Weekly Flylady Thread 3 January 2022

Mademoiselle

Up as usual but is was especially hard this morning, I spent quite some time in the WAC mainly digesting the info from the estate agent who came back to give us a valuation.  

Bed made, clothes picked up, windows opened and closed
DW sorted & kitchen ok

Next check banking & spreadsheets whilst I have breakfast

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Morning all

Oh no Piggers, so sorry to read this. I hope he isn’t too unwell with it and that you manage to stay plague free. Big hugs xx

Heavy snow overnight here so School is closed - deep joy. They have a list of jobs to crack on with, they just don’t know it yet 😂😂😂

I need brekkie, then will make the beds and get the small people outside to drag logs in. Love to all xx

kazwookie

Oh dear Pigpen, I hope he recovers soon, and the rest of you don't get it.

ASB extra hands make light work

Mademoiselle I hope the estate agent, is on your side of the valuation.

Daily stuff is done here

It is very cold but bright

Have a good day all.

pigpen

OH has been told if he thinks about being utterly disgusting and not covering his face when spewing forth germs I will slap him so hard by the time we catch up he will no longer be contagious.. his family are utterly vile.. I hate it when he is unwell.. they think it is ok to cough and sneeze all over everyone.. pee's me right off.

We are having bets on the following..

Who gets it next (me no doubt.. or Squeak)

Who needs a hospital trip (boog)

Who whines most (Boog)

Who avoids it entirely (DS2 and Dot)

I do not do molly-coddling or sympathy and he is a total baby.. we are a great team lol

Mademoiselle

Thanks for your kind thoughts Kaz, it's going to sound daft to say we lost sleep over it,  but the 2 evaluations we've had are a lot more than we expected.  A nice position to be in but a big shock.  They are valuing it at twice the minimum we want!

Pigpen, hope no one suffers too badly and family life is not too disrupted for too long.

ASB enjoy working with the kids, at 23 & 26 mine now love coming to home and going to tip, unloading bags of pellets or similar tasks

Bankng done
Car insurance done
Car papers filed, a couple of bits filed too out of tray
Cake in the oven
WU done and kitchen wiped down after cake making

Next is to try and find a gardener to attack some of the heavy work (2 metre high thuya hedges anyone?)

pigpen

Ma'am.. I'd send you my OH he minces our 2m high shrubberies, but it may be a bit far .. keeps him out of mischief..

I have a return to package but I need to get it from DS1 first.. and he is a nightmare! I have printed postage label though. I can order bigger sizes when the returns are processed.

I need to sort OH a sick note because his employer is a kn0b.

ionafan

Hope your OH recovers quickly and doesn't pass it, Pigpen.  Don't overwork him while he's off sick!

DH has gone off to the podiatrist and the dentist this morning.  He is planning on wargaming this evening.  At least I have peace.

This morning I have taken down the Christmas tree and in the process of sorting the decorations.  Each year my display gets simpler, especially as I now can't reach up easily, so I am ditching as much as I can and consolidating into two rather than three boxes.

WMx1 is on.  The house needs cleaning, but shopping and the CS drop-off call, so that will have to wait until tomorrow.

Catch up later... xxx

Natty68

Sorry everyone but I need to get this out there, especially after reading how everyone is being so productive even during hard times and it's made me think.

I've been silent on group as I'm struggling at the moment. I'm doing my usual putting on the happy bubbly face but underneath I'm drowning. Yeah I know I'm normally quiet you are probably all thinking...lol

I really need to knuckle down with this packing up, of stuff to go into storage, and actually getting the house ready to go on the market. It's harder than I thought. My body is screaming out in pain for some reason, all my joints are killing me and it hurts to make any strenuous movements. I think either my ME is flaring up or it's my usual way of my body letting me know I'm hitting a depressive episode. 

I feel I'm letting Dave down by not doing anything, that I have to literally force myself to do something so he doesn't feel bad of me. Especially when he's got his own medical struggles..I always think if he can do it with all he's going through then I should really get my act together and get on with it all. All I do is sit and do my jigsaws on my phone and I know it annoys him..but that's all I want to do.

Sorry I'm actually crying here now I've written it all down. I feel like a fraud and a failure and I'm just so overwhelmed with this moving and packing.

If I didn't have this group and the responsibility of the lists every other week I don't know what I would do. I feel this is the only thing keeping me afloat at the moment. Thank you for all being here and putting up with my sporadic postings. You all mean so much to me and believe it or not especially my mental health. I do read but then hibernate away. Weirdly I do feel for everyone when you are going through pain/heartache etc but I find it so hard to then get out of my 'place' to help myself.

Off to make a cuppa as that has absolutely exhausted me being so open and mentally exposed.

Hugs and spoons to everyone xx

pigpen

ionafan said:

Hope your OH recovers quickly and doesn't pass it, Pigpen.  Don't overwork him while he's off sick!

There's nothing wrong with him.. I've bossed him to get on with his online learning stuff..

I need to do many things.. but I'm tired.

pigpen

Natty.. I'm so pleased you have this space to share. Dave understands and he probably wishes he could do more than his health will allow too! He loves you with all your warts and flaws and quirks and even in your worst moment he is there, loving you and wishing he could make everything better for you. Moving is incredibly stressful, I swore I would never move again after we moved here I actually wanted to just not wake up in the morning for a long time. It will be worth it in the longer term which of course you know or you wouldn't be doing it. Do you have anyone in your support network you can reach out to who may be able to help practically? Can you hire a removal company who would deal with the packing so you can just do precious things and let them do everything else? I've had days where the mere thought of getting out of my chair and doing the simplest of tasks has been so overwhelming I could not manage it. If the practical help is not availablle then weathering the storm is the absolute best you can do. Be kind to your beautiful self and remember how much we all love and appreciate you. Do post when you can xx

Ordered McD's for lunch.. seriously having a CBA day.