Weekly Flylady Thread 18th November 2013

pigpen

OH took the girls to school.. I loaded DW, cleared the table, emptied the compost/recycling, loaded the WM and the TD, made a cuppa and folded a basket of dry laundry... the kitchen looks much nicer!


No sign of my wool yet

cyclingyorkie

The ironing is all up to date!


I have made sure that my PM inbox has space - just a reminder that I am organising the Flylady Secret Santa this year!

If you want to take part please send me a PM. I need your name and address.

Can anyone who has already signed up please indicate if they have any allergies- eg food/bath stuff - I will make this known to their secret santa.

I will be aiming to have done the draw and sent out names and addresses by the end of next week... I will keep you updated!

Kaz2904

Dustykitten wrote: »

Monday - Rooms of Doom (that'll be Dining Rooms then :rotfl:) and downstairs loos
Got 30 minutes...
Spend the entire HH tidying up,- can't do this until the carpet is shifted upstairs again
An hour to spare...
Clean a window or a mirror
Extras
Do you need to submit gas/elec readings? Done, only £19 in credit so rung to increase DD amounts as they put it down in September. Don't want a huge bill!

Tuesday - kitchen and hallway
Got 30 minutes...
Clean a window
An hour to spare...
Clean washing machine and DW filters and drawers

Extras
HHI

Thursday - Bedrooms one and all
An hour to spare....
Wipe two flat surfaces
Dust the lightshades

Extras
Catch up on paperwork
Update your festive list.

Am on laptop so just going to update listy as it's far easier on here than on the ipad.
DD enjoyed her pancake for breakfast. She decided on scottish ones which are far easier to cook. I made a double load of batter last night so it was ready to go at 6.45 when I dragged my bleary head out of bed. Consequently, everyone left the house early.
Only I was still sitting in my PJs at 8.30 when I saw the road men appear so I whipped upstairs to get dressed so I could move my car. Whilst I was brushing my teeth, they rang the doorbell to ask me to shift it .
I've run DW x1, not enough washing for a load yet.
Right, let's have a quick peep and delete
Hmm, sitting on hold now to SP. OK, all done. Coffee time now


ETA: Deep joy, have just had a reference request from OFSTED so need to get my thinking cap on!

lovely-cup-of-tea

I have no ironing and an empty washing basket! The bathroom sparkles as does the kitchen sink!

However....there is a great big frog still sitting on the dining room table in the shape of some paperwork that needs to be filed away. I would gobble him up tonight but I'm out so it'll have to be a weekend frog now.

Hope everyone is having a great Thursday.

mummyroysof3

Playing catch up as I've had a cba week and we took 90 mins fetching a child who was sick as soon as they got to school this morning and dropping his boots off to be mended. Finished my coffee so I'll just do what looks worst in each room for now

mrs-moneypenny

kitchen is looking good
all appliances large and small wiped down, surfaces, door and drawer fronts scrubbed. surfaces now have minimal amount for things on, washing up done dried and put away. wm drawer scrubbed out. some tatty bits binned. hob cleaned, just need to get ready for work then ill swish the mop round before i go.
windows and sills this afty once im back.

ionafan

Hi everybody :wave:

Just taking a break from painting the grandchildren's bedroom aka my office, and DH is making :coffee:

I was woken several times in the night by what sounded like a bramble knocking against the window, but we have no plants growing up the walls. I can only think that there might be a loose cable flapping in the wind, or maybe water was running off the dormer above - it was blowing and raining hard most of the night. Now I am shattered!

Hugs, spoons and sticks to all in need.

just_the_two_of_us

Wow - you have all been busy - I've done tidy upstairs and now hoovered the bedrooms and landing - also wm x 1 and td x 1 and dw x 1 and hand wash up the rest.

Yesterday I also managed to clean the bathroom floor - it's my least favourite job as it means I have to get out the floor wipes as too fiddly to mop.

Also managed to declutter 2 packets of biscuits whilst on coffee break watching Jessie Pavelka?;) on the Obese - trying to save my life programme. Have now decided that enough is enough and I must declutter some of this excess weight - what did it finally was being unable to lift one of the 5kg bags of potatoes that Mr T have on offer for £1.74 - and today I realised that I am carting several of those around on my body daily!!!! I won't say how many- if you don't mind.

Off to prepare tea now and finish in the kitchen. Then hope to clear this week's ironing before my walk.

LameWolf

katykicker wrote: »

Lame Wolf do you have a banana crumble recipe by any chance? Hope that is ok to ask here

Of course it is.:o

Kaz2904 wrote: »

Lamewolf, banana crumble eh? Tell me more. I lurve bananas but really don't know about crumble! . I just can't picture it. Banana custard has to be one of my favourite puddings ever! Especially if the custard is so thick it develops a skin . DH hates nanas AND custard, strange chap :rotfl:.

OK ladies, to start with, I wasn't at all sure about banana crumble, either; but decided to experiment anyway.:D It does actually work!:o

The way I do my crumble topping, whatever fruit I'm using, is to mix 4 oz melted butter and 4 oz Demerara sugar, and then mix in enough porridge oats to make a stiff, but not overly dry mixture. I don't measure the oats, just add til I get the right consistency. If I'm using banana or plain apple underneath, I sometimes add a teaspoon of cinnamon as well.

I use an 8" enamel pie dish, and just slice up 2 large or 3 small bananas, enough to put a good layer in the dish, put the crumble mix on top, and bake at 180 C for 40 to 45 mins, til the top looks cooked and golden.

This basic crumble idea also works with pineapple underneath - often our local market has pineapples on offer; I got two for £1 recently. I get Mr LW to cut them up, and freeze the pieces, which I then use on pizza and also add to my sweet'n'sour sauce; well, the last time, I was short on freezer space, so tried putting some in a crumble as described, to use what wouldn't fit in the freezer - I just put a layer of pineapple in the dish and did the crumble mix and baked it, and it was superb!:o

I've been out to the post this morning, but that's about all - so tired. And for some reason I was awake all night, in floods of tears, Haven't a scooby what that's all about.:( Ruddy BD I suppose.:( I haven't even done the washing up yet - I may wait til I've finished the pot of coffee and do it all in one hit. Someone kick me up the backside, please.:cool:

Lozzy88

just the two of us, i think i have just watched it too, I am carrying extra weight too I blame the kids but even before them i was size 12 lol.

Everytime i even think about a healthy lifestyle change, i get starving hungry and eat anything and everything

I have to go clean the bathroom now its a mess.

ETA I now have a lovely clean bathroom, cleaned the window in and out, window sill, cupboard under the sink, toilet,bath, sink and hand washed the floor i will mop it after i have cleaned the kitchen.

I am off to do that now too.