Weekly Flylady Thread 5 October 2026

Honey_Bear

I'm sorry I missed Poppet's surgery earlier this week Jazee. I hope she's recovering gently and you're getting some sleep and aren't as worried about her now.

Healing vibes for you Ionafan and I hope you both feel a lot better very soon.

Huge congratulations YL! And I hope the fundraiser goes well this weekend. You do such a lot.

Round, Wow! You're moving mountains! I hope they can tweak your drugs so your bloods settle down.

Valli, we've both been involved with this study for about 10 years, which I heard this week is still taking volunteers and is being rolled out and piloted in some NHS faciltites as well. It's not an onerous involvement but as I'm involved in another study (for Parkinsons) I just do all of the assessments as soon as I can clear them off my computer. The huge, huge advantage of Protect is that if the researchers pick up potentially worrying responses at the earliest, earliest possible stages they get in touch with your GP to ask them to intervene. I'm scared of a lot of older age illnesses but that one, the earlier they intervene the more potential for slowing it down.

Flying has been ongoing and thorough this past 10 days and the house looks presentable. Some guests have been, gone, come back and gone again, one guest has been and gone in the intervening week and another one has been here throughout. It's now started raining so I can't do any of the three lots of bedding and towels that need doing, and I need to change the other bed/towels tomorrow. I hate laundry piling up. I may take this lot to the launderette if the rain hangs around, which the forecast says it's going to for a few days. We managed to get one load of laundry done and dried yesterday for the chap who's staying for fortnight as he's technically on tour so he needs clean broekies.

Last year's green tomato chutney is a fail. I tried it yesterday and it's still very vinegary. I don't think I can be bothered to store it any longer. The good news is that a neighbour has taken all of my excess old chutneys and this year's actual green tomatoes. Some of them are still ripening but there's quite a few that I don't think will and I didn't want to have to deal with them. Result! I tore down the unproductive tomato plants yesterday and I'm loooking forward to getting rid of the ones that are still producing once they've done their thing. I think the temperature needs to drop a few more degrees because there are a lot still ripening every day.

Second shingles jab booked for next Wednesday. I'll be relieved when I've had that.

YORKSHIRELASS

Thanks for the kind words everyone. Some of you will remember that DS1 was very poorly a few years back and now he is a Dad! Lots to be happy about.

I have done a couple of hours paid stuff, made a chicken casserole for DS1 and GF, dried and folded their laundry, done some of our own washing and had a bit of a tidy round.

DS and GF live in an old house on a road with very little parking. The previous people who lived there made some parking in the garden but it's ridiculously tight to get in with the car. Yesterday I scuffed the car bumper on the wall and today I was really worried about doing it again. I had two loads of washing, a casserole and a load of presents so parking miles away wasn't a option. It was all OK in the end but I am sure no one else overthinks things like this as much as me! I was so stressed.

Anyhow, I am watching last night's Traitors with a cuppa, then I need to hoover, empty the DW, bring the washing in, and get myself organised for volunteering tomorrow.

roundtuit

Good afternoon all xx

YL You are not alone, I can overthink for England. Horrible isn't it? I had a mattress being delivered this morning. How difficult can that be? By the time I'd finished thinking of every possible thing that could go wrong I was a nervous wreck. Two men in a van arrived at 9.20am, took the mattress upstairs, and left. Job done. Then I could breathe…

The new pillows that I ordered for delivery yesterday were out of stock, so I swallowed my brave and nipped down to a local shopping outlet to buy two this morning.

I'm hoping that the constant feeling of 'overwhelm' will ease once Tuesday's hospital appointment is behind me. It's my first appointment with Oncology and looming very large.

HB they're mostly mountains that can be moved while I'm sat down. Or can be broken down into bite size pieces. Hence taking the pile of books upstairs five at a time.

Today I have hoovered the area where the tbr piles of books have been sat. Proper flying. Every little helps.

Rxx

Valli

I have been for a walk with the outswimming cancer group. First big walk for ages…90 minutes walking! Saw the estate where DS and DiL are buying their house.

Talking to the group in the pub afterwards one lady mentioned her kids ages - same as mine. Sure enough I knew who they were! She works at the posh neighbours and I knew DS had a friend whose mum worked for the posh neighbours - should have realised earlier.

It did, however, wipe me out…. need to walk much more often.

Have watched WINTER. And the England ladies beat Greece

WUALTD

MinnieMousesMummy

Morning all,

My list for today

• Walk the dog and feed the animals
• Make a shopping list
• Update Mr T order for delivery tomorrow
• Do some uni work
• Laundry x3 loads
• Make a gofundme page for DD's school trips (I've given up trying to get money from ex to help cover them)
• Look into and schedule dds in planner
• Spend an hour organising the planner
• Look into cc offer that came in and see if its worth moving debt
• Do business admin
• Clean out the litter tray
• Take DD to the stables so she can feed her ponies
• Feed the animals and walk the dog

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

Jazee

Congratulations YL.

It seems my post yesterday didn't post!

No flying done here unless you count washing, lots of washing. Poor Poppet still has no bladder control but is improving otherwise. We're using lots of puppy training pads and our days are set around all her different drug times. One has finished this morning.

Our car is in the garage and supposed to be back in time for me to get to a fundraiser I've helped organise this afternoon. DH and I are taking it turns to watch Poppet although I am the one with the night shift!

Have a great day everyone.

Valli

Morning all

Off to one of the posh neighbour's projects today for a mooch

ionafan

Morning all. Beautiful sunshine and blue sky here. DS2 has just messaged me to say that he has already completed a parkrun which starts in South Wales, crosses the Severn Bridge to England, and then back again - some park!

I am feeling a lot better now, but of course DH got the chesty bug off me, so he has been washed out for the past 3 days and is unhappy that he had to cancel his wargaming last night and an all-day model railway show today. He has just "struggled" out of bed to go and make breakfast - I think the exercise (such as it is) will do him good. I took him a cuppa in bed, so he can't complain.

Yesterday I tidied round, stripped DH's bed so that he couldn't get back into it (it's much better for his chest if he's sitting upright in his chair), did several loads of laundry, got a big shop from Aldi (including lots of yellow stickers) and put everything away. Then we had a phonecall from the garage to say that they were starting work on DH's car which had failed its MOT on Wednesday, and where was the locking wheel nut key? Fortunately they found it pretty quickly and did the necessary work on the rear suspension, so by the time I'd eaten lunch the car was ready to collect. DH was still quite wobbly and not fit to drive, so I had to catch 2 buses into town and out again, during the schools' rush hour to fetch the car. Including waiting times, it took me 70 minutes to get to the garage, but only 12 minutes to drive home. That was the end of the afternoon, and I was done in.

I'm planning to get my garden pots cleared today so that I can plant them up with bulbs. Will report back later.

Hope everyone has a good day and a restful weekend xxx

Fayolle

Afternoon all,

Huge congratulations to YL on the new addition to the family x. Also to the new parents.
Jazee, I hope Poppet is improving.
Ok, Round, you can slow down now and stop putting me to shame…
…leading on from which - minimal flying here over the past couple of days. A bit of dot to dotting to keep my hand in. Lack of activity due mainly to having spent all day yesterday at Knit and Stitch. What budget 😳?
Today has been a bitty day. I have dealt with some veg that was lurking, cleaned a kitchen window and the cooker splashback, cleaned the inside of the greenhouse and put down some cardboard and new compost.. I did say bitty. This afternoon, DH and I tackled a very high part of the hedge that he has missed cutting for a couple of years. Today was its day to come down. Tomorrow I am hoping to get some time tidying up the various piles of “stuff” that have accumulated in the craft / spare room, but DH has designs on my time to clear the last bits from the DR as the builders are allegedly starting on Monday.

roundtuit

Morning all xx

It's a glorious morning, though I suspect it's nippy out. Clear skies and all that. Ah yes, it's 7° feels like 5° apparently. Lovely. Hibernation preparation weather 😉

I'm up, made my bed, taken my meds, turned over the calendars, completed the nyt puzzles (only managed two lines on Connections), set WM swishing, and I'm supping a brew.

Nothing on the calendar today. The pharmacist phoned yesterday to discuss my abnormal blood results. He wants to discuss with my consultant before tweaking my dose. Carry on as I am for now. I can do that. When I'm tired, I rest. Simples.

My Plan today is to do a bit, sit a bit, starting with

• Get dressed
• Sort Sassy's seed and water
• Feed the birds
• Put out the recycling
• WUDUPA

Have a good day.

Rxx