Weekly Flylady Thread 12th October 2026

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all

The flat tired feeling continues and DH is now feeling the same. One of his colleagues is off with a flu bug and his wife has tested positive for Covid so DH is convinced we both have something viral.

In the absence of any desire to go out and do anything I have gently been decluttering, and lots more things have left the house. I have also packed away the summer clothes I know that I won't wear. Oh and I have updated my spreadsheets.

That's about it for today, see you all on next week's thread.

Honey_Bear

• no idea how to get rid of this wretched thing.

It's been an exhausting week but I got through it in one piece, with a lovely day yesterday exploring leats on Dartmoor with an arts group. Very mixed bag of speakers who were all fascinating about their subject, including a farmer who talked about how some of the systems work. Amazing stuff. The weather was absolutely beautiful. So good to get a bit of history, geography, art, water management, information about peat management along with coffee and cake afterwards. Had an extremely interesting conversation with someone completely new to me about local politics, sustainable transport and why Tavistock is unique.

* healing vibes * for everyone who's under the weather - it's that time of year. I was with two people yesterday who had colds so I imagine I'll go down with one fairly soon. It was worth it though.

Between Belovéd and myself we've managed to catch up on all the outstanding laundry (and there was a lot of bedding and towels) and by the end of today it'll all be back indoors, pretty much dry and the last bits on the airer overnight. Rain is forecast for the whole of next week so it had to be done while we could get it all dry outside, which involved Belovéd pegging out the last load at 11.00pm last night.

Our lovely musician left late last night after the show to drive back to London, and we're going to miss him. He's a friend of a friend, so there was a lot of socialising and excellent food - a professional bass guitarist can be an excellent cook, as it turns out. I've used all of his leftovers today and they'll be going in the freezer when they're chilled enough. I'm also roasting the plum cherry tomatoes I bought in a panic for something I made earlier in the week but they're completely tasteless, and as we're still eating homegrown ones that are not I'm not going to pretend the shop bought ones are going to improve without being roasted and made into something else. My plants are still blushing a dozen or so a day and a neighbour will be having all the green ones when the plants stop ripening them so that's a job I don't have to do this year. I've given up making chutney. Mine never gets to the lovely sweet gooey stage, it just stays vinegary forever.

It's also been a week of buying things and having to return them as they're not exactly what I need, although I'm gradually whittling down the list of stuff I will need for the winter, but goodness it takes a lot of time to order and then return things online. That was at last a whole day lost to having to read small print and trips down to the post office or back to the shop in town. I'm getting there.

There's going to have to be some serious flying this week as the house has degenerated into a bit of a tip again. No urgency, our next booking isn't until the last week of November but I'd like it to be a bit smarter than it is at the moment. So Tally Ho! and I'll see you all on the other side.

Valli

new thread

Valli

All washing done and line dried; towels on maiden to air as there was a shower. All washing up to today ironed. Jar of granola made - jar label tells me a portion is 70g and I have been sticking to it.

Been shopping - bought a new kettle before the leak on the old one blows the fusebox, a torch just-in-case, and some crafty bits including a rotary cutter and a mat. Must stop watching sewing bee 🤣. I also made lemon curd…still got lemons to use and my frozen slices box is full so I don't need to freeze any (I use them in my water bottle).

SandyShores

I'm lurking in the background, reading everyone's accomplishments with a bit of envy. Pretty rubbish week here in terms of flying. I have been ill over the summer, but for the past week or two (when I thought I was recovering) have been very achey as well so wondering if I've somehow picked up a bug. Anyway, today I managed to do two loads of washing and put the dw on. Typed up a report for our local club and sent it off. Also managed to stuff my face, empty the bins and reload the dw. Planning on a better week upcoming.