Weekly Flylady Thread 13th August 2007

tracyg

Hi All! Sorry to read so many of you are poorly or have poorly families - hope you all feel better soon.

Not really much to say, DS has been bit off it today and really clingy so spent most of the day with him on my hip or trying to play with him. Both me and DH felt really cr*p earlier so after having a very healthly tea of baked salmon, italian potatoes and veg and have just scoffed a huge bowl of nachos and cheese dip and melted cheese but do feel better. DH is now watching some rubbish.

On a good note I've packed three boxes and one packing bag so one cupboard in kitchen and spare room almost done:T

Tomorrows looking like this

Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week - leaving this on to make me do it and its manky and needs doing before move

PLUS Dallies
Ironing
Hospital visit
Town?
Reply to meet a mum

This weeks to do list
[strike]Viewers - mon[/strike]
Wardrobe sort T J
Sort van hire
[STRIKE] Chase mortgage/book valuers
Return fishers paperwork/l & g - just completed, needs posting DH doing
Meal plan from freezer[/STRIKE]
[strike]Sort date planner[/strike]
List of needed stuff
Ikea
Car boot sale - sat
[STRIKE] B & Q[/STRIKE]
Take plant cuttings and pot up
[STRIKE] D's collar ordered[/STRIKE]
Start packing - aiming for an hour a day:rotfl:

Catch you all tomorrow x

pigpen

Mumoftwo.. Cow!!... I want mine back at school too!!! Glad all went well though.. 20 days left for the 2 boys and 2 days for the other 5 and they have been HORRIFIC!!!!!! all this week and half of last week.. and our park plans were scuppered by rain and it is meant to be worse tomorrow!!!

Mumofmany.. Welcome and..... I win.. lol.. I have 8 (2-15)

I've done next to nothing from my list.. I have however been to Boots and Asda and Matalan.. I replaced my broken nail polish and bought a new one.. I got a couple of tops for me, 2 for hubby some canvas shoes for DD1 and a pink emo scarf thing nd some school socks for DS1.. oh.. and 2 cooked chickens one of which I ate on the way home in the car!!! YUM!!!

The list will still be there tomorrow and I may actually feel like doing something on it then.

JillD_2

aaaaaarrghhh baby is doing star jumps on my bladder, its sooooo uncomfortable .....

Tomorrow's list:

- get kids up, dressed, breakfasted
- tidy up after breakfast
- text Orange for Orange Wednesday thing as we are going to cinema tonight
- hoover out whats left of double buggy and clean chassis
- reassemble double buggy covers
- clear out bureau - really must do this, its been on list for ages
- do lunch - salami and sweetcorn wraps (kids), cheesy tortillas (me)
- tidy up after lunch
- mystery shop at bank
- fix spare room cupboard door
- sort receipts
- open a new account for maternity leave fund and move money in there
- check hubbys expenses and offset against credit cards where required
- do tea - lentil dumplings, salad and quinoa
- tidy up from tea
- get kids bathed and to bed - hubby should be home, he can do this
- tidy playroom
- dishwasher on
- dishwasher emptied
- go to cinema with hubby to see Harry Potter :j

- Wednesday FLYing stuff

My List - Done=40, ToDo=29:T

Yay I am winning!

- open a new account for maternity leave fund and move money in there
- batch cook lasagne
- clean steriliser and bottles etc - need to get bottles back off friend
- sort out a hospital bag - started a pile of stuff for it
- get fitted for nursing bras

Hubby:
- get down grobags for baby from loft so I can wash tiny ones
- move DD height chart
- fix spare room cupboard door back on (it fell off this week)
- build cot

Sewing machine stuff:
- make some trial breastpads
- hem curtains in DD new room - cut off excess - badly - _ have messed it up a bit
- make cushion covers for cushions for DD new bedroom
- seam curtains in our bedroom

Other:
- label all DS school stuff - moved box of stuff to spare room
- make mini album of holiday photos of kids for my Mum - ordered photos off snapfish
- get new curtain pole for our bedroom
- make Ruby Wedding album for Mum and Dad (it was 14 months ago )
- make sure everything I need is off old laptop and decide whether to sell
- make sure everything is off old PC which kids now use
- organise recipes - halfway there
- clear out bureau

Garden:
- sweep up all debris
- move old tubs and discard dead plants
- level patio with sand
- weed paths
- fill in paths with bark chips
- weed and prune flower bed
- get hubby to dig me a new flower bed
- plant things in new flower bed!

Done: (leaving it here to make me feel good!)
[STRIKE]- label all boxes of stuff in garage so we can find things
- batch cook cheesy quorn veg pie
- sort out overnight bags for kids in case we have to farm them out when baby comes
- wash boy newborn baby clothes
- move budgeting account money from low interest account to new higher rate one
- wash girl newborn baby clothes
- wash neutral newborn baby clothes
- hang swimming certificates up in kids rooms
- launder all baby covers for double buggy, moses basket, bouncy chair, play gym, car seat
- assess sheets for baby, do they need washing
- look for Avent bottles which appear to have got lost!!
- retrieve 2 buggies from under mountain of wood in garage
- get DVD in playroom sorted
- get down 0-3 boy and girl clothes from loft, to top up neutrals
- finish edging on rug for baby's room - will do whilst babysitting on Thursday
- print out a list of names and numbers for friends to look after kids when baby on the way
- clean baby bath stuff
- fix freeview in playroom
- sort out photos into nice storage boxes OH bought me
- finish and post letter to my Dad in hospital
- print out birth plan (for what its worth LOL)
- clean car seat and base
- buy newborn nappies and emergency formula
- get printer in study up and running again
- pay credit card bills
- pay window cleaner
- transfer all aranged play date things to diary and calendar
- shred big pile sitting beside shredder
- wash and put on spare room bed linen
- hang pictures in spare room
- hang curtains in DD new room
- stick up wall stickers in DD new room
- move DD door name plate
- put up baby's name plate
- clean room ready for baby
- get cot, moses basket etc down from loft and clean
- batch cook shepherds pie
- batch cook chilli
- batch cook sausage caserole
- batch cook quorn and veg caserole[/STRIKE]

sexymouse

Fantastic progress on the list JillD, you'll have it all done in no time at this rate!

Any sightings of lil_me? Just wondered if there is a usual time that the list goes up, cos I normally don't check til the morning, but have come over all enthusiastic and eager for some reason and want to make the most of if in case it is short-lived.

debtfreehopeful_2

well in the spirit of not getting bogged down, im going to hoover the living room do some washing up and go to bed and move on tomorrow and just knock bits off downstairs of an evening and at the weekend.
Wednesday, Master Bedroom & Landing

Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Vacuum floor in bedroom and on landing
Level 2
Remove bed linen and replace with frsh linen
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs
Level 3
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• Sort one drawer, making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed

In theory all of this should be possible, I have clothes to put away so thats the drawer the only bad bit will be finding the floor in order to hoover it!
breakfast: porridge
lunch:turkey and salad sandwhich
tea:chicken, bacon and mushroom rissotto (using up meat from last night and tonights dinners)

going to see if i can work out how to make stock from the chicken bones too. if i get it all done thats great if i dont ill write it off and carry on next week. dh is on his selection test tomorrow and dd wants to help me cook, so thinking about making lunch on the coffee table!

hope youre all having a good evening

Dustykitten

Evening all

Very pleased with myself got all of the list done and did the family room as well. Have soaked my feet and checked the credit card statements. Just going to check the list of all the toys Mattel have recalled - hoping to have some on there and that you get vouchers or something for turning in old toys.

Jill 3rd babies are lovely and just fit in and turn out great - you will be fine.
Ettenna I am a mini expert on tonsils sometimes you need different ABs - which ones does your daughter have? How long is the course and how many has she had?
Michelle hope you are feeling better hun.

Will post tomorrow's list later x

lbnblbnb

kazmeister wrote: »

The shoe place was a nightmare we arrived at 10, only an hour after they had opened so not to bad for a 45mile journey each way. Our ticket number was 62 and they were serving 38! Ok see how quickly they move. 25 minutes later they were on number 40 ..... Mmm me thinks thats about 3 1/2 hours waiting time. Now we like start-rite shoes especially half price at the factory shop but not if I have to wait that long, not even if they are showing films in a waiting room !!! I hope you didnt go as well lbnblbnb, I certainly wont try that one again, oh why did they have to close the factory shop in our town . So we went off into other parts of Norwich to try and get DS some clothes for holiday and very little success there either. I think I'm going to start a business called Skinny boy stuff. Well he's 15 and cant fit into boys stuff as it goes to about age 11/12 (ok he can get in the waist of them but they're too short) and he's way too small for mens. He's now getting really self conscious about it too. Poor laddie in his age 8-9 boxers :rotfl: .

Well I've had me cuppa, best I go do some work now.

I wimped out and went to Clarks in the centre of Norwich. When we got there and went upstairs to the kids section it was RAMMED with parents and kids, I really felt like walking out. They had a ticket system and the guy told us there were five people in front of us, didn't seem so bad. DD and I looked at shoes and she chose two possibles, then it was time to have her feet measured, no shouting out of numbers, the man seemed to have a stupendous memory for faces, he just directed the assistants to the next person. The assistant was great, my DD can clam up with people but she was very good with her. They had the first choice shoes in her size, job done!

Cleaning.....?! Ummmmm..............

L x

AnW'sMum

JillD wrote: »

aaaaaarrghhh baby is doing star jumps on my bladder, its sooooo uncomfortable .....

When I was having DD I swear she knew when it was bedtime, she was head down and got hiccups every night as I lay down to try and get to sleep :rotfl:

JillD wrote: »

- hem curtains in DD new room - cut off excess - badly - _ have messed it up a bit

Been thinking about this one (I Know took a long time ) if you have cut too much off what about attaching a contrast piece down the leading edge and along the bottom of the curtain

JillD_2

oh bl00dy hormones I flipping hate them. Am sat here in tears, about 4th time today, am so fed up of being so emotional all the time. Hubby has just rung from New Orleans to say his flight back to Washington is delayed and he wont have time to make it to the flight back to Heathrow so wont get here until after midnight tomorrow, when he should have been back by lunchtime.

I know its only half a day, its ridiculous to feel so upset, but tomorrow is our wedding anniversary, we have arranged a babysitter for the first time in months and months to go to the cinema, haven't been since about January. I have told the kids only one more sleep til Daddy gets home, and that he will be home at lunchtime tomorrow, they are both really missing him. Their behaviour has deteriorated a bit each day, today was awful which means tomorrow ill be worse, and with it being so late in the pregnancy I am so tired all the time. And I have nothing planned for the day tomorrow as I thought he'd be home. It will be 4 in the morning here when he knows if he made the flight or not so I've told him not to call, I don't want woken up. And his own mobile is broken so he's borrowed a friends for the week and cant text from it. So I won't even know if he's on his way or not.

I just want to go to bed and waken up on Thursday and miss tomorrow altogether.

One of the teary spells earlier today DD (2) said "are you crying because you want your Daddy" which of course with my Dad ill in hospital made me cry all the more. At bedtime DS asked me "Mummy are you going to cry again cos you want your Daddy ?" so now I feel like a cr*p selfish mother for crying n front of my kids too.

Sorry, I know I am over-reacting. Bl00dy hormones. Just needed to get it out.

Dustykitten

The recalled toys:

Pixar's "Cars" Vehicle

"Sarge" toy car sold alone
"Sarge" toy car sold in a package of two
Affected vehicles have a serial number on the bottom ending "7EA".
Batman

The Batman Magna Battle Figure
The Batman Magna Fight Wing Figure
The Batman Magna Bruce to Batman Figure
The Batman Magna Fight Figure
Barbie

Barbie doll and Tanner
One Piece

One Piece Triple Slash Zolo Roronoa figure
Doggie Daycare

Snacktime With Cookie Play set
Diaper Change with Ginger Play set
Ice cream with Ranger Play set
Lula and Baby Play set
Crockett and Baby Play set
Lucy and Baby Play set
CoCo and Baby Play set
Sparky and Baby
Dreamhouse Nursery with Honey Play set
Bathtime with Beau Play set
Puppy Park With Dixie Play set
Polly Pocket

Polly Pocket Totally Zen Playset
Polly Pocket Spa Day (pink)
Polly Pocket Spa Day (purple)
Polly Pocket Activity lunchbox (blue)
Polly Pocket Activity locker (pink)
Polly Pocket Activity lunchbox (pink)
Polly Pocket Activity locker (orange)
Polly Pocket Collectible Lip Gloss
Polly Pocket Collectible Powder Puff
Polly Pocket Glitter Puff
Polly Pocket Dazzlin Pet Show Divine Dogs
Polly Pocket Rick's Magic Show
Polly Pocket Dip N' Dive Pool
Polly Pocket Sweet Treats
Polly Pocket Birthday Mailbox Purple
Polly Pocket Jewellery Box Purple
Polly Pocket Birthday Mailbox Pink
Polly Pocket Jewellery Box Yellow
Polly Pocket Disco Lamp (Pink)
Polly Pocket Disco Lamp (Purple)
Polly Pocket Mermaid Stars
Polly Pocket Quik-Clik City Pretty Play set (Lila)
Polly Pocket Quik Clik Sporty Style Play set (Lea)
Polly Pocket Quik Clik Totally Zen Play set (Shani)
Polly Pocket Totally Beadiful Jewellery Maker
Polly Pocket Quik Clik Movie Time Play set (Lila)
Polly Pocket Quik Clik Pool Party Play set (Lila)
Polly Pocket Pollyworld Dial-a-Style Lila Doll
Polly Pocket Pollyworld Dial-a-style Lea Doll
Polly Pocket Pollyworld Costume Cart Play set (Lea)
Polly Pocket Pollyworld Gift Shop Play set (Lila)
Polly Pocket Pollyworld Dial-a-Song Polly Fashions
Polly Pocket Pollyworld Dial-a-Song Polly Fashions
Polly Pocket Pollyworld Quik Clik Polly Doll
Polly Pocket Pollyworld Quik Clik Crissy Doll
Polly Pocket Pollyworld Quik Clik Lea Doll
Polly Pocket Pollyworld Quik Clik Shani Doll
Polly Pocket Totally Polly Tiki Diner Set
Polly Pocket Polly Place Treetop Clubhouse
Polly Pocket Happenin Pet Salon
Polly Pocket Hangin Out House
Polly Pocket Birthday Surprise
Polly Pocket Polly Place Party On the Go
Polly Pocket Fashion Boutique On the Go
Polly Pocket Quik Clik Boutique
Polly Pocket Snow Cool Hotel Playset
Polly Pocket Quik Clik House of Style Play set
Polly Pocket Pollywood Limo-Scene Vehicle
Polly Pocket Pollyworld Rockin Theme Park
Polly Pocket Pollyworld Dress N Drive Play set
Polly Pocket Pollyworld Theme Party Quik Clik Doll and Fashions
Polly Pocket Twirl and Swirl Beauty Case
Polly Pocket Pollyworld Rockin Tour Bus
Link below gives more details
http://www.mattel.com/safety/us/