Weekly Flylady Thread 25th August 2008

Dustykitten

Night Denise

loopy-loo73

serena wrote: »

loopy-lou - Don't try to catch up too much, as the rooms will all come round again. Once the clutter is gone, and you get into the routine, it gets easier each week, promise!

Serena - you're dead right & i don't want to spend the last week of my mat leave cleaning, i want to play :rotfl:

So, new revised (smaller) list, i'll catch up next week ...

Thursday Thrills- Bathroom - (decided not to do study/pc area as it's in the dining room)
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush
Level Three
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Collect all the dirty laundry
Extra mission: Take your pick!

1. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes

plus my own ...
list stuff on freecycle that is cluttering up the landing
take dd1 to another friends house @ 2 (feeling like a taxi driver!)
ring mum & see about visiting auntie in the afternoon
ring busybees re salary deductions & linking mine & df accounts
post letters
bank cheque
washing
put clean clothes away
make hair appt for dd1 birthday
look into bus pass for dd1
sort sisters accounts!!!

So far DW is unloaded, TD & WM both on, i've been playing & about to put dd2 to bed & get on with sisters a/cs while she naps. no sign of dd1 waking up yet!!

Lou x

hollyh

Hi

I'm quickly posting i'll catch up properly later. It's been one heck of a week and i have not done any flying at all. So today is playing catch up.

Monday Mel!e - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum through the living room, hall and stairs
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean windows and all glass.. including the tv screen
Wash any soft furnishings that need it
Level 3
Open a drawer.. sort the junk within!
15 minutes sort of the junk on the landing!
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks –
Water and wipe any plants
Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
Clear out the cupboard under the stairs

Tuesday Chuck!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
Check fire alarms are working
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Fling open the window and let in the rain sunnyness
Level 2
Make any appointments you have been putting off and catch up on phone calls you need to make! How many of you actually made that smear appointment??? I am going to nag.. and nag .. and nag..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Sort through a cupboard and fling everything that is dead
Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more
29 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
attack those naughty spider housing estates!!
Clean windows in these rooms
Clear out your sweaters.. how many are fit for making into draught excluders?

Wednesday Washdown- Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Clean oven and hob
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
Wipe all the windows in these areas!!
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Wipe out a dirty cupboard... get rid of everything you no longer need and make it all pretty and tidy!
Extra Mission : help yourself
clean any spillages in the fridge
Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
39 fling boogie..
Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Thursday Thrills- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks.. shine the taps with a toothbrush
Clear any clutter from desk
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 etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Collect all the dirty laundry
Extra mission: Take your pick!
Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
Take a toiletries inventory.. what do you not need to buy for th enext 25 years?
Fill a binbag for charity shop!

Utility Room
Tidy
Wipe sides
Hoover
Mop

kazwookie

Morning ladies (and any guys)

Had a busy day yesterday got all sorts of things sorted out, / binned/ recycled/ charity shop / ebay.

Did some ironing and burnt 2 of my fingers with the iron, a really stupid thing to do.

Managed to read 5 pages of abook, goodness knows when I will get round to the rest of it.

Have a good day

Dustykitten

Holly that is some list!
Kaz ouch x

shell2001

Morning all

Glad the holiday is on MOJT - You off somewhere nice???

Dusty - Love your kitchen and the aga/range (sorry not sure of the technical difference). I have a kitchen in a cupboard but it has more storage than the last kitchen we had that was 6 times the size.

Nicki - Well done on the glasses. I can never understand why people spend a fortune of them, I always ended up bending mine out of shape. I wear the monthly contacts now - it worked out cheaper than replacing the glasses every few months.

DD1 paid us a visit at 4am this morning but gave her calpol, some more olbas oil on her pjs and packed back off to bed with a book - full of sympathy me - lol!

I did no ironing last night so REALLY need to do that today.

DD1 now nagging to go to holiday club so will drop them off and then write a plan of campaign.

juliejim

I've put away all the clothes that needed hanging up - just all the clothes that need putting in drawers to do now. Going to start with DS's and have a sort out of his clothes at the same time. I want to start ironing again at 10 though while I watch Quincy - if i can persuade the kids to move from in front of the telly - the twins are here today so I've got 4.

Right I'd better crack on.

webitha

well ive finally got off my backside instead of lounging abot on here since 3;30am, my house is clean and i mean clean,
all i got to do is a small bit off ironing have been HHI in batches, and make my bed,
but there doesnt seem any point as im getting back in in a bit lol

Flylady_Flower

Morning all,

greenbee wrote: »

Does anyone else find that their washing line needs cleaning? Mine gets grubby and sticky, and I can't work out why. You'd think with all the rain we've had it would be nice and clean. Anyway, one of the things I have got round to doing today was to clean it before hanging the washing out.

Yes, I have to wash it down every time – shows the amount of c**p we breath in each time doesn’t it, just sits there waiting to go on my line…

mineallmine wrote: »

Also, daft question but what do people used to clean their windows (products and/or gadgets

I buy Lidl’s own window cleaner make – really cheap and has lasted me yonks but really good at cleaning the windows – just use paper towel to wipe them after spraying.

Dusty – kitchen looks fab and can imagine it when it’s finished it will look great – keep going girl, it will be worth it in the end…

well although I didn't fly most of yesterday, made up for it last night and caught up quite a bit:

Tuesday Chuck!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 3
Sort through a cupboard and fling everything that is dead
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

• Clear out your spare linen.. all those holey sheets, manky duvet covers and stained pillow cases.. FLING!!

Wednesday Washdown- Kitchen and Dining Room
[STRIKE] Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Clean oven and hob
Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary)
[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE] Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe all the windows in these areas!! [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..[/STRIKE]
Wipe out a dirty cupboard... get rid of everything you no longer need and make it all pretty and tidy!
Extra Mission : help yourself

1. [STRIKE]clean any spillages in the fridge [/STRIKE]
2. [STRIKE]Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk![/STRIKE]
3. [STRIKE]39 fling boogie.. [/STRIKE]Did about 12
4. [STRIKE]Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET[/STRIKE]

My Extras
Menu planning for week
Check back with child tax credits
Check lottery
Finish annual budget and check for savings
Send off Hubbys Passport – did online, waiting for forms to be sent - exp 17/9/08
Sort out Computer for club
Make blinds for kitchen
Do washing ([STRIKE]1, 2[/STRIKE], 3, 4, 5...)
Put clothes away
HHG
Do SH paperwork
Do AML spreadsheet
Report broken bedroom window to council & ask when finishing repairing back window
Put 10 more DVD's/Videos onto Amazon
Put handle back on DH beside table
[STRIKE] Check bank statements[/STRIKE]

Will post todays list in a minute - have to get ready now to go help my mum with her papers - she is covering for someone for two weeks and has to deliver all the free papers to the kids who take them door to door... he ho...

polkadot

Oh goodness

I just updated yesterdays list (fell asleep on DS bed with him) and todays, but I copied it to word first and forgot to edit it all to bw so when I pasted it back here it had waaaay to much HTML in it-Im sorry. I will have to do it later. The friend who needed a hug yesterday needs moral support dealing ith a trouble visitor so I am going around there just now. Im hoping to be back early and then I can try the lists again. Please send good vibes our way-she is very stressed right now which makes her rather tough to deal with-and then there is the trouble visitor to deal with too:eek:

And another brag- I think DS is getting ready for potty. He took nappy off this morning to poo, got potty, sat down NEXT to potty and did what he needed to do. I tried to get the potty under him but he wanted to hold on to it instead:rolleyes:

Will chat when I get back