Weekly Flylady Thread 16th January 2023

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Thanks so much gang. I’m going to order some snag tights on payday. Will also look at Mountain warehouse.

Shepherds pie for dinner now. 4 eggs from my hens which thrilled me greatly, they have been off lay for a bit. Fire toasty warm, may have a hot chocolate for supper xx

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all

A little late to the woolly tights/thermals discussion - but I have a lot of pairs of Nxt Knitted Tights, they are about £7 a pair and they dont last forever but wash well.  I am tempted by the Snag ones though.

18 hours at the paid stuff in 2 days.  I have a deadline to meet, been doing staff appraisals, dealing with an upset colleague and other stuff.  Gave up at 4.30pm and decided enough was enough for today.

DH has started decorating DS2s room so the upstairs of the house is in complete chaos.  I have done a little ironing and tidied kitchen and LR - that will do.

Valli

I’ve had long underwear on…wouldn’t describe self as snug but am not actually freezing.  Now in bed with feet on HWB but still feel like blocks of ice.
WUALTD.  Put ironing away.
It’s been a busy old day.  Am trying the tablets which are intended to replace something beginning with p in my system… anyway they are still upsetting the tum…there’s no way I can take a whole days worth in a day.  Must mention to oncology team if they phone.

it’s a mineral…and you get it from nuts and pulses - might be potassium.

pigpen

Valli said:
it’s a mineral…and you get it from nuts and pulses - might be potassium.

it is usually potassium.. bananas are a good source, avocados and potatoes too.. it can be given by IV if necessary. It combats the salt and reduces the risk of heart problems and chemo drugs do splat the levels so it is a common supplement.

Trying to get this cardy knitted but I just want to sleep..

I need to atually do productive things tomorrow and chase a parcel which is not tracking properly on the RM site..

EC needs to ring drs.

Jazzles appears to have chickenpox so we may be shuffling children about for the rest of the week.. fun times.

Jazee

Morning.  It's very quiet on here, hope you're all ok.

Work shift done, washing away/ on airer, bed made.  Just about to wash breakfast dishes then I'll walk Poppet.

Keep warm everyone.

ionafan

The conversation on the thread about leggings reminded me that I had some at the back of my sock drawer.  I managed to drag one pair on over my Nora Batty's this morning, so am now feeling nice and toasty - even if I do resemble the Michelin Man

So far this morning I have 
- taken photos of the glorious sunrise
- eaten breakfast
- washed and dressed, but no shower - following Narc0's advice that "a layer of dust protects the wood underneath"
- given my gardener a shortish list of things that needed doing after an 8 week break (and a light sprinkling of snow this morning): the Christmas lights are now down and drying off in the utility, and a lot of leaves have been swept up
- decluttered Rosie's old football, which was as flat as a pancake (she already has a replacement)
- paid the gardener
- FUPA clean washing
- made my bed
- tidied the LR
- wiped round the kitchen
- asked DH to hoover the LR, but he has gone back to bed - a friend is coming at 11.00 for coffee (she says she's bringing cake [nom-nom]) and I would prefer not to sit among Rosie's fluffy sheddings

Still to do:
- drink coffee and eat cake
- make phonecalls/send texts, including to DS1 and DS2 re Sunday tea
- sort stamps and send off my Stamp Swap form
- Rosie's walk
- play with the ancestors - yesterday evening I actually got round to transcribing an article from the Illustrated London News about the second son of my 5x gt-grandfather; the son rose from what the paper called "humble" beginnings to become the Chief Justice of Hong Kong, the moral of the story being that (quote) "It is no longer necessary that a man should be a descendant of a proud ancestry in order that he may achieve greatness or attain excellence."  It would appear that society has regressed...

Hope everyone has a good day, not inconvenienced by the snow xxx

Mademoiselle

Morning everyone,  

Love Round's choice of song, the only way is up was our 'song' when we got married, yes that long ago, 34 years and still going strong, still love the song and it makes me get up and move.

Keeping on top of the house and progressing VERY slowly on stuff in the container and the contents of the old filing cabinet.  (moved contents in plastic boxes but not the cabinet).  

Reasonably good about moving more although it's going to be hard today as it's grey cold drizzle here.  3 wine free days last week so very pleased as it was easier than I anticipated.  Weight loss is slow but at least I loose occasionally and don't put on.

DDs were both here for the weekend which was lovely, stuff sorted out for the holiday at the end of next week.  

Banking and saving spreadsheets kept up to date.  Spending might be under control, new TV and storage units for it to sit on bought but that was planned for.  One of the deals when we sold the big house and moved into this one full time was that we would install good storage (as the house in one third the size).  

Keep warm and most importantly keep SMILING!

kazwookie

I'm here, just wanted to get outside type jobs done, before it gets even colder, I too havr my leggings on under my jeans.

So far

Got petrol

Gone to screwfix to get a couple of drill type bits to carry out some work to the new to me water butt.

Gone and collected freecycle paving slabs, to but said water butt on, in a week or so, too cold to be digging a level for the paving slab.

Fed the birds

Picked up prescription.

When to food share got bread and donuts for OH.

Unloaded paving slabs into wheelbarrow, getting jeans all muddy, slabs now in back garden on patio, jeans now in WM with vanish etc.

Sorted ash from fire, brought in logs.

Now indoors

SC is on with stew and later on dumplings.

Cats fed

Other general stuff done.

pigpen

Decluttered several cuppas and some mini cheddars.. I am cold so nto moving.. if I moved I'd be warm.. so.. I have 1.5 hours before I do the school run and I need at least 2 cuppas and maybe food.

1. sort coats.. we need room to hang them all up soooo many to fling!
   
2. parcel sales
3. list a few more bits.. those coats!!! So many of them!  2 done...
   
4. think about selling ice skates.. no one goes any more and I have about 10 pairs!
5. pair shoes to go in the shoe recycling
6. take girls for shoe check.. it may have to wait until OH is paid.
   
7. DW
8. Clean MW .. it is greasy and icky
9. prod EC
10. finish filling binbag from middle room
11. empty upstairs bins
12. empty kitchen bin
13. S&S kitchen
    
14. Laundry shuffle
    
    

Coats photographed and in the WM, 2 are heading to CS

Dizzy_Imp

A busy but seemingly unproductive day here, which is rather annoying.  I took part in a two hour webinar on Fundraiding for Sports and now my brain is frazzled.  They did say they would email the PP slides through, so I can at least look over everything again...oh joy...

I was sliding all over the drive this morning trying to put out the recycling.  At one point I actually slid top to bottom in a slow, rotating circular fashion...maybe I should have a pair of your skates Pigpen   

I have done a mini blitz in the kitchen and now have an even longer list of things to put away, but having a cuppa first.  I've somehow agreed to 3 extra children to dinner tomorrow,  so I had to get two large chickens from the shop on the way back from collecting Small after gardening club.

Oh, and yesterday, I got stung for two bottles of the current craze - Prime - a coconut milk based sooooper sweet drink that all the YouTubers and Influencers are raving about.  £3 a bottle! Told Tiny I'm not buying any more, so now he's insisting on making sushi this evening to take to school to have another thing to "flex " about.  What does that even mean? I feel like a dinosaur sometimes!

Still to do: ironing, spray painting polar bears, mend chartreuse wool coat to sell (just needs a new tortoiseshell button), sort through the coat rack and bag up outgrown/unwanted items for the donation bank, cook dinner and maybe make some flapjacks...

Love to all xxx

Grrr....had to buy eggs todays as all my hens are still being freeloaders due to the rather inclement weather... -6°C again this morning, so I'm not surprised they're off-lay.