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Weekly Flylady Thread 26th January 2015

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  • Ladyluck1
    Ladyluck1 Posts: 749 Forumite
    edited 29 January 2015 at 10:47AM
    Loads to catch up On today! With a grumpy toddler, poorly 4 yo and me being ill too not sure how much I'll get done!

    Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
    Level 1
    Wipe the table and work surfaces DONE
    Sweep/Hoover/mop the floor DONE JUST NEED TO MOP
    Level 2
    Wipe the hob DONE
    Clean anything higher than eye level

    Wednesday - Living Room, hall and stairs
    Level 1
    Hoover/wipe sofas, go on a treasure hunt under the cushions
    Hoover floors including the stairs DONE
    Level 2
    Clean a window or two DONE
    Clear and wipe coffee table
    Level 3
    Declutter anything that doesn't belong in this room
    Give all the remote controls and phones a wipe

    Thursday - Master bedroom and Landing
    Level 1
    Make time for somebody else, a child, a pet, a friend
    Strip, wash and remake bed
    Clear the landing of gibble DONE
    Level 2
    Clear bedroom floor DONE
    Hoover floors DONE
    Level 3
    Wipe skirting frames
    Clean windows and sills
    Hoover or dust the light shade
    I'm C, Mummy to DS 29/11/2010 and DD 02/11/2013

    Overdraft PAID OFF
    CC PAID OFF
    GC Sept £141.17/200
  • Kaz2904
    Kaz2904 Posts: 5,797 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Frizzle, when you de scale the taps and toilets, you just get rid of all the lime scale that collects up around them. I find it best to use toilet paper soaked in vinegar wrapped around the tap and just use neat vinegar down the loo if it needs it. My loo doesn't often need de scaling as it's brushed nearly every day.

    Someone asked me about what mould thing I use the other day, I forget who? I am using astonish. I wouldn't recommend it and will be investing in Valli's recommended Lakeland one.
    Right. Off for another HHC ANYONE? Mine will continue until 12:30, lunch time!
    Debt: 16/04/2007:TOTAL DEBT [strike]£92727.75[/strike] £49395.47:eek: :eek: :eek: £43332.28 repaid 100.77% of £43000 target.
    MFiT T2: Debt [STRIKE]£52856.59[/STRIKE] £6316.14 £46540.45 repaid 101.17% of £46000 target.
    2013 Target: completely clear my [STRIKE]£6316.14[/STRIKE] £0 mortgage debt. £6316.14 100% repaid.
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    Honey_Bear wrote: »
    If I ever feel the need to suggest you might be pregnant Pigpen, I'll make it very clear. Sorry.


    Thank you, I'm really not.. I do definitely need things spelling out in full glorious detail.. I am a bit dim.. I thought you were implying it might be something else other than that and that you had information suggesting another possibility that I was just not getting..


    I considered the possibility of an ectopic because they don't always show as a +ve but figured I'd know by now.. so that just leaves my brain whirring with this smear is so coming back with an unfavourable result and I have a huge obstruction so I am having AF it just cannot be removed.. yes I am scaring myself half to death at the moment.. so, I am sticking with I'm just old!! hahaha!! I may be a tiny bit stressed out of my noggin too which also won't help.

    Going to quack would be pointless .. they would want to do blood tests and they won't do them straight away, it is far too menial a task for the GP to do themselves, you have to make an appointment with the nurse. When I called to make the smear appointment they had nothing for a month so it could be a long wait as they only do bloods in a morning so that reduces the available appointments by about 2/3rds.. I don't need to have blood tests in a month I would need them right now if I was having them for a potential problem.



    My surgery has a reputation for being awful.. all the local pharmacists know it too it isn't just me being a whingebag and making excuses. I can't change as my daughter in on growth hormone replacement and it is expensive no other practice will accept her and if there is no parent at the surgery they remove the child from their books too.. I did ask.. :( I will consider going in a few months if shes not turned up by then and these results come back ok.


    OH out to the gym so I am going to have a bit of a fling and shuffle in the front room as I daren't go upstairs with these 2 rampaging monsters! They were bad enough when I was on the phone to the bank!


    I'm sure I have a list of phone calls to make too! :eek:
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • Honey_Bear
    Honey_Bear Posts: 7,596 Forumite
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    edited 29 January 2015 at 2:29PM
    I really am sorry Pigpen, I was being stupidly 'delicate,' tiptoing around when I should have been direct. You are obviously under stress at the moment and that, as we all know, often delays AF. I just want you to be okay
    Better is good enough.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,390 Community Admin
    10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    No flying for me today. I had dental surgery this morning and just tried to vacuum the living room carpet which started my wound bleeding again.

    Good excuse to sit on my backside all day and do nothing I think. :D
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • Valli
    Valli Posts: 25,668 Forumite
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    Well I think the snow day call was entirely justified. Apparently it was already deep in the village where I work - and it's now come down to us.
    I'm going to have to dig the car out...

    I have put away some clean, dry washing.
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
    "I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
    :heart:Janice 1964-2016:heart:

    Thank you Honey Bear
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    Honey_Bear wrote: »
    I really am sorry Pigpen, I was being stupidly 'delicate,' tiptoing around when I should have been direct. You are obviously under stress at the moment and that, as we all know, often delays AF. I just want you to be okay. .

    I don't do well with delicate.. I'm about as subtle as a brick.. :p


    I am ok I think other than the stress, the lack of sleep, the absentee, KH, the winding myself up to deaths door over these stupid results and the multitude of appointments we have.. thank you, I know you lot care which is why you probably know more about my day to day life than anyone who is actually involved in it.. OH included!!

    I need a friend **waaaahhh!!!** :p


    OH home .. girlies fed and watered, hoping to get Pixie down for a nap soon.
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    ooh and I shall smugly say .. NO SNOW HERE !!!!!!!

    *hop, skip, dance, frolic*


    I hate snow.
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • LameWolf
    LameWolf Posts: 11,239 Forumite
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    pigpen wrote: »
    I need a friend **waaaahhh!!!** :p
    I'm right here.:o

    I have a mental image of our Diva passing slices of her Aunt Sally's Apple Cake round the Summerlands.:o

    I am absolutely climbing the walls today; can't wait for Jessie Lab to arrive this evening. I am so sick and tired of taking umpteen tablets every day; part of me keeps thinking maybe I should just give up with them; I wouldn't have to keep trotting back to the GP surgery to get the scripts renewed then.:cool:

    Hoping to goodness we stay snow-free, as I won't be able to do Jessie's walks if we get any of the dratted stuff.
    If your dog thinks you're the best, don't seek a second opinion.;)
  • Frizzle_2
    Frizzle_2 Posts: 1,104 Forumite
    Had a busy hour as little man fell asleep. Cracked on with the living room, which was nice as normally he gets the toys out as soon as I put them away!
    Re- done the kitchen again and put the shopping away. Just got to do the washing up!

    Monday Rooms of Doom and Bathrooms
    Clean sink and toilet, wipe the dust that settles on the back of the toilet pipes
    Clear and wipe one surface in the RofD (or bathroom)
    Empty the bins
    Deal with a frog - you will feel so much better afterwards
    Descale the toilet and taps thanks for the explanation!
    Hoover and wash the floors
    Wipe the bath panel
    Find a home for a homeless item

    Wednesday - Living Room, hall and stairs
    Clear the hallway
    Hoover and mop hallway
    Hoover stairs
    Eat a frog

    And it has just started snowing here. My youngest doesn't remember snow so it's all a bit surreal for him. The school run will be fun!
    Grocery challenge-
    J- 52.40/£200 M- 187.56 A- 212.93 M-193.44 F-201.31 J- 240.62 D- £149.27 N- £210.69 O- 196.80
    S- 213.68 A- £213.03 J- 249.66 J-206.29, M- 252.91, A-£250, M- £250

    debt free as of feb 2015. Now saving for deposit for new house! Moving in June 2015!!!
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