Weekly Flylady Thread 19th January 2015

wendywitch

Well, I had DD2 off school yesterday, just run down and lack of sleep even though she went to bed early and it was DD1's day off so they both worked hard in their room so it's now looking pretty good.
I still have to take the black sacks of clothes (now 3 of them) to be weighed in, both places were shut yesterday.

Mushy Monday ~ Living room and other reception rooms!
15 minutes...
Declutter and vacuum floors
Wipe sofas and wash any smelly soft furnishings/nets
30 minutes to go...
Got an hour...
Sort through a bookshelf.. a different one to the last time you did it!
Vacuum under furniture you can move safely, if you are injured, pregnant or a new mum then get delegate someone else to do this for you..
Extras
Check smoke alarms and if needed change batteries to new ones..
Deflea pets
Empty and wash out any bins


Tempting Tuesday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining Area
15 minutes...
30 minutes to spare...
Clear and wipe a cluttered fluffy shelf!
Got an hour...
Clean detergent drawers
Extras
Clean paintwork
Order and organise the packets and jars and tins.

rubiesr4eva

Managed to hoover upstairs after hubby came down as well as following

Tempting Tuesday ~ Kitchen, Utility and Dining Area
15 minutes...
Wipe and replace small appliances DONE
Declutter and wipe work surfaces DONE APART FROM HALF A WORKTOP IN UTILITY, BUT THIS IS A VAST IMPROVEMENT, WILL FINISH AFTER DS2 DANCE TONIGHT
30 minutes to spare...
Sweep and mop floors AGAIN WILL DO AFTER DANCE
Wipe units/appliances DONE
Clear and wipe a cluttered fluffy shelf! CLEARED 2 IN DINING ROOM, BUT THEY ARE NOW EMPTY AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO PUT ON THEM HAHA, NOT LIKING LOOK OF EMPTY SHELVES
Got an hour...
Tidy, clear and wipe the top of the washing machines and dryer DONE
Clean one small appliance thoroughly.. microwave, kettle, iron, DID TOASTER
Clean deterrgent drawers DID WORKS WASHER, GENERAL WASHER WAS IN USE


will try to do extras tonight if time / inclination
Extras

• Clean paintwork
• Order and organise the packets and jars and tins.
• Sort the utensils.. half melted spatulas are not necessary!
• HHI.. then wash the ironing board cover!

SarahShattered

LameWolf wrote: »

If we can't sort this without resorting to the GP, I'll get him to ask when he goes for his next meds review, which will be due in April. Unfortunately GP appointments are like hens' teeth at our surgery; plus we don't relish the idea of yet more tablets, for either of us. But it's an option we're keeping in reserve. It's only got really bad since he was in the horse-piddle for four nights last September; I'm wondering if he's somehow re-living the experience.:(

Fingers crossed for the ideas suggested working for you.

Honey_Bear

Well done on tackling the bank about the overdraft Rubies, and how lovely to know it'll be gone by your birthday!

Welcome Einslcean! :wave: Lovely to have you on board.

Healing vibes Dusty. That sounds painful. Our bird feeders at the chalet ended up on the ground - I'm holding the local Squirrel !!!!! responsible.

Lamewolf, he's asleep when he's doing it, so he's not responsible. I think if it continues (or has been going on for some time) Sarah Shattered's advice is an excellent idea and totally appropriate.

Yorkshire Lass - with two loos here and empty loo roll middles always rolling around on both floors I decided against a loo roll holder on the walls. Upstairs the current one nests on the laundry basket and downstairs a pile of loo rolls live in a wire rubbish bin, which looks rather classy. The middles now get thrown away by everyone. I think some people have a problem working out how wall-mounted holders actually work. Which makes them a bit sad, but there you go.

Busy, busy morning. Some GUAG has sneaked back into my system and allowed me to tackle various things that I wanted to do including finding stuff that I was so sick of looking for. Eventually I just wrote a list of everything missing and shoved it in the TDTDT. (For those that haven't got one yet, I'd seriously suggest having one - Too Difficult To Do Tray. It sounds a bit frog-spawnish but amazingly, once things are written on a list, put in the tray and I've 'let go,' somehow they lose their mojo and turn up.

OH dropped off at the station, CS stuff dumped, several CS tops purchased for the cold weather for less than the price of one new one from M&S which doesn't have anything I like anyway this season, whoopsied cauliflower and blue cheese soup made and scoffed (fab), dog walked twice, medicated and fed. Market visited for veg, crab claws for supper tomorrow night, free-range eggs (literally half the price of the supermarket FR eggs *kerching*), another sack of sunflower hearts, blackbird worms and dog food bought, plus two really lovely glass serving dishes bought from the CS shop after a lot of umming and ahhing. I've scrubbed the coloured carp off one of the with the green scratchy side of a kitchen sponge so all I need now is to unearth one of the last two bri110 pads I've got lurking somewhere to get rid of the transfer outlines. Lovely shaped dish, carp decoration. Slightly worrying I have more energy when OH isn't around.

I might do the oven later.

nicki_2

Afternoon all

LW - glad to hear last night was better.

I've spent the day reading up on earning money through various other sources, doing surveys (one said "20 minutes", 10minutes later I was still only 4% of the way through! :eek: I scrapped that one as they couldn't even seem to write the questions correctly), cleared all the laundry except towels and cleaning cloths which I'll do tomorrow to warm the kitchen up Then I started fighting with my printer but I think I need to accept that I need to buy ink now. Shopping around for the cheapest is an eye opener, prices range from £43 (online river ) to £60 in WH5iths :eek: Annoyingly I go through ink fast, but I daren't use a compatible one after what happened to my last printer when I swapped :eek:

I've updated my finances, but I'll pay the bills tomorrow. I'm not 100% sure I've got all the shopping spends in and they should all be showing tomorrow Also tomorrow I need to go to the bank to pay in a cheque, but I may leave it as the forecast is snow!

Plan for this evening is to make tea (DD wants tomato sausage and just tomato sausage :rotfl:), wash up, then go for a walk later if the forecasted snow arrives We don't normally go out in that sort of weather, but it might be the only decent snow we get this year so we're going to make the most of it. Hoping it'll also help DD wind down before she goes to bed as she has her first exam tomorrow and is currently complaining of brain flahhh

Off to get tea out the freezer for DD. Will quickly fly in the kitchen later :wave:

System

OK ladies tell me something. You go to the loo, the toilet paper has run out. You get a new roll out of the cupboard and when you are done with it do you take the empty roll out and replace it with the new one? No, you just put it on the floor and leave it there. Why? For ****s sake - is this too menial a task for the rest of my family or do they just think thats what I was put on this earth for???

Unfortunately its beyond some peoples capabilities. My family is just the same. They just get a new loo roll and leave the cardboard tube for me to dispose of.

I think its classed as 'passing the buck' with a stroke of laziness.

just_the_two_of_us

nicki wrote: »

Afternoon all

LW - glad to hear last night was better.

I've spent the day reading up on earning money through various other sources, doing surveys (one said "20 minutes", 10minutes later I was still only 4% of the way through! :eek: I scrapped that one as they couldn't even seem to write the questions correctly), cleared all the laundry except towels and cleaning cloths which I'll do tomorrow to warm the kitchen up Then I started fighting with my printer but I think I need to accept that I need to buy ink now. Shopping around for the cheapest is an eye opener, prices range from £43 (online river ) to £60 in WH5iths :eek: Annoyingly I go through ink fast, but I daren't use a compatible one after what happened to my last printer when I swapped :eek:

Nicki - try Mr T - they have some clearance on atm and depending on your printer I got an HP colour for my newish printer for £5.25 from £21 and a black one reduced from £12.50 to 10 ish

ionafan

Welcome to the thread, einsclean - just jump in with Tuesday's list and join us. Don't worry if you don't complete everything, there's always next week

I haven't caught up with the list since lunchtime (started typing this before I went out to the hospital and forgot to press Send ) so please excuse lack of other personal messages atm.

Just updating
[STRIKE]- 2 postcards [/STRIKE] posted
[STRIKE]- 2 phonecalls
- 1 email
- SW[/STRIKE] - officially I have maintained but am wearing thicker, warmer clothes this week so I may have actually lost half a pound. How did you get on, JTTOU?
[STRIKE]- deliver two cards
- download choir parts
- hospital visiting this afternoon (take another friend with me)[/STRIKE]
- download photos from camera
- print photo for lounge
- shortlist designs for stoles for DS2

I hope to do the rest this evening while DH is out at model railway club.
Will catch up with the thread again after tea.

serena

dustyThank you! I survived, although spent the afternoon free lesson sitting near the radiator doing nothing but resting.

Judi I like your plan for the day:D

YorkshirelassFellow sufferer here. I'll match you and raise you recyclable tins, bottles and packets that are left on the worktop. About three paces from the recycling basket :mad:

i did the kitchen yesterday, but am too tired to tackle the livingroom. I'll do it tomorrow afternoon and Thursday. It's not too horrendous anyway. Although am slightly puzzled why DS1 and DD still have large bags of Christmas presents here, which I am refusing to move.

Boddy Are you feeling better now?

kazwookie

nicki, I get my ink cartridges off ebay, origins ones , not refill or compatable, not yet had a problem and loads cheaper.

Loads of driving done to the coast to visit family member tide right out, small waves, and sun was out, but still cold.