Weekly Flylady Thread 26th January 2015

Frizzle_2

Just about to go on the school run and the snow has stopped! 😔 we had a 20 minute flurry!

Update on the list!


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

Will do bathrooms when I get home!

Kaz2904

Snow has been here. Not set. It's back again but think it'll die back and come to nothing.
Mumoftwo, you're a bit further up the road from me, do you have it?

rubiesr4eva

Absolutely fuming, just been to pick boys up from school, DS1 had to miss piano lesson as snow finally starting to come down. DS2 gets in car, with watery eye. I assumed he'd been hit with a snowball. He then bursts into tears, he was hit accidentally 3 lessons ago, had a further 2 lessons, he can't open his eye, and 2 teachers have given him no care or attention what-so-ever. So been straight onto phone to school, who have phoned back and said they will speak to 2 teachers and hope DS2 is alright. He's still on settee with hubby and DS1, with eye pack, but feel its too late really to be doing anything apart from calming him down!

Thursday - Master bedroom and Landing
Level 1
Make time for somebody else, a child, a pet, a friend - in memory of our friend Diva LUCKILY BEDROOM TOOK LITTLE TIME TODAY AS I'VE BEEN KEEPING ON TOP OF THINGS, STARTED TO DE-CLUTTER BOOKCASE IN DINING ROOM, AND HUBBY ASKED ME TO GET A BOX DOWN FOR HIM TO GO THROUGH, WHICH HAD A LOT OF OLD VIDEO'S IN, SO MAJORITY OF TODAY HAS BEEN SPENT, WITH US WTCHING OLD FAMILY VIDEO'S, LOTS OF FAMILY MEMBERS NO LONGER WITH US, AND LOOKING AT IMPROVEMENTS BEEN MADE OVER THE YEARS ON THE FARM. A NICE DAY FOR REMEMBERING, I THINK YOUR FRIEND DIVA WOULD HAVE LIKED THAT

Link to Diva's candles for those who remember
Strip, wash and remake bed DONE, WAITING FOR DUVET COVER TO DRY
Clear the landing of gibble NOT NEEDED
Level 2
Clear bedroom floor NOT NEEDED
Hoover floors DONE
Level 3
Wipe skirting frames DONE
Dust the bedframe DONE
Dust any pictures DONE
Extras
HH me time HAD A GAME OF SCRABBLE WITH HUBBY, I LOST
Clean windows and sills DONE
Hoover or dust the light shades DONE

So bookcase decluttered, box kind of decluttered to a fashion, boys are now watching old video's with daddy, asking lots of questions, who, why and when's


Have a lovely evening everyone, and if you are missing people today, try to remember them with a smile

serena

Bedroom Half done, and that will do.

DD taken to and from uni a few times, and this morning after dropping her off, I went into town. It was brilliant dazzling sunshine, could only see silhouettes of people in from of me, quite spectacular. Very chilly too.

Online shopping done, and I've been thinking about lesson plans for next week. Although it's not one of my days, I'm going into school tomorrow to prepare.

Love, hugs, sticks and spoons.

Lovely to see you LadyLiberty

Frizzle_2

Just finished all of today's jobs. Just going to dish up spag Bol for hubby and kids and then will be back about 8pm. Then time for my dinner, shower nd an hour of something on tv.

That leaves Thursday and Friday lists tomorrow.
Pleased with progress this week!

Pollybear

Frizzle - sorry for late reply, just got on computer. I'm sure you can substitute nuts. I don't put any nuts in at all because I don't like them. I just add up the total amount of fruit/nuts and use that amount of mixed dried fruit. It seems to be a very forgiving recipe and it keeps well.

djtwingo

Good evening

I just wanted to drop by and say thank you to everyone for you kind comments and thoughts today. Thank you to everyone who has lit candles, real and virtual. Special thanks to Kaz and Kathy. Its fantastic to know that Divas memory lives on.

I do still look back at the comments and love that was flowing when Diva first died, they really helped then and now.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3033856

Four years have passed and life has got easier. I have almost sorted everything that Diva had and will soon be able to hand back the keys to my storage unit. In true MSE style I did negotiate a price match!

Whilst I could never be a Flylady I do try to live a MSE life. Diva used to tell me off if I left lights on in the house and would stand in an empty room where a light was left on calling out "Hello"! Even now I do the same in my head when I see I have left a light on in an empty room. (Then switch it off of course!)

After Diva died I knew I wanted to do something positive with her belongings that I had to pass on and I made the choice to donate to the British Heart Foundation. I can claim Gift Aid so everything they sell of Divas in the shop earns an extra 25%. Up to date Divas things have raised £1177.74, thats £1,472.18 with Gift Aid.

Thank you once again for keeping Divas memory alive.

minerva_windsong

Apologies I haven't been around much lately - I am trying to break bad habits of spending too much time on the internet (especially at work) so have neglected this place a bit. Been keeping up with the dailies but not doing the list so going to do what I can in the next couple of days - we're off to OH's brother this weekend so won't be able to get much done then.

Also had our meeting with the mortgage adviser this evening - bad news is we can't afford the house his grandparents own, but the good news is we could in theory get a very good mortgage deal that would be much less than we pay now. We were looking at flats this weekend and OH has fallen in love with this place: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-46746661.html which I really like too so think we will see about whether we want to make an offer on it. Things are moving quicker than we thought!

Wednesday - Living Room, hall and stairs
Level 1
Hoover/wipe sofas, go on a treasure hunt under the cushions
Hoover floors including the stairs
Level 2
Clean a window or two
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
Dust the mantle and tv
Extras
Eat a frog
Clean and polish some shoes
recycle any old newspapers/magazines/catalogues (eg Argos)

Thursday - Master bedroom and Landing
Level 1
Make time for somebody else, a child, a pet, a friend - in memory of our friend Diva
Link to Diva's candles for those who remember
Strip, wash and remake bed
Clear the landing of gibble
Level 2
Clear bedroom floor
Hoover floors
Level 3
Wipe skirting frames
Dust the bedframe
Dust any pictures
Extras
HH me time
Clean windows and sills
Hoover or dust the light shades

Hugs, sticks, spoons and vibes to all as needed

juliejim

djtwingo wrote: »

Good evening

I just wanted to drop by and say thank you to everyone for you kind comments and thoughts today. Thank you to everyone who has lit candles, real and virtual. Special thanks to Kaz and Kathy. Its fantastic to know that Divas memory lives on.

I do still look back at the comments and love that was flowing when Diva first died, they really helped then and now.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3033856

Four years have passed and life has got easier. I have almost sorted everything that Diva had and will soon be able to hand back the keys to my storage unit. In true MSE style I did negotiate a price match!

Whilst I could never be a Flylady I do try to live a MSE life. Diva used to tell me off if I left lights on in the house and would stand in an empty room where a light was left on calling out "Hello"! Even now I do the same in my head when I see I have left a light on in an empty room. (Then switch it off of course!)

After Diva died I knew I wanted to do something positive with her belongings that I had to pass on and I made the choice to donate to the British Heart Foundation. I can claim Gift Aid so everything they sell of Divas in the shop earns an extra 25%. Up to date Divas things have raised £1177.74, thats £1,472.18 with Gift Aid.

Thank you once again for keeping Divas memory alive.

Good to hear from you - you are thought of.

Jue

minerva_windsong

EM - sadly yes. Granted it's a nice area, unusual house etc but the prices are ridiculous. Hopefully we might be able to haggle it down slightly if we went for it though...