Weekly Flylady Thread 10th November 2008

Pink_Fairy_2

So much for a relaxing evening! :mad:

I went upstairs for a soak in the bath. DH was taking DS to GF's, so I said lock the front door. Off he went while I wallowed. He came back and I could hear him bringing someone in - my work colleague that I've been expecting since 10.30am!:mad: She didn't have time earlier, so came in on her way home from college, so I had to cut short my wallow and sort some papers/files out for her. When I'm in the bath is the only time my breathing's easier at the moment.

Having missed Little Dorrit coz of colleague, I sat down to watch The Red Arrows for a while and managed the first half hour, then DH did the pick up of DS from GF and DD from college. They came in and talked non-stop for the next half hour, so I gave up! As they are often at loggerheads, it makes a nice change.

Now, I'm going to bed! If you see this Lady-Liberty, I will be thinking of you in the morning. You probably won't be thinking of posting! x

rose_tinted

So glad that I have found this thread and all u lovely people on it. My house is beginning to look slightly tidier and cleaner. Not that any of the family have noticed. I even cooked them spag bol and not one of them acknowledged it. Should have made them eat chips and nuggets. Might do tomoro as I am working all day.
Any hoo hope everyone is good and is sitting or sleeping in their lovely tidy and clean houses.:p

Pink_Fairy_2

Night night Rose-t. x

soappie

rose_tinted wrote: »

So glad that I have found this thread and all u lovely people on it. My house is beginning to look slightly tidier and cleaner. Not that any of the family have noticed. I even cooked them spag bol and not one of them acknowledged it. Should have made them eat chips and nuggets. Might do tomoro as I am working all day.

Rose, the fact they didn't acknowlegde the spag bol is really good news! It means you can do it again! You can rest on your laurels smugly and quietly thinking that at least they ate something healthy! Keep at it lass. You may not get acknowledgment from your family, but we'll applaud you all the way!

hollyh

Evening all

Hugs to all the poorlies hope everyone feels better soon.

Lady-liberty i will also be thinking of you tomorrow, i hope it all goes well.

Hugs to Gryfon.

Flying has gone badly wrong this week:rolleyes: well, Monday and Tuesday were ok but it's been downhill since.

I went shopping with OH today and got some more christmas presents which i've just wrapped ( apart from Ds1's as he's not long gone to bed;) .) OH got me a new phone for christmas so i could give Ds1 my old one so he's got a phone. He's annoyed though as my new one has a camera and bluetooth and all this other stuff i can't work out and my old one is just a bog standard phone without any extras. I told him he shouldn't have lost his and he'd still have a good one;) .

I've got Toddlers in the morning and Ds2 has nursery in the afternoon ( to make up for when he was ill) so i'm going to try and play catch up in the afternoon. I don't want to carry much over to the weekend as i want to have some relaxing time and family time. That's the plan anyway:rolleyes:

Wednesday Wobblies - Master bedroom!
Level One
Strip the linen and wash them
Fling open the window and let the room have some air!!
Level Two
Vacuum & turn the mattress before replacing the clean covers
HHC clearing the mess and gibble
Deweb and defuzz the room.. don't forget to do the bed base!
Level Three
Vacuum the bedroom and the landing
Sort through a cupboard and get rid of anything that is past its best.. especially those summer things that won't be worn next year
Fill a binbag for charity shop.. they are crying out for stuff!!
Thursday trashing- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two
Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks
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 upstairs bins! (the proper bins not the rooms that look like bins!)
Clean shower screen/curtain if you have one/if required
Collect all the dirty laundry
Extra mission: Take your pick!
Wipe the skirtings, door and window frames in these rooms
clean the radiators in these rooms
Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it
HHI... a bit more gone!
Friday fun and florricks... SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a bit of catchup!
Level One
S&S the kitchen and bathroom.. degunk any grot traps in the sinks... mine blocked it was so gross!
Make time to do something for yourself!! A haircut, a long bath, a facial... whatever it takes.. do it!
Level Two
Whizz over the main living area.. make it presentable
Change any smelly bedding that needs doing
Clean the fluff out of the TD filters.. or clean the WM/DW filters
Level Three
HHC clearing the messiest room in the house
Wash any windows that are needy
Complete ALL your dailies.. some of you have things on there that I have been seeing for weeks! lol
Extras
Clean out a cupboard.. the one you hide papers and junk in will do
Polish all your mirrors!
swish over your hob.
Collect all the dirty laundry strewn about the house.. bedroom floors are the worst!
Extras
Insurance form
Rent Tods
Clean out car
Sort, list & wrap presents have started
List presents to buy
Photo, weigh & list 5 items ebay
Fill charity bag have started
RSVP Party
Quote
Bank toddlers money
Milk bottles recycling
School form

Craftyscholar

lil_me wrote: »

Craftyscholar I only joined because other Flyladies were going on about it, but since then Facebook has put me in touch with friends and more importantly relatives who I had lost contact with. I can use it on my phone easily, it's a built in button on many phones now, so makes it easier for some to use. I like the way can upload pictures and videos aswell which is why I thought it was a good idea for this group, links can be posted and stay there for future reference, we can keep it also as a private group so only members can view everything.

Thanks lil_me. Think it is the privacy thing that was bothering me.

lil_me wrote: »

Right, DPs got right on my nerves, gone from a considerate ish person to an ignorant lump who threw a complete strop because I was going to be late from DS2s appointment even suggesting I left without him being seen. He couldn't have been more ignorant if he tried, so I told him he was a slinky, hence my FB message.

:eek::eek::eek: Is he still breathing?

Craftyscholar

Probably too late to catch you but all good wishes for tomorrow Lady-liberty.

Valli

Lady-Liberty wrote: »

Thanks to all of you for your kind words & thoughts, I am very touched & hope I can repay the favour some day, considering I only joined this week the compassion that comes through is truly amazing, one of the reasons I decided to stop lurking because I thought of you all as friends already:A


Good night LL xx

Aww shucks ***blush***she likes us!

sammiell wrote: »

Of course you were as you are so organised and efficient and i am not. lol

Nice job boss..another one conned!:rotfl:

soappie wrote: »

And to think I've actually met six of them

Wow! I used to go to USAF Mildenhall's Air Show...I love the Blackbird (SR71) a beautiful plane - and the Vulcan bomber...and we used to wave to the Red Arrows and you've met 'em. Mind you I would upchuck if I went in one of them planes...oh and the Harrier...and the A10 - some lovely planes I've seen...

Froddy - please tell Sexy we're missing her and hope she has a fabby time...and suggest she collects lots and lots of lovely artefacts for resourcing history and geography lessons...

Hi newbies - Toots will tell you that she's sorry she can't welcome you in true flylady fashion...and the thread HAS been behaving oddly or I would have said this earlier for her. Your house didn't get in a mess in a day, it won't get cleaned in a day. Follow the lists to as high a level as you can manage, and lots of us wil tell you not to carry lists over - that's just depressing...the rooms will all come round again in a week or so - and the extras too. Flower will tll you to watch out for the flyladies with OCD ... the really organised laundry obsessed ones...as if there could be such a flylady:rotfl: who colour match lots of odd things and 'like' ironing :eek:.
Pigpen is godlike - omnipresent and omniscient (ooh err missus) - it's a lovely place to be and after a few weeks here so is my house! Heck even drawers and cupboards are clean and tidy in Valliland ...

So (as it is wine o'clock...)I want to say thanks to you all for encouragement, support, laughs and friendship...I blurry love you xx

Avonlea

Thursday trashing- Bathroom and Study/Pc Area
Level One
[STRIKE] Clean floors in these rooms[/STRIKE] -bathroom done, PC area not done
Level Two
[STRIKE] Clean baths, toilets, don't forget the outside! and sinks[/STRIKE]
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
[STRIKE] Wash your bathroom mats[/STRIKE], nets, clean blind/curtains etc
Wipe down tiles in bathroom.. defragment your pc while doing this.
[STRIKE] Empty and clean out all the upstairs bins[/STRIKE]! (the proper bins not the rooms that look like 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. clean the radiators in these rooms
3. Fling all those empty bottles and tubes
4. replace any sponges, flannels, toiletries that need it
5. HHI... a bit more gone!

My extras
parcels for friends ready to post Friday
order extra school uniform
[STRIKE]try my wii fit even if I am tired!![/STRIKE] - managed this with ds joining in which he enjoyed too.

I'm quite pleased with what I managed even though I was out from 8am to 4pm today. I wouldn't normally have tackled the bathroom with 2 small children at 4.30pm. I got a lot done in 30mins and they managed to play nicely!!
Thanks for the motivation I can see how this will work over time.

Triker

Hello *sighs* 'nother 1/2 lb ON at Slimming World.

Right going to attempt to catch up........................I may be some time.:D