Weekly Flylady Thread 23rd June 2025

MinnieMousesMummy

MinnieMousesMummy said:

Left over tasks from my to do list
Do the English coursework that is in the diary for today Work in progress, Didn't get everything done
Sort out the horse's passport as need to send it off to get details updated
Go and get sand for the patio area

Late finish for me tonight (I try to stop flying/working by 9pm to unwind so I can get a decent sleep otherwise I will be restless all night with tasks needing done running through my head), but I have had a busy day although not managed to get everything completed that was on my list, but I feel a good amount of progress has been made. 

Valli

Ugh…I’ve had an entire horror film (destruction of human race type) playing in my head as a dream all night, even came back after waking and it’s a genre i’m not a fan of and deliberately avoid. 

Clothes clearing done…laughed when I found a concealed calci-D tablet in a pocket…mum hated taking them.  Irritated with SD and some of his behaviour.  Almost all clothes schlepped to sally army.  Wehave the best performing SA chazzer in the country, apparently.  Well i’m not surprisedgiven it’s huge…was a Mr L before, and has a car park, making it the destination of choice when chucking kindly donating stuff.

Now must knuckle down to work in the house.

MinnieMousesMummy

Morning all, It's a rather damp day here but I have been up to the stables to feed and check on the horse. 

My list for today
Go to the stables and feed/check on the horse
Do 10 minutes on the exercise bike
Do the maths coursework that is in the diary for today
Sort stuff for the interview
Attend my interview
Polish the mirrors in the house
Laundry x 2 loads
Do the English coursework that is in the diary for today
Take the dog for a walk
Go to the post office to post the horse's passport for changing details, and return signed document to the solicitor
Take DD to the stables to exercise and feed the horse
Go and get sand for the patio area

I think that's everything I need to tackle today. I hope everyone has a lovely Thursday, hugs to those who want/need them.

Fayolle

Well done, Valli, on the clothes sorting.
Kaz, I hope you get to the bottom of the mess up.
We went out with friends last night, so I have leftovers for lunch, while DH is out again, meeting another friend for lunch.
Blackcurrants finally prepped for jam making, once Mr M brings the sugar later with the delivery. HHI has cleared the pile. Shelf and hooks up in the lobby, so that coats and DH’s hats have a home to go to.
I’m hoping to get a bit of dressmaking in this afternoon, as it’s too windy outside to do anything useful. 

ionafan

We returned home yesterday after a lovely holiday, though the heat was exhausting.  And today DH has admitted for the first time that he was "disappointed" by his health - he certainly proved not to be as physically fit as he had previously insisted he was.  Never mind, we both managed not to set foot in a hospital or doctor's surgery while we were away, we enjoyed all the different places we went to, and we met some lovely people of a wide range of nationalities. 

I did a big food shop yesterday evening, to re-stock the fridge.  Today I have unpacked my suitcase, put both suitcases away in the loft, and done WMx5 which has dried beautifully out on the whirligig.   Rosie came home this morning from her holiday with L, has checked out all her favourite "nests", and is now just chilling wherever I am.

Some emails need attention, and J the gardener will soon be wanting another cuppa.  Our kind NDN has been watering the pots for us, so we have a good display of petunias and other flowers, and the runner beans and tomatoes are all enjoying the warmth.

How is Pops doing, round? xx
Hope you're making good progress, Natty xx
Belated congratulations to your DD, Fayolle xx xx

kazwookie

Ionafan glad you had a good time.

Kitchen is done

Floors are re done, a load of cats hair all over the place

Cats taken out side and brushed

The biggest tick of all , drum roll, my tax return is done, submitted as well!! whoop whoop

ionafan

kazwookie said:

The biggest tick of all , drum roll, my tax return is done, submitted as well!! whoop whoop

Well done, kaz!  And it sounds as if you are doing the same as me (and probably for the same reason) by avoiding sweet things.  Very hard when there is pain au raisin on offer for breakfast, but otherwise I was very good on holiday.  I still managed to put back about half a stone, though - probably caused by eating more bread and cheese than usual.

Valli

poor DD had a bad start to the day witnessing a road accident involving a young cyclist on the way to work.  It’s made the local news.

more tidying and sorting done, more stuff binned.  Washing line dried.  sewing machine gone to mates, i’ll keep mums which i think i’ve used more than mum ever did anyway.  

MinnieMousesMummy

Good morning, 

My list for today
Go to the stables and feed/check on the horse
Do past papers for English, as I have my exam on Monday
Do paid stuff
Attend the maths tutor appointment
Get sand for the patio area
Hoover the living carpet 
Take a trip to the post office to send off post
Take the dog for a walk
Take DD over to the stables so she can feed/check on the horse
Pop into the country store for some things for the horse
Speak to DH regarding plans for the summer

I think that's everything I need to tackle today. I hope everyone has a lovely Friday. 

Fayolle

Sympathy to Valli Girl, I hope she is ok.
I’m glad you had a good time, Iona, and no medical visits to worry about.
Late check in from me today, and I’m not sure that there is much to report, so here goes…
I went to the allotment for a couple of hot hours this morning. One bag of weeds, more of the nuisance raspberry canes removed, a small harvest of early summer veg - the first dwarf beans (the plants that made it through the rampaging slugs), a few sugar-snaps, some broad beans, brightly coloured young chard, a couple of beetroots and baby carrots, and some new potatoes. By the time that I had picked / dug that lot and walked home, I was shattered. Onwards and upwards…veg dealt with, 5 pots of blackcurrant jam made this afternoon. Wm x 1, WULTD (DH has just DUPA), dw needs running as soon as I have finished this cup of tea. DH has started stripping out the downstairs toilet, hoping that the builder will come back with a start date. Otherwise it will be even more of a sight for sore eyes than it was before.
DH is off to the uni city tomorrow to move DD home. Not sure where those 4 years went.