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Weekly Flylady Thread 6th October 2008

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  • froddington
    froddington Posts: 6,697 Forumite
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    Tia - hugs for your DS

    I've got the Avon from mum, dusted the front room, wiped appliances and cupboard doors in kitchen, sorted drawer in front room (to be fair, there isn't much in it!), cleaned the windows in the front room as well as the monitor and tv, and wiped the keyboard, mouse and phones!! Will have to stop there as arm aches, so apart from a bit of ironing later and sorting the stuff for school tomorrow, that's me done for this week :D

    Marvellous Monday - Living Room, Hall and Stairs
    Level 1
    Vacuum through the living room
    Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks –
    1. Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.

    Wednesday Scrubfest- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
    defragment your pc while doing this.

    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!
    1. HHI
    The 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!
    Also: - do dividers for class folders
    put symbols into powerpoint for song for assembly
    shredding
    do some cross stitch

    "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
  • toochoosey
    toochoosey Posts: 7,371 Forumite
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    i have been looking into the past weekly fly lady threads,just to see how it all started(cause it is fab) and was wondering when pigpen started to be"our leader!!!" and where moggins went?
  • Flylady_Flower
    Flylady_Flower Posts: 2,855 Forumite
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    tiamai_d wrote: »
    Well we had an adventure last night! Spent the night at first A&E then a ward in a different hospital 30mins away (cos they closed our local childrens ward where our A&E is). DS2 caught a torch with his head and got himself a nice concussion. Just washing the bedsheets now, he was very ill. This happened at 6.50pm (they were supposed to be watching a DVD in bed) and we got home about 1.30am. Except a nice bruise on his head you wouldnt know how ill he had been last night! Kids eh?

    Ah tia, I hope he's feeling better now - it's scary when they're small eh! I think I hate it more when they look spaced out and don't know whats going on, coz you just wanna comfort them and tell them it's OK, but they can't seem to grasp it... Hugs to you both
    LBM April 2013 - £29,000.00
    Vanquis CC's PAID - Debenhams SC PAID - A+L OD PAID - Asda CC £783.75
    Barclaycard CC £1400.78 - BoS CC PAID - Freemans Cat PAID
    F/D Loan & CC £1458.96 - Santander Loan PAID - Mum Loan PAID
    RBS OD PAID - F/D OD £1026.52
    Weekly Grocery Challenge - £95.00 budget / spend £-
  • Flylady_Flower
    Flylady_Flower Posts: 2,855 Forumite
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    pigpen wrote: »
    Hhhmm.. my front room has been transformed.. it is now.. an art gallery... apparently!

    Oh, please elaborate - you can't leave us with just that...
    (although I know the answer back will be, yes I can... ;) )
    LBM April 2013 - £29,000.00
    Vanquis CC's PAID - Debenhams SC PAID - A+L OD PAID - Asda CC £783.75
    Barclaycard CC £1400.78 - BoS CC PAID - Freemans Cat PAID
    F/D Loan & CC £1458.96 - Santander Loan PAID - Mum Loan PAID
    RBS OD PAID - F/D OD £1026.52
    Weekly Grocery Challenge - £95.00 budget / spend £-
  • Flylady_Flower
    Flylady_Flower Posts: 2,855 Forumite
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    SarahShattered wrote: »
    Glade Vanilla or Clean Linen Air Freshener.... not strictly cleaning product, but great for when the OH has been 'perfuming' the atmosphere!!! :mad:

    I know what you mean, but be careful with artificial sprays and plugins - the chemicals they use are really bad for you - I can't be in a room with them for too long as I get really bad headaches, as do a few other people I know... natural oils and stuff are better (you can mix with distilled water for a room spray too)
    LBM April 2013 - £29,000.00
    Vanquis CC's PAID - Debenhams SC PAID - A+L OD PAID - Asda CC £783.75
    Barclaycard CC £1400.78 - BoS CC PAID - Freemans Cat PAID
    F/D Loan & CC £1458.96 - Santander Loan PAID - Mum Loan PAID
    RBS OD PAID - F/D OD £1026.52
    Weekly Grocery Challenge - £95.00 budget / spend £-
  • Flylady_Flower
    Flylady_Flower Posts: 2,855 Forumite
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    SarahShattered wrote: »
    Emily sounds like you've got tons on your plate... take it steady, babysteps as everyone says. Pigpen will start a new list tonight, and will update it daily (thanks in advance piggers) and my suggestion would be to follow the list a day at a time, adding your own bits too.

    You've been doing so well, :T it would be a shame to get overwhelmed and cave in, esp if your OH has extra reason to be untidy... my OH needs no additional reasons for messiness :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    My hubby either, infact he achieves it with no effort whatsoever...:rotfl:

    Have to agree with Sarah on this Emily, please take it easy and you will find you achieve more and more as you go on... Well done for your first few days, you've done great! :T :T :T
    LBM April 2013 - £29,000.00
    Vanquis CC's PAID - Debenhams SC PAID - A+L OD PAID - Asda CC £783.75
    Barclaycard CC £1400.78 - BoS CC PAID - Freemans Cat PAID
    F/D Loan & CC £1458.96 - Santander Loan PAID - Mum Loan PAID
    RBS OD PAID - F/D OD £1026.52
    Weekly Grocery Challenge - £95.00 budget / spend £-
  • embb
    embb Posts: 3,118 Forumite
    Kids deposited at the Circus, had a quick cuppa round at OH's, I'm now contemplating ironing :confused: I've got a huge pile but it's upstairs and I iron downstairs and don't know if I can be faffed to bring it all down or take the iron etc upstairs, but my music which I like to iron to is downstairs- oh my.. decisions decisions,......ok If I just bung it in a bin bag and post it to you valli ta.

    tooch pigpen took over from lil_me who took over from moggins, it was last year I think If memory serves.

    SA form looked at, it was scary then when I finally got my head round it I couldn't find a black pen *tuts*
  • Flylady_Flower
    Flylady_Flower Posts: 2,855 Forumite
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    Have been a good little flylady today and have finished my room and DS's - still got to finish the Study/spare room coz it is piled up with washing to be put away, so will do that now I think (while I still feel like it...:p )...

    This is my list now:
    Thursday Fun- those frightening kids rooms and spare rooms
    [strike]Level One[/strike][strike]
    Clear away anything that isn't in its place, clothes, toys, books etc[/strike]
    [strike]Level Two[/strike][strike]
    Vacuum the floor
    Dusting... all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade and curtain pole!!![/strike]
    Level Three
    [strike]Clean 1 window[/strike]
    Sort through a cupboard/chest of drawers and get the clothes out which are no longer wearable, too small or out of season!
    [strike]Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors[/strike]
    [strike]Extra Task List [/strike][strike]
    Wipe the radiators, skirtings and window & door frames![/strike]
    Friday Flliiing!- Master Bedroom & Landing
    [strike]Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more[/strike][strike]
    32 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
    Clean all the upstairs door frames
    Clean windows in these rooms[/strike]
    The beautiful squeakend list
    • Spend 15 minutes pairing up those nasty odd socks... children are great at helping with these!!
    • HHI
    • Mend 2 things from your 'mend it' pile!! Going to sew up front of my dress and take up DS’s school trousers…
    • [strike]Spend at least an hour with your family... playing, reading or just watching a DVD and having a hug![/strike] Been out this morning and had fun
    • [strike]Work yourself to level 3 in your messiest room!! [/strike] DS's room, yipee!!!
    • Work out your Christmas budget... and start that buying... no last minute madness this year!
    • [strike]Wash and fling all the uniform bits ready for Monday. Clean lunch boxes.[/strike]
    • [strike]Fill a binbag of things to get rid of... charity/bin etc[/strike]
    • [strike]15 minutes hotspot clearing [/strike]
    • Write a cupboard inventory... include the freezer and fridge... then Mealplan for the week.
    My M.A.C.A.W challenge this week is..............Do 10 mins exercise on my treadmill at least 3 times a week… am carrying this on from last week and the week before as I was soooo bad at doing it but am determined to do some exercise if it kills me – Mon :) / Tues :( / Wed L but I have run around all day, so that will do today J/ Thur :( / Fri :( / Sat :( / Sun :)Also adding Toots good idea about making sure I do 1 thing a day off my list that I don't want to
    My Dailies
    [strike] DW x 1[/strike]
    [strike]WM x 2[/strike]
    [strike]Vacuum Hall, Kitchen, Stairs & Lounge x 2
    S&S Kitchen
    S&S Bathroom
    S&S Living room[/strike]
    My Extras
    Fill in Life Insurance stuff
    Make blinds for kitchen
    Put washing away
    Paint woodwork in DS’s room
    Sort out all DVD’s/Videos and put away/eBay/freecycle
    Sort out Christmas lists – Cards & Pressies Brought two pressies today!
    Spend 15 minutes sorting Hubbys socks, etc
    Clean out and groom and smelly pets!!
    Put cable for internet through wall to DS
    [strike]Fixed pelmet thing in DS’s room, still to put curtains and pole back up[/strike] And I put the curtains back up :)
    [strike]Fill out forms with DD for work[/strike]all filled out, just waiting for references…
    LBM April 2013 - £29,000.00
    Vanquis CC's PAID - Debenhams SC PAID - A+L OD PAID - Asda CC £783.75
    Barclaycard CC £1400.78 - BoS CC PAID - Freemans Cat PAID
    F/D Loan & CC £1458.96 - Santander Loan PAID - Mum Loan PAID
    RBS OD PAID - F/D OD £1026.52
    Weekly Grocery Challenge - £95.00 budget / spend £-
  • Flylady_Flower
    Flylady_Flower Posts: 2,855 Forumite
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    embb wrote: »
    SA form looked at, it was scary then when I finally got my head round it I couldn't find a black pen *tuts*

    Have you tried doing your SA online Embb? It's really easy if you have everything infront of you, and you get an immediate answer as to whether you owe any tax or they owe you... nice when it's the latter as it will be in your bank within a week then...:D

    If you have to register, they usually send the authorisation number, or whatever it's called, through really quick, about 5 days I think it took, so still quicker than doing it by paper and post... HTH
    LBM April 2013 - £29,000.00
    Vanquis CC's PAID - Debenhams SC PAID - A+L OD PAID - Asda CC £783.75
    Barclaycard CC £1400.78 - BoS CC PAID - Freemans Cat PAID
    F/D Loan & CC £1458.96 - Santander Loan PAID - Mum Loan PAID
    RBS OD PAID - F/D OD £1026.52
    Weekly Grocery Challenge - £95.00 budget / spend £-
  • toochoosey
    toochoosey Posts: 7,371 Forumite
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    i,ve just realised there is a flylady website!!!!!!!!!!!, going to check it out.......
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