Weekly Flylady Thread 18th January 2021

kazwookie

Dancemum, my thoughts to you and your family x

Blowing a right hoolie here, so WM x 1 done and out on line, which is spinning around like a good one, had to been and put a sock back that blew off, at the same time I have double pegged everything down.

Made Chilli con carne for dinner, loads of it, so there will be some for future

Made Chicken noodle soup again loads of it, so the lunches are sorted for a few days.

Rubbish out and bin thoroughly cleaned.

Loads of other small stuff done

Hope you are safe and not flooded or anything similar

ionafan

Thank you Jazee and round.  Pleased to report that I slept pretty well and have no pain this morning.  DH is pleased with me for "doing what you find most difficult" yesterday, i.e. nothing!!! (Little does he know... ).

Whilst drinking my first cuppa of the day, I decided on a whim to clear the table in the utility.  This is where the bits of the little footstool, fabric and various tools had been left until I could get my head round reupholstery.  The  table is now clear   Once I had decided that it wasn't worth the effort of using tacks - not to mention the pain of hammering my fingers -  and that the staple gun would be perfectly adequate for something of absolutely no value except a bit of sentiment (the footstool, which is about 10 inches square by 3 inches high, used to be one of my playthings when I was little: anything from a throne for my teddy to a ramp for toy cars) it was a relatively quick and easy job to re-cover the frame.  One more thing off my Toots list

Other dailies are done, and clean washing has been FUPA.   I think I'll go mad and continue the dot-to-dot in the utility by sorting out the pot plants on the draining board while I drink my coffee - there's room for a couple of them on the landing windowsill, and the rest are only fit for the green bin.  Then I'm going to sort out more family papers until lunchtime.  We have a family funeral via Z00m at 1.30: an 82yo second cousin on my father's side, who I only ever met once, but her older son made contact with me a couple of years ago via a genealogy group: J had had  Alzheimer's for the past 5 years, and the service will be a celebration of her long and otherwise happy life.  The sun shine is supposed to be with us until 5.00, so I can safely leave Rosie's walk until later.

Valli, your pupil and my DGS4 would make a good double act as TV presenters!

(((Hugs))) spoons and sticks to everyone, with extra GWS vibes to pigpen xxx

toochoosey

Hugs to Dancemum and Lifeatthekings xx
Valli, I miss the little ones, I'm up in yr 5 and 6 this year ( T.A in a Welsh school).
Off today and I'm afraid to say not looked at the list. Tried to look at online work but the dog wanted to help!!! I have done dishes and some washing, been to the shop while DD had some driving practice, picked up doggie mess and wiped down some of kitchen worktops.
Going to have a look at the list after I strip bedding (guessing that's on there for today ) and put it in the wash xx

toochoosey

Marvellous Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level 1
Clear sides and wipe down - wipe small appliances and caddies etc.  Don't forget the splashbacks or tiles!
Replace what lives there, wiping as you go
Empty bin and clean it out too.
Level 2
Wipe down all cupboard and drawer fronts inside and out, not forgetting handles and tops and bottom as well as fronts!
Clean hob
Dust dining area/room
Level 3
Sweep/mop/vacuum floor
EXTRAS
HHI
Go round the whole house wiping switches, banister rails and door handles.
Triffic Tuesday Bathrooms, cloakrooms and en suites
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level 2
dust sills and shelves
clear shower screen
wipe over outside of toilet, lid and seat
level 3
ckean handbasin
clean floor

exras
s&s kitchen
Wonderful Wednesday - your bedroom aka your sanctuary
Your bedroom should be a clear, calm restful retreat from the hurly burly of life - NOT a dumping ground for ironing, CS bags, piles of dusty books,  and ideally it should not be doing double service as your office!  It's where you recharge...you - not your tech!  
level 1
open window
clear floordrobe and/or chairdrobe
level 2 
make bed
sweep, mop or vacuum floor as appropriate
level 3
dust everywhere including curtain tracks and skirting boards
extras
S&s kitchen and bathrooms
hhi
thrilling Thursday The Lounge, Hallway, stairs and landing
level 1
deal with flowers and pot plants
clear gibble
plump cushions 
Lift seat covers and vacuum underneath
level 2
vacuum floors - and use an edging tool to get into all the nooks and crannies
level 3
dust all round - don't forget sills and skirtings
Wipe door handles, banisters, light switches and sockets - and the bits of the door where people hold to close it
Check for cobwebs and eliminate!
extras
S&s kitchen
s&s bathroom
HHI
Wipe all door handles and switches

That is still quite a list, I'd better move!!
HHC in 3.....

YORKSHIRELASS

Rest in peace Dancegran.  Much love from here x

Valli I had to listen to myself in a Zoom meeting today, every third word was "um" as in "I think we should, um, get some costings first then we can, um, have another look and, um, see if we need more, um, quotes".  For goodness sake I sounded so dim, what on earth was I doing!!??  This was in front of a dozen other people as well.  I need to sort myself out. 

Pigpen DS had a phone appointment with the consultant yesterday.  He was at work and told them this when they made the appointment.  Work have had a big crackdown on staff using phones and his boss is being an @rse at the moment.  Complete waste of time.  Hope your cold gets better soon x

Strange day.  Lots of flooding around here, DS was worried he wouldnt get to work, but river levels are dropping.  Been thinking about Dizzy.  Paid stuff done, I just cant get enthusiastic about it.  DH at home again, work cancelled, so thats another worry.

Fish pie out of the freezer eaten, oven scrubbed, feet up now, will do some yoga later.

Mademoiselle

Morning everyone,  another wet and windy night here.  Last night I got home from work to dinner cooked, DD2 had made chocolate mousse and then had turned the bolognese into lasagna.  She had another call from a company who had turned her down last week, this time it was the managing director who she had met at a job dating event saying he was still interested but for a different project. She is feeling so much more confident now and it comes across in her interviews I think and also what have all these companies been doing since the start of the year, she applied in December.  Double nationality is an interesting one, some people see it as an asset as it confirms she is really fluent and able to work in English, others see it as a problem when getting security clearance especially if working on defense contracts.  DD1 home tonight too so I will be very happy.

Bed made, clothes picked up
Kitchen was put to bed last night, OH unloaded DW 

So I need to put away WU that LTD last night
Sort out click and collect for this afternoon or tomorrow morning
Try cleaning up the manky (full of limescale) loo to see if it needs replacing when we decorate.  Also need to wash the ceiling reading for painting.  

Breakfast and banking next, with coffee

Best SMILE on and let's go.

kazwookie

Mademoiselle that is good news for your DD, the last company wanted people fluent in other languages, I hope she find some thing that is good for here.

Well the sun is out here, the very gale force winds have dropped to a light breeze.

I have so far today touched up the paint work around the house that has been knocked or marked, the cat now has a small pale blue strip on his tail! I have cleaned off what I can.

Bathroom is done.

Dinner is sorted for tonight, jacket spuds.

Valli

Up (early for me) on a non-at work (but still working) day.  Washing on line; bunnies on garden, breakfast scoffed, WUALTP; cat saucers now soaking (proper plastic ones).  I bought ingredients for playdough to be made Wednesday; I have some left so I'm thinking of letting the littlies bake, probably on Friday when there are fewer in (I'm not that daft).  To comply with SD though we will have to mix and prep in the classroom and an adult to take them in to the staffroom where the cooker is.  (Normally we plan for small groups to work in the staffroom).  I'm looking to use plain flour and oats up.
So if anyone can point me in the direction of a Twinks recipe I would appreciate it.

ionafan

Here you are, Valli:

Twinks Hobnob Recipe

Ingredients

4oz / 125g self-raising flour
4oz / 125g sugar (caster or granulated)
4oz / 125g porridge oats
4oz / 125g margarine (any type)
1 dessertspoon golden syrup
1 dessertspoon hot water
½ level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Instructions

Mix the flour, oats and sugar in a bowl. 

Melt the marg, syrup and water in a large saucepan.  Stir in bicarbonate of soda and quickly add the dry ingredients. 

Mix well and make into smallish balls* which you then put on a greased tray (or use non-stick baking parchment**) and flatten slightly with a fork. Put in the oven at 180 degrees C for 15 min and leave to cool on the tray. The aim is to bake them until just golden, not brown, so that after cooling they are still slightly chewy. As they melt, the biscuits run into each other, so remember to run a blunt knife along the join lines before they harden completely, then break apart when cold.  Makes about 16 biscuits.

* I use a rounded plastic tablespoon measure – mine came with ground coffee years ago – and just dollop spoonfuls of the mixture onto the baking sheet.  If you do it in neat alternating rows, you will get hexagon-shaped biscuits with a useful link to Maths or bees!

** Non-stick baking parchment can be washed and re-used several times  - very MSE

I have done the dailies and hoovered through downstairs.  Just about to start WMx1 of 2.  Tired already (didn't sleep well) but the sunshine is worth staying awake for

Jazee

Hello.  Hope you're all ok today.

Work is now done until Sunday, DH has been to docs and I've had a lovely walk in the sunshine with the dogs and saw and chatted to not one but two friends, one of whom has imparted good news which has really lifted my mood.

Going to have a pottering afternoon. I've washing to put on airer and the bed isn't made yet so that will be a start.  And it's family zoom quiz tonight.