Weekly Flylady Thread 31st August 2026

Narc0lepsy

Chief sloth here…….I am much younger in the photo!!! Any more sloths are welcome to our club particularly as I've just discovered that a collection of sloths is commonly called a snuggle…….

Not a whole load of flying today but did an enormous amount of archiving at work and have finally got to the end of all the letter 'L' I was filing (that will make no sense to anyone but me, but it involved sorting out and summarising about 5 large plastic storage boxes of student files). As I'm not working next week and the future is uncertain after that, pending the college sale/relocation, it has been a target I have been working towards so I know where I've left off. Exhausting mentally but very satisfying.

Before that I did aqua aerobics and after it I did zumba.

Input solar panel meter reading.

Did a bit of drumming practice.

Got a few things from Mr T on my way home.

Replied to email from a friend I hope to visit next week.

Now slothdom in bed beckons.

Honey_Bear

I am extremely jealous Narco.

Cleaning products I use:

Stardr*ps for almost all cleaning, until it needs a squeeze of

J*f or C*f or whatever it's called for stained stainless steel surfaces like the kitchen sink things, with the scratchy side of a sponge with a scratchy green side.

Vinegar as fabric conditioner in the washing machine, for windows and mirrors, for getting rid of smells generally.

An evil chemical from Lakel**nd for cleaning the oven because that nonsense about bicarb is a complete lie.

Washing up liquid when liquid soap is needed.

A Bis*ell product for the carpets because I've got their carpet washer and they make a carpet soap that is ideally suited for when the animals have mistakes, and ours just do. It's a fact of life.

God*ard's silver polish or even Duragl*t when silver needs a polish, which I should do more often, but meh.

Bleach for the extremely rare occasions I need to use some. I don't use it very often, and have discovered that it eats through the plastic bottles it comes in if you don't use very much and it's past it's expiry date.

Hard beeswax polish for polished wood - never, ever under any circumstances a spray polish.

Microfibre cloths for pretty much everything - pink for sinks, blue for loos, yellow for kitchen surfaces and green for floors.

J Cl*ths for washing up and wiping down when I'm cooking.

Bril*o pads when I clean the oven shelves after I've soaked them in the bath with biological washing powder because nothing else is as easy and I'm allergic to scrubbing for any length of time.

There are various other bits and pieces that even I fall for when I'm shopping but as fast as they come in, they usually go out when I come to my senses and I turn out the cupboard near the washing machine where all the evil chemicals are kept.

MinnieMousesMummy

Morning all,

My list for today

• Feed the animals and walk the dog
• Complete paperwork for the appeal
• Check banking and pay rent
• Finalise work accounts for August
• Spend an hour sorting out diary
• HHI
• Apply for student funding
• HH me time
• Make a list of information needed for the meeting on Monday
• Order the stationery that is needed for the new course
• Sort V order ready for posting
• Post V order
• Take DD to the yard so she can feed the ponies
• Take DS to his drama group
• Feed the animals and walk the dog

I think that is everything that I need to tackle today. I hope everyone has a lovely Thursday.

roundtuit

Morning all xx

I'm up, taken my meds, turned over the calendars, completed the nyt puzzles, supped a brew, eaten breakfast, made my bed, showered and dressed.

I've taken a gift bag upstairs and added it to my stash. An empty tissue box has been added to the pile of recycling waiting to be taken out.

I told Sassy that even these teeny tiny baby steps add up eventually.

Rxx

Valli

I have been given more damsons and plums. There are herds of jam all over the kitchen…

DW run

ionafan

Have I really not posted since the morning of 1st September? [Hangs head in shame] I have been reading along and noting all the flying I should have been doing, but nowadays my head is all over the place, everything seems to take me ages, and progress is soooooo slow. Please may I join the snuggle of sloths?

Lovely to have you back, MMM xx

You are coping brilliantly, HB - much better than I do when DH has to go to horse piddle xx

On Tuesday afternoon I went to K&N and afterwards picked up another small bagful of yellow plums from the tree in the church car park. Yesterday I trimmed off all the bruised and split bits, chopped up the remaining plums and microwaved them to slow down the deterioration. This morning I reheated the stewed fruit, added a bag of sugar, some pectin and a dash more boiling water, and somehow magicked 3x 1lb jars and two "taster " jars. J the gardener came this afternoon, and as I fortuitously still had 4 scones in the freezer, we were all able to sample the jam. I can confirm that it has set well and is very tasty. I'm still very low on empty jars so being careful about what else I preserve until some more come in.

I spent ages this morning sorting out two new ISAs with decent interest rates [thanks, Martin] into which I intend to transfer past years' savings from a recently matured account. I also finished packaging up the photos for DSis-i-L but am waiting to hear which address she wants me to post them to.

DH did hoover his bedroom on Tuesday, as requested. I have not used the hoover since.

Tomorrow I must finish putting things away in my bedroom, change the bedlinen, and dust (I can write my name in it) and hoover. Apart from the piles of paperwork in my study, the rest of the house is Good Enough, and the garden is looking better since J's visit.

Off to watch LLF while I drink my final coffee of the day (decaff of course).

xxx

Valli

Valli is busy