Weekly Flylady Thread 25th September 2023

short_bird

pigpen said:

if you were sticky tape.. where would you be????

In the container with the packaging stuff or on the last surface I packaged things on...

pigpen

short_bird said:

pigpen said:

if you were sticky tape.. where would you be????

In the container with the packaging stuff or on the last surface I packaged things on...

That's where my upstairs tape is.. I have downstairs tape too.. lol..

Valli

lunch booked for DS’s birthday.

Welcome back Honey Bear…sounds like you’ve had a wonderful time.  How silly that a flight is cheaper than the train!  My friend and I are planning a trip to Glasgow and Edinburgh too, to get some use out of our railcards.  

Need to finish clearing the kitchen after yesterdays ‘do’ and i have washing to peg out and a teetering ironing pile…and ebay sales to pack and post

roundtuit

Groceries put away. Washing pegged out. Repeat prescription requested. 

Rxx

Valli

washing pegged out.  one parcel packed. DW emptied.  Pots soaking in sink or in DW  Kitchen slightly less minging.

ionafan

Welcome back Honey_Bear - it's great to see you!  Many congratulations on your walking achievements: I'm glad your ankle held up xx

Hope your anxiety calms down, round xx

I have a vision of Jazee on a mini-roundabout xx

Yes please Natty xx  I  the card swap.  If more than 2 people want a Secret Santa, I'm willing to organise (unless somebody else wants to sort it, in which case I will take part).

Very heavy rainfall and strong winds overnight, but the weather has calmed down now and we've made a good start to the week here:
- up bright and early, showered and dressed before breakfast
- S&S'd kitchen; emptied contents of green under-sink bin into compost, washed out bin (the rest of the rubbish and recycling goes out tomorrow)
- WMx2 done and hung out, as it's now sunny and warm
- did a financial check and set my budget for October
- S the decking man arrived at 9.20: he has taken off the rotten planks, the joists underneath are mainly in good order but he's gone to get one or two pieces of timber to screw in alongside as strengtheners, and he is hoping to get the new boards down this afternoon and maybe the first coat of non-slip varnish too
- I have dug out some plants that were growing in the very narrow border alongside the decking and lowered the ground level so that water will not get trapped behind the edging joist
- DH has just gone out for a soup and sandwich lunch with his mate

Other jobs to be done today:
- order DD's birthday gift
- pay a magazine subscription
- update a WM and DW tablet subscription
- eat something
- go to AH
- stop at the local garden shop on the way home from AH to buy a yellow pyracantha for the narrow border - it will tolerate robust pruning! - and some bulbs for the patio pots
- roast chicken for tea - will partially cook it in the SC while I'm out, but I need to make some GF cakes for a friend so will use the big oven to finish off everything together.

Catch up later... xxx

Honey_Bear

TY Pigpen, Valli (happy birthday Valli's DS) and Ionafan (so pleased you're volunteering to do the Secret Santa this year).

So far:

- scrubbed the kitchen sink, drainer and washing up bowl;

- scalded the various bits of plastic I needed to debug for the sample;

- I've trundled the dog on a short walk and managed to get a sample from her;

- contacted the vet so that when I drop it off they can give me the flea and tick treatment she's due; 

- put the beetroot in the slow cooker for tonight's supper,

- set up Belovéd's automatic email forwarding;

- chatted with the postman about long distance walks;

- confirmed dog walking and sitting arrangements for when we're away,

and for once, at home, eaten a proper breakfast.  I need to clean up my diet generally and today was Day 1 of that, mainly because I finished all my lovely nutty chocolate.  Can't clean up my diet with that in the house.  Must stop buying it.

Now for a trip out to the vet's and to Saltram House for a proper dog walk, before a quick trip to Morribunds to buy the few things I need for this week's food.  Absolutely MUST meal plan this week.

kiss_me_now9

Hi all, just popping in. Long time no see  

LO is now 7 months old and we're finally in a fairly decent routine - with housework at least! Basically I try to keep the bedroom and living room tidy during the day (not too hard, just make sure to make the bed/put away the clothes as soon as they come up from the washing machine/put away any toys that were out during nap time/keep on top of the washing) and then after we've eaten our dinner one of us tidies up the kitchen. I whip around the bathroom once a week. Other than the office we don't really use any other spaces in the house. The office is permanently a mess but that's because it's almost constantly used by one of us. 

I was wondering if anyone has any tips for cleaning ceramic sinks? Someone *throws glance at OH* keeps pouring his coffee/tea remnants down the sink and then not swilling them out so now the sink is stained. I tried to give it a good scrub last night but they weren't budging

pigpen

2x WM

3 loads hung out

1 parcel packaged

1 collected.. i still have 5 to be collected.. this is becoming quite the saga!

Honey_Bear

Sorry Kiss, I don't have any tips for you.  No idea about ceramic sinks.

And I forgot to thank Natty for doing the Christmas Card Swap once again.  So, thank you Natty.  It might not seem like it, but I really do appreciate you doing this every year.  So pleased you've found all the envelopes you need.