Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd October 2017

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Quick update from me before mum-taxi duties start...

Kitchen

Level 1
empty bins

Level 2
Wipe cupboard doors, drawer fronts and handles

Level 3
sweep/mop floors

Extras
Do a freezer inventory - start using up/creating space for Christmas
MAD half hour - plan to start nibbling away at a big job - DONE - today I nibbled at finding tradesmen for some work we need doing
New month - do you need any cards? Buy December's cards too - because they mysteriously start to disappear from the shops;)
HHI - DONE last night (by OH!:j)

Trffic Tuesday - Lounge about

Level 1
Open the windows - DONE
Empty bins - DONE
Remove anything that doesn't live here
Dust coffee table and tidy - DONE


level 2
Dust everywhere - DONE
Plump cushions - DONE
Wipe sockets and switches
Wipe sills - DONE
Clean windows - DONE (it's a miracle!)

Level 3
sweep/vacuum/mop floor - DONE
Dust skirtings

Extras
Vacuum/dust radiators
HHI
Half term this month...start making plans - DONE -we are off to Portugal for the week :j:j
Plan something nice for the weekend - DONE - meal out on Sat night with friends

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Natty68 wrote: »

Piggers didn't you try to do that a few years ago..well your kitchen anyway:rotfl:

Everybody's got to start somewhere, I suppose.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Jojo, are you an MU member, or any other union? Do they have health and safety reps? Has a risk assessment been carried out of the work you do? I think someone around you has the wrong priorities, and while I know you can sue and would win, it won't actually help when you get arthritis in the broken bones and joints. Compo only puts you back where you would have been financially if the accident hadn't happened. Despite what most people think of the NHS, it can't work miracles, no matter how hard everyone tries and they really do. Nothing on God's earth would get me to do something at home or work I thought was dangerous, as a great many of my managers and employers have discovered - in writing.

If there is no risk assessment for your work, then please put your concerns about the footwear you are now required to wear in writing. And if you're not a member of a union, please seriously consider joining one, otherwise you won't be able to afford to sue your employer.

I hope you find the right counsellor, Valli.

The first of three loads is twirling in the WM and I've vacuumed the ground floor and a bit of the first floor. It all looks a lot better. Your kitchen looks awesome, Piggers.

Yup, already unioned up. It's how I've still got a job. And a payrise.

No sign of the Risk Assessment they were forced to complete last year, though. Or the Occy Heath report that said I shouldn't be expected to do any of it - their 2nd argument for not letting me wear STC Boots is that I'm not supposed to be doing anything that needs them (so if they let me wear them, they're admitting that they're making me do stuff that warrants it).

I do refuse point blank when I feel particularly obstreperous/that this is never going to work out well - and always clarify by email the instructions/what the job entails - but if I don't do anything, they could argue that I can't do the job and dismiss me under capability. Bah. It's very annoying, to say the least - life would have been so much easier had they simply said 'here's lots of money, please go away and don't sue us for everything we've done to you'.

They're thinking/hoping I was making a bad taste joke. They can tell themselves that if they like. I know I was being absolutely honest about what will happen if I get so much as a scratch.

Never hurts for them to be reminded that I was the one member of staff that joined a union when nobody else had thought it would ever be necessary in such a lovely, friendly, happy place. And I am considering volunteering to become the onsite rep. Oh, and offering to take the H&S rep position, as they haven't had one for at least 2 years. Just to make their lives so much more comfortable

I have to admit that they do seem to try and attempt being pleasant to me on occasion now they found out, though. The courtesy isn't often extended towards non Unionised staff.

donnajt

Well only managed 59 minutes sleep :eek: in too much pain, so cracked on with today's list, was my turn to host Slimming World Luncheon Club today (just me mum, sis and dd), my mum is terminally ill so we try and figure out inventive ways to fill her days so house looked lovely and sparkly.

Trffic Tuesday - Lounge about
Level 1
[STRIKE]Open the windows
Empty bins
Remove anything that doesn't live here
Dust coffee table and tidy
See to flowers[/STRIKE]
level 2
[STRIKE]Dust everywhere
Plump cushions
Wipe sockets and switches
Wipe sills
Clean windows[/STRIKE]
Level 3
[STRIKE]Vacuum all soft furnishings, curtains
sweep/vacuum/mop floor
Dust skirtings[/STRIKE]
Extras
[STRIKE]Vacuum/dust radiators
HHI
Half term this month...start making plans - do you need craft materials for Christmas card making with the littleys?
(laughs hysterically - I have to do it with 26 of them...)
Plan something nice for the weekend[/STRIKE]

crashed this afternoon on sofa, now wide awake fingers crossed I will sleep tonight

lynnejk

Evening all

Sending gws vibes for poorlies and a flurry of hugs for all

Dailies done
Spanish lessons done
Monthly accounts finished
Bank accounts checked and monies shuffled
Appointment made for ECG next Thursday
Tidied up balcony planters - nearly finished now - and watered
Ordered a couple of knives and meat 'hasher' online at L*keland
Put order into butcher's to collect Saturday.

My DS will not be able to visit us in November this year, as he wants to stay on Spanish territory so he can claim his government end-of-contract monies. He's saved it up for last couple of years but has to be there to claim it - he's suggested we meet in Spain for a week instead. So I've spent a good hour or so researching a visit for the end of November. DH has checked at work, and it should be okay there, so just waiting to hear back from DS that dates okay before I book flights.


Kitchen & Dining Room
Clear sides and wipe, inc small appliances
Wipe cupboard doors, drawer fronts and handles
Clean and wipe/polish table
Wipe/polish chairs - don't forget underneath seats where sticky fingers linger
Wipe mats
Wipe sockets and switches
Clean sills
Extras
Check fridge for use-up stuff
Do a freezer inventory - start using up/creating space for Christmas
MAD half hour - plan to start nibbling away at a big job


Trffic Tuesday - Lounge about
Dust everywhere
Wipe sockets and switches
Wipe sills
Vacuum all soft furnishings, curtains
sweep/vacuum/mop floor
Dust skirtings
Extras
Vacuum/dust radiators
HHI
Plan something nice for the weekend

Plenty of sticks and spoons by the door if you're needing some
Hope you all have a great Wednesday
Lx

Valli

Sorry the list isn't exciting - don't forget your MAD half-hours.

Have a good day all

Jazee

Morning all. Hope you're all ok today and that Lynne gets to Spain.

Today's list is perfect for me. I did the downstairs loo yesterday, but should be able to fit in the bathroom today before the paid stuff.

Have a great day everyone.

donnajt

Wonderful Wipey Wednesday - bathroom

simple list - but effective

remove all gibble
fling towels in wash
scrub bath, loo and sink. THOROUGHLY inc under rims and outside...

fling bleach down all holes...

dust everywhere

polish mirrors and any glass

sweep and mop floor

S&S kitchen
MAD half hour...

love today's list thank you Valli :T:T:T:T

Honey_Bear

I have decluttered a sewing job that uses up fabric and tape bought years ago that's been lying around forever. I am now the proud owner of no less than seven huge cotton bags with drawstring tops that will hold spare cushions, bedding and duvets, and two slightly smaller ones that have velcro for spare feather pillows. For years I've stored all the spare bedding in plastic bags in the attic and this is a job I've been meaning to do for as long as I can remember. I also managed to make a huge pile of cardboard labels for them out of a gash cardboard box. It will cut down the hours I spend up there shifting piles of black plastic bags, looking for a particular duvet and pillows when I need to change them. Job done at long last.

bossymoo

Morning!

A day with no distractions today! I've already had a mad half hour of exercise, just grabbing some breakfast and a coffee. I will also do some more mad dining room sorting...

I'm also quite mad that DD doesn't want to wear her new coat, on a cold, wet and windy morning, because some boys in her class have been calling her "chubby" :mad:. There is honestly not an ounce on that child that shouldn't be there, and the two boys in particular are actually a bit overweight themselves. One of them is wider than her even with her padded coat on. And do you know what? Even if she was chubby, so bl00dy what? She doesn't go around calling out all kids that are a different size/shape/colour/accent or whatever. Oooo I want to bash the little swines for wanting her to feel bad :(:(

/rant

I might try tackle my bursting wardrobe too, today. Anger-flinging might produce some good results