Weekly Flylady Thread 24th April 2017

atypicalblonde

Morning all,

Quick one from me, manic day ahead. Can I please ask for some *just say no* vibes, I need to tell two people today I can't do something for them, once again I feel put upon and fed up of it being assumed that I will do things for them. Like I have no life of my own!

So big girl pants on now and remind myself my time is MINE to use as I want, not theirs.

DW unloaded, packed lunches made, new boiler being fitted hurrah! See you all later xx

Valli

ATB I have some too big 'big girl pants' ... shall I send them over?

Having a coffee in bed...

Honey_Bear

*Just say no vibes* heading your way by the bucketload ATB. I'm using some at the moment as wriggly OH has been trying to get out of sorting out the chalet (exactly as expected, forewarned is forearmed) but I've surprised myself by sticking to my guns. The lovely thing about it is that the more you do it the easier it becomes - he knows I'm deadly serious about it this year so the squawking is mainly habitual and symbolic.

WMx2 of chalet stuff already pegged out, including a pillow, third load about to go on and then it's all done.

ionafan

Honey_Bear wrote: »

I've surprised myself by sticking to my guns. The lovely thing about it is that the more you do it the easier it becomes - he knows I'm deadly serious about it this year so the squawking is mainly habitual and symbolic.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Stick to your guns, HB and ATB! I need to do the same with DH - told him last night that he'd got a job to do in the morning: checking the light bulbs in every room and sorting out which ones I need to buy spares for. He is still in his dressing gown...

Mind you, so was I until a few minutes ago, but having had a "lost cousin" contact me this week, I have suddenly got the bug for family history again, and I have googled my way to loads more information on my 5xgt-grandfather's family (a completely different branch of the family from my cousin's, of course). Funnily enough, one of 5xgt-gf's sons turns out to have been a Congregational clergyman in the neighbouring town where I am currently on placement. Unfortunately I shall not have the pleasure of meeting him, as he was there in the early 1800s and died in 1846.

Must stop googling and do more important things like kicking DH into action and making :coffee: before starting on a Gift Aid claim. Anyone else for early elevenses?

Jazee

Ionafan, I joined you for a cuppa. Need to walk the dogs next.

'Say no' vibes to those who need them (although remember it recently lost me my job!!) and hugs where needed.

Plan to sort some stuff out for a charity bag today so wardrobe will get tidied and make a birthday card for my niece.

Mumof2_2

Narc0lepsy wrote: »

I hope S has benefited from his report.

I use Auto Text a lot for building surveys .... great isn't it!

S has benefitted in that he get some extra help but still struggles with spellings/times tables etc. He did a spelling test earlier this week and is in Year 5 but he got 11/20 for ones that Years 3/4 do. Times tables is a nightmare! We're trying something called Times Tales where the figures are based around characters in a story (Mrs Snowman is number 8 etc) and that is sort of helping but he gets really demotivated really quickly so we take it easy. The thing is he's bright as a button at non-standard things and can fix anything you give him; his spatial awareness and engineering skills are excellent but of course they're not interested in that in mainstream school. Sorry, bit of a rant there :mad:.

Got to put a load in the washing machine and I'm off riding shortly and will do housework when I get back. Not been a complete waste of time this morning as done 3 typing jobs, dropped eggs off and took a prescription around so all good!

Hope you're all well - got to go!! x

spendaholic

I'm not opening any windows at the moment. The weather has been positively wintry and we're about 2 degrees cooler down here in the valley.

I think I may change my "extras" to "dailies", and then add an extra dailies as "extras" - but that's next week.

Manic Monday ~ Kitchen and dining room
Level One...
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Open the windows and let in the spring!

Extras
Let chickens out, check food/water and collect eggs
Feed/water garden birds
Feed/water pets (2 cats, 1 dog)
Put through, hang up and put away 1 washload (3 in all)
Empty dishwasher, load dishwasher
Put liner in blue wheelie bin (dustmen complaining about emptying this so may have to take the cardboard and plastics/glass/cans to the tip ourselves)
Boil eggs for week's packed lunches #1 (of 2)
Put chickens to bed


Mad Tuesday ~ Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One...
Get rid of any cobwebs that have moved in...
Remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace
Open the windows and let in some fresh air

Extras
Let chickens out, check food/water and collect eggs
Walk dog
Feed/water garden birds
Feed/water pets (2 cats, 1 dog)
Put through, hang up and put away 1 washload (3 in all)
Empty dishwasher, load dishwasher
Take any recyclables to bins
Put chickens to bed


Wacky Wednesday ~ Study or other reception room & bathrooms
Level One...
Clear the clutter from all these rooms!!
Ring someone you love just to tell them so.. we never do this enough! I tell him all the time!

Extras
Let chickens out, check food/water and collect eggs
Walk dog
Feed/water garden birds
Feed/water pets (2 cats, 1 dog)
Put through, hang up and put away 1 washload (3 in all)
Empty dishwasher, load dishwasher
Take any recyclables to bins
Empty bins
Take grey bin out
Put chickens to bed

Thrilling Thursday ~ Master bedroom & landing
Level One...
Check fire alarms are working
Clean lightshades. And remove dead insects
Fling open the window and let in the spring!

Extras
Let chickens out, check food/water and collect eggs
Walk dog
Feed/water garden birds
Feed/water pets (2 cats, 1 dog)
Put through, hang up and put away 1 washload (3 in all)
Empty dishwasher, load dishwasher
Take any recyclables to bins
Bring grey bin in
Put chickens to bed

Freaky Friday ~ Childrens/Spare rooms
Level One...
Clear the floor
Vacuum the floor :rotfl: (we don't vacuum very often ...)
Deweb and fluff the room

Extras
Let chickens out, check food/water and collect eggs
Walk dog
Feed/water garden birds
Feed/water pets (2 cats, 1 dog)
Put through, hang up and put away 1 washload (3 in all)
Empty dishwasher, load dishwasher
Take any recyclables to bins
Put chickens to bed

spendaholic

Mumof2 wrote: »

Spendaholic what's Remember the Milk? Never heard of that!

It's an online to do list that you can access from any device. You can log in via Facebook or Google, or you can log in via an email address. The link is here if you'd like it.

Narc0lepsy

spendaholic wrote: »

It's an online to do list that you can access from any device. You can log in via Facebook or Google, or you can log in via an email address. The link is here if you'd like it.

Or if you use gmail and calendar, it has a good task list to the right of the calendar. When you add to the list you can set a date, notes, reminders etc and it will put it on the right day of your calendar. Ticking it off the list will tick it off the calendar and vice versa.

Not much flying so far but I have just emailed off a horribly tricky report.
Checked cc bill.
Changed tariff on landline.

dancemum

Towels washed

Lost another 2lb and got a shiny sticker for slimmer of the month.

Ds1 flat mate has found rats in traps under their fridge. I wish we had known before signing the contract up for next year. This puts doubt on our trip at the end of the month. We were going to spend a couple of days at a hotel near to him before bringing his stuff home for the summer. ( as ds2 has food aversion and is anaphylactic to nuts we were going to feed him some meals at ds1's flat)