Weekly Flylady Thread 28th July 2008

nicki_2

Afternoon all.

Today is finally cooler here after a thunderstorm overnight Still hot, but with a breeze now and much fresher.

Plan for today is to get to the bank and try and sort out the unwanted overdraft increase, see if they can drop my CC limit then go to the library with DD so she can get some new books out and I'll return the one I've read :rolleyes:

Best go wash some dishes and open DD's email from ex for her. Will tackle some cleaning when I get back. :wave:

heatherbelle_3

Well that is my first blitz done - I didn't start till today as yesterday was a write off so I've decided to try and make up over the next few days my monday

Monday Mayhem - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
[STRIKE] Vacuum through the living room[/STRIKE], hall and stairs (don't have any - in a flat!)
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Clean windows and all glass.. including the tv screen
Clear the mantel and only put back the items which are supposed to be there.. and that doesn't include letters, keys or other treasure!
Level 3
[strike]Wipe and water plants[/strike]
Put all your hotspots in one pile and work your way through it..
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks –

1. Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
2. Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!! (I'm going to do this later!)
   
   
3. Wash any cushions, throws or curtains that need it

Tuesday trauma - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[strike] Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/strike]
Level Two
[strike] Sweep and mop floors[/strike]
Clean the oven.. now you can't moan it hasn't been on for AGES!!
[strike] Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary) [/strike]
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
[strike] Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc [/strike]
[strike]Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances [/strike].. don't forget those kick boards.. I chickened out on the kickboards
Clean out your mankiest kitchen cupboard.. mine is the baking cupboard.. what is yours?
Extra Mission : help yourself
[strike]Run the WM through 'clean cycle'.. hottish wash with a splosh of vinegar, soda crystals bleach.. whatever you fancy just clear those pipes of gunge!
[/strike]

1. [strike]Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk![/strike]
2. 31 fling boogie..
3. Have a film fest.. with popcorn and pop!!

[strike]Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET
[/strike]


Not bad for my first go. I'm quite happy with that! I'm off to Tesco's now for the weekly shop.

whats a HHC by the way?

cha97michelle

hi gang - i'm back


had an enjoyable but exhausting weekend away. it's taken me till about now to catch up on the thread and feel awake. happy birthday to those who've had one, welcome new flyers, well done anyone flying in this heat, hope the head is better today lil-me, and fingers crossed SSL.


i've moved slowly since getting back.

mon - sis babysat while i picked up the cat from the cattery and did a quick supermarket sweep. i then did lunch for her LO and had an afternoon kip with the boys when she left. my only flying was running hoover round Living room and dining room, and emptying the kitchen bin. i had to throw a rotten lettuce out, and sis washed out the salad drawer for me.

today, dh dropped ds1 at nursery for me, i have:been for a smear test, put cat vaccination certificates away, updated spending diary, checked online banking and paid two cc bills, rescued towels from TD, started organising a bag of towels/bedding/nappies/loo rolls for going away, stain soaked and washed a light load and chucked bleach down the loo. also fed baby for a couple of hours and cut his finger nails. multi tasked and watched my rental dvd while feeding. and shredded part of a pile, but now the shredder needs emptying and i can't do that one handed. :rolleyes:


will see what else i can manage before picking ds1 up about 5ish.

Dustykitten

Nearly finished the cleaning part of my list - just the bathroom floor and sink to do and then off to the library.

DS3 swimming later too.

kazmeister

Not so good this time

• Fetched one lot washing in off line
• Hung 2nd lot out
• Fetched hoover downstairs from DS room and got waylaid in there straightening in and looking for spare house keys while he's out
• Hoovered kitchen
• Mopped kitchen floor and dried it

Hi michelle, glad you had a good weekend, you have loads done already
Think we're all flying today, must be the cooler weather after the rain :cool:

Having mopped the floor, what does everyone else use. I have tried loads of diff mops. Vileda ones with strips, sponge ones, string ones, Flash ones with nappies, Plain ones you put throwaway cloths on and they all leave my laminate floors smeary. I mostly now get down on my hand and knees and use a wet cloth then dry it off and its becoming a pain as in 13 rooms I only have carpet to hoover in 3 :mad:.

Off to do some more methinks as dining room which is the main route through the house is next and is minging.

Missed the 1.15 - 1.45 challenge so will go 1.30 - 2.00

pigpen

crash landed for food ,, and a cuppa

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Help your self!!

Anyone got any biscuits??

Dustykitten

Kaz - bathroom floor I hand wash with micro cloth and a splash of stardrops
kitchen and hall (quarry) and downstairs loo (ceramic) I use an E-Cloth mop with just hot water. It is easy and does an ok job. Not brilliant if kitchen floor is really dirty but better than all others I have used.

Just checking on line library books to see if I have found them all and then off we go - it has gone very cloudy here and I promised we'd cycle.

foreversomeday

pigpen wrote: »

Anyone got any biscuits??

Maryland cookies are on offer at Sainsbury's - 2 packs for £1 so I treated myself as I love their choc chip and hazelnut flavour. :jNever buy them usually as they are 76p a packet! :eek:

I have abandoned the oven cleaning idea for today, think I will wait until I have someone to help me as I don't fancy bending down for that long. The surfaces in the kitchen all look lovely though and I have scrubbed all the baking trays so they are looking more silver than black for the first time in ages!!

tiamai_d

Well I have been busy this morning.

Sky claims man been (sky cable pulled down two pointing tiles:rolleyes: ...honest...:A )
Hour ironing
15mins putting ironing away
Empty TD
Put that stuff away
WM to TD
HHI (jeezeeees)
Conducted DS1 in the art of room tidying (its still a pit but he did well)

Now we are sitting with an ice cream cone for being so good.

Living room and kitchen are not bad so concentrating on upstairs that really needs doing.

ragz_2

Done the kitchen table, Lampons sent man round to look at broken light switch and boiler timer (VERY quick only called this morning) and now I have no hot water because he messed with the timer and told me not to touch it :mad:

Think I will anyway, not bathing kids in cold water!

Kazmeister I wash my floors with a cloth, I do own a mop but as my moppable floors measure a few square feet there's no point getting it out!

Off to make another cuppa, have let several go cold already as DS1 (just turned 2) is potty training and keeps bringing me is wee to dispose of, I then get distracted and forget about my Tea.

Aforementioned DS is trying to put a pine/fir cone on his Willy, should I be worried about him?