Weekly Flylady Thread 24th November 2008

Penelope_Penguin

toochoosey wrote: »

oh, wanted to ask..when does everyone put the decorations up?

Christmas Eve, or the weekend before at the very earliest I love Christmas, but would be totally fed up with the whole thing if I had decorations up for a month before the big day :eek:

This is what I did yesterday:

This is my first list. Items in purple are to do today (and tomorrow, possibly). Items in blue are to do in the next week. Items in red are done.

Dailies
Feed and water chooks, collect eggs
Laundry
Ironing
Washing up
Post
Answer machine
Paperwork and Admin
Go to bank – pay in money and get change for dinner monies
Football club accounts
Card for bereaved friend
Order prescription
Renew library books
Book Christmas theatre tickets - Peter Pan at WYP!
Scouts – register with Charities Commission
Print Christmas card list; write cards; send cards
Prepare football accounts balance sheet
Order Christmas poultry
Order white card for DD’s card making
Buy chicken corn and pellets
Buy Coal
Christmas gift list
Order candles
Order from Amazon
Order seed catalogues – I need to order seeds, a cherry tree, and strawberry plants

Kitchen
Meal plan
Shopping list
Bread maker – brown loaf
Spinach and ricotta pasta sauce for tea
Clean out fridge
Clean out bread cupboard
Bake fruit cake, coffee cake
Clean windows
Living Room
Quick tidy, dust and hoover
Fill wood basket
Lay fire
Papers to recycling
Clean light fitting
Dust picture rail
Put up strings for Christmas cards

Bedrooms
Change our sheets/pillowcases
Change our duvet
Change children’s beds
Dining Room
Clean fireplace
Prepare labels for HM jam

Spare Room
List items for eBay
Wrap and send gifts for niece and nephew

I may well clean some windows today :eek:

Have a good one, Penny. x

ashia_2

Right, have creted a wonder list, have approx 4 hours to complete it....yeah right. Have added some of mondays stuff even though I've already done it coz I made a mess of the kitchen on Wed nite. Doh!

Monday - kitchen and dining room
Level One
clear and wipe work surfaces
Level Two
Sweep and mop the floors
Deweb and defluff these rooms
Extras - help yourself!
wipe and replace ALL the small appliances
Empty and wash out bins

Tuesday
update spreadsheets.. meal plans, finances etc

Wednesday - Master bedroom & landing
Level Two
floordrobe clearance in the bedroom
Level Three
Sort out your present stash.. less than a month to go now!!.. Do you have enough paper?
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Dust and wipe any paintwork
Extras
Write those christmas cards and sort stamps for those to be posted
Plan your shopping list for your christmas goodies.. don't forget the turkey! If you are ordering stuff from local shops.. pork pies/meat etc get it done this week!

Thursday - Bathroom, Study and loo
Level One
Clear floors and mop/vacuum them
Level Two
Clean loo, bath/shower, basins etc
Wipe the keyboard, mouse, telephone etc
Level Three
Defrag pc/run virus scan while washing down the tiles
Extras
Catch up on phone calls

Friday - living area, hall and stairs
Level one
Declutter all these areas
Vacuum these areas
Level Two
Wipe/vacuum sofas
Dust.. inc electrical appliances
Level Three
Tidy coats/shoes bags etc
Extras
Spend half an hour doing something for yourself
Wipe down all the paintwork in these areas

Got hyper Japanese girls belting their hits at me in their hyper-ish way in order to get my energy levels up. Okay, I'm going for a HHC 8 til 8.30. Join if your concious(sp)

Craftyscholar

Pink_Fairy wrote: »

Got sent home early from college coz the tutor decided I didn't look well. I thought I was looking better but that's three nights on the trot someone said that at college.

DD is not speaking to me. She was resitting her Maths GCSE (she's 24) to try and improve her grade, so at 6.15 I collect her at the roundabout her car share drops her off at, take her straight to college, come home and scoff dinner then shoot off to Welsh for 7.00. Picked her up, she's not going to college, so I dash home, eating dinner, she reminds me that I said I'd pick her up in Bristol after work (5.30) as she's got her first RSC weekend (TA) and would be late as her car share's not there, only I mucked up, forgot and booked the puppies in at the vets where they gave me a 5.00 appointment. I said I'd cancel the vet and get them in on Monday. She started hassling, ended up in tears (over nothing coz I hadn't even said no or raised my voice) so I just stormed out to college. Then I sent DS a text and asked him to decide what he wants to do as he and GF have to be at D of E at 6.30, DH is away this weekend, I've to go to Bristol and I don't even know who is eating dinner at our house. DD sends me a text saying she's given up Maths, so I won't need to give her lift there and I respond by saying "Thanks for nothing much", so she came back with quite a nasty text about how she's arranged things so she "won't be needing any lifts from me in future". Is it me? I've been feeling really low, weepy and emotional for a few days now and that hasn't helped, but I hardly ever do anything other than work that's just for me, I run around after them all the time and the one who needs it most (DS because of his health problem) is the one who does most to help. I asked them all before I signed up to my college courses and they all agreed it was a good thing for me to do. I'm seriously wodnering whether it would be easier just to give it all up.

Sorry for offloading, but this has really got to me and I feel really upset tonight.

(((hugs))) PF.
I presume your DD is not giving up Maths just because you forgot about picking her up for something else, particularly since you said you would change arrangements.
Sounds as if she was having problems with the course.
You did make sure they knew you had been sent home from your course didn't you? (and no you will not give it up)
Mind you, you have made me wonder how much I used to take 'mummy taxi service' for granted and at your DDs age:o
Sorry to others, I was catching up before starting day properly, but had to answer this one.

nicki_2

Morning all....who wants to bet that someone tries to drag me in to help this afternoon I'm trying to work out the "safest" place to hide from the rest of the staff :rotfl: I was going to sit in the staffroom as its right next to the room with the photocopier in and just down the corridor from the office...but we'll have to see as I suspect that could be a "dangerous" location to be since I'm not meant to be in work today:eek::rotfl:

Right, best get DD and myself ready for school. Then we're going straight out to town (after dropping bags etc off) to do some Christmas shopping. Catch you later :wave:

Pink_Fairy_2

Good morning all. Feeling slightly better today. I still got up at 6.30 and made DD's coffee while she was getting ready for work (it's what I do ) plus had to get up to puppies anyway etc.

Grabitnow has wireless headphones for £8.27 including postage, so just ordered some for DS as part of his Christmas present.

CS - she's been grumbling about the Maths for a few weeks, but it was her idea to do it. She got a D in GCSEs. I'm not being boastful, she is bright. I was the local chair for the National Association for Gifted Children for 3 years because of her! Because she got bullied at school for doing the class ahead's work (they had to bring stuff in for her) she stopped trying so didn't do brilliantly, although she improved by at least one grade from her mocks. She wanted to improve on her Maths as most jobs she would like to progress to, you need a C or above. We've made sure she gets a lift there and back because of timing. She gets home at 6.15 and starts at 6.30, so it's a rush. We've helped with homework if she gets stuck. We can't do any more.

Anyway, she is going to ask if one of her friends can bring her home tonight. If she comes by train she won't get back to Newprot until 7 and has to be at the TA for 7.30 so no time to eat or shower first. I said if she lets me know asap, I will rearrange the vets etc. To be fair, she's probably stressed about this weekend as it's her first and she'll be keen to make sure everything is right because of her dad, although someone told him on Wednesday that she is the only one who has submitted all the correct paperwork.

Anyway, jobs for today (some dailies already done):

SS Shower room
Walk dogs
5GC

Frantic Friday - offspring’s rooms
Level One
Vacuum the floor, even if it's just where you can see
Level Two
Clear away anything that isn't in it's place, clothes, toys, books etc
Dusting.. all those shelves and flat fluffy surfaces!! Don’t forget the light shade, curtain rails or above the door frame.
Level Three
Strip beds and replace with fresh linen .. check if duvets need freshening up too!!
Drag all that junk out from under the bed and deal with it as required e.g. bin, put away, wash etc
Wipe any sticky marks off walls and doors
Extra Task List: as usual pick any one or more of the following
Time for the Friday Flylady Fling, aim for 27... choose any area!
Clean 2 radiators or the skirting in any room of your choice!.. or you could do both!
Clean any one (or more) window that needs doing
30 minutes ironing

And my leftovers:
Manic Monday - Kitchen, Utility and Dining Room/Area
Level Three
Clean washer drawer, filters on the dryer, dishwasher and cooker hood filters
Extra tasks - if you want to do more:
Wipe down any tiles and shine those taps, a toothbrush is great for cleaning away the gunk!
Terrific Tuesday - Living Room, Den and Stairs
Level Three
Wipe the bits next to the steps on the stairs.
Extra Mission Tasks - as usual try one or more of these
Check where important documents like passports, birth certificates, driving licences, medical cards are and make a note of where they are and if any need replacing, changing etc
Clean out the vacuum cleaner filters if they are washable MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PUT THEM BACK UNTIL THEY ARE DRY!
Thrilling Thursday - Study/PC area and Bathrooms
Level One
Clean floors in these rooms
Level Two -moving downstairs tomorrow so will do it then
Clear any clutter from desk
Dust PC and desk
Wipe keyboard, house phone, sockets, switches and mouse etc
Level Three
Defragment hard drive on one PC or laptop
Extra tasks list: as usual choose one or more
Clear a hotspot, if it's bad at least spend 10 minutes on it
Remove anything from window sills in these rooms, clean before replacing the items
15 minutes paperwork filing/flinging. Deal with anything urgent now

Extras:-
Christmas Cards to post to Lil_me!!!
Vets 5.00 - maybe!
DS and GF to D of E at 6.30
DS and GF to Youth Carol Service Rehearsal 9.30 Saturday
GF's b*tch and me to hairdresser (don't ask!!!) 1.00 Saturday

Off to get some breakfast myself!

soappie

Morning.

How grey and dull it is! Still, at least it's not raining - yet!

My day off

I'm looking forward to having a really good sort out and clean (sad person that I am!)

Tooch - re putting up the Christmas tree - mine goes up when I've bought it! Usually during the week before Christmas. This year I 'break up' on 18th December for two and a bit weeks. I may well buy the tree on the way home from work on that day (I go by about 70 squillion garden centres on my journey!).

Gryfon

johanne wrote: »

GRYFON - without sounding totally stupid... but if posting to you via royal mail is it counted as UK or European mail? Cos if it wouldnt cost too much and you were willing to pay a little towards the postage i can always order anything you want from avon for you and send it over?

As far as I know we're UK mail. I'll double check though. I know for things like letters a normal 1st or 2nd class stamp gets things here alright. Can be a right pain living here sometimes! Virgin Vie told me I was international :rolleyes: Suppose it could be because we don't pay any VAT and they just don't want the hassle.

toochoosey

dailies


vacuum the downstairs floors
put on clean bedding
Sort throughwardrobe and fling anything that no longer fits

HHI


Thursday - Bathroom, Study and loo
Level One
Clear floors and mop/vacuum them
Level Two
Clean loo, bath/shower, basins etc
Level Three
Collect all the smelly laundry from upstairs
Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. HHI

Friday - living area, hall and stairs
Level one
Vacuum these areas
Level Two
Wash windows
Dust.. inc electrical appliances
Level Three
Binbag dance
Tidy coats/shoes bags etc
Extras

1. Spend half an hour doing something for yourself
2. HHI
3. Wash uniforms/work and school things for Monday

made a start DD has gone to school, and i must remember to make a couple of phone calls, i hate phoning people to rearrange arrangements, feel like such a pain!
anywy, cuppa now, then will crack on........

ashia_2

Monday - kitchen and dining room
Level One
[STRIKE]clear and wipe work surfaces[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Sweep and mop the floors
[STRIKE]Deweb and defluff these rooms[/STRIKE]
Extras - help yourself!
wipe and replace ALL the small appliances
Empty and wash out bins

Tuesday
[STRIKE]update spreadsheets.. meal plans, finances etc
[/STRIKE]
Wednesday - Master bedroom & landing
Level Two
[STRIKE]floordrobe clearance in the bedroom[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Sort out your present stash.. less than a month to go now!!.. Do you have enough paper?
Vacuum floors in bedroom and on landing
Dust and wipe any paintwork
Extras
Write those christmas cards and sort stamps for those to be posted
Plan your shopping list for your christmas goodies.. don't forget the turkey! If you are ordering stuff from local shops.. pork pies/meat etc get it done this week!

Thursday - Bathroom, Study and loo
Level One
Clear floors and mop/vacuum them
Level Two
Clean loo, bath/shower, basins etc
Wipe the keyboard, mouse, telephone etc
Level Three
Defrag pc/run virus scan while washing down the tiles
Extras
Catch up on phone calls

Friday - living area, hall and stairs
Level one
Declutter all these areas
Vacuum these areas
Level Two
Wipe/vacuum sofas
Dust.. inc electrical appliances
Level Three
[STRIKE]Tidy coats/shoes bags etc[/STRIKE]
Extras
Spend half an hour doing something for yourself
Wipe down all the paintwork in these areas

I've also loaded and switched on the washing machine, put away pots from ages ago and washed the pots that have been lying. Need to go out and buy a bottle of perfume for oh's mum, going to House of Fraser coz its their saley thing.

Gryfon

Oh and morning everyone! :wave:

Valli...have you tried something like calpol? That's what I give my 9 year old if she gets a headache as she struggles taking small sickness tablets when we're travelling.

Um not sure how much flying I'll get today. Finally it's payday and Mr G gets a bonus as well. A load is going to pay off the CC but I can now do some Christmas shopping :j So we need to find all the presents I've hidden away over the year and work out what more I actually need to get. Think I might go to town this afternoon and see what Boots have in for some hampers, already got my bargain 65p photo albums Trouble is now I can spend I feel guilty doing it! I think that when you spend so long not spending much it's hard to suddenly spend some money! Or maybe that's just me :rotfl:

Actually I will do a bit of flying when small girl is sleeping and clear the lounge.