Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd March 2015

pigpen

MrsMP.. I just rang school and asked!


Spent the evening defleaing a hoppety child.. hoping the cat stuff comes today so I can do them too before Hazel is entirely bald! I didn't realise we had run out :eek:

text from KH today aggressively demanding stuff at the weekend to treat the child bugs.. the ones I've done already! and the stuff it clearly states shouldn't be used more than once every 2-4 weeks depending on what you get. Moron wants to use to use it on Moomin who has psoriasis on her scalp and no sign of infestations.. I'm checking the 2 of them again tonight and will deal with it accordingly. Why was I so moronic to not leave him dumped years ago before we had the children??? Why do we never trust our better judgement???

Apparently I have to buy Moomin new trousers too because she is wearing Tiddles sized ones.. she has a drawer full, we sorted her clothes 3 weeks ago and she has loads.. she just might not have them at his!

ionafan

Have any of you nursing types got any ideas about whether or not it is worth keeping 9 sterile dressing packs, complete with forceps, that I found in the bathroom c-o-d? My SiL offloaded some onto me last year for my friend (I didn't feel that it was appropriate to pass them on), but four of the packs are at least 12 and probably nearer 20 years old.

Or does anyone want to dress up as an Egyptian mummy? :rotfl:

pigpen

iona.. bin them.. bite the bullet and do it.. you won't use them clear the space!

mrs-moneypenny

When we did our last first aid course the instructor told us that a workplace first aid box should be all within date BUT added that as long as they were sealed there was nothing wrong with having them at home as an emergency first aid kit. I'm not sure if after that amount of time the cotton wool dressing part might start to deteriorate with age. Perhaps just keep one pack?

Thanks pigpen I looked on the school website for the newsletter and it just says supporting book week on Thursday but no details of how. I would be on hold for about 15 mins if I ring before 10am so I've texted a frined who works there hopefully she'll check her phone at break if not I'll ring at 11, my dress only gets one outing a year.

Friend has just been round for a quick chat, but couldn't stay, DD2 hasjust rung me as partners little boy wanted to tell me about his costume and thank me for the deeley boppers I got him.
Card games are sorted half back in the drawer and half will be offered to the DDs if not they we going CS.
Another load of socks and undies washed yesterday are now folded and/or paired
Bag for mum is filling up nicely

ionafan

pigpen wrote: »

iona.. bin them.. bite the bullet and do it.. you won't use them clear the space!

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

When we did our last first aid course the instructor told us that a workplace first aid box should be all within date BUT added that as long as they were sealed there was nothing wrong with having them at home as an emergency first aid kit. I'm not sure if after that amount of time the cotton wool dressing part might start to deteriorate with age. Perhaps just keep one pack?

Thank you both. Compromise decision reached - have kept one sealed pack which is still in date, then took out the rubber gloves (for dirty work!) and plastic forceps (for the DGC to sort beads/ buttons/ minibeasts etc) from the other packs and binned all the rest. The expiry date on the older packs was 1999 so I wasn't far out with my guess of 20 years old!

I now have another empty drawer :T

mrs-moneypenny

Just filled three bin bags with bedding and the cushions for DD2, one bag for the CS, a carrier bag for my mum and another paper recycling bag to go outside.
Going to wrap nieces pressies now and put them with mums stuff
Hopefully all of this will leave the house at the weekend

Frizzle_2

My play date and lunch has been cancelled. Although sad about not meeting up it means I can crack on at home.
I have been Out and done the shopping. I had two vouchers for aldi so I did one shop in the trolley and one underneath. One came to to £41 and one came to £42 so was quite chuffed! But it was a bit of a nightmare at the till so don't think I would rush to do two together again!

Just having a cuppa and then going to crack on!
Here is my list....

Unload/reload dw
Tidy up hallway.
Sort out cereal cupboard
Wm x2
Hhi x3

Mystical Monday ~ Kitchen and Dining Room
Sweep and mop the floor
Wipe the worktops, removing everything that shouldn't be theRe
Scrub manky marks off walls
Cupboard in utility room!

Twinkling Tuesday ~ Living Rooms, Reception Rooms, Hallway and Stairs
Declutter and vacuum floors
Hoover stairs
Check smoke alarms
Wash any soft furnishings and plump cushions and fluff up throws
Vacuum sofa and chair cushions, including underneath them.
Tidy coats, bags and shoes
Catch up on any important phonecalls and make any upcoming appointments.

Wishful Wednesday ~ Master bedroom and Landing
Hoover floor in bedroom and on landing
Empty and wash out all bins upstairs
Binbag dance
Dust surfaces
Sort oIt the airing cupboard
15 minutes floordrobe

mrs-moneypenny

Being ruthless, I just found a big box of old school books that Ds2 put in the spare room to go into the attic last year when he moved from lower school to upper school. It weighs a ton! Went through it and loads is scribbles and rough stuff that's not worth keeping, a lot are empty or almost empty books and there all his French books in there. He stopped doing French last year and none of the kids have ever gone that far back to revise so the French and math books are going along with all the scruffy rough stuff and the unused books can come out for note books and list writing.
Seems harsh but given that the eldest three have long left home and I still have most of their stuff in the attic I'm being selective what I keep now.

mrs-moneypenny

Just rung school, no dressing up for me today.
Filled a bag with the school books and found about half a pack of clean unused printer paper in the box so that come down to be used.
Added a pair of shin pads and a boot bag to the CS stuff.

Going to grab a cuppa now.

gilly1964

gilly1964 wrote: »

This is my plan for the next 4 days

Kitchen and Dining Room
Sweep and mop the floor
Wipe the worktops, removing everything that shouldn't be there
Wipe the inside of the fridge and see what needs using up
[STRIKE]Run appliances through a clean cycle.. clean filters, drawers and doorseals first![/STRIKE]
Empty and wash out bins. Done

Living Rooms, Reception Rooms, Hallway and Stairs
Declutter and vacuum floors
Hoover stairs
[STRIKE]Check smoke alarms[/STRIKE]
Vacuum sofa and chair cushions, including underneath them.
Dust and deweb
Update finances spreadsheets
[STRIKE]Catch up on any important phonecalls and make any upcoming appointments.[/STRIKE]

Master bedroom and Landing
[STRIKE]Strip, wash[/STRIKE] and replace the bedding. Shone
Hoover floor in bedroom and on landing. Done
Do your pillows need replacing? Yes, definitely for DS
Dust surfaces and make sure no cobwebs. Done
Wash windows and turn mattress before replacing with bedlinen.
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage, make sure only what should be in there is. Anything that has had it’s day or doesn’t belong there remove it.
Sort through a bag or box of stuff you’ve not looked at in months. I am certain there will be stuff in there that you don’t need – I know I have some.

[STRIKE]Bathroom, WC[/STRIKE] and Study
[STRIKE]Polish taps so that they shine..
Sling shower curtain/bathmats in the wash and scrub down the slimy tiles!
Vacuum/mop floors in these rooms!
Scrub the bath/shower/basins/toilets/bidets etc.. don't forget the outside of the loo and under the scanky rim.. it gets naaaaaasty under there!!.. oh, and don't forget the top of the cistern!
Clear and wipe window sills and frames and make the blinds/curtains nice and clean[/STRIKE]
Declutter and wipe the desk.. do any filing you find on there!


Paint DS's bedroom, just a freshen up. Done 2 walls
Buy and put up blind Bought, just need DH to put it up
Buy 4 pillows for DS
Steam clean carpet
Rebuild bedroom, make bed

Updates as above, quick cuppa :coffee: then start on our bedroom

Third load of washing now on the line, I am looking forward to all this ironing, honest:eek: