Weekly Flylady Thread 4th August 2008

sexymouse

Monday Melee - Kitchen
Level One
[strike]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/strike]
[strike]Clear 1 window sill[/strike]
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
[strike]Scrub out the sticky fridge![/strike]
Level Three
[strike]Wipe and replace all those small appliances. Kettle, toaster etc[/strike]
[strike]Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances. Don’t forget those kick boards.[/strike]
Clean out your mankiest kitchen cupboard. Glasses cupboard (will work my way around each week)
Extra Mission: help yourself
1. Clean the hob
2. [strike]Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.[/strike]
3. 27 fling boogie.
4. Phone someone you love just to tell them so!
5. Empty the bin, wash it out and make it smell SWEET

flybabybunting

cha97michelle wrote: »

my house still has moments of looking like a shed but i keep trying

i'd say really it is easy to think we are all sat in immaculate houses but we aren't.

1) ds1 is fairly good, and mostly watches telly/plays with toys alone, and i watch him and play with him for some of the time ds2 sleeps to keep him that way.

2) i get ds1 to help - he loads the wm, picks up toys while i hoover, passes me pegs or clothes when hanging out washing, puts things in bin if i ask him, stirs things in the kitchen with my help, pick post up in porch, feeds the cats crunchies, turns the WM on, puts his and babys clothes in laundry basket for me. he loves making a mess and then singing the 'clean up' song from barney

3) if i want to do something ds1 can't help with then he is happy to play with a wind chime hung at his height, the plastic recycling, a pan and spoon

4) i try and read with him while breastfeeding so again he feels like he has quality time

5) if they are both happy, then i start a job, and do what i can the best i can - if i try and wait for time to do it perfect it won't get done

6) i praise myself for everything i do get done - i always think it isn't enough but i know i am a perfectionist.

7) ds1 still goes to nursery on a tuesday 8am-5, so i try to get some things done then, and also naps 2-3 hours most afternoons, and in bed by 7:30 at latest

8) i always try to multi-task , eg cook 2 meals at once, do something in kitchen while kettle boils

9) i always get dressed when i get up before dh goes to work. it causes least mess and stress



rome wasn't built in a day, and i have been doing flying since 2006 before both boys were born, so it probably seems a lot more natural to me. my routines are in place, and if i am having an off day something still gets done - remember our boys are only small, and the most important thing is time with them, a bit of dust or clutter will not matter one bit to them, but a grumpy unhappy tired no fun mummy will.



food/clothes/entertainment come first, and the rest gets done when i can


tip for cleaning oven when it is still warm, i put some white vinegar on a washing up sponge and the gunk comes off with fairly minimal scrubbing. not perfect, but better than lots of strong chemicals when my boys are around

Thank you so much for letting m in to your world I probably already do some of the stuff already like doing other things while kettle boils (and the forgetting that I needed a cup of tea!), DS1 does do littlethings when asked, but hates tidying up his toys - I will try the barney song - When an what channel does it come on? I will also try getting up when DH has come out of showerat 7am to get showered and dressed myself.

learn to praise myself and don't be critical of what i haven't done.

Right plan for today
Get self showered and dressed
[STRIKE]Get kids dressed and fed
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Breakfast[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Swish/Swipe and make beds
Floordrobe - has to be done on a daily basis, mostly needs to be picked up and taken to the laundry basket!
[/STRIKE] DS1 helped with his clothes.

Right into the shower then off to tescos, must add vinegar to my list. Thanks for the tip michelle.

Welcome to all other newbies like myself - hope you all have a fantastic day.

Amandaj32

Well, I've made a good start with the HHC! I've got a living room floor again - and the carpet is blue!! Woo hoo!

DS11 finally came through in the middle of it so HHC was interrupted by the serving of breakfast!

Off to carry on the good work!

Valli

I'm sure someone mentioned HHC 10.45 - 11.15 for which I'm in, having spent the last half hour catching up with the thread!

See you soon!

TAG

Well I managed to bring in the 2 loads of washing on the line as it's started drizzling here. You know that really fine kind that gets you wet quick.:rolleyes:
Finished off cleaning out my mankiest cupboard. Filled up the little white vinegar bottle. Finished off cleaning the cupboard door fronts and kickboards. S&S the d/s toilet.
And finally made a cuppa.
Off to edit my list.

sexymouse

Well done for all of the achievements in the first HHC.

:coffee: anyone?

flybabybunting

TAG wrote: »

Ok here goes todays list.

Monday Melee - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clear 1 window sill

Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Scrub out the sticky fridge!
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)

Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Clean out your mankiest kitchen cupboard..

Extra Mission : help yourself
1. Clean the hob
2. Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
3. 32 fling boogie..
4. Phone someone you love just to tell them so!
5. Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

My normal dailies -

Tidy kitchen. Load/unload/reload DW.
Wipe surfaces.
Wipe inside of oven. (Done everyday then I don't have to clean it IYSWIM)
Sweep and mop kitchen floor.
S&S downstairs toilet.

Tidy living room & put any stuff upstairs.
Wipe over PC desk & keep free from clutter.

Tidy bedrooms & make beds.
Sort out dirty washing.
Do 2 loads of washing.
Keep ironing together (x15)
Sort clean washing & put clothes away.

Tidy & S&S bathroom.
Wash bathroom floor.

Hoover living room/ hallway/stairs/kitchen & d/s toilet.
Hoover bedrooms/landing & bathroom.

Walk the dog

tag - I might have to hijack some of your dailies, thinking about it now I have done some of them alrady, must list them to make my self feel better:
tidied and swiped bathroom while ds1 was in the bath.
decluttered living room, and hotspot on top of TD
recycled
emptied TD
emptied WM and transferrred to TD
reloaded WM

gunsandbanjos

Monday Melee - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear 1 window sill
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
Extra Mission : help yourself

1. Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

List looks much better now! Actually cleaned out 2 manky cupboards, its amazing how much wasted space there was. Got loads of stuff put away and still have an empty shelf:D

Amandaj32

How do you use the 'strike' button? I've tried and it didn't work.:(

Miss_Cinnabon

Monday Melee - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Clear 1 window sill
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
[strike]
Scrub out the sticky fridge!
[/strike]Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
Level Three
[strike]Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round[/strike]
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Clean out your mankiest kitchen cupboard..
Extra Mission : help yourself

1. [strike]Clean the hob [/strike]
2. Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
   
3. 32 fling boogie..
4. Phone someone you love just to tell them so!
5. Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Right im in for this week, haven't done flylady in months and months:D

other jobs to do:

hoover all of downstairs
wash stack of dishes that dh refuses to do:mad:
send off ebay stuff
tidy up toy basket and sort through it
sort out my mags to give to mum
get on with all the washing/drying etc