Weekly Flylady Thread 21st April 2008

juliejim

SSL - lovely bungalow - when's the housewarming?:p

Mudbath

Thanks for the information on the grocery challenge, i've always wanted to do it but never really understood it. Now I know why people have different aims. I'm going to definitely start it by adding up what we've spent so far this month. Next month will be less!!

OMG i'm so tired, lol, i've done four more boxes from the attic (don't worry DH got them down when he was here). It seems a never ending cycle of sorting and chucking. So far i've got three more bin bags of rubbish this week, four boxes for a car boot sale, two crates of paperwork to shred and half a box of stuff I want to keep. It really is incredible the junk I have kept though it's making it very easy to chuck stuff.

I showed some photos of me to my dd who didn't believe it was really me. It was in my band days when I was always in the paper for doing daft sponsored things like the time we went three legged on the train to London. I'm going to get all the newspaper cuttings and photos and sort an album. I won't start it until i've finished emptying the attic though.

Right, enough waffle. I'm going to add up what we've spent on groceries xx

juliejim

Sharon - you'll find a few of us on the Grocery Challenge - the May one will be starting shortly so come and join us!

Mudbath

:eek: I've just added up spends on food and it comes to £345 but then there's all the times we spent a tenner in the local shop or a tenner at the off licence. I think realistically we probably spend about £450 for a family of four....ridiculous. DH is home next month and he's good at meal plans so I'm going for £350 for May. I know i'm cutting it by quite a lot but £450 is MAD.
The saving will help if I can't work as much too xx

gunsandbanjos

Its all the little spends that add up mudbath, when you only go out for milk and bread and end up spending £20:mad:

x_raphael_xx

Bathrooms - Tuesday
Level One
Clear the clutter from all these rooms!!
wash any curtains/blinds/mats etc that need doing None to do!
Level Two
Vacuum the floors ~ Not gunna bother, ceiling coming down!
Clean bath, toilets, shower and sinks Not gunna bother with the bath, but toilet & sink scrubbed
Wipe down the tiles and defragment the pc while doing this.
Level Three
Declutter and dust the pc desk
Wipe away cup rings and sticky things
Wipe the keyboard, mouse, cables and sockets and suchlike.
Clean the windows.
Extras

• HHIDone yesterday
  
• Clear a hotspot
• Wipe cupboards and polish mirrors!
• 15 minutes filing!

Bit half-a$$ed with the flying today, don't want to clean too hard in the bathroom, still no call from the landlord however :rolleyes:
Been to the gym today, then took the dog out for a jog! First time I've run outside, and wanted to 'test' myself before my first session with the running club next tuesday.
Dinner cooking now, pasta & chicken & veg. Then a shower & work I think.

pigpen

Tomorrows list is up!!

pigpen

Sharon_1970 wrote: »

Thanks. Me, OH, 13 year old who eats like an adult, 11 year old and 8 year old who both don't eat much so realistically speaking I should be able to do it for a lot less than the £200 a week I seem to be spending at the moment!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

I feed all of us..

Me, hubby, the boys.. 16, 12 and 9 and the girls; 13, 10, 7, 5 and 3...

For around £600 a month!!!

Mudbath

pigpen wrote: »

Tomorrows list is up!!

oh joy! :j

gunsandbanjos

That is really quite impressive pigpen! I do £200 for the 3 of us:eek: Actually thinking about it, there are 3 times as many of you guys, so maybe i'm not too bad?