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Weekly Flylady Thread 6th October 2008

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  • LilySue
    LilySue Posts: 343 Forumite
    Jneff ~ thanks for telling me about stardrops, amazing how you can get to forty-seven and not have heard of this wonder product.

    Michelle ~I hope tomorrow is a better day for you

    Even though I have only been in this thread for a few days, I feel more hopeful about keeping on top of the house, which was beginning to get on top of me :D ......now all I have to do is not bask in this small amount of glory and convince myself that a squeakend list is indeed a beautiful thing....................................
  • froddington
    froddington Posts: 6,697 Forumite
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    Hello everyone - I've spent ages catching up with you all ;) I've done very little flying this week - work has been good but I've been really tired in the evenings - so I'll have to sort the house over the weekend :eek:

    Sarahshattered - Happy Birthday - hope you're having a great day :D

    Beccah and Emily - welcome to the madhouse ;)
    Pigpen - glad you've got your applications sorted :T

    We had our Harvest Festival at school yesterday and I have to tell you about one of the boys in my class - he has autism and is obsessed with recipe books and books about food, but is a fussy eater and has ketchup with almost everything!! Anyway, during the Harvest, he turned round to me and said 'ketchup'. I said 'what do you mean, ketchup?'. His reply was - 'ketchup; sauce; tomato sauce; tomato sauce and sweetcorn makes baked beans!! Can't wait for his next recipe idea :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    Btw, loving all the peg talk - very reassuring :D:D;)
    Right, I'm off to find my (very, very, very long!) list for the weekend :eek:
    "There's only one way of life and that's your own" - Levellers

    "I'm feeling like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night" - Bon Jovi
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    serena wrote: »
    pigpen - happy to read that you've mulled it over and made your choices! Ask the lab to install close CCTV, and keep a diary and always have witnesses - or at least a cast iron alibi, when you actually do the deed.:D

    Forensic science with criminology... what do YOU think??.. lmao...
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • pigpen
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    And.. 11 more things listed on ebay.. and I paid my fees.. :D.. I've had to washa few of the things but they'll be dry shortly.

    Off for a wash.. cos I niff.. and then I am away to the pubic louse... anyone else coming?

    I may need to 'pay the neighbours a visit' before I go though.. or I may be temoted to stragegically place a few bricks when I come home.. one through each window and one up each butt hole! (theirs not mine!!) I hate having neighbours.. my next house will be detahced.. or else I'll be deaf!
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • froddington
    froddington Posts: 6,697 Forumite
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    Errrrmmm :o Here is my list :eek:


    Marvellous Monday - 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
    Clear a drawer .. any drawer
    Level 3
    Put all your hotspots in one pile and work your way through it..
    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!!!
    3. HHI
    Tuesday trauma - Kitchen and Dining Room
    Level One
    Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces
    Level Two
    Vacuum floors
    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. 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. 32 fling boogie..
    4. Have a film fest.. with popcorn and pop!!
    Wednesday Scrubfest- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
    Level One
    Clean & wash 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 and wipe off those cup rings!!
    Clean the windows in these rooms...
    Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
    Level Three
    Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
    Extra mission: Take your pick!
    1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
    2. Binbag dance.... ready.. set.. go!!!!!!!!
    Thursday Fun- those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
    Level One
    Make an appointment for some ME-time.. hairdressers? manicure? night out with friends? .. whatever just do it!
    Level Two
    Vacuum the floor
    Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!!
    Level Three
    Clean 2 windows
    Extra Task List
    1. Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames!
    2. HHI
    Friday Flliiing!- Master Bedroom & Landing
    Level 1
    Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
    Fling open the window and let in the cold!
    Level 2
    Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
    Air the duvet
    Level 3
    Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
    Sort through a cupboard and fling everything that cannot be worn after the summer
    Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more

      [*]      Clean all the upstairs door frames
      [*]      Clean windows in these roomsThe beautiful squeakend list

      1. HHI
      2. Work yourself to level 3 in your messiest room!!
      3. Work out your christmas budget... and start that buying.. no last minute madness this year!
      4. Fill a binbag of things to get rid of.. charity/bin etc
      5. 15 minutes hotspot clearing
      6. Write a cupboard inventory.. include the freezer and fridge.. then Mealplan for the week.
      Also: - pay money into mortgage
      do dividers for class folders
      put symbols into powerpoint for song for assembly
      HHP ready for Monday
      collect Avon from mum (and pay for it!)
      wash clothes, including school tops
      shredding
      do some cross stitch

      Oh, and watch the England match and the Grand Prix :p
      "There's only one way of life and that's your own" - Levellers

      "I'm feeling like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night" - Bon Jovi
    1. toochoosey
      toochoosey Posts: 7,371 Forumite
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      pigpen wrote: »
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      and then I am away to the pubic louse... anyone else coming?

      quote]
      :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

      i'm ok thanx
    2. pigpen
      pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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      post 9399..... I'll go for a shower in a second...
      LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
      Hope to be debt free until the day I die
      Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
      6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
      08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
    3. lil_me
      lil_me Posts: 13,186 Forumite
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      Pigpen you'd learn how to murder and hide the evidence :) sounds perfect. I prefer beimg neighbourless aswell, more so for their sake with DS1 being up at all hours.

      froddington if you didn't live in hampshire I'd have swore you were teaching my ds1! he's got a thing about recipe books at the mo but very fussy and likes sauce lol

      Nights dragging a bit with no studying to do, boys still wide awake, might read a junky magazine for a while. Hard to switch off when you're not used to it.
      One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
      GC: £200
      Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb
    4. pigpen
      pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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      post 9400................. 600 more to my next medal...

      type type type type type type!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
      Hope to be debt free until the day I die
      Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
      6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
      08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
    5. lil_me
      lil_me Posts: 13,186 Forumite
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      You're catching me up :rotfl: you must talk too much aswell :D

      Liking the weekend list, I might do some of that Christmas budget now

      Oh and I found these

      http://www.chartjungle.com/holidays/giftplanner.html bit american but good
      http://www.chartjungle.com/holidays/giftspurchasedchart.html perfect for me who looses presents

      http://www.chartjungle.com/holidays.html more stuff on there
      One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
      GC: £200
      Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb
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