Weekly Flylady Thread 12th May 2008

pigpen

Taurus.. if you get nowhere.. ring the local paper.. they like stuff like that and the situation is always remedied in days!!! I hope she does fantastically well.. and if nothing else it isn't all wasted she will have the other 3 qualifications behind her and she can do the Spanish at night class.. it might push her plans back a year but it is fixable!! I wish her well.. and the pox upon the tutor!!!

My sister text me at 7:30 to ask if it was ok to be REALLY REALLY sick... I said she has my permission to puke as often as she likes on whomever she likes so long as it isn't me and I don't want to see her hauling 25lg bags of spuds about! Bless her! She has her gynae appointment this afternoon (for infertility and a couple of dodgy smears lol) I said they will probably do a scan so we will know if we are knitting for one.. or two.. lol

I'm back from school.. I've done my most pressing tasks.. ordered and paid for DD2's school uniform for September... PHEW... that is 3 of the children sorted.

And.. I made a decision.. as my tax credits have increased £40 a WEEK I will put Tiddles in nursery one full day each week so I get a break and she gets the experience of going full time. After summer, I'll put her in 2 days.. and if they go up this much next year.. which is likely.. I'll put her in full 5 days every day after the easter. It was either pay for hot dinners every day with the extra money or put her in nursery.. no contest!! lol

:coffee::coffee::coffee::coffee::coffee: ... help yourself.. I need to go beat this list a bit!.. actually I need to go find the list first.. back in 2...

Dustykitten

Lunch scoffed so going to make a cuppa and check some online banking then off I go for HHC in the bathroom

pigpen

Pink_Fairy wrote: »

Hope all you new Flyladies are doing well and getting the hang of things, but don't let Miss Pigpen grind you down - I know where she was yesterday evening (:beer:) :rotfl:

Until 2am... and then I kept hubby awake for another hour.. ... and I was still up at 6, 7, and then my sis text me at half 7!!! lol..

I didn't realise it was a secret lol.. I'm not going tonight though (yet!! lol)

anyway.. this 'ere list...

pigpen

question...

I am currently with scottish power for gas & electric (henceforth known as 'gne' lol) The bill from them for 1 quarter was £875. they froze my online access so I can't pay the bill and I will not pay it at the post office.. I am not a scrote.. I don't do handling cash.. it goes in the bank out the bankand I never see it. Their customer service sucks so I am legging it back to e.on.. they were fab before... anyway... I have a choice.. do I...

1) not pay scottish power until I have saved the whole amount and then just call and pay it... (I have £300 on a credit card.. paid off card to pay a bill so not 'more debt' just moved debt.. and £400 in savings for christmas)
2) Pay half now over the phone and the other half when I have it but this would mean cutting into my christmas savings
3) save the money and ignore them until they shout at me?

What is sensible??

pigpen

POST 6900!!!!!!!

I've not been in long.. and I am shattered today!

My Thursday list

WM
DW
TD
BM
Laundry out, folded and away
post ebay parcel
fill a binbag for charity shop
both bags out!
get 5 more things on ebay!
15 minutes on the manky work top..
15 minutes in my room
[STRIKE]Purchase DD2's uniform for high school[/STRIKE]


Killer Kitchen - Monday
Level Two
Sweep and Mop the floor..
Level Three
Empty and clean out the fridge.. including the drain hole bit at the back..
Clean hob
Pick a cupboard and empty and clean it out and replace only what you wish to keep!

Mad Tuesday - Living room, Hallway, Stairs

Level Two
Vacuum floors and sofas
Dust those flat fluffy surfaces
Level Three
Vacuum under the furniture you can move
Clean windows, pictures, mirrors etc.
Sort out the shoes and boots and fling the dead ones and the out grown ones
Vacuum hall, landing and stairs.. all the way up to the top!!!!!
Extras

• Wipe woodwork in the hall and stairs & wipe front door.. inside and out!
• Wash those winter coats and put them away/fling the manky old ones..

Study or other reception room & bathrooms - Wednesday
Level One
Clear the clutter from all these rooms!!
Level Two
Vacuum the floors
Clean sinks
Level Three
declutter and dust the pc desk *looks at desk then continues down the list*
wipe the keyboard, mouse, cables and sockets and suchlike.
Clean the windows.
Extras

• HHI..
• Clear a hotspot
• Degunge around the bottoms of the taps!
• Wipe cupboards and polish mirrors!

Master bedroom & landing -Thursday
Level 1
[STRIKE]Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Fling open the window and let in the spring![/STRIKE]
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
[STRIKE]Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Clean lightshade. And remove dead insects[/STRIKE]
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort 10 things from a wardrobe Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extras

• 37 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
• Clean windows in these rooms
• Clear a box of clutter from the landing
• Make any necessary phone calls.. physio to chase Jb's referral and shoe thingy.

dougierobino

Taurus - I really feel for you and your daughter and I am, or was, a languages teacher (do I need to duck?!). Her teacher has behaved appallingly, oral exams are nearly always the most stressful part of a languages qual. and she deserved to have been properly prepared. If you can get some satisfactory apologies and a way forward into next year then to my knowledge all exam boards have resits in either jan or june the following year - if you can find out which exam board I can try to remember to have a brief look for you, if you'd like.

My list has shrunk! and today is play day, been out this am and out this pm too so the list is being pretty much ignored. Mr Dougie has been on the ball though! and has a weekend list to work through

Dailies
[strike]DW x 1[/strike]
WM x 1 - unlikely
Drying + putting away x 1
Nappy wash – not needed
Groom/ [strike]feed[/strike] dog
Bathroom
Level 1
Thurs
[strike]Music[/strike] and picnic
Dentists @3.30
[strike]lIbrary [/strike]
hr NCT mag
[strike]babysit Mattie [/strike]– in return for Monday!
Find photos for M
Book hote for M’s wedding
Storage/moving prep
[strike]Organise storage place [/strike]– MR Dougie done
-I’s room
Pack up black drawers
Pack up shelves I’s room
Take down shelves I’s room
Remove all boxes I’s room
Shelves/ TV Stand to storage
-our room
Charity clothes fling
File paperwork from pine desk
Pine desk to storage
Call council to pick up old mattress – AK to take downstairs
AK’s work stuff box up from small chest of drawers
-bathroom
All boxes out to storage
Barley twist table and bathroom cabinet to storage
lIst freecycle stuff
- living room
Big table to storage
Ikea for small table
[strike]Translation stuff to upstairs desk[/strike]
Pack up A level teaching and spare MFL stuff
Stuff I can’t do!
Fix bedside table
Blackout blind in I’s room
Move stuff to storage (either AK + helper or man with van)
Baby stuff out of loft
Fix small sofa or put in storage
New toilet seat
Doc’s appointment re AK blood pressure
Weekend - AK
Hoover upstairs
mop bathroom and kitchen
For baby
Double buggy decision
Wash nappies and organise cupboard
Wash bedding (moses, sheets, blankets, gro bags) put in cupboard
Wash newborn neutral clothes and put in drawer when empty
Organise I’s old clothes into sizes for either new baby or storage
Buy mobile
Argue with consutant re: birth plan
Organise family for I/dog sitting when in labour
Buy I’s baby present and pack in hospital bag
Pack hospital bag
Wash car seat covers and I’s car seat covers (wed?)
NCT Mag
[strike]
Format all pics and check work when converted to PDF
If any pics/ads don’t convert send to Andrew at Top Print
Find rebranding stuff
Email ed re:cover
[/strike]Work out provisional page count and plan
Working copy
Contents page
Send proof to Alex/ Cathy/ Leonie before to print

House move
[strike]Organise viewing for 4bed detatched[/strike] – nope! Structural damage!

misc
get l key fixed on laptop!
Finish assignment 1, transation
Tax return
AK work filing system and file
[strike]
Fix blooming printer AGAIN
[/strike]

Mudbath

Pigpen - can you change before you pay the balance? If you can then i'd pay what you've got now and then let them wait till you've saved the rest. Your bill is massive - I know there's a lot of you but it still seems a lot. Mine is £270 a quarter for gas and electric. Is it defintely right?

Oh yes, and hello!!!!, i've not been insulted by you for a while xx

Dustykitten

My desk is now clear..........









cause I've piled all the c**p on the floor

lil_me

taurus, maybe as your daughter is so keen on her studies it may be worth mentioning that many students don't access university on academic merit alone, I had school peers who were declined places because they didn't have other interests. This gave them the nudge they needed to 'get out there and do something other than study' as one put it. If she knows it'll help her Uni application it might encourage her if that is her only focus at the moment. One girl took up rowing (she was wanting to go to Durham) another took up athletics, another started voluntary work.

Mudbath mine is over £100 more than yours

Well not much studying done so far, been doing letters for the council and MPs for DP. Going to grab some quick lunch now then do some, must remember not to collect DS2 until 3.45pm!

Eeeek thinking of voluntary work I also need to clean my car out then rearrange the seats as I am running swimming, collecting people etc tonight, forgot about that.

Dustykitten

Wow Mudbath who are you with - do you never put your washing machine on?