Weekly Flylady Thread 15th October 2007

nearlynewbie

Monday Mayhem - Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
[strike]Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Water any thirsty plants, wipe their poor neglected leaves!!
[/strike]Level 3
[strike]Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
[/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!
Put up linings or winter curtains to keep out those draughts.
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper. tonight
• [strike]Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself [/strike]lareg sofa this week
• [strike]Clean a window or two.[/strike] Both large french windows
• Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
• [strike]30 minutes ironing[/strike]still much better since ironing challenge

Deep Clean Challenge
Empty, clear and clean the inside of a cupboard. Sort the magazine/newspaper heap. the one big pile of 'hotspot' we merged last week.. give it a more thorough sort through.. you do not need bills going back the last 24 years or invalid insurance policies!! tonight- have ongoing paperwork sortign out - will try an do an hour tonight as DH has meeting in [strike]computer room[/strike] sitting room so can't [strike]play[/strike]work hard on computer this eveinng

Danni-R

Hey, I'm new to this so please be kind!
Due to insomnia the other night my kitchen is done for the week!

Monday Mayhem - Living Room, Hall and Stairs

Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
[strike]Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe[/strike] I did this this morning after nearly falling down the stairs.... oopps
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Water any thirsty plants, wipe their poor neglected leaves!!(I dont do plants )
Level 3
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
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!
Put up linings or winter curtains to keep out those draughts.
Extra Mission:
Pick one or more of the following tasks –

• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
• Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
• Clean a window or two.
• Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
• 30 minutes ironing
• Going to add open up an ebay and paypal account
  
• Finish painting the spare front room! (I started 3 weeks ago.)
  

borderlakland

just sat here scoffing marmite on toast.and another cuppa(cheers pigpen)
i have cleaned the rats out.played with them for ages so hooving had to wait:p
pigpen a huuuge wel done to you dd its a lovely feeling when you are proud of them like that

spent rest of morning having big discussions with oh about his ex.basically she is refusing him contact with his dd(4yrs old).he hasn't even been able to give her b/day pressies.over xmas his dd stayed the night here a few times,then ex sais she can't stay over when she has nursery the next day as she's too tired,the only days oh could have her to stay due to work were nights before school,so he managed to get his nights at work changed,after 1 night staying over ex said she thought dd was too young and had a letter drafted up by her solicitor saying this and she was happy for dd to visit every wk on sat/sun but just for the day.after a few weekends she started comming up with excuses for no contact.now she says dd can't visit until oh has cleared the joint od (court order already says he has full responsibility for this)he is in no posistion to do this(£1700)immediatly.he's reluctant to go to court(costs involved etc can't get legal aid) sorry for moan but it just seems as soon as we sort out one reason why he can't see dd she comes up with another:mad:

pigpen

school time!!!!

I had all my day planned then my mother turned up for coffee this morning.. only so she didn't have to go home and make her own.. so I lost an hour there.. oh well.. the children can help make it up when they get home as I am such a wicked and evil mother!!

Trying to get in tuch with DS2's school regards him getting lost on Friday.. i am keen to avoid that.. poor child needs sat nav just to get to school.. I KNEW this would happen. He was really scared when he had to go to school uesterday (yes I know it was Sunday!) I had to send him in a taxi!!! I can't do that every day though!! It doesn't sit well with my MS-ing.

I am going to use your suggestion Lil_me of having a card with my details on (thank you!) so he can go in a shop and ask for help that way. it is non-verbal communication and he feels he can do that. Apparently he was crying by the time he was found.. which of course makes me feel even worse!! See all this should have been in the transition report from ESPD that they never actually bothered doing.. I may just have to write and make a MASSIVE complaint!!! Yes academically he is just about holding his own with a bit of extra input but socially he is a mess!! He has a 2 year social development delay and there is no way I'd have my 9 year old in the town centre on his own.. yet they expect me to do it with DS2.. ok I've wound myself up enough now so I'm going to make a cuppa.. get Tiddles up and while she has a pee and we put her shoes on I'll drink it!.

See you all in a bit!

shell2001

Pigpen - Help!!!! Ebay question.

I have listed several items but turbo lister added my email address for the paypal reference when in fact it should be DH. All items now have bids:D so is there a way I can change the email paypal address??? Does this make sense

pigpen

you can change it when you send the invoice but if they pay before you have chance to do that you can refuse their payment and then resend an invoice with the right paypal address.

I don't know if you can change it when they have bids.. I'll have a look..

no you can't.. so you'll have to do the above.

Tracey04

shell2001 wrote: »

Pigpen - Help!!!! Ebay question.

I have listed several items but turbo lister added my email address for the paypal reference when in fact it should be DH. All items now have bids:D so is there a way I can change the email paypal address??? Does this make sense

hiya, Im not pigpen but could you not go into 'your summary' click on the item listed. Then there is an option to revise it - not sure if it will work if bid on but try it and let me know.

torianut

Thanks for the replies about LO waking early - Tracy - he does eat quite well but likes finger foods so never sure how much he is getting - will send you a pm on facebook for more infor if you don't mind??

Dusty - is that not th other way round? when clocks change I think he will be up at 4!!! hope I am wrong!

Tea made, (spag bol) washing drying , tesco done, party bags and cake ready for tomorrow and pressies wrapped - not bad to say my sis been here all day!! xx

Tracey04

pig pen beat me to it,

likklegibbon

Morning all - well it's morning to me as I'm on nights:D

I'm in again this week - did really well last week, but wasn't on shift for most of it so will have to do the best I can this time round

Welcome divorcingjack, danni-r and any other newbies I might have forgotten :hello:- only joined myself last week and what a difference - the flyladies are all stars and its the encouragement and support really helps (especially when the OHs think that the house, organising, cleaning,washing etc are done by pixies)

Lil_me please go easy on yourself -so what if you have to sling things in boxes and do a fling boogie when you get round to unpacking them - the decluttering police won't find you at your new address for months. Please take care, especially after all the stress with little Matthew

Have a good week everyone