Weekly Flylady Thread 11th August 2008

nicki_2

sinderella wrote: »

Nicki - do you find the baking is worth the time and effort in terms of money saving?

It depends. I'm starting to find that baking my own bread is not that much cheaper as we seem to go through more of it. The cakes depend on what type I make (the spiced prune cake though is best home made though - I've never seen it in the shops and I'll be pricing it up next time I make it ). This weekend will be the first time I've attempted quiche so that still remains to be seen. :rotfl::rotfl:

nicki_2

Okay, quick update so I can see what's left for Saturday:

Monday Minging & Flinging- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clear floors of guff and stuff
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains, shower curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
HOOVER
Extra mission: Take your pick!

1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
2. Empty the cupboard and clean it out.. colour ordered bottles inside!
3. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
4. If you have a shelf.. empty and clean it
5. Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles

Tuesday Triumphs - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Sort & clean oven and hob - Will do after my baking session while the oven is hot
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary) more like put cloth on it :mad:
Level Three
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Wipe & declutter all the windows sills in these areas!!
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, cooker hood and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!
Extra Mission : help yourself

1. clean the fridge.. it is smelly
2. Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps
3. [strike]GO! buy yourself some flowers from the shop.. your reward for making the kitchen shine![/strike] Going to pick some from the garden instead :money:
4. Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Wednesday Thllliiing!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort through a cupboard and find 10 things to get rid of!
Freshen up any curtains or bedding that needs doing!
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

1. 34 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
2. Clean all the upstairs door frames
3. Clean windows in these rooms
   
4. Do half hour clearing of the place you hate doing the most..

Thursday twirls- Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum floors and sofas
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
clean the windows
Level 3
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks –

1. HHI
2. Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
   
3. Wash any cushions, throws or curtains that need it Looking at washing the new curtains if the weather stays nice

Friday Flyday- those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!!
Level Two
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Level Three
Clean 2 windows
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra Task List

1. Wipe the skirtings and window & door frames!
2. HHI
3. End of week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

Weekend List

1. Mealplan for the week
2. HHI
3. Binbag dance.. *fling!*
4. Wash any windows that need it
5. finish a DIY job that has been pending for the last million years
6. Bake a cake for after dinner!!
7. Plan a day out together!!

My list :

1. Repair clothing in bag understairs including "Tommy" (DD's latest teddy bear from the build-a-bear workshop :rolleyes: )
2. Study 30mins on train home.
3. Bake
   1. Spiced prune cake
   2. Quiche
   3. Bread
   4. muffins/cupcakes
   5. Scones
   6. Anything else I can fit in the freezer :rotfl:
4. Gardening
   1. Tie in plants
   2. Clear rubbish
   3. dead head plants
   4. Tie up honeysuckle & Clematis

Right, I have a pile of paperwork to deal with (involves phonecalls) but I have paid my CC bill and filed what I can. I really need to get DD to do some shredding for me as I hate that job - might try setting a timer tomorrow and do it in batches...now there's an idea HHC on shredding :rotfl:

Cleaned my kitchen cupboards of things that needed to go and now they're much tidier. Should make baking tomorrow easier :rotfl::rotfl:

Right, bath & bed for me...after I've made it :mad: Forgot that bit. :wave:

Hippy110

Remaining list for week

Monday Minging & Flinging- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!!
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
[strike]Empty[/strike] and clean out all the upstairs bins!

Extra mission: Take your pick!

1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
2. Empty the cupboard and clean it out.. colour ordered bottles inside!
3. Grab yourself a toothbrush and scrub the manky bits between the tiles

Tuesday Triumphs - Kitchen and Dining Room
Sort & clean oven [strike]and hob[/strike]
Wipe & declutter all the windows sills in these areas!!
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, cooker hood and dishwasher filters need to be done too!!
Extra Mission : help yourself

1. clean the fridge.. it is smelly
2. Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
   
3. 31 fling boogie..
4. GO! buy yourself some flowers from the shop.. your reward for making the kitchen shine!
5. Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Wednesday Thllliiing!- Master Bedroom & Landing
[STRIKE]
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Vacuum & turn mattress before
[/STRIKE]replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet - OMG decided to wash it - it still isn't dry with gas fire and electric heater going full blast lol
Sort through a cupboard and find 10 things to get rid of!
Freshen up any curtains or bedding that needs doing!
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

1. 34 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
2. Clean windows in these rooms
   
3. Do half hour clearing of the place you hate doing the most..

Thursday twirls- Living Room, Hall and Stairs
clean the windows
hotspots in one pile and work your way through it..
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks –

1. HHI
2. Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
3. Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
   
4. Wash any cushions, throws or curtains that need it

Friday Flyday- those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!!!!! [strike]WHO ACTUALLY MADE THE SMEAR APPOINTMENT LAST WEEK... get it done babes.. my pregnant 27 year old sister is unwell.. I NEED you to do this for me!! [/strike]
Vacuum the floor
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
Strip beds, turn and vacuum mattresses!! and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!! Wash the curtains!
Clean 2 windows
Tidy a chest of drawers/wardrobe/floordrobe!
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra Task List

1. Find 5 things to ebay/freecycle
2. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
3. HHI
4. End of week fling!! grab a binbag and fill it with stuff to leave the house.. rubbish or charity shop or to donate to a friend!

Weekend List

1. mealplan for the week
2. HHI
3. Binbag dance.. *fling!*
4. Wash any windows that need it
5. Try catching up on the laundry
6. finish a DIY job that has been pending for the last million years
7. Clean out the car.. or make the children do it!
8. Bake a cake for after dinner!!
9. Plan a day out together!!

My extras for Saturday:
[STRIKE]Post parcel to NZ[/STRIKE]
E-mail S re night out; tel J; text H
Weeding
Mow lawns

vanilla

Half way through the bedroom so will carry on tomorrow but think i'll head to bed soon. Have done that many loads of washing today i've lost count but there's loads left, will try and get another load on before i go to bed.

Hubby rang and i have a feeling it's gonna be a late one i'm glad he's meet new people but if he dare brings them home like last week i'll choke him. I will not be sitting at 4.30 in the morning listening to them talking crap and making feeds. Have told him where the keys will be and if he forgets then he'll not get in.:rotfl:

Thanks for all the healing vibes for Bo and hugs, just so relieved tonight now that both operations are over and i can look forward to the hen night tomorrow night, cleared our room and found £35 in change so will get that changed tomorrow into notes and use it for the night.:j

Hippy110

Vanilla - good news about Bo's ops, enjoy the hen party tomorrow

Mumof4 - you sound amazing, glad the meeting went well for you

Lil_me - have a good holiday and a great 30th

Hex, SarahS & Rebekah - have a good holiday (I'm probably too late with this post though)

GnB - envious of you going to the Tattoo, hope we'll get there next year

Apologies to all I have missed - my notes don't seem to make much sense. Many of you have had a difficult week with OH/DHs so hope the weekend is a lot better and everyone has cause to be happy.

I reckon I could do 10 or even 20 posts now but I really can't be bothered, night

lil_me

serena, you're probably right, I moaned more when it was too hot than when it rained, maybe it's what I prefer after all :rotfl: just means more cleaning.
vanilla pleased Bo is doing well
mumoffour, sounds like you have a lot to deal with but do so very well, I can't imagine what it's like to go through what you are oing through but will be thinking of you and I am very pleased you got the result you hoped for.
Hippy thank you x

Not had chance to pop in, day time spent dashing about shopping etc then visiting relatives who's birthday is soon (she'd got me a pressie too but leaving it to open next week) then spent this evening battling with my assignment.

As I'm here and I know I can be honest with you lot, I have lost every motivation I had with this course. I just got another result in, failed that one, I really tried hard aswell, just looks like this is going to prove too much for me. I'm still going to hand in the assignments but I really can't see myself passing either course this year. I might need to rethink and do something else.

Right, anyway, suppose it's about time I gave up for the evening and put the books away, loads of packing etc to do tomorrow then more studying, joy, oh I need to clean somewhere in the middle of that and do the 3-4 loads of laundry left. Hoping to set off early ish Sunday morning so we can get booked in about 12pm as the forecast is good until about 4pm....night night everyone xxxx

DeniseNZ

Well I guess everyone is snoozing away happily in their own little dream land. Hope the new day finds you all raring to go for the weekend!

Weekly menu - DONE
Grocery List - DONE
Shower DONE
Get dressed DONE
Grocery shopping DONE
Change bed DONE
Walk dogs OH DONE
Watch DS4 play football DONE
Sort weekend away HOLDIAY HOME BOOKED, PETROL VOUCHERS ORDERED
Write budget letters
Decide where tax refund :j :j is going to go
Make some soup - it's turning cold again DONE
Blob out and watch some Olympics doing
Get sorted tonight for work tomorrow!


Have a great weekend everyone . . .

SarahShattered

Morning All :wave:

Hope everyone slept well. By children are all up, and grumpy! I do wish they'd stay in bed until they feel refreshed and happier!

Didn't get packed last night, as I was far too tired. But clothes are organised and ready to put in cases. Packed lunches are made. so not too bad.

RIGHT...... :mad: :mad: one argument too many already, I've sent DD3 back up to her room, and threatened DD2 & 3 with the same if they don't stop bickering.

Right, I'm going to look up the weekend list, even thought the house is gleaming!!! And find jobs for the little [STRIKE]gits[/STRIKE] darlings to get on with instead of being vile. I'll teach em to get up ludicrously early, and then be vile to each other!!!:D Mwoahahahah

kazwookie

Morning folks

Hope the weather in NZ is good.

So far,
Fed cats!
WM on
Kitchen sides cleared of 'stuff' mainly into the bin.
Washed up odd bits I found in the sink
Put rubbish out
Got cleaning stuff ready to 'do' upstairs.

Now here seeing what you all have been up to, I'll be back later to report how I have got on.

Hugs to anyone that needs then.

Hi to all newbies........

mumofjusttwo

Morning All.


Mumof4- (((hugs)))))


Well spoke to DH last night and he say I should get out more ( I have to admit that he is right. I spend most of my days with the children or with my mum.) I plan on doing a course at college and maybe doing a scrapbooking class.

He also said that I should get counseling for losing my sister. I think that he maybe right (again!!) as I do spend a lot of time thinking about her and it has been nearly 2 years and maybe i do spend more time thinking about what I have lost rather than what I have got. I am just not good at talking about these things.

Bless him he did comment that the house looked tidy last night and he sent more time with the children than he usually does some maybe it has brought some home truths to him.