Weekly Flylady Thread 19th January 2015

Narc0lepsy

Mainly work today.
Got home in time to take Mr N for visit 2 this week to collect paperwork from GP. Still not ready. Receptionist 3 can't understand why. Receptionist 2 on Tuesday said she'd got confused with the dates clearly explained to Receptionist 1 over the phone last Friday, and written on the computer. All apologised profusely but I guess unwilling to pay my petrol as it is a 6 mile round trip each time in a direction I don't go in.

Went to Sainsb0bs and £3 packs of smoked salmon reduced to 79p so got 4. Sainsb0bs chicken korma tonight as Mr N really fancied it. Can't imagine it will improve his condition but if any of the (humungous) calories stick around (preferably to him not to me) it will be good. He's walked another mile today.

Pigpen how disgusting indeed. My niece's son has a brain tumour and was on TV recently. I've also just had a student referred to me at uni for support in his studies following an op to remove a tumour.

kazwookie

Piggers, words fail me, your KH, really is a knob head..............

Hugs all round

work done, but chilling tonight, OH made dinner.

Dusty, I know what you mean about gardening, I cannot wait till weather is warmer, and the ground is not frozen, going to set seeds in the greenhouse in 3 weeks time as it is unheated.

Honey_Bear

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

... and I'm stressing over the submissions for the Lifelong Learning course - I have to write 50 lines of poetry. Initial attempts are like herding cats or knitting soup - blooming impossible...

I had to write a poem as part of a course once, and 17 hours later, the first two lines I came up with were:

The hardest thing I've had to do
Is write this poem set by you ...

There were another 10 lines of that drivel, which ended up with a joke. We students had to critique each other's work and everyone had remained anonymous until my poem was read out by the lecturer. It was agreed it was written by bloke in his 20s and various other bits of claptrap, at which point I 'fessed up. I got a pretty decent grade for my own critique of the poem, partly because I totally acknowledged it was carp.

Valli wrote: »

moan alert ... or maybe I'm being unreasonable...

No, not unreasonable At All. Asking and then expecting you to do something neither of them has the courage to do without any form of reparation - suitable stuff to mind. The good thing about what happened is that you now know your colleague a lot better than you did before, and forewarned is forearmed.

Piggers, one of my very poorly relatives has a brain tumour (the other has colon cancer.) They both also have other serious health problems. I would do your KH a mischief if I ever got hold of him. I was trying so hard not to say that today.

I've snacked on a bit of frogspawn that's been lurking since 2011, and raided the local Co-op for whoopsies. Clotted cream anyone?

bossymoo

Oh gosh pigpen that really is the lowest of the low. There are no words. How could anyone wish their children to live with that? It took me a long time to understand why DH didn't want me to bring the children to the hospice - it wasn't that he didn't want to see them, I get that now, it was his way of protecting them from the horror of it. How anyone could put that fear in their children is beyond me. It's bad enough when it's true, let alone to do it when it's a lie

Been out at committee meeting tonight so not a lot else done. Have minutes to type, but not tonight. DS went to Beavers with FIL and came back all giddy and bouncy. DD was already in bed. With a woolly hat on!

So we've just played hunt the teddy (yes the errant one was missing again, little beggar, hiding in the dressing up box), DS read his bedtime story to me, and now I have a brew. Then I'm off to sleep hopefully with no alarms tonight!

In full agreement about the BD although I think mine has slunk into a far corner since I sorted things with work. One day they'll be extinct! :T

Night all x

MinnieMousesMummy

Good evening, I have been missing so far this week as I've been busy with course work and placements. I really need to try and get myself organised as the house is starting to look rather neglected. I will join in for the rest of this week and aim to join properly next week.

My list for Friday:
Do course work that is in for today
Attend placement
Do MSing assignments
Quick declutter around the house
Quick dust around the house
Hoover all floors
Wipe the sofas
Check the smoke alarm and change batteries if required
Check bank and update budget
Pay necessary bills
Catch up with ironing for DS2
Sort through DS2's clothes and get rid of small/overly worn ones
Check items that are listed for sale to see if there's any interest
Clean the cooker hob

Jobs for the weekend:
Strip and change the beds
Get shoes for ds2
Complete the tax return
Complete required course work
Sort through one box of stuff
Do required phone calls
Do MSing work that is in for Saturday/Sunday
Catch up with ironing for dd
Clean out the chickens
Catch up with the thread

Valli

Honey_Bear wrote: »

No, not unreasonable At All. Asking and then expecting you to do something neither of them has the courage to do without any form of reparation - suitable stuff to mind. The good thing about what happened is that you now know your colleague a lot better than you did before, and forewarned is forearmed.


I've snacked on a bit of frogspawn that's been lurking since 2011, and raided the local Co-op for whoopsies. Clotted cream anyone?

Thanks and oooh yes ...

when I was a nipper the ONLY time you could get Clotted Cream was if you were down there on hols. I remember reading that you could buy it and have it posted to friends and I was quite in awe of that, it being totally outside my personal experience.

I'm thinking I might subtly hint that, if you're going to blag lifts constantly, offering some lucre might be the way to go. I might start with bigging up Cathy mac and the chocs...she is a childless person in a 2-income household so, looking at it in the cold light of day why SHOULD I subsidise her travel?

Years back when I was carless I negotiated regular lifts for which the offer of cash was made up front by me. Also she makes it clear to all concerned how difficult, and time consuming, using a bus would be...

I know she'll ask for a lift tomorrow night as she always does on Fridays.

kazmeister

Aaaagh I am so annoyed, just spent an hour updating replying etc and had post blocked - serves me right trying to use work laptop I guess.

Strongest feelings were for pigpen who has the most disgusting X who is the most despicable of all KH's there could ever be.

Think I need to go and declutter another bottle of wine in an attempt to clear the understands cupboard

bossymoo

Tell her your going in the opposite direction, valli x lol

nicki_2

Evening all

Pigpen - he really is a KH isn't he! :mad:

Valli - When I was at uni, I used to sometimes get a lift in from a friend. I paid her £5-£10 a week petrol money and that was back in 1998/99! It was worth it to avoid the hike from the nearest bus stop to uni :rotfl:

Today has been a computer heavy day. Did emails, surveys, paid all the outstanding bills then got on with work until DD got home just after 4pm. She asked what felt like 50,000,000 questions and nothing simple that I could just answer, like who ruled Egypt in 1976, so I ended up g00gling them. At 7pm she finally sat down with her book and I managed to get the rest of my work done in about half an hour. Then we sat and watched TV for an hour until she went to bed.

I'm sat here thinking that I should really go and tidy up the kitchen and wash the dishes but my brain is frazzled so I'm thinking I'll head to bed instead. It'll still be there in the morning

Week:
Fri: Exams finish,
Weekend: Ex here Sunday.

Misc:
Laundry
Toots list
Clear 3 folders on hard drive back to laptop
[STRIKE]Pay CC & any other bills[/STRIKE]
Work through folder of magazine articles I've pulled
Type up recipes to keep & file them, chuck originals (magazine pages usually )
Walk 5.5miles minimum

Mushy Monday ~ Living room
Tempting Tuesday ~ Kitchen
30 minutes to spare...
Sweep and mop floor
Extras

• Clean paintwork
• HHI

Wishful Wednesday ~ Hall, Stairs and Landing!
30 minutes to spare...
Dust and deweb.. dnon't forget lightbulbs and shades!
Wash any curtains/draught excluders and doormats
Got an hour...
Declutter the floors and vacuum them.
Extras

• Wipe paintwork and door knobs
• HHI

Thrilling Thursday ~ Master bedroom/second room
30 minutes to spare...
Vacuum the floors.. and the cobwebs!
Got an hour...
Empty and wash out upstairs bins
Binbag dance!
Extras

• Sort through one box of stuff
• Find 5 items to sell/give away.. and list for sale if necessary
• HHI
• 15 minute sort out of those random bits of gibble that are strewn about the flat surfaces in your room!

Time to check one thing out for work, watch one of my subscriptions on utube then bed. Hopefully now the boiler is fixed I'll get a better nights sleep than I have the past couple of nights with it rumbling away :wave:

Valli

thanks for all the support. Maybe I need to 'grow a pair'. She also blags lifts for nights out but I let her buy me drink then. They are, of course, non-alcoholic so not expensive. What I need is the wherewithall to say that I don't mind giving her lifts BUT that she should be willing to pay given I am saving her money AND time...

having said all this at least I am not dealing with a plonker who lies to his own kids...