Weekly Flylady Thread 5th January 2009

kassey

Wishy-Washy Wednesday
Level One
Declutter the living room , hallway and stairs
Clear and tidy the mantle
Level Two
Vacuum the cleared floors and up the stairs.. under furniture if you can move it safely!
Sort through coats and shoes and bag
Wipe and water neglected plants
Level Three
Check smoke alarms.. change any batteries that need doing
Wipe the paintwork
Dust the flat surfaces
Extras

1. Make an appointment for some ME-time.. go get your hair done, half an hour shopping, coffee with a friend..
2. Wash the windows in these rooms
3. Clean out your handbag!.. and/or college/work bag
4. Wash any soft furnishings that are in need!

Mudbath

Hiya and good morning my lovely fly ladies (and man!)

Ragz - I understand how you feel! Not working is a nightmare when you're self employed. I've still not heard if i'll get the money i'm entitled despite always paying national insurance etc. I put the claim in 4 weeks ago!! I know it will be backdated but we need the money now. Mind you, after my wrist episode and they didn't pay me anything because I owed £8.00, i'm not expecting to be entitled this time even though I paid the £8.00. If I don't get it i'll have to start work again at the beginning of February whether i'm ready or not. If I get the money i'll take the recommended 3 months off. I hope he's 'better' soon xx

I slept a full 9 hours last night! Today i'm going to do little flying jobs regularly. My DH has been fab through my operation etc but I've just realised he's not done things like change the children's beds since I did it before the operation (11/12/08). Now, whilst it's not going to kill them it's a bit pongy. Also, yesterday he said isn't the bathroom floor manky. So I asked how often he'd cleaned it and he looked at me and said....never thought of that!!! I've got some antibacterial wipes so i'm cleaning a little bit of it at a time today. It's minging!!! I'm not calling him though because he's done the important bits like feed us all, been fab with the children etc. A bit of dirt isn't the end of the world! How i've changed!!!

Hugs to all xx

Gryfon

Light fire
Change and dress baby
Give baby some milk
Give baby warm weetabix (not sure why I call her baby when she's 20 months now :eek:)
Empty dishwasher
Fill dishwasher and put on if possible
Empty washing machine
Fill washing machine and put it on
If I'm feeling inspired sort wet clothes and hang out or put in dryer
Feed myself

Getting there! I think I work better with no husband around :rolleyes:

vanilla

Morning everyone, flip it's a cold one here this morning. Feeling so tired today but know i need to get on. Slept in this morning then couldn't find DS1's school uniform:mad: my own fault for not having it set out.

So plan today is get the food shop and get the list done.

Hellsbells i'll have a cuppa cheers.

Justamum

flybabybunting wrote: »

What we've started doing is everytime we get a £2 coin is put it in a jar, so far we have £22 since the beginning of November. £2 coins don't seem to be in wide circulation so we only get one occasionally. You have to be disciplined though cos say you got 8 £2 coins in change from breaking a tenner you have to put all the coins in the jar. One of my DHs collegues did it and saved up £300 in a year to put towards a holiday

I started doing this about a month ago - and have got £14 so far!

I think that the reason £2 coins don't seem to be in wide circulation is because so many of us are saving them up!:rotfl:

gsysezz

Well i've been stuck home with a projectile vomiting child for 3 days now and the novelty is wearing very thin. I'm supposed to be teaching this afternoon but unsuprisingly nobody wants a sick child on their hands so another day off unpaid as i'm on probation. Grrrrr But on a bright note my Saturday job appears to have paid me a bit of a bonus so might wander over to Amazon lol

So day 3 home with just you guys and my fly list for company, oh and the vomiting child and angry dog. Oh the joys lol

Justamum

OddjobKIA wrote: »

Morning all............

How are we all thismorning...

Its..whats the word............Bl00dy freezing.....

we have tiled floors downstairs and the heating comes on at 6am when I came downstairs at 6:30 the floors we still freezing!!!!!


The water int he pipes ar so cold that the shower has to be on max to heat it....

also there is steam like vapour coming up from the main drains down the middle of the road...(the streets hot showers running away).....

Dont have much to do today as alot got done yesterday..

what I NEED to do today is..

Take in DD2 school trousers

then take her to school today at 1 for the First Time!!!!!!

oh and re-tidy the kitchen..

You know Oddjob, you really do seem to be an exception in the male of the species - and I mean that in the best way My DH doesn't like working (but he hates being stuck at home even more ), and has suggested we swap roles. Trouble is I know I'd end up doing everything here myself as he wouldn't have a clue. And as for taking in a pair of trousers :eek::eek: I wouldn't even like to think about how he would go about doing that :eek:

ragz_2

Gryfon, we all work better with no husband around lol!
Mudbath - You're right, a little dirt never hurt anyone, so don't over do it please.
Gsysezz - Hugs, I know how you feel, I had a barfing child for over a week early last year and it's an experience I never want to repeat (but probably something that will happen every year, oh the joys of having kids lol!)

Right here's list, will add dailies too so it looks more impressive as I cross things off lol!

Wishy-Washy Wednesday
Level One
Declutter the living room , hallway and stairs
[strike]Clear and tidy the top of the sideboard (ok, it's really a chest of drawers!)[/strike]
Level Two
Vacuum the cleared floors and up the stairs.. under furniture if you can move it safely!
Sort through coats and shoes and bag
Wipe and water neglected plants
Level Three
Buy a smoke alarm :rolleyes:
Wipe the paintwork
Dust the flat surfaces
Extras

1. Make an appointment for some ME-time.. go get your hair done, half an hour shopping, coffee with a friend..
2. Wash the windows in these rooms
3. Clean out your handbag!.. and/or college/work bag
4. Wash the curtains.
5. [strike]Wash the chair cushions[/strike]
6. Take sofa cushions off and vacuum under them

Dailies
WM
TD
Vacuum LR
Sweep Kitchen
Clear and wipe dining table
Wash up daytime
Put jacket potatoes in oven
Wash up and shine sink before be

Firstly though - Get dressed!

Justamum

Mudbath wrote: »

My DH has been fab through my operation etc but I've just realised he's not done things like change the children's beds since I did it before the operation (11/12/08). Now, whilst it's not going to kill them it's a bit pongy. Also, yesterday he said isn't the bathroom floor manky. So I asked how often he'd cleaned it and he looked at me and said....never thought of that!!!

And you've just confirmed what I've just said to Oddjob :rotfl:

Gryfon

Justamum...I suggested swapping with Mr G as well, but I'm not sure what I'd come home to :rotfl: I know that he can put the dishwasher on (although his loading is interesting), he can do the washing and he can hang clothes to dry. He's good at shopping, DIY and looking after the children. But with the dishwasher etc most of the time I need to prompt him. I always dread being ill as I dunno what I'll come downstairs to :rotfl:

ragz...my problem is that he works shifts, so when he's working at the weekend I have to try and do stuff with all three children around which never works well. During the week I may get 2 or 3 days on my own, when he's working nights he's sleeping during the day so I can't do anything too noisy. It's a right pain really! Maybe that's why the house was slightly tidier when he wasn't doing shifts!