Weekly Flylady Thread 8th March 2021

pigpen

Mum.. Could OH not supervise the older child washing pots? It's a nice time for them to have a bonding talk too and OH can be helping if he is unable to physically do things? It could become a special 1-2-1 time for them until you get a dishwasher.. . I know how hard it is to get that time when you have a million other things to do. I just want you to have some help because you sound frazzled.

We had a really easy morning.. Dot was not resistant, I think she liked having her class back to normal yesterday. She even volunteered to be first for hair brushing which she loathes.

I need a shower but the cat has done a deposit in there so having a cuppa first

mumof3.12kindebt

Thankyou pigpen I do appreciate it... I'm going to suggest this too him... I'm definitely still battling with grief and definitely not out of the depression I seemed to be hit with last October... think I'm going to speak to the gp about this... maybe they will increase my bipolar meds back up... maybe not. But if I don't tell them they can't advise or help can they 😔

Dd was hard work trying to get her ready for preschool this morning.. bless her. She seems happy when she comes out but getting her there is hard work. 

Ds2 was fine other than not wanting to change out of his trousers that are eating his ankles...  he has bigger ones .. I was not up to fighting it so just explained to his teacher.. she was understanding as always.. must remember to take the smaller size ones out of his drawer. 

Wm is on
Washing up it done. 
I'm off to chuck stuff in bags and boxes.. 
And I might even be able to get started with putting laundry away before picking up dd 

I've also asked on the local fb page for recommendations for someone to come and have a look at my td .. 

Fayolle

Mumof.. - baby steps is the name of the game, and you have already achieved a lot today. Maybe time for r&r before pre school finishes? Everything will still be there next week ( and I know this!!), but baby steps, and / or dot to dot will slowly make a difference.  

2nd load in the wm, 1st load on the line. Hair washed and dried into submission. An hour at the allotment to plant shallots. It became overwhelming, looking at the weeds, so I filled a bucket of weeds and another of stones, and called it a day. Off to clean the bathrooms now. Window cleaner came yesterday so now I also know that all the muck is on the inside.

Valli

Enjoyed my breakfast - boiled egg - because I bought an eggcup, having dropped my last one, so I can have a dippy egg like a baby.  (Not like DD who insisted on 'no moving yolk') lol.  Happy memories.
Have finished my tax claim for wfh.  Filed a bit of stuff and removed unnecessary pages for shredding.  pRocessed 1 bank statement
Also messed around with activity I'm doing with Y6 tomorrow .
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mumof3.12kindebt

Thankyou @Valli .. 

Got back from school.. sat down for a bit while the pain killers started kicking in. 

Going to have a cuppa and then start upstairs. Lounge is looking okay. I pilled all the stuff that shouldn't be in this room into a box. The box Still needs sorting.. and put the tissues left on the table in the bin 🤮
It just needs hoovering cushions plumped and blankets put away..  oh and the corner of !!!! Needs sorting...

Dining room has all the toys sorted into correct catagories in bags across the floor, that room also needs hoovering and table cleared off.

Kitchen is okay just needs sweeping and mopping 

WC needs s/s and mopping I've already bleached the toilet this morning 

Anyway despite the list the downstairs isn't looking too bad 

Cuppa time and then off I trot to put all the laundry away and straighten up the second and third floor 

mumof3.12kindebt

I wiped down the kitchen sides and cooker hob while I was waiting for the kettle to boil.. I seem to be abit more motivated than I was this morning 

mumof3.12kindebt

Sorry @Valli what's r&r ? 

Fayolle

Mumof.. - rest and relaxation...or anything similar that begins with R 😁

Bathrooms cleaned, bedroom sort of dusted. Just want to drag the vacuum cleaner upstairs before I have to go and sit in the roadworks traffic jam to get to school. Yes, worrying about that kept me awake last night 🙇‍♀️.

Honey_Bear

31 more bits of paper (638 so far) but it's getting tougher in the filing cabinet.  19 more photographs (1189 so far) and I've put all of my childhood into one album very roughly, up to the age of about 17.  I'm quite suprised at how few there are to be honest.  I know I've got rid of a lot of duplicates but there are huge gaps that don't make sense.  Anyway, the ones I've got are sorted and safe.  It makes me realise just how much I loved some of the animals we had when I was a child.

My office, which was the most cluttered room in the house is now beginning to look at little more civilized. 

The Scrap Store is re-opening on 13 April !!!!!  Oh how I've missed being able to trundle down things I know they can use and sell which I just don't need to keep but are far too good to be sent to the incinerator / waste to energy plant .

Valli

Bank account up to date with receipts in date order etc.  vehicle tax reminder, census form and copy overtime form all in Ikea magazine rack on desk to be dealt with at the appropriate time.
My 3 sacks of shredding and the top section of the broken shredder will be collected on Thursday.  I'm not sure about the bin part...
WUALTD, bedroom aired and bed made.  Heating off.  Woot.
Brought stuff out of shed freezer - for tea today, for lunch tomorrow (soup); they are thawing.  I've also brought out salmon for lunches Thurs/Fri (with salad), in the kitchen freezer until tomorrow when I shall transfer to fridge to thaw.  I'm aiming to empty the little shed freezer as it needs defrosting.