Weekly Flylady Thread 7th January 2008

Dustykitten

Afternoon

Maralum so pleased your hubbie is back in work and well done you for getting involved in your community. Our school is setting up a children's centre. It is not really being well received because they are useless at telling people what it is or what is going on/who pays for it so people make up what they think.

I can't offer tips as to what I would have wanted as I was lucky to have friends with little ones so spent horus at toddler groups/nct coffee mornings ect. Could you set up a PND support group? Breastfeeding advise? Real nappy information? toy library? I don't know how big your town is or what else is on offer?

Going to put chook in and finish sorting bits of paper on the table, then find some clean bed linen for later.

maralum

shell2001 wrote: »

Maralum - great news about DH. Think your centre sounds fab, have you had the local papers in to do an article? maybe do flyers to hand out at doctors surgery, baby clinics etc?

Thanks! DH will be back in about an hour, so fingers crossed it went ok. The centre IS fab. I was in the paper to get some attention for our breastfeeding club a couple of months ago, but we mostly meet parents through the health visitors who work next door.

Oh bum, baby crying.

gunsandbanjos

House is looking less hovel like:D Got all my washing hung up, TD is on. My kit from last night needed rinsed in the bath before i even put it in my WM:eek: I think i brought half the pitch home with me:o Then i had to clean the bath, cos it was covered in mud. Hallway hoovered, and mirrors cleaned. Neck is aching again and giving me a monster headache, getting a little grumpy.

gunsandbanjos

TD making a weird noise, we have had so many problems with it:mad:

maralum

Thanks for the ideas dusty, especially the toy library! We have a BF support group and my friend is just starting a shop that sells real nappies at lower prices, (they really are a shockingly expensive initial investment!) that also supplies eco-friendly baby clothes and washing supplies.

Exeter's pretty big, but a little backward I'm afraid. A big town with a small mind, IYKWIM.

pigpen

ok.. washing isn't folded.. I'm in with that in a minute.. but

I reloaded TD and WM's
Hung towels and jeans out and brought dry ones in.. gosh it is wondy out there.. my laundry loves it!.. It must be saving me a fortune!
snacked the children who came home ravenous.. must think of soemthing else to add to pack ups.. yoghurts I think.. and maybe a little tub of potato or pasta salady stuff.. (I'll find a recipe in a minute!)
BM on
Worksurface swept and cleared..
sink shined


Right.. off again.. aiming to not come back before 5pm.. I'm in bit of a roll...

Maralum.. congrats to hubby on his new job.. it may only be temporary but there is always a job waiting to be filled.. sometimes we just have to be a litte less picky about what we choose.. anything is better than nothing!!! I hope it makes life a little bit easier for you all xx

How did you do Rumbly on your first HHC?

jjef

jjef wrote: »

Back from work, had a quick catch up here, good luck to those currently on their HHC, I will start one once I have worked out what needs doing and post it.
LJD glad birthday is going well and your hubby made it home to see ds face.
All others with aches and pains hope the meds are working.

Hubby has just phoned to say that the forth bridge has been closed with some minor structure damage which they cant fix until the winds have died down to 30mph (from the current 80-90!!), so he's not sure when he will get home, he can go the long (land) way round but last heard there were 6 miles of tail backs that way:eek:

Anyway my catch up list for today (sorry lil_me I need to swap days and do the bathroom today and master bedroom tomorrow my room needs the more time)

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WM
DW
Beds
evening meal

dust living room
hoover living room
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clean bath, sink & toilet
hoover bathroom
wash down tiles around sink
clean ensuire shower, sink & toilet
hoover ensuite & bedroom floor if I can clear
ironing - 60 mins minimum
clean out fish tanks

Right I have until 2.40 to tackle as much on here as possible, see you all later.

managed to cross off some things before heading to get the girls, just about to start tea as they need an early one before the older one heads off for her piano lesson will need to stay the half hour as hubby who normally collects her will not be home. The bridge is stillhome but is is heading for the train station to try his luck there fortunately we live beside the local station so he doesn't have much of a travel this end.

will set to with more flying after tea and update later.

maralum great news about your oh hope he comes home having got on okay this afternoon.

mumzyof2

HI im new to the OS board as you can see my sig im from the DFW board..but i have started coming on here too. I cant say to much about myself..due to my reasons (sorry) but iam becky from preston area

Hope everyone is good, and look forawrd to chatting to you all.
Im currently tryign to find the morphy richard break maker everyone seems to be going on about and how to make buns/teacakes (see seperate post on forum). I have casserole cooking with gammon (had 3 steaks left). Iam really into this money saving lark..i even made my own icecream, carrot cake, choc biscuits..
does anyone have any sweet things i can make tonight? I have most things in to bake or anything to cook..yesterday i did homemade burgers

Thanks x

lil_me

Thursdays delightful challenges posted, mostly based on what really needs doing in my house icky yak yak! I've added HHC to the list of commonly used terms

Maralum, please pass on my congratulations to your partner, I hope it goes really well for him, I'm grinning like this >>:D so goodness knows how good it must be making you feel.

I must confess the half hour challenge started with me going back to bed but I did an hour in there after I got back up. Need to find the spare bed linen if I want to avoid using the TD so will do that next. DP has been very helpful, we had some things left to do in the conservatory which he's helped with and he's vacuumed the sitting room, after weeks of being no help at all it's nice, but weird.

Just had a call from Southern Electric to say I signed up on time for the pricecapped service confirmed which I am really pleased about with the price hikes being confirmed. I've emailed Silent Night about the mattress.

I best go find the linen and feed DS1, we're eating later.

x_raphael_xx

Good afternoon all, I don't feel I've done much today, but the kitchen walls are currently drying from thier first coat of paint, looking smart already. Just need to fill in the next 3 hours before I can do the next coat.

I am going to start on my bedroom now, I won't was the bed linen thou, my fridge is currently in the way of the WM, so it will have to wait!

Right off I go...any minute now...any minute...watch me go...

Wonderful Wednesdays - Master Bedroom & Landing

Level 1
Check fire alarms are working Working!
Remove and wash bed linen. ~ No
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen, air the bed if possible ~ No
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort one area of clothes or linen storage making sure only what should be in there is, anything that's had it's day or doesn't belong there is removed
Clear a hotspot., or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 27 fling boogie time, time for that midweek fling, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check the airing cupboard, anything that is way past it's use by (maybe recycle for rags if possible, you could donate old sheets oor towels to a local animal rescue for bedding)
• Clean tops of wardrobes and drawers (if safe to do so, no pregnant flyladies on ladders please delegate the job instead)
  
• Check through undies drawers, anything more holy than the church which needs to go/be repaired? Anyone need anything replacing?
  

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.
Fix hinges on bathroom cabinet. ~ They have been bought at least
Paint kitchen. ~ Halfway there!
Ironing.
Sort filing cabinet & paperwork.
Write letter to penpal.