Weekly Flylady Thread 21st April 2014

pigpen

She seems ok ty Dusty, I think she is in denial at the moment though and reality hasn't yet sunk in.. I'll give her until tomorrow night and ask what she is wanting to do because given she may well be around 11 weeks already we need to move on this whatever her decision.

Fmess

valli do you mind if I ask what type of work you do? Just curious as you say there is only 13 weeks left (if I understood right).

I am very prone to stress and it is almost always work related (I'm a teacher). I try to make realistic lists of what I can achieve each day and ensure that I have some time off. I now always have Friday night and Saturday as non working times and have a rule of no work after 9pm. It generally gets stuck to and it is a comfort knowing that there is a certain time/day when I know I'll have a rest. A friend on here once advised to focus on the dates/events in your diary that you are looking forward to, and count down to them.

lemanie

Valli wrote: »

If any of you have any tips for managing stress they would be much appreciated. If I buckle under the situation will be worse as I am a one-man band and that would just worsen the situation.

Valli, here is a post I made last October, the NHS website has another useful link off it for 'Ten Stress Busters' which could well be a flylady mantra, all the things that we try to help each other do! You may not be able to alter the amount of stress or pressure you are under (at least not during term-time) but you can certainly address how you deal with it physically, mentally and emotionally

lemanie wrote: »

... a blog I read had some useful and thought provoking links to articles about taking care of your mental well-being. I hope you won't mind me copying them in here?

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/Pages/improve-mental-wellbeing.aspx

http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/help-information/10-ways-to-look-after-your-mental-health/

It was the Mother's Union coffee morning today, we raised a reasonable amount of money and it is all sorted and ready to take to the bank. Baked before hand for cake stall, so all cleaning done in kitchen now too.

I went to MrS last night, thanks Fizz, but trying to juggle the vouchers, the t and c and their exceptions nearly pushed me over the edge :rotfl: but I now have a new (none-leaking) kettle, knife block and knives, chopping board and 8 extra teaspoons (where do they go?) for free :money:. Maybe won't take OH with me another time!

NB: New knives are sharp.
[STRIKE]Apply plaster
Clean up blood
Apply large dressing when blood pours out of plaster
Clean up pool of blood and bloody finger prints[/STRIKE]
Buy finger guard so I can fly next week

Dustykitten

Floors hoovered and mopped
WM2 on
DW on
Stairs hoovered
2 bedrooms dusted

Not bad. Just waiting for the floor to dry and then I'll wash the doors down and see what is left.

just_the_two_of_us

A quiet day today - been to library and to pick up a few bits of shopping.
Just about to start on a pile of paperwork though - have set my timer for half an hour! to see how much I can do in that time. Then I'll be able to "guesstimate" the damage to clear the lot:eek:

Take care.

Honey_Bear

I've dropped all the stuff off at the chalet that needed to go there, collected all the 'Unknown' keys from there and married them with the 'Unknown' keys here to make something crafty later in the year. My decluttering mission of the day, to get rid of all unknown keys, may not be quite achieved but something gibbley will becomes something sorted and lovely, so I'm happy with that. Morribunds, Lidl and library visited and all's well with the housekeeping side of life.

My lovely dog sitter, due on Monday night, is, as I type this, giving 'it' a push. Fortunately Scottish lodger has stepped into the breech :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Valli, if it's work-related, and I guess it probably is from your posts over the past few months, does knowing that it is time-limited help? As Dusty says, this too shall pass. If not, a quick trip to the quack might be the answer. (((Hugs))) for you and my best suggestion would be to spend as much time as you can with people you really like and who value you highly.

Valli

Oh yes - it's work related.

Am going round to my friends tonight so that will be good.

I think a lot of it is anger and frustration. The job is so time-consuming that I haven't had much time to do things I want to do. And the carrot that was dangled in front of me has been whipped away! But I have the needles for the sewing machine so that's a project for the summer; I have had some sessions in the garden and I have set up a facebook page for a friend's venture.
I haven't done as much work stuff as I should have though.

msgnomey

evening all

Not done much flying today as I've been to visit my 98yr old grandma and it's a 2 hr drive each way. She was very chatty and we had lunch together it'll soon be her 99th birthday (June!!)

and tonight I must work as we're back to school on Monday and I've done no planning yet :eek::eek::eek:

so that's what I'm off to do now

hugs, spoons ect etc
xxxx

Honey_Bear

A bit has dropped off the inside OH's microwave oven that he arrived with over 20 years ago, and it was far from new then. At last. It won't stop him saying, 'But we can get it fixed, can't we?'

Strong dog-sitter type lodger has shifted my mother's combination oven up to the kitchen from whence it has lived, unused, all these years, and it won't fit in the same place - aaaaagggggghhhhhh; so stuff shifting is going on here but I'm not sure I can make this look good. I also now realise that as my mother's house was sold nine years ago, this oven is at least 11 or 12 years old. How time flies.

Fmess

Wow there are a lot of teachers around.

I've not done much flying today but have decluttered enough planning to last me until Wednesday evening. I just have to do a bit of marking tomorrow and hopefully plan at least one tutoring session to stop me being so busy during the week.

I'd forgotten how stressful term time can be, the nightmares have started to creep back in (I always get them before I go back to school) and my sleep is feeling less restful.

Tomorrow (and maybe after BGT) I will do some more flying - dusting the bedrooms is playing on my mind.

Hope you all have a lovely evening.