Weekly Flylady Thread 26th February 2018

Honey_Bear

I think I'm going to join the Scrimpies for March, too. February was a bit too spendy for my liking. It's absolutely silent here, no sound of traffic even though we're technically the city centre apart from hearing the birds squabbling around the feeders. It's even quieter than first thin on Christmas Day! OH said kids are hauling sledges and sliders up to the Hoe doing what all kids should do on a snow day - good, I hope they remember today for the rest of their lives.

I've got an unexpected morning off, so I'm thoroughly enjoying it and I'll do a bit of flying later and then get on with sewing. Perfect.

atypicalblonde

Good Morning all,

Great to see so many fellow Scrimpers :j

My purse will be staying firmly shut today -it's a snow day so both kids are at home and I have no plans to go anywhere at all. I loathe snow, I wish things would go back to normal, roll on Spring. DH can't drive to where he needs to be for work, and couldn't yesterday, and unlikely he can tomorrow so that's three days of no pay for him.

Lunch and dinner are random bits defrosting as I type. Kiddies about to go sledging with DH -not me I am staying warm thanks!

Valli

I too am scrimping; but doesn't feel like it when I am flinging two tubes of body scrub in the bin - because they contain microbeads which are causing a problem in the oceans.

Going to finish cleaning the bedroom now.

MadamMim2013

Have done the basics this morning.. both DS's are home..currently attending to school/college work (and job search for eldest!)
Have enjoyed the flurries of snow going on outside the window.. Also feeling very grateful that I am not due into work till Saturday.. It's absolutely freeeezing out, both kitties are snug and warm inside too.
Shall flick vacuum around once we've had dinner..
Keep warm and safe everyone! :snow_grin

atypicalblonde

I hope YorkshireLass is ok - I know it’s really bad on her coast and she is very rural xx

tboo

hildrens/Spare rooms - Thursday
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear the floor[/STRIKE]
Spend at least half an hour doing something just for yourself.. a nice bath, a manicure.. just your time! Make that appointment to have you hair done!!
Level Two
[STRIKE]Strip the beds and wash those sheets.. and any duvets that need doing[/STRIKE]
Sort out a box of things to give to the local nursery for the little children.. or for charity shop.. or a friend.. FLING!! The local GP surgeries, hospitals etc often need nice toys for the sick children..
Level Three
[STRIKE]Vacuum the floor[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Deweb and fluff the room[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean the windows[/STRIKE]
STAY SAFE AND WARM IN THE SNOW AND WIND

DD still off school - it's not that bad here now so hopefully she's back tomorrow, that's if the teachers make it in.

pigpen

Well...

1 set bunkbeds dismantled and binned
1 set bunkbeds separated
4 binbags of rubbish out.. including DS2's disgusting coat which is trashed.. he has 4 new unworn ones... now he has no choice.
1 mattress binned

DS2 an DS3 sorting their respective boxes of shpoop so I can move a chest of drawers and a desk out and 2 chests of drawers in.

I love cold callers.. My number is registered with TPS so they shouldnt ring at all but today I have been dead.. and one just rang asking for just a surname.. so I asked what first name they wanted.. I have 5 people here with the same surname..and they wouldnt tell me where they were calling from.. in the end they hung up...haha.

OH off to pick up Pixie in the windy wind and I have a snoozy Twinkle.

Best go find food and fling more otherwise noone is going to bed tonight.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Half Snow Day. Which meant travelling in the worst of the weather, only to find vastly reduced numbers of kids, and walking back just as the sheets of ice were forming.

Himself has travelled off to Central London for a rehearsal because I got the School is Open text. Had it been closed first thing, he would have stayed. :mad:

Came back to a cold house which is not getting any warmer despite the central heating being on full blast. It had only been off for about 4 hours (having been on low all night and has probably been on for the preceding three days and nights as Himself keeps it on since I told him off for getting cold - so much so, I had several evenings of feeling like I was melting before this week) and every drop of Warm had disappeared.

Offered the Idiot Cat the opportunity to investigate the white stuff. He stood at the door, looked a bit pensive, sniffed - and turned around to jump back on the kitchen table. So I slung out some handfuls of dried fruit, suet and bird seed to catch the groundfeeders. I would have made a birdcake, but the kitchen has been left in a right state AGAIN.


Wondering whether the GuitarTwat will be able to get himself home or not. If not, he's sleeping on the armchair of the singer, whose flat is freezing cold at the best of times. Serves him right if he does. He could have cancelled.

I suppose I could make a start on the washing up. That would warm my hands up, at least.

Valli

Frog dealt with - ribbon binding that was unravelling from a pair of slippers sewn back on - very 'scrimpers'.

With the amount of 'free' time I have I just have a frogless list...

Honey_Bear

More *healing vibes* for you Ionafan.

Valli wrote: »

I too am scrimping; but doesn't feel like it when I am flinging two tubes of body scrub in the bin - because they contain microbeads which are causing a problem in the oceans.

But you can legitimately shine your halo. I use a flannel - cheap as chips, they last for years and they're biodegradable when they've been worn to a few threads, and have the same effect as any other 'scrub'. Plus, if you rinse them and wring them out you can dry yourself with one before picking up your towel to finish yourself off. Result - towels stay fresher for longer.

No spend day here - I'm not venturing out other than to trundle Kelpie, and after his pooh walks first thing all he's getting for the rest of the day is a quick pee in the garden. He doesn't like cold feet and just lies down in the snow until his toes have warmed up! At the moment he's comatose on the sofa.

Freezer stockchecked and meal plan checked and altered for the month. We're eating our way through the freezer so that I can defrost it, and the top shelf and bottom drawer are now entirely turned over to the animals, which is huge progress. Kelps has beef, turkey, chicken and rabbit to look forward to as well as all of his bones.

I made freezer veggie soup for lunch that'll keep us going for five days and it's cleared a huge amount of stuff out. I also made these with a frozen whoopsied packet of puff pastry and they're bloomin' lovely. Veggie, and we'd defo have them again, well, in fact, we have to because I made six from one packet of pastry so we've three more for another time. I had one for breakfast!

Carpets hoovered on the ground floor.