Weekly Flylady Thread 21st May 2007

Solwaykid

Well I've done my lil_me list and a few hours gardening off my list but little else other than e-mails and surfing and an afternoon nap. Lovely day off in lieu of having to work all day this Sunday.

Have a hug all of you coping with crotchety children today.

I'm off for a soak in the bath and try and break a new book. I'll catch up again tomorrow, most likely be 'off-listing' as the spare room's still tidy.

Have a calm and smiley evening!

tracyg

Hello All! Sorry I haven't been posting lately, just haven't found the time but having been reading so have been keeping up with you all. Have had a bit of a personal upheavel here this week but thankfully things seem to be settling down now so hopefully we can get back to normal (whatever that is!) Have had a lovely day today, DH was lent a very nice car for the day so mum had baby and we had a few hours together, just driving round, had a spot of lunch and just escaped from the daily grind which has been brilliant. Only thing is we've had the roof down and am now sunburnt:rolleyes:

Big hugs to everyone, lots of people having LO trouble so hugs all round!

Have fell off the flylady wagon this last week so really need to get back on as I can feel things slipping. Just want to find that happy medium of spending time with baby and still getting jobs done. Have managed to get a lot of niggling little jobs done but need to crack on with some cleaning. DH is off tomorrow so after me and baby have been to swimming playgroup might crack on before I'm due at the hairdressers.

Anyway, nothing to really say just wanted to :hello: :grouphug: and well dones :T

grannynise

Hooray Hooray Hooray I think I've got the smilies sorted out at last.

I was beginning to panic. I can run a school (and even, at the moment, two schools but that's another story) but I just couldn't get those smilies to load, even with Boston_uk's wonderful instructions. And clealry everybody else could.

So I haven't really done much flying 'cos I've jjust been playing with the smilies.


Tomorrow I'm going to send them to all my headteacherly colleagues and amaze them. Thank you so much everyone ... a cleanish house (cleaner than it's ever been), fantastic recipes from the other threads, a freezer full of slow cooker meals, a lot of laughs and now smilies as well. You are all truly wonderful. I love this site.

Hugs to all of those going through traumas with family and friends.

cha97michelle

OK - i actually did some stuff once i managed to get Charlie to have an hour at 4, and then some more when i got him to bed at 7pm and before DH got in

Thursday 24/5:
Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level Two
Wipe dining table
Level Three
[STRIKE]Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round[/STRIKE]
Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
[STRIKE]Dusting and cobweb removal (if you want to dust round things that is fine) [/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Vacuum floor[/STRIKE] and sofas
[STRIKE]Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe [/STRIKE]
Wipe light switches and banister
Level 3
[STRIKE]Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum under furniture[/STRIKE]
Wednesday, Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Remove bed linen and wash, replace with fresh
[STRIKE]Check fire alarms are working [/STRIKE]
Level 2
Vacuum floor in bedroom and on landing
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen
Clean window & wipe windowsill
Level 3
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs
Wipe doors and handles
Declutter Mission Task
27 flng boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter!!!
Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean bath, toilet and sink
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms(even if it is around clutter) [/STRIKE]
Clear any clutter from desk
[STRIKE]Dust PC and desk [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe keyboard and mouse (these usually have more germs on than your toilet so [/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Clear clutter from floor [/STRIKE]
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean windows
wash bath mats
[strike]empty bathroom bin[/strike]
[STRIKE]empty shredder[/STRIKE]
Declutter Mission Task
[STRIKE]This ones up to you, a drawer, a cupboard or even a room you have been avoiding, time to declutter it! Even if it's just for 10 minutes[/STRIKE]did the bag of baby bibs - put all the small ones in a bag to go in the loft for version 2, and the stained ones will get one more go at the stain removal and then be binned
[strike]Deal with post[/strike]
Make baby bottles
[strike]Get pork out of freezer[/strike]
[STRIKE]Make pork stir fry for tea[/STRIKE]
[strike]Find out if playgroup is open tomorrow[/strike]
[strike]If it is, Make iced finger buns for playgroup[/strike]
[STRIKE]Bin out[/STRIKE]
[strike]phone sister[/strike]
[strike]Go to meadowhall – get socks, bottle brush[/strike], bath mat
[strike]Go to retail park – get feathers from hobbycraft for sister[/strike]
Wash my hair
[STRIKE]Sort baby bag for tomorrow[/STRIKE]
[strike]WM - load of jeans[/strike] also did a load of my PJs and undies, jeans pegged out and now just finishing off in the TD
load of DH's stuff in the WM ready to go 1st thing in the morning
airers have been emptied, most stuff folded and put away, but a couple of bits needing ironing


I'm going to go to bed fairly early tonight as i will have to get up about 6:30 tomorrow to get to the training day on time. I wish i had thought about that before i agreed to go voluntarily. All the other people there will be paid for that privelige, and i'm a sucker!

Anyway, the best thing about tomorrow will be catching up with a few people, and getting my timetable so that i can start planning my return to work in September.

Time for a quick check on the thread, and i will be back tomorrow evening.

Michelle, x

This week:
Meal plan
Make baby purees
Dust top of wardrobes in my room and spare room
Put travel bags away properly on top of wardrobes
Make dentist appointment
Pay sis back £10 plus taxi change
Get make up/archers back from sis
Get taxi money from Stacey
Wrap birthday and xmas pressies and stash on top of wardrobe
Bring baby walker in and assemble it
Buy bath mat for Charlie
Put baby swing and cot mobile in loft
Clear the ironing pile
Put all the clothes away

Longer term:
Sort out printing out photos – Charlie and wedding
Get school timetable – contact nursery to sort out hours and settling in sessions
Make a follow up vet appointment
New tyres on DH’s and my car
Swap bed in spare room[/quote]

grannynise

Spoke too soon. Or should it be posted too soon?
Smilies only work here and not in emails. Is that right? Or am I still doing something really daft?
Help please, from a very sad grannynise.

Beccatje

By request: Foto's of our new puppie.

2 weeks old at the moment.

cha97michelle

hello again.

quick wave to traceyg, and i had also noticed that tartan mum and tickb were missing.

grannynise glad to see your so impressed with us

Just to chuck in my list for tomorrow before i chuck the laptop off for the night.

Friday 25/5:
Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level Two
Wipe dining table
Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 2
Vacuum sofa
Wipe light switches and banister
Wednesday, Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Remove bed linen and wash, replace with fresh
Level 2
Vacuum floor in bedroom and on landing
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen
Clean window & wipe windowsill
Level 3
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs
Wipe doors and handles
Declutter Mission Task
27 flng boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter!!!
Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean bath, toilet and sink
Level Two
Clean floors in bathroom
Clear any clutter from desk
Level Three
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Clean windows
Finally Friday - those terrible kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
[STRIKE]Put anything back in it's place that isn't where it should be[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Strip beds, vacuum mattress and replace with fresh linen
Level Three
Dust, make sure you get the tops of wardrobes/drawers
Vacuum Floor (even if it's just where you can see)
[STRIKE]Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors [/STRIKE] none
Declutter Mission Task
Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, aim for 27, if you can't find that many, well done, you are obviously making a difference
For those with kids or wear uniforms for work, try to get them in the wash tonight, mkes the weekend easier. Apart from the dailies and night time routines that's the lot for the week, of course if you still want to join us over the weekend you are more than welcome
FRIDAY EXTRA - Don't forget your ME time this weekend, even if it's just a nice relaxing bath or catching up with an old friend, go on you deserve it

[STRIKE]Transmit shop and scan data[/STRIKE]
Deal with post
Make baby bottles
Drop baby off with sister
Go into work for a training course
Pick baby up
Make pizza dough in BM
Make pizza for tea
Bring bin in

This week:
Meal plan
Make baby purees
Dust top of wardrobes in my room and spare room
Put travel bags away properly on top of wardrobes
Make dentist appointment
Pay sis back £10 plus taxi change
Get make up/archers back from sis
Get taxi money from Stacey
Wrap birthday and xmas pressies and stash on top of wardrobe
Bring baby walker in and assemble it
Buy a bath mat for Charlie, and possibly a toddler chair
Put baby swing and cot mobile in loft
Clear the ironing pile
Put all the clothes away

Longer term:
Sort out printing out photos – Charlie and wedding
Get school timetable – contact nursery to sort out hours and settling in sessions
Make a follow up vet appointment
New tyres on DH’s and my car
Swap bed in spare room
Work out where we will stay for friends wedding next August
Book that accomodation

grannynise

Aaaahhhh Beccatje, what a little sweetie. Looks a little bit like a baby panda.

lil_me

Becca, awww how sweet are they!!! They are going to be stunning dogs you can tell, what amazing colours and markings even when they are so little.

Puppy here is still no better, still being sick, so she's off to the vets tomorrow.

For some reason we have a massive gang of kids outside tonight, teenagers, all late teens, did they leave school today? All drunk and messing about so really struggling to get the boys to settle. It's 10pm and they are still up and down. Was hoping to get to bed early, can't see that happening.

Anyway, didn't do a huge amount today, got the lists done and that was about my whack, fun packed day tomorrow with vets, DP to doctors about ankle, shopping etc etc. Wanting to get most things sorted as kids are off for a week from Friday which means Flying will be restricted a little more next week, but not looking promising.

aimeelister

evening all, not a long post will properly catch up tomorrow. Nothing done today again, will aim for tomorrow to get bathroom and bedroom done.

lil_me - good and bad news about the dogs x2, probably have finished school today, loads have round here!!!
becca - cute or wot!!!
michelle - chin up love
pigpen - have a drink for me!!!
tracyg - youve been missed
polly and solway - well done on the gardening
grannynise - yet to work out how the work in emails too!