Weekly Flylady Thread 20th January 2014

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
(just)
love vali's suggestions of what to do with the lace and pigpen worded it beautifully that we done need 'stuff' to remember people by they live in our hearts and are with us every time we think of them.

need to have a quick S&S around down stiars before i go to work then i MUST do some flying.
had a phone call of someeone whos promised to bring me some paperwork round to deal with (oh joy) BUT ive been saying for 2 months it needs doing and whens the deadline? next tuesday! if he doesnt call round with it i'll walk over to his house and drag it off him (might take a while hes over 20 miles away!)
the stuff we do for friends eh

just_the_two_of_us

Update whilst eating lunch - banana sandwich on wholemeal bread - no butter but a sprinkle of sugar - must be going back to my childhood! - either that or really desperate to come in under £200 for GC challenge by end next week:rotfl:

Monday - Master bedroom & landing
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing clean sheets
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors[/STRIKE]
Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Mess
Wipe the front of the units, kickboards and the large appliances
Sweep and mop the floor
Got an hour...
Wipe dining table
Clean filters and detergent dispensers

Wednesday - sprog/spare room
15 minutes...
[STRIKE]Strip bed and wash sheets [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear the floor of gibble[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare...
[STRIKE]Vacuum floor[/STRIKE]
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]collect dirty laundry - and wash
it!! [/STRIKE] Towels also done!!
I have now got just one laundry bag for the two of us. FInd easier to do one load at a time and then can try to dry on airer rather than use TD all the time.
Extras
[STRIKE]HHS&S of the upstairs of the house..[/STRIKE]
HH catch-up!! - must be paperwork next then!!!

Also shopping as no spudatoes left.
Take photos of DS clothes at home in case any no longer loved!!
re-do much smaller list ready for tomorrow!

mrs-moneypenny

oh a havent had a nana sarni for years, used to like them with a bit of honey

bossymoo

G'day

Just decluttering some lunch and a cuppa. Am in the office for another 3hrs (in theory, never happens that way on Wednesdays).

Conversation this morning:
Me: OK kids you are going to breakfast club then school and nursery, then back to school club. I'll pick you up at tea time.
<DS 'needs' to know who will collect him and where>
DD: OK mummy
DS: Yaay! I need to play!
Me: Sure, you like school club then?
DS: No!
:rotfl: boys!
So he wants to play, but also wants me to pick them up as early as I can so he can play at home too. I don't finish quite early enough to get to school in time for 3.30 on Wednesdays, hence school club, then I kind of have to leave it till at least 4.15 or I'm disrupting their snack tea. Plus I pay £6.50 per child so we might as well use it! Anyway, 4.45 is the half-way point which gives me an hour to catch up at home and get tea ready, plus they can play with friends or watch tv. They decided pizza tonight and I think I'll make some carrot and coriander soup... and possibly meal plan...

MummyD

Hey all! Lost my GUAG again. Truant.
Tidied kitchen and put wm on. Otherwise, not much. Just got a loaf of granary bread out of the bread machine. Smells gorgeous. I shall try not to eat too much of it though as am watching my weight. Mainly watching it go up unfortunately! :rotfl:

Wednesday - sprog/spare room
15 minutes...
[STRIKE]Strip beds and wash sheets and any other bedding in need![/STRIKE]
Clear the floor of gibble
30 minutes to spare...
Vacuum floor
Wash window
De-web and dust the room
Got an hour...
Binbag dance
Wipe away sticky marks
[STRIKE]collect dirty laundry[/STRIKE]
Extras
HHS&S of the upstairs of the house..
HHI while watching some gubbins of the gogglebox
HH catch-up!! got a friend coming for lunch at 1. We will chat a lot. Does that count as catching up?

Hugs, spoons, sticks and vibes to those who need them.
Rx

just_the_two_of_us

Come on MummyD's GUAG - get back home quickly - honest it's not here!!!

Update - have swept and mopped kitchen floor
Dusted (quick feather) upstairs and downstairs
Bedding now in washer (that's three loads today)
Done HHC on paperwork and manged to cram it all into one rather large box!!
Hoping it doesn't rain as about to go for quick shop - but need cash first!!!
See you tomorrow everyone - I'll be done in after my walk.

xx

Narc0lepsy

Well I'm likely to spend the next week flying and decluttering! The threatened 7am scaffolding didn't arrive till 8am which caused much moaning from me and silent moaning (he's very good natured but I know what he was thinking) from OH, who had taken the day off to oversee the solar panel installation. He'd planned to declutter his office, so much of it is in the spare room. Problem 1: scaffolders wanted to stick something through the window of my office, so I had to rapidly scoop everything off desk, dismantle/unplug computer and all its attachments and put it.....ah ...not in the spare room. Oh well, I needed a kick up the *** to transfer the contents of my old computer onto the new one, and sort out the new arrangement, so looks like I've just had that kick.
Problem 2: electrician started trying to plan suitable route for the cables from the loft to the meter, either via the stairs ("will the stairs lift off if I lift the carpet? May have to get a carpenter in......") or through a cupboard in my office (which OH emptied yesterday as we use it as a linen store and plan to declutter it....guess where it is...yup, in the spare room). So we now seem to have the entire contents of our upstairs all in the spare room. At this point, I said "I know it's early and I'll hit the traffic, but I'm going to work to get out of the way".
So here I am at uni, with a gap between students.

Somehow I can predict a very long fly list for the next few days.

Great thoughts from all of you on getting rid of sentimental stuff; I'm hopeless at it, even (embarrassed to admit) old emails from people who are still alive. It's why it is taking me so long to swap computers, I keep re-reading emails and 'stuff' with a view to deleting unnecessaries.

nicki_2

I have 18 mince pies cooking, and 18 more cut out. Thats the two easy packets of pastry dealt with. Worked out they're 125cals each so I'll be needing to write that on the bag when I freeze them lol I need to look into getting some stackable cooling racks as well. I just don't have the work surface to have more than one at a time out so have to use the dining table then I only have 2 racks so batch baking ends up being a game of stack the items pyramid style to make room for the hot stuff from the oven I think I'll go have a mooch to see what I can find on Monday in town with DD

My kitchen looks like its been snowing as there's flour all over the worktop :rotfl::rotfl: Won't take long to tidy up, and the next thing going in the oven after the mince pies is cakes so that'll free up lots of room as I use ingredients up

Off to take them out the oven :wave:

FizzWhizz

Today I have flown to my SIL's and chatted over coffee, not seen her in ages so was getting the update on DN1's health.

Since getting home I have decluttered a Bounty and not a lot else.

Making the most of a rare Wednesday off work!

Crowdpleaser

The car has a gearbox anc clutch problem. Could be up yo 1200 to fix. Sod it.

Dh honr from work for arvo. Have decluttered him upstairs to the spare room instead of setting up office at the kitchen table.

Finally wiped all woodwork in bedrooms and kitchen diner and did light switches.

Washing on airer and another load in. Dw emptied.

Chicken cut up for chicken pilaf for tea.

Am off to job number 2 tonight. Couple hours on box office and then will pop to sainsbos see what ys there is.

No ive still not swept hoovered or mopped the kitchen floor.....

Put