Weekly Flylady Thread 29th December 2014

rubiesr4eva

thank you so much JulieJim will be reading full thread when I get back later x

just_the_two_of_us

Hi everyone - haven't caught up as so many pages!


Please add me in with a succeeded star! for ironing challenge Dusty - my one at home was clear before we left!!!


Just hanging around - day two for someone to come to D S's re electrics. meter replaced yesterday and now need something else done. We shall get into the big city one visit soon!


Hope the solicitors hurry up CY - it is a frustrating time.


Have a great New Year. Hope you are feeling better Dusty?- I usually have a melt down around Xmas time too.


Welcome to all newbies and returners.


xx

Honey_Bear

mamaninie wrote: »

You've all inspired me bird-wise! I do feed them sporadically - but I have put a squirrel proof seed feeder out for the last few months and none has been taken I think it might be in too much of an exposed position. I might move it a bit nearer the trees and see if they go for it.

If it's been out there for a while and untouched it's quite likely the food in it is contaminated by damp. It could be worthwhile emptying it, washing it out with washing up liquid, rinsing and drying it thoroughly before refilling it. I've made that mistake more than once, thinking the feeder was okay when I could see it was two thirds full until I actually looked at them carefully and discovered the contents were a bit nasty.

Just look at what you started Ionafan and Narco! All this bird stuff is fabulous - thank you both so much.

JulieJim, CS it all. You'll feel so much better with the stuff out of the house, all 'worthy' at your own generosity, relieved it's not longer staring at you demanding you do something about it, and frankly, unless money is very tight and your stuff goes for megabucks, The Bay of E is not that financially rewarding any more. I had a horrible experience with someone this year and as a result the local hospice shop has had some really good stuff. The statement showing how much extra money OH (the taxpayer in this household) had raised with his Gift Aid was far, far more rewarding than a few quid in my bank account.

Dusty, if the kittens were clean and are now not, it's quite likely that they're displaying their stress at being merged with the older cats. They won't use a litter tray if it's in a place they feel makes them vulnerable.

Which brings me on to something you said, Dusty, on Christmas Eve and I was intending to say on New Year's Eve, but I'm aware that quite a lot of people will be very busy tomorrow getting ready for parties and sweeping out the old etc etc. I just wanted to say that Flyladies are the best, the absolute best, bunch of people, and I consider myself very lucky to be part of this lovely group. Thank you so much for being fabulous, one and all.

And, after two and a half years of flying I may finally be in a position to start compiling a Toots list. I've been playing catch-up for so long it just hasn't been worthwhile - every drawer, every cupboard, every inch of storage space in this house was stuffed full of 'stuff' and it's only now that the place is showing some signs of being slightly organised, although I use that word in the loosest and vaguest of ways.

That's a very long, roundabout way of saying that the thing that I love most about being a Flylady is that I think I am beginning to feel that I have some control over some areas of my life and I cannot thank you all, every single one of you, for helping me to come this far. I really was exhausted by coping with the overwhelming chaos, defeated by being saddled with generations of junk and depressed by my inability to get to grips with it.

Now I feel free! Thank you all, Flyladies past and present, so much.

New Year's Resolution: Limit length of posts.

juliejim

Thanks Honeybear

I've come downstairs for a sit down as I'm not feeling too good but I need to finish our BR today. I think I've overdone it after feeling ill for so long. It's not very often that something knocks me off my feet like this cough and cold has.

Anyway I've filled a CS bag from under the bed and moved things around a bit so I can fit some of the new stuff under there. I just need to remember it's there or it won't get used.

juliejim

Ok dinner eaten so I'll go and have another go at my BR. Maybe I'll just do short stints and see how I go on.

nicki_2

Afternoon all

I've spent the morning either reading my book (260 page ebook printed portrait way, 4 pages per A4 page...I go cross eyed after a while and have to stop ) or having a bath. I have stripped my bed and will make that back up later. I am not going to clean the bathroom today though, DD will be needing a bath tomorrow (unless she's showered at her nannas this morning) so I'll do it after she's been dunked

I do, however, need to go to Mr A's and I only have 5 items on my list ATM but thats likely to change :rotfl: Time to update my list then I'm going to go and do the dishes etc in the kitchen

Work:
Prepare newsletter
[STRIKE]Prepare books to go out on 5th Jan[/STRIKE] They just need the newsletter in them now

Personal:
Finish book
Inventory of food
Marzipan Christmas cake (yes I still haven't done it :rotfl: Didn't seem any point since we haven't had our Christmas Dinner yet )
Write "to bake" list so DD and I can make goodies for her packed lunch
Finish updating my diary

Monday - children's room Mainly being left until DD is home
Only got 15 minutes...
Tidy up and find a home for all those things sitting about
Hoover
30 minutes to spare....
Sort through socks, underwear and tshirts and get rid of any which are too small or too tatty
Got an hour....
Pull everything out from under the bed an hoover under there
Wipe the window ledges
Shine a mirror or window
Extras
HHI - especially if you are on the ironing challenge
Meal plan for the week

Tuesday Bathrooms and a bit of Everything Else
Only got 15 minutes...
S&S toilets and sinks (including the kitchen)
30 minutes to spare....
HHI
Clean the bath and/or shower
Wipe any dusty surfaces in the bathroom
Got an hour....
Is all the special/Christmas linen washed and put away?
Sweep/mop/hoover floors you can now see

Extras
New year, New you, what would you like to learn to do this year (much more inspiring than the same old loosing weight and exercising) or take a leaf from Honeybear's wonderful book and plan to do a good deed this year
Update your Toot's list - how much did you achieve this year? What are your top 5 jobs for this coming year?

To the kitchen! :eek: :wave:

YORKSHIRELASS

HB that was a fantastic post and I second every word of it. No-one here cares whether the house is a mess or not but I know that my flylady friends care (even if you have never seen my house) and that's what spurs me on.

Just back from a manic morning at work so I am going to have an hour on the sofa with my book before I do anything else.

Will have a go at the bathroom later - its not too bad - but seeing as OH and the kids are chilling out I am going to join them!

pigpen

Frustrated to the point of tears.. trying to arrange a repair on my phone and I can't understand a word that the other person is saying.. I just hung up in the end because it was pointless.. I just want to speak to someone who speaks a recognisable human language.. I swear it was an Aquaphibian on the phone.. she (I think they were female) sounded like a large air pump in a fish tank. I have spoken to 4 other people on my phone today so I know that is not part of the issue. Why would you employ someone on a phone who cannot enunciate properly?

Dustykitten

mamaninie wrote: »

You've all inspired me bird-wise! I do feed them sporadically - but I have put a squirrel proof seed feeder out for the last few months and none has been taken I think it might be in too much of an exposed position. I might move it a bit nearer the trees and see if they go for it.

I had this problem at first too. Mine squirrel proof one is a poor design which lets the seed sit in water and go yucky, birds sensibly will not touch it. Mzsst2xaybe have a look and see if this is the case. If so wash it out and dry thoroughly and then only fill it 1/4 up the tube HTH

ETA - I see Honeybear has given the same advice.

Dustykitten

Food shop and banking done.

Neighbour popped in. Saw some friends in town.

Not got to the flying apart from I have washed DS3's blazer and tie. WM2 on. going to quickly wash up before another neighbour pops in and then head next door for a little drinks gathering then DS3 has friends for a sleepover.