Weekly Flylady Thread 25th June 2007

Solwaykid

Blimey, they're nearly as swish as your new shoe collection! You make me miss my youth that I forgot to mispend.
Happyathome, I confess that that's the second one I've fitted 'independantly' in 4 years and yes, the first one was a disaster too.. the front dropped off every time it was used. I'm getting quite good at independance and gathering a small collection of power tools. It would be nice to delegate the jobs though!

I've claimed the pantry back and that's about it for the list. It seems to be a feet-up night tonight. Pan of popcorn and a glass of wine with a very emotional episode of Dr Who. Look away now if you didn't see it (or don't care) no, sorry I can't spoil the revelation..

Hev, you're doing the right thing with the pokey-pola, I applaud you going cold turkey. Good lass. I'm on a 20 week challenge to only reduce my tobacco; so feeble.

happyathome_withmyboys

Pigpen - wow! I'm shamed - here I am with only 2 wee-ones and I'm having trouble remembering to make an effort with tinted moisturiser!

cha97michelle

great nails pigpen.

don't know how you fly with them on though. I struggled to do absolutely anything the 1st time i had some on although i think the woman did them wrong as they felt really tight, and i forced them off very quickly and knackered my nails. The 2nd time was for my wedding, and i kept them on for about a month and used it as a great excuse not to do very much at all. DH did everything, although that could have been because it was our honeymoon.


I haven't stopped all day here. I keep finding 'jumpers' so the cats have had another tablet each and again i've banished them to the great outdoors. The problem is the gammy legged one, cos he can't groom himself properly, so i was brushing him, and kept finding really lively ones in clumps of fur. I'm just deciding whether to groom them again tonight or spray the house? Probably easier to groom them as there are probably more on them than in the house, then take Charlie to my mums and let DH do the fumigating tomorrow. Then again, do i trust him


Day has been spent:

• holding Charlie up as much as possible to avoid him getting any on him, but it didn't work
• rehoovering the whole of downstairs again
• plus other defleaing activities.

might update again later. I've eaten rubbish all day, and i'm just deciding whether to open a bottle of wine i bought earlier cos it was on offer, or to just crack open something harder like voddie or my tia maria, cos it might make the deflea-ing more bearable. I hate being on my own all day, particularly when there is nothing on the telly. I stuck on Right said fred's top 50 camp videos on a music channel, cos it really is that bad.


Well, i'm going to wash up and make the baby bottles, and then see what i feel like then.


Michelle, x

oh - and i think it is welcome back to vastsarah? I'm sure i've seen her put a toe in our door before but welcome anyway. We still don't bite

pigpen

solway.. I am mispending my 'grown-up' years.. this way I'm not answerable to my parents!!!! lol I never had any fun in my 'youth' either.. due to having DS1 at 17.. but by the time I am 40 these will be pretty much independant.. or rather.. less dependant.. so I'll have even more fun then!!

Oh.. re the shoes.. I told hubby how much I had saved buying shoes.. I love sales.. then I told him how many pairs I had bought.. lol... he said he doesn't care so long as there are no animl print ones... I said there aren't.. if you don't count the zebra ones lol!!

lil_me

Michelle, there isn't much he can muck up with the fumigating, maybe if you don't trust him to 'just cover anything soft/fluffy/material' with the stuff maybe a babysitter for Charlie and you could help ? , but I do think it's a good idea to keep Charlie out of the way of it if possible, it's not nice stuff especially for littlies. I ended up treating my dogs last night as I know they haven't been done since we went away and the thought made me itchy.

Worst thing we ever had was bird mites, from the horrible birds nests in the loft, had to get the entire house fumigated by the council bloke so we stayed elsewhere for 3 days as DSs were only little. http://birdmites.org/mites.html they were just littel pin size moving dots on the wall near the light fitting on the morning, by evening time there was hundreds of them, yuk, I shudder just thinking about it.

LJD1_2

Pigpen, do the nails go on line that or does she paint them afterwards? I'm intrigued. I should know the answer because manicures is one of the things I do but i don't do acrilics so that's my excuse!

Hev-i applaud u giving up diet coke. I really should but i'm down to a glass a day from two litres a day so maybe none should be my next target. Well done you.

Solwaykid

pigpen wrote: »

solway.. I am mispending my 'grown-up' years.. this way I'm not answerable to my parents!!!! lol I never had any fun in my 'youth' either.. due to having DS1 at 17.. but by the time I am 40 these will be pretty much independant.. or rather.. less dependant.. so I'll have even more fun then!!

Good for you I say, I've been too serious most of my adult life but life really did begin at 40 for me.

Michelle, I think vodka might repel cat fleas more than wine would if that helps..:rotfl:
Hey, this is better than the student house party I was supposed to be at tonight. And I can wear my 'jamas.

lil_me

:j Ah PJ party, great idea, Casualty is on and kids have gone quiet, **dashes off to find comfiest jamas** (and make sure silent children means asleep, not upto something)

pigpen

I just caught 2 of mine out of bed playing with lego and the boys arguing in bed.. I swear they are out to make me bald!!

I just found a problem with my nails.. they get stuck under the keys on the keyboard lol.. that was amusing!

anyway.. I'm off to pub in a bit so you'll have to party without me!

pigpen

LJD1 wrote: »

Pigpen, do the nails go on line that or does she paint them afterwards? I'm intrigued. I should know the answer because manicures is one of the things I do but i don't do acrilics so that's my excuse!

They were opaque when they went on and were painted Purple with silver stars and irridescent top coat so they sparkle.. I like sparkly.

Tiddles said she loves them and insisted on kissing each finger in turn.. while wiping snot on my hands.. love her! Jb whined she wanted some and DD3 gazed at them adoring and said she will paint pretty nails when she is big.. she will as well! DD1 said I am a bimbo and a barbie!