Weekly Flylady Thread 17th March 2008

soappie

Dustykitten wrote: »

Hugs Soappie would you like a glass of my wine?

Please.... yes PLEASE Can I have a very big one? With a straw?

Dustykitten

You sure can, let's get sloshed and forget our troubles.

soappie

Dustykitten wrote: »

You sure can, let's get sloshed and forget our troubles.

Here's sloshing with you kid! :beer:

soappie

Right, I'm finally calming down enough to contemplate going to bed. Thanks for the wine Dusty - I enjoyed it.

I'm just hoping tomorrow won't be too expensive with the car - but maybe that's where my savings are supposed to go...

night all

lil_me

Good evening, busy day busy day.

Right, first issue, bins. I emailed the council who sent a reply stating the notice was in with the council tax bill, I emailed back explaining that was great, but it only arrived this morning as did everyone elses!!!! I got a reply back apologising and saying they are calling hopefully tomorrow if not by Saturday to collect the ones they missed because of the bills being sent late! Quick dash round the neighbours who's bins were missed to let them know. Good news is from April they are collecting plastics and cardboard!!! Wohooo!!! No more tip runs with cardboard and some way at last to recycle plastics (we don't even have a tip collection for this) which DP says I am sad to be excited about but hey, that's me.

Parents evenings, well I couldn't be more pleased with the boys progress!!! I am so pleased we moved when it comes to DS2 as his numeracy, literacy and self esteem is vastly improved. They brought in something, a large 'coat' made from patches of dyed material he'd helped make (using a sewing machine, with supervision) and spent all afternoon helping to put it together to show everyone, proud Mam moment. He is no longer classed as having 'severe learning difficulties' as he was in his previous school. Just shows what difference school can make. DS1s now showing great progress with everything which is great. I could have cried with happiness instead of sadness when I came home which was the feeling I was always left with after parents evenings when they were at the other school.

AGM went ok, meeting went ok but loads to sort out, will work on that later.

Housework :rotfl: well I got vacuumed through, cleaned the kitchen, cleaned the sitting room, did 2 loads of laundry and one dishwasher load so that'll have to do as I am all 'meeting'd out' and very tired.

Oh and somehow got talked into volunteering to help in my sons school......but will also help me in experience for when my degree is finished.

Car tax, my little 1.6 is going up £35 a year to tax...............my partners car being a pre 1996 will be cheaper to tax than my little 1.6 by 2010 (his is 2.3), my 4.0 4x4 I traded in would also have been cheaper to tax.........wish I'd kept the thing in a way but hey ho.

Hope you are all ok, not had much of a chance to read through. A message from the Boardguides about a very sad loss of one of our fellow OS ladies, my thoughts as posted are with smokybabe and the children at this very sad time http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=805121

juliejim

Well done to Lil'me's DSs.

juliejim

Hope you're feeling better this morning soappie.

FrankieM

Morning All,
I haven't read any posts, so I hope you are all well. Hugs to everyone!
I got nothing done yesterday, so I have loads to do today....
DH is away for the rest of the week, now, so I should be able to crack on and get stuff done...

Mad Monday - Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace
Level Two
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe and water neglected plants
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Polish the porch
Level Three
Vacuum under the furniture you can move
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
Clear a hotspot
Vacuum hall and stairs
Extras

• Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs
• Wipe front door.. inside and out!
• Delete 10 links in your favourites which are dead or no longer used!!!
• Sort that corner full of shoes and coats and bags... I know you all put this off so get it sorted.. before the better weather hits!!

EASTER EBAY CHALLENGE!!
We all have a box of stuff we keep meaning to ebay and putting off.. well.. this is your week!!

1. This week.. locate the box and photograph 25 items!!!
2. Upload pics to the pc
   
3. If you use turbolister.. update it!

Killer Kitchen - Tuesday
It appears to be a short list today but some of the tasks are quite substantial
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Open the windows and let in the spring!
Level Two
Sweep and Mop the floor
Wipe the cupboards, appliances and all those manky corners!!
Level Three
Wipe the table, replace cloth if needed
Clean all those small appliances. Empty crumbs out of the toaster, scrub the microwave, descale the iron and kettle, shine the breadmaker, polish the slowcooker.
Take EVERYTHING out of the fridge give it a deep clean.. including shelves and drawers!!
Extras

• Clean oven/hob if you must.. *rolls eyes*
• HHI .. with your clean iron!!
• Clean windows and sills
• treat the pets for fleas!!! This is prime time for them to be developing an infestation.. the last thing you need in your house! Don't forget to deflea those beds and baskets and other flea-homes

My List:
DW
WM
TD
Tesco shopping
walk dog
go to bank
general tidy
S&S bathroom
singing practise
put DH's tools back in shed
put some seeds in trays
tuna & sweetcorn pasta bake for tea
clean out hoover


That's all I can of so far...will catch up later....

soappie

juliejim wrote: »

Hope you're feeling better this morning soappie.

Thanks Julie, I am. Amazing what a night's sleep can do - I'm calmer and just thankful that, actually, everything went quite smoothly.

And this morning the sun is shining beautifully so I shall use my unexpected day off doing some housework (unless I can find some Work work to do from home).

boddy

Morning flyers.

Feel better after a good sleep. Thought I would get a good start on the kitchen. Im out later shopping with daughter as she needs something to wear for a funereal. Her ex partner was found dead on Sunday.

Soappie A horrendous experience for you and quite scary. Glad you eventually got it sorted. Hope you are feeling ok today.

lil_me Thats good news about the boys. Sounds like they are making excellent progress. Bet you are glad your bins are sorted. Your council sounds like mine.

Killer Kitchen - Tuesday
It appears to be a short list today but some of the tasks are quite substantial
Level One
[strike]Clear and wipe work surfaces
[/strike]Open the windows and let in the spring!
Level Two
Sweep and Mop the floor
[strike]Wipe the cupboards, appliances and all those manky corners!!
[/strike]Level Three
Wipe the table, replace cloth if needed
Clean all those small appliances. Empty crumbs out of the toaster, scrub the microwave, descale the iron and kettle, shine the breadmaker, polish the slowcooker.
Take EVERYTHING out of the fridge give it a deep clean.. including shelves and drawers!!
Extras

• Clean oven/hob if you must.. *rolls eyes*
• HHI .. with your clean iron!!
• [strike]
  
• Clean windows and sills
• [/strike]treat the pets for fleas!!! This is prime time for them to be developing an infestation.. the last thing you need in your house! Don't forget to deflea those beds and baskets and other flea-homes