Weekly Flylady Thread 13th February 2023

YORKSHIRELASS

@Christmasshopper2 welcome along!  Well the idea is that we all tick off our weekly lists as we go along and on a weekend we relax with our feet up.  However for most of us that never happens so most of use the weekend to catch up on things we didnt have time to do during the week as well as spending time with family and doing the million and one other things that life throws us.  

So, no, there isnt an official list on a weekend x

Nice leisurely start here, yoga done, DW emptied, 1 load of washing on the line and one in the machine.  Going to drag Henry upstairs in a minute.  I will throw a few sticks for ASB's black dog on my way.

Need to look at finance spreadsheets and make a shopping list, need to have a trip to Li@l, probably tomorrow.  On and the car needs washing.

pigpen

Christmasshopper2 said:

Is there a list of jobs for today? I haven’t found one yet. Or do I go back and complete jobs I missed during the week?
Sorry, I am struggling to get the hang of this. I only started on Monday. Any help will be greatly appreciated please. 

Stick with us.. you will get the swing of things. 

We have weekends off because we deserve a rest and time with our families and doing what we love!
Start with just level one each day.. if you get through that quick and want to do more continue to level 2.. don't do everything all at once it makes you lose the will to do anything at all and you give up. 

I aim for level one .. and rarely get to it because I have 1000 other things. The lists are just a guide to what others are doing, I tend to do the most pressing jobs in my hovel and try to battle through that and if something off the list gets done it is either coincidence or a miracle!

We didn't go to the outlaws.. so I have other stuff I can get done I am thankful for.. I made OH ring yesterday, apparently they all have a cold but when they were thinking of letting us know I have no idea.. this is the second time in a row they have said to not go .. I am incredibly suspicious there is abuse and neglect going on and they don't want us to see.. I feel an ad hoc visit coming on!

Darn it.. I just ripped off the skin on my finger.. it's had crispy eczema on for about 3 weeks and I just ripped off the skin.. now it hurts.. such an idiot. 

parcels are first on the cards today. 

kazwookie

Driveway is sanded, that is now drying in, will need brushing again.

Outside of windows are cleaned

Hex drain, top just pulls off after all that, it is also now clean

Large logs sawn up into smaller logs.

Eaten

This afternoon, the cats and I are off to inspect the mole hill that has appeared.

Piggers is you think abuse etc is going on, I would do the ad hoc visit sooner, you are normally right with your instinct.

Fayolle

Who stole my morning??!
Sticks being thrown at ASB’s BD from here too.
Ionafan - are you ok? Do you need to get that bp checked out? x
HHI (all DH’s, another thing on the list of Things That Need to Change when he retires), bathroom cleaned after a fashion, friends came round for coffee. I really ought to run the vacuum cleaner around upstairs, but then the green bin needs filling too…
Ha, ha, ha - am I supposed to actually achieve level 1 - any level one - in a week? 🤣 How many years  and I am still to get the hang of this flying lark! Stick with us, @Christmasshopper2.

pigpen

kazwookie said:

Piggers is you think abuse etc is going on, I would do the ad hoc visit sooner, you are normally right with your instinct.

Not physical abuse.. but more not being fed properly (a cup-a-soup and one slice of pizza all day last time we went) and left in one room day in day out and no help to get her out of the house or see friends. No one even takes her to church which has kept her sane for many years and she has lots of friends there.. definitely financial abuse going on, sil just uses her bank card without asking for example, her partner has taken her car and they guilt or bully her into doing whatever they want, emotional abuse, made to feel guilty for being old and needing help.. being 'told off' and shamed for having toileting accidents. Her room she lives in (like a granny hutch) has clothing littered about, hung on picture rails and door ways and clutter.. I am not for one second saying my house is spotless but last time we went I was cleaning poo off walls and sinks and it was visibly dirty which it never has been. If we have witnessed this how much worse is it when we are not there?

OH washed the pots.. so When he takes Pixie out to wash the car I will wash them so they are clean. He was washing mugs in greasy cold water he had washed plates in .. and he slops water all over the kitchen.. there is just no need. I might not like doing it but I like having to redo it and clean up 10 times as much mess much less!

2x WM

he still hasn't lifted down the boxes I asked to 3 hours ago!! I will just go injure my bones doing it myself.. 

I have perused ideas for making an 'office corner' in our room but I think he may have to be moved downstairs until someone moves out. I will reshuffle the upstairs and see what I can concoct.. I have priced up a mattress for Moomin, a huge wardrobe for my room to replace 2 lots of drawers and act as a room divide to make an office corner for him. I need to be in shuffling laundry while he is in there working and I cannot be seen on the screen.. Fortunately I am good at what I do and will sort something

We still need to get rid of toys but they don't seem to have anything we can fling.. yet they never look at any of it.  

kiss_me_now9

So the back pain turned out to be a UTI which landed me in hospital for two days  Feeling slightly ropey still but a bit better than I was in the middle of the week! I've managed to get on with some tidying today (just folding clothes whilst sat down and moving bits around, nothing too taxing) and have started to prep my veggies to go in the freezer. OH then pointed out that we have filled the freezers (we have two undercounter ones) and there's no room at all for meal prep or batch cooking despite the whole point of our big Mr S shop being to get things for batch cooking. 

So now I'm trying to persuade him we need a third freezer.

roundtuit

A cow just ran past my house.

Not something I expected to say. Ever. 

Apart from that: same old, same old. I've washed 2 loads and draped them on the airer, fed the birds, put out the rubbish and recycling.....

Rxx

YORKSHIRELASS

What?  Hang on, a cow???  We need more information Round, I dont think you live somewhere where this would be expected.  Did you go after it or try to find out what was going on?

Sorry Kaz, I do know what you mean, but I have a vision of you down on your knees with sandpaper trying to take the rough edges off your drive.

Funny day, did quite a bit of flying but wasnt very enthusiastic.  Not sure where the day has gone really.

Glad you are on the mend Kissmenow and Pigpen yes sadly it sounds like a surprise visit would be a good idea.

Tired tonight.  Fire lit and I have some birthday chocolate and wine.  

Dfw38

Hello, would you mind if I join you from Monday? I am in the process of decluttering the house and decorating bedrooms and really like the method of this thread, makes keeping the house clean seem a possibility. 

pigpen

Dfw38 said:

Hello, would you mind if I join you from Monday? I am in the process of decluttering the house and decorating bedrooms and really like the method of this thread, makes keeping the house clean seem a possibility. 

You would be more than welcome.. the link to next weeks thread will be posted on this one late tomorrow  

After a phone call from sil apparently on Monday one of us is reporting them to SS .. they are keeping his sdad intoxicated.. he cannot get out of bed to go buy anything so they are giving him alcohol to keep him out of the way and quiet.. I am fuming, so mad!!.. and if she is prosecuted.. good!