Weekly Flylady Thread 30th June 2014

wendywitch

I'm sorry I've been AWOL I've been so busy with nothing to show for it
I'm not sure if I said DD1 was dog/house sitting with the boyfriend? Well today is the last day :j I've had to pick her up every morning for work and take her back in the evening.
She did manage to pass her driving theory test this week :T (4th try) so driving lessons will increase to 2 hourly.
My dad's not well. His left leg has swollen up twice the size so my mum and I had the take him to the doctor, we thought it was gout. Doctor was running over an hour late :mad: appointment time WAS 11.10, saw him, he then sent us to the hospital for ultrasound scan and xrays, hospital said fluid on the knee and sent us back to the doctor to have it drained off! :eek: Didn't get home til nearly 5.30!! :eek: Got an appointment for the next day. Doctor gave him some new pills, took him off his blood pressure pills, told my mum he has something wrong with his liver (she couldn't remember what by the time she told me about it). He's now not allowed any alcohol or tomato juice?? Back next week to see if it still needs to be drained.
We had drama last night, it was quite stressful, last rehearsal before first night on Saturday. My friend who's in charge kept changing all my ques for the props I have to do :mad: And as DD1 wasn't there and DD2 was being a right pain in the ear-hole :mad: I was left to do admin, money, teas&coffees and the bl00dy props!!
Had the police round to do a new statement for court against ex husband next month. Had to tell them how I feel :cool: Tired mostly! Not sleeping cos of all the stress I'm under
Did manage to get some housework done yesterday, mostly cos Mr. O&O was meant to be coming but had to cancel at the last minute. It's fine, I was disappointed but not as upset as I would normally have been. He had a good excuse, not telling him that though or he may use it again!
Bathroom cleaned
2 loads of washing on line, WM reloaded ready to go on later.
DW loaded but not enough in it to go on.
Girls carp picked up from front room and dumped in theirs. DD1 hasn't even been here and her stuff was still laying around!
My room hoovered
Landing & stairs hoovered, kills my back
Living room swept (laminate)

Going to have a coffee see if it'll wake me up a bit, I just want to sleep DD1 is on a late tonight, finishes at 6. So have to collect her, drop her back to the dog then collect my best friend & her husband, take them to see their DD3 arrive at her prom. She's going on a horse! :eek: Then take them back, collect DD1 & boyfriend, drop him home then we can come home :j
I really need a day off Taking my mum shopping tomorrow morning. At drama from 2pm on Saturday, show in evening, drumming show Sunday day time, drama show Sunday evening and Monday evening :eek:

Coffee is calling my name . . . .

TTFN

Honey_Bear

Healing vibes for your father, WendyW and D/W leak repairing vibes for Mumto5.

I've been clearing up a few overhanging jobs that 'needed' to be done but I strongly suspect that this is a serious attack of Procrastination to stop me opening the craft cupboard and starting to get to grips with the contents. I'm going to regard them as froglets and then they fit FrogDay.

short_bird

I'm tackling the giant frog that is my desk and the shelves above it. Wish me luck...

Dustykitten

short_bird wrote: »

I'm tackling the giant frog that is my desk and the shelves above it. Wish me luck...

I'll do better than that I'll join you! I could be gone some while, at least I've been to Mr L so we have food

mummyroysof3

Been loft sorting yay....but while we were both black with dust youngest school rang to collect him. Told them hubby needed to shower first then it's an hour round trip grr. New toilet seat on yay

just_the_two_of_us

I've been washing - again!
tidying stuff - again!
Cleaned kitchen hob
Prepared pineapple - have so much fruit in I could be a monkeys' zookeeper!

Have got ahead of myself and hoovered upstairs and changed a bed
Hoover now needs charging so can't finish off the stairs- aagh!
WUDUPA all done -
Ironing finished
Paperwork all in a pile on my ironing board - that which is around and about - no frogs coming out of cupboards yet!!!!!

All this because I did 5.4 km before 8:30. It was easy - but will be better when I don't need to chat too - although that was lovely.

Just decluttering a coffee then off to finish hoovering and mop kitchen floor.

Then it's just the bathroom to do - may leave that until I have a shower tomorrow morning - depends how I feel.

I can't believe it is only 14:40 just goes to show what you can get done with a whole day at home.

Dusty - sending you email.

bossymoo

Hello again

<sneaks back in>

Sorry for the absence. Pulled myself together (again) and I'm back to join in with the chit chat - I have kept flying going though. Today I've been in the kitchen, cleaned in the microwave and both normal ovens, plus grill and pan. It wasn't too bad as I don't cook much or whatever I do, I use lids.

I've also tidied my cleaning stuff cupboard, so I could see what I have got and what's missing. Think we're ok for the time being.

Car has had service and MOT, and popped up to town to Wilco to see if there were any bargains. DD got a colouring book for 25p, that's it. But we went in the market and got an enormous gammon joint from the good butchers. Was pricey but its huge and they are lovely, all meat and nothing to waste. It's soaking and I'll put it in the slowcooker overnight with cola.

Just having a cuddle now with DD then will go collect DS when it's time.

Aww, DS is going on a special reward trip next week. He has won the top award, only a couple from each class win it, it's for consistent good behaviour and politeness and effort. They get "smilies" throughout the year and he collected enough for the top award, bless him. He was very proud of himself (as am I!) and the trip is a real treat for those few.

Anyway, I hope your all well, I have read a bit. Pigpen, was DDs scan ok? Dusty I'm glad you're feeling better, and anyone else who is feeling grotty, (((hugs)))

Honey_Bear

Lovely to see you back, Bossy and well done to your DS!

Craft cupboard coming along just fine, and it's making me sort through a number of other muddles as I am going through it. It's nowhere near as bad as I thought, but still pretty bad.

MinnieMousesMummy

Good afternoon everyone, I started off this week with all good intentions, however after Monday I got lost under the stress. There is just so much going on at the moment and so much to get done in terms of family life, cleaning and business related.

Right I am determined to get everything sorted and get on top of my business related stuff and get the house looking at least on the way to being respectable.

I am going to post a week for the whole week and then get through as much as I possibly can in the next 4 days.

Monday - Downstairs Dash
HH tidying, putting away and floor clearingDONE
Hoover and mop all the floors you can see
Wipe kitchen work surfaces and clean the sink
S&S toilets and basins
Dust the electricals and anything else you have time to.
2 loads of laundryDONE
HHI
Work 8-5DONE
Spend an hour sorting through paperworkDONE

Tuesday - Declutter Day
Work 8-6 DONE
Schedule all work that is in and get rid of bits of paper from diary
Sort through the baskets of clothes in the living room and either put away or put into the relevant bag (currently got bags for each family member till I catch up with the ironing)
Clear the kitchen work surfaces and give them a good clean
Replant the veg
Sort through ds2’s clothes and remove ones that are too small
Tidy the jackets in the hall and put them away
Iron ds2’s clothes and put away
Make a list of clothes that are needed by ds2
Sort Avon paperwork and books
Declutter office space
List some items on the facebook free to collector page. Breadmaker, stair parts and sink jump to mind straight away
Windowsill - clear of all unnecessaries

Wednesday - Deep Clean Day
Cobweb dust the ceilings
Clean the windows inside
Work 6-11DONE
Sort through dds clothes – remove small ones
Iron dds clothes and put away
Make a list of clothes needed by dd
Take any black bags to the tip
Look for library books that are well overdue
List unwanted items on Facebook
Go into town and get a bucket and mop – something that I really need to get
Collect car parts from garageDONE

Thursday
Pay the rentDONE
Sort tax credits renewal
Book a holiday
Replant veg
Look into uniform allowance
Cut the grass
Work 6-11
Catch up with washing
Get printing paper
Feed all animals
Spend an hour on course work
Spend an hour on business paperwork

Friday - Unwieldy Upstairs
Work (long day 9am – 10pm)
Strip and change beds
Hoover upstairs
Quick hoover downstairs
Dust the bedrooms
Clean the bathrooms
Change towels around the house
Print paperwork and update accounts
Finalise business accounts for June 2014
Feed all animals
Spend an hour on business paperwork
Spend an hour on course work
Do an inventory of the freezer and fridge
Do an inventory of the kitchen cupboards

Saturday
Work 8-5
Spend an hour on business paperwork
Do some ironing
Spend an hour sorting master bedroom
Feed all animals
Spend an hour on course work
Clean out the chickens
Do a meal plan for July
Do weekly online shop
Catch up with the thread


Sunday
Spend an hour on course work
Take dd horse riding
Work 9-1
Do some ironing
Try to find banking paperwork for lost account
Feed all animals
Clean out the hamster
Double check diary for next week
Spend an hour on business paperwork

LameWolf

Not a lot of frog-munching today, I'm afraid, as I've been holed up in the lounge with the doglets (brought their beds and water dish in) while the plumbers [STRIKE]wrecked my kitchen[/STRIKE] fitted my new taps.
However, I did catch a few newly-hatched tadpoles; and we've arranged to deal with a Mega-Cane-Toad-Zilla that's been put off for an entire decade.
*Fanfare* We've agreed a date with the plumber to refit the kitchen!

Obviously, we'll keep the nice new mixer-taps he's just installed, but he and his cohorts are going to rip out the cupboards and dodgy ancient built-in cooker that doesn't get to the temperature you want, and install new cupboards and tops, and a new free-standing gas cooker (Mr LW's choice; I said I didn't mind whether it was gas or leccy); I'll have extra cupboard space and a draining board that doesn't slope the "wrong" way and therefore constantly have water standing on it, and hopefully it'll all be much nicer to work in.:o

Mr LW's got just over a week's leave starting 15th September, so it's scheduled to happen that week; we also both have a fixed-term savings account each that mature in August, so just in time to pay for all this.:T

I'd already told the dog-sitting franchisee that I'd likely be unavailable that week (we were thinking to go away for a couple of days) so I've emailed him to confirm this; if all goes well, we can still go away for the weekend after, as Mr LW doesn't go back to work til Sept 24th.:o