Weekly Flylady Thread 7th January 2008

taurusgb

juliejim wrote: »

Taurus - have you finished those forms yet? - you've had all day while I've been at work and you're only just doing them!


Jue

*sob*, *sniff*, oooh that hurts! I did go to work today.....had a row with rotten boss to remember it by too!

pigpen

shell2001 wrote: »

Well guess what...........littles loved ballet and got to join in with the class so Mummy is now £60 lighter thanks to paying this terms fees plus I now need to find ballet outfits for 3.5 year old and 5 year old. Anyone know off a good on-line place?? The shop we had in the town closed down so the nearest place is 20 miles away and I have got no way of getting there - is ebay any good .;)

If they need red tap shoes or pink ballet shoes pm me their sizes I have some needing rehoming!.. no guarantees though as mine are tiddly footed things.

www.dancegeardirect.co.uk

Are the very very bestest!!

and..

www.dancinginthestreet.com

are grand too

Oooh have a looksee if the have a noticeboard for used stuff as well.. bargains to be had!!

taurusgb

pigpen wrote: »

there must be more I can fling to make way for cupboard sorting!

Pigpen how do you make yourself fling stuff? I am SUCH a hoarder and I find it next to impossible to throw anything away that might have even the teeniest chance of being "useful" in the future..........eg yesterday I very grudgingly gave DS2 an empty shoe box to cut up for a project he was doing that I had been keeping on a just in case basis for....................2 YEARS!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

BUT - I would so love to have some empty cupboard / drawer space

Right - off now to cook dinner. DS1 comes round for a meal on Mondays so that's 5 at table tonight for sausage and mash....than I suppose I should try and finish those passport forms beore Dusty takes charge of the fluffy slippers and beats me with 'em!

pigpen

I got tough!!

I figured if it hasn't been used/worn/looked at/played with for 6 months noone needs it.. unless it is something like a winter coat and it is summer! I keep only the very best stuff for 'handmedowns' the stained/messy stuff goes to nursery as spares.. they get it back if it is tatty! the marginally better stuff goes to the private nursery my sister works at.. and the little stuff.. pre-nursery, the decent stuff goes to charity shop and the good stuff goes on ebay... this funds my next lot of purchases. I have become very astute in my buying now.. if I buy Boden (sales of course!) I can get it through 3 children and resell it as 'vintage boden' and get often more back than I paid for it originally..

I'm quite fortunate that the children are close together so as one grows out of it another grows into it and the longest I store stuff usually is a year.

I have before stuck a binbag of stuff which hadn't ebay'd and was to good to charity shop in the local paper for £10 a binbag and that went too..

I do one drawer/cupboard at a time.. starting at the oldest that way whatever we are keeping I can make room for when I do the next one down. I usually do the boys first as there are only 3 of them.. but I must do the girls first next time as they have so much stuff it is unreal!

Dinnertime methinks.. these are all playing up!!

Everyone is on a mission to find their stuff for school.. and judging by the pong floofing from DD2's lunch box there is something pretty rancid in there from last term... *barf*

Dinner..

Slice and freeze bread bombs.. only 24 to do!

uniforms.. DW.. bath and bed.. (for me! lol)

soappie

Back from a quite hard day at the office - things not working, office freezing cold because the heating had been off for a couple of weeks. People popping in all the time to see how everyone's holidays went. Plus the shock of actually going there for the first time in three weeks anyway

So it was a bit of a bitty day and no much time to pop in here to say hello. The dog thoroughly enjoyed it though - seeing all her mates she's not seen for a couple of weeks. She was positively whimpering with excitement as we drove through the gate and literally dragged me across the car park in her excitement to get into the office.

I'm now off to fly through my list of things. This is a new regime for me so we'll see how I get on.

LJD1_2

Mikki2D - you take it easy if you're recovering from an op and that's an order. I'm taking it easy because...erm...I want to?!?! Ok, i'm going to get up again and do some more in a minute!

If I can impart one word of wisdom to my fellow flyers (well several actually) it would be: DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM DIXONS ONLINE - THEY ARE TOTAL CARP! Ok, feel better for that thankyou. I had a lovely email from them today saying that yes, they're in the wrong, yes, the product they sold was defective, yes, I am entitled to a partial refund. Just phone this number they said! I phoned the ***£*£*£*$*£ number and guess what....it's the wrong one, again.

To be honest, I think i've chilled a bit of late as i'm actually finding it all rather amusing. I will get some money back at the end and will bug them soooooooooo much in the meantime.

Back to flying...I have been a good girl. Kitchen and dining room fab! I didn't have time to do the windows so will do that in the morning. Is it bedtime yet? xx

Dustykitten

Tea done, one child in bed with a horrid headache, one washing up and one being creative.

I have washed 3 pairs of football boots and 4 pairs of trainers from the weekend. All drying now.

I should be sorting a box but really not in the mood so will get little one to do his TQs whilst I mop the floor - he will then have to sit at the table and finish them as the floor will be wet.

Need to also swish and swipe and take DS1 to cricket training before putting DS3 to bed - oh and need to locate his bookbag, done the PE kit.

soappie

Well, that's my hour of flying done so far.

DiL decided to be helpful today and started to vacuum the lounge. The Dyson can no longer stand upright. She's asked DS to have a look at it and is conspicuous in her absence this evening! I've had a fiddle but have lost heart. Haven't switched it on to see if it still works. Anyone else had this problem? When you go to stand it upright, it just doesn't want to go all the way (oooo er fnah fnah - behave!)

Well I've done the easy things on the list. And put away the dried clothes from this morning and put another washing machine load on.

Washing the kitchen floor was a crafty one - means I can sit here with a G&T whilst it dries but I'll have to do go and do dinner shortly. It's duck stir fry tonight (the beansprouts are still growing but are not yet completely ready). I also need to get the venison steak browned and a stew prepared ready in the slow cooker so I just need to get it out of the fridge and put it on in the morning before I leave for work.

I'm feeling tired already! But, I'm focussing on the fact that if I do all this during the week, there'll be less to do at the weekend.

Bless you all, flyladies

Manic Monday - Kitchen and [STRIKE]Dining Room[/STRIKE]N/a
Level One
[STRIKE]Clean floors in these rooms [/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clear and clean kitchen surfaces[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean cupboard door fronts[/STRIKE]
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front Doesn't need doing - I only did it, I realise, automatically, last Saturday when I bought the shopping home
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table, polish if required (clean table cloth if necessary) [/STRIKE]
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
[STRIKE]Clean fronts of appliances [/STRIKE]
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky This is fine - only did it last week
Extra Mission:
Choose one or more of:

• Clean inside of fridge
• Clean a window or 2 in these rooms
  
• Clean OVEN yes I know you all hate that one wonder how many choose it half done - i.e. I did the door when I was doing the cupboard fronts
  
• Clean tops of kitchen cupboards and high places (if safe to do so-if you're pregnant delegate the job to someone else!!!)
  
• Check the fridge contents, anything that has gone fuzzy? Anything you can use in this weeks meal plan? Anything leaking that needs wiping?
  

Also:

• [STRIKE]Get timesheet signed for the day's work I did whilst on leave[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]Create invoice for said timesheet and email it off for payment
[/STRIKE]

• Make appointment with vet to get the dog vaccinated

AnW'sMum

OOo flipping heck PE kit, thanks Dusty, almost forgot that!

The dark bits of uniform got done today and I know there are some clean shorts somewhere, most likely on top of iron mountain. Will get my oxygen mask out and scale it later to see.

Dropped A off at cubs, bet she has a whale of a time W is in the bath now and will be in bed in the next 20 mins or so which gives me enough time to clear the lounge before mum drops A off for me.

x_raphael_xx

Phew, kitchen finally done. I'm going to stick my dinner on now, then all I need to do is wash the floor, which I might even do just before bed.
Still need to do ironing but I'll wait til the non-tumbledryer-able clothes are dry, then do it all in one go.

Manic Monday - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms ~ Will do after dinner
Level Two
Clear and clean kitchen surfaces
Clean cupboard door fronts
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining room, checking for cobwebs on way round
Clean fronts of appliances
Wash the washer drawer out if it's gunky
Extra Mission:
Choose one or more of:

• Clean inside of fridge
• Clean a window or 2 in these rooms
  
• Clean OVEN yes I know you all hate that one wonder how many choose it
• Clean tops of kitchen cupboards and high places (if safe to do so-if you're pregnant delegate the job to someone else!!!)
  
• Check the fridge contents, anything that has gone fuzzy? Anything you can use in this weeks meal plan? Anything leaking that needs wiping? Fridge now full, meal plan done.
  

Daily Tasks:
Dishes
Brush dog
Walkies
Clean yard

To do list:
Wash and vacuum car.
Sort out the pile of junk ~ Bin/Sell or Charity shop.
Get some plaster mix & fix hole in the kitchen wall (made by poochie!) Finally done!!:D
Fix hinges on bathroom cabinet. ~ They have been bought
Clean fish tank.
Take last of the decs down.
Ring council re: nicked bin. Have 'acquired' a new one.
Paint kitchen.
WM, TD (or line if dry).
Ironing.
Sort filing cabinet & paperwork.
Write letter to penpal.

Right...dinner time