Weekly Flylady Thread 6th May 2013

skint_breeder_5

It has been all go at the Skint Ritz today.

Gotten myself in a bit of a tangle again. Raced around downstairs to get ready for HV, dragged remaining shopping into kitchen to cook and put away in between. No show on HV, I must have got dates wrong, but as I waited in all afternoon I missed going to library, :mad: library is only open certain half days per week (thats what you get for living in the behind end of nowhere :rotfl:) so now books are overdue.

Before I could ring to find out about HV, DD2 rang in blind panic saying Student Finance emails sent out and we have missed deadline, so she was rushing back to get home so we could sort it out.

The deadline is actually 31st May, but I thought it was all sorted, but there is a glitch online that they cannot resolve, so DD2 now has to do a paper application instead, so I will hound her to get it done then send it special delivery.
But on the upside I forced her to consider her student accommodation realistically, so that is submitted awaiting approval by Christchurch Canterbury.

In my bargain from Mr M on Tuesday eve, I managed to get 3 x £5 bouquets for 9p each, I love flowers but EX was never the type to buy them, so the young Skints don't think to buy them either.

In hindsight it wasn't my best move putting the yellow flowers in a big vase in my room (the vase normally sits on top of DD4 tall chest of drawers with an artificial gerbera in it) DS has a fixation with yellow, cue one vase toppled over 3 broken stems and water in every single one of the drawers and a soaked carpet underneath - AND I still caught the vase with half the water left in it :mad::mad::mad:

Valli would be proud of the "cook two freeze one" marathon that has been going on in the Skint Pitz kitchen today, my food processor has had a good workout and my bingo wing on my right arm has almost disappeared from the hand mixing too

3 punnets of Stuffed mushrooms (to an old H@rvester recipe from my days in their kitchen when I was but a young Skint myself )
10 apples worth of apple sauce and pie filling
5 veggie and lactose friendly miners pasties (1/2 bag of potatoes, two bags of casserole veg and 5 apples decluttered :money:)
one baking tray of crumble topping loose baked ready to sprinkle
1 mixing bowl full of couscous with toms, cues, onions and pineapple
60 cake pops with raspberry centres
6 cake pops with mini marshmallow centres
6 cake pops with pineapple centres
two sandwich trays of sponge cake heavily laden with raspberries
stirfried vegetable mix and beef strips (tonights tea )
two baby-milk cans of home made breadcrumbs made with Mr M's cheese topped round flat loaf, parsley, salt and pepper
6 bags of sliced mushrooms for quick pizza topping
6 bags of mixed fruit ready for smoothies on the quick or defrost for brekkie (yes more raspberries, blueberries and pineapple)
10 bags of usable portions of .....RASPBERRIES
10 bags of usable portions of Blueberries

Gave one pineapple, one punnet of Blueberries and 3 little punnets of ....RASPBERRIES to DD2 to take round friends house for them to creatively blend with alcohol (no exams tomorrow, so wants to let her hair down:eek:)
I still have two firm but whoopsied pineapples to use, so tomorrow I may do a sweet curry as I have some curry paste blends to use by 13th. Also plan to do some spinach quiche from scratch, and either celeriac mash or celeriac soup, I have a red cabbage, so I might end up pickling that (I haven't done home made pickles for best part of 20 years :eek:) I have two punnets of peaches so I will either portion up and save for smoothies, or I might look for some Morrocan type recipes and use peaches instead of apricots. A punnet of nice looking brussels may end up just boiled with dinner tomorrow.

I have half a Galia Melon, which will require my attention, but sadly the watermelon was a non-starter and went straight in the compost. Not bad for £4.50 worth of fruit and veg, minus £3.10 coupon very MSE :money:

Right, time to sleep now.

TTFN flyladies and flygents :wave: hugs, stick, spoons, GWS and non scratching vibes to all in need

toochoosey

Good morning all xx

Daily routines
washing, F
swish and swipe kitchen T F
bathroom, T F
ironing, F
making beds, T F
vacuuming high traffic areas, T F
making meals T F

Night-time routines
preparing clothes for the next day, T F
making lunches, T F
swish & swipes of the kitchen T F
tidying the living room. T F

Ok here goes this week!

Wednesday - Bathroom and Landing
Level 2
Sweep and mop floor
Level 3
Wipe tiles
Clear and wipe windowsill
Extras
Test smoke alarms

Thursday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level 1
Clear and wipe surfaces
Sweep and mop floor
Level 2
Sort fridge and clean - what do you need to use up?
Wipe over the hob, clean the extractor fan (new filter?)
Level 3
Wipe table and replace tablecloth if needed
Wipe chairs
Clean windows
Extras
HHI

Mumto5

Good morning ladies.

DH has booked us a half term break and I will be on a plane 2 weeks today. He got a really good deal and just did it on impulse (not like him). We will have to take DS2, DS3 and DD2 out of school for 2 days before they break up but that's not the end of the world.

So I have 2 weeks to get the house beautiful, lose half a stone and worry myself silly.

Not working today so I will have a good go at the lists.

I've not read back as things have been manic. I will catch up later. Hope everyone has a nice day.

mrs-moneypenny

skint that was a marathon baking session - i take my hat off to you (or would if i wore one)
thank you for the good wishes for our friends sons partner. (its just such a shock when some one so young and healthy looking gets such a devastating diagnosis.) I havent got my head round it so how our friends and the girls family are coping is beyond me. shes a lovely girl i got to know her though the martial arts club DH helps run with his friend as his sons and her come to that. praying things arent as black as so far painted.

off to find the lists busy hands stop my mind from brooding

Dustykitten

Mumto5 - how nice enjoy your break - my hubbie will be in Cuba for a work jollie for all of half term - I shall be dealing with DS2 and prep for his hardest AS paper, DS1's final prep for his trip to the US and DS3 being bored because it ishalf term - enjoy!

Breezy and sunny here so towels on the line as rain is heading in.

Off to the shower and to ensure DS1 is awake as courier due this morning and he is on opening he door duty.

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
did most of the bathroom stuff after having a bath last night (did the loo first)
lounge not looking too bad it really just needs a dust and the washing/ironing doing and putting away. busy weekend as we have a fun day at DS2 school and DS1 has his first gig at one of the locals so determined to be tidy before the weekend as having last weekend off made it look like a bomb had hit it by tuesday:o
hugs get well wishes healing vibes and positive thoughts where needed s well as bundle of sticks to throw for/at the BDs

off to make a start

Light list
DONE

Living Room, Hall & Stairs
[STRIKE]Clear tv shelf and dust[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust any dusty bits[/STRIKE]
Clear and clean windowsills
HH Paperwork


Bathroom and Landing
Clear and wipe windowsill
Clear any piles from the landing


Thursday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level 1
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe surfaces[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Sweep[/STRIKE][STRIKE] and mop floor[/STRIKE]
Level 2
Sort fridge and clean - what do you need to use up?
Wipe over the hob, clean the extractor fan (new filter?)
Level 3
Wipe table and polish
Wipe chairs
Clean windows
Extras
HHI
Sort out placemats and coasters

My list
take ratty coat hangers to recycling
[STRIKE]plant all stuff in veg plot[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]tidy front garden[/STRIKE]
HHCx3 for mil doing whatever she needs
make marmalade

bossymoo

Morning

So I've been on the move this morning and got quite a bit done and even the littlies have done a bit of helping... If its gone its done (or isn't going to be )


Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
Clear mantelpiece and dust
HH Paperwork

Wednesday - Bathroom and Landing
Wash or replace facecloths, sponges, etc as required
Test smoke alarms

Thursday - Kitchen and Dining Room
mop floor
Sort fridge and clean - what do you need to use up?
clean the extractor fan (new filter?)

I won't mop the floors till tonight as the kids a in and out, plus we have visitors soon!

See you later!
X

mrs-moneypenny

have a lovely time with your visitors Bossy.

washing hung out - its gone grey here but very windy, i had to put table parasol down while i was out there as i thought it looked like it was trying to blow away.
socks paired from odds bag - well as many as i could
washing folded and put away.
still some ironing to do but its probably only a HHCs worth hope to do that later
pots in soak going to have a coffee then wash them and mop floor in kitchen and hall

trulymadlydeeply_indebt!

Morning :wave:

Wowzers Skint - I'm most impressed. You got LOADS done there, and what a bargain :j

Did the Full English for OH for his Birthday. 2 x Pots, washing out and now back in as the rain has arrived. Washed 3 open shelves in the kitchen and decluttered a few odds and ends.

Just done a HHA in the study and filed lots of letters and gibble. Good job really as I have realised that OH's van insurance ran out on the 4th so that's something else to sort today.

Spent most of yesterday downstairs doing the lounge and kitchen, so today will be mostly upstairs i.e. bathroom and hoovering.

DD has pulled off on half of her curtain rail and it's sheared off the bracket, so will pop into town later and replace it.

Left to do:-

Bank Holiday Monday - Light list
Level 1
DONE
Level 2
DONE
Level 3
DONE
Extras
DONE

Tuesday - [STRIKE]Living Room[/STRIKE], Hall & Stairs
Level 1
Clear and hoover floors
Level 2
Wipe any marks off the stairs wall
Level 3
DONE
Extras
DONE

Wednesday - Bathroom and Landing
Level 1
DONE
Level 2
DONE
Level 3
DONE
Extras
DONE

Thursday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level 1
DONE
Level 2
DONE
Level 3
DONE
Extras
DONE

pipersky

Super late this week! Thanks as always for the lists

Bank Holiday Monday - Light list

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs

Wednesday - Bathroom and Landing

Thursday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level 2
Sort fridge and clean - what do you need to use up?
Level 3
Clean windows