Weekly Flylady Thread 20th August 2007

shell2001

Well done half hour ironing so just 1 basket (half if you squish it down - lol) left to do. Mainly DH work shirts so he can do them tomorrow. BM finished making the dough so rolls just come out of the oven and smell yum, but I shall resist.

List for tomorrow:-

Lil_me list - MUST DO OVEN!!!
Do online job application
Ring for application pack for another job i spotted on jobcentre today
Nail session with littles me think
Paper mache pig session with littles
Make chicken & leek pie for tea
Make jam tarts with littles
Update tesco order
Hoover through
S & S lounge, bathroom

See you in the morning x

Dustykitten

PIGPEN congrats on your post count
being an expert I need your help - my new avatar will not animate - it should on it's download - please help me, I want to wizz around like you.

lbnblbnb

Michelle - I have sent you the doc via email, let me know what you think when you have a chance. Best of luck for tomorrow.
I am not ahead for tomorrow, but my daughter (5 years old) has got the idea from her cousin of doing jobs for twenty pence pieces. She cleared the kitchen surfaces yesterday and wiped them down, re-organised them for me (I hadn't the heart to point out all the illogical things she had done). She was horribly upset when she saw me preparing dinner and messing up her work, I had to talk to her about how cleaning was a continual thing. Poor girl! I will see if she will help me tomorrow.
Have a great holiday Pigpen, hope you can enjoy it after all this hard work.
Shirlepark - I would agree with the others, the photo that means the most to me is the whole wedding party with us in the centre, informal, that the photographer took from above. Hope all goes well on Friday.
L x

jjef

Count me in again although i haven't managed to get a head start.

Pigpen - I was reading through the posts and I am glad to find out who/or what howea was as it went throguh my mind as well, and yes Grease is very suitable (its one of my fav films and without influencing her (honestly) my DD1 loves it as well)

Shirleypark - we were at at small wedding recently were the usual groom and bride photos were taken plus parents, siblings and wedding party after the usual ones they had friends - all girls then groom all boys then bride having just seen them they are good - it's not often that you get a photo with just your friends.

My list for tomorrow -

Manic Monday - Kitchen [strike]and Dining Room[/strike](will add onto living room)
Level One
Clean floors swept will mop tonight done
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces done
Clean cupboard door fronts and the front of appliances done
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front done not much in it
[strike]Wipe dining table (clean table cloth if necessary)[/strike]
Level Three
[strike]Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
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Wipe window sills, clean any marks off windows if required will do this week left off last
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky done
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Clean oven (if it needs it) it does didn't do it last week done a bit
• [strike]Set a target for this week of putting dark clothes straight in the washer, just lights in the basket, might just help you keep on top of the laundry, worth a try [/strike]? cleared out the laundry basket on thursday due to windy&sunny day
• Clean under small appliances done
• [strike]Give pans a good thorough clean [/strike](and where they are stored) pans go in DW but will clean cupboard

my bits

library books to be returned
name labels on schools clothes
[strike]put ironing away from today[/strike]
[strike]
purchase school scrunchies and alice bands
towel wash
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tea
swimming bags
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I think that is me for tonight but will now doubt add to it tomottow.

pigpen

Dusty the file is probably just too big it has to be less than 80 pixels square and a maximum of 14.9 Kb

http://www.gifworks.com/image_editor.html

Load your pic into here and it has the power to shrink your file to just the right size!!

ETA.. I do not whizz about.. I bounce!!!

JillD_2

OMG Its not even Monday yet how can there be 2 pages of posts already LOL.
I will read them all and tell you what I've been up to this weekend in a bit, want to make myself feel better by updating my lists first!

List for the weekend:

[STRIKE]- hoover out whats left of double buggy and clean chassis
- reassemble double buggy covers
- write letter to Dad
[/STRIKE]
- 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
[STRIKE]- 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[/STRIKE]
- send card to SIL for birthday
- sort out hospital bag properly
- put new taxdisk in car
[STRIKE]- do a bit of sorting in garage[/STRIKE]
- 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
[STRIKE]- finish organizing recipes[/STRIKE]

Get hubby to:
- cut grass
[STRIKE]- 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[/STRIKE]

Think we did quite well really!!


My List - Done=49, ToDo=29:T

Yay I am winning!
- 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
- wash grobags, muslins, bibs and soft toys
- wash buggy raincovers

Hubby:
- 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
- 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]
- organise recipes
- 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
- get fitted for nursing bras
- buy apron for DS for school
- 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
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Dustykitten

Pigpen - thanks I am animated - for one week only.

Michelle - good luck for tomorrow

Right cuppa and bed soon x

JillD_2

pigpen - thank god someone else knows what I mean about the tiredness getting better after delivery. Hubby keeps reminding me of this as I have said it both times before. Hopw dingbats thumb (and nose) survive.
So you know all your Ebay stuff - is it just stiff you are shifting from your house or do you buy stuff to sell on ? I am always amazed by how many parcels you are sending! If its stuff you are shifting you must be making loads of space at home!

Dustykitten - I am so the same. Never want to go ut, always glad when I do. We had agreat evening, the kids messed about a fiar bit upstairs at our friends house but I just refused to run up and down to them and hubby did it all and eventually they went off and we had a good couple of unintgerrupted hours with a lovely dinner. I even had a glass of wine. Our friends are great company, the chat was great. I see my friend a few times a week with the kids anyway but it was so nice to sit and talk without children round our feet. Great fun And we managed to scare the men off to the PC by talking about episiotomies and cracked nipples :rotfl: We left arround midnight and the kids went straight back to sleep once in their own beds

nicki - sorry to hear your news, hope you are ok and can make it through the next few weeks. When my ex and I split up we continued to live together for a while (no kids at that time though) but it was horrible, I feel for you (((hugs)))

tracyg - fab haul at the carboot well done! Last one I did (well only one I did actually! we got £45 profit which I was chuffed with but £93 is fantastic!

Right thats yesterdayds posts read. Now I will read todays!!

lil_me

love that avi Dusty, how fab, I want one!

Pigpen, swipe that hotspot into a box or something it's hurting my eyes :rotfl:

Michelle hope everything goes ok tomorrow

IMPORTANT - IF ANYONES OUT SHOPPING AND SEES GAZEBOS ON OFFER FOR UNDER £20 ANYWHERE PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHERE!!! Went to order the one we were looking at in Argos and they have none left

My additions for tomorrow aswell as gutting the kitchen and dailies.

[strike]
Ring & make DP physio appointment (because if he moans once more about his ankle I'll kill him)
Get DP to fasten the shelf uint to wall!!!!!!! HE WILL DO IT TODAY [/strike]:j
Sort through DSs drawers for stuff to go to nephew
[strike]Find any items which need ebaying [/strike] some
[strike]Sort out rubbish to be added to other peoples bins (will learn to put mine out ) [/strike]
[strike]Spend 30 minutes sorting my room, what a tip! [/strike]
15 minutes paperwork sorting
2 hours studying
[strike]
Sort through uniforms etc make sure I have everything
Groom Megan
Refil pond and clean filter, urgh!
Clear space in cupboard in boys room for drawers (dumping area)
Put drawers in space
Measure up for shelves for in cupboard, my room and PC room
PC tower in my room back in (sat on the floor) [/strike]
Clear sofa (laundry mountain & some junk)
[strike] Clean some of the sofa as it's manky
Shop - eggs, milk, bread, cheese, ham [/strike]
Find somewhere for big suitcase I've had to move

(Will add the rest as I remember)

JillD_2

mumoftwo - I only iron what I have to - kids stuff only their school/preschool stuff or any tops that are seriosuly creased. tshirts, jeans etc not ironed, I shake them out , fold up nicely and put away. Maybe I wont get away with this once they are older ? I wear a lot of fitted tops when not pregnant, and am so pregnant now everything is skintight LOL so just wearing them smoooths out the creases. For shirts and things that do need ironed I do it once a week max, I reckon I spena about an hour a week. I have managed to stop myself doing bedlinen as long as I fold it up and put away as soon as dry. And I do it at weekend so the kids stuff is ready for the week.

lil_me thanks for the tip on the ebay cheap listing day on weds, if I can get my act together I might try and flog a few bits of stuff. And thanks for starting this weeks thread again :T

msgnomey - welcome! I too was FLYing on and off but have found it massively easier to do via this thread than all the American schmaltz on the official site/email thingies. Good luck!

michelle - enjoy your day in work tomorrow