Weekly Flylady Thread 10 October 2016

Morning all.

Jazee - Thank you for representing the flyladies. I haven't been on the thread for a few days, but was thinking of CY and her family and friends yesterday.

Sorry I haven't caught up with the thread properly. Hopefully I'll get a chance to tomorrow. I've not really flown this week except cleaning the bathroom on Monday, I have no idea where the time has gone.

I've already done dailies upstairs, and the WM has just finished the first wash of the day. I'm stuck in waiting for a sack of dog food to be delivered so I'm going to get stuck in.

Magical Monday - Bathroom

Tantalising Tuesday ~ Masterful Master Bedroom & Loopy Landing
Level Two...
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum mattress before replacing with fresh linen.. do you need that winter duvet yet?
Level Three...
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Extra tasks list:

• Clean windows in these rooms
• Check house for places where draughts are getting in.. doors, windows etc and see if there are ways to stop it!

Wishful Wednesday ~ those frightening kids rooms
Level One...
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Level Two...
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Level Three..
Strip beds and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra task list

• Pull out the beds, furniture and clean all behind them.. the skirtings and light fittings and everything.. get rid of all the things that are no longer required!

Tantalising Thursday ~ Kooking Kitchen
Level One...
Clean floors
Level Two...
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Sort fridge bringing what needs using soon to the front, clean out any spills or grots in there!
Level Three...
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!! Tumble dryer filters need to be done too!!
Extra Mission...

• Wipe window sills and clean windows in these rooms
• Get in that food cupboard. Give it all a GOOD scrub out before placing the things you need to use soon at the front. Check dates and freshness on older things, and See if you can incorporate these into next weeks meal plan! Feel free to get carried away and do more cupboards!!!

Friday ~ Luscious Living Room, Handsome Hall Stupendous Stairs
Level One...
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level Two...
Dusting, even if around everything
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
Level Three...
Wipe light switches, sockets (make sure they are not switched on!!) and banister
Clean any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
Put up linings or winter curtains to keep out those draughts.
Extra Mission...

• Paperwork clearance.. spend 15 minutes minimum sorting through those piles of paper.
• Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
• Clean a window or two.
• 30 minutes ironing
• Clean light fittings, skirtings even the ones behind furniture. Clean fire-surrounds. Wipe sofa's down. Clear as may hotspots as you can.. see if you can get it all into one pile instead of 15!!!

Just going to finish my coffee then I'm going to get stuck into the livingroom. DD can do the bedrooms when she gets in as they're tidy and she needs to earn her pocketmoney. Back soon. :wave:

I'll see if I can get OH to upload the film of Kelpie having his first hydrotherapy session (terrified) and then if he'll come with us next week, take another of him wagging his tail. The vet nurse who runs it is absolutely excellent and it's all down to her.

Thanks, Jazee, for letting us know about CY's send off. It sounds lovely, the perfect celebration of a life well lived, highly individual and just right.

Meal planning. It took me years and years to find a system that works for us, but finally this year I've cracked it. I bought OH a Simon's Cat calendar for Christmas last year and while he liked it, he didn't actually have a use for it, so I co-opted it . (Exactly the same procedure will be happening again this year, too, because I've already acquired the 2017 one. Tee hee.) It only has one line per day and I love, love, love the little cartoons dotted all over the monthly pages, so getting it down off it's hook and working on it is an absolute pleasure. The first thing I do every month is fill in all the meals we both enjoy for the days we have them every week (fish and chip Friday, pizza Saturday, a sort of Sunday roast, leftovers on Monday) which leaves only three days a week for me to worry about. By the time I've allocated risotto, curry (currently apple and parsnip curry is going down a treat), onion flan, spag bol, fish soup, and all the other meals we both enjoy there are usually only two or three days over the month when repetition would be too dull for words and that's when I go freezer diving for the whoopsied bargains we've both shoved in there. After two months of doing it inspiration was found by flicking back and seeing what we'd had a few weeks ago and meal planning finally all fell into place. Tuesday morning I generally offer him the choice of what he'd like from the options that week of the three meals that are changeable and it doesn't matter to me which one he decides would suit him best - they'll all get eaten. Re-inventing the wheel isn't my way of having fun - the more I can crib what we've already figured out works for us, the better and easier life is. But it took me four years of trying to figure all of that out.

The ground floor needs a de-Kelpie fluff. He may be only half Spitz but by goodness his coat isn't. The kitchen floor could do with de-minging but other than that the house is looking pretty straight thanks to everyone on this thread, past and present. I might dust.

ionafan wrote: »

Well, after a bleak day on Wednesday, DH finally bit the bullet and made himself an appointment with the GP yesterday morning. He is now not supposed to drive until more investigations have been done.

Fingers crossed they can get to the bottom of it, and that it's nothing serious.

Mr LW has also got a GP appointment, as he's had a horrible persistent cough for at least a month, and it's worrying me to death.:( The first appointment he could get, with ANY GP at the practise, was 7th November, which is pretty poor, really. Bless him, he couldn't get his head round the online booking system, so Muggins here ended up doing it for him (and he used to be an IT professional....)

Flying will be minimal for the next fortnight, I have more important things to do - Big Jack Spaniel is here!!!!! :T:T:T:T

I know what you mean dancemum I've achieved zilch this week and I only went to college one day.

Still not packed, either. I've washed up after dinner though. DS has gone so it's just me and DD so I made her favourite

She's brought home the class "pet" too, lol, a toy cat called Petal. We have to fill in her diary.

Will get her ready for bed in a bit, then finish packing and see if I've time for any homework...

ionafan wrote: »

I dropped him off at the horse piddle this morning for his

Not gunna lie...it took me a good couple of minutes to work out what horse piddle was!

Dizzy_Imp wrote: »

*sigh* We have Barnaby Bear this weekend. I thought they'd learnt their lesson when Listening Chimp required extensive facial reconstruction after a visit with our dogs...:eek:

:rotfl:

No flying today, paid stuff then chilling with BF. Off to stay with BF's sister tomorrow, ready for the Great West Run on Sunday.
Have a good weekend all.