Weekly Flylady Thread 28th November 2023

YORKSHIRELASS

Morning all

So, the heating saga continues.  We were supposed to get a delivery of oil yesterday then got a text at 5pm to say that due to weather conditions they are behind schedule and our delivery has been put back to Monday!  Bit annoyed with them, I get that we are in a rural area and roads are icy but they knew we had no heating.  Then again I suppose they are used to people ringing up at the last minute and making excuses.  I was a bit upset then gave myself a talking to.  We now have 4 electric heaters and the open fire and the old immersion heater still works for hot water so we can manage for another couple of days. 

We went out and did a bit of Christmas shopping after the paid stuff yesterday.  DS1 had arrived with overnight bag while we were out and it is nice to have him here.  No idea what the plan is for the day, it is very white and pretty out!  I am currently sorting paperwork and need to work out how much of my Christmas fund I spent yesterday.

ASB we would love to convert our open fire to a stove too, we keep saying we will save up to do it but other things keep taking priority.

Keep warm everyone x 

MinnieMousesMummy

Morning all, It's a very cold morning here with ice and occasional snow flurries. 

My list for today/this weekend
Get dressed
Feed the animals
Take DS to drama group
Catch up with exam revision as fallen slightly behind and just over a week till exams. 
Do the exam revision that is on the list for today. 
Take the kids to PC
Look into getting a bin for the bathroom. 
HHI
Start festive present shopping
Declutter the mess at the bottom of the bed in the master bedroom. 
Sort through and submit work expenses
Write the flylady Christmas cards and package them up ready for posting.
Finalise the Christmas menu and shopping list. 
Make sure all appointments/meetings are in the diary for December. 
Put unwanted pile on the free group to see if anyone wants the stuff if not it will be going to the tip at the weekend. 
Water the plants
Declutter the pile on the living room and make space to put the festive decorations up this weekend.
Hoover the living room carpet
Dust the living room and declutter surfaces. 

Think that is everything for today. Hope everyone has a lovely Saturday/weekend. Keep warm and hugs to those who want/need them. 

Valli

Cloth_of_Gold said:

East Yorkshire PP.

Pigpenland!….

Wakeful night (indigestion) on the plus side…WM x 3 TD x 3

Just woken now and having my vertical half hour.  Have googled how to replace battery in car key fob…not only does it look simple to do BUT it *might* be a size of button battery I have in the house.

Its sunny so i plan to clean…especially easy as DD isn’t here so no-one ‘under my feet’.  And do some niggly jobs too.

pigpen

Cloth_of_Gold said:

East Yorkshire PP.

I saw that.. but I’ve only seen one town where they call them a bread cake! 

roundtuit

Still freezing fog here.

Brew 2 supped and breakfast eaten

To Do Today List 
Get dressed 
Feed the birds 
Put out the rubbish and recycling 
Bring down laundry hamper 
Sort washing into loads 
Set first load swishing 
FUPA towels- still on airer 
WUDUPA 
Turn calendars on to December 
Write Flylady Christmas cards 
Look through COD - maybe my gloves are in there?
HH Admin 

There was something else but I forget what it was. Never mind. Plenty to be going on with...

Stay safe.
Rxx

soappie

Morning all

Foggy and really cold here today. The field at the end of the garden has completely disappeared behind a wall of white.

Advent calendar delivered yesterday afternoon and had a lovely thank you video sent to me when DGD got in from school and opened her first box.

@Valli re the car fob - yes, it's so easy to do yourself. When mine started dying, I spoke to the dealer  and they told me it would cost £10 to have it replaced. I thought sod that for a game of soldiers and did just what you did! Looked up the 'how to' vids on You Tube and replaced it myself...

This morning DS and I are off to a local shopping centre. The team he leads at work were deemed to have performed the best over the last quarter so they all received a nicely plump shopping voucher - he wants to go to John Lewis to spend it. He doesn't drive so I go along as chauffeur and to window shop. That said, if it's still as cold as this when we go, I might just stay in the car.

I have DGD for an hour or so this afternoon which will be nice. DS also pops in and so we usually have great fun playing card games.

As to flying, there's another load to go in the WM today and I ought to sweep the living room floor - there's tiny little bits of card all over it from all the box making.

Valli

Thanks Soappie… sometimes they do take the &£## don’t they?  Mind you my fridge has been dark for a few years now as we CANNOT get the old bulb out.  But it’s not like I need it.  And my microwave bulb went, too, and I cannot get to that.  

Time to leave my pit, I think.

roundtuit

roundtuit said:

To Do Today List 
Get dressed ✅ 
Feed the birds ✅
Put out the rubbish and recycling ✅
Bring down laundry hamper ✅
Sort washing into loads ✅
Set first load swishing ✅
FUPA towels- still on airer ✅
WUDUPA 
Turn calendars on to December ✅
Write Flylady Christmas cards 
Look through COD - maybe my gloves are in there?
HH Admin 

I've also sploshed bleach down the loo. 

Couldn't put the bin bags into the general waste bin as the lid is welded shut with ice. So they're stood by the bin for now.

Coffee next
Rxx

Valli

Battery changed, tested, all good.  

Recycling out…my bin lid was frozen but yielded with a good tug.

Letter from NHS re smear result, all good.

Missed a parcel whilst I was sleeping but they will try again on Monday.  Impressed by completed slip..
very detailed and legible!

Cat fed, bunnies out.  Must check straw etc in hutch.

Jazee

Bin lid frozen here too and I gave up trying.

Dailies done.  Took Poppet out for her walk but once she'd done here business she turned round and headed straight back home.  We were out less than five minutes.

All the Xmas carp is down from the loft and I've cleared a corner in the living room for the tree.  Just having a cuppa then I must get on with it.

Was contemplating whether to go to a Xmas fayre this afternoon.  Have decided now I will go as I had told my friends I would support their charity stall and it will give me a break from putting decs up.

Bah humbug