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Weekly Flylady Thread 7th July 2014

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  • **Vanilla**
    **Vanilla** Posts: 362 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Morning all, tip run done here, hair dye got and more ink got. House looks so much better this morning. Plan is livingroom and kitchen today, hopefully get as much done as I did yesterday. Need to put a few more things up on ebay this evening to. Think I might be able to get all down from the attic by the weekend and sort into piles and take another few tip runs away.


    Only things staying in attic will be clothes that DS3 has yet to grow into, Christmas stuff and a few keepsakes. :)
    “Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish it.”
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Jazee wrote: »
    Piggers (and anyone else who is interested): I can help organise a get together but I'm restricted on dates. It would have to be Weds 20th August for me, but can sort out in Hull or York. Let me know.


    I *think* that is the week we are at OH's mums.. I can check later.. I'm not entirely sure what we are doing.
    lynnejk wrote: »
    Pig-pen - Pixie looks like an angel. When I see a picture like that I'm a bit sad mine are all so grown up, it seemed to happen overnight



    I know! They do grow up too fast!! It is most inconsiderate!!

    Everyone back to school today, Hopefully that will be all our sicking for the year! Not sure what we are doing about picking Moomin up, but I'm sure we will sort something. DS3 was saying she could walk to school with him then tried leaving with her at 8:45, she has to be there at 8:50 and it is at least a 20 minute walk which she can't manage at the moment without a lot of pain.. She may yet end up with a bus card and she can get the bus at the end of the street and get off outside school and it is less walking to come home!

    I wonder if Mimi found her dinner card. she never moaned so I'm assuming she did.


    TD airing socks.


    Hoping to get the next 18 rows done of Dots shorts and I need to make a start on packing for the weekend.. but that requires dropping some stuff at CS which is in the car boot.

    I need to put the girls washing away too, I've misplaced a couple of Pixies bits and she has only got about 5 outfits!

    I need to peruse mothercare outfits for her to change into after the baptism... I have vouchers for there so would not be spending.
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • Sequeena
    Sequeena Posts: 4,728 Forumite
    Manic Monday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
    15 minutes...
    Check fire alarms are working
    Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers. Half done. Changed toddler's bed which is in our room
    [STRIKE]Fling open the window and let in the summer![/STRIKE]
    30 minutes to spare...
    Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
    Strip off smelly bedding and sling it in the wash.. replace well before bedtime!
    Vacuum the mattress and air the duvet
    [STRIKE]Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe[/STRIKE]
    Got an hour...
    Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
    [STRIKE]Declutter the floors[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Sort 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of... and a pair of shoes only counts as one thing! likewise socks![/STRIKE]
    Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
    Wipe over the radiators, paintwork bannister rails etc
    Remove some dust mammoths and wipe over the paintwork

    Extra tasks list...
    34 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
    15 minutes filing!
    [STRIKE]Sort the airing cupboard/linen store/towels etc.. make it all neat and tidy![/STRIKE]
    Clean all the upstairs door frames
    Clean windows in these rooms
    [STRIKE]Clear the top of a bedside cupboard/chest of drawers or shelf[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Take all the dirty laundry to be washed
    Put away all the shoes that are strewn about the place[/STRIKE]

    Not bad. Will work on the rest and today's list :)
    Wife and mother :j
    Grocery budget
    April week 1 - £42.78 | week 2 - £53.05
    24lbs in 12 weeks 15/24
  • mrs-moneypenny
    mrs-moneypenny Posts: 15,519 Forumite
    puter needs a restart after update so im doing a paper list adn worknig off line for a bit.
    SPC~12 ot 124

    In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind
  • nicki_2
    nicki_2 Posts: 7,321 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic I've been Money Tipped!
    On a roll again :D

    Kitchen S&S, throws back on the sofa, post dealt with, dirty cloths in the washer, 3 programmes decluttered from the fr33view box while I did stuff :D My laptop has just finished its scan so I can now get on with accounts after I've take the clean washing upstairs, put mine away and make the beds :D

    Tueday:
    Update household accounts
    Transfer money
    Laundry - I need to leave a towel wash until DD gets in from school so I can wash her cookery apron ;)
    [STRIKE]Email[/STRIKE]
    Tea - Pasta salad
    Read a magazine
    [STRIKE] H3nry downstairs [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE] Dishes [/STRIKE] One batch done, I might do another later, or I might leave it until after tea :p
    DIY list - bedroom wallpaper, colours/paint, hall paint, stain paint, shelves, flooring bathroom?, flooring kitchen?,
    1000000 other things I can't recall :rotfl::rotfl:

    Work (Week):
    Accounts for last FY break down
    Tax return
    Tax Credits
    National Insurance
    Returns
    Errors/Orders
    Accounts - in progress, I think I have them up to date :o
    Forms
    Calling book
    Paying in book /Bank Wed/Thur
    Order in Thursday
    Prepare books

    Off to shift these 4 baskets now since DD seems to have lost the ability to move her own. I hate when AF is visiting her, she's turns into a plague of locust where no food is safe and lazy as anything :(

    Catch you all at lunchtime when I hope to have my household accounts & money transferred around to the right places ;) :wave:
    Creeping back in for accountability after falling off the wagon in 2016.
    Need to get back to old style in modern ways, watching the pennies and getting stuff done!
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    WM on, Next Tuesday filled, Pixie down for a nap

    finishing cuppa and going to sort next returns.. everything is going back :p
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • lemanie
    lemanie Posts: 668 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    lynnejk wrote: »
    Hope your trip out went okay :) Lx
    Thanks Lynne, I really enjoyed it but was absolutely exhausted by the time I had walked (very slowly) there and back. The little boy whose Mum's funeral I'm going to on Friday did his speaking part too and waved and shouted enthusiastically to my friend and I so I was extra pleased I had gone. Very proud of DS2, it was his first speaking (or anything) part on stage and he is in year 4, he has always refused, right from playgroup to go on stage or dress up :T
    Jazee wrote:
    Originally Posted by Jazee View Post
    Piggers (and anyone else who is interested): I can help organise a get together but I'm restricted on dates. It would have to be Weds 20th August for me, but can sort out in Hull or York. Let me know.
    pigpen wrote: »
    I *think* that is the week we are at OH's mums.. I can check later.. I'm not entirely sure what we are doing.
    Sounds like a great idea, wills self to be well enough to join in.
    pigpen wrote: »
    That sounds like my house.. you think 'oh, 5 minutes job and it's sorted' .. then the wall falls down or the floor caves in or you find a leak and before you know it you are rebuilding your entire street!!
    That made me laugh too. :D They say ‘a stitch in time saves nine’ but I need someone to teach me extreme darning for when there is a massive hole and the edges are frayed!

    With the help of DD I changed the beds yesterday and have done dailies so far today, will shuffle a bit after paid stuff, see you later.
    Proud to have dealt with our debt. DFW Nerd 1474
    DFD 25/08/15 _party_. Was: £23,929 01/01/14.
  • Honey_Bear
    Honey_Bear Posts: 7,519 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    pigpen wrote: »
    That sounds like my house.. you think 'oh, 5 minutes job and it's sorted' .. then the wall falls down or the floor caves in or you find a leak and before you know it you are rebuilding your entire street!!

    I am now re-digging the foundations for all of the other houses. This is going to take some time ....
    Better is good enough.
  • bonnie_bumpkins
    bonnie_bumpkins Posts: 1,245 Forumite
    Manic Monday ~ Master Bedroom & Landing
    15 minutes... ALL DONE
    30 minutes to spare...
    Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
    Vacuum the mattress
    Put the floordrobe in the wardrobe
    Got an hour...
    Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
    Declutter the floors
    Sort 10 things from your wardrobe
    Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
    Wipe over paintwork bannister rails etc
    Remove some dust mammoths
    Extra tasks list...
    34 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
    15 minutes filing!
    Sort the airing cupboard/linen store/towels etc.. make it all neat and tidy!
    Clean all the upstairs door frames
    Clean windows in these rooms
    Clear the top of a bedside cupboard/chest of drawers or shelf

    Tantalising Tuesday ~ Bathroom, Loo, Study
    15 minutes...
    Mop/vacuum
    30 minutes to spare...
    Scrub the bath, basin, toilet, cistern
    Scrub down the tiles
    Declutter and wipe the desk
    Got an hour...
    Wipe the paintwork in these rooms
    Clear a mega hotspot!.. shred it.. and fling it.. or just burn it!
    ExtrasShine the taps
    Wash the windows in these rooms.. and shine the mirrors
    clean the light fitting and bulbs
    *If you have nothing nice to say... say nothing*
    "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King Jr
  • dancemum
    dancemum Posts: 2,565 Forumite
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    edited 8 July 2014 at 12:18PM
    Laundry done
    House S&s done
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