Weekly Flylady Thread 11th December 2017

Honey_Bear

Sorry things are tough at the moment, Piggers, and doubly sorry to hear that your OH isn't going to be around very much over Christmas and New year. I'd give you a hug but I know that you don't like them anyway and would hurt too much.

I'd like to get on with dsyoning the sitting room etc but Devil Cat is curled up in the corner of the sofa on his electric lap blanket. He hates the sound of the vacuum cleaner so I'm not stressing him out with it until he wakes up and wanders off to find OH - who is out for lunch today.

So I'm clearing paperwork instead. The Six Thinking Hats exercise has transformed my life and I'm now finding all sorts of solutions to problems that have bedevilled me for decades. I thoroughly recommend it if anyone has an intractable situation in their life. I won't be so rash as to say I'd never feel overwhelmed again but now I know there's a way to restore calm in my life things feels a lot better.

atypicalblonde

Afternoon all

Firstly, hugs and posi vibes aplenty for all those who need or want them. Brews, biccies and wine also available! Been busy again today. Lovely to have our guests last night, but it took me 2 hours to get the kitchen straight this morning! Then on to volunteering, interspersed with WM, DW, and TD runs.

Our recycling bin is being emptied on Tuesday so I am filling it as much as I can, bearing in mind it then won't be emptied until after Christmas. Also sorted a small bag of bits for friend's DDs, cleared and then cleaned the top of the fridge (:eek:), swept the woodburner and hoovered round.

Having a :coffee:now then off to cull the colouring books!

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Dizzy_Imp wrote: »

'ello, 'ello!

Been awake since 5am, mentally listing all the jobs left to do, but I'm very proud that I've remembered it's Christmas jumper day today at school and I found a flashing reindeer one (lights, ladies...flashing lights...) for Small in the sale yesterday, which is perfect! Tiny has a non-flashing version, which may be an issue, come switch-on time.

My flying list runs off the page, so I shan't type it here. Needless to say I'll be a busy bee today!

Catch up later!

Staff are expected to participate in Christmas Jumper Day, apparently. So I participated with strips of tape marking out HAIL SANTA on my back.

As ever, my absolute cut off time for a massive print run was overruled by senior staff saying it can wait until Monday for them to give me the information. If I were still onsite and not setting up elsewhere, it would. I've done this for years, I know that things screw up when they're left to the last second, which is why I've been getting things ready for six weeks. And things that need to be done Monday are all sat waiting neatly in their places.

Why do people assume that the only way to do things is Right Now/As a reaction to external events - what exactly is wrong with planning, preparation and getting **** sorted before it becomes a problem?

Managed to get away for my half day only ten minutes late. Himself is still in his pyjamas playing games on his phone, so Doing Something for My Only Half Day was presumably my responsibility to sort out and organise. If I so much as glance in the direction of that kitchen, he will end up buried round the back of the shed.

*I'm NOT looking*

ionafan

Evening all.

Sorry to hear about all your troubles, pigpen Hope at last some of them, especially the creepy crawlies, can be sorted in what remains of this year, and that you get some rest over the holiday.
Lame Wolf, I trust you are feeling better today and looking forward to Ronnie's lovely long visit.
Dizzy Imp, I'm glad to hear that Herod got booed off in the actual performance - that definitely deserves a lit-up jumper:rotfl:
Speaking of jumpers, Jojo

We are home again after 2 days of train travel and eating other people's cooking DH left home with a sore throat and has come back with a temperature which I hope is only a cold and not going to become anything worse. He simply has to be well enough to see the orthopaedic specialist first thing on Monday, about his hip and knee.

Today I have received an email from my course administrator saying "If my records are correct, I don’t appear to have received an end of placement evaluation from you. If so can you complete one and send it in to me please." Well no, you haven't, because DH was taken into hospital soon after my placement ended and needed to be cared for when he came home, then I was under enormous pressure to finish my 6000 word assignment, then we went on holiday for a week, and then the new term started and I was snowed under with work again. Amazingly, I have found the feedback form in a pile of papers on the spare bed and will complete it asap - not tonight (I've got to make some urgent phonecalls and write cards ready for posting) but tomorrow it will have to take precedence over the Gift Aid claims However, collecting Rosie will be my *first* job in the morning!

Hope everyone has a good weekend x

Fayolle

Good evening,
Nothing of any worth achieved today to warrant reporting, so down to the important stuff...

No hugs, Piggers, unless you have been driven to desperation to want them, but lots of posivibes.
The usual posivibes for Devil Cat coming your way, HB
Have fun with Ronnie's stay, LW.
Try to take it a bit easier this weekend, Ionafan.

Finally - my secret santa arrived today! Thank you to whoever sent it, and to Ionafan for all the organisation. DH is beyond nosey, and keeps reminding me that I have a "parcel to open":rotfl: X

Must go, DD is declaring movie night. DH has decided to be a brave soldier and go to the pub**rolls eyes ** . We are going to eat pop corn and watch The Grinch. Again. I love it!!

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Ended up with a banging headache and spent until a short time ago dozing on the sofa. Himself found it within him to 'clean' the kitchen, by which I mean it now looks as though it needs a clean, rather than nuking from space. This might have been spurred on by my answers to his questions 'What do you want for dinner?', 'Have you thought about what you'd like for dinner?' and 'I'm off to the shop soon, so if there's anything you wanted for dinner...?' - 'Dunno', 'Nope' and [shrug]. And, because he's a complete arze about Christmas presents, I made him a couple of laminated posters with quotes from one of his favourite films during my break at work this morning, so I've thought of more than my job today. (I also thought about how flaming hungry I was from before going to bed last night and how it only got worse today).

Seeing as the three occasions I managed to think about something to eat on top of the million and one things I had to deal with at work this week resulted in less than perfect results - Sausage, Mash and Onion Gravy with Savoy Cabbage turned into Sausages, not-quite-cooked squished potato with not-quite cooked red peppers, green peppers, nearly raw onion, courgette slices, two soggy cherry tomatoes and two bits of yellow cabbage (not Savoy) and no gravy, A Tin of Tomato Soup with a sprinkle of chilli flakes and a lump of French Stick and strong cheddar became Some Random Overpriced Tub of Vegetable Trimmings & Peelings Claiming to be Soup with a slice of the white pap brand I hate, and Jacket Potato with Beans, Cheese and Salad became Two Rugby Ball Sized Spuds not quite cooked through with a spoonful of beans, a lump of bland cheese and No Salad, each time the double portions being left out uncovered for the flies overnight - I don't think there is any point in doing the thinking for him as well if I'm not doing the cooking - if it's only going to end up tasting horrid/inedible, why set myself up for disappointment after the additional mental effort?

Thankfully, he can make a very nice Sunday dinner (if we carefully ignore the still raw veggies and he is reminded that an Oxo cube in water =/= Bisto) and a cheese salad in French Stick is very tasty.


He's cooking something now. Dinner's early - I usually have to wait until about 10pm - not ideal when I haven't eaten all day, either, but here's hoping it's edible.


Plan for tomorrow is vacuuming stairs, landing and bedroom, bathrooms, getting him to change the bedlinen and a bit of judicious bleaching of everything that isn't moving.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

[sob]

Conversation a week ago: 'taking this medication has affected my sense of taste, so I think plain foods are a better idea - plain chicken, plain rice, etc - especially as my gums are either infected or have a few ulcers right now, so anything too strong tastes weird and burns my mouth.'

Today. Dinner - chicken smothered in acrid spicy dry spice mix I have never liked. Rice with acrid spicy dry spice mix stirred through. A quarter of an avocado. Two spoonfuls of frozen peas. Pickled beetroot.

I've had a quarter of an avocado and two spoons of peas.

ionafan

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

[sob]... ...

I've had a quarter of an avocado and two spoons of peas.

Oh no! You will fade away to nothing

My apologies to you, Fayolle - I meant to say in my last post that I'm sorry to hear that you still have worries about your DD's health. Posivibes galore coming your/her way. Thanks for news of your :xmassmile parcel :xmassmile. Do not open until Christmas!

lynnejk

Sorry I've been a bit MIA this week Gosh, it seems to have been more like a month !

Finally down to just one blind left to be put up and the spare room to be sorted and cleaned. Everywhere else has been thoroughly cleaned and put back where it belongs - it's been a long haul. Also all the washing washed, dried and put away.

Had a lovely afternoon out at Livingston centre yesterday. Bought some new thermals, a couple of jumpers and DH's pressie. Had a passable meal in Chiquita's, though the poor waitress upended a whole glass of red wine all over me. Fortunately I was wearing a navy jumper and jeans and had removed my coat and scarf. So those went in the wash today as well and we had a 50% discount on our bill.

Went to butcher shop today and managed to spend £93 :eek: Did get quite a good amount though, including some things not had for ages such as a whole rabbit, an oxtail and a lovely piece of gammon. Then went for 'afternoon tea' with some friends on our way home.

Have had a quick skim through but my brain is the proverbial sieve atm. So sending hugs, posi-vibes and gws vibes to all needing some.

Hope you all staying warm and dry and have a fabulous weekend
Lx

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all

Lovely afternoon with DS yesterday. Well, I took him to hospital for his regular treatment which is not actually a jolly but I also took him for an early tea and we went a bit silly in the shops buying marked down Christmas decs and things for his GF. However, DS told me how he sees my life which was a bit of a revelation, particularly how he sees the balance of work between me and his Dad.

Didnt sleep well but really need to try and do a bit of paid stuff (while everyone else is in bed). Very very frosty.

Have taken the washing off the airer and finished it off in TD/draped it over radiators as appropriate. House is reasonably tidy.

Right, paid stuff.