Weekly Flylady Thread 24th March 2008

Sharon_1970_2

Dailies

WM
TD
Middle daugther 20 minutes clarinet practise
Eldest daughter 10 minutes read aloud
Eldest daughter 20 minutes maths revision
Youngest daughter 20 minutes read aloud
Research magnetic bracelet for OH
Declutter loft
IED Direct Debit
SS Bathrooms
SS Kitchen

EASTER EBAY CHALLENGE!!
[strike]Last week we spent time taking 25 photographs of items we could or wished to ebay...
Today we shall list some... we.. don't just stand there go do it!! LOL
You can either list them immediately onto ebay or keep them saved in auctiva or turbolister and upload them all at once.. but you are going to reclaim some of the cost of those easter eggs!!
Aim for 5 a day listing.. if you do more.. woohoo have a dog biscuit.. if you do fewer.. never mind.. every penny helps!!
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Killer Kitchen - Monday
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
[strike]Up to 5 ebay items listed! [/strike]Already listed 7 items and got bids on most
Level Two
Sweep and Mop the floor
Wipe the cupboards, appliances and all those manky corners!!
Level Three
Defrost the freezer if needed!!
Wipe over all those small appliances.. don't forget the inside of the microwave!
Wipe out the gicky parts of the fridge and have a quick check for what needs restocking.. I have locusts off school!!
Extras

• Clean oven/hob if you must.. *rolls eyes*
• HHI ..
• 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! .. left on in case you were lazy like me and missed this![/strike] - done last week
• Go play a game with the children who have helped you today!!

Childrens list.

1. Clear and wipe the table
2. Load the dishwasher (DW) if you have one
3. Can you fill the washing machine (WM) with things that are all the same colour and switch it on?? This is a very important thing to learn.. many big clever daddies struggle with this job.. even our daddy.. so if you can do this.. you are cleverer than him!
4. If you are a bigger little person could you wipe over the fronts of the kitchen cupboards and fridge/freezer/washing machine.. sometimes you need to check the insides too as they get a bit sticky..

lil_me

Oh heck johanne, just to be awkward eh! Right ok, antenatal - never went with DS1 because I had only a few weeks of knowing I was pregnant, DS2 I couldn't because I had DS1 and I was on my own for most of the pregnancy, if you don't do them all I am sure you will get through it. Baby sleeps, erm, you got a moses basket/carry cot/cot? sorted, if not sure someone could get you one in a case of emergency. Nursery can be decorated after baby arrives. See panic over. Now all you need is your in laws to make a speedy recovery (everyone will have their fingers crossed and be sending heeling vibes) and it's all sorted, 6 miles isn't too far. See........nothing to worry about.....kind of....you've got me all flustered now....:rotfl:

Flustered thinking of options aside, whatever happens, I am sure you and the little one will be just fine, everything else will work itself out, as long as you don't get overstressed!!! ((big hugs)) cry if you need to.

JillD_2

Had a great day today. Had a massive lie in, pigpen you would be proud! Almost 1pm by the time I got up. LO came in with me at 7.30am for a feed as usual, kids didnt get up til 8.30 so DH got up with them and took them inc LO downstairs. I asked for breakfast in bed - and got it :j Then read my book for the next 3 odd hours, and finished it, it was brilliant - Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris (she wrote Chocolat etc) . Chaos erupted several times downstairs but I decided to just ignore it and ignore the guilt and wait for DH to get fed up and ask for help and bless him, he didn't. So he has redeemed himself loads I did also mention the money thing to him and he was totally fine about it, big relief.

Not going to report what I ate today as it has mostly consisted of Doritos and chocolate. Again I feel rubbish so it just shows you, eating tubbish makes you feel rubbish. Will jump back on the WW wagon tomorrow. We went to Legoland today and I walked a lot of it off anyway LOL. Legoland was good vv quiet as it was sooooo cold, we even had a flurry of snow.

mojt - eat all the choc and crisps you like, I have !!! Yum yum tomorrow is a new day

solway - nice to see you again, missed you hope you feel better and have a hug from me

and Pink Fairy - nice to see you back too

soappie - I wish I didnt like chocolate. Your saving thing in your sig is racking up :T

luby-lu - hope DD2 better soon

nicki - pic of DD really cute, what a loada chocolate !!

soblivion - did they find the lens ?

skintscotslass - I go to London. AFAIK there is only one Rigby and Peller shop though they are on the net too. I live in Reading so its 30 mins on the train to London (but add on 30 mins to get into town and waitr for train, and 30 mins faffing with the tube in London so realy its an hour and a half plus parking/bus to town and back and £18 for travel pass to London. So I don't go very often!!! Like once every two years!!! Know what you mean about buying new stuff while losing weight. Once I get back down to my WW goal weight I am going to treat myself BIGtime :T

serena - my DS has two more weeks of school too. Then 2 weeks off one of which we are away for. I wuit like it this way, this 4 days for Easter has been lovely, and lovely to know only 2 more weeks of early starts then we have another 2 weeks off :T

Right finished old thread , going to catch up on new thread

ChasingButterflies

ok I am almost ready to crawl into bed...

but 1st...

EASTER EBAY CHALLENGE!!
Last week we spent time taking 25 photographs of items we could or wished to ebay... oops - I knew I forgot something... always tomorrow!


Killer Kitchen - Monday
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Up to 5 ebay items listed!
Level Two
Sweep and Mop the floor
Wipe the cupboards, appliances and all those manky corners!!
Level Three
Defrost the freezer if needed!! umm, they are full - I panic when they start to run down - is this normal?!
Wipe over all those small appliances.. don't forget the inside of the microwave!
Wipe out the gicky parts of the fridge and have a quick check for what needs restocking.. I have locusts off school!! cleaned before I refilled it a few days ago - need to start on list for .com, will do meal plan in bed.
Extras
Clean oven/hob if you must.. *rolls eyes*
HHI .. DH has been watching Rome whilst doing this for the past hour (or so...) way more than 2 now...
treat the pets for fleas!!! This is prime time for them to be developing an infestation.. the last thing you need in your house! .. left on in case you were lazy like me and missed this! MIL got 101 dalmations for the kids to watch on Friday (when we go to visit) guess what ds asked for today?!
Also cleaned and cleared out a cupboard, the cutlery drawer, cleaned the stools and finished rejigging stuff on the counters.

Well it may not look like a lot but for some reason kitchen in gleaming (only teeny-weeny-tiny hotspot left ) Thanks for the inspiration to get this far - kinda looking forward to ALL the rooms looking this good :eek: :rotfl:

vanilla - (hugs) hope you are feeling better soon - for a sore throat - sliced lemons, boiling water and either sugar (lots of!) or honey to sweeten. It will also help to keep your fluid intake up.

johanne - It never rains - it pours (hugs)

ok I am so tired brain has stopped working - night all x

JillD_2

pigpen - thanks for the new list, love the kids stuff, notsure if I am feling brave enough to try and implement it LOL

Meant to say on my earlier post, when DH had the kids earlier when I was having my lie in, it was v funny listening to him esp when he was doing their lunch, and it was chaos. DS whingeing about something, DD1 having a tantrum about something, LO screaming cos she was ungry - then he heated her lunch, it was too hot so he had to wait for it to cool LOL meanwhile DS demadning apple juice and DD crying for cheese not ham in her sandwiches LOl welcome to my life pal! so funny. Poor DD1 landed up in her room for aout 15 minutes (she's 3), I think he forgot about her.....

Then tonght she woke at 11.15pm which is when se gets her one bottle of the day, just as he sat down to watch a film, I said " are you going to feed her", he goes "not now I'm not" and went up to put her dummy back in. He hadn't even got back downstairs and she had spat it out and was properly going for it. So as he came back in I said "er you might have to she is really crying". Big sigh, stomps off to the kitchen to warm the bottle. As I heard the microwave ping, she stopped and went back to sleep (we have a video monitor so could see her). ha ha ha he nice one Kerry LOL. As he came back in and sat down (more sighs and huffing) I told him that basically saying "not going to feed you now as I want to watch a film" was so out of order - I mean , do I say "not going to feed you now, I want to sleep" every time she wakes in the night . He keeps saying he is fed up of changing DD1 nappies (she's 3) and he's not doing it any more. I'm sick of him moaning about it, so I said in retort the other day "you know, I am sick of feeding Kerry in the night. I am not doing it any more". He said " ah yes I see what you mean, you're right , I shouldn't have said it" :T Wow, he does listen.
And this morning he even managed to give LO Ready Brek for breakfast and not just some measly fruit puree :T Think he has seen a bit how hard it is over these last few days as I have been a right lazy so and so and just let him do it all for a change :T wow that went on a while!!!!

JillD_2

afraid I am an OCD type person a la Monica from friends and not only do the remotes have to be neatly lined up but the shoes must be straight in the shoe rack, the dirty dished stacked neatly and glasses/mugs lined up neatly and also the pile of paperowkr in fron of the telly must be at just the right angle. Its a right PITA but thats me I'm afraid LOL nicki I need to take a leaf out of your book. Its just I find if I leave it messy it spreads and soon the house is a tip and I can't find anything....

ooo lil_me where do you get a laundry basket with different sections ??

michelle - we have a dunelm Mill, have only been once, keep meaning to go again, had some lovely stuff in it

justamum - I think you mentioend your DH in response to one of my rants before. Sorry he's so rubbish round the house, its really hard, and not as easy as having words with him that you know will fall on deaf ears or just start an argument that you'll never win. All you can do is rant on here and try and put up with him I suppose. (((hugs))))

johanne - gosh nightmare with OH's parents, hope his Mums injuries heal ok, and that his Dad starts to get better. (((hugs))) for you both. Try and get plentyof rest at the moment and try not to worry too much about everything. Easier said than done, I know.
You dont need the baby's room decorated all you need is something for him/her to sleep in and that could e your bed (though I believe its not recommended some people swear by it). Can you borrow a moses basket/crib/carrycot ? That will do for the first couple of months anyway. Mine were all in a moses basket for 2-3 months.
You said you've been ill - are you feeling better now (not counting pregnancy symptoms related stuff LOL)
Assuming everything goes smoothly when baby is born you will only be in hospital for a night or two anyway and then you'll be home so even if your OH's parents are still in, OH won't have as much running around to do.

hollyh - nice to see you back again too Hope tooth all better now and sorry to hear about your OH's Dad


aarrgh look at the time again, On the up side thougg LO has jst taken a full bottle so there's a good chance she will be asleep til 7am - hurrah a stretch of 5-6 hours unbroken if I go now - which I am ....

Night all
Jillx

Killer Kitchen - Monday
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Up to 5 ebay items listed! - try and choose some maternity stuff to get on there and iron and photograph
Level Two
Sweep and Mop the floor
Wipe the cupboards, appliances and all those manky corners!!
Level Three
Defrost the freezer if needed!!
Wipe over all those small appliances.. don't forget the inside of the microwave!
Extras

• HHI .. uniforms!!!
• Go play a game with the children who have helped you today!!

Childrens list.

1. Clear and wipe the table
2. Load the dishwasher (DW) if you have one
3. Can you fill the washing machine (WM) with things that are all the same colour and switch it on?? This is a very important thing to learn.. many big clever daddies struggle with this job.. even our daddy.. so if you can do this.. you are cleverer than him!

Extras
Gym
Go with DH to buy in car DVDs with Xmas money from M&D
Return mystery shop stuff to Marks
Get missing baby toys down from loft
Get boys clothes down from loft and sort through for Kath
Put TV box into loft
File bank statements
Wash new plates and glasses

juliejim

Morning All

I'm off work until 3rd April and the kids are off school so I'm hoping to get back on top of the housework and the hopefully can keep up with the lists when I go back to work.

I ordered a new PC from Dell on Saturday - should be delivered by 4th April - you can guarantee it won't come any earlier, like the 2nd, when I'm off work.

Johanne, hollyh and anyone else who needs them - big hugs.

Johanne - make sure you get some rest and get your hospital bag packed. Don't worry about decorating the nursery, there'll be plenty of time for that later!

Jill - glad to see your DH is finally listening and you're getting some ME time.

Hope everyone has a good day

Jue

Dustykitten

Good morning everyone, just doing my list to start the week and then I'll catch up on the thread:

Killer Kitchen - Monday
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and Mop the floor
Wipe the cupboards, appliances and all those manky corners!!
Level Three
[STRIKE]Defrost the freezer if needed!![/STRIKE] did last week
Wipe over all those small appliances
Wipe out the gicky parts of the fridge and have a quick check for what needs restocking.. I have locusts off school!!
Extras

• Clean oven/hob if you must.. *rolls eyes*
• [STRIKE]HHI .. [/STRIKE] did all mine last night
• 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! .. left on in case you were lazy like me and missed this!

[/STRIKE]did last week

• Go play a game with the children who have helped you today!! going through all our board games and doing different ones each day - except that qwirkle keeps being got out.

Childrens list.

1. Clear and wipe the table
2. Load the dishwasher (DW) if you have one mine do this anyhow
3. Can you fill the washing machine (WM) with things that are all the same colour and switch it on?? This is a very important thing to learn.. many big clever daddies struggle with this job.. even our daddy.. so if you can do this.. you are cleverer than him! they do this too
4. If you are a bigger little person could you wipe over the fronts of the kitchen cupboards and fridge/freezer/washing machine.. sometimes you need to check the insides too as they get a bit sticky.. DS2

Family room
Sort books and clean cupboard two shelves done
Sort toys and clean shelves two shelves done DS3
sort paperwork do in 15 minute chunks nearly all done

hoover sofa and bang out cushions
Clean floor
wipe all surfaces Half done

Garage
Sort out where bags are

Outside
Move soil and finish repositioning turf

Online orders
sarah raven
garden organic
French cream

DS1 will be doing homework
DH chop and store logs

kazmeister

Morning lovely ladies.

been up since 4 minutes to 4 :eek: as OH woke me up and I couldnt get back to sleep so have managed 2 whole hours of the dreaded ironing and it hasnt even made a dent in the pile !

Hugs to Johanne and her OH as it sounds ike a bit of a tough time, hope theres some quick recoveries there.

Glad you managed to get a rest Jill, makes a world of difference.

Hope you feeling better today Vanilla, and dont forget the pain in the back /neck could be stress and no amount of painkillers will help - but relaxation will so take yourself off somewhere even for half an hour and chill

Why is my doogie on my lap trying to rob Frosties

Anyway list for today

DAILIES
Make tea
S/S Kitchen
S/S Bathroom
Wipe table
Wipe stairs down as they get hairy
[strike]TD empty and reload[/strike] - done twice already
[strike]WM empty and reload[/strike] - done twice already
[strike]DW empty and reload[/strike] - done already

Killer Kitchen - Monday
Clear and wipe work surfaces
[strike]Up to 5 ebay items listed![/strike] - Dont do ebay
Sweep and Mop the floor
Wipe the cupboards, appliances and all those manky corners!!
Defrost the freezer if needed!! - but mine has the littlemeisters snow in it :eek:
Wipe over all those small appliances.. don't forget the inside of the microwave!
Wipe out the gicky parts of the fridge and have a quick check for what needs restocking..
Extras

• Clean oven/hob if you must.. *rolls eyes*
• [strike]HHI .. [/strike] - done 2 hours already
• 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! .. left on in case you were lazy like me and missed this!
• Go play a game with the children who have helped you today!!

Plan of action today
Reprint DD's party invitations
Bath dog and treat as above
Need to do this week as well
Plan DD's party and get stuff for sleepover bags
Get DD's birthday present ordered or bought
Visit friend Laura
Visit friend Nina (with Libby's birthday present)
Bury Nanny's ashes with Dad - Wed
Have nieces for sleepover Fri - Sun
Take DD for sleepover party - Friday
DD's sleepover party Sat/Sun
Try and empty the bin (room)

Dustykitten

Caught up with the thread now.

Holly hugs for you
Johanne hugs for you too.
Fact 1 babies come when they are ready.
Fact 2 babies do not sleep so don't worry about having no where to put the baby to sleep.
Fact 3 babies do not need a nursery, at least not for 6 months - you have oodles of time
Fact 4 you will not get much rest once baby is here so rest now. If you have an urge to clean you could be nesting so stop, drink tea and eat chocolate.

Lovely and sunny here but very frosty.

DS1 came into my room wailing 'I feel sick' at about 10:30 last night. Gave his right short shrift and sent him to the bathroom, told him to concentrate on breathing (thanks for that Kaz) and that I had no sympathy as he had eaten too much chocolate (he can't eat fast food as it makes him feel sick).

Time for a second cuppa. WM emptied, need to get another load sorted as washing basket has turned into the magic porridge pot.