Weekly Flylady Thread 14th April 2008

pigpen

hubby finally arrived home just in time to put everyone in their nests.. i completely forgot about DS2's OT appointment today so have rescheduled that for next Tuesday.. but I have to let them know at college I won't be there and also cancel my governor training thing.. I decided I can do that any time but DS2's appointment is of utmost importance so I'm going there instead.

I have headache!

pigpen

WOOHOO! I get to call school in the morning and COMPLAIN.. would you believe.. the games teacher made DS2 run around the yard in his BARE FEET!!!!!! He couldn't find his trainers this morning.. which lack of organisation is one of his 'things'.. oh there will be hell to pay over this one!!! That is SO out of order!!!!

kazmeister

Evening ladies.

I'm back and hanging my head in shame , I have hardly done any flying for about a fortnight, just level 2 a couple of times last week. I'm just too knackered working fulltime Mon - Fri and now going in on Sunday afternoons as well. I can write my name in the dust on the stairs and there are doogie fluffballs all up the hallway. I have however had a lovely weekend with OH at home for a change so we went out for the day on Saturday, shopping first then lovely late lunch at a quaint little pub we found on OH's sat nav.

I am way out of touch with what you have all been up to, so please accept my apologies and offers of hugs where required.

Have scanned this weeks thread and give a massive hug to johanne :grouphug: for her troubles. I can relate to them, my late mother inlaw was fine with me until I became pregnant then turned nasty on me. She was so nasty to me and reduced me to tears when I was 6 months preg that OH took me home and I never saw her again for 7 years until I saw her in hospital after she had a stroke. I dont know if she was peed off that she no longer had him to herself as he was an only child (altho she hadnt been previously bothered by his 3 exwives altho they hadnt had children! perhaps just the thought of his child becoming his number 1 rather than her?) Anyway in 7 years she never once acknowledged our daughter (or me) in a christmas or birthday card even tho OH tried taking DD over when she was small, and in her will she left her rings to OH's ex girlfriend who he went out with when he was 17 and she'd stayed in contact with !!!!!! The only way i could deal with it was to just accept that sometimes people do funny things and she was one of them.
And as for how she put your name in the paper, we all do daft things. When I ordered Nanny's wreath which was from my brothers and myself and our families, I forgot to add MY other half (of 11 years) and my brothers wife of 14 years. Luckily they all laughed about it.

Well I guess I should do something now, I have the clear tea things away in the kitchen but my lazy assed kids arent doing their jobs so I'll have to empty the dishwasher myself first and I so hate that job, then I might do an hours ironing and bog all else, oh apart from uniforms and pack ups.

Passes some parrots to pigpen before I go ..... and I'd love to be a fly on the wall at school tomorrow :rotfl:

Oh and forgot to say hi to the new peeps as I noticed a couple of names I hadnt seen before :hello:

cha97michelle

Johanne ignore the daft bat and do things as you want. Don't let her put you under any more stress than you need to be under - as for demanding you don't have the baby before Friday, she's lucky you haven't had it already with the stress. I know she will be upset at losing her husband, but surely the priority now has got to be you and the baby and making sure the arrival is a safe one.




Right, lets see where i got - (included tomorrow's list too as i know some of it will have been done.)

Monday 14th April: No: of items flung/shredded today = 2
No of items ironed =
Killer Kitchen
Level One
[strike]Clear and wipe work surfaces, Open the windows and let in the spring![/strike]
Level Two
[strike]Sweep and Mop the floor,[/strike] Clean the gacky filters and drawers from DW's, WM's etc, [strike]Wipe the cupboard fronts, appliances and all those manky corners!![/strike]
Level Three
Wipe the table,[strike]Clean all those small appliances, wipe their home then put them back.. , Wipe the gicky things out of the fridge.[/strike]
Extras

• [strike]Clean oven/hob if you must.. *rolls eyes*[/strike]
• Clean windows and sills

Mad Tuesday - Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]remove clutter from floors, chairs[/STRIKE]
Open the windows and let in some fresh air
Level Two
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors and sofas[/STRIKE]
Wipe and water neglected plants
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
[STRIKE]Vacuum under the furniture you can move[/STRIKE]
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
[STRIKE]Clear a hotspot[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Vacuum hall and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!![/STRIKE]
Extras

• Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs
• Wipe front door.. inside and out!
• 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!! i'm going to be brave and sort the scarves, hats and gloves out i think - i can't see us wearing them again this year

Jobs for today:

• [strike]Drop DS at nursery[/strike]
• [strike]Pay nursery bill[/strike]
• [strike]Post DVD rental back[/strike]
• Pack hospital bag and labour bag
• pack DS an overnight bag to send to sisters – started – 3 pairs PJs, 3 pairs socks, 1 outfits (jeans, T-shirt and jumper), new toothbrush and toothpaste, 9 bibs
• Write birth plan
• Make a list of contact numbers and emails for DH to contact
• Copy midwife numbers into my diary so I can keep them when they take my notes
• WM – [strike]load of bibs[/strike], [strike]my underwear plus DS's grobag[/strike], covers for moses basket also done a load of 0-3 month clothes
• [strike]Check internet banking[/strike]
• [strike]Update spending diary[/strike]
• Iron the newborn baby stuff
• [STRIKE]Pick DS up from nursery[/STRIKE]

extras:

• cleaned sink/draining board
• got chicken out for dinner
• cleaned loo
• put some clothes away upstairs
• sister hoovered kitchen/LR/dining room/hall/porch/stairs for me
• emptied airers of dry stuff and now have a lovely pile of ironing
• hung up wet stuff
• got bibs out of TD and folded them and put away

List of shame – sort asap:

• i need to sort the toys out - moving some upstairs, and the toy box back to its home - it has all been in the wrong place since the TV guy came on Tue 24/03.
• the bathroom wall DH tiled is still covered in grouty finger marks that need cleaning off.

Jobs for this week:

• Get rid of old carpet
• Defrost and clean freezer
• Repair hem on my black trousers
• 9LI/JK schemes checked for work so i can put them on the School R drive

Jobs for before baby

• get 0-3 stuff washed/sorted 1 load done
• fire engine bed assembled
• new pictures put on wall
• get DS next size clothes ready in new wardrobe
• pack away any too small DS clothes to go in the loft
• put new baby clothes in wardrobe
• find out bouncer chair/baby bath/moses basket/car seat checking if clean and make sure they are ready to use
• make myself an opticians appointment
• Take up curtain for hall and rehang
• Ring CTC – tell them about my mat leave and DS’s reduction in childcare hours
• Midwife appointment – 23/04 at 11:10am

I think i might have to do some ironing tonight of baby stuff for the bag, but i am quite achey so not sure if i will. I have already put my Pjs and dressing gown on as i am feeling rather stomache achey.

DH not in yet, and he just rang to say he will be about another 40 minutes. :mad: I wish he would ring a bit earlier than now. Kept DS up late too to see if he would be in in time to put him to bed but fat flipping chance. Guess i had best start dinner then. MEN!!!

Right, night lovelies, don't think i will be back again tonight.

Michelle, x[/quote]

DeniseNZ

Morning all. It rained all night, so OH won't be working today. Will have to find him some jobs to do around here


Johanne - I'm sorry for all the !!!! your MIL is dishing out. Hang in there. ((hugs))
Dusty - quite a few trees are turning atm, so pretty to see!


Mad Tuesday - Living room, Hallway
Level One
remove clutter from floors, chairs
Open the windows and let in some fresh air
Level Two
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe and water neglected plants
Dust those flat surfaces
Level Three
Vacuum under the furniture you can move
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
Clear a hotspot
Vacuum hall
Extras

• Wipe front door.. inside and out!
• Sort that corner full of shoes and coats and bags

deep clean challenge

1. drag out all the furniture and clean the skirtings and all the woodwork
2. scrub the manky marks off the carpet
3. scrub the manky marks off the walls

Also:
Finish last of grocery shopping - dog bones etc needed
Pay insurance - have been driving around since Sunday uninsured :eek: because I couldn't find where to pay it online!
Work
Puppy class tonight.

johanne

thanks for all the messages everyone. Going to just see if i can get baby out by friday and then maybe i can skirt out the service?! Awful i know but the more i think about it more i dont think i should be there as it will end in tears.. (or bloodspilling. :rolleyes: ) not neccessarily mine either! OH and I have our own plans to pay tribute to his dad in private and involving baby which were not telling rest of his family till weve done it so they cant comment or interrupt. Will have to see how things go... I only ever kept my gob shut with MIL for FIL and OH sake.... maybe its not so important anymore :rolleyes:


Done loads today... hoping to shake out baby :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Last weeks list to catch up on

Mad Monday - Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace


Master bedroom & landing - Wednesday
Level 1
[STRIKE]Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
[/STRIKE]Level 2
[STRIKE]Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
[/STRIKE]Level 3
Sort 10 things from your wardrobe (or someone elses) that you can get rid of..
[STRIKE]Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.[/STRIKE]
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• 33 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• [STRIKE]
  
• Clear a box of clutter from the landing
• [/STRIKE]Study or other reception room & bathrooms - Thursday
  Level One
  Clear the clutter from all these rooms!!
  Level Three
  declutter and dust the pc desk
  Wipe away cup rings and sticky things
  wipe the keyboard, mouse, cables and sockets and suchlike.
  Extras
• Clear a hotspot

Weekend list
[STRIKE]Run the WM's/DW's through a clean cycle.. bit of white vinegar or bicarb or whatever![/STRIKE]
Do a DIY task that you have been putting off for the last 10 years
HHI
Binbag dance
Wash any windows that really need it.

Personal list

• [STRIKE]Clean the bath [/STRIKE]
• Clear baby stuff out living room
• [STRIKE]mow the lawn [/STRIKE]
• Sort boxes of paperwork in office and put in folders and boxfiles
• Sort boxes of ebay and charity shop boxes in office
• [STRIKE]Sort the 2 "randoms" boxes on the landing [/STRIKE]

Killer Kitchen - Monday
Level One
Clear and wipe work surfaces
[STRIKE]Open the windows and let in the spring![/STRIKE]
Level Two
Sweep and Mop the floor
[STRIKE]Clean the gacky filters and drawers from DW's, WM's etc
[/STRIKE]Wipe the cupboard fronts, appliances and all those manky corners!!
Level Three
Wipe the table, replace cloth if needed
Clean all those small appliances, wipe their home then put them back..
[STRIKE]Wipe the gicky things out of the fridge.[/STRIKE]
Extras

• Clean oven/hob if you must.. *rolls eyes*
• HHI .. with your clean iron!!
• Clean windows and sills

Deep clean challenge day one..

Empty the cupboards and clean the entire insides, start with the worst cupboard!!.. shelves, everything.

1. Figure out what needs using up first and work it into your meal plan this week!
2. Clear clutter from shelves and wipe them over.. I want to see empty spaces and shiny shelves

Mad Monday - Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace
Open the windows and let in some fresh air
Level Two
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe and water neglected plants
[STRIKE]Dust those flat fluffy surfaces[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Vacuum under the furniture you can move
[STRIKE]Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.[/STRIKE]
Clear a hotspot
Vacuum hall and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!!
Extras

• [STRIKE]Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs [/STRIKE]
• Wipe front door.. inside and out!

deep clean challenge

1. put all the paperwork in one heap and sort through it

I have also.....

• completely cleaned the bathroom - including the horrible venetian blind so can concentrate on study on that day.
• thouroughly cleaned the windows in the bedroom inlcuding frames
• Sorted a few bits extra in the garden after mowing
• washed all dishes in house
• folded and sorted washing off airer and put it away
• emptied a drawer in my room for babies clothes whilst she doesnt have a room and will be sleeping in with us
• organised the ottoman on the landing which holds all my towels/bedding etc (dont have airing cupboard)

OH popped round before and has spent the day playing on his playstation he brought with him :rolleyes: So hes just popped out now in the car to get a takeaway (we sorted borrowing MILs car yesterday as we would be left without one now FILs has had to go back to motability people and she cant drive with her broken wrist and shoulder for a long time - only cost £31.50 to insure OH for 90 days on it! She has her broomstick if she needs to go out anywhere anyway :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rotfl: )

Hes picking up a bottle of red wine too from his house...been advised it might relax me and get baby moving....... first drink i will have had this pregnancy as i have completely avoided alcohol since finding out i was expecting....... so one sniff of the glass and i'll be legless! :rotfl:

Speak to you all tomorrow...

xxxxx

Mudbath

glad i made you laugh johanne - i really think it's an option and if it doesn't happen could you smuggle a bottle of water under your coat and pretend your waters have broken :rotfl: .

my list for tomorrow:

Mad Tuesday - Living room, Hallway, StairsLevel One
get plaster cast removed!!!!!!!!!!
remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace
Open the windows and let in some fresh air
Level Two
Vacuum floors and sofas
Wipe and water neglected plants
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
Clear a hotspot
Extras

• Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs
• Wipe front door.. inside and out!
• 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!!
• sort basket at bottom of stairs

deep clean challenge

1. put all the paperwork in one heap and sort through it
2. one cupboard in kitchen
3. swish and swipe the master bedroom
4. porch

i've changed a few bits of the list because i'll have just had the cast off and i'm not risking moving furniture etc. don't worry piggers....i've added other things instead!!! xx

Mudbath

i know someone had knowledge of broken bones (think it was kazmeister)...will they remove the fixator with anaesthetic??? i've not been told to fast or anything? xx

kazmeister

Mudbath wrote: »

i know someone had knowledge of broken bones (think it was kazmeister)...will they remove the fixator with anaesthetic??? i've not been told to fast or anything? xx

Its a looong time since I was in the ortho department and lots of improvements since then, think it would be dependant on the type of fixator sorry cant be of more help.

Ok so far I have reloaded dishwasher and made sandwiches for tomorrow. DS emptied DW and has swept the floors downstairs.

Now a new series of waking the dead has started and I'm going to watch that instead of ironing.

TTFN

serena

johanne - have pm'ed you...

Hi to the newbies especially rusty flange and master rusty, who I remember as that is such a great name!

I have been garden working today - shifting loads of compost and soil on a new veg plot - filling up the raised beds...and I can hardly move this evening. No flying done, as way too tired when I got home. I did however spend a couple of hours supervising DS1 doing his coursework.

I'll try and fly tomorrow...