Weekly Flylady Thread 4th May 2020

Mademoiselle

Bedroom and landing hoovered
HHI
WM on

Time for a cup of tea and maybe the last scone.  I think that's me done for the day though.  Tea and crochet calling

roundtuit

Oh my - I need a Himself to put up a shelf above the bathroom door for my toilet roll hoarding storage. My Toots List has a '?toilet roll storage'  which has been on there for years a long time - I'm going to change it to 'put shelf up in bathroom' Thank you Jojo xx 

Ladies - sit down before you read any further: I will not be held responsible for faints, breakages, or any other shock induced catastrophes.....I've cleaned the bathroom floor   with Pink Stuff  which I'd never even heard of and had to G00gle when atb said that she'd done hers the other day. Another step towards havendom   

See what a good influence you all are. 
Love you guys  
Rxx

ionafan

Afternoon all.  Lots of flying going on  - I'll add to the successes:
- showered and dressed
- ate breakfast
- S&S'd kitchen
- sorted out the BS problems
- replied to 2 emails from DGS3 (aged 7) and then DGS4 (aged 5).  The strawberry challenge has led to them learning about photosynthesis
- WMx2
- dusted and hoovered all through
- cleaned the bathroom and ensuite thoroughly
- phoned for more info about a possible new cordless vacuum cleaner and ended up talking to an adviser at the same time as holding a WhatsApp conversation interspersed with photos of the new baby from my little goddaughter's mum - multitasking!  Go me!
- ordered a Dy$0n (thanks for the recommendations), making use of an extra voucher for £25 off floor care, as well as only paying sale price which made the "Extra" cheaper than the standard model.  As they say elsewhere, every penny counts.
- cooked a very late lunch
- sorted knitting patterns and realised that I haven't got enough of the different coloured wool needed for the pattern that I want to make, or the pattern I would prefer for the big ball of aran wool that I want to use up, IYSWIM
- missed a phonecall from a college friend, so I must ring her back before I put the chicken in to roast and take Rosie out for her walk.

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Oh ROUND, well done! It's utterly amazing stuff, I use it on most things where there is persistent muck. It's fab at UPVC too xx

Everyone is doing so well. I ate the frog, took the kids and dog for a walk, decluttered a long phone call, cooked lunch & kids dinner, and have lit the woodburner as it's grey and drizzly here. Have lovely evenings all xx

Valli

I won the fine dining beans on toast challenge - by 1 vote - and an acknowledgement that I might have been touting for votes on facebook...lol
Gutted to hear Dave Greenfield (The Stranglers) has died.  
OMG Sarah Cox has just discussed matching pegs on R2!
Cleaned kitchen and bathroom so a towel wash tomorrow.

Narc0lepsy

Valli well done.
Congratulations Pigpen.
I seem to have nothing much to report lately - not that I have now.  I've been pegging away at the RoD I.e. my study, which is having the clear out of its life.  Rather than have a million plastic wallets filling drawers, boxes and generally slithering about everywhere, I filled 2 A4 files with them......I gave a lever arch file full of them to someone locally via fb.  Pleased with myself,  I opened another desk drawer.....noooooo.   No takers on fb. I've emailed a TA at the village primary school.   Any suggestions ?  I could also stock Smith's, Hobbycraft etc with pencils, stickers, highlighters and I could build the Eiffel Tower with paper clips. I am being regimented about storage - there will be one box/ drawer/ bag for each type of item, not pot luck or several possible homes for elastic bands!  I need another month or so lockdown to finish it.....

This morning we tackled food, medicine,  exercise and neighbour support in one fell swoop. We cycled to the tomato farm and bought for ourselves and neighbour,  continued to collect Mr N's prescription then home, most of it on bridleways and tracks through fields and bluebell woods, all in all about 10 miles. Very tired by the end as I rarely cycle, but a very scenic and enjoyable morning.

Everything is growing well in the greenhouse and garden.
House tidiness and cleanliness are reasonable. 

sexymouse

Well today's homeschooling has not gone well - lots of refusal to work from DS1 (7) as he absolutely hates literacy. He was told that it was bedtime about 30 minutes ago, and has finally shown a keen interest in doing said work that he should have done this morning. lol I can't face another day tomorrow like today, so I'm allowing him to stay up and finish it, so that the task is out of the way as both of us will be less miserable then. I may even get some more flying done then as well.

Still need to put away the washload that was done this afternoon, but that can be done whilst DSs are in bed. Downstairs has been hoovered through again as DS2 decided to walk through the house whilst wearing his wellies after helping DH in the garden, and manged to get compost all over the place again.

Little Black Furry has just come in to say hello to me and is purring next to me - definitely the best way to end a stressful day.

Goodintentions

Good evening  
Well, we compromised with the shopping. I went to Mr W (for sweetcorn seeds, WU liquid & a plastic cloche - didn't have any!) and Mr S (queued then realised I didn't have £ coin for trolley so had to carry the bags and fill them as I scanned). WE didn't need much - just the branded stuff really. In Mr W I did manage to get some plants, and some pink stuff! DH then went to Mr Als with a list and still managed to spend over £60!! We are spending so much on food!!

I also spent nearly 2 hours at the allotment (I only meant to go for an hour!), but I still haven't finished weeding the bed to plant my spuds in   Narc0 I think I need at least another month of lockdown, and then some! I haven't even started sorting indoors yet!! DH has painted the patch at the back of the house where the roof was replaced about 3 years ago Washing is all dry & folded and sorted into piles. 

I have a day to myself tomorrow, so I need to get up early and make it count! I may have an early night...….

Valli

Narc0lepsy said:

  I've been pegging away at the RoD I.e. my study, which is having the clear out of its life.  Rather than have a million plastic wallets filling drawers, boxes and generally slithering about everywhere, I filled 2 A4 files with them......I gave a lever arch file full of them to someone locally via fb.  Pleased with myself,  I opened another desk drawer.....noooooo.   No takers on fb. I've emailed a TA at the village primary school.   Any suggestions ?  I could also stock Smith's, Hobbycraft etc with pencils, stickers, highlighters and I could build the Eiffel Tower with paper clips. I am being regimented about storage - there will be one box/ drawer/ bag for each type of item, not pot luck or several possible homes for elastic bands!  I need another month or so lockdown to finish it.....

LOL - I had a similar revelation and restocked our stock cupboard at work.  
I am fighting a losing battle with the rabbits - despite careful positioning of the fireguard (which used to be a raspberry cage;)) I'm still chasing them away from my new plants.  I'm loath to pen them up though as they deserve some freedom...

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all

Pigpen late to congratulate you all but he looks absolutely gorgeous.  Lovely to have some happy news.

Working to my own lists today, but managed to fit in some flying before and after work.  Also managed 1/2 hour bootcamp session first thing.  Felt really lonely today, those who know me well will have sussed that I am not the most outgoing person in the world, but I miss chatting to work colleagues and different people at work.  DH (who is still going out to work) doesnt get it, I know there are four of us living here but I still feel strangely alone.  DS1 gave me a big hug which was nice.

Round DH had a bit of a go at hairdressing last night, it looks .... different.  Oh it will be alright when it grows out a bit he says.  My hair does grow very fast.  I also dyed it auburn which has covered the growing out highlights and actually looks quite good.