Weekly Flylady Thread 26th May 2008

gunsandbanjos

Lol at tiddles, i used to love picking PVA glue off my hands:D

ChasingButterflies

*crawls out from under the HUGE pile of washing created by DH's arrival home* :rolleyes:

Primowino - I hope your interview went/is going well.

Soappie - wow I can't belive they did all that in one day! It looks fantastic!

:hello: to sheldon08

Poohbear - re wedding dresses - I was really lucky that a friend of the family offered to make mine (which turned out to be very lucky since I fell pg inbetween setting a date and getting married :rotfl: It was a long engagement though and dd1 was 9 months when we got married. I must have been a real pain though - as it had to be left really late before she could start making it :rolleyes: ) So I guess what I am saying is do you know a really clever seamstress? I was then able to look through mags and pick out "bits" of dresses that I liked and it appeared like magic! We also managed to find the same silk in a for half the price per meter by shopping around...

JAMIEDODGER and skipsmum - huge hugs to you both.

So far today...

Wondrous Wednesday – Dining Room & Bathrooms of Bubbliciousness
Level One

[strike]Empty and wash out bins

HHI[/strike] x 4 (I think)

Sorted out and updated finances too...

WM x lost count...

I guess I have a lot to do after the school run :rolleyes:

Catch you all later x

I did this too

• Do at least 15 minutes of filing

juliejim

I should have known better - the kitchen floor is now covered in glitter!

pigpen

juliejim wrote: »

I should have known better - the kitchen floor is now covered in glitter!

I'll loan you my glue covered daughter.. roll her about onthe floor and it'll all be stuck to her!

She is playing with dead slugs at the moment!!

taurusgb

pigpen wrote: »

I told my mother she could come help tidy up before AND after lol.. terrible daughter that I am!! back end of the summer holidys it is going to be a sty in here!!

I was just so mad she said they didn't like the christmas cake she ASKED me to make and it looked fabulous!!.. and ours was delish (according to DS1)



This morning escapade.. this is PVA glue.. it was thick caked in her hair too!!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Oh Pigpen I feel for you.....WHY do kids do that stuff? Reminds of when DS1 was 3, I was making tomato soup and he was driving me CRAZY. After several "naughties" (washed hall carpet in milk, painted back door with mud etc) I made him sit at the table for time out. After 10 minutes I said he could get down but he didn't budge. 15 minutes later he is winging and whining about wanting to play with his duplo but every time I told him to "get down and get on with it then", he shook his head and sat there.

Guess what? - yep - he had taken 3 tomatoes from the bowl on the table and sat on them :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Funny now but was ready to cry then - I'd only recovered the kitchen chairs the day before with pretty yellow fabric!

Flying - ummm....so far this week not tooooooooo bad. Everywhere tidy, vacuumed and dusted. floors all washed, washing up to date, got to go fill the cake tin now and sort out dinner.

Happy days!

pigpen

oh.. and has anyone any idea how to stop one cat bring live mice home for the other one??? I've had several of them over the last few days.. I wouldn't mind if they kept them outside but they have to bring them in to play with!

dougierobino

Done nothing so far! DD was a ratbag this morning after waking up at 5.30 and I haven't been able to sleep for needing to wee and pelvis hurting- this is honestly the first time in I's 16month existence when I've regretted not having any family anywhere close by so that I could palm her off (with our families it's generally just easier to get on with it IYKWIM!). So we went to soft play with an equally pregnant friend and her DD, regretted it cos they just wanted to run in the big kids' bit so needed following (yep, 8 months pregnant and squeezing under one of those car wash style things - very elephant, err, elegant!)

HOWEVER, she then fell asleep in pushchair on way home (can count on one hand the number of times she's done that since she was born, nosy little devil) and then slept for 2.5hrs. I've had nearly 2hrs of the best kip I've had in weeks and feel almost human! May actually get some flying done this aft afterall! And if not, I might have the energy to run away from Pigpen's golden fluffy mules of power as they come hurtling down the m62 towards me....

right, belated lunch

taurusgb

pigpen wrote: »

oh.. and has anyone any idea how to stop one cat bring live mice home for the other one??? I've had several of them over the last few days.. I wouldn't mind if they kept them outside but they have to bring them in to play with!

No idea but if you find out and it works with birds let me know - I'm sick of chasing cat and half dead birds round the living room

gunsandbanjos - hope you feel better soon!

aimeelister

Hello everyone. :wave:
Hello everyone joining us for another week of Pigpens madness.

Well Im a bit late checking in. But have just about go my feet back on the ground. Was away with the BF over the BH wend up North, very North, like a 6hr drive. We went to Lindisfarne and it was beautiful.

Anyway the house is a tip. The parents are coming this weekend so i must do something about the house. So.....

Melodramatic Monday - Sitting Room of Sunshine
Level One
Declutter the chairs, floor and fireplace
Level Two
Vacuum the floor now it is visible
Change duvet cover
Clean any glass.. pictures, windows, mirrors etc
Level Three
Vacuum under any furniture you can.. please don't injure yourselves!
Wipe dusty places and skirting boards
Sort those coats and shoes
Extras

1. Wipe the woodwork in these areas

Triumphant Tuesday - Kitchen of Kreation
Level One
Clear and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the little appliances and put them back in their homes
Wipe over the cupboards and large appliances
Clean out drawers and filters
Level Three
Sweep and mop the floor
Shine the grotty windows
Sort out shelving under the stairs

Wondrous Wednesday - Bathrooms of Bubbliciousness
Level One
Empty and wash out bins (including the Kitchen bin)
Clean any windows
Level Two
Clean the bath, sinks, toilets, showers.. shine the taps!
Vacuum/mop floors

Extras

• Do at least 15 minutes of filing
• Scrub down the tiles

To do this week:
Pack for next week away
Get key cut
Find a zip
Book somewhere for Sunday lunch for mum's birthday
Buy Mum a birthday pressie and make her a card.
Clip cats claws
Wash car (if break in rain!)
Wash out hoover


Argghhhh phonecall. Must go do some work.
Hopefully catchup later.

Axxx

pigpen

taurusgb wrote: »

No idea but if you find out and it works with birds let me know - I'm sick of chasing cat and half dead birds round the living room

gunsandbanjos - hope you feel better soon!

The cat is too stupid to catch birds.. he struggles to catch mice normally.. but the other is a killer! He'll have anything!!