Weekly Flylady Thread 28th November 2016

LameWolf

Redshank welcome; there are no strangers here, just friends we haven't yet met.

I'll be doing very limited Flying for the foreseeable - 'nuvver ruddy lupus flare.:mad: Washed my hair this morning, and just doing that totally wiped me out; the last of the Cassie hair has been vacuumed up though; I now have to wait for more bookings, which will hopefully start to happen as the clients of the new company get to realise I'm here.

Valli (((HUGS))) I can't even begin to imagine; but you and Sis are in my thoughts. x

atypicalblonde

Thank you so much for the lists, I am in x

Last week was a total write off - we never got the money we are owed, so court process we go. Thank you to a super Flylady who is helping me behind the scenes xx

Redshank - welcome. As Dizzy says, you have my greatest empathy with destructive kids, mine are 4 and 2 - mess breeds in their wake and my sanity is slowly ebbing away. If I step on another dratted Shopkin or toy car I may well just flip! x

I have been mega productive today - so productive that when it got to school run time this afternoon I realised I hadn't showered or brushed my teeth - which I was going to do as soon as I got home from school this morning On the plus side the house looks less like Mr and Mrs Twits' gaff than it did this morning.

DS is doing super well with potty training, I am so proud of him. Right, off to finally have that shower whilst the kids seem happy (Thank the gods for netflix) x

Jazee

Afternoon all. I am in awe of all of you, esp those with youngsters to chase round after.

So, I am in but went off list before the paid stuff today as I had to catch up with hoovering through. And that's the extent of my flying.

Dogs have had two walks (optional carry for Poppet, she has lazyitis!) so it's now time to think about their food and ours. DH forgot to bring meat home so it's whatever I've got in the store cupboard.

Have a great evening everyone, oh and welcome Redshank.

kazwookie

Thank you for the lists xx

Valli hugs xx

Long drive done, got home and promptly went to sleep for 3 hours!
Socks sorted
Washing is done and now drying
Bin out

And not a lot else so far done

La_escocesa

Hi everyone :wave:

Thanks for the list Natty.

I'm back for week #2.

Hi Redshank - I am new too and only joined this thread last week

The living room definitely needs some TLC but I don't think I can face the vacuum... Does anyone have a Thomas - https://goo.gl/8xeiIC - amazing vacuum but too much faffing with the cleaning afterwards sometimes

Natty68

Welcome to the group Redshank Everyone's really supportive here, you'll enjoy it here

Narc0lepsy

Welcome Redshank

Had a very chaotic early afternoon when plumber arrived to have another fiddle with the shower and turned off all electrics and water while I was frantically typing a report and getting poised for a student and her mum to turn up for assessment! Managed to finish hoovering before they arrived and also to turn on heating. Oh, and much of the day I've been 'tracking' a parcel due for delivery which turned up in the 10 mins between the plumber leaving and the student arriving.

News on shower is that it still doesn't work. Plumber (same one as last time, who said it needed a new part or a new unit), was told by management that it may be a bit of grit so to take it apart and hoover it. Guess what, it didn't work. so he's taken more photos. 10 days so far without a shower, wonder if they do compensation. Lucky we both go to the gym, and have a bath as well.

Lovely student but has all the 'Specifics' including Asperger's so I'm exhausted now. Won't be a late night.

ionafan

Welcome Redshank. It helps on this list if you're a teeny weeny bit mad - who else but Flyladies would put on a Benny Hill song and dance round the house singing at the tops of their voices!

Flying achieved here today: zilch.

I rang for an ambulance for DH at 9.00 when he all but collapsed on me - breathing very shallow and painful, giddy, etc etc. To cut a long story short, I spent the day with him in A&E, and at 6 pm he was finally admitted to Medical HTU with pneumonia, on an IV ABs drip and oxygen. I finally got home at 8.45 pm, having eaten and drunk nothing since breakfast except one cup of water. Why do they make it so difficult for patients' relatives? Only a grotty drinks vending machine in the A&E waiting area, and a half mile walk down the other end of the hospital's "main street" to the cafe which only serves "proper" food at lunchtime.

That's another day without me writing a single word of my assignment. With all the hospital visiting in the coming week, I can see myself asking for an extension to the deadline

lynnejk

Evening all

Gosh Iona - that sounded really scary. I hope DH soon feeling better and pleased he's been attended to so promptly. Sending you lots of big squishy hugs and strength to get through. I'm sure an extension on your assignment will not be a problem.

Sending some more hugs to Valli and hope your sister comfortable

Sorry to hear about your flare-up LW and hope you soon recovered. Fingers xd for you that you soon get some more bookings

You're sounding really excited about the next stage in proceedings Dizzy. Hope it all works out okay for you all.

I made a good start today and dusted all through - top to bottom - including all the light fittings. Have dug out the hand vacuum and put on charge ready for t/m.
All the rubbish and recycling sorted and put out.
All the mini hotspots have been collated ready to sort.
Christmas cards dug out ready to start.
I'm fed-up with all the condensation already so have ordered a K*rcher in the amazing place bf sale which should arrive t/m.

Monday ~ Lovely Living Room and Happy Hall
Vacuum these areas
Wipe/vacuum sofas

Extra Mission Tasks~ if you want to do more
Spend 15 minutes sorting paperwork, dealing with anything urgent NOW
Spend half an hour doing something for yourself
Clean out the vacuum cleaner, empty the bag/bucket, clean filters if they are washable MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PUT THEM BACK UNTIL THEY ARE DRY!

Tuesday ~ Kookie Kitchen and Delectable Dining Room
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Wipe down all the major appliances.. clean filters/drawers/seals etc
Wipe over the cupboards fronts and kickboards
Wipe the tables and replace the cloth if necessary
Sweep and mop the floors
Clear and mop/vacuum the floors
Scrub down the dining chairs..
Clean the oven.. and the shelves!

Extras - help yourself!
Wipe and replace ALL the small appliances
Empty and wash out bins
S&S the fridge
Clear out a manky cupboard
Check the freezer, see what needs using up

Sending hugs, gws vibes, sticks and spoons all round
Hope you all have a super Tuesday
Lx

Redshank

atypicalblonde wrote: »

Redshank - welcome. As Dizzy says, you have my greatest empathy with destructive kids, mine are 4 and 2 - mess breeds in their wake and my sanity is slowly ebbing away. If I step on another dratted Shopkin or toy car I may well just flip! x

Oh dear god, don't talk to me about bloody Shopkins :eek:

And thank you for all the welcomes everyone - I feel at home already

Today didn't go *quite* according to plan. Dropped eldest DD at school (ten mile drive each way), then Monday morning's are an outdoor playgroup for me and youngest DD (nearly midnight and I still smell of woodsmoke!) and, as today was payday, went shopping this afternoon straight from playgroup - which took all the afternoon until time to pick up eldest. Home by 4.15, girls went off to hunt for eggs (we've half a dozen hens), helped by our springer, then they helped me unload the shopping into the house.

Bonus - actually managed to unpack the shopping and put it all away! This is an unusual occurrence (wiped out/cleaned the inside of the fridge in the process which I guess is technically Tuesday's task but...)

As to Lovely Living Room, Happy Hall and Safe Stairs....
Random bits of paper scattered across the living floor now in the recycling.
Living room floor swept (we have hard floors downstairs). Mopping will have to wait for another day (it always does!)
Downstairs hall now in a reasonable condition! Scattered shoes tidied into under stairs cupboard, floor swept (lot of dried mud from wellies...apparently my constant requests that boots be taken off outside fall on deaf ears ), various abandoned items of clothing in laundry basket, dust sheets that had been sitting there for 5 weeks after painting eldest's bedroom now away in airing cupboard, various bits waiting on the stairs to find their home upstairs, now actually upstairs, worst of muddy bits squirty-ed and wiped up.

Besides that I managed to make inroads into folding and putting away some of the accumulated laundry/floordrobe, cooked the kids dinner, and nobody died. Win!

I had hoped to achieve more but a bout of insomnia last night meant it was well past 2am before I fell asleep, which meant when I took youngest to bed at half 7 I managed to accidentally doze off - leaving my eldest to be entertained by Dennis the Menace on Netflix until I staggered back downstairs at half 9 :eek: Terrible mother :P