Weekly Flylady Thread 20 May 2024

kazwookie

Garden water fountain cleaned out, it had pink 'stuff' in the bottom of it (bacteria?) all clean and working again

Cats groomed.

Kitchen sorted

Bins out

Other general boring stuff done

Sun trying to get out here.

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all

Busy day off.  Went for a facial, called at Li@l, came home and threw myself into shovelling and barrowing gravel to top up the patchy bits in the back garden.  Thankfully DS came over to help or I think I would still be doing it now.  Laundry up to date and house tidyish. 

DH has been put in the ESA support group which means he gets £138 a week but can't do any work.  There are decisions to make about his business and where we go from here.  It will be OK. 

It's cold and drizzly.  I am helping DH with a fair tomorrow then we have family visiting. 

Valli

quiet day, have knitted though I did clean DR which i would describe as my most minging room,  window was grim, i think the cat dribbles on it somehow. 

Need to sew buttons on completed baby cardi and post it.

pigpen

Valli said:

window was grim, i think the cat dribbles on it somehow.

My windows are covered in cat snot from where they sit and look out. I also have a greasy cat shape on the outside I have to scrub with washing up liquid from them sitting on the outside sill waiting to come in..

roundtuit

Morning all xx 

Had a steady day at work. Phone went a bit mental at 3pm....people suddenly realising not only is it the weekend coming up, but it's a Bank Holiday weekend?  Drove home and flumped. I was soooo tempted to order in pizza and chips, but willpower kicked in and I had a calorie counted pizza from the freezer instead. I'll be glad I did on Monday morning. Well, I hope I will 🤞 More mse too.

Changed into my scruffs and unpacked my lunch bag. Knitted more of the pram blanket. Still on the garter stitch border. Going to have to really concentrate when I get to the pattern itself. 32 rows of pattern. But no sewing up to do at the end. 😊

Today? I'm up, made my bed,  brought down the laundry hamper, taken my meds, completed Wordle and Connections,  and I'm supping my brew.

Where's CoG? Hope all is well xx

A bit of overwhelm sitting on me this morning. The garden is romping away from me. DS said he'll help, but he's in Poland this weekend. I need to concentrate on sorting out the front first - before I get complaints! It's S's birthday tomorrow so I need to nip to Mr T this afternoon/ evening to buy wine /chocolate /  smellies / a combination thereof. Not going any earlier as it's Farmers' Market today and town will be rammed this morning. Must remember to go the long way round as the road is closed. Again. Plus there's the usual weekend catchup of at least the basics to do.And I need to do something with the abandoned bird box' contents. 

Too much 'needing' going on for my sanity. Precarious at the best of times 🤪

Brew 2 first and then I'll be back with a Round. Baby steps today methinks. One step at a time. 

Love to all. 
Rxx

roundtuit

Brew 2 supped and breakfast eaten. I unboxed some cans of pop while the kettle was boiling...more room in the fridge now.

Round 1 
Get dressed 
Splosh bleach down the loo 
Feed the birds 
Put out the rubbish and recycling 
Put new bin bags in bins 
Sort washing into loads 
Set first load swishing 

That'll do for starters
Rxx

roundtuit

roundtuit said:

Round 1 
Get dressed ✅ 
Splosh bleach down the loo ✅
Feed the birds ✅
Put out the rubbish and recycling ✅
Put new bin bags in bins ✅
Sort washing into loads ✅
Set first load swishing ✅

I've also binned ood cheese and sprouting potatoes. And binned the aluminium foil on the baking tray, and put the baking tray away. 

Round 2
WUDUPA 
Put new soap on stairs (I keep forgetting that there's the tiniest sliver left in the bathroom)
Unbox knitting paraphernalia 
Recycle box 
Shredding 
Empty shredder 
Put bag of shredded paper in recycling box 
Pour away ood Baileys & recycle bottles 

That'll take care of the basics  and a few niggling bits.

Rxx

roundtuit

roundtuit said:

Round 2

WUDUPA ✅
Put new soap on stairs (I keep forgetting that there's the tiniest sliver left in the bathroom) ✅
Unbox knitting paraphernalia ✅
Recycle box ✅
Shredding ✅
Empty shredder ✅
Put bag of shredded paper in recycling box ✅
Pour away ood Baileys & recycle bottles ✅

First load of washing has finished swishing so I've taken it out of WM, and set second load swishing.

I've also wiped down the draining board, kitchen worktop that I can, and cooker top.

Oh, and I've found a home for the large multipack of crisps that I bought at Mr Al. So that's not cluttering up the worktop.


Round 3
Peg out first load 
Unbox strimmer 
Put strimmer together (that's an assumption based on the size of the box 😊) 
Read instructions 

Rxx

ionafan

Morning all.

Round, I see you have been busy this morning!  Like you, I've been wondering why we haven't heard from CoG recently - but IIRC they were due to go out for a meal on (?)Wednesday, so maybe still relaxing. 

Yesterday I did nearly an hour's work in the garden, so I'm feeling the bad effects today.  Unfortunately there is more to be done.
I did manage to make some shortbread biscuits and 2 coffee sponges, but woke up in the middle of the night realising that I needed to make another coffee cake and some fruit cakes, so I started doing that at 8.00 this morning - having already stripped my bed and started the WM   Today's cakes are now cooling, I've made the butter icing, WUDUPA everything I'm not actually using, tidied the kitchen, and wrapped up DS2's birthday present (a ParkRun wristband).  I told DH that I would need his help with hoovering this afternoon (his response was, "But I did it on Friday!" - yes, but Rosie is moulting and I've been baking!!!) and that he must give his ensuite a good scrub after he's had his shower....

Also to do today as a minimum:
- finish the cakes
- keep loading and emptying the WM until everything is clean, and hang out to dry in the warm breeze
- dust downstairs
- plant up the pots on the decking
- QHI of pillowcases
- put the clean dry bedding back on my bed
- write DS2's birthday card
- get as much as possible prepped for tomorrow's lunch.

Will report back later.  Have a restful weekend xxx

roundtuit

Round 3 abandoned. Large black cloud appeared so I checked the weather forecast first. Apparently it's going to rain all weekend and then all week. That'd be right! Half term hols!!!

Anyhoo. I've draped the washing on the airer instead. I've opened the box and read the instructions for the strimmer- glad I did as once it's been mantled it can't be dismantled again. (Is mantled a word?). Can't use it in the rain so it might as well stay boxed for now. Ditto lawn mower.

Coffee now. Join me?

Rxx