Weekly Flylady Thread 27th August 2007

lil_me

pigpen wrote: »

Well.. I'm up.. and off out to buy uniforms for the frogs!!
Let's see how fast I can spend £300!!!!

:rotfl: 1.2 minutes that's if you get distracted by a shoe shop :rolleyes:

Oh and good luck I hate shopping, Saturday shopping is just my idea of hell!

mumoftwo

Good morning

Windy but sunny at the moment (the weather, not me lol)

One load on the line, another in the machine
tidied living room/removed 4 pairs of shoes
going to hoover the living room in a minute

take DD to club, have a chat with coaches, other mums

going around looking at ovens, no idea how much these things cost. Any ideas where there are good deals/service? Can't stand these shopassistants who just want to sell you stuff but don't know the answers to any of your questions and look at you blankly :mad:

When DH got married and moved into our first home, we went on a shopping trip for washer, cooker, hoover, fridge freezer, dryer etc. Went into comet, asked questions and we got blank stares and shrugged shoulders, I asked for a manager and said that we were spending big money but seeing that his staff was so ignorant and not bothered we were taking our money elsewhere... the look on his face was priceless.. We ended up in Arnots, got interest free credit and a lady assistant who couldn't do enough for us

So watch out sales assistants, here we come...

Lil-me: have you stopped laughing yet? What a cracker...
Solwaykid: NO washing left, you lucky thing...

Have a great Saturday, working, relaxing, shopping, caring, loving, refereeing bickering kids, or whatever else you might be doing... :grouphug:

lil_me

Mumoftwo I bought all my appliances online. I went to Quidco and seen which ones offered good cashback. If you want to see them in a shop you can of course go to the store with the product number (I did with curry's then ordered online) gives you a good look at it for size etc aswell, see what deal they can do but most can't match online prices. Oh discount codes and vouchers too, I got 5% off (£30) when I ordered the FF from Curry's, was on the Discount Codes and Vouchers board on here aswell as on ukhotdeals and http://www.madaboutbargains.co.uk/

JillD_2

morning everyone
Having a very strange and quiet morning, DH has taken kids swimming so I have house to myself. Not used to it at all, don;t quite know what to do! Phoned bank to see if I can get a better account for our maternity leave fund to sit it, it might as well earn itself some interest but they had no advisors available aarrghh how annoying. Other than that done sod all. Trying to out together a list of emails for hubs to email when baby comes but its soooooooooooooo dull copying and pasting out of address book, I gave up. I should so and do some sewing whilst kids not here but cannot be !!!!!d. Its now I realise I am glad I have some kids to keep me busy already, if I was sat around waiting for this baby with nothing to do I would crack up.

Was convinced something was affot yesterday. I felt rubbish all day, very sicky and just sort of odd. Loads and loads of contractions in the evening - nothing painful just those practise ones where your bump goes rock hard, but they were happening so frequently it was weird. And then most bizarrely of all I had a great nights sleep, only up for loo once :j

This morning I just feel heavy and tired but nothing feels like its doing anything so no baby today anyway!

Ho hum think I shall go and have a lie down while house quiet.

Hope everyone has great Saturdays
Jill

JAMIEDODGER

afternoon:)

have been busy this morning! made a lovely chilli a portion of which i have just eaten for my lunch:D there are another 3 portions (one for fridge and two for freezer). that is the first time i have made a chilli from scratch:D i am very proud lol. think i may need to add extra chilli powder next time as wasnt quite hot enough for me. only one of my kids will eat chilli so thats one meal each for us two this month sorted!

i have a chicken out of the freezer for lunch tomorrow. yum roast dinner! only three of us here for that but ds3 wont eat a roast so i will get as much chicken as i can off it for maybe soup and sarnies next week!

have done dailies and a boogie.
cleaned out chickens, cat litter trays and hamster cage!
mowed lawn (always a saturday job)
checked bank accounts and my interest has gone in!!!:D
pruned bushes in the garden
spoke to friends on phone (while making chilli lol)
been to shop to pick up bits for weekend (milk/bread etc)
swished and swiped bathroom and downstairs toilet
all laundry away


kittens bought me a dead mouse today (retch) have now dealt with:(

still to do:

make dinner - quiche or ham sarnies/cuppa soup etc
sweep floors (when kids in bed)
hoover (when kids have gone to bed)
rubbish/recycling out to bins and stuff for composter
water herbs
update sig with new interest totals:D
wash up after dinner
general tidy up



thats about my list for today! saturday is a rest day:D i might just curl up on the sofa with a book now as DD has fallen asleep! ds3 is playing nintendo ds.

oh and i have a lovely bottle of wine for tonight!

hollyh

• Wipe at least one door and it's frame, don't forget the handle ( living room)
• Dust skirting boards in any one room ( living room)
  
• Clean your vacuum cleaner out, get that hair off that brush, it'll improve it's performance aswell as being cleaner!
• Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required ( will chuck it in with my next white wash)
• 15 minutes paperwork sorting!
  
• Declutter one hotspot anywhere ( will do toy corner in living room)
• List next 10 items ebay ( my scales broke so this will have to wait until i get some more:mad: )
• Label uniform
  Take up trousers
  [STRIKE]Mend coat
  Get wood chippings
  [/STRIKE]
• Lay down black plastic to stop weeds
  Weed small garden
  Sweep path
  Finish sorting out wardrobe
• Mow small garden
• Mow big garden
• Get strimmer wire
• Strim small garden
• Strim big garden
• [STRIKE]
• Take stuff to charity shop
• Take milk bottles for recycling
• September budget
• [/STRIKE]
• Menu plan
• Shopping list
• [STRIKE]Transfer money[/STRIKE]
• Clear ironing mountain
• [STRIKE]Transmit barcodes[/STRIKE]

Hi all

Hope every one's having a good weekend.

I've crossed another few things off my list.

JAMIEDODGER You lucky thing getting to curl up with a book i love doing that

JillD Enjoy the peace whilst you can.

Lil_me :rotfl: at you're OH

Right i'm going to see if i can do some more off my list if i don't get off the computer i'll never get it done:rolleyes:

Beccatje

Well HELLO!!!

I've not been on a few days I'm afraid. Not been flying much either I'm afraid.

My house is a tip!

And I'm well and truly p.... off!
DH has left wit DD2 for the weekend for another model car race... I'm actually quite Ill with headaches and sore throat, feeling very tired..

I took DD3 to horse riding lessons this morning. (DH had to work till 12) Came back, found DD1 and DD2 sitting on their backsides wathing tv. breakfast plates just chucked on coffee table (I DON"T like them eating sitting in front of tv!!!) cups on table... shoes everywhere.. grape leftovers in the windowsil..
so I went off!.. Told them to switch off tv, and clean up their crap.
What does DD2 do? (the same one that causes me loads of hassle lately) she stands in front of the mirror brushing her hair.
I get mad, pull the brush from her hand saying: "CLEAN UP YOUR CRAP NOW!!" and she turns around and slaps me straight in the face!! (she is 11!)

That's when I blew my top!.. smacked her pretty good, and 'kicked' her behind upstairs..

:mad:

Well she's off with her dad now anyway for the weekend. it would make good punishment to keep her home, were it not that I really don't want to have her around me.


I am still fuming!!!
Think I'll take out some of that rage on the HUGE pile of washing that needs folding.

Becca

lil_me

Becca ((hugs)) hope your DD settles down soon, sounds like you're going through a bit of a time with her, teenager a little early by the sounds of it. Know what you mean about the punishment, probably would have only punished yourself if you are both always clashing at the mo. Get that aggression vented on the laundry, when I was in a 'bit of a mood' last week I got all sorts done. Unfortunately I'm calm now and the mess is building up around me

Done not a lot other than sort DPs stuff for work, make his and boys lunch and sort through freezer. Fridge next I think cupboards after that (I know roughly what is in) see if I can get a weeks meal plan out of it and spend very little.

JillD hope you're enjoying your quiet time.

Dustykitten

Beccatje wrote: »

Well HELLO!!!

... found DD1 and DD2 sitting on their backsides wathing tv. breakfast plates just chucked on coffee table (I DON"T like them eating sitting in front of tv!!!) cups on table... shoes everywhere.. grape leftovers in the windowsil..
so I went off!.. Told them to switch off tv, and clean up their crap.

Becca hugs. I had almost an identical sceen in my house this morning. DS1 slammed the door in my face after exactly the same - plates on the floor in front of the tv. I did what you did - wacked him and sent him to his room. I would never have dared do that to my Mum - kids of today!!!

Not done any flying. Tired after a week of DH back at work and not getting home until midnight so I have had to do the lot (AnW'sMum this made me think of you sweetie). Made me realise that he actually does more than I think.

Wash is dry so need to get that in and empty the paddling pool to cut the grass and put it away for the year I think.

Might try to finish the bedrooms later if not it will come around again next week. I MUST STOP PLAYING CATCH UP - repeat this phrase fellow catcher upers.

nicki_2

Evening all :hello:

Quiet day here for a change. Been out to buy new work stuff for OH as most of what he has is 3+ years old and getting scruffy :rolleyes: Then I went to Asda for the weekly shop and some sanity :rotfl::rotfl: Yes our Asda on a Saturday was actually a nice break today even if it is cramped ATM with them putting in a new floor :rolleyes: So lots of money spent and I have just put the first load of 4 (or is it 5?) on to wash as it's been poor weather here today, not wet but threatening!

Right, off to put on the pizzas (frozen from Asda as a treat) for tea and then I'll have to update Money - something I'm not looking forward to. :eek::eek::o:o Laters :wave: