Weekly Flylady Thread 14th July 2014

ionafan

Good morning all :wave:

Had a busy day yesterday - editorial meeting with my colleague - but a successful one, though it's given me more work to do! The rail journey home took almost twice as long as the one out, as I just missed two connections - in one instance I had my hand out to grab the rail as the train doors closed on me :eek: and I had to beat a hasty retreat or risk more damage to my already painful shoulder. No flying achieved yesterday, apart from carrying the empty coffee mugs into the kitchen :rotfl: DH spent all day at home with very little to show for it except more empty mugs

We had a wonderful thunderstorm in the night with brilliant lightning and about 5 overhead claps of thunder. Everywhere smells fresh this morning, and it has saved me worrying about watering the garden.

Today I must
- work for the next 40 minutes
- water the tomatoes and other pots
- go to an overseas links meeting (40 min drive away)
- buy strawberries at the farm shop on my way home
- do more work this afternoon - with the curtains drawn to keep out the sun
- deliver more letters
- go to a brass band concert / flower festival this evening

Meanwhile this morning DH is going on the same canal boat trip that I did on Monday, but in the other direction. (I almost wrote "in reverse", but that would give the wrong impression :rotfl: )

(((Hugs))), spoons and sticks all round, as needed - especially to Bossy.
Hope your ankle gets better soon, Dusty.

ETA: Beautiful photo of Squeak, pigpen - and I love the book title.

Honey_Bear

I love your photos Pigpen. Squeak's adorable and the blanket is beautiful. There's not enough colour in the world and that blanket is a giant step forward.


That storm started about 5.00 pm here last night and by 6.00 pm it was actually dark. I thought I'd nip out between the rain with the dog and got caught out and thoroughly soaked. The lightening was pretty spectacular, too. Healing vibes for the ankle, Dusty.


Three more items thrown on the CS pile. I'd put the six boxes on the landing towards the top of the stairs last night, stacked alternately because the cardboard ones don't have lids. Mrs Dog 'collects' strokes by running along things - a sign of her previous deprivation I think - and managed to topple the lot as I was coming up the stairs. Nothing broken, thank goodness, but I have dents in me where various things went flying.

ionafan

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Three more items thrown on the CS pile. I'd put the six boxes on the landing towards the top of the stairs last night, stacked alternately because the cardboard ones don't have lids. Mrs Dog 'collects' strokes by running along things - a sign of her previous deprivation I think - and managed to topple the lot as I was coming up the stairs. Nothing broken, thank goodness, but I have dents in me where various things went flying.

Hope you're not too badly dented, HB.
Please give Mrs Dog a stroke from me - I'm sure she didn't mean to hurt you.

A little bit of work achieved, and DH sent out to catch the early bus, to give him time to go to the bank before walking down to the canal.

I'm off out now too. Will catch up with everyone later.

Dustykitten

Ah feeling grimmer by the minute. Ankle is getting blooming worse. I'll take yet more anti Hs and have a shower, standing washing up probably didn't help. Going to get DS2 up, hope he is feeling better as he was not well last night and see if he can help out as nobody else back until nearly 4.

Honey_Bear

Mrs Dog thanks you, Ionafan. We call it sofa-running and she does it everywhere! All the solid furniture in the house gets several passes every day - the sofa, our bed, the settle in the dining room, anywhere she can get the feeling she needs. There's a tide mark on each piece! Her absolute favourite is being towelled dry after she's been out in the rain and comes racing towards me when she sees it stretched out, and then she grunts with pleasure and leans into it as its happening. The original Honey Bear (who was also an ex-stray) did it as well. Dogs are so easy to please!

nicki_2

Morning all.

JTTOU - try putting normal table salt down where you don't want the weeds growing. Its kills them and 'poisons' the ground so stops things growing apparently. I've used it on my patio as we have a sycamore tree next door and I'm sick of pulling them up from between the slabs! Just don't get it where you want plants to grow! I just bought another 3kg bag from Mr A for £1.14 and its doing a better job than the £10 I spent on weedkiller last year!

Dusty- Hope your ankle improves.

Been out to work this morning, it was dry when I left the house, I got soaked in a thunderstorm/downpour which only last about 15 minutes Came home, stuffed my trainers with newspaper and put them on the windowsil in the sun, then hung my wet clothes up on hangers in the same window Now I'm home and not planning on doing much at all except munch a frog or two aka read my magazine pile My head is spinning with all the different things going around it so I'm hoping that by taking time out today to 'chill' I won't be quite so grumpy at DD tonight. However, knowing me I'll get 'bored' and end up doing jobs :rotfl: I'm just going to go with whatever today.

Monday
Sort to-do list for the DIY, - virtually done, just a couple of things left to do.
Write priority DIY shopping list (livingroom, lining paper) - sort of done. Having to recalculate some things.
Dust

Tuesday:)

Wednesday

Thursday
[STRIKE]Laundry x3 2nd one in now
[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Box of books [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Tea - pasta salad[/STRIKE]
Vacuum through downstairs again! :mad:

Friday
[STRIKE]Work am[/STRIKE]
Work pm
Clear magazine pile 1 from January I've nearly finished, another from Feb, then the rest are from May onwards
Tea - ????

Off to make a coffee, and then I'm going to get this first magazine finished :wave:

Dustykitten

Wash 1 and 2 on the line, going to have lunch and do a few more sitting down jobs.

pigpen

DS3's bedding all washed and out on the line.. it will smell nice.. waiting for DS2 to get up so I can do his!


OH doing DW after he has eaten


Squeak enjoyed her party at nursery and is now finished there...


I need to draw the back to school chart.. I guess it will help to know when they go back


I have got some more stuff thrown at ebay and I have loads more pics done.


I got my mother a hedgehog planter in the next sale.. I though it would be about dinner plate size.. oh no.. it is ginormous!! Never mind.. I am just going to plant bulbs in it for Christmas.. I have a duck one too but I am doing that one for DD1 but that hasn't arrived yet.

I have some returns to get packaged and a pair of boots to post which I shall do in a minute.. the sun has peeped out so I shall get it done before the rain jumps on it!

just_the_two_of_us

Nicki - thanks - I won't use it on our garden only on the paving but as I am "responsible" for the empty property next door will try it on that - have loads of dishwasher salt ready for the icy winter we didn't have - do you think that would that do?

Dusty - can you get emergency appt at GP today as your ankle sounds really bad? I have to have antibiotics and stronger antihistamines regularly for bites and it won't be good with your forthcoming long flight.

Just had an unexpected cuppa with D sis as she met me from vol job 1 - delayed my lunch and paperwork sorting - oh dear me!!! but was a lovely surprise.

Now going to get a cold drink and get on - think we may have storms here this weekend - i love them!

Jazee

Woohoo, just finished the paid stuff for 10 days....happy with what flying has been achieved this week so just dailies and a quick hoover through before we set off will do me.

Nicki - thanks for the salt tip, will try that on my driveway.

Dusty - I second you going to the doc with your ankle, sounds like you need anti-Bs at the least.

Right, just finishing my cuppa. I have polished off DH's revels! I'm going to wash up, then take the dogs out before the storm hits us.

And....I have a project for the summer, I am going to capture my summer in pencil drawings. I have my pencils and a little pad ready and yesterday I drew the washing on the line as I sat out in the sun. When I'm doing this, I don't have to think about anything else.

Lovely.