Weekly Flylady Thread 13th August 2007

JillD_2

poohbear (((hugs))) am thinking of you and your Dad lots ((hugs))))

lil_me yes much cooler thankfully. And you have convinced me, for the next shop I promise to do it online and will try and plan in advance a bit for it. I reckon I will start an online list in the next few days and add to it as the week goes on. I suppose a benefit is you see the total before you actually pay. They keep sending me free delivery coupons I suppose I should use one

shell - I dunno if he was worried at leaving me at 35 weeks, but I am blimmin twitchy I can tell you! To fly back will take the best part of a day so he cant get back in a hurry really but I'm sure it will be fine anyway!

tracyg - yeah to be honest we both have pits of dread in or stomachs re the coming birth and the horrid first few sleep deprived weeks, we have been right ratty with each other lately.
Hope your Dad is doing ok. I know what you mean about taking little ones to the hospital. When I took mine to see my Dad I was just hoping they wouldnt start scrabbling about on the floor looking for lost crayons and stuff. In the end they were fine and they only got to go once because then DD got chicken pox anyway!

AnW - great photos!

mermaid - sorry to hear your house purchase not going well. Getting a closed chain is a nightmare, isn't it. Hope it comes together for you soon

sexymouse - good luck with the waitressing position, let us know what they say!

pigpen - love the idea of being ahead of yourself going into the week - might try that next week. Can't believe the difference in that room, thats amazing :T

becca - YUCK!! I have very few nice storage jars tho I did treat myself to one for pasta from Debenhams (hang on will check online for similar.....nope can't fiond it on Debenhams but it looks like this http://www.philipmorris.uk.com/prdf.php?pid=321 but I am prettgy sure it was cheaper. Its plastic, I was afraid of dropping a glass one.

Have had a lovely day today :j

Got lots and lots done, nearly everything on my list and a couple of wee extras too! Kids were little stars all day and played really well with hardly any fighting. Only down point DS(4) who is 4 is a lazy sod when it comes to going the loo, he just can't be bothered and wets himself unless I harrass him to go, and when I do harrass him to go its a big argument every time. He's been out of nappies for well over 18 months and knows full well what to do, just doesn't want to stop playing. Anyway I decided today enoughs enough I am not going to remind him any more, he has got to learn to take himself. I mean he starts school in 4 weeks for heavens sake. So he is promised a little mini transformer toy at bedtime if he has had dry pants all day. He didnt even make it through the afternoon DOH.

Anyway other than that they were great all day. Went round to a friends house for a bbq for tea, they have a trampoline and the kids had a ball on it. I wonder should we get one if they are in the sale at the end of the summer ?

So today I got done:

- get kids up, dressed, breakfasted
- tidy up from breakfast
- work out how the f*** to get the fabric bits of double buggy, manual says they are machine washable but I can't get them off!!
- wash double buggy covers
- sort out some newborn boy and girl clothes to top up neutrals
- sort out baby bedding to wash
- sort out baby bedding
- hang out first load
- wash baby bedding
- wash baby boy and girl clothes
- give bouncy chair a quick wipe and get cover back on
- reassemble baby gym
- wipe down raincovers for double buggy and hang out
- hang out hood bits of double buggy to air (can't be washed)
- sort a package of kids "artwork" to send to Mum and Dad tomorrow
- hang out second load
- put 3rd load of washing on
- put in drier, running out of drying space!
- put away first 2 loads
- hung swimming sertificates in kids rooms
- sorted piles of stuf for kids overnight bags when baby comes
- did a snapfish order for photos for Mums min album of holiday pics
- printed out a load of big labels for garage boxes
And I did all that this morning :j

Hubby phoned from Washington at 8pm, he has to wait for a connecting flight and I wasn't expecting him to call so that was a lovely surprise. Hopeless etc as he is, and much as I enjoy the peace in the house, I do miss him when he's away.

Am slobbing on sofa just watched Billy Elliot, never seen it before, quite enjoyed it.

Right will be back in a mo once I have assembled tomorrow's list.

Jill

AnW'sMum

Dustykitten wrote: »

What are you reading?

erm the book I took on hols is called Sunset View by Margaret Thornton, lightweight thing/easy reading.

We have all always loved books but especially this last year reading lightweight stuff before bed has helped to switch my mind off from the endless list of things I need to do and the why's and what if's etc etc

The other book which I didn't take with me cause I didn't want to wake the kids if it made me cry(!) is Unravelled by Maria Housden. She wrote a book called Hannah's Gift which I read/cried to on hols 2 yrs ago. DH kept saying 'what's the matter' so often that I had to stop reading it!!!! Hannah's Gift is about the authors little girl who died of cancer (cheery reading I know!) and how the family coped with it in the months before and after she died. Unravelled so far is about how Maria's live changes afterwards. Both compelling reading to be recommended but do have a box of tissues handy.

When you see a bright shooting star up there tonight will you send all our love as DD and I (DS is a bit young to understand) say that the brighest star is Daddy as he shines brightly when we look up there so we know which one is him

JillD_2

Tomorrow's list then followed by my mega list LOL

- get kids up, dressed, breakfasted
- empty dishwasher (too lazy to do it last night)
- tidy up from breakfast
- make packed lunches (mackerel salad (me), chicken sandwiches (kids) cheese and fruit etc)
- take kids swimming, meet frind at pool at 11
- packed lunch at cafe after swim
- go to Post Office
- poss go to library and find out when story time is over rest of hols
- hoover out whats left of double buggy and clean chassis
- sort out overnight bags for kids for when baby comes
- reassemble double buggy covers
- do tea - tuna, leek, pepper, sweetcorn pasta bake
- clear up from tea
- dishwasher on
- bath kids and get them to bed
- dishwasher emptied
- clear out bureau
- fix spare room cupboard door
- sort receipts
- move budgeting account money from low interest account to new higher rate one
- open a new account for maternity leave fund and move money in there
- check hubbys expenses and offset against credit cards where required


Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances
[STRIKE]Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front[/STRIKE]filled it on Saturday and cleared it out then
Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required
[STRIKE]Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky[/STRIKE]did it last week, drawer not been used since
Clean oven if you didn’t do it last week
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Clean out the freezer, I find the vacuum cleaner is good for getting up any crumbs in the bottom or stray peas etc. Defrost it if it needs it.

My List - Done=35, ToDo=34:T

Yay I am winning!

Do Now:
- move budgeting account money from low interest account to new higher rate one
- open a new account for maternity leave fund and move money in there

Longer term:
- batch cook cheesy quorn veg pie
- batch cook lasagne

Baby stuff:
- clean steriliser and bottles etc - need to get bottles back off friend
- wash boy newborn baby clothes - started
- sort out a hospital bag - started a pile of stuff for it
- sort out overnight bags for kids in case we have to farm them out when baby comes - started
- 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
- make mini album of holiday photos of kids for my Mum
- get new curtain pole for our bedroom
- label all boxes of stuff in garage so we can find things
- 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
- 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]
- 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]

lil_me

Jovichick mine comes tomorrow did the discount codes work for you ?

JAMIEDODGER get that mop sorted! You're gonna need it good luck, hope you enjoy joining us

Tracyg, JillD, AnW'sMum, Solway, Becca and Kaz nice to see you back with us Michelle and Shell I know you'll be back soon enough, where are the rest of the regulars hiding ? They'll no doubt put an appearance in tomorrow

Dusty with Diggerland and 3-5s you would have to go on the rides with them, it can be a bit hard getting comfy in a JCB with a toddler on your knee etc but most kids that age love it. Tickets are expensive, kids go free vouchers http://www.kidsattractions.co.uk/

Pigpen you don't need anyone to tell you you are crackers, I suppose with 8 one more must be just easy :rotfl: Middle rooms getting there, such a difference well done, don't worry will be plenty of spare kicks around for if we catch you lazing about Just noticed something missing, where's the hoppers ? Not burried under there are they ?

Poohbear, don't worry about being away a few days, hope your Dad is ok will be thinking of you, we'll be still here muttering on about the daily poop when you need us

sexymouse good luck with the possible job!

With Holly to be honest seeing her with her she's just as attatched to her, just found us going hard, it was the first visit and I think she possibly thought as she did when we were on holiday, 'ah they've come to take me home' so I am unsure if that is what she thought. I'm sure next time we ggo it will be easier. She's absolutely spoilt in her new home, parading around in her new pink collar with sparklies on she got yesterday :rotfl:

jjef welcome back, of course it counts, it's done isn't it!

JillD_2

whilst the subject of mops has come up - I don't own one. But I want one!
What is the best sort ? I want one that I can use to clean the floor with minimum effort, every one I've had in the past I've had to break my back shoving it around really hard and practically holding the handle an inch off the floor to make the damn things get marks off. My kitchen is huge, i am very lucky, but I hate cleanig the floor on my hands and knees, its knackering (yes I know its great for getting the baby in the right position etc)

Recommendations please!

Right off to bed with Harry (Potter) though its proving a bit too scary to read on my own .......

Dustykitten

AnW'sMum I sent your love shooting up to your DH and minutes later he showered it all back down onto you all.

Books - when Dad died I could not concentrate to read, I used to do Suduko to help me sleep. I only read light books, just finished 'I don't know how she does it'.

Given up on the stars now, kept getting freaked out by the hedgehogs etc, god I'm a wimp.

Must go to bed as boys are off at 7:00 in the morning.

rach

hello lovelies

i'm just popping in to say hi - sadly won't be able to join in the list this week as away again. i was at scout camp last week and this week i'm taking my youth group to a christian festival. the washer is on for the umpteenth time this weekend and my bag is packed (left most of the stuff in the car as only back for the weekend!)

have just wiped round the kitchen and have hoovered round so at least the place looks passable. OH has been here this weekend and the place always looks messy when he's around! perhaps just cos i'm lazier when he's here and two people in a small space equals more mess.

anyway, have a good week all and i'll catch up next week.

witchypoo

I've got to get to grips again, since the hols started I've run aground.
Will try not to go on the pc in the morning, or on AC:WW because that has been really distracting me lately.
Best of luck folks!

lil_me

Dusty I'd planned on watching the stars, even if I should be in bed now (cooker could arrive at 8am! DP couldn't move the old one as he was too tired!!! grrr ok I'm calm grrrr!!! ) but if I stay out without the dogs they scratch at the door and cry, if I take them out the neighbours 'outside' dogs start barking, given up!

Rach have a great week

AnW'sMum I am sure he's the brightest star up there, also reading what you put, even if he doesn't remember his Dad (which I am almost sure he will) he'll still be part of him and was brought up for those few years with him in his life, that he will always have with him. Must be hard explaining when they are so little, I know what it's like with other family members so must be even harder when it's Daddy.

witchypoo you're definately not alone, jump in honey you're more than welcome to join us this week, sure you'll get back on track soon

kazmeister

Looks like I'm first up today, big hugs as usual.

Allowed to be on here at the mo as I'm eating breakfast so dont shout at me yet.

Woke up this morning with a pig of a neck/shoulder ache, dont know what I did yesterday but it had started to hurt before I went to bed, so just waiting for the painkillers and diclofenac to work before I crack on.
Just as well I wanted to get up early today, told OH to wake me up when he got up for work at 6, but he'd turned the alarm off and gone back to sleep so I woke luckily at 6.10 and kicked him out of bed! So he's gone now and I have already managed to hang 1 load washin on line while the suns still shining and machine on again.

As soon as brekkie finished and the 2nd cup of tea I'll be in shower trying to ease pain of shoulder with hot water as well then its muck in til coffee time, so see you then.

Kaz