Weekly Flylady Thread 17th August 2015

ionafan

morning all :wave:

To use a Valli-ism: wooty-wooty-woop, this morning I have eaten the Frog that was part of my summer challenge - my 2014-15 tax return! :j :j :j and I've done it 19 days and 11 hours earlier than I did last year's, IYSWIM Now I have to pay £25.60 tax owed because my State pension was due on Mon 6th April this year, but because it was a Bank Holiday the government paid it early on Thursday 2nd April, putting it in the previous tax year, thereby creating unnecessary difficulties on the tax return :mad: Oh well, it's finished now, and I have made a big red note in my file not to count that week's pension in the 2015-16 return as well

DH has taken himself off to one of our local auction houses with a crate full of model railway stock that he is decluttering - and I didn't have to persuade him to do it :A

Big congratulations to Lynnejk on dealing with your cane toad. I am still working my way slowly through my study, and then some day I've also got to sort the family history papers that are piled up in the loft...

Well done Biscuit monster and Frizzle on your flying achievements this week.

Hope you are back on form today, Lame Wolf. Take it steady!

Honey Bear, I am so pleased to hear that Kelpie and Devil Cat managed to ignore the fireworks yesterday evening. I'd never heard of a Thundershirt before. I'm sure it would have been an enormous help with my last dog, who tore up carpets and wrecked rugs in the fireworks season until he became stone deaf.

Doobop, the heavier the iron you buy, the less you will want to use it.

I'm going to hang out the washing, have a :coffee: and read my book until DH comes back for lunch

Have a good day, all x

Frizzle_2

pigpen wrote: »

Frizzle.. that is very old recommendations.. very few paints are solvent based now and lead stopped being added in the 70's.. so you are perfectly fine doing glossing too.. but if it gets you out of it.. go for it.

Lol! It might make hubby pull his finger out....

Frizzle_2

Quick update before lunch. The door had been glossed and looks so much better!


Wednesday Thllliiing!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort through a cupboard and find 10 things to get rid of!

Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more
34 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
Do half hour clearing of the place you hate doing the most..

Extras for me
Hoover downstairs
Pick up maternity jeans from next
Steam clean ds2s floor
Clean camping stuff- not raining today so no excuse not to do this!

Honey_Bear

ionafan wrote: »

Honey Bear, I am so pleased to hear that Kelpie and Devil Cat managed to ignore the fireworks yesterday evening. I'd never heard of a Thundershirt before. I'm sure it would have been an enormous help with my last dog, who tore up carpets and wrecked rugs in the fireworks season until he became stone deaf.

Well done on the tax return! :A:A:A are in order.

Lynne, I'm so impressed with your RoD toad; mine is a never-ending RoD but each major clear out reduces the clutter by another few percentage points, which helps.

I've only recently heard about thundershirts and I posted on here asking if anybody had any experience of them because they're not cheap and I didn't want to waste the money if they're just *meh*. All my previous dogs have been deaf, by accident initally, and then by choice because they're a lot less hassle than hearing dogs so I was really worried about how a hearing dog would react to the fireworks. It's very, very loud and lll-ooo-nnn-ggg, over two nights Dizzy Imp had one that she wasn't using so she offered it to me (thank you, thank you, thank you), sent it to me and suggested I try fitting it on Kelpie before it was actually needed. Success!

Doobop

Biscuit_monster wrote: »

Evening all,

Had a very productive day look:

[STRIKE]Make beds
WM
DW
Food shop
Hoover bedrooms
Strip and change our bed
HHI

Monday Minging & Flinging- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Clear floors of guff and stuff
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks. Make them sparkle, sparkle!!!!
Wipe down tiles in bathroom
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Hoover/Sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.
Collect all the dirty laundry
If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it
Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles

Tuesday Triumphs - Kitchen and Dining Room
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sweep and mop floors
Sort & clean oven and hob
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Wipe & declutter all the windows sills in these areas!!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
31 fling boogie..
Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET[/STRIKE]

Well pleased with myself! Also walked dog, got children to tidy their room and all had time to sit and do some crafting with them. Isn't it funny how one day you can achieve nothing and the next loads?

Lynne, well done on the toad :j
Doobop hi, I've got a steam generator and it's great, I only have to iron one side. It has lasted me seven years so far, so was worth the extra, although the one I bought was one of the least expensive at the time. Mind you, maybe the reason it has lasted is because I keep putting off the ironing (still have record breaking ironing pile)

ionafan wrote: »

morning all :wave:

To use a Valli-ism: wooty-wooty-woop, this morning I have eaten the Frog that was part of my summer challenge - my 2014-15 tax return! :j :j :j and I've done it 19 days and 11 hours earlier than I did last year's, IYSWIM Now I have to pay £25.60 tax owed because my State pension was due on Mon 6th April this year, but because it was a Bank Holiday the government paid it early on Thursday 2nd April, putting it in the previous tax year, thereby creating unnecessary difficulties on the tax return :mad: Oh well, it's finished now, and I have made a big red note in my file not to count that week's pension in the 2015-16 return as well

DH has taken himself off to one of our local auction houses with a crate full of model railway stock that he is decluttering - and I didn't have to persuade him to do it :A

Big congratulations to Lynnejk on dealing with your cane toad. I am still working my way slowly through my study, and then some day I've also got to sort the family history papers that are piled up in the loft...

Well done Biscuit monster and Frizzle on your flying achievements this week.

Hope you are back on form today, Lame Wolf. Take it steady!

Honey Bear, I am so pleased to hear that Kelpie and Devil Cat managed to ignore the fireworks yesterday evening. I'd never heard of a Thundershirt before. I'm sure it would have been an enormous help with my last dog, who tore up carpets and wrecked rugs in the fireworks season until he became stone deaf.

Doobop, the heavier the iron you buy, the less you will want to use it.

I'm going to hang out the washing, have a :coffee: and read my book until DH comes back for lunch

Have a good day, all x

Thanks both, never used this quote thing before so hope it works. Are the steam generator ones heavier? Ironing only one side sounds great!
Afternoon off today so tackling the bathroom - worst room in the house ATM then hoovering the stairs - what fun!

Biscuit_monster

Doobop , mine isn't heavy, it's just like a normal iron when ironing, the whole gubbins is a bit cumbersome (the bit that has the water in) but I never move that bit as I just always have it set up. If you are going to be getting it in and out of a cupboard all the time it could be a pain.

By the way, nothing done! Been out for dog walk and picnic all day. X

Frizzle_2

Just about to pop to the shops but hee is my update..

Quick update before lunch. The door had been glossed and looks so much better!

Wednesday Thllliiing!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Sort through a cupboard and find 10 things to get rid of!

Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more
34 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
Do half hour clearing of the place you hate doing the most..

Extras for me
Hoover downstairs
Pick up maternity jeans from next

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all, sorry havent got time to read properly. Where has today gone? Frog munching here, parcel to post office, cheque to bank, thank you card written, bag of gibble to charity shop, couple of e-mails sent. Got to walk the dog then make tea ...

lynnejk

Afternoon all :hello:


Thank you all for your kind comments re my toad. I guess the horrible weather and a broken ankle actually helped as I wasn't tempted to go out walking as I usually do most days :rotfl:


Iona - well done with your tax return
HB - lovely news that your tactics worked so well with the animals

Doobop wrote: »

I need a new iron - I usually buy the cheapest and they last about a year but it takes me forever to get OH's shirts done and sometimes some creases just won't come out.
Any recommendations?

I absolutely loath ironing - especially when the iron's not up to much. After years of struggling with cheaper ones I bit the bullet and bought a Russell Hobbs powersteam pro 2750w. I have found it very good so far, but TBH I don't iron much only when absolutely necessary

I didn't go to town as it started to drizzle so put off until the morrow. I will have to go then, whatever the weather, so fingers xd it improves.


Done all the dailies, cleared some e-mails, dusted right the way through and just going to declutter a cuppa. Then I'd best get on with the tuna pasta bake for dinner - think I'll make an avocado salsa and some garlic bread to go on the side.

Monday Minging & Flinging- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Hoover/Sweep and mop and deslop the floors in these rooms.

Tuesday Triumphs - Kitchen and Dining Room
Sweep and mop floors

Wednesday Thllliiing!- Master Bedroom -(do Fridays)
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Fling open the window and let in the rain sunnyness
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
Vacuum floors in bedroom
Sort through a cupboard and find 10 things to get rid of!

Back laters
Lx

Dizzy_Imp

Glad the Thundershirt worked for Kelpie Honey Bear

I've been MIA for the last couple of days as yesterday was Small's 4th birthday and we travelled down to see Nanny and Grandad and some other rellies and have only just got back. No flying done really - WM and DW on and car shovelled out. How can a car journey generate so much litter? I'll be back on board tomorrow, promise.

I also have a steam generator iron ('cos I totally love ironing). The actual iron is lighter than my old one as it doesn't hold the water and I find the steam produced is at a much higher pressure and more effective. *cringe* I sound such a nerd....

Some of you have eaten massive frogs - well done girls :T

DH and I walked along the front boundary of our property on Monday, pacing it out as we want to have a stone wall continued along to the end of the orchard and we found a walnut tree, resplendent in huge green "conkery" fruits! Here's hoping the pesky squirrels don't get to them first! Now to cost it all out _pale_