Weekly Flylady Thread 13th October 2008

toottifrootti

TOOTS TO-DO LIST

Monday Misery - Kitchen
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Extra Mission : help yourself

Tuesday Terrors- Living Room, Hall
HHI
Level 3
[strike]Put all your hotspots in one pile [/strike]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. Clean windows & any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc

Wednesday Whoopees!!- 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 bins!
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Extra mission: Take your pick!

1. Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms

Thursday throws!- Master Bedroom & Landing
Level 1
[strike]
Remove and wash bed linen and duvet covers.
Fling open the window and let in the weather[/strike]
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
[strike] Air the duvet[/strike]
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. 31 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
2. Clean all paintwork on the landing
3. Clean windows in these rooms
4. the drawers/cupboard beside the bed.. space please!!

My M.A.C.A.W challenge this week is.............
To be in bed by 11pm S,M,T,W,T,F,S
and be up before 8.30am M[strike],[strike]T,[/strike]W,[/strike][strike]T[/strike],F,S,S
Going to keep this one until I get better at it!! have changed my morning time as I barely managed the 8am start - I think I tried to cut it down too quickly.

my tasks for this week (TOO MUCH PAPERWORK/ADMIN TYPE THINGS)

1. check out electricity/gas suppliers for better deal - to finish
2. send long newsy email to cousins (2)
3. send info to debt counsellor friend
4. watch and return family wedding dvd
5. check out house insurance deals
6. get photos done for application forms

Have set myself 7 tasks for this week - at a rate of 1 per day that is not much - these must be done this week.

on top of these tasks if I get through my chores then I will be doing more ebay/amazon and any other decluttering tidying that I can manage!!!!!

thats my list sorted - :eek: :eek: :eek:

toots xx

Valli

Triker wrote: »

My daughter's a libran, most argumentative sod on the planet.:D

We are ACE arguers...what you gotta do is
(how disloyal is this to a fellow Libran)
switch sides...

you will get her to completely change her POV

Bet her fave phrase is

(now you will think I am psychic)

...on the other hand...

BTW how stressful do you think it would be if you had a household of 3 - mum (Valli - DS and DD and Valli and the DS are Libran...and DD Aquarian also an Air sign...no wonder the Aries 'poppa' ain't here no more...the rows were...and are..CATACLYSMIC)


Now Toots I was ginving you a get-out clause there...and excuse for your overpowering emotion

polkadot

I will save my word doc now and continue later-just scanned through and HAD to get in and wish Toots happy birthday-I'm so glad I haven't missed it yet:)

I have been flying since yesterday and I think I'm all about caught up. I spent Sunday night in hospital with the hip and DF did a fine job of keeping things up here. Now I have to go back to physio and the doctor is advising the Z-lengthening procedure on my hip. I still really want to wait until after baby 2 because I was on crutches from 6 months with DS and I worry the Z-lengthening will worsen things like with my achilles tendon, rather than improve. At any rate-we still have physio to get through before I have to make a decision.

Tag, your note to Valli reminded me...I ironed the bath mats yesterday. And I got a new “laundry transport basket” (since most of my ouch was caused by walking down the little hill with a bundle of clothes falling all over the place) and I now have a system. Put basket on kitchen table and pull out both mine and DF’s chairs-fold clothes as they come out of dryer and place mine in basket and DF’s and DS’s on a chair respectively. Then place DF’s clothes on top of mine and then DS’s. Walk to bedroom and put DS’s clothes in dresser (nearest the door) then DF’s (main cupboard closest to the door) and then mine (main cupboard furthest from the door) walk back up to bathroom to collect next load to be washed or loaded ready for the morning. Basket holds one perfect load and I cleared the mountain that was left from TD not working (about two weeks) in two days.

I think I'll wonder off and check the list to see how much I've done (with DF's help) this week. And then go back to page 21:eek:

From what I squizzed earlier you've all done so well and its so nice to see so many newbies.

Valli

Hey Polka'S BACK TOO

S'LIKE THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON HERE...:D

Toots way past your bedtime...

that's one effective MACAW...not:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Triker

Valli wrote: »

We are ACE arguers...what you gotta do is
(how disloyal is this to a fellow Libran)
switch sides...

you will get her to completely change her POV

Bet her fave phrase is

(now you will think I am psychic)

...on the other hand...

BTW how stressful do you think it would be if you had a household of 3 - mum (Valli - DS and DD and Valli and the DS are Libran...and DD Aquarian also an Air sign...no wonder the Aries 'poppa' ain't here no more...the rows were...and are..CATACLYSMIC)


Now Toots I was ginving you a get-out clause there...and excuse for your overpowering emotion

I've got an aquarian to..........absolutely barking.;):D

Valli

D'you know Triker - when DS was born I 'knew' him...and can read him like a book still....but DD was a little stranger and i have had to 'get to know' her ...that's the only way I can explain it..she is wilful, self opinionated but a darling...but she was, for such a long time...'a stranger'...and yet, with them both I 'knew' what to expect...so DS section was NO surprise....not to me and I knew the gender without being told..so much so that my mum was convinced I had been told...but I kept my 'knowledge' to myself.

Now all I need to do is to apply my 'psychic' skils to the lottery and everything will be fine and dandy!

toottifrootti

yeah I know .....was just savouring every last morcel of my birthday....!!!!
polka - lovely to see you - hope you are feeling easier - tough decision you have ther - hope the physio does what it is meant and not make things any worse.
ok - I off to my pit - see you in the morning maybe or after my class if not.

night all
toots xx

Triker

Valli wrote: »

D'you know Triker - when DS was born I 'knew' him...and can read him like a book still....but DD was a little stranger and i have had to 'get to know' her ...that's the only way I can explain it..she is wilful, self opinionated but a darling...but she was, for such a long time...'a stranger'...and yet, with them both I 'knew' what to expect...so DS section was NO surprise....not to me and I knew the gender without being told..so much so that my mum was convinced I had been told...but I kept my 'knowledge' to myself.

Funny that, same here in many ways. It's easy with DD1 and myself (both monkeys in the chinese zodiac) but DD2, well lets just say I've learned a lot about myself by working on our relationship due to our differences. She's a bit unique but wierdly so very similar to my Dad (another aquarian) who is also barking.:D

Love em to bits though.

Valli

and they reckon there's nothing in it...

Nght all

pit beckons...

polkadot

Monday Misery - Kitchen and Dining Room
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe kitchen surfaces[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Sweep[/STRIKE] and mop floors
Clean the mouldy fridge.. fling out the manky things before they leave themselves.. and make a note of what needs using NOW
[STRIKE]Wipe dining table.. (clean table cloth if necessary) [/STRIKE]Seamed the piece of fabric I bought on Thursday so now we have a REAL tablecloth:j
Level Three
[STRIKE]Dust any extra furniture in dining area, checking for cobwebs on way round
[STRIKE]Wipe and replace all those small appliances.. kettle, toaster etc [/STRIKE]Came home on Monday to find DF had bought me a new kettle, one where the whole bottom hits so theres no more fiddly element to get around:)
[STRIKE]Clean cupboard door fronts and fronts of appliances .. don't forget those kick boards..[/STRIKE]
Empty all the drawers.. shake out the crumbs and put back only the nice things
Extra Mission : help yourself
Slop over the oven and hob
Take one small electrical appliance and give it a thorough cleaning.. the toaster or the kettle or the microwave.. or whatever you like..Does my new kettle count?
37 fling boogie..
Empty the bin.. wash it out.. and make it smell SWEET Will do so tomorrow-Thursday is bin day
Tuesday Terrors- Living Room, Hall and Stairs
Level 1
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors and sofas [/STRIKE]Cleaned the throw for the first time today in two weeks-it felt SOOO good
Level 2
Dusting, even if around everything
[STRIKE]Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe [/STRIKE]
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets
HHI
Level 3
[STRIKE]Wipe and water plants[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Put all your hotspots in one pile and work your way through it.. [/STRIKE]DF has finally started working on the box of computer bits under the sofa
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
[STRIKE]Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks –[/STRIKE]
Clean windows & any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc
Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
[STRIKE]Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!![/STRIKE]Well, DF did.. the computer bits
[STRIKE]Wash any cushions, throws or curtains that need it[/STRIKE]
Wednesday Whoopees!!- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area Kept up with PC area in LR mostly so have a bit to do in BR tomorrow
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
[STRIKE]Clear any clutter from desk [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Dust PC and desk and wipe off those cup rings!![/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc[/STRIKE]
Level Three
[STRIKE]Wash your bathroom mats, nets, clean blind/curtains etc[/STRIKE]
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins!
[STRIKE]Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Collect all the dirty laundry [/STRIKE]
Extra mission: Take your pick!
Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
Fling all those empty bottles and tubesIts becoming habit now to do this whilst in the shower each night
[STRIKE]replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it[/STRIKE]This too
Clean the fluff from the fires so they are nice and clean for using.. have those services been arranged on boilers and fires yet??
Thursday throws!- 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 weather
Level 2
Dust surfaces & make sure no cobwebs..
Vacuum & turn mattress before replacing with fresh linen..
Air the duvet
[STRIKE]15 minutes floordrobe clearance [/STRIKE]
Level 3
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
[STRIKE]Sort through a cupboard and fling everything that is dead[/STRIKE]Did DF's sock and undies drawer today, he said I threw away his lucky holies:rotfl:
[STRIKE]Clear a hotspot.. or spend 15 minutes clearing one.[/STRIKE]
Extra tasks list, as usual choose one or more
31 fling boogie time, go on grab a bag and clear that clutter
Clean all paintwork on the landing
Clean windows in these rooms
the drawers/cupboard beside the bed.. space please!!