Weekly Flylady Thread 13th August 2007

sexymouse

Evening everyone.

Managed to take sis to Whitely, but couldn't find a pressie for my Dad there (b'day 2mo), so had to go into my local town and managed to find him some oven gloves with fingers, as he's always complaining that his don't work and that he drops things.

Have been feeling sick all day (don't know why - must have caught it off you lot lol), so have been taking things easy since I got home this evening. Stopped into another temp agency on the way home, and have left a message for the temp girl to contact me about a job at Goodwood Racecourse.

Kirby'd the matress and have put new sheets on, but that is the extent of my flying. Am now going to curl up in bed and watch Big Brother, so will catch you all tomorrow.

Hope everyone is feeling better tomorrow.
Sweet dreams.

Sexymouse xx

pigpen

Kazmeister.. why are you giving hubby the option of choosing what to keep and what not???? Just bin it when he isn't looking he'll never notice!!!! Fling fling fling.. in the interests of hygiene and fashion sense!!!! lol. I cull things as they go through the wash suually so wardrobes don't tend to be a problem it is the outgrown stuff waiting to fit the next one down which is a problem.

Ginger girl .. can I have a vodka instead of chocolate??? PLeeaasee????

pigpen

Oh.. and I give up.. I don't care what Martins advice is I can't stand being this skint and having to pay hundreds of people every month little stupid bits of money so I have applied for a loan to 'consolidate' I have it over 12 months and instead of me paying out £1100 a month to 23 people I'll be paying £850 to one.. and everything is being cancelled/cut up/closed/binned/burned * delete as appropriate.

The debt will be paid off in the same amount of time and cost me less each month.. but for the next year we are staying living on a shoestring.. but it will get better!!!! (plus I'll be able to get the new boiler bought and installed cheaply which will save me some installation costs and I can buy the same boiler cheaply.. )

Solwaykid

I know what you mean Pigpen, it's probably the right thing to do if it saves what's left of your sanity. Being skint sucks.
I seem to have hit a plateau (can't think of another word for it) where I'm not able to pay any more debt off and it's a constant battle to avoid sliding backwards. I need a damn good re-think. One of my tasks for tomorrow I think. Don't think I'd like to swap places with that woman in Scotland who won £35m though. That would keep me awake at nights even if there were fresh sheets daily!

Have a good night folks.

ShirleyPark_2

Yay I finally have a chance to catch up with what everyone's been doing today.

Huge hugs to everyone who is feeling poorly, emotional, down, stressed or just in need of a hug, hope you and your loved ones start to feel better soon

tinselfairy - I make lists like that and feel better for doing so. One of my old counsellers used to get me to make lists to stop everything from going round and round in my head and stressing me out, works a treat, though I do tend to ignore the list

JillD - congrats, glad your hubbie made it back in time for your anniversary

I updated my budget spreadsheet tonight with the figures for when it's just me in this house, if I ignore the loan from my mother, I have around £500 a month to spend on food, treats and everything else, so looks like I won't be living on jacket potatoes and toast like when I bought my first house and had zero money !

One of the ex's friends is coming over at the weekend to help with the remaining work. I've said that I want a door fitting back on my study, the door on the lounge and dining room replaced, the new door frame and door fitted for the kitchen, the boiler cupboard rebuilt and the spare bedroom ceiling boarded over. Obviously they can't do all that on one day, but they are going to make a start on this saturday which means that I can go to my sisters birthday thing on sunday. I didn't want to go if they were going to do the work on sunday, so I can make sure that they do things how I want.

Managed to get quite a bit off my list done today, even cleaned the cooker before work - how sad is that.

Kitchen
[strike]Clear and wipe surfaces, table, windowsills, appliances, cupboard doors[/strike]
Sort contents of kitchen drawers and cupboards, to determine what's mine and what's his, wipe inside whilst at it
[strike]Clean and sort fridge[/strike]
Clean floor
[strike]Clean oven
Sort through DIY boxes in kitchen[/strike]
Clear out everything that doesn't belong in the kitchen - getting there

Downstairs bathroom
Clean floor
Clean toilet, shower and sink
Paint wall - sanded down the filler so that's a start
Fit shelf
Fit towel rail
Get toilet roll holder to match and fit
Fix toilet flush handle thingy
Screw carpet door grip back down on downstairs bathroom

Hallway
[strike]Sort through boxes of DIY stuff[/strike]
Move boxes elsewhere
[strike]Sort shoes[/strike] and stuff under stairs
Clear understairs shelf
Get noticeboard for understairs
Vacuum floor
Dust

Lounge
[strike]Sweep floor
Remove anything that doesn't belong in there[/strike]

Landing
[strike]Vacuum landing[/strike] and stairs
Finish striping paper
Seal plaster
[strike]Clean bookshelves[/strike]
Take mirror off the wall

Study
[strike]Dust
Vacuum floor
Clean desk and intray[/strike]
Sort and box up stuff inside storage cupboard

Upstairs bathroom
[strike] Clean bath, toilet, sink, cabinet mirror
Vacuum floor[/strike]
Reseal around bath

Bedroom
[strike]Tidy
Dust
Vacuum floor[/strike]
[strike]Remove stuff from underbed and find proper home for it [/strike]

Outside
Paint porch walls
Paint porch step
Trim hedges
Move empty plant pots etc to the shed
Get more netting from shed and attach to fence for raspberries

Plus
[strike]update finances
do budget
[/strike][strike] clear rubbish out of car and put parcel shelf back up[/strike]
sort out will paperwork - just need to get it signed now
[strike]sort out pension paperwork[/strike]
[strike]move exam date to mid november
book time off work for mum's birthday[/strike]
find out when my sisters boat trip is - sunday
move gas, electric and phone bills into my name
contact solicitor about changing mortgage / house deeds etc
clear more space on harddrive / buy another one
book car in for service

Dustykitten

Evening all just updating my list and doing tomorrows before bed. Have done quite well today so just leaving on what is left to do.

My list for tomorrow:

Wednesday, left overs

[STRIKE]Remove bed linen and wash[/STRIKE], replace with fresh

Extra mission tasks

• sort toy end of living room with DS3
• make crumble

Thursday Bathroom - did study yesterday

Clean bath, toilet and sink
Level Three
Vacuum/sweep and mop
Extra mission:
Pick whichever you want to attempt

• Clean windows in today's rooms
• Clean any light fittings and switches in these rooms
• Wash your bathroom mats
• Sort your toiletries, flinging anything well past it's use by and those empty containers. Leave out what needs using first like the last bit of shower gel in a bottle etc.

DS2 Bedroom
Clear clutter from floor
Vacuum floor in bedroom
[STRIKE]Remove bed linen and wash,[/STRIKE] replace with fresh
Clean window & wipe windowsill
Level 3
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen
Wipe doors and handles
Extra mission tasks

• Wipe at least one door and it's frame, don't forget the handle
• Dust skirting boards in any one room
• Sort one clothes drawer or wardrobe area, even if for 5 minute, remove anything that shouldn't be there

Going out in the morning with 2 of DS3's friends to an indoor activity/soft play place so will start my flying on my return.

lil_me

JillD wrote: »

Wont be on again tonight, going to lie down for a bit with book, kids playing rockets upstairs (involves buckets on heads, and sitting on pillows in storage boxes ) :rotfl:

Just nearly wet myself laughing at that, aww bless them, you know we pay a fortune for toys and all they need is a bucket, a pillow and a box. I remember when DS1 was little he was always sat in a box, those huge storage plastic boxes, used to throw everything on the floor and just sit in it.

Right not a lot done tonight, apart from more playing with the oven, I found a GREAT button. DEFROST!! Well I had this frozen cheesecake, 2 1/2 hours defrost but wanted it sooner, so I stuck it in on defrost, 20 minutes :eek: I LOVE THAT BUTTON!! See I seriously am bad for getting food out the day before, biggest problem when we end up having a takeaway is something hasn't defrosted, but it says it can defrost a chicken in under 5 hours :T

Sorry I am sad aren't I, that added to wrapping my pans back up when I use them, anyone got the number for the funny farm ?

Off to do my list for tomorrow, which includes going for injection in morning, boo hoo, doctors aswell which I am going to have a massive moan about this 3 months long cold/sore throat etc!!

Hugs for everyone, because you all deserve one, will see you all in the morning/when I can sit down after injection :rotfl:

AnW'sMum

sneaks in

Morning

hangs head in shame

Didn't get anything else done yesterday as we went to see a friend and didn't get back til after 1pm, then went nextdoor at 4.30 to see my other friend!

Work today and tomorrow so nowt'll get done or not much

Hope you all have a productive couple of days, hugs to all

sneaks back out

PS Jill hope you had a good anniversary

kazmeister

Morning everyone - looks like I'm first up. Thanks OH :rolleyes:

Change of plans today not going to visit friend as she is going to come here. I wrote on the calendar weeks ago that I needed the car today so I could visit my friend and take the Little Tykes kitchen to her so if he accepted overtime it would have to be local or we would go on m/cycle. All agreed no problem until yesterday when he says he'll need the car because if the bike gets wet he wont have time to dry it off before we go on holiday :mad: :mad: :mad: . Oh please! We have a clapped out M reg Saab thats done 160,000 miles (which was HIS car) and get rid of a lovely SAAB convertible (MY car) to get a £16k bl**dy bike and he cant use it if its gonna get wet !!:mad: :mad: :mad: . And to make it worse the sun is shining this morning and he could've taken the bike, plus I told him to put the bin out before he went, so he rings me at 630 to say oh he forgot can i do it :mad: :mad: :mad: . MEN :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Oh and my friend only has a small car so the kitchen wont fit in it so its gotta be stuck round here - probably on the landing again until we can rearrange.

Sorry rant over.

Busy day now today

MY LIST


Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Wipe light switches and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors etc – doors to do if time
Wednesday, Master Bedroom & Landing
Check fire alarms are working
Vacuum floor in bedroom and on landing - did one landing yesterday, cant find bedroom floor at mo but will do what I can find later
Wipe doors and handles
Wipe at least one door and it's frame, don't forget the handle
Dust skirting boards in any one room
Thursday Bathroom and Study/Pc Area

Clean bath, toilet and sink
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Extra mission:
Clean windows in today's rooms
Clean any light fittings and switches in these rooms

Dailies - Kids to do except stairs

S/S bathroom
Clear table and wipe
Walk dog
Wipe stairs

Extras this week – OMG look at the list
Pay childminder for last month – still oops but OH getting cash today to pay tomorrow
Clear triffids from front garden – might have to wait til after hols
Sort everyones clothes for hols - in process of sorting
Iron clothes
Get all toiletries/meds sorted
Pack
Shop for new school shoes for DD - tried will have to try again Fri or after hol
Take DD to friends house to play Friday
Collect DD Thursday - no car so ring friend to drop her off
Visit friend on Thursday and take Little Tikes kitchen at last - she's coming here now see rant
Take dear doogie to kennels on Friday (sob sob – don’t wanna do it)

Hotspots to clear
Old Au pair room
DS old room
Our room - OMG started ! and it looks worse but doing more today

OK off for shower now then get on - see you all later

Well I was first up but took too long with post. Morning AnW's mum

sexymouse

Morning everyone,

Happy belated anniversary Jill. I hope you had a really nice evening out.

3rd one up again today, and not feeling much better than yesterday to be honest. OH said that I feel very hot to the touch, so sounds like I have the lurgy too. Meant to be going out for Dad's birthday tonight, so hope I'm feeling better by then (Chinese buffet - yummy).

As the sun is shining, I suppose I had better put some washing in the machine, as it seems to have crept up on me in the last few days due to all the rain.

Hopefully will hear about the temping today, so looking forward to earning some money again and not feeling like I'm freeloading off OH. I know money is tight at the mo, as I found a final demand for a water bill the other day, and it was only for £40, which I could have leant him if he'd asked.

Well, off to cool myself down with a cold shower, and eat some brekkie.

See you all later.

sexymouse xx