Weekly Flylady Thread 23rd September 2013

boddy

Pigpen. The female student was absolutely lovely and did really well. The male student poor soul forgot what he should be asking. Nerves I think but I was being difficult.

Dishes washed and kitchen tidied.

xx_Jo_xx

Aw Boddy - that's a great thing to do! We rely on volunteers to be our patients and they make a real difference in our training..

WTG being awkward!! Its boring and unfortunately unrealistic if everyone is nice

Monday - Kitchen
15 minutes....
Hover and mop floor
30 minutes to spare....
Clean a window
Got an hour....
Wipe the window sill
Extras
Sort out your T-towels, oven gloves apron, dispose of old one and wash dirty ones
Wipe some door handles

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
15 minutes ....
30 minutes to spare
dust the mantle
Dust any flat surfaces including the hearth
Got an hour.....
Hoover the floors
Give your cushions a bash outside, watch the dust fly (duck Toots we could all be doing this together)
Extras
HHI

decogecko

Hi all

jo thank you for sharing the story of Toots shoes. I didn't know her but the story brought a lump to my throat.

Hugs all round :grouphug:

If it's done it's gone or n/a

Monday - Kitchen
15 minutes....
Empty the bin
30 minutes to spare....
Clean a window
Sort the under sink cupboard
Got an hour....
Extras
Wipe some door handles

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs
15 minutes ....
Do something from your Toots list, or at least start something if you have nothing you can do in 15 minutes
30 minutes to spare
Got an hour.....
Extras
HHI
Test the heating (ie put it on for an hour) - bleed rads as required
Organize for chimney to be swept
S&S sinks

Penpen love your signature

Deco x

bossymoo

Yes, thanks from me too for the shoe story, Jo. Just lovely and sounds very fitting.

CY I hope surgery went well.

Been at paid stuff, collected DS, fed him, collected DD, took them to his swimming lesson (DD practicing writing in one of her brothers books - am I allowed to say she has more aptitude for it than he does, despite him being older?), then home for supper, bath for DD and bed. Phew. Hectic day. But I did have a quiet few minutes at 10.30.

Conservatory roof coming along nicely. 3 sides tiled. 4th to do plus ridge tiles, edging, soffits, facias and guttering, then its just the interior to crack on with! They said they might finish the external stuff tomorrow :T and the plasterer will be coming on Thursday. Hurrah!

Very little else done today - although I have put a wash on - cant dry stuff outside at the mo so its all spread around indoors.

Still. I'll get my garden back soon. In time for the rain, no doubt

Lozzy88

Nothing done today.

I had a read about toots shoes, so lovely and surprising what people remember :A.

Spoke to my neuro consultant he wants to change my tablets first instead of giving me a lumbar puncture whoop very please .

Okay I am off to do dishes, we had a takeaway for tea so not many to do... and baby bottles to sterilise and I might hoover too, I have only skim read the thread so will make a cuppa and have a proper read after the bottles are sorted.

ETA.... unreal what people expect as wedding presents my OH wants to get married but I`m not so keen, he thinks he needs to compete with his cousin and have a lavish wedding and I am more of a registry office and a BBQ or pub lunch somewhere common as muck I am lol. If anyone was so kind as to offer to get us a gift I would opt for childcare so OH and I could have a night or two away together on our own.

System

Today I've done some washing, cleaned the kitchen, hoovered the ground floor, stairs and landing, been to work.
Just been up in the loft to see if I've got some paint cos I've decided to start painting my bedroom which is the only room I haven't done since i moved in 6 years ago. Only got white for the ceiling so that's a trip out tomorrow! Need to replace the carpet after the cats ruined it so I'll go for carpet tiles so they're easier to replace next time. Ooh the bake-off's on excuse me!

susan946

Jo - what a lovely story about Toots. Thank you for sharing. She will be much missed.

This morning, after the dailies, I gave the dining room a good dust and vac. I'm embarrassed to admit that that was all, flying-wise. I spent the rest of the morning doing last minute preparations for a committee meeting this afternoon - in the dining room which is why I had to clean it today!

I read the wedding pressie stories with amazement. How can people be so thoughtIess? And asking for a minimum of £100 -words fail me!

I'm going to have a relaxing evening as I need to conserve my energy for gs tomorrow. That cupboard under the sink is on my conscience though, so I'm going to have to get that done tomorrow.

skint_breeder_5

Jo thank you for the pink shoes story, made me shed a few tears for Toots and for my EX FiL.

DD1 saved money out of her saturday job at 6th form and bought her Grandad the most expensive pair of slippers in her store so they would last. He would take either an 8 or 9, but the smallest her store did was a 9.

As he was rapidly loosing weight (without a diagnosis ggrrrr) he couldn't keep them on and was frightened he was going to trip and fall, so he wrapped them back up and put them in the wardrobe. DD1 thought he didn't like them.

When he knew his time was nearly up and dictated his list of do's and don'ts he said he wanted to be buried in the slippers she bought him.

DD1 went up and sat on his bed and he said "I am sorry I couldn't wear your slippers, but they won't be wasted, I want to wear them forever" and they had a gentle hug.

When we saw him all dressed in his best suit, hair done, left lifted the blanket he was wearing his slippers.....it was incredibly sad, warm and funny at the same time, it was so like him to snub convention even to the last.

Hopefully the sparkly pink shoes will give Toots family a little smile when they think back on her final journey

Lozzy88

skint_breeder_5 wrote: »

DD1 went up and sat on his bed and he said "I am sorry I couldn't wear your slippers, but they won't be wasted, I want to wear them forever" and they had a gentle hug.

Thank you for sharing I am having a little tear, that is truly lovely

Misty_Blue

Tuesday - Living Room, Hall & Stairs

15 minutes ....

Do something from your Toots list, or at least start something if you have nothing you can do in 15 minutes

30 minutes to spare
[STRIKE]Declutter and dust the mantle[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust any flat surfaces including the hearth[/STRIKE]

Got an hour.....
[STRIKE]Tidy away, CDs, DVDs, Books[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Hoover the floors[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Give your cushions a bash outside, watch the dust fly (duck Toots we could all
be doing this together)[/STRIKE]

Extras
HHI
Test the heating (ie put it on for an hour) - bleed rads as required
Organize for chimney to be swept, stock up on firelighters, is the wood store full?
[STRIKE]S&S toilets and sinks[/STRIKE]