Weekly Flylady Thread 22 April 2024

pigpen

Cloth_of_Gold said:

Piggers, I'm confused about your family - it features a lot of people and you seem to have young children but also grandchildren. Maybe you could post a family tree.   Anyay, I feel as ifI'm living two peoples' lives but you seem to be living about a dozen! I really don't know how you do it.

I have 12 children (32-7yrs), 7 grandchildren (15-1yr) 8.5 cats and one husband in addition I have 2 DIL (belonging to offsprings numbers 1 and 4, the latter lives here with DD2 and the former needs a blooming big medal for putting up with my oldest who treats her appallingly!) my foster daughter EC (extra child) and her baby girl, Harper.. my oldest offsprung is really hard work and has a 15 and an 11 y/o, my oldest daughter has 5 smalls.. 11,  9, 6, 4 next weekend and just turned 1. My 4 youngest I share with OH are 13, 12, 10 and 7. CF does not stand for 'childrens father' and is the abusive ex.. we all have one lol. I also have half a dozen siblings.. but rarely see any of them.
I can get super complicated and say I have 4 youngers sisters.. the middle 2 were born 5 weeks apart. My grandmother is still alive at 95 and is a great-great-grandmother!

Some days I don't know how I do it either.. it is manic but apparently it keeps you young (I am just really tired!) It is crazy but it is just normal, what I am used to.. I am incapable of sitting still I get really fidgety and talk rubbish.

DW loaded again

2 loads of wahsing on the line

2x WM run again ready to go out in the morning

1x TD of itty bitty things.

OH swept the kitchen, I made him put his stuff back in the shed.

off to my nest..

Chunky kitkats in the fridge and camomile tea for the WAC .. NN x

Valli

just woke up needing the loo and feel much better, although my arm is still painful.  

Back to the land of nod.

roundtuit

Good morning my lovelies xx

It's weeeeekeeeennnd woot woot. I woke up at 5.30, worked out that it was Saturday 🥳, turned over, and woke up at 8.25! 

I'm up, made my bed, brought down the laundry hamper,  sorted washing into loads,  set first load swishing,  and I'm supping my first brew.

piggers - L is 4 next weekend? Wow. Where did that time go? 

I'll be back with a Round. I need another brew first - synapses are still asleep 😴 

Rxx

Fayolle

Morning all,
I have excelled myself for a Saturday - up and out by 8.30am, picked up new glasses in big town by 9.15am. Home (since when did flashing from behind for actually doing the speed limit become acceptable behaviour?? If you don’t like it, overtake me), coffee had, ready to start flying. It is cold and damp.  The rain has just stopped, but due to start again later, so it is indoor jobs for today again, whilst tilting my head weirdly to get used to said new glasses. DSis is coming this afternoon, so I have bought biscuits. Any leftovers will be freely available for WAC. Out for dinner this evening with DH and his cousin. 

Might just have slipped a hopeful summer dress in the basket at Mr S, paid for with Nect@r points, so that’s free, am I right?! I have dressmaking fabric being delivered later. That makes me very happy. Then I have also seen some new sock wool that DD will like…
Pigpen - not only L,  but how did Twinkle get to be 7 already??
Have a lovely day all. I am going to shine up my flylady halo. It is very tarnished atm.

Cloth_of_Gold

Pigpen, I'm exhausted just reading about your extended family and what is, I'm sure, just some of their needs. Nicola Horlick is a rank amateur compared to you! I don't know about a medal, you need a Damehood at the very least.

I got up reasonably early to find that A's face was bright red and so dry and flaky it looked as if someone had covered it with desiccated coconut. I gave him some of my exfoliant and he got most of it off with that, although not his eyelids or the area immediately around his eyes, as you can't really use it there. He then washed it off and deep moisturised and it looked a lot better, thank goodness. He really does need to use the moisturiser more regularly as it will help to keep it at bay. Apart from how awful it looks and feels for him he also risks getting a recurrence of the eye infection he had last year. One his face had settled down a bit I gave him some drops, and more after lunch.

Just after 9 I took a bag of recycling down and then went out to the bakery for a cheese straw and a pain au chocolat for A, driving as it was wet. The car said it was only 7.5 degrees, which is crazy for London, considering it's almost May. I bought the paper on the way home and also something from the chemist for A. After I'd got back I made us a coffee and then screwed one of the legs back on a small convection heater as it had fallen off.

Other than that I have made lunch and WUPA the breakfast, coffee and lunch things, done a bit of ironing, done some indoor gardening, S&S in the kitchen and bathroom and put away a Waitrose delivery. I'm now TDing some socks which I'd started to TD a couple of days ago but forgot to finish on the rack and were still in the machine. A is watching an old film on BBC2 so I'm going to ring my brother now and then it will be time to make A a cup of tea.

roundtuit

Two loads of washing now draped on the airer and radiators. 

Rubbish binned, and new bags put in bins. Birds fed.

Had a couple of hours with Pops this morning and had a read-a-book afternoon.

Rxx

pigpen

roundtuit said:

piggers - L is 4 next weekend? Wow. Where did that time go?

Rxx

He is one of the very first lockdown babies.

Fayolle said:

Pigpen - not only L,  but how did Twinkle get to be 7 already??

She is actually 8 in June!!! Though if she doesn't quit behaving as she is, she may be buried in a plantpot upside downlike the HP mandrake she is emulating!

Cloth_of_Gold said:

Pigpen, I'm exhausted just reading about your extended family and what is, I'm sure, just some of their needs. Nicola Horlick is a rank amateur compared to you! I don't know about a medal, you need a Damehood at the very least.

While I would not turn down a Damehood.. (probably more pantomime dame tbh!!) I don't really feel it is warranted. I can just about run a bath definitely no time for a charitable organisation.. though.. I did run 2 groups for teenage parents with Save the Ch ildren, back in the day and helped shape legislative changes within the LA and changes to the language used by local media.. I co-hosted conference workshops .. and made my first £50k and house deposit on ebay and selling Avon lol... I'm not quite sure those things count.

Dance and swimming done.. we have Squeaks performance at 7 so OH is feeding the misery and the other 2 now.. I need to counter the impending tummy trouble..

Cloth_of_Gold

£50K from ebay and Avon - that's impressive.

Rang my brother and he said that and his wife went to Brigg market this morning. They looked for you @roundtuit but couldn't see you.

Made tea for A and then gave him his eye drops and helped him exfoliate again as they dry flakiness had returned after which he put more moisturiser on. I'm not sure that using my exfoliant more than once a day is a good idea as it's not intended for what A is using it for and it may be making the redness worse. The GP has referred him to a dermatologist but she said it would take months to get an appointment and suggested he saw someone privately. If it doesn't clear up of its own accord soon I hope he does that as he can't go on like this for months on end.

I'm going to make our supper now - just a sandwich, which is good as that is quick and easy.

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all

Thanks ASB x. I think work is getting to me a bit at the moment.  I need a few days off. 

Busy day helping DH out with his business, didn't sleep very well last night so tired now.

Tomorrow we have nothing planned which is nice but I should really do some work on DHs accounts.  There is a bit of flying to do too. 

Feel vaguely unsettled but not sure why, maybe it's just because I am tired. 

Valli

cleaned at work; as well as doing the floor i’ll need to see to other things on a rota basis.  I did a window, too

managed to get washing drying outside, so it’s been ironed and put on the maiden.

Did some knitting while watching Fisherman’s Friends