Weekly Flylady Thread 3rd September 2007

maralum

Nearly there!!! :j

Less than 24 hours and Owen will be at school!!! I for one can't wait - and neither can he. We've been driving each other bonkers for the past week. He's bored, energetic and stressed because we've got nothing to do. I just can't play all the time, but you can't explain that to a four year old. Freya's still breastfeeding full time and is currently not gaining properly, it's becoming a bit of a worry now, so I have to make a special effort to concentrate on feeding her and making sure that I eat enough myself. How can you balance a life with two children? I need a nanny - anyone want a job? :rotfl: I can't pay and duties will include feeding and dressing the boy (since the baby was born he's been refusing to feed himself, dress himself or wipe his own bottom. I think he sees her as slightly more of a threat than we first thought.).

I'm so tired. Have managed a desultory S and S of the house. I even made my bed, but then Owen dragged all of the covers off again. I feel a little like crying TBH.

Oh well, I'll just keep smiling and wait for tomorrow. Lovely to read all of your posts. Good luck pigpen, you're in my thoughts.

AnW'sMum

Awwwwwwwww pigpen he looks so smart, bet he comes out all smiles at the end of the day. I love your newel post ours is a boring mordern one which has been painted, dreading decorating the hall and stairs again as it will take ages to paint all the spindles.

Well after us being so organised for school this morning they didn't open the doors until almost 8.45 when they are all supposed to be in and ready to start. Then had approx 80 kids plus parents all trying to hang coats up and get the darlings into the right class. Was just like a cattle market Ended up having to 'hand' W over to his teacher as he wanted to go into his old classroom/teacher. A was then fretting that she would be late and she was really as all the other kids in her class were sat down, so I ended up having to leave her. Poor mite looked a bit fed up to say the least.

I know they will both be ok but felt school could have opened earlier to make it all a bit less fraught all round.

Right one house to tidy/declutter/clean!

Onwards............after a cuppa of course

AnW'sMum

it's not fair, nothing on premium bonds again this month. Will have to seek out chocolate to go with that coffee.

pigpen

AnW'sMum wrote: »

Awwwwwwwww pigpen he looks so smart, bet he comes out all smiles at the end of the day. I love your newel post ours is a boring mordern one which has been painted, dreading decorating the hall and stairs again as it will take ages to paint all the spindles.

the newel post is an !!!!!! It gets loads of dust in the gaps and carved bits and I have to fluff it out with a paint brush!!! It was one of the reasns we bought this house would you believe it has loads of the original Victorian features.. the ceiling rose in the front room is amazing.. I'll try to find the pic for you..



It does have a light fitting in now... the front room had no electrics or lighting when we moved in!!! It is also white now.. the woman who had lived here before was a PIG and a half!!! The house was GROSS.. honestly it made my skin creep so goodness knows how a 'neat-freak' would have coped!!! Anyway.. it looks much nicer now.. but you get the idea!

DeniseNZ

Hope all those starting back at school have a wonderful day. (And the mums and dads as well )

Quick update before bed:

[strike] Walk Arsha
Empty DW
Sort dinner
Work -[/strike]
Do some more business paperwork:

• [strike]Finish off monthly accounts[/strike]
• Get August stuff up to date - Half done
• [strike]Pay accounts - oops[/strike] - done
• Enter all 'stuff' in computer - Half done
• Reconcile

Clear office desk after all that is done
[strike] Get DS to hang out washing[/strike] - weather forecast said it was going to rain so I didn't hang it out - SUN is now shining! Have sent him a text.
[strike] Washing in[/strike] and folded
Put WM on to try and get washing up to date by tomorrow night - Will go and put a load on right now, as well as put on DW, then to bed.

Nighty night all

AnW'sMum

Soot or fag smoke??? But then it does help show the detail up! :rotfl:

Bet it looks great now and yes I know what you mean about dust collecting on the nooks and crannies. Our skirting boards are fairly plain but do have a lovely dust collecting groove in!

jjef

I have just finished updating my post from yesterday (for some reason the PC wouldn't work last night, did mean that I finished the ironing instead of sitting on my butt here).

Hope all the little ones have gone off to school okay and that all mums are making the most of the peace and quiet, it takes a bit to get used to I have had an empty house for nearly two weeks and I still have the radio on all the time.

pigpen - I don't do mice my one pet hate although it did make me smile reading that they had taken time to bath the little thing, if that was me you would have been scrapping me off the ceiling.

right going to put together toadys list and set to it.

jjef

My list for today –
[strike]
WM
DW
make beds
make lunches
[/strike]
[STRIKE]evening meal[/STRIKE]
[strike]
walk dog
dead head in garden for 10 mins
water veggie patch & pick anything ready
[/strike]
put away/freeze veggie delivery
[strike]send a couple of emails to arrange a night out with friends[/strike]
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Lil_me list

Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors and sofas [/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Dusting, even if around everything [/STRIKE]
STRIKE]Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe [/strike]
[STRIKE]Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets[/STRIKE]
Level 3
[STRIKE]
Wipe light switches and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors etc
Tidy shoes, coats and bags
[/STRIKE]Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Clear one hotspot, or just spend at least 5 minutes tackling it
• [STRIKE]
  
• Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
• Clean a window in these rooms, only need to do one but you can of course do more if you like
• [/STRIKE]Get yourself a bag or box, go around collecting things that are not in the place they should be, then put them back where they should be, or better still give them to who they belong to to put away themselves

Not sure which hotspot I will manage today I am hoping to finish the paper filing but keep getting distracted.

Off to make a start see you later.

pigpen

fag smoke... mainly..20 years of it!!!!.. though some soot is in there too... it doesn't look half so detailed white.. I would like to gold leaf it but it would be so expensive!

Cake baking.. just off to do hobnobs to shut the grubs up for an hour!!!!!

pigpen

41 hobnobs in the oven so we shall see how they turn out!!

Need to relload the DW again now.. 3rd time today lol.. but enver mind it has entertained up for half an hour.

I can't get DD1 any school poloshirts for school as nowhere has any and the supplier is saying it won't be until after christmas that they have any which is simply NOT acceptable!! I wouldn't mind but she had 3 before which she has had since she started 2 years ago!!!

Oh it smells DIVINE in here..; might drag mince out of the freezer for spaggy bol for dinner.. I'll need to buy mushrooms though..