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Weekly Flylady Thread 15th December 2008

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  • froddington
    froddington Posts: 6,697 Forumite
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    In my HHC, I managed to sort a couple of hotspots, though there is still much to do ........ :o


    Tuesday - no laughing.. KITCHEN!!

    Level Three
    Sweep and mop the sooty sticky fluffy covered in fireman boot print floor!

    Extras
    1. HHI
    Wednesday - living room, hallway, stairs

    Level one
    Clear the floor of clutter

    Level two
    Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
    Wash the windows

    Level three
    Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs.

    Extras
    1. Defluff and deweb these rooms
    Thursday - Master messroom! and landing

    Level one
    Strip the bedding and get it washed!

    Level Two
    Vacuum the mattress, landing and floor
    Remake the bed
    Clean the windows

    Level Three
    Wipe down all the furry paintwork

    Extras
    1. HHI
    Friday -finale!


    Extras for the WHOLE WEEKEND!!!
    1. Wrap remaining presents
    My one-a-day (or 7-a-weekend!!) list:

    - car checks
    - dye hair
    "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
  • How did you get on Frodds and Rach?

    ETA - Frodds got on v well lol

    Monday - bathroom, study and other grotty places!
    Level One
    Clean the loo and the [STRIKE]bath and the shower and the basins[/STRIKE]!
    Defragment PC and run spyware scans while scrubbing
    Level Two
    Wash windows
    Clean curtains/blinds etc
    [STRIKE] Declutter floors
    [/STRIKE]
    Level Three
    [STRIKE]Wash bathmats/shower curtain [/STRIKE]and furry bog hats
    [STRIKE]
    Replace any sponges/flannels/toothbrushes etc that need it
    throw out any empty bottles.. decant dribbles into fuller bottles
    [/STRIKE]
    Extras -
    1. Finalise those last minute presents you have to buy..
    2. [STRIKE] Post all the cards you need to post
    3. Wrap all the presents for family/friends[/STRIKE]
    4. Finalise shopping orders/lists for your christmas food shop.. remember shops are only closed for one day!!!!
    Wednesday - living room, hallway, stairs
    Level one
    [STRIKE]
    Clear the floor of clutter
    Tidy the baubles and lights on the tree
    [/STRIKE]
    Level two
    Vacuum the stairs and hallway and living room
    [STRIKE] Stardrop the carpet
    [/STRIKE]
    Level three
    Wipe the sofas and wash any skanky soft furnishings
    Sort coats, shoes and bags
    Wipe the paintwork in the hallway and up the stairs.
    Extras
    1. [STRIKE]Check the smoke alarms[/STRIKE]
    2. Fill a binbag for charity shop
    3. Finalise your christmas menu and shopping list
    4. Defluff and deweb these rooms
    Thursday - Master messroom! and landing
    Level one
    Strip the bedding and get it washed!
    [STRIKE] 30 minutes floordrobe/junk clearing!!
    [/STRIKE]
    Level Two
    Vacuum the mattress, landing [STRIKE]and floor[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Remake the bed
    [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]Dust everywhere[/STRIKE]
    Level Three
    Wash any curtains/etc that are in need
    Wipe down all the furry paintwork
    Fill a binbag for charity shop or the bin!
    Extras
    1. [STRIKE]binbag dance. [/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE] Clean out the fridge
    Clear out a grotty cupboard!
    [/STRIKE]
    Extras for the WHOLE WEEKEND!!!
    1. Final final shopping lists
    2. Update remaining present lists
    3. Wrap remaining presents
    4. Deliver presents that you need to before christmas
    5. Stick all your cards up
    Right...time for a nap before I take my aunt and uncle out. I'm on taxi duty tonight :D
  • soappie
    soappie Posts: 6,794 Forumite
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    Permission to nod off sir?

    I'm really tired this afternoon - might be low blood sugar as I realised I'd hardly eaten anything all day so have just shoved some pate and toast down myself and I'm drinking a really large mug of tea. But it might be the Christmas running around.

    Couldn't face Mr. T in the end so I went foraging for the PO that Rach mentioned and found it. Parcel still won't be delivered until Tuesday but at least it's now in the hands of the PO so it's their fault if anything goes wrong from now on! I'll PM you the tracking number etc. shortly Lil-me

    As I was in the 'villagey' end of town I nipped round the corner and availed myself of the butcher and the greengrocer. I'll probably have to do a small Mr. T tomorrow but if I go early, I should miss the rush. Trouble is, the butcher does game so I ended up with a pheasant for myself tonight! (DS and DiL are out). I shall casserole it I think.

    Also popped in to the picture framers on the off chance and yes, DiL's parents map was just ready so that saves me another trip there on Monday.

    But, I think now, I'm going to put my feet up for the rest of the evening (outside of dinner making of course) and just chill
    I am the leading lady in the movie of my life
  • froddington
    froddington Posts: 6,697 Forumite
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    lil_me - it's to do with the gluten - those with ASD often crave gluten (even more so if they're on gluten free diets). I've known children who pull up the corner of carpets to lick the glue - how they know it's there, I have no idea :confused: If you've ever seen / read any of the stuff about Luke Jackson and his family, he says about this.

    Need to find something to wear tonight - and I'm supposed to be leaving by 6 - and I still have wet hair - and I haven't showered - and I need to eat ........
    "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
  • vanilla
    vanilla Posts: 3,277 Forumite
    I've got nothing done since last post except feed everyone. BIL has been up and gave DD the brain training game (guess what i'll be at when she goes to bed:rotfl: ). He also took a look at the laptop and found a virus, have told hubby no more downloading.

    Right boys on xbox, DD on ds and hubby on laptop and i'm gonna make a start on the kitchen and the washing. Will update later.

    Dusty me and bump are well, he/she likes to wake up and jump about at night. Keeps me amused.:rotfl:
    Sometimes it seems that the going is just too rough.
    And things go wrong no matter what I do.
    Now and then it seems that life is just too much.
    But you've got the love I need to see me through.
    :j :j
  • rach
    rach Posts: 5,476 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Rach's catchup list!

    Kitchen - worktops, floor, clean George foreman, cupboards, fridge, hob
    Bathroom
    - loo, sink, bath, tiles, floor, shelf
    bedroom - Change bedding, hoover, tidy, clean bedside cabinets
    lounge/hall/stairs - hoover, wipe round, tidy sofa hotspot
    Collect stinky laundry from about the place
    wm x 3 (1) (2) (3)
    put clean laundry away

    Extras for the WHOLE WEEKEND!!!
    1. Final final shopping lists
    2. Update remaining present lists
    3. Wrap remaining presents
    4. Stick all your cards up
    5. Sort presents into separate bags so they are easier for santa to sort.
    6. write & post remaining cards
    7. RELAX!! though this is ongoing as i've finished work!!
    Mum to gorgeous baby boy born Sept 2010:j
  • rach
    rach Posts: 5,476 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Quite pleased with results of HHC, which ended up being an hour...doesn't look like much but cleaned bathroom and kitchen floors on hands and knees...bathroom one needed 2 hoovers and a lot of work!

    WM is just finishing, think I might do another HHC 5.15-5.30 if anyone wants to join me? plan then is to hoover the hallway and everywhere else, do the hall floors as guy had his shoes on (not usually allowed in this house) so they're a mess now, fold laundry and hang up the clean stuff...

    no cooking here as we're getting a chinese takeaway tonight.

    soappie- glad you found it, i used to live almost opposite there, guy is really helpful and friendly...
    Mum to gorgeous baby boy born Sept 2010:j
  • Hi,

    Hope everyone is well & welcome newbies/returners. So far today I've done errands & decorating. My aims for the rest of the day are to do more errrands, tidy up & do laundry
  • rach
    rach Posts: 5,476 Forumite
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    oops I got my HHC times wrong...anyone for 5.30-6pm?

    ETA: just me then...off I go again. Have left DH in the lounge with the footie and am on a roll now...

    lil_me - on the planner page, top right, tells you how much is free. When you set stuff to record you can put a keep on it so it doesn't auto delete (i think..)
    Mum to gorgeous baby boy born Sept 2010:j
  • AnW'sMum
    AnW'sMum Posts: 4,416 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    We don't have a sy box but MIL does and I seem to think she can set it so that you can 'lock' your fave recordings so that they can't get deleted. Not sure if all boxes have this capability.

    Right off to set Casualty to tape and then down to Mum and Dad's for the final of Strictly :D
    Official Mascot and Chief Cheerleader for the 'Mortgage Free in Three' Gang :D
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