Weekly Flylady Thread 11th August 2014

elsiepac

Hello all

Well done to Dusty's son and lemanie's daughter!
Commiserations for Valli's daughter and dancemum's son, they must be so disappointed. I hope they can make something positive out of it and find a new path.

I have mum over for girls night tonight - we skipped last week as they had a clubcard deal for couple of nights in Brighton, had a fab time by all accounts. Also very pleased as mum had checkup with her consultant today (after last year full of pancreatic cancer and then the Whipple procedure at the end of the year after chemo, radio and general hard times - all successful and she's clear) - consultant has confirmed she's good to go after a gall bladder complication a few weeks ago; she has one more tablet to take every day for the rest of her life as a result but better that than cancer!! She now doesn't have to see him again for 6 months, so he's clearly pleased with her recovery
I want to do a nice meal tonight, but I'm skint so have to use what I have in. Need to get my creative cap on! I'll update later with my results - I may do my special homemade focaccia as a special treat - it's so calorific but absolutely delicious and we both love it! I have tons of houmous leftover from yesterday to go with it. hmm...:think:

LC x

Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
15 minutes...
Sweep and mop the floor
30 minutes to spare..
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Clean the sink and slush the drain out
Got an hour...
Give the hob a good wipe and the oven door a clean too
Wipe the door handles
Exterminate, exterminate get rid of those annoying hotspots The high table is the hotspot but only had a couple of bits there as had been very good after sorting it all last week!
Extra Mission
Sort out the fridge/freezer/pantry and make a list of things to use up this week
Sort out the cupboard under the sink, give it a good wipe out I sorted this coincidentally on the weekend!

Tuesday - Living Room and study
15 minutes..
Tidy up, put things away, straighten those piles - there better already
30 minutes to spare...
Hoover the floors
Dust electricals, screens etc
Do one bit of paperwork
Got an hour...
Hoover/wipe the sofas
Wipe the skirtings/lightshades and bulbs
Time to deal with something else on your desk

Wednesday - Bathroom/Hall, Stairs
15 minutes...
Clean the toilet and sink, shine those taps
Got 30 minutes to spare...
ME TIME I had a lovely 20 minutes outside in between the rain, reading my book from the £2.50 book man (The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth - very good indeed as I would expect!), and nibbling on carrot, red pepper and cucumber sticks with a little bowl of homemade houmous and a cheeky gin and tonic. Also made houmous :rotfl:
Have an hour...
Clear the floors and hoover and mop them, right into the manky corners
Clean the bath and shower - descale the head if required
Shine those mirrors and windows
Extra mission:
Change pet bedding

Thursday - Choose a bedroom
15 minutes..
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
30 minutes to spare..
Clear and clean the bedside table/windowsill/shelf
Hoover the floor
Got an hour..
What's lurking under the bed, drag it all out, hoover right to the back. Found any treasurers or trash?
Extra mission:
Sort any piles of magazines, catalogues etc, any you can pass on or recycle?
Get out winter boots/shoes do they need reheeling/polishing/replacing?

Valli

Thank you for your kind words. Clearing is proving hard work but offers have been made.
*mops brow in relief*

LameWolf

Congratulations to the Flyteens who got the grades they wanted; commiserations to those who didn't quite make it - it's so stressful, I remember being on Valium when I took my O Levels! You can study really hard, be brilliant at the subject, but if a bout of exam nerves hits, it can put you totally off your stroke.

msgnomey wrote: »

Just out of interest how many sets of towels do you all have?

I got 2x2 nice bath sheets which I'm now rotating but there are quite a few older thinner ones in the cupboard taking up space I'm thinking of getting rid of them (probably via free cycle) as I don't use them but I can't quite bring myself to actually 'do it', for so long we had no nice towels...now we do I can't see to ditch the thin ones 'just in case'

If we're talking bath towels, we have two sets of two, (there's just me and Mr LW here of course) plus two older towels which are still actually in good condition that I keep for loaning to canine guests when the need arises; one of these is currently doubling as an ironing pad on the kitchen table, as neither of us can lift the actual ironing board at present. Our old thin towels went to Dog Rescue ages ago.

Re your old thin towels - take a deep breath, bag them up and take them to your nearest dog rescue charity.;)

Dustykitten

Dancemum What did DS1 want to do? There really are some great apprenticeships out there or a foundation year before a full degree on lots of courses.

Been to Mr L and Mr M (£5 off £10 meat ouher in the sun) . Having a quick cuppa and then I'm getting the hoover out whilt the steak treat marinates in stuff brought back from holiday.

dancemum

Dustykitten wrote: »

Dancemum What did DS1 want to do? There really are some great apprenticeships out there or a foundation year before a full degree on lots of courses.

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His results were AS levels. He wants to do history at uni. Previously he wanted to do medicine but realised himself this wasn't possible. We find out tomorrow what his options are. I'm not sure if he will have to sit this year again. He also has quite a high grade (distinction *)in ICT Cambridge technicals whatever they are but nothing on paper until next year for it.



Tomorrow will be a big day in this household concerning both boys :eek:

We have popped in at my parents house as he was dreading telling them so that is over with.

Laundry brought in and bedding is whizzing around in the td.

Ds2 has been fairly calm for a change. He does have a few new books though.

pigpen

Valli wrote: »

Lil Miss Valli didn't get the grades. There will be minimal flying here today:(

I'm gutted; she worked SO hard.

I'm pleased to hear others have had better results - well done Flyteens!

ring the uni department tell them she got her results but lower than expected and they might still let her in.. do it quick.. they look at the initiative in having the thought to call.. nothing to lose

DD1 got good enough grades she has a EEE offer for Psychology. She has deferred her place and funding to 2015.

DD2 did as bad as possible.. she might have learned a valuable thing 2xU, E and B/Merit in a pointless useless waste of time subject.. She is starting all over again next month.. silly girl!

ionafan

Dancemum, I hope tomorrow goes well for both boys - and for you of course x

Commiserations to the flykids who've had to change their plans, and congratulations to the ones whose results will take them where they wanted to go. Please remember (whichever group you fall into) that learning is a lifelong process and one set of exam results will not mean that you can never do anything different from what you had planned to do at this age - your inclinations and/or skill sets can change or be changed, nothing is ever set in stone, and you just have to be open to new opportunities as they arise. Personally I have always valued effort grades far more than exam results. Here's to successful and interesting lives for you all :beer:

We've been dodging showers today on a lovely long drive through glorious scenery. The house is still tidy and my meal planning has paid dividends, especially with judicious use of the SC. Brother and s-i-l seem quite content, which is good

(((Hugs))), spoons and sticks to all x

pigpen

LameWolf wrote: »

Congratulations to the Flyteens who got the grades they wanted; commiserations to those who didn't quite make it - it's so stressful, I remember being on Valium when I took my O Levels! You can study really hard, be brilliant at the subject, but if a bout of exam nerves hits, it can put you totally off your stroke.

Sod the nerves.. DD1 was in a room with around 30 other students who were out of the main exam hall due to a variety of reasons, she was then removed from that room because she couldn't stop being sick and it put the other students off and in a hot room a sick bucket doesn't smell so good.. bizarrely she was so stressed about the sicking she did the exam with no issue and got the B lol.

Honey_Bear

I couldn't figure the towel thing out until I decided to do it by colour and then it was dead simple. I buy them in pairs and whatever colour they start off with, everyone sticks with. Each person has a towel in use and a towel in the wash/spare. I use white, OH uses a pale grey stone coloured one (his choice), and the lodgers have cream, fawn and dark grey. And there's always a hand towel in the kitchen, shower room and bathroom.


The fabulous quality ones people leave behind become the 'spares' for lodger's guests. Currently, Spanish lodger's boyf is with us, so he has a stripy one some random person left behind a few years ago. Navy/Royal blue ones are at the chalet, as well as all the huge old now-fairly-thinish beach towels.


Anything stained or manky is relegated to the dog, and I never have enough once it starts raining in earnest in the autumn. Mrs Dog loves being towelled dry and we also need several to protect the carpets for when she arrives back from a lashing gale on The Hoe.

Kaz2904

Just about to head off to work but didn't want to read and run. I hope everyone feels better about not so good results this evening and has had a chance to develop a new plan. Congratulations to those who did well.
Exams are very stressful aren't they?
Have spent the day out today, having a walk around a local town which I've never been to. Very pretty .