Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd February 2015

pigpen

OH gone.. tiddles appointment made.. with others on 16th
DW on
TD on
kitchen swept
Table scrubbed.. literally.
New 0% CC received.. balance transferred from other card.. old card chopped burned and binned! and removed from my paypal.


NB: Solar panels DO NOT like snow!!! The 8 panels on the back are tipping tonne of snow avalanche style off my roof!! ... Must tell OH to move planters when he gets in before they are destroyed!


Need to check bank stuff and can start on the folding of clean laundry.

mrs-moneypenny

Back from mils warfarin check, got her safely on the bus and started to walk home, a neighbour who used to work in wages office for nhs offers me a lift so I mentinoed the problem I thought I'd found with mils banking, she confirmed something I'd read on Internet yesterday that the number I'd found putting money into mils account is her hospital pension. She'd rung the bank yesterday and asked and they said it was to to with civil service or army pensions I've been up all night worrying she was getting money she wasn't entitled to. Normally she sits with the bank statements and I ask her what amounts are coming in and out. For the past 4 years when I've said is your pension still £X she's said yes so I've worked it out at that amount.
Because yesterday she just gave me the pile of statements and I worked direct from them. Because it had gone up a few quid I ought it was an extra amount going in so was in cold sweat all night wondering if it would effect her pension credit or council tax etc. I think I aged 10 years overnight!
Thank the Lord for helpful neighbours!!!!
I've told her I'll still go round on Thursday and we'll go through all paperwork and file it properly so we both know where everything is.

And breathe,,,,,,

ionafan

Glad you've got MiL sorted, Mrs-mp, and hope your stomach is truly unknotted now

AS weigh in this morning and I have gained but I think still within target.

Just before we went out had a call from the nursing home to say my friend is being transferred from hospital today, so all flying is suspended while I get her settled.

Catch up later.... x

minerva_windsong

minerva_windsong wrote: »

Monday Madness- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
15 minutes...
[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms[/STRIKE]
30 minutes to spare...
[STRIKE]Clean baths, toilets, don't forget under the rim! and sinks
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC[/STRIKE] and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
[STRIKE]Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches[/STRIKE]
Got an hour...
[STRIKE]Wash your bathroom mats[/STRIKE], nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. [STRIKE]defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins! (the proper bins not the rooms that look like bins!)
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required[/STRIKE]
Clear a mega hotspot!.. shred it.. and fling it..or just burn it!
Extras..

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Wipe down the doors and frames in these rooms.
• clean the radiators in these rooms
• Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
• Replace sponges/flannels/toothbrushes that are in need

Personal extras
[STRIKE]Washing machine x 1 and put on airer
Put away washing on airer
Empty dishwasher[/STRIKE]
Get money out for food to give to OH
[STRIKE]S&S kitchen[/STRIKE]
Tidy living room
[STRIKE]Practise Spanish[/STRIKE]
Write a blog post

Yesterday's list updated as above.


Flat viewing went OK - we saw two but weren't wowed by either of them. The one we liked on the website was all right but a lot smaller in person and needed quite a bit doing to it, and the one the estate agent showed us to was nice inside - well apart from the rotting bathroom windowsill - but wasn't in a very nice building (two of the downstairs flats had had the doors kicked in which didn't exactly fill us with confidence!). Oh well, it's not like we need to buy ASAP, so onwards and upwards I suppose...


I also wasn't that impressed with the estate agent - granted there was another guy with us who was on a second viewing, but he didn't seem very keen to 'sell' the property to us and left us to essentially look round for ourselves. Is that usual? Or are we expecting too much and anything other than 'here's the details, now go look at it' is a bonus? I don't really want to get on a bad footing as that agency seems to have a monopoly on houses in one of the areas we're looking at but didn't know if this was the way it worked as I've never bought a house before!



Terrible Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
15 minutes...
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
30 minutes to spare...
Sweep and mop floors
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there!
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Got an hour...
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean fridge and see what needs using first (why do I have 4 jars of cranberry sauce in mine?)
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!
Extras...

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• Clean oven if it really needs it.. or just do the hob.. mines gross.. you need to shame me into cleaning it!
• HHI .. bit of a catch up!!
• Write an inventory of your cupboards contents and what needs using first
• Empty the cutlery drawer.. clean it out, wash the cutlery tray, chuck those baby spoons you don't use any more.. how many medicine spoons do you actually need? get rid of everything you don't use and make the drawer look nice again!

Personal extras
Washing machine x 1 and put on airer
Put away washing on airer
Get money out for food to give to OH
S&S bathroom
Tidy living room
Practise Spanish
Write a blog post
Ring other estate agent about slanty flat


Hugs, sticks, spoons and vibes to all as needed.

LameWolf

Frodders, I'm so sorry to hear of Mischief's passing.

Didn't even switch the netbook on yesterday, so I shall have a plethora of emails to wade through today. We did have a good day though; managed between us to finish off a megafrog that was held over from September; it would've been dealt with sooner, but Mr LW's sojourn in the horse-piddle put paid to my schedule, and since then, life seems to have got in the way of getting it finished.

Jessie went home yesterday morning; so post-frog, we went for a beer at our favourite pub. It's a game and a half getting the wheelchair in, but it's a nice welcoming place, so we continue to go there. And they allow dogs in the canal-side bar, so if we have a guest staying, it's an option.;)

Had a nasty shock when we looked out this morning and saw all the nasty white stuff out there;:eek: thankfully it seems to be melting now, though.

Last time I saw the consultant, he asked me to get a blood test done; Mr LW has managed to book an appointment for me, but it's not til 19th Feb, so I have a lovely long time to stress about it.:(

Onwards and upwards, I guess; we have wine in the fridge for tonight, as it's the Esbat (Full Moon).;)

pigpen

Monday Madness- Bathroom
Extras..

• Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
• Wipe down the doors and frames in these rooms.
• clean the radiators in these rooms
• Replace toothbrushes that are in need

Terrible Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining Room
15 minutes...
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
30 minutes to spare...
mop floors
Got an hour...
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances
Check those washing machine & Tumble dryer innards sorted


NOW I can have a look at list.. I don't want to do any of that! .. I'll go fold the clean laundry.. I shuffled it about on the airers already so folded that mountain and took all the dry towels off the doors!

pigpen

Still not folded the laundry but my procrastination resulted in vacuuming right through downstairs lol.. I hate folding!

kazwookie

Thank you for the vibes for my thumb it is no where near as painfull as I thought it was going to be, possibly because I held it under the cold tap for about 5 mins.

Splash back clean, cif, j cloth and rubber gloves.
WM x 4 done
TD use.............
Folding done
Ironig to do
Money shuffle done as I have been paid.
Parcel posted
Snow looked at, but it has mainly gone now
Bins sorted
Food bought and put away


Fly ladies with kids here is one for you

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5167722

Mumof2_2

Sorry, haven't really gone through the thread apart from very briefly earlier and I've forgotten everything now Been very busy with stuff today and done all the kitchen apart from the floors and even cleaned the top oven *thud*. So glad I'm refinding my Flying mojo - thank you all x

mrs-moneypenny

After seeing what a mess mils paperwork was in I decided to tackle my own so the main box has been tidied and last years that was put into a smaller folder has been filed neatly away.

My thoughts are with the family of the Jordanian pilot, that is just barbaric and gruesome beyond words. I cried when it came on the news.