Left tonight there is HHI - may try x2???

After just 1 week of doing this my house is really changing. Things that didn't have homes are now finding them. I am creating a bit of chaos as I go with other things that no have no home, but as I go through this will sort itself out. My husband has noticed and the boys are less rushed in the mornings as I am so organised. :D

Looking forward to tomorrows list. Thanks to everyone who puts time in to make this possible :beer:.
Claire

Natty68

Evening all, am sitting here waiting for DH to come home from work and have Bear snuggled up with me. He was whinging away on the armchair as per normal when his daddy doesn't come home ontime so I gave in and let him curl up with me *for those that don't know Bear is one of my dogs - Scruffybear*

Afraid I haven't done anything today apart from washing up and clearing out the odd looking veg from the fridge, and sorting out the boxes in the porch. Apart from that I have been rather weird feeling.. Nothing that I can't handle, think it's my body telling me I have done too much. lol

Had a lovely time yesterday with my friends daughter, and then the rest of the children at school time. Narrowly missed getting a parking ticket from a very nice meter man, he saw I had a brood of children hurtling towards the car and waved me away What a nice man Think I will have to revise where I park when I pick the children up in future, we seem to have a load of parking people prowling around now.

Treated ourselves to Mc Donalds before picking the rest of the brood up, then we went back to my friends house and met up with her sister who had my friends foster babies. Then we took on the feeding of the five thousand, including my friends husband and the sisters children too. Actually we had a lovely time - baked pototates, sausages and baked beans. Then my friend came home from her appointments and then all hell broke loose as the kids all wanted attention..lol I was glad to go home and have a small glass of wine Probably why I didn't want to get up and do anything this morning, I was rebelling..lol

Have a toad in the hole cooking in the oven just waiting for the final few minutes of cooking time.

Bella (dog visitor) is being a right diva, not wanting her food from me although she will take treats. I am being firm with her as I know she rules the roost in her own home, but she is out of luck here - I am "pack leader" here and she will understand that.. I don't think she likes the word NO..lol I will stop her from growling and snarling at me if it kills me...lol At the moment I am leaving her to do her own thing which is sleep in her bed and go out for wee's. I'm not worried about her though as I can handle stroppy dogs, I've had a JR before and know what they can be like.

bonnie_bumpkins wrote: »

I MUST MUST MUST find my log-book, it is hiding and the game isn't funny any more. When I find it I will give it a good telling off :cool:
Hope everyone is doing OK, hugs to those that need or want one.
BBxx

Bonnie have you not had a new red log book come through from the DVLA? I received a red one last week, apparently they are sending out all new log books to everyone in red as they have had a load of blue ones stolen. Did me a favour as I lost my log book somewhere and was thinking about getting a new one but it was too expensive, now this saved me some money..lol

LL, you are an inspiration to everyone honey, and I love reading your posts, even if you only post one or two words/lines. You know you can just put that don't you, you have special compensation to write nothing about flying..

Monday - kitchen and dining room
level one
Clear and wipe work surfaces, only put back what belongs here
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors, Use a cloth to get right into the corners and do any skirtings too
Level three
Sort out the cupboard you visit the least - do you need all that stuff?
Wander around downstairs and make a list of all the homeless things which make flying tricky
15 minutes wiping (inside fridge/doors/small appliances etc)

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs, downstair loo
Level 1
Level 2
Start finding homes for your homeless items
Clean windows and all glass, including the tv screen
Level 3

Wednesday - Master Bedroom and Landing
Level 1
Level 2
Clear the floor and hoover
Dust away any cobwebs
Remove the piles of stuff on the landing
Level 3
Have some me time – soak your feet and read a magazine etc
Do any mending, sew on buttons etc
Sort out your summer tops in hope of some nice weather - now that is just being daft!!!

Natty's List - updated daily

• Make bed with clean bedding
• Sort out empty veg boxes for collection Tuesday pm.
• Put away delivered veg Tuesday pm.
• Wash load x 1
• Ironing x 1