Weekly Flylady Thread 12th May 2008

soappie

Right, as to flying, I've done minimal in the living room. In exactly two weeks time today, there are going to be some blokes knocking 7 bells out of my windows and chucking away brickwork and installing french doors and a new side window. The whole place will be a mess then so there's little point in me doing too much now - particularly as I'm away on holiday for one those weeks.

Pigpen - do I get a dog biscuit for being pragmatic and planning ahead?

Dustykitten

All 3 kids have driven me mad so all 3 sent to bed already.

Dustykitten

AGA engineer number written in front of AGA cookbook for easy reference and receipt filed in AGA envelop

tiptoes

soappie Enjoy your G&T
pigpen you've had far to much to think about with your good new, the cleaninmg wil still be there tomorrow.
AnW'sMum That is funny :rotfl:glad to see they are using their brains for somthing during their revision time

Well landlords agents been and he says it shouldnt be a problem if I have to claim housing benefit for a while:j , this is good news as was starting to panic as have been appkying for jobs and not heard anything back but still got over 2 months to go, so keep fingers crossed for me ladies.

I have done ths living and dinning room including skirting boards, doors and washing the sofa's (all 3 of them:D ).

I've S&S kitchen and Bathroom.
Brough washing in
Visited Dentist
Sorted washing
Started meal planning for next week

Need to crack on with an application form this evening but will to this once DS is in bed.

pigpen

dusty mine are all in bed too.. they have been little turds this evening!!

and some ebay buyer is whinging they haven't got their stuff yet.. the auction ended on sunday night.. some people are so stupid! 'it's been 2 working days'.. well whoop-de-phooking-do.. it never has!!?? my reply.. they'll be sent tomorrow.. same as everyone elses!

I have now done another pile of pics to list some more gibble.. I will have space.. eventually.. this lot should all sell.. hopefully!

I'm gonna be an auntie!!

serena

DS1, DS2 and DD would like to inform you that child labour was employed in the achievement of the following, and readers of a sensitive nature should read no further.

Mad Tuesday - Living room, Hallway, Stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]remove clutter from floors, chairs and fireplace[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Open the windows and let in some fresh air[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors and sofas[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe and water neglected plants[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust those flat fluffy surfaces[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Vacuum under the furniture you can move[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.[/STRIKE]
Sort out the shoes and boots and fling the dead ones and the out grown ones
[STRIKE]Vacuum hall[/STRIKE], landing and stairs.. all the way up to the top

Don't worry, I've given them the number for social services and NSPCC, and assured them that they would get a sympathetic hearing...;)

I enjoyed today's supply work, and am back again tomorrow, and Friday I hope, although the regular French teacher has now returned, so I may not be needed - there are oral exams on though, so fingers crossed.

DD is now officially on study leave. There was no damage at her school, although they did dress up as pirates, and have a water fight outside at lunch time. They left to go to the beach for the afternoon. The Head was driving out at the same time, stopped and asked them if they were going home, for revision of course, to which they solemnly agreed. Sensible man.

RE tomorrow afternoon, no revision done for that I fear...

pigpen - congratulations to your sister, wonderful news!

welcome to all the newbies - don't try and carry stuff over, the rooms will all come around again.

AnW's mum - how's it going?

Hugs all round, see you tomorrow!

fallen_angel_shelley

Michelle & dusty- thanks for the revision advice. DS's school do pay for samlearning. DS has now promised me that he will do more revision:rolleyes:

Pigpen- thats great news about your sister:j.

well i have not had a very good day flying wise and i fell guilty after asking pigpen to make today the day for doing the lounge/living room, sorry pigpen. but i have and still am doing my college work. i have had a couple of good ebay sales today:T, the 2 items that sold cost me nothing in the first place, one was a replacment from lakeland and the other a bed frame that next door were binning and it had nothing wrong with it, so i asked them if i could have it and they said yes:rolleyes: so i now have almost enough money to pay my elec bill:j. i also sold a cricket bat for my ex-OH on ebay the other week and he said i can keep the cash:D so even though it's not been a very productive flylady day for me, i'm happy and feeling more up beat with life.

big hugs for everyone. xx

p.s pigpen, i will male up for today and the lounge on saturday.

pigpen

fallen_angel_shelley wrote: »

p.s pigpen, i will male up for today and the lounge on saturday.

I try to male up most days.. *guffaw*

Oooh.. sounds like I have a child to slap.. Serena.. can you forward those numbers to pass on to my battered offspring!!

cha97michelle

Feeling tired but happy after a productive day here Chez michelle. I have just hung up more wet washing on the airers as we ran out of pegs and room to get it all outside - no point leaving it till tomorrow as it is supposed to be dull and we will be going out anyway.

DH just making me some bananas and custard. I think after that i will make a bit of an effort to get the baby bag packed for registering the birth tomorrow, then it will be time to feed again and hopefully another good nights sleep (cross fingers smiley).



Tue - [strike]take DS1 to nursery, pay bill by cheque[/strike], [STRIKE]sister will pick him up again for us and bring him home[/STRIKE], [strike]go to MFI to complain again in person about the rubbish service[/strike] done by phone, will be delivered for 4th time on 7th June
wed - register DS2's birth, finish off and send off child benefit pack
thur - health visitor newborn visit at 2pm
fri - midwife's last visit

jobs to do this week by me or DH:

• wash bathroom set
• [strike]wash a load of baby bibs[/strike]
• ironing pile to sort and clear
• [strike]tidy up/hoover downstairs[/strike] got rid of some old VHS tapes, got rid of some rubbish, shredded through a huge pile of old receipts
• change water in 2x lots of flowers
• [strike]unpack rest of my hospital bag[/strike] and most of it put away, just need to do some toiletries
• [STRIKE]get the pictures hung in ours and DS's rooms[/STRIKE]
• [strike]pay CC bill[/strike]

Extras:

• wm - load of darks and lights
• most of 2 washloads on the line until we have
• sorted through new baby clothes people have given us, some put to one side till DS older, some in wash now ready to wear - condensed several bags into one bag now so room much tidier
• shredder emptied into recycling bin
• checked internet banking, looked at remortgage options with DH and had a general chat about budget and financial priorities
• updated our spending diary online
• phoned sister to see if she could still pick up DS from nursery and to make sure she knew what he was wearing so all comes home
• opened 2 parcels that were delivered - dealt with contents
• DH has been in the loft and got out baby bath and bouncy chair
• toys tidied up a bit better
• altered payment into DHs ISA after MIL gave us money for the buggy which we bought in Jan
• kitchen benches tidied
• cooker pulled out and cleaned underneath, and wiped
• washing up of breakie and lunch dishes done
• compost out

wow - that is pretty good going really. DH is a star - glad he likes to be active.



Michelle, x[/quote]

doelani

soappie wrote: »

Doe, You're a :T STAR :T - if you could check your daughter's and let me know tonight, that would be doubly wonderful.

It's all to do with some changes to some software that I have to test. There's a requirement about changing the validation on a particular field so it accepts N.I. driving licence numbers. I talked to the developer about it today - asking what the rules are. He said he'd taken the rules from the UK DVLA website (which give the 16 char/digits stuff). He was quite assertive in the way he said "and of course, as NI is part of the UK, it will the same".

I thought I'd double check and found the reference on the DVLNI site to 8 digits for the old licence. If your daughter's number is of a similar construction to yours, then I can make sure he does the proper thing which is verify exactly what that requirement means rather than guess.

Perhaps you could also clarify something else for me - reading the DVLNI site, it implies your licences need regular renewal. In the UK, you get your licence and you keep it until you're 75 unless you get points or move addresses (hence I've still got the old green paper one rather than the new fangled photo ID one...). If they do need renewal, how often is that?

our licences last for 10 years , I was surprises when a friend in england told me heres was until she was 75. I am not sure if this will change in future but will have a look at that on daughters as well when she gets back.

glad I was able to help.