Still struggling with doors

[Moo]

Phew! Ilona - just reading that makes me feel exhausted. The house is vacuumed. And polished. Daily. Before 9.00am. I think I need a little lie-down to recover from the thought.
You really must be Superwoman!

 

[Flyfisher]

My new plan is to get a firm in every so often to give the place a thorough going-over, timed to coincide with visits from friends who have Standards.

Yes, that's our plan as well, but more likely for a 'spring blitz'. Only thing is, we haven't even got around to that for the past few years.

Between-times I can live with it quite happily, but have told husband that if anything gets on his nerves I won't be in the least bit offended if he takes matters into his own hands.

Hmm. You've clearly been colluding with Mrs FF. However, we have recently discovered that even a teenage boy will happily vacuum the entire house in return for a tankful of petrol (actually, now I've seen that written down it doesn't seem such a good deal).

Oh well, I can't worry about it right now, I've got to have a lie down after reading ilona's post. :shock:

 

[JoceAndChris]

Me too, I've been reeling at Ilona's before 9am revelation too.

Ilona, no wonder they call you Wonderwoman. That's amazing!

 

[ilona73]

Me too, I've been reeling at Ilona's before 9am revelation too.

Ilona, no wonder they call you Wonderwoman. That's amazing!

Hahaha no really its just me i have always been the same i suppose we all have our own little idiosyncracies. I have ants in my pants and can't sit still for too long. I like to know the bulk of what i need to do is done by the time the kids are all toddled off to school then i can sit down and have a coffee and get on with the real work be that my own stuff with clients, Pauls paperwork or the things we have going on here. If i didn't organise myself in such a way i would never get anything done and as i live with a man who is great at patching you up if you have an accident etc but,he is rubbish at anything remotely DIY orientated so it all falls on my shoulders. I can however leave him to cook a meal or do other bits so its not all bad.
This morning i did all my usual tasks, have done a 60 mile round trip to my grandmas where i re-stuck her wallpaper seam thats been bugging me, cooked her lunch, tidied and cleaned her flat, replaced one of her shelves that was dangerous and been to collect her prescription.I have since come home, lit the fire, been out and chopped some logs, returned numerous work related calls and emails, taken the dog out for some playtime,sorted the post and partially cooked dinner for us tonight and been on here!
I haven't however done any more work on Pauls office which i had thought i might squeeze in sometime today, still the day is young yet !
Did i mention i need a holiday? :lol: :lol:

 

[JoceAndChris]

:shock:

I give up. I quit. I can't compete!

Today I've stripped a bit of a door. And eaten some soup.

 

[Schoolmarm]

I used to hurtle a bit like that when the kids were small and at school.

Joce, that is more than me.

 

[Penners]

we have recently discovered that even a teenage boy will happily vacuum the entire house in return for a tankful of petrol

TuesdayTip: get a cleaner. It'll be a lot cheaper.

It's my extensive experience that bribing teenagers is invariably over-costly and under-effective.

 

[Penners]

Today I've stripped a bit of a door. And eaten some soup.

Your soup sounds like mine. Not so much drunk as eaten by the slice.

 

[Pford75]

Since I was officially 'working from home' today, I managed to get another coat on the skirting in the dining room in between calls. I also started cutting down some insulation board for underneath the floor (going to be insulating from the cellar underneath). Had some rather lovely French Onion soup today...this cold weather forces us into warming comfort food

 

[Penners]

this cold weather forces us into warming comfort food

Ah - you're talking about Mrs P's famous fish pie.

 

[Feltwell]

Not much sign of global warming round here - it's snowing again, fed up of it now. I'm desperately trying to finish woodstaining the new garage doors so I can get them fitted, it's bl@@dy cold working outside!

Garage doors need to go on so I at least have a secure shell of a garage, which means I can move my tools back in there, which means I can empty the spare room, which means I can then repair and decorate the spare room, which means I can move my daughter into it, which means I can move my newborn son out of our room and into my daughter's old room and maybe (you never know!) do this by about the time he is 3-4 months old so we may get slightly more sleep........

 

[JoceAndChris]

You could just save yourslef a lot of work and put the daughter directly in the garage?

 

[Feltwell]

You could just save yourslef a lot of work and put the daughter directly in the garage?

Ohh come on - that's "man space", even Mrs F will only be permitted entry if carrying a cup of tea! :wink:

 

[ilona73]

Not much sign of global warming round here - it's snowing again, fed up of it now. I'm desperately trying to finish woodstaining the new garage doors so I can get them fitted, it's bl@@dy cold working outside!

Garage doors need to go on so I at least have a secure shell of a garage, which means I can move my tools back in there, which means I can empty the spare room, which means I can then repair and decorate the spare room, which means I can move my daughter into it, which means I can move my newborn son out of our room and into my daughter's old room and maybe (you never know!) do this by about the time he is 3-4 months old so we may get slightly more sleep........

It never ceases to amaze me what lengths a man will go to once the baby arrives in order to get some sleep!
A newborn does that to a man bless!

 

[Flyfisher]

Hahaha no really its just me i have always been the same i suppose we all have our own little idiosyncracies. I have ants in my pants and can't sit still for too long. I like to know the bulk of what i need to do is done by the time the kids are all toddled off to school then i can sit down and have a coffee and get on with the real work be that my own stuff with clients, Pauls paperwork or the things we have going on here. If i didn't organise myself in such a way i would never get anything done and as i live with a man who is great at patching you up if you have an accident etc but,he is rubbish at anything remotely DIY orientated so it all falls on my shoulders. I can however leave him to cook a meal or do other bits so its not all bad.
This morning i did all my usual tasks, have done a 60 mile round trip to my grandmas where i re-stuck her wallpaper seam thats been bugging me, cooked her lunch, tidied and cleaned her flat, replaced one of her shelves that was dangerous and been to collect her prescription.I have since come home, lit the fire, been out and chopped some logs, returned numerous work related calls and emails, taken the dog out for some playtime,sorted the post and partially cooked dinner for us tonight and been on here!
I haven't however done any more work on Pauls office which i had thought i might squeeze in sometime today, still the day is young yet !

"little idiosyncracies"? :shock: Look here, it's simply not humanly possible for anyone to carry on like that. Not to mention all the guilt you're causing fellow forumites. We should have a collection for some green kryptonite to slow you down a bit.

 

[Schoolmarm]

You could just save yourself a lot of work and put the daughter directly in the garage?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[FamilyWiggs]

My new plan is to get a firm in every so often to give the place a thorough going-over, timed to coincide with visits from friends who have Standards.

We thought about that - and then decided it was easier to stop inviting friends who objected to the squalor. Standards aren't what they once were you know! :lol:

Likewise I am amazed at ilona's post - didn't know all that stuff needed doing. Did I also read correctly that she lives with a husband and a general? Couldn't the general lend a hand?

I am even more amazed at the number of sentences Joce has started in this thread with a conjunction. And she is the well-read one amongst us! Yet, she seems to persist with this most ugly of habits. Like I said - standards are what they once were! :roll:

It never ceases to amaze me what lengths a man will go to once the baby arrives in order to get some sleep! A newborn does that to a man bless!

I must admit I never found sleep to be a problem. Of course, I fully supported the breastfeeding-only regime - to the extent that within a month of the first-born taking up residence in our room, I had perfected the knack of responding to his cries by asking SWMBO if she needed anything and receiving assurances that all was in hand - without even waking up!

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Oh - and Joce. That room is looking stupendiferous. Well done. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[JoceAndChris]

Why thankyou. And how encouraging and lovely you are. Or maybe just bored? xx :wink: :lol:

 

[Flyfisher]

I must admit I never found sleep to be a problem. Of course, I fully supported the breastfeeding-only regime - to the extent that within a month of the first-born taking up residence in our room, I had perfected the knack of responding to his cries by asking SWMBO if she needed anything and receiving assurances that all was in hand - without even waking up!

That was our experience as well, except I rarely actually woke up! It seemed perfectly sensible, to both of us, that nature had simply not designed us for equal roles so while Mrs FF would feed junior and catch up on broken sleep by napping during the day, I had a good night's sleep in preparation for my day of uninterrupted 'hunting and gathering'. It seemed to work well for us.