Weekly Flylady Thread 24th April 2017

Valli

Wooty Wooty Woot Woot for slimmer of the month Dancemum

Poppy is VERY assertive.

Old cat has run out...

They will rub along.I'm sure.

There will be a picture onslaught.

Sis and her soon-to-be DiL are doing a Muddy Run thing. In memory of little sis.
Diagnosis was last Spring

I am unbelievably proud of my sisters.

V

mrs-moneypenny

Sorry all I've missed another week. I've been doing afterschool club, working all day and now have a few days breakfast club added (that's just temp) but by the time I've got home and done some flying I've not early had time to post anything.
Hugs to all and I do think of you all even when I'm not posting.

atypicalblonde

Morning all

Well done dancemum :j

Thanks for the vibes yesterday, they worked and I feel much better for it. Was at the paid stuff all day yesterday, also did a little bit of flying at home including clearing out the junk drawer in the kitchen whilst I was waiting for the kettle to boil last night.

Cinema this morning with the kiddies, and hopefully a walk if it stays fine. Have fab days all xx

Jazee

Morning all. I didn't make the card or sort the charity bag yesterday, got absorbed in the Tour de Yorkshire.

Today DH wants a full English breakfast so I'll do that, walk the dogs and see if there's time to cut the grass before bowls later.

Have a great day everyone.

Valli

Kitten rule 1 - the kitten is to stay downstairs

Kitten slept upstairs

Kitten rule 2 - kitten not to sleep on human bed

Kitten slept on DS's bed and on DD's bed

Ah well

I am going bluebell walking at Hodsock later. DD has volunteered to kitten sit.

ETA older cat accompanied to back door and cat flap as won't walk past 8 week old kitten!

Biscuit_monster

Morning all,

I've been all again, but I have been flying, as much as I can.
Tried to catch up with the thread, and have made an Iona style list!

LW, a very belated happy birthday!
Natty I'm glad your DH is better, now it's time to look after yourself!
Welcome and/or welcome back to MrsChaos, Spendaholic, Chocolatebum and anyone else I've missed!
mumof2 good to see you posting again, finding-a-job vibes to your DH, and the same coming your way Piggers.
Good intentions congrats to your DD.
lynne keep sitting on that sofa!
HB sorry to hear cat news, keep feeding those goodies x
Duckydo pain free vibes to your DH.
ATB glad the just say no vibes worked. I really need lots of these, I never ever learn.
Finally, Valli, kitten pics pleeeeeese!

Phew!

I've spent most of this week cleaning dust up, as we are chipping mortar out of one end of the kitchen wall. Messy job. I think I may have persuaded OH to actually pay someone to do some work on the house though, after explaining for the hundredth time that there aren't seventy hours in a day and we can't do it all ourselves.
Rant over!

Today I have a list of doooooooom:

Wm
Dw
Worktops
Kitchen floor
Bathroom swoosh
Poo pick
Do all the ironing totally completely
Put up the wardrobe rails
Passport photos
Passport forms filled
Pay window cleaner
Pay credit card
Money in bank account
Plant new plants
30 mins tidying / weeding at front
Phone skip company
Empty ridiculous rhino tub from car
Bake muffins
Run with dog
Dust lr
Hoover and mop lr


Ha ha best of luck me! Will report back later x

Goodintentions

Good morning

Lovely sunny morning here today. No Parkrun for me today, as my ankle is still really painful from last week I am gutted! Who would've thought I would be disappointed about NOT running!!??! Not me!

Lazy start playing about on the iPad in bed. I have had some breakfast, so now I am going to make a lit of what I hope to achieve today!

• empty DW
• put on WM
• take DS to work - pick up some bits in town, including money bags
• clean off windowsills in kitchen
• clean windows in kitchen - put on fly killing stickers
• clean patio doors - put on fly killing stickers
• WUDUPA
• mop dining room
• sort out change into money bags
• meal plan for children for the week

Well - that'll do for starters! I am sure I will be able to find other stuff. I am hoping the fly killing stickers will do the trick, as our stoopid dog has a fly phobia! As soon as we open the doors to let the fresh air in, they come buzzing in to chase him. It's so stressful - for all of us!

Ok - 1st job - WM, then I can hang it out

Good luck to Valli Sis - at least it has warmed up a bit since mid week!!

Honey_Bear

Jolly well done Dancemum on being Slimmer of the Month!
We miss you Mrs MP, but as long as you're enjoying the work - go for it.
(((hugs))) Valli for Super-Sis's running and all of your memories. See below for kitten stuff.

Valli wrote: »

Poppy is VERY assertive.

Old cat has run out...

They will rub along.I'm sure.

That's exactly what they need to do but won't if you don't get involved. To bond cats you have to grab the one that is trickiest (probably the older resident one in this situation) and slide your knuckles along their muzzle whiskers, both sides of the face, front to back, each side at least a couple of times, more like three times (to get the scent of the older animal loaded up on your hands).

Then you get your helpful DD or DS to hold the kitten and you transfer that scent to the kitten's whiskers in the same way immediately afterwards. If it's got any self-preservation instincts it will hiss and spit at you because this is the very thing that it sees as a threat - the scent of a strange cat.

Have been hissed, spat at and clawed while you load your knuckles up with the kitten's scent, now mixed with the resident cat's scent, you go back to the older cat and repeat the knuckle-dragging on the older cat's whiskers, so that they're now imbued with older cat and kitten mixed scents.

Do that three or four or as many times a day as you can for the first two or three days and you'll find they accept each other just fine. The true test is when the older cat (if it's a female) washes the younger cat, or when they choose to rub themselves along the side of the other one.

I've only failed once with this technique over about a dozen cats, and that was Devil Cat. He fully intended to kill the resident cats and scent wasn't the issue with him - he was an entire tom, about two years old and had been a starving stray for long enough in the winter to know it is a kill or be killed world. It's why we only have one cat at the moment.

The older cat needs to know there is somewhere it can go to get away from the kitten - they usually choose somewhere high up which the kitten can't reach while it's coming to terms with being ousted as the only cat.

I'm so jealous I can't tell you!

Kelpie was given a beef tail at the chalet yesterday. He promptly dug a hole and buried it, the first time one of my dogs has ever done that! He went back later and dug it up again which was even funnier.

This weekend is going to be a 'Flying Finishing Up' weekend. The house is full of half-completed tasks again, some paperwork, some Flying, and we're off to Brittany for 24 hours on Monday night. I need to know I'm coming back to a calm, organised house so that I can concentrate on other things. Nothing is a huge job, all of it is literally just finishing off, so it should make a massive difference without a lot of effort. Excellent.

Valli

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for that Honey Bear.

Kitten/cat rubbing will commence as soon as I can find the cat...

bossymoo

Good luck with the moggy strategies, Valli

We were out till 2:15 and now I'm not sure how it's 5pm, kids want dinner, I only had my lunch at 3 :eek::rotfl: suppose I will end up cooking twice... And I've only just tidied the kitchen.

I have, however, soaked in bleach all their school shirts and they've been washed and out on the line, look much better. Also evicted piggies for a few hours and swept - replaced hay bits etc.

DD is shattered, 2 hours of dancing followed by a 2 hour playgym party :eek: bath and bed in an hour!

Oh. I jumped a red light earlier not intentional. Hope there wasn't a camera. I don't know why I kept going. But I was through and I thought OMG that's red not green, what am I doing? There was nothing coming through the junction. I did look. Doh.

Right. Food for children!