Weekly Flylady Thread 21st November 2022

Jazee

Morning all. Hope you're all ok today, it's quiet on here.
 I have done one work shift, some of the dailies and I've put dry washing away.  Dog walk will have to wait as there is a workman here doing repairs.

Crazycatlady2

Bins all done

i bought a battery powered scrubbing brush and already tested it round the hob and sink……windows next as get mould along bottoms 

Jazee

Breakfast dishes washed 
Recycling out 

kiss_me_now9

Sending love for you and yours Pigpen. What a beautiful lady x 

I'll admit I've been in bed until about half an hour ago. I've decided today I really need to tackle our office space (which will eventually become the baby's room in about a years time). I use it mainly for crafting and am a bit of a whirlwind, when I get going everything goes everywhere and I've got boxes and boxes of stuff that gets scattered about The living room, kitchen and master bedroom are largely tidy still - just need a hoover which OH will do and a wipe around/DW etc. which I'll do this evening. 

roundtuit

Morning xx 

The biggest black dog has taken up residence here. Completely squishing me.

I need the focus of Flylady accountability to get me motivated. The decluttering will have to be put on hold. 

Round 1
Feed the birds
Put out recycling 
Bring in brown bin
WUDUPA 
Sweetie's water

To Do Today
Bring in burgundy bin - not been emptied yet
Chase surgery for sick note. Again. 
Write D's birthday card
Put money in card
Complete form in email - ready for counselling in the morning 
Eat

To Stop Doing Today
Overthinking 
Panicking
Listening to the black dog

Baby steps: I'll feed the birds first.

Please feel free to lob as many sticks as you can in this direction.
Rxx

Valli

Lobbing sticks at Round's BD

Aw Round - hope you feel better soon.  I would pop round for a coffee were I nearer - or you could come here - I have no shame - my current excuse is that I haven't got straight from having my new bedroom carpets..I bet I can milk that one until Christmas.  And I am not averse to peppering conversations with the words 'chemo', 'cancer' and 'operation'.

(My new one is PICC line - apparently I can't lift ANYTHING - it's all lies lol)

DW emptied.  Socks put away.  More rubbish put in not-yet-emptied black bin.

Just done an hour on emails etc for work.

pigpen

Round.. you are very welcome to bring your BD here.. it can play with my grey one.. and the cats can eat them both! I think there is even a commoner wagon trundles over the mud!

DW emptied and back on

2 loads of laundry hung up

2 more loads in

TD half filled

1 side cleared

drippy water emptied

extra bend put on WM waste to see if it helps with emptying and WM pushed back in place

Laundry gathered from hallway (flung from middle room) and front room.. mostly.. OH did it and there is loads left.

I am having a cuppa and hoping I have a couple of spoons left to start on the corner of utter despair.. Round is more than welcome to get dug into .. there are snacks in there and half finished knitting projects.. I just want to be able to tree the children, I think they will be less sad for a bit if I can.

Christmas shopping so close to being done.. I have a list of who else I need to do.. Meem I have barely started, DS2 I need OH to help with. Twinkle has next to nothing but she doesn't really need anything. I'm eyeing up a mattress for DS1 and DIL. I sourced them a free bed base this week but I think their mattress needs replacing too.. W0wcher is my bestie! My mattress was £290 reduced from £1100.. bargainous!  I need a stocking filler shop, we usually do BnM but it's been rubbish in there recently I might risk a trot to Home Cheap-things even though it smells of wee..  or the R@nge.. I need to sort the freezers, put the TD in the shed, rehome the old one in the shed and the tiny fridge in there.. and get the big Olaf fridge in there.. We need legs putting on the larder unit so I can put the food back in the cupboards, it is currently in 3 washbaskets and a couple of boxes. Some is going to DS1 when I drop off his 2 binbags and couple of boxes of belongings.

See on paper I look busy.. in reality I am sat in my derriere with a cuppa and a turkish delight.

roundtuit

roundtuit said:

Round 1
Feed the birds ✅
Put out recycling ✅
Bring in brown bin ✅
WUDUPA  - WULTD at the moment
Sweetie's water ✅

To Do Today
Bring in burgundy bin ✅
Chase surgery for sick note. Again. 
Write D's birthday card
Put money in card
Complete form in email - ready for counselling in the morning 
Eat

Awwww thank you Valli and piggers - the power of Flylady love ❤ 

I do feel a wimp that I'm falling apart when everyone is coping well with far worse though.

I need to be at home in case the Surgery phones re: sick note. They are not helping my anxiety at all. If they ask me to go in I don't want to have to say that I've gone west to admire new carpets  or north to snaffle Turkish Delight before it's all gone 😊

I've ticked off a few things - I'm at the wading through treacle stage. It's exhausting. Moan. Whinge. Mumble. Complain. But every tick is a win 🏆 

Food next. I need to eat. 

Then I'll do a bit more

Rxx

kiss_me_now9

Sending love and energy to all of you with dogs today. Little bits at a time!

@Valli as a healthcare professional I totally agree, no cooking/cleaning/hoovering/lifting/anything you don't want with a PICC line in... the PICC you to rest on the sofa and enjoy coffee all day long and nothing else you don't fancy!

Well the office is turning out to be a Sisyphean task... I've sorted out the pile of c**p behind the door that OH seems to like building, found all our warranty/instruction manuals shoved in the corner in a pile of race packets, bank statements and receipts from 2018 (now sorted out and in a much nicer document holder) and taken a good few books out the bookcase to go to the charity shop. I've also found about 2 years worth of running and profession specific magazines from two years ago that I have no idea what to do with... seems like a shame to throw them out but I can't imagine a Drs surgery/dentist/hair salon would want them and I don't need them anymore. Unfortunately they're the laminated type of paper so they're not even any good for kindle for the log burner! I've had a spot of lunch though and got the DW unloaded now so moving forwards. 

I also found some gardening stuff to go out in the shed but it's absolutely tipping it down here so I won't be putting them out today! 

I've had some lunch and am going to get back to it. If I don't check back in two hours, send a search party, the magazines have eaten me! 

pigpen

Round.. honestly.. if you can get a chauffeur to trundle you here you are very welcome (I know you don't like the drive).. and a fantabulous excuse for me to sit and natter and do nothing. We all have our own challenges.. they are ALL valid don't ever feel a wimp for facing your own struggles.. we all deal differently with situations and coming out the other end, seeing that light, admitting you are finding it hard and asking for help is heroic! Be kind to yourself!! Think all those things you would say to someone else if you knew they were finding life hard!

2 more wash loads dangled

both WM's reloaded but not turned on until some of this is dry.

I have not touched the corner of despair.. my life has become about procrastinating so I don't have to look at the mess!

I have paid my last £28 off the new fridge.. I will have it paid before next November so I don't have to pay any interest, I am determined!


right.. school for gremlins!