Weekly Flylady Thread 1st October 2007

kazmeister

Evening all

Welcomes to the newbies, Hi to the returners, hugs to all with poorly ones and big hugs to Poohbear for your loss, cheers to everyone else for your successes.

No flying done at all today. Came home from work so had cuppa with OH before he went to work. Got tea ready and washed up, and fed up with the kids moaning everytime I ask them to do anything I decided to come to bed and leave them to it . Have been here in my pj's catching up since 7.40 - thats a first since I was about 8 yr old ! Oh DD just been up with a letter for me, must be feeling guilty about not doing stuff like learning her Tae Kwon Do theory for her grading THIS SUNDAY :eek: . £23 a time they cost, cant afford for her to fail and she's had 6 months to learn it. Shut up ranting Kaz.

OK so why was I going to post. You still looking for a coat for DD Pigpen, as I have had an offer from Vertbaudet (as not used for a while) for 40% off 1st item and 30% off rest of order and not sure if anyone can use same code which I'll post later.

Right off to meal plan rest of week as usually done it by Saturday.

cha97michelle

Had a manic day - lots of things went wrong this morning before work when i could really have done with being in early, but i got there in the end and haven't had a bad day in the end.

DH has been a star all day, and i haven't felt too rough, although i do look a bit spotty and peaky.

Oh, and had the 1st kid directly ask me if i was pregnant, and y9 managed to get a lesson on the skeleton and movement into women giving birth and bones needing to move apart. :rolleyes: I'm only just 8 weeks and already look very fat obviously.


poohbear sorry to hear your awful news. hope you are feeling ok.

think i will opt out of the xmas cards as i don't like to send too many because of the time it takes and i am always poopered at that stage of the year after a hard term. We don't even send them at work, as we have a system where you post one on a noticeboard at school, and then give a donation to the local childrens hospice of the money you would have spent on the card. fits in with everyone's busy lifestyles. Much as i love you all


Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clean floors[/STRIKE] DH did
Level Two
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there!
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Descale kettle and steriliser
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!!
Extra Mission
Choose one or more of:

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
• Clean oven if you didn't do it last week
• 30 minutes ironing.

Deep Clean Challenge
Get in that food cupboard. Give it all GOOD scrub out before placing the things you need to use soon at the front. Check dates and freshness on older things, and See if you can incorporate these into next weeks meal plan! Feel free to get carried away and do more cupboards!!!

extras:

• [STRIKE]post amazon parcel[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]pay nursery bill[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]make tea[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]prepare for tuesday[/STRIKE]
• book a leave of absence day for my scan
• file away any post lying around
• [STRIKE]file all paperwork about my form[/STRIKE]

just noticed i have sold one of DH's old PS2 games on amazon for 14 quid, so that is 3 things in the last week. Best post that tomorrow so it gets there before the postage strike. I always sell things in a cluster like this and then nothing for ages.

Just going to catch up on here, then i think i had best iron some clothes that make me look less pregnant, and then a bath and an early night i think.

See you all tomorrow, x

serena

Hi everyone,

pc playing up today, so I hope this will post!

As it rained this morning, I actually achieved a level 3 kitchen, and very nice it looks too.

Welcome to all the newbies, and happy Flying!

Big hugs to Poohbear, I am so sorry to hear your news.

borderlakland

please miss pigpen i have very good reasons(excuses) for not flying today i have taken kids to school,got waylaid by mum for ages,took oh to pick his car up went and got his car tax,took dog to vets,came home 3/4 hr later took dog to be stripped,stopped off at tesco,came home and wrapped b'day pressies for neices,went picked mutt up, straight to sisters house to collect ds2 & dd2 up(mum picked them up from school) dished out pressies,mum took ds2 home with her took dd2 swimming(got stopped on way to swimming by police for traffic survey census,got to swimming to find it was cancelled:mad:
drove back to pick ds2 up only to wait an hr while he and dd2 made cardds on pc for twind,got home cooked tea,made lunches,dw x2 wm x 2.put chicken in sc for tom.phew.

Dustykitten

Still no more progress on kitchen. Been moving cash from bank to bank to get us back into the black.

DS3 just came down in tears - I can't sleep, sob, because, sob, i have been, sob, putting the cable from my cassette player in my mouth, sob, and DS1 says I am going to die, sob sob sob, and I wont ever see you again sob

juliejim

Just a quick update on the postal strike for those of you who are interested.

You'll get post on Thursday and anything posted will be collected but won't go anywhere. Then forget about the rest of the week until the following Wednesday when you should have post again and normal services will resume until the next time!

LJD1_2

Dustykitten wrote: »

DS3 just came down in tears - I can't sleep, sob, because, sob, i have been, sob, putting the cable from my cassette player in my mouth, sob, and DS1 says I am going to die, sob sob sob, and I wont ever see you again sob

I think we have the same son! Mine came down saying this last night! He's still with us 24 hours later so there is hope!!!! xx

scaredy_cat_2

hello, hope everyone is ok. I am also a returner - and a failure in life generally as i have been absent from mse for too long!!! i realise i cannot do it on my own so why pretend :rotfl:

so today i tried flying again - i am pleased with results but will take some time to undo the damage.

Pigpen congrats on the promotion to thread leader!! is lil_me ok or just on holiday?

and LJD1 saw you are debt free - well done :T

well i will plod along and jsut do what i can and then try and keep on top of it!

p.s. i have some christmas presents wrapped already! am i sad or organised!

night night see you tomorrow ready to fly

pigpen

Scaredy.. Lil_me is moving house so I'm in for the time being! She is fine!!!

You get post on Thursday as well Juliejim.. they are striking from lunchtime Thursday to lunch time Saturday.. Stupid and a waste of time really.. they have independant staff coming in in most busy areas to keep things running so though you won't get post until the following Thursday it will get sorted so you'll get it all at once.. daft posties will have a weeks worth of letters and parcels to deliver instead of just one day..

shop-to-drop

Ok today went well although I worked hard all day to catch up until kids pick up at 3pm. Did so much laundry washed, dried ironed and put away I won't have any tomorrow. Wanted to get to the gym but even more wanted to achieve a lot in the home today. Did almost everything on the list + kept flylady happy too. Tomorrow I work all through Tuesday night until 6.30am Wednesday so will take it easier and I do want to make it to the gym too.

October is Focus on Paperwork which is just what I needed it is starting to rapidly get out of hand and take over. I am starting to panic again that I have forgotten to do things on time or lost them. I know that there are also things filed that can now be binned. I really must take myself in hand over the magazines too. Going to force myself to read a few and chuck a heap. I need to get to bed so as to face tomorrow and be able to achieve a good deal of what I would like to.

Also erand day may pop out to the bank if weather OK although it isn't urgent if I can't.

Looking forward to getting stuck in again.
[STRIKE] Morning Routine
[/STRIKE]
Tuesday Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors and wipe sofas [/STRIKE]
Level 2
[STRIKE]Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets[/STRIKE]
Level 3
[STRIKE]Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister[/STRIKE]
Tidy shoes, coats and bags .. wash any that need washing in preparation for cold weather!! See if there are any that don't fit, past their best or just plain uncomfy which could leave the house!
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –
[STRIKE]Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper[/STRIKE].
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
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 their owners to put away themselves
Deep Clean Challenge
Clean light fittings, skirtings even the ones behind furniture. Clean fire-surrounds. Wipe sofa's down. Clear as many hotspots as you can.. see if you can get it all into one pile instead of 15!!!

Go to Gym
Find and return mislaid library book
Keep sink shiny

Afternoon Routine and before Night shift routine