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Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd May 2016

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  • Frizzlef
    Frizzlef Posts: 378 Forumite
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    Lovely photo piggers. Thanks for sharing.

    We managed to get all 11 doors glossed today and mum coming back tomorrow to fix all the door handles on. Very excited. How sad am I!!!
    Last little bit of emulsioning to do tomorrow hopefully and then skirting boards and door frames next week!
    Finally got
    Confirmation for christening venue so can stick two fingers up to the original one. As woman was simple horrid and Rude. Managed to get another venue where the woman seems lovely! So fingers crossed it all works out ok!

    Left to go tomorrow.....

    Dw
    Wm
    Put new door handles on
    Write christening invites.
    Pay venue fee

    Tuesday - Sitting Room and Hallway
    Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace
    Vacuum the floor now it is visible
    Clean any windows
    HHI x 2
    Clear the stairs
    15 min floordrobe clearance
    Grocery challenge- feb 2015- £133.07/£250
  • lynnejk
    lynnejk Posts: 5,732 Forumite
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    Evening all

    Sending hugs all round :)

    Hope you're doing ok CY and that infection's beaten
    How's the new job going MMM ?
    Hope Mumto2 is okay ?
    Lovely picture Pigpen - they look adorable

    Did out another kitchen cupboard today. DH is starting a new rota on Sunday and will have to take a meal with him to eat on his break. So we now have a couple of new lunch boxes, a couple of micro/freezer pots with lids and some toaster bags for toasties. So I sorted this cupboard to give him a shelf to keep his stuff together.

    There is a tea-room at the depot with micro and toaster - now I just have to dream up five one-pot meals he can take each week :think:

    Did dailies
    Dusted all through
    Made an oxtail stew (a la the hairy chaps) and it's in sc atm
    Had Mr T order - so all put away
    Did some filing - not finished yet
    Sorted all the recycling and put out to take
    Did Spanish lesson
    Checked and cleared out emails as necessary
    Made risotto for tea

    Bank Holiday Moonday
    Meal plan for the month
    HHI

    Tuesday - Sitting Room and Hallway
    Vacuum the floor now it is visible
    File/shred as appropriate
    Clean any glass.. pictures, windows, mirrors etc
    Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
    Wipe sofas
    Extras
    Wipe the woodwork in these areas

    Vibes, sticks and spoons if you need some
    Hope you all have a great Wednesday
    Lx
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  • ionafan
    ionafan Posts: 5,027 Forumite
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    Done today:
    - unpacked
    - answered some emails
    - made some phonecalls
    - started another translation job :)
    - sorted finances
    - avoided SW
    - did my vol job this afternoon
    - updated travel expenses
    - used my new wire brush (birthday present received 4 months late!) to clear weeds from 2/3 of the paving at the front of the house
    - fell asleep watching TV this evening

    To do tomorrow:
    - respond to yet more emails received today
    - prepare for my course in the evening
    - finish off a short presentation for Saturday and check through my essay and application form
    - do some other reading and make notes
    - phone friend who is recovering from op
    - collect my new specs
    - food shopping
    - finish clearing the paving
    - go to my course
    - then go straight to airport to collect DH :)

    Supportive (((hugs))) to dancemum and kazwookie
    Lovely picture, pigpen
  • nicki_2
    nicki_2 Posts: 7,321 Forumite
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    Pigpen - They look like butter wouldn't melt lol

    I've done most of the laundry, and got my work done. I've also had an extra teen here for about half an hour then a panicked dash to the nearest bus stop (main road it runs on is closed from 8pm-6am due to road works which were meant to be finished on the 1st, now the council are saying 15th but I've not seen it advertised anywhere else!!) when she realised she was going to be late home. I had to go with them as there's no way I was letting 2 teen girls walk somewhere DD doesn't know that well (well she knows it when she's on the bus, but she doesn't know the short cut which also avoids the roadworks. Plus she wanted to go to an even further away stop through the park!!! ), especially as DD would have then had to walk home on her own when it was getting dark. I just managed to get my order in a few minutes late :mad:

    Plans for tomorrow have been rain checked again so I'm going to get jobs done in the house and some paid work as well. I've literally just tidied my work stuff away by dumping it all in a box :o Plans for the weekend have also changed, DD is no longer going away...good job I'd not made plans to go out :rotfl:

    This week:
    Laundry - curtains (MB, DDB, LR), Blinds, nets
    Clean outside front
    Phone VIP line
    Take birthday gifts to niece
    Toots list jobs x2 - 1 down, shredding to do!
    Thur: Vote, Mr A delivery PM

    Wed:
    Laundry - cloths, filthy clothes from doing the yard
    Mr A shop - Booked for THURSDAY revise
    Top up money for DD
    Print instruction booklet for customer

    Bank Holiday Moonday
    Extras

    Meal plan and budget for the month


    Tuesday - Sitting Room and Hallway

    Level One
    Dust the fluffy electricals
    Level Two
    Vacuum the floor now it is visible
    Clean any glass.. pictures, windows, mirrors etc
    Level Three
    Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
    Wipe sofas and dusty places
    Extras
    1. Wash windows so the springy sunshine can get in..
    2. Wipe the woodwork in these areas
    I'll add Wednesday list here in the morning. I'm too tired so I'm off to bed. I just hope the shouting next door that was just happening calms down as its freaking Zack out....:wave:
    Creeping back in for accountability after falling off the wagon in 2016.
    Need to get back to old style in modern ways, watching the pennies and getting stuff done!
  • Jazee
    Jazee Posts: 9,597 Forumite
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    Morning all. May the 4th be with you and all that.

    Lovely pic Piggers.

    This morning I plan to go in the gym, both to exercise and to clean in there before the paid stuff.

    Have a great day everyone.
    Spend less now, work less later.
  • kazwookie
    kazwookie Posts: 14,350 Forumite
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    Morning

    So far today 4 phone calls ekk, someone trying to access one of my bank accounts, so rejected the call, now my account is locked, rather that than £500 vanish!

    So far
    Cat fed and not a lot else.
    About to hang out over night washing
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  • mrs-moneypenny
    mrs-moneypenny Posts: 15,519 Forumite
    Morning all - oh it's Star Wars day
    Kaz I hope you get the bank problem sorted out and your money stays safe.
    Hugs good wishes posi vibes sticks and spoons to all who need/want them

    Busy all day today so I'll play catch up later, have a good one all.
    SPC~12 ot 124

    In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind
  • Jazee
    Jazee Posts: 9,597 Forumite
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    Me again. I have:

    Washed up the breakfast dishes.
    Exercised in and cleaned the gym.
    Had a bath
    Hoovered through.
    Walked the dogs dropping off plants to friends on the way
    Watered plants indoors and in the greenhouse
    Put recycling out

    Paid stuff now, catch you all later.
    Spend less now, work less later.
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    Raging to the point of fighting off the irrational blubbering.. I have a possible DVT.. and can have a GP appointment NEXT Wednesday at the very soonest.. I might actually be dead by then.. I never go to drs you all know this yet despite having had several letters and phone calls asking me to make an appointment when I ring to make one they won't do it.

    Squeak was late for school as a result of having to sit and wait 20 minutes on the phone when I should have been getting her sorted.

    NOT a happy banana!!
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    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
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    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • atypicalblonde
    atypicalblonde Posts: 3,057 Forumite
    Good Morning all,

    The sun is shining here which is glorious. So far today I have:
    - made DH lunchbox and dispatched him to work
    - washed DD bedding which is now on the line, second load is currently in
    - fed, dressed and played with littlies
    - loaded car with a load of stuff to take to the chazza
    - sorted school photos out for various family members and packaged them up to post
    -cleaned kitchen

    Have lovely days one and all x
    MFW :)
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    Aiming to be MF 1.10.2020
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