Weekly Flylady Thread 15th September 2008

SummerMoon

Morning all.
Packing started, dont know if we're moving to offered house or grandparents house yet but hey-ho... we're moving somewhere lol.

Today i plan on packing up bathroom apart from essentials, kitchen and also sort out my junk cupboard at the top of the stairs... that should be fun lol

will update later
have fun all

juliejim

Pig!! I've just found my CC bill in my paperwork - I should have paid it by the 9th!! I've now been charged £15!!

embb

Morning lovelies! :wave:

Shopping day today :j I've got one of my 'shopping heads' on so want to go everywhere (mainly Dunelm Mill) but will probs stick with down town lol anyway finances are dictating this week so best I stick with my local shops (there's not many open) BUT I may succumb to the pull of Home Bargains in Jarrow

Got all of the downstairs to hoover this morning - honestly I don't know where all the 'bits' come from! Also need to load the DW with a few bits, give the benches the once over and dry another load of washing, it's not looking too promising out there so perhaps the TD again.

Watched Strictly Come Dancing last night and I have to say I was a bit bored I usually love it...maybe it will get better. I also finished my book the other day - Roberta Taylor - Too Many Mothers (her off the bill) and I couldn't put it down, I'd highly recommend it, so I'm on the look out for another one....I may have a quick squizz in the charity shop and see what they've got. Oooooh and I bought something on Ebay last night, first time ever! I won the auction, I was buzzing for an hour

Glad you found your Docs Julie bummer about the CC bill though.

ETA: I forgot to say. Chicken is back in the bin because durr brain here had the dates totally messed up, I was convinced it was the 19th yesterday and not the 20th so the chicken was right and I was wrong. I'd been working all week with the wrong dates in my head, I put it down to being poorly

loopy-loo73

Hello everyone,

I've not been on all week, done no flying & have no idea what's going on with the thread!!! Have been up since stupid o'clock cos dd1 needed a lift into town at 6am so am going to make bacon, egg, mushroom & tomato before starting with the house. Hopefully I will catch up with the thread to night (while i'm collapsed in a heap from all my housework ). My list as follows ...

Monday Mayhem - 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
Level Three
Wipe and water plants
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!!!

Tuesday Trauma - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Clean the fridge.. get rid of all those furry things growing in corners!
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, microwave etc
Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..
Extra Mission : help yourself

1. 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!
2. Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps.. a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
   
3. 31 fling boogie..
4. Wipe over the oven and hob
5. Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET

Wednesday wobbles- 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
Level Three
Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Scrub 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!

1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
2. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
3. replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it

Thursday Throw!- 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
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
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

1. Clean all paintwork on the landing
2. Clean windows in these rooms
3. Clear out your trousers/skirts

Friday Flyday- those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
Level One
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Level Two
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!!
Level Three
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors

WEEKEND Frolics

1. HHI
2. Wash all the uniform bits and get them ready for Monday.. Homework done please!
3. 15 minutes hotspot clearing
4. Write a cupboard inventory.. include the freezer and fridge.. end of month starvation in here!! lol Mealplan for the week.

OK, so i've deleted things before i've started but that way it's more manageable!! Back later for am update,
Lou x

nicki_2

Morning all :hello:

DD is back from Ex's today and I'm going to be spending tomorrow school hours studying so I've got a few jobs I want to get done today. Already made a start and I've only been up half-an-hour

• Dishes
• Ironing away
• Finish laundry loads
  • Towels
  • Dust sheets
  • Cleaning cloths
  • DD's stuff when she gets home (it'll probably stink of cats again)
• Make DD's bed.
• Asda run - I need to pick up a couple of things I forgot, some fruit and I'm going to get a cooked chicken
• Meet DD around 3.39 from the station and no doubt hand around until Ex's train arrives about 4.10
• Go see Johanne
• Tea
• Bath DD
• Stuff out for tomorrow
• Update finances
• Bed by 9.30pm-10pm
• anything else that comes up...

Right, best get on with it. :wave:

prettypennies

Morning All. Sun shining here yeah...windows look filithy boo:D .

Been onto the bank again this morning after 3rd dodgy amount has come out of my account. I cancelled my debit card earlier in the week, so hopefully thats the last one now. I would love to know where the shisters got my details from, but I suppose I'll never find out.
The last amount they took out was a fee for a site that allows people to search electoral roll details.
I am a bit worried that they may have been searching out more details about me in order to take out finance in my name or something. So I have requested a credit report just to be sure. Mind you, my credit reating is probaly so carp, that they couldn't get anything if they wanted to!!!

Dustykitten

Morning all

Full of cold here and tired as I kept waking up to blow my nose and OH was snorring all night.

Washing on the line and DW emptied.

Plan to carry on working on my list - all ironing done so just today's little bit this evening.

Do a bit of baking. Focus for next week will be paperwork/emails so I think I'll make that my MACAW - do I make one change and follow it through for the whole week?

rach

Thanks for all the congrats and well dones. I went to bed from about 10am-12.30 when I got in, then DH woke me so I could have a bath and we could go to starbucks for lunch! Then I sorted the MrT order but was so tired afterwards that I slept from 3.30pm til DH woke me at 6.30pm, then we had dinner and watched tv and I ended up back in bed at 10.30 until 8.45am this morning! So hopefully I’ve well and truly caught up. Am surprised how much extra sleep I needed, I guess the physical tiredness from the walking as well as the lack of sleep!

Soappie - thank God for your nephew. How awful for that to go on at those camps. Red Kites have been really successfully reintroduced which is fab – awesome to see one so close.

Julie – if it’s the first time you’ve been charged its worth phoning them, even claim that the bill didn’t arrive for ages or something. I’ve found you can usually get at least half the charge removed, it happened to me a couple of times for exactly the same reasons. DH deals with them as soon as they come in now, good thing about being married to an accountant!

DH still asleep, he has a nasty cold and didn’t sleep well, I vaguely remember him getting up again about 12.30 and saying he couldn’t sleep so he was getting up, but at some point he must’ve come back to bed as he was there when I woke up! Not a lot of cleaning I can do until he gets up though as don’t want to wake him!

My list for today – nothing much has been done all week, though it has been kept pretty tidy and DH swiffered all the floors yesterday whilst I was asleep so I can get away without hoovering them then J I’m just gonna do the bare minimum to get it ok for a week at work, and I’ll try and fly properly – a bit each day – this week.

WM – clothes
WM – towels & cloths
WM bedding
Water plants

Bedroom – strip bed, change to thicker duvet, wipe surfaces, get DH to move his carp, hoover, tidy clothes rack

Bathroom – loo, tiles, bath, sink, shelf

Kitchen - S&S, wash up, sweep floor

Lounge – tidy coffee table, hoover,

rach

I'm still sleepy

:coffee: anyone?

Valli

Kazmeister I do save receipts - but not for food - anything bigger (inc CDs from Morris0ns - I do save them. I have an envelope for the year and a separate envelope for xmas pressies and then they go off and be filed for a while...
Juliejim re the CC (sounds like Barcl4ys if it's 9th - got lots, me!) I bank online and have a facility where I can put in a payment to be deducted at a future date...just do the amount and date - or you could set up a DD for the minimum then that's always paid. In an effort to be organised I have set up two payments to come out on payday which is earlier han necessary - but any payment made early reduces interest. ATM I have 3 one of which is interest free (bank already mentioned), and two I am paying off on, s-l-o-w-l-y I would add 'em up and put the total on my siggy but then I'd be even more depressed...mind you one of them is under [STRIKE]£200 [/STRIKE]
no it's nearer £300:eek: so with a bit of effort I will defo have cleared before xmas...

No - I am biting the bullet - SIGGY UPDATED I WILL FOCUS ON WHAT I NEED TO DO