Weekly Flylady Thread 8th September 2008

Flylady_Flower

kazmeister wrote: »

Team spirit tonight (well apart from one little DD sulk which didnt last long)
CLEAN THE OVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. - I did as only required a quick wipe over (prefer to use Moska as energy saving and easier to clean)

Hi Kazmeister - Wow, will you come round and train my lot please....

Quick question - what is Moska?

Valli

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/F/keyword/remoska?src=gatop&sq=remoska

Remoska Flower

Flylady_Flower

Valli wrote: »

Remoska Flower

Ahah, get it now... Ohhh, just found a smille, just for me... hehe

amethystcash

My report for the day...

To put you in the picture, last year we swapped round our spare room and study, so that the study's now in the smaller of the 2 rooms. The study got all set up lovely with new decor, furniture, laptop, printer etc and since then I've been pretty good at keeping it nice and tidy. It's also the through route to the conservatory so that gives the incentive to keep it tidy too.

I'm a believer in everything having its place and really good at putting things back in their place once that's been designated (and yes I confess to the OCD tendencies mentioned by others on here - great to see some kindred spirits!). Any time hubby says "where's my.....??? (fill in any one of a million blanks), if its got a place I can 99% of the time find it in its place (its been a labour of love teaching hubby the art of putting things back - he can manage it fine in his beloved garage, but not so much with the house, strange male phenomenon...

However, that all tends to fall apart a bit when things don't as yet have a designated place (or I just don't like the room and don't care to keep it tidy (aka our bedroom but that's a story for another day...).

Anyhoo, so this was now the problem with the other room in that after the swap round it then became a nothing room where everything and the dog (oh no hang on we don't have a dog) gets dumped. So I finally bit the bullet and decided it needed to get sorted out. The old desk that's been lying there since the swap-round last year has gone to recycling, junk has been binned and the sofa-bed finally unearthed from the mountain of rubbish lingering on it.

Happy to report its looking all lovely tonight. All clean and fresh and sparkly with lovely throw and cushions on the sofabed, a bookcase of books cleared out and taken to the charity shop and new ornaments and candles for the new units we bought. Candles are lit...

Unfortunately to shatter the illusion there is now a pile of junk in the livingroom blocking the front door. This is the stuff that still needs decisions made on it - can we be bothered to sell a 20-year-old computer on eBay???

So now I'm all demoralised that we have to tackle the living room tomorrow. Does anyone else feel like they just move "stuff" from one place to another in a never-ending cycle??

Dustykitten

amethystcash wrote: »

So now I'm all demoralised that we have to tackle the living room tomorrow. Does anyone else feel like they just move "stuff" from one place to another in a never-ending cycle??

You have summed me up completely. That is just how I feel right now. There are several piles of stuff around me from the kitchen etc which are not going back in there but need sorting.

I am slowly starting to get rid of stuff - this week - 10 items on ebay, 3 bags gone to charity shop and 2 bags to a friend. It just doesn't seem to get any better though even though we don't keep buying new stuff.

I'm going to soak my ffet now and do a bit of hand sewing. I've achieved very little today.

Mudbath

Amethystcash - welcome to my world. We now have one room full of carp! DH has just asked me to make some decisions on what to do with stuff in there but i'm too tired. I've told him to charity shop it if it's mine:eek: :eek: :eek: !

Kazmeister krew - way to go!!!!! :T :T :T :T

Valli

Amethyst - you better give the neighbours their pooch back then lol
and now you know why we fling boogie - it's 20 years old? Offer it on frrecycle or take it to the tip

cha97michelle

amethystcash wrote: »

So now I'm all demoralised that we have to tackle the living room tomorrow. Does anyone else feel like they just move "stuff" from one place to another in a never-ending cycle??

Yes - i can join that club. We haven't even got one room that is fully sorted before more junk gets shuffled - my bedroom is probably the best, but we have DS2 in there in the travel cot still and it is driving me bonkers!!!

Just catching up on here while eating my dinner. I'm just demolishing a big wadge of chocolate cake - my HM one which is so good!

It's been such a long day here. DH left for work at 7:15 this morning. He's gone to London for an overnighter, so all on my own all day today and tomorrow. It wasn't the most productive of days but not bad.

• DS1 taken to nursery, bill paid and got an application pack for DS2 to start there, which i have just filled in while cooking dinner
• finished my library book
• watched a couple of hours stuff on the Tivo,
• paid DHs bonus and birthday cash in at bank
• taken books back to library and got some more out
• finished packing 2 boxes of baby clothes for loft, got them labelled and sealed and on landing
• used a hanging storage bag thing that work bought me for DS2 as a nappy storage bag for the back of the bathroom door, so instantly looking a good deal tidier without 2 packs of nappies on the floor
• picked DS1 up
• gave him snack
• bathed him
• all dailies to now done.

Not bad to say DS2 has been quite clingy and whingy today. Right, going to wash up, check internet banking, and get boys clothes out for tomorrow morning, and then a night in front of channel 4 i think. I want to watch the Kate Garroway BFing programme that has upset people.

Will probably be back and forth in the breaks.

Almost forgot - tooti i would say the GTD - David Allen is the best for all round - i love it and just wish i could fully implement it. Check these hyperlinks out and see what you think, but i found he talked a lot of sense. In principle, i find it hard to keep it up though, but i still try to group jobs together - just less good at updating the lists regularly enough. I find it works quite well if i write one job on a post it note though, and then put it in the back of my diary, and then i can move it around to when i want to do it.

http://www.davidco.com/
http://zenhabits.net/2007/06/the-getting-things-done-gtd-faq/
http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/08/getting-started-with-getting-things-done

Bye ladies - see you tomorrow

Michelle, x

loopy-loo73

am trying desperately to catch up with everyones mutterings & its taking me ages & still not managed it !!!

did 25mins before not hhc as df got home so stopped but not had too bad a night so far ...

Tuesday Terrors - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[strike]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/strike]
Level Two
[strike]Sweep[/strike] and mop floors
CLEAN THE OVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. Mrs B.. I'm watching you!!
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!!
[strike]Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances [/strike].. 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. [strike]Muck out the fridge.. use up all thos ebits that are on the verge of getting themselves out of the fridge and biting you! [/strike]
2. Empty the medicine cabinet.. throw out everything manky/out of date (some medicines are actually poisonous after a certain length of time!!.. AB's being one of them!!) and restock.. all those coughs and snots that will be flying around, sore throats and wheezes... go on.. shoo...........
3. 34 fling boogie..
4. GO! Get yourself a treat for being wonderful!!
5. Empty the kitchen bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

plus ...
[strike]wm / td / dw
pack dd2 bag for Wed
make sure dd1 schoolbag & uniform ready for Wed[/strike]
lunches for me & df made for Wed
[strike]make dinner
MrT delivery unpack & put away[/strike]

going to spend another 10mins on here then chase dd1 out the bath & make tomorrows lunches. see you later
Lou x

(actually it doesn't seem like i've done much looking at whats crossed out & i was really pleased with myself too )

johanne

OH came in stinking of beer :mad: Also has been shopping for my birthday presents.. but has just plonked them in the corner of the living room and told me not to peek! Firstly he could have at least ttttrriiieed to hide them... but IM more bothered the fact he cluttered up where id just sorted and tidied all his "dumped carp" from!! :rolleyes: Oh and I asked him to pick me up a bar of chocolate - and he forgot (funny he remembered where the pub was though...)

Anyway off to make my tea... as once again been waiting for him and he decided now hes not really hungry so i can just make something for myself :rolleyes: :mad: :mad:

URRRRRRRRRRRRRGGHH!!! Sometimes i wish i was a lesbian.............

Monday Mucking out - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
Vacuum through hall and stairs
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
Clean windows
Level 3
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Extra Mission:
HHI (did someone mention they needed one?

Tuesday Terrors - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
CLEAN THE OVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..
Level Three
Dust any extra furniture in dining area
Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc
Wipe all the windows in these areas!!
Check those washing machine filters and drawers for ickiness!!
Extra Mission : help yourself
Empty the kitchen bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET