Weekly Flylady Thread 13th August 2007

AnW'sMum

Hi all

Seems like you have all had a busy day. I have been at work again. We had fruit salad made with cherries, bananas, pear, strawberries and raspberries with cloudy lemonade poured over the top, yummmmmmmmmmm yum!

About to flop into bed and have a good read of my book.

Catch you all over the w/e

kazmeister

Evening,

Well we're all packed and thats early for me. Little one and OH in bed DS and me still up but not for long - have to get up again at 1am for flight at 7 !

Dear doogie is all delivered but was really nervous as she's not used to being around dogs so crucifying myself at the moment. And DD's little face just crumbled and she sobbed when we left her. Daren't tell her I phoned the kennels, and they said she has been really grumpy and growled at the kennel maid when she went in to her. I'm hoping she'll settle down over the weekend. Still at least she wont miss sleeping on OH's pillow - I sent it with her to go in her basket :rotfl: .

Well thats it for me until 31st so best wishes to you all, stay happy and healthy and if you're going away have a great time. Thanks to all of you for the help and support.

See you all soon
Kaz x

JillD_2

lil_me and Dustykitten - thanks for nurofen tip for earache. I didnt think of that for earache, I actually would have preferred to give himn medsised to knock him out, but medicine cabinet is currently in DD's room cupboard (up high of course) waiting to be rehomed, and calpol was the only thing we had out grrrrr. Anyway one dose and then closing his window and putting warmer jammies on him seeemd to help as he was also complaining of being cold. And he didnt have a high temp or anything, He seemed ok today and said his ear wasnt hurting any more. So who knows! He was crying though for half an hour after midnight :mad: - we just ignored him and he finally went to sleep (he wouldnt be backwards about coming forwards out of bed if he needed us dont worry!) and then again at 3am!! Needless to say I am tired again and was very snappy today with them

Mum_of_many_4

Beccatje- I dont blame you ignoring her bet you were worried sick.

Pigpen- Great meal idea and well done for pleasing everyone. I never seem to manage that.

Kazmeister- Have a great holiday!

Right here is what I have managed today

Friday - those frightning Friday kids rooms and spare rooms

Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can get to - Done
Level Two
Anything that isn't in it's place where it should be, clothes, toys, books etc - Done
Level Three
Dusting - Done
Strip beds and replace with fresh linen - Done
Vacuum Floor (even if it's just where you can see) - Done
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra Task List

As usual pick any one or more of the following if you fancy an extra challenge today and are still alive after entering the kids rooms!!

• Dust tops of wardrobes & drawers if you can reach wthout hurting yourself
• Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, aim for 27, if you can't find that many, well done, you are obviously making a difference - Done but wasnt 27
• Sort through a kids wardrobe or drawer, part with what doesn't fit or well past it's used by - Done
• Clean any one (or more) window that needs doing - Did all windows last week

Dailies
WM x4 - Done
DW x2 - Done
TD - Done
Bottles washed and sterilised - Done
S+S - Done
Ironing + put away - Done

Quite chuffed with myself as I managed all this with 10 kids in the house! including an 11 yr old, 3, 9 yr olds, a 7 year old, a 4 year old, a 2 year old, 18 month old, 13 month old and 6 week old. Amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it. Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

JillD_2

Evening everyone (forgot to say that on last post :rotfl: )
Hope you all have had happy productive Fridays, and sending lots of hugs to those with poorly throats etc and with poorly realtives, there seem to be a lot of us about.

Spoke to my Mum again tonight, Dad continuing to do really well, is off the oxygen mask back on just the funny wee nose oxygen thing, and doing loads more walking with the zimmer. All good news

Had a pretty good day today. Spent an hour an dof half of child free bliss in the leisure centre cafe while they were in the creche, we then stayed for a yummy packed lunch, and then went over to a friends house to play for the afternon, Thsi friend has a dead posh house with a MASSIVE garden, we Mums sat out as it was uite warm while the kids played on their activity gym things and their trampoline. It was such a lovely afternoon. My friend whose house it was announced she is pregnant again, her oldest is 4 but her OH has 2 teenage daughters from first marriage, so we all thought that he , at least, was done, so their news was a lovely surprise :T

When I got home I made a massive lasagne for tea, we had it with garlic bread and salad for trea, and fruit salad for pudding, Got the kids to have a competition to se who could find the most different sorts of fruit in there, and amazingky they both ate some of everything, So it felt like a really good family dinner, I love it when we all eat together and eat the same thing.

Oh! And I finished my Harry Potter book, the last one. It was very good.

Right so updated list for today:

My updated list:

[strike]- get kids up, dressed, breakfasted
- tidy up after breakfast[/strike]
- hoover out whats left of double buggy and clean chassis - will I ever do this
- reassemble double buggy covers
[strike]- make packed lunch to take to leisure centre
- sort photos into mini album for Mum
[/strike]- write letter to Dad
[strike]- go to friends house for afternoon :j [/strike]
- clear out bureau - really must do this, its been on list for ages
- fix spare room cupboard door
- sort receipts
- open a new account for maternity leave fund and move money in there
[strike]- tidy up packed lunch stuff
- do tea[/strike][strike]
- freeze portions of leftover lasagne
- tidy up from tea
- get kids bathed and to bed
- tidy playroom
- ironing
- check online for hospital bag list and make shopping list if necessary[/strike]
[strike]- dishwasher on
- dishwasher emptied[/strike][strike]
- did some banking
[/strike]



My List - Done=42, ToDo=34:T

Yay I am winning!

- buy apron for DS for school
- open a new account for maternity leave fund and move money in there
- 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
- paint DS room
- cut grass

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:
- try paint samples on DS room
- select and buy paint for DS room
- label all DS school stuff - moved box of stuff to spare room
- 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]
- make mini album of holiday photos of kids for my Mum
- batch cook lasagne
- 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]

JillD_2

Mum of many - respect to you !!! Which of those kids are yours -is the 6 week old yours ? I am flabbergasted you can get so much done ? Do they just have all out warfare and you manage to be able to ignore it ? Or are there so many of them they entertain each other ?? PLease tell me your secret, I am struggling with my 2 at the moment, and panicking at thought of how anything will get done when #3 comes. How do you find time to feed the baby ????

Seriously, any advice very welcome!!

JillD_2

List for the weekend:

- hoover out whats left of double buggy and clean chassis - will I ever do this
- reassemble double buggy covers
- write letter to Dad
- clear out bureau - really must do this, its been on list for ages
- sort receipts
- open a new account for maternity leave fund and move money in there
- get fitted for nursing bras
- post photos to Mum
- buy pressies of some sort to give kids when baby comes
- buy apron for DS for school
- send card to SIL for birthday
- sort out hospital bag properly
- put new taxdisk in car
- do a bit of sorting in garage
- put some stuff on freecycle
- name DS school stuff
- sort hotspot on top of filing cabinet
- decide where to set up scanner, its heaped in a corner at the mo
- finish organizing recipes

Get hubby to:
- cut grass
- build cot
- rehang DD height chart
- put up tiebacks in DD room
- fix spare room cupboard door
- get muslins and grobags down from loft
- put suitcase away from trip





My List - Done=42, ToDo=34:T

Yay I am winning!

- buy apron for DS for school
- open a new account for maternity leave fund and move money in there
- 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
- paint DS room
- cut grass

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:
- try paint samples on DS room
- select and buy paint for DS room
- label all DS school stuff - moved box of stuff to spare room
- 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!)

- make mini album of holiday photos of kids for my Mum
- batch cook lasagne
- 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

nicki_2

Morning all :hello: Yes I know its early for a Saturday but OH left at 7am to catch his train to the reunion he's going to. I hate not saying bye when he's going anywhere other than work so I had to get up and see him off Plus side is that I'm about to put the fire on and get some more washing dry before DD gets up - she's been told not to even get out of the bed until 9am as she wasn't in bed until gone 8pm last night :eek: My fault, with not being well I've been letting her slob around in her jammies, but I also forgot (how I don't know) to brush her hair and the mess it was in last night was disgraceful Took OH bathing her & then the two of us each with a comb 30+ minutes to get the knots out :eek: There were tears a plenty, so a big bowl of ice-cream has been promised for today

Right, off to get breakfast, take my medicine and do some jobs! Might as well make use of the early start :wave:

mumoftwo

nicki wrote: »

Morning all :hello: Yes I know its early for a Saturday but OH left at 7am to catch his train to the reunion he's going to. I hate not saying bye when he's going anywhere other than work so I had to get up and see him off Plus side is that I'm about to put the fire on and get some more washing dry before DD gets up - she's been told not to even get out of the bed until 9am as she wasn't in bed until gone 8pm last night :eek: My fault, with not being well I've been letting her slob around in her jammies, but I also forgot (how I don't know) to brush her hair and the mess it was in last night was disgraceful Took OH bathing her & then the two of us each with a comb 30+ minutes to get the knots out :eek: There were tears a plenty, so a big bowl of ice-cream has been promised for today

Right, off to get breakfast, take my medicine and do some jobs! Might as well make use of the early start :wave:

Wow Nicki you are early!! We have an early start because of DD2 going go gymnastics earlier today- coaches have a course and they need gymnasts to practise with.

I know exactly what you mean with the painful hair combing. My DD1 had thick hair right from the moment she was born and getting through that has been impossible over the years, especially the bottom layer, closest to her neck, I can still hear her screaming. I think I must have kept the hair conditioning companies in profit We had it cut shorter for a long time but she is a teenager now, and she looks after her own hair, thank goodness.

Today:

Catch up with girls' rooms. Well DD1 is the worst, but if she doesn't get the dirty clothes off the floor there will be no allowance!

Washing
Ironing ( have a big basket, haven't been in the mood all week)
hoover living room
hoover upstairs
make meal plan for next week so I can go shopping
type newsletter
maybe order stuff from Lakeland

Have a happy, healthy day everyone and if you are sad or ill or depressed have a hug :grouphug:
:wave:

sexymouse

Morning everyone,

Sorry I didn't get on last night - decided to swap my meal plan about a bit due to the shift at the pub today, as the plan had been to have aioli fishfingers last night, but I thought it best not to eat garlic the night before my first day, so I made a courgette quiche instead. I then had an early night as I had a cracking headache. _pale_

Managed to call the pub yesterday to find out their hourly rate of pay (didn't give my name or anything), and they said it depended on my age - I said 24, and he said about £6/hour, so that's really good. :j
Have looked on the net to find out what hours they are open for food, and the lunch opening hours are really short - 12-2.15, apart from Sunday when they are open til 5.30. At least I know that my shift today shouldn't be too long, as I imagine that it may be quite busy being Saturday lunchtime. Weather outside isn't very good at mo so don't know if this will make it busier or quieter.

Hope kazmeister got off on holiday ok - sorry I wasn't about to wish you a good time, and well done for getting the packing all done so early - I usually end up staying up all night packing cos I put it off because I hate doing it, as OH can't pack so I normally end up having to do his for him too. Plus approve every item he puts in as he is useless at picking clothes that match! :rotfl:

Right, I'm off to wash my hair so that I look presentable (don't have to be there til 11.45, but I'm going to walk round (10 mins?) unless it's raining hard, and I'm feeling quite nervous now - what if I spill gravy everywhere etc etc.

Managed to get most of the food shopping done yesterday so that is one less thing to worry about today, as I'd planned this week's meals last week.

Wish me luck!

sexymouse xx