Weekly Flylady Thread 29th December 2008

hellsbells45

Monday Mayhem..
Level One


Level Two


Level Three
HHI .. We will not have any left for New Year!
Catch up on some laundry ..
Extras

1. HHC in your bedroom.. most look like a war zone!
2. Dust round the whole downstairs
3. do a crazy HHC decluttering downstairs
4. Make sure you spend at least half an hour doing something for yourself!

Tuesday - Twinkle Time!
Level One
Clean 5 windows! inc sills.
Sweep and mop the kitchen floor!
Level Two
Wash a duvet cover or 3 that need doing!
Clear out a cupboard.. the one you ALWAYS put off doing!
Fill a binbag to go to charity shop
Level Three
Vacuum up the stairs.. and the landing and at least 1 bedroom!
Wipe all the paintwork down in one room
Scrub the bath/shower.. and the sinks.. and the tiles!
Extras

1. Descale the kettle and iron

Wednesday - Washy Sploshy!
Level One
FINISH THE IRONING!!

HHC in the master bedroom
Change 2 lots of bedding that haven't been done recently!
Wash the upstairs windows!
Level Three
Fill a binbag of stuff to go to charity shop


Extras

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2. Wash/clean pet bedding bowls tanks etc
3. 
   
4. Collect dirty laundry from about the house!

Friday fun! - childrens rooms
We need these looking nice for when the children go back to school next week so I think it is only fair they help clear up!
Level One
Clear the floors in the childrens room.. throw out any broken toys and find some that are no longer needed that can be sent to charity shop or given away.
Level Two
Change the childrens bedding/wash curtains
Vacuum mattress (after turning & wiping any waterproof sheets) and floors
Wash window
Level Three
Sort through a clothing cupboard.. anything outgrown?
Put any discs back in cases and books back on shelves etc
Dust.. lightshades, curtain poles, games consoles/PC's etc
Extras

1. Make sure coats and shoes and uniforms are ready for school next week
2. Wipe any sticky handprints and dirty marks off walls and doors
3. Wipe down the paintwork & radiators
4. Clean out any pets!

Getting there:j Its amazing how much you can do in 5 minute bursts:D

kings981

Hi I'm new to this and work full time but would love to be more organised around the house. I will start properly next week.

Can I ask how long roughly would you say each days task takes?
Do you set aside an hour or more.

soappie

Welcome Kings - they can take as long or as short as you want - depending how thorooughly you do them! and don't think you need to do level 3 every day - you'd be exhausted if you did!

Toots, our honorary meeter and greeter will doubtless be along later to officially welcome you!

ragz_2

Thanks to Hollh's HHC suggestion I did dragged myself off the sofa for 20 minutes and now list looks like

:rolleyes:Friday fun! - childrens rooms
We need these looking nice for when the children go back to school next week so I think it is only fair they help clear up!
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear the floors in the childrens room.. throw out any broken toys and find some that are no longer needed that can be sent to charity shop or given away.[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]
Change the childrens bedding/wash curtains
Vacuum mattress (after turning & wiping any waterproof sheets) and floors
Wash window
[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Sort through a clothing cupboard.. anything outgrown?
Put any discs back in cases and books back on shelves etc
[STRIKE]Dust.. lightshades, curtain poles, games consoles/PC's etc[/STRIKE]
Extras

1. Wipe any sticky handprints and dirty marks off walls and doors
2. Wipe down the paintwork & radiators
3. Do meal plan for the next few weeks.
4. Finish planning budget, did it earlier and it cannot be right that we have £500 left over each month! (I haven't seen it!):rolleyes:
5. Make proper list of daily tasks to follow.
6. Take decorations down.

Hawthorn

Friday fun! - childrens rooms
We need these looking nice for when the children go back to school next week so I think it is only fair they help clear up!
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear the floors in the childrens room.. throw out any broken toys and find some that are no longer needed that can be sent to charity shop or given away.[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Change the childrens bedding/wash curtains
Vacuum mattress (after turning & wiping any waterproof sheets) and floors
Wash window
Level Three
[STRIKE]
Sort through a clothing cupboard.. anything outgrown?
Put any discs back in cases and books back on shelves etc
Dust.. lightshades, curtain poles, games consoles/PC's etc
[/STRIKE]
Extras

1. Make sure coats and shoes and uniforms are ready for school next week
2. [STRIKE]Wipe any sticky handprints and dirty marks off walls and doors[/STRIKE]
3. [STRIKE]Wipe down the paintwork & radiators[/STRIKE]
4. [STRIKE]
   
5. Clean out any pets!
6. [/STRIKE]

Yay, doing well today!
Also, kitchen S&S.....need to wash breakfast pots which I shall do in a moment.
I have one laundry load to do. My last airer gave up the ghost yesterday sadly. It's legs just gave up on it. I need one ASAP, now. I don't want to resort to the dryer.
A little laundry to transport upstairs.
I have our bedroom which is my main goal today. It's a bombsite! Everything else is just a quick tidy round and a dust!
Also need to get dressed. I got bought this biiiig fluffy dressing gown from my mum this christmas, and it's so warm and comfy I want to stay in it all day :rotfl: But, my CPN is paying a visit today, and I don't want to look like I just got out of bed.
I love this thread. Previous to joining here, I felt so overwhelmed with it all. Even deciding what to do for tea gave me a panic attack, much less deciding what job to do next. Now, I don't have to think about it :T

iriedaughter

welcome kings981

Mudbath

Morning everyone!
I'm just going to walk to the bank today (twenty mins there and back). It'll be so nice to get some air. Speak to you later when I might do a couple of things in this pit! I'll be careful though...promice! xx

Hawthorn

kings981 wrote: »

Hi I'm new to this and work full time but would love to be more organised around the house. I will start properly next week.

Can I ask how long roughly would you say each days task takes?
Do you set aside an hour or more.

Start small, otherwise it's too overwhelming! what I've found helps is to every now and then grab a carrier bag, then dash around for five minutes, just throwing stuff that is rubbish (junk mail, sweetie wrappers etc)
When you've finished (or half finished) a task, reward yourself. Cup of tea/coffee, update on here, and then you feel ready to finish the job, or tackle a new one.
If you're waiting for the kettle to boil, don't waste that time - wipe a cupboard door down.
When you go upstairs, take something up that needs to be up there. Little things like this make a big difference

Sorting_Out

Hi,
Can you add me to the list please?:xmastree:
thank you!

Pink_Fairy_2

OK, I finally caught up!


So far today I have:

• SS's bathroom, shower room and started on the kitchen.
• Breadmaker almost finished,
• coffee pot ready to go, washing maching 2nd load just finished,
• tumble dryer almost ready for 2nd load,
• sewn two buttons back where they belong

I still need to:

• call the garage to arrange my MOT
• call catalogue to arrange an extended warranty for DD
• have a tidy in the lounge (rest of house not looking too bad, thank you, Pigpen! :T)
• go to chemist to check DD's pre4scription as she has stuff for Athlete's foot instead of thrush!:eek::eek:
• post package for Summermoon
• take DD to Nailsea
• Go out for dinner with OH and DS to friends house. :T I'm taking the puddings. Any suggestions, although I'm probably going to buy as still feeling a little fragile.

:hello: Cazzie, MAIRHEAD SHEAHAN, JennyBee, Susif1973, kings981, Sorting Out - have I missed anyone else?

greenbee wrote: »

Why can't I find any elastic bands? I them to descale the bathroom taps...

????? I use toothbrushes. Would you please enlighten me?

Summermoon - sorry about the pup damage. He was possibly just bored. Mine are crate trained, which is something I never thought I would do. When we first got Jasper at 10 weeks (now 13 years), I was told he was used to a crate and I should use one. I knew better - not!:o He damaged my new stair carpet, so I went out and got the biggest crate I could find (he's a Collie/Saluki) and we never looked back. None of the dogs use it when we're home, even at night now, but we always put Star (2 years) in when we are away from home as she's a Chocaholic and I believe she would climb to get it if she could. She also still chews a bit. It would be worth trying Freecycle to see if anyone has one to spare. Also, you can buy balls, Kongs etc that you can put some of their food in (instead of dish, not as well as, or you'll get a fat puppy), they have to play with the toy to get the food, so they don't get bored.

Nikki - get your DLA form done asap, but don't forget to get help on completing it as they will find a way to knock you back if they can!

Johanne - hope you're feeling better.

Lil_me - have you looked on Dogpages forums for rehoming? And fostering is easy - you just get fed up of mopping the floor and think "they'll be gone soon!":rotfl:

Vanilla - might be telling you what you know, but when we had a new kitchen in our old house (can't remember where from), we found a local carpenter to do all the fitting and it came in around £2k cheaper than where the kitchen came from!:eek:

LL - sorry the black tea was a bit late (not stewed tho coz I didn't make it straight away). The fridge man came to fix the clicking door on the new replacement fridge that came on Christmas Eve. I refused to try and sort it myself as we've had 9 months of problems with the last one.