Weekly Flylady Thread 9th November 2026

MinnieMousesMummy

Morning all, in service day for the kids so no need to wake them up this morning.

My list for today

• Feed the animals and walk the dog
• Update Mr T order for delivery tomorrow
• Switch on the DW
• Meet with friend for a coffee
• Laundry x3 loads
• Complete 4 questions on uni assignment
• Do required course work that is in planner for today
• Make Christmas food list and schedule between slots from now
• Spend an hour organising planner
• Look into a suitable jacket for work
• Take DD to the stables so she can do some work with her ponies and feed them
• Clean out the litter tray
• Feed the animals and walk the dog

I think that is everything that I need to tackle today. I hope everone has a lovely Friday.

Valli

Morning all. Washing to peg out then I am out to lunch with my bestie

ionafan

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82201567#Comment_82201567

Ooo. -?° here - very cold, but I don't know exactly how cold because the weather station clock would not cooperate when I tried to adjust the time while the kettle was boiling for my first cuppa, so I left it blank for now and will get back to work on it when I'm sitting drinking my breakfast coffee. Everything outside is frozen but we have sunshine and a clear, brilliant blue sky. Guess who's pleased she didn't leave the geraniums outside for another night?

Glad to hear that you've got your car back, round. I don't drive much in the winter unless I have to. My car does a ridiculously low mileage because we always use DH's when we go out together, as it's more comfortable and easier for him to get in and out of, but at present I wouldn't want to be without a car of my own. Maybe I'll feel differently in a couple of years' time.

My plan for today:

• re-set weather station clock
• look for a decent but not too expensive dehumidifier for getting the washing dry without using the TD - has anyone any recommendations, please?
• check finances and pay bills
• send emails and WAs
• "a lick and a promise" flying in the LR and kitchen
• sort out the jungle in the utility (geraniums and amaryllis)
• accept DH's invitation to lunch (trying out a local pub eatery as a possibility for the whole family on the day of our belated Christmas get-together)

Slinky

Are there any tasks on the list for Friday please?

ionafan, we have a Meaco dehumidifier which everyone was raving about about 4 years ago. I'd bought a cheapie off marketplace secondhand as we were trying to dry the house out when it had been replastered. I then bought the Meaco cos everyone was saying how brilliant it was for drying clothes, but to be honest I've been a bit disappointed. I don't know if it's because I have stuff hanging on A frames on the bath, with the dehumidifier alongside the bath with the door shut, but it doesn't really seem to extract an awful lot of water. Maybe it works better if directed at the washing from a different angle.

I sold the cheapie on to a chap who was working on our house, I wish I'd kept it!

ionafan

Thanks Slinky.

I have decluttered my debts. Rosie is getting through her allowance for this month at a rate of knots. Must put in the claim on her insurance asap.

As soon as I finish one thing, something else finds its way onto my list….

roundtuit

Jars and bottles have been washed and recycled.

Jeans swished and draped on the airer.

Gas bill paid.

Rxx

SandyShores

Sorry to hear about the car troubles roundtuit.

I've had a bit of a tidy up of the garage after decorating, but need MrShores' help to finish it off. Trip to MrS for the weekend groceries, and purchased a Philips Oneup Mop at Black Friday price. Expensive for a mop but its got some good reviews. After lunch no excuse not to do a downstairs hoover and mop, and a mop of the bathrooms too - it was definitely worth it. I'm now summoning the energy to declutter my bedroom. Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Honey_Bear

Not a lot of Flying going on here, but I did a load in the WM because Wren had a minor accident after being terrified by a low flying jet going from Dartmoor out into the Channel and back again several times. The plaster in the kitchen wall survived the panic digging, but the puddle on the back door mat told her story. Fortunately it was the new doormat that is designed to go in the w/m and was bought with that in mind. Ran the D/W and did a mountain of washing up while I was cooking too.

Made a batch of Bengal Lancers Soup because we were all out of freezer soup and I rely on it for lunches in cold weather, and fish pie filling for tonight's pie and two lots of filling are back in the freezer.

I've Flown the slicer I bought a few years ago thinking it was a good investment but I don't use it nearly as much as I thought it would so that's going on M'place ahead of Christmas to see if anyone wants it. I've got a couple of other things to declutter via F'book if I can. * fling *

Picked up the dining table this morning. We managed to get most of it into the car, secured it with one of the dog's longlines to hold down the boot flap and it was so heavy when I lifted up the sticky-out bit the car's bum lifted a couple of inches. It's now cluttering up the dining room along with all the other props which won't leave the house until early December and there are a lot of them which means not a lot of Flying will be happening in there any time soon. Shame really. His last production I made the great mistake of taking our 85 year old neighbour to the theatre in the car and then returning her home after the show, and she now expects me to do the same again. Fortunately for me the show is selling so well they decided today to put on a Saturday Matinee as well, so that's what she'll be seeing. Daytime runarounds in December aren't nearly so bad as late night ones.

Didn't get a single thing I should have done today done. Plus ca change ….

Blackcats

Made a difference in the room of doom today by threatening that some of DH's accumulated rubbish (or treasure depending on your perspective) would be going in the bin. Cue him arriving with his garden trolley and loading up the half used bags of grout and tiles from the recent bathroom re-fit and some empty boxes that he says are useful 🥴.

I gave the kettle and air fryer a nice clean and shine and cleaned the tea and coffee making station.

We ate our dinner at lunchtime so it's tidy in the kitchen and hopefully will stay that way at least until tomorrow.

Narc0lepsy

I always seem to slink in at the end of the week…….anyway, stuff's got done so far (specific, eh?). Today:

• boiler servicemen arrived on time. No problems, only had 1 coffee each. They recommended a new CO detector which I've just ordered from the River site with Black Friday discount. Plus a case for my new tablet which I hope will fit as it has beautiful fishies on it (a whale shark and a manta ray, both of which I love, plus others).
• Charged car. Keeping a check on every function now the weather is cold; have established that heated steering wheel and heated seats have no impact on range, screen clearer is quite fast and appears to reduce range but as soon as you turn it off, 'miles' go back on again. Ditto heater. Still a learning curve but I'm pleased with the car.
• We've spent a few days gathering up tender potted plants which need to go in the greenhouse over winter, just got them in time as we had frost overnight and there is ice on the pond (I wonder what my lake swim will be like tomorrow…..). I spent an hour or so pruning, weeding and taking cuttings so at least the plants have gone into hibernation without being choked by the little red oxalis that spreads everywhere, and there seem to have been antirrhinums in every pot. Osteosperm usually grow well from cuttings so I'll do some more tomorrow.
• vacuumed hall, lounge/diner and kitchen.
• Put away various gibble from various rooms. Not done yet, but better.
• emptied bathroom recycling bin
• had a go at ringing my Mum as she seems to be going through a more responsive phase; however, after a few words ('did you wake up to the sun shining' which was a good lucid and valid question) she was distracted by music - there are a lot of musical entertainers/DJs who go to the care home and I couldn't compete with Sweet Caroline (Mum loves Neil D) so I rang off.
• Renewed antivirus protection.
• vacuumed under the bed while I was looking for some lost trousers. Didn't find them. Looked in a basket under the spare bed and found 3 lovely Pineapple keep fit outfits which probably don't fit any more and the elastic has gone, so sidelined those for the CS. Decluttering! Donated 2 rugby shirts to Mr N as I don't wear them as much as I used to, so now they are in his wardrobe not my area.
• Ordered online advent calendar.
• checked and sent some links to DB which I'd promised him.
• Wrote copious reasons why a local builder shouldn't build 90 new houses on the edge of our village (the leaflet said "easy walk to village amenities"…..er……2 pubs, a garage and a children's playground. Oh and the village hall I suppose, but no shops. This is meant to be a preliminary "ask the residents" before they apply for planning.

I think that's about it for the moment, although I did go through a few other flagged emails too.

My swim buddy just messaged to say the forecast for tomorrow morning was minus 3 ………