Weekly Flylady Thread 12th August 2013

roxy7699

Thank you for the lovely reminders.
I've hovered upstairs and put away the sainsburys delivery along with washing up. Quite frankly my place is looking better than it has in weeks.
Thanks to you lovely people. x

Honey_Bear

Roxy: I can only echo what everyone else is saying. If I spend 30 minutes nibbling at my two heaps (each) today, I think I'll have done well. Just be really happy that you're not just sitting in a sweaty chair staring at it all and feeling depressed. You are actually doing it, and the one day you suddenly realise that the change is massive, even though you've only done a tiny bit at a time.

Blue CS shoulder bag that is jolly useful, which got covered in printer ink from an 'empty' ink cartridge yesterday is twirling in the WM on a cold wash. I do wish the metal bits on the handle would stop knocking on the glass ....

New printer ordered, and new printer cartridges from old printer will be credited to my account and collected when they deliver the new one.

Thanks Bonnie for the suggestion about Mrs Dog's vet bill. The estimate was £250, the vet phoned once she'd anaesthetised the dog this morning and said her mouth was much worse than anticipated, so it would probably be closer to £500. She phoned about half an hour ago to say that if she'd charged the actual time it took, it would have been £900! Apparently poor Mrs Dog has been coping with an infection that's gone right into the jaw bone, and poor vet had to get someone else to pull the last of the truly terrible teeth because her arm had given up. (The teeth were impacted, or some such technical term, but I know what she meant.) The practice has given me a £200 discount, because they're lovely, and the vet is going to give me a copy of her notes so I can back up the request to the rescue people. I did, when I adopted her, ask if they would be willing to contribute to treating any significant health problems that showed up soon after adoption, which I would regard as the first three months, so I can but ask. Vet says Mrs Dog's teeth and jaw will always give her some discomfort because her mouth was such a mess. Poor Mrs Dog and she is so sweet-natured.

ditsykitchen

Friday Rooms of Dooms (our bedroom - the piles of clothes are ridiculous )
15 minutes..
[STRIKE]Eat a frog or at least take a big bite from it[/STRIKE] - got a big chunk of washing done
30 minutes to spare..
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Vacuum the floor
Clean the window
Got an hour..
The cupboard/drawer/pile you have been meaning to deal with forever, the time has come to tackle it!
Not got a pile, then your surfaces should be nice and clear for a good dusting.
Extra Mission
Catch up on something you missed earlier in the week or do something you've been meaning to?

I've also made and cleaned up from lunch, keeping the kitchen sink clear and shiny Now going to get on with some studying.

LameWolf

pigpen wrote: »

Try on school uniform Squeak refusing to take hers off now

But....but...but.... You only just had Squeak.:D Bluddy 'ell, where does the time go??:eek:

PunchyMc wrote: »

Actually, while folk have been talking about getting other people in the family to help with the cleaning, any advice on getting OH to do a wee bit more?
He just doesn't see the cleaning as important, and can quite happily ignore mess that grates on me, which I understand, he's far from the only person that can do that, and I know he doesn't mean to!
I'm just not sure on how to encourage him to do a little every day ( or even a few days a week) with me- when he goes on a cleaning spree he works like the wind, and gets lots done, but it's just not regular enough to keep the house nice And he tells me off for spending too much time doing the cleaning and tiring myself out!

Thankfully, Mr LW has always been happy to help; but he does things a lot more thoroughly (ie to my standard);) if we work on something together - eg I'll dust the bookshelves, and he starts the other end of the lounge (where most of the large dragons are) and we meet halfway. Same in the kitchen - he does the chopping and the washing up, I do the rest, and we're chatting together while we work.:o

bonnie_bumpkins wrote: »

Honey Bear in the circumstances I think it's quite reasonable to ask the rescue place for a donation. Even if they say no, you've registered the fact that she needs more medical help than they implied... and it might make them think twice next time they have a poorly animal to be fostered... HTH. Poor Mrs Dog x

HB ^ ^ ^ Wot she said. You were given to understand Mrs Dog's teeth had been all sorted. Poor Mrs Dog, I'll send all the healing vibes I can get together for her.

Talking of families helping out - Mr LW tells a tale of when he and his sisters were young; his Dad had had a heart attack, his Mum wasn't in good health (transpired later she had a cyst in her brain, which affected her memory), so the formidable Auntie D was brought in to help look after the three children. Mr LW (the eldest) and DSis1 were good, and did what was asked of them, but DSis2 (the youngest, and decidedly spoilt) thought she was exempt. Til Auntie D informed her she was a "wiggly worm" and a "wumpy-jack" and to jolly well get on with her chores or she'd be given double to do!:rotfl:

AAARRRRGGGHHHH - I have an incursion of flying ants (no, I don't mean they're helping with the housework - not that sort of Flying) in the spare room.:(:(:(:(:( Mr LW has been informed he's to pick up some ant powder on the way home, as we've run out. I've Raided them as a stopgap, and disposed of numerous corpses; but..... well, just YUCK!!:(

pigpen

LW.. it is only for nursery as she is only just 3. Uniform just makes mornings easier.

Healing vibes for Mrs Dog and her poorlies

LameWolf

Piggers Intellectually I know she's 3 years old, but it only seems a few months since you were expecting her, and then Dot seemed to come on the scene straight after..... Lol, I must just be getting old!:rotfl:

I dare say if I clapped eyes on a policeman I'd wonder how long he'd been out of nappies......:rotfl:

cyclingyorkie

Honey Bear - I think you are totally within your rights to go back to the charity and ask for a contribution to mrs Dog's vet bills...

boiler in and finished. Sadly the washing machine had to be moved for the boiler man and now it won't spin or rinse...... I am not a happy bunny!

skint_breeder_5

Afternoon :wave:

reporting back in....been flying non stop outside of my pit due to sheer anger (nothing like a mad woman to get cleaning done!)

DD3 has borrowed some noise cancelling headphone from her friend while she is on holiday abroad, which I cannot wait to return. I told her she is not to wear them exclusively from the second she wakes up.

While flying in my ensuite (more of that in a mo) DS got very sneaky and climbed up into the kitchen cupboards got his strawberry spread and spread it with his hands all over the NEW DR carpet, and then got a litre brick of milk took it into LR and used it to paint his @qu@doodle on the NEW sofa which in turn all leaked through....so DD3 watching him was beyond useless and listening out for him was positively destructive, so I have flown as follows:

Ensuite shower cubicle scrubbed
Ensuite window and sill washed on inside only
floordrobe cleared into basket
empty bottles gathered for recycling

DR carpet washed by hand and hoovered
DR table cleared of all gubbins
Offending tub of strawberry spread has been binned, even though half full, ( i refuse to buy any more now until this lesson has truly sunk in)

LR settee seat cushion washed and dried by hand
all settee seat and back cushions and bases hoovered with DS help
ALL LR floor gibble removed and correctly rehomed/binned as appropriate
DD1 computer gubbins all removed off coffee table
All 3 coffee tables washed and moved back to proper position hiding 3 toy baskets

Kitchen floor hoovered

Hallway hoovered

All under the stairs floor gibble removed.....I have put back I want to keep....big mountain of sorting for the young Skints.....if its not sorted by bed time it's for the bin

Found the action end of my steam mop, so there will be more flying later

DD2 has recovered from her celebratory bender and realised how little time is left before she has to go, and wants to sort out her packing for Uni, so more flying and binning may be a happy coincidence on this one.

I may divert via the chip shop for a quick pick me up....everyone has been scoffing and the kitchen looks like a bomb site, and I don't want to cook in it ( I doubt there is a clean pan left in there from the evidence of DD3 creations left strewn around)

Right, I will report back in later

bossymoo

Kidlets just having dinner, we went out shopping this morning, got DS a track suit top, both got undies and me a new top too! Somehow we ended up in morrisons cafe DS has eaten loads today.

Got some cake decorating stuff and we iced an upside down ice cream cone then covered in 100s and 1000s to see if they would work as turrets for a castle, and managed to make a little model peppa pig out of coloured ready to roll icing its not great, but was only a trial and the kids think its hilarious.

DD wants a princess peppa cake for her birthday party so my plan was a square cake topped with a round one, with 4 upturned decorated cones in the corners, and a peppa pig with a crown on. I have loads of white ready to roll and some wafer flowers (reduced :money:) so we can make it pretty.

Another wash done, the ironing pile is mounting up so will make a start on that in the morning.

We dropped the shopping off at home, put a chook in the oven then went out to the park. Was supposed to rain here today but been glorious.

Other than that, I've kept on top of the kitchen but the rest of the house is coated in a fine layer of toys...

Kaz2904

Slept reasonably well today apart from asbo cat loudly announcing her presence at mid dady. Transpires that she has stolen a fish from somewhere . Have done very little tidying but am going to jump up and do a little more now. Off to work shortly. See you tomorrow.