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New Year FLYers - part 2

287 replies

bessie26 · 21/03/2011 12:30

carrying on from where we left off!!

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Longtalljosie · 26/05/2011 10:29

Well, that was surprisingly lucrative Grin

Three loyalty cards from my hairdressers, with enough stamps combined on all three to get £10 off my next haircut

Some change...

A $20 HK dollar note (worth a whole £1.50)

And a card from Monsoon giving me £10 off my next purchase if I bring an old item of Monsoon clothing in (no expiry date visible so should be OK)

And a note with a mobile number on it just saying "Ruth". No idea.

Carrotsandcelery · 26/05/2011 10:50

Well, that one also looks doable although I doubt I have the same loot on mine as you did Long.

I am doing my house blessing today as I am having a party tonight - not a raucous one but I am still looking forward to it. It is an all girls night so dh is being sent to the lounge with the dog and we will party in the kitchen/family room.

Having cleaned for the party on Sunday it shouldn't be too time consuming. The challenging is keeping it nice when the dcs descend after school!!

Dosey · 26/05/2011 12:55

hi everyboy. Carrots I am Envy about your party. Its sounds like fun. I am doing my 'thursday jobs' today as well as catching up with my missions, doing some ironing and playing with dd2. Before I start all that I am just having a cuppa and poking around mumsnet.

Hope we are all ok x

Carrotsandcelery · 26/05/2011 13:40

I hope it is fun Dosey. I have done most of the jobs I can do for now. There is no point in hoovering until just before they get here as our dog casts all over the place.

Ds is off school today too and is doing some craft at the kitchen table so there will be some debris to sort from that too once he is finished.

There was nothing of interest on my bedside table Sad but it is all dusted and tidy now anyway.

Carrotsandcelery · 26/05/2011 22:25

Party has been postponed until next week due to the bug sweeping the village Sad

At least it motivated me through the house blessing though Grin

And will keep me motivated to keep on top of things til next week GrinGrin

Longtalljosie · 27/05/2011 08:16

Friday's mission

I love the Master Bedroom zone, it's such a doss Grin

Carrotsandcelery · 27/05/2011 10:22

Ha ha! Well that was a sinch as I don't have a dresser!

I have spent an hour unearthing ds's bedroom though - the dog couldn't actually get in it Shock In his defence it was not him who trashed it, it was a visiting friend's wee boy. He is lovely so I forgive him Grin but didn't feel it was fair to make ds sort it out.

Sadly dd has to do her own room as she is responsible for all the mess there. She kept it beautifully for months but seems to have fallen off the wagon on that front. I may need to give it the black bag treatment again to get the point across again Confused

Highly motivated today by fact we have a baby sitter tonight so dh and I can have a bit of time out. Grin

Downstairs is fine after preparing for the party that didn't happen so just the dcs rooms and the landing to sort out.

Maybe the key to a clean house is to have a visitor every 2 or 3 days to keep you on your toes?

Carrotsandcelery · 27/05/2011 11:27

Ironing done - tick

Longtalljosie · 27/05/2011 11:36

Urgh mine needs doing. OK, off I go...

Carrotsandcelery · 28/05/2011 20:56

I just want to report a small miracle that occurred tonight.

I was putting ds to bed and asked him to tidy his room. It was only a day's play mess so not massive.

He did it!

HE DID IT!!

No fuss, tantrum, manipulation etc. He just got on with it and did it!

Hurrah!

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bessie26 · 29/05/2011 21:23

carrots Shock. Is he flying or after something? Wink

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Carrotsandcelery · 29/05/2011 21:27

I don't know bessie (nice to see you by the way) but whatever it is I like it - for now anyway! Wink

Carrotsandcelery · 30/05/2011 11:52

Morning all! This is today's mission It is not a horrid one and probably one we all need to do.

I have been pottering around doing dishes, laundry and picking up weekend debris really. I am leaving the full blessing for Thursday when we attempt our party again. The plan is to keep on top of the general mess and then the blessing should be all that is needed.

Despite all the washing last week the dcs still struggled to find clean uniforms this morning. I need to work in a routine that makes sure they have clean stuff on a Monday morning. I tend to relax the housekeeping at the weekend.

What has everyone been up to?

Carrotsandcelery · 30/05/2011 14:16

Hot spot extinguished here. I got into doing the cupboard that holds all the letters, drawing paper, pens, pencils etc in the kitchen so it took me waaaay longer than 15 mins but was very satisfying. I went through all the pens and chucked the ones that no longer work etc so it should be a bit more user friendly for the dcs.

I also removed honestly at least a hundred colouring pencils. I have put them in a bag for the school. I am sure they breed in there as I did the same last year. Where do all the colouring pencils come from? I can remember having one set of felt pens and one of colouring pencils when I was wee and really treasuring them. [old emoticon]

Also, does everyone else feel really guilty recycling all their dcs art work? My ds is an enthusiastic drawer and can get through more than one drawing pad in a week. He is quite good so I used to be tempted to keep his pictures but there are just so many of them I end up putting whole drawing pads in the recycling or selecting one picture and chucking the rest of the pad in the recycling. It makes me feel really mean but we would be like one of those houses you see on tv where there is just one wee path through the shoulder high debris if I didn't! Shock

Longtalljosie · 31/05/2011 08:53

Morning! Tuesday's mission isn't up yet so I'm going to catch up with the rest of you and do living room hot spots. I have swept and mopped the kitchen floor this morning because I have a new mop

Carrotsandcelery · 31/05/2011 14:57

I haven't even done the breakfast dishes yet today and I am shooting out for pick up in five minutes! I have been a lovely riverside walk with the dog though Grin

Longtalljosie · 31/05/2011 15:02

Ah well that sounds good. I cannot be arsed with the ironing today so have decided it's officially Tomorrow's Problem.

Today's mission - I'll do it in a second... as soon as I move from the sofa - I'm on annual leave today, that's my excuse!

Carrotsandcelery · 01/06/2011 11:44

Morning all.

Today's mission is here

I have just sort of done yesterday's mission. I have cleaned four of the more smeary looking windows in the kitchen.

The entrance hallway doesn't look too bad so it shouldn't take much perking up.

I have also been doing laundry, dishes, decluttering the kitchen table etc as I potter about waiting for things to bake in the oven for a fundraiser. Baking is not going well though so I may have to start again tonight. Pah!

Longtalljosie · 01/06/2011 19:19

Hi Carrots. Rather like yesterday's mission, I was chastened with how much dust was there, out of plain sight. Still, gone now.

I had a complete "duh" moment as well. I was using the dustbuster and thinking "this doesn't work like it used to, perhaps it's on the way out". And then realised I had never cleaned the filter. Doofus.

Needless to say, it's working just fine now... Blush

Carrotsandcelery · 03/06/2011 11:14

Morning all!

I did my house blessing yesterday in my vest and pj bottoms - it was roasting.

Then we partied last night and I have a slightly sore head today Grin

It is boiling again today so I am just doing the basics - giving myself a rest before another busy weekend.

Dosey · 06/06/2011 21:23

hi everybody, we have been away so my routines have gone out of the window. Anyway a new week and a new start. I have done my daily routines, I checked flylday for todays mission but it seems be only showing Tuesday. I am taking that Flylady has given us a day off!!!! I have done 15 minutes in the garden and also as part of finding fun things to do after tea, dds watered the garden. All good for a Monday. I am going to try very hard to keep up for the rest of the week xx

Longtalljosie · 09/06/2011 07:26

Hi everyone, it was my first week of working three days so here we are on Thursday with rather a lot to do - including a stack of the dreaded ironing...

Carrotsandcelery · 10/06/2011 21:35

Evening all!

I have more or less kept up with my routines this week but haven't done any missions. I also haven't done my house blessing this week so things are a bit dusty Blush

How is the ironing going Long? I did mine on Monday but haven't done any since so there is quite a pile here too.

I can't see how most of it will be done before Monday either unless it pours with rain.

I like the fun thing to do after tea Dosey - I have been following the playing with the kids more thread and have been really enjoying it.

Longtalljosie · 11/06/2011 07:48

I did a ridiculous pile on Thursday. There's a big pile of washing which I ought to start putting in but I'm avoiding it so it doesn't turn into ironing, which is ridiculous Grin

Yesterday I scrubbed the floor in the utility and the downstairs loo and then decided I needed a break so stopped. Need to do the kitchen today. Glad I didn't yesterday as DD threw her dinner everywhere last night so it would have been a waste of effort!

Carrotsandcelery · 13/06/2011 12:43

Hello everyone!

I am back on ironing again today. I have been at it on and off for ages.

I have also been hoovering, decluttering the kitchen and cleaning the utility room up a bit. Things look a lot more under control than they did this morning I have to admit.