Weekly Flylady Thread 12th January 2009

Hawthorn

Hawthorn wrote: »

[strike]Grab a bag and throw stuff. 15 minutes max. Have a cup of tea.[/strike]
[strike]Sort dry washing out and leave in relevant piles for kids to take up when they get back.[/strike]
Swish and swipe bathroom.
[strike]Tidy kitchen in dribs and drabs. Looks like a bombsite again.[/strike]
[strike]Bake bread after tea.[/strike]
[strike]Lasagne for tea.[/strike]
[strike]Wipe table down.[/strike]
[strike]Put clean bedding on.[/strike] Two beds done. Three more to do.

These are the things I am going to push myself to do - other things need doing too, and if I find the energy, I will

Launder the dirty bedding.
Sweep and mop.
Wipe windowsills and paintwork downstairs.
Damp dust.
Bin some clothes from kids rooms - I know they are in there...stained and too small....I just haven't got round to it yet.

Didn't quite go to plan! I ended up with three more kids for dinner :rotfl:
So, made pudding too.
Did four washloads today, and some handwash stuff.
Kitchen is cleared, ready for morning.
Hubs just got in and is eating his tea.

Tired, but satisfied. Things are really getting straightened out here, and it's keeping me sane :T


Edit, because I forgot all about tomorrows *grumbles*


Thursday - Bathroom & study (NOT the junk room any more!!)
Level One
Declutter the floor in both areas!
[STRIKE]Declutter the desk and wipe off the grotty marks![/STRIKE]
Level Two
Wash the windows
Vacuum/mop floors
Clean baths, loos, showers, sinks etc
Level Three
Wash the shower screen/curtain and bath mats
Scrub the tiles and taps.. defrag pc while doing this
Empty and wash out the bin!
Extras

1. Sort through the cabinet.. get rid of everything you don't need or is empty and make a note of what you need to restock!
2. Fling out all empty containers!
3. polish mirrors orany bits that are meant to be shiny!
4. Wipe the grots off the walls and paintwork!

Plus, more washing.
Walk dog.
Dinner (two seperates.......me and hub later, kids earlier)
Rest of beds to strip, before they walk out of their own accord.
Probably more bread to bake. It doesn't last five minutes with my lot.

I'm sure I'll come up with more later, but I iz tired now zzzzz.

Night folks.

indigostar

well done, Hawthorn!!:T

I can see light at the end of my tunnel too:o

Beccah_3

Hmm my plans to be in bed before 11 seem to have gone slightly array. Posting my list for tomorrow.



Dailies
WMx1
TDx1
Dogs fed and watered
People fed and watered
S&S Kitchen
Toilets Bleached and scrubbed ( a personal obsession)

Monday - living room/hall/stairs
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
Sort through the drawer or cupboard that you stuff junk in!
Level Three
Check smoke alarms.. change any batteries that need doing
Sort the understair cupboard/messDon't have one, but will tidy the down stairs WC.
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.. Spent the afternoon shopping with little sis...why ohh why are shops sooooooooooo hot??? I was actually sweating as I wandered around boots.
2. Wash the windows in these rooms
3. wipe all the stairs edges/spindles/handrails etc up the stairs
4. Wash any soft furnishings that are in need!
5. Sort through living room book shelves
6. [STRIKE]Make a couple of quiches to use up the double cream thats on its use by[/STRIKE]
7. 15 mins shredding More still to do

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining day
Level One
Clear and wipe the work surfaces
[STRIKE]Sweep the floor[/STRIKE]
Level Two
[STRIKE]Clean the oven and hob.[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wipe the fronts of appliances and cupboards[/STRIKE]
Wipe the table and dress in a clean cloth if required.
Level Three
Scrub the sink and shine the taps
[STRIKE]Mop the floor[/STRIKE]
clean out a cupboard.. whichever you fancy..
Extras

1. Wash the windows and sills
2. Wipe out the fridge
3. Run the WM and DW through a clean cycle.. clean filters and door seals first!
4. Wipe over any display units/shelves etc

[FONT=&quot]Wednesday - Master bedroom & landing[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
Level One
[/FONT][STRIKE]Strip and wash sheets[/STRIKE][FONT=&quot]
[/FONT][STRIKE]Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing clean sheets[/STRIKE][FONT=&quot]
Level Two
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Wash windows
Vacuum floors
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe paintwork
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy and get rid of what you no longer wear/need/use
Extras[/FONT]

1. [FONT=&quot]Sort through a box of junk fom the landing[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
2. [FONT=&quot]Binbag dance[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
3. [FONT=&quot]Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs![/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
4. [FONT=&quot]HHI[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Thursday - Bathroom & study (NOT the junk room any more!!)[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
Level One
Declutter the floor in both areas!
Declutter the desk and wipe off the grotty marks!
Level Two
Wash the windows
Vacuum/mop floors
Clean baths, loos, showers, sinks etc
Level Three
Wash the shower screen/curtain and bath mats
Scrub the tiles and taps.. defrag pc while doing this
Empty and wash out the bin!
Extras[/FONT]

1. [FONT=&quot]Sort through the cabinet.. get rid of everything you don't need or is empty and make a note of what you need to restock![/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
2. [FONT=&quot]Fling out all empty containers![/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
3. [FONT=&quot]polish mirrors orany bits that are meant to be shiny![/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
4. [FONT=&quot]Wipe the grots off the walls and paintwork![/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

minniemorris

greenbee wrote: »

Since getting home I have emptied the DW and put stuff away, cleaned the filters and seals, and bunged in some soda crystals on a hot wash to clean it out!
...

I have also cleaned the fronts of all my appliances & emptied the kitchen bin (bin day tomorrow).

Please, tell me, how do you use soda crystals in a DW ??

White goods are best cleaned with warm H2O and soda crystals ~ grease cutting and non-yellowing...very cheap too ...good for marks on carpets as well...

Also, half soda c's and half washing powder = clean clothes (but only those that have been worn once or twice ~ this relates to hard water areas, to boot ! )

Btw, this is one of the most affordable multi-purpose products for general purpose cleaning...if not the best!! At least it's only one product with which you are polluting the environment and it's less than 60p per kg . The only thing it does not agree with is sinks and the like...produces a stubborn residue. Good for unblocking 'tho

:money:

Buy Fairy dishwashing liquid (look out for offers!)....dilute about 2cm soap into used Fairy soap bottle ~ the rest is H2O. Squirt onto sponge/item and wash...you will see, this makes your 'concentrate' last a lot longer!

Live long and prosper

HomeSpun

List for tomorrow :eek:

Dailies:

Make bed[strike]Mon[/strike][strike]Tue [/strike][strike]Wed [/strike][STRIKE]Thu [/STRIKE]Fri Sat Sun
Make pack ups for children [strike]Mon[/strike][strike]Tue [/strike][strike]Wed [/strike][STRIKE]Thu [/STRIKE]Fri Sat Sun
Feed cat and dog [strike]Mon [/strike][strike]Tue [/strike][strike]Wed [/strike][STRIKE]Thu [/STRIKE][STRIKE][/STRIKE]Fri Sat Sun
Eat Breakfast Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Check carpet for wet patches and clean! [strike]Mon Tue Wed[/strike] [STRIKE]Thu [/STRIKE]Fri Sat Sun
Sort, deal with and file post [strike]Mon [/strike][strike]Tue [/strike][strike]Wed [/strike][STRIKE]Thu [/STRIKE]Fri Sat Sun
WM on at least twice [strike]Mon [/strike][strike]Tue [/strike][strike]Wed [/strike][STRIKE]Thu[/STRIKE] Fri Sat Sun
Dishwasher on, done and put away[strike]Mon [/strike][strike]Tue [/strike][strike]Wed [/strike]Thu Fri Sat Sun
S&S Kitchen [strike]Mon [/strike][strike]Tue [/strike][strike]Wed [/strike]Thu Fri Sat Sun
S&S Bathroom [strike]Mon [/strike]Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
S&S WC [strike]Mon [/strike]Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining day
Level Three
Mop the floor
Extras

1. Run the WM and DW through a clean cycle.. clean filters and door seals first!
2. [STRIKE]Wipe over any display units/shelves etc[/STRIKE]

Wednesday - Master bedroom & landing
Level One
Strip and wash sheets
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing clean sheets
Level Two
Wash windows
Vacuum floors
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe paintwork
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy and get rid of what you no longer wear/need/use
Extras

1. Binbag dance ???
   

Thursday - Bathroom & study (NOT the junk room any more!!)
Level One
Declutter the floor in both areas!
Level Two
Vacuum/mop floors
Level Three
Scrub the tiles and taps.. defrag pc while doing this
Empty and wash out the bin!
Extras

1. polish mirrors orany bits that are meant to be shiny!

Additions for this week:

• Find mouse with left button which works first click :rolleyes:
• Put fat balls and new house out for birds
• Wash Hall and Sitting Room carpets
  
• [strike]Clean oven door[/strike] - now 100% clean :j:j:j
• [STRIKE]Cancel dentist [/STRIKE]
• STUDY!

Additions every week:

• [strike]Weekly online grocery order (Monday am)[/strike]
• [strike]Weekly veg box order (Monday)[/strike]
• Meal plan for following week (Saturday/Sunday)
• Wash 2 sets of bed sheets (0/2)
  
• [strike]Bins out and put back after they're emptied (Monday)[/strike]

My M.A.C.A.W challenge this week is..............go to bed before 11pm at least 3 times! So far: 1/3

Wow - that's one long list!

Anyway, I was a terrible flylady today, and a worse mother - the children ended up with oven chips and a tin of hotdogs (kept in cupboard for days like today) for dinner :rotfl:. They loved it though! Going to make amends tomorrow and make SpagBol for them and Lasagne for OH for dinner. (Going to stretch mince with the soya stuff I found on sainsburys.com, if I can find the post that told me the amounts, or I'll just make it up as I go along):rotfl:. Only got Thurs and Fri to get everything up together as away this weekend with DS and my mother to Hampshire to visit my grandmother. Leaving OH with the girls so I have no idea what to expect when I get back, but I sincerely hope it's still clean and tidy around here or I may not be responsible for my actions :cool:.

Right, going to grab some shut-eye, will read posts and reply properly as a more sensible time

Night all

HSx

soappie

Good morning all.

Welshgirl - because the dog sleeps on my bed (tut tut, I know - but she's a lovely hot water bottle!) I find that if I don't wash the bedding every week, it ends up covered in so much hair, I end up coughing and spluttering!

Struggled to wake up this morning. Am sincerely hoping I can wangle tomorrow off. Need to phone upstairs' brother during the day and Pigpen's list when I get home.

Have a nice day ladies

Justamum

indigostar wrote: »

where can ammonia be bought?

A hardware shop. I must admit I've never seen it in a supermarket.

likklegibbon wrote: »

Jenny - I recycle pressies all the time - at least someone will get the benefit of something that maybe just wasn't your taste - it would be more of a shame to bin them - Greenbee will be proud of you - she's our resident eco-warrior - remember 'reduce reuse recycle'

A few years ago I worked part-time in Littlewoods. After Christmas we would get the rush of people wanting refunds on pressies. A few times we had people bringing back stuff which they had been given, but didn't like, and sometimes the stuff would be so old that it was no longer on the system! (we are talking years old :eek:) They would be really put out by the fact that a) they wouldn't get much, if any, refund, and b) that whoever had given it to them had obviously been given it themselves (and it had probably done a large circuit over the preceding years).

*moggins* wrote: »

OMG, it is so good to come back and see the Flylady thread still going strong, good on ya girls!!

Lovely to see you back Moggins. I think I started flying just before you handed it over to Pigpen, but I remember your posts on other threads too. Hope things are going better now - I seem to remember you going through a bit of a bad time which is why you had to leave.

welshgirl78 wrote: »

Now I don't want to get myself drummed off Flylady (or have people run away when I post) but do you all REALLY wash your sheets EVERY week? I can't see my motivation running to that - 2 weeks feels fine :o:o am I gross?

Definitely change ours every week. Clean pjs for everyone every night too as I think that's more hygienic than changing them once a week (I wouldn't wear knickers for a whole week so why would I wear pjs all week )

minniemorris wrote: »

The only thing it does not agree with is sinks and the like...produces a stubborn residue. Good for unblocking 'tho

You can buy liquid soda crystals which you can buy in hardware shops (at least you can in ours our Tesco used to sell them, but discontinued them long ago. I use them in the shower, and I'm sure they would be equally good in sinks.

Already done the dusting in the room I'm in - didn't want anyone to think I'm slacking off. I didn't get round to cleaning the shower yesterday, so will do it today.

I started on the OpenLearn free courses yesterday - French Revolution - and went to the library last night to see what books they had on the subject. One :rolleyes:. I've got it out, so at least I'll get a bit more background on the subject. I've bookmarked loads of subjects which look interesting, so I'll probably be about 80 when I've finished them all :rotfl:

gunsandbanjos

Morning, didnt sleep well last night for some reason So feeling a bit bleurgh, sure i'll feel better after a shower. LO has woken up with a cough and says she doesnt want to go to school:rolleyes: Needs to be more than just a cough before she gets a day off school! She's eating fine and isnt hot so i'm sure she'll be ok.
:hello:Hi moggins, wasnt here when you were first time round but i have been a flylady for a while and boy does it make a difference:D Welcome back.

Off for a shower now.
Would some of my fellow mathematicians(or anyone actually who likes puzzles!) fancy helping with part of my problem solving? Totally flumoxed by below problem, i know that the cars will spiral into the centre and crash after distance of 1 unit, i just dont know how to prove it! Feel free to PM me rather than clutter up the thread. Any help much appreciated:o

4 cars, with numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4, are situated at the corners of a
unit square (each side has length 1).
Each car drives to reach the next, i.e. 1 drives in the direction of 2, 2 in the
direction of 3, 3 in the direction of 4 and 4 in the direction of 1. All cars drive with
the same speed. This holds at any given point in time.



Show that the cars will eventually meet. How far will each car have driven once
they meet?

LittleAnna

Hi I have been rubbish this week but I have got a mini challenge I am keeping up -one drawer a day .Part of my prob is that I dont know how to find answers to questions I have posted and find myself searching posts for ages.My last ? was about do we repeat the same rooms each week as I have others that r not mentioned.Soz ,I will try today and have crossed out stuff I do anyway

Monday - living room/hall/stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter the living room , hallway and stairs
Clear and tidy the mantle[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Vacuum the cleared floors and up the stairs.. under furniture if you can move it safely!
[STRIKE]Sort through coats and shoes and bag
Sort through the drawer or cupboard that you stuff junk in![/STRIKE]
Level Three
Check smoke alarms.. change any batteries that need doing
Sort the understair cupboard/mess
Dust the flat surfaces
Extras

1. Make an appointment for some ME-time.. go get your hair done, half an hour shopping, [STRIKE]coffee with a friend.. [/STRIKE]
2. Wash the windows in these rooms
3. wipe all the stairs edges/spindles/handrails etc up the stairs
4. Wash any soft furnishings that are in need!

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining day
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe the work surfaces
Sweep the floor[/STRIKE]
Level Two
Clean the oven and hob.
Wipe the fronts of appliances and cupboards
[STRIKE]Wipe the table and dress in a clean cloth if required.[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Scrub the sink and shine the taps
Mop the floor
clean out a cupboard.. whichever you fancy..
Extras

1. Wash the windows and sills
2. Wipe out the fridge
3. Run the WM and DW through a clean cycle.. clean filters and door seals first!
4. Wipe over any display units/shelves etc

Wednesday - Master bedroom & landing
Level One
Strip and wash sheets
Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing clean sheets
Level Two
[STRIKE]15 minutes floordrobe clearance[/STRIKE]
Wash windows
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors[/STRIKE] I have a small cordless sweeper thing and push it round most mornings
Level Three
Dust and deweb
Wipe paintwork
Sort through a cupboard.. make it neat and tidy and get rid of what you no longer wear/need/use
Extras

1. Sort through a box of junk fom the landing
2. Binbag dance
3. Collect all the dirty laundry from upstairs!
4. HHI

Thursday - Bathroom & study (NOT the junk room any more!!)
Level One
Declutter the floor in both areas!
Declutter the desk and wipe off the grotty marks!
Level Two
Wash the windows
Vacuum/mop floors
Clean baths, loos, showers, sinks etc
Level Three
Wash the shower screen/curtain and bath mats
Scrub the tiles and taps.. defrag pc while doing this
Empty and wash out the bin!
Extras

1. Sort through the cabinet.. get rid of everything you don't need or is empty and make a note of what you need to restock!
2. Fling out all empty containers!
3. polish mirrors orany bits that are meant to be shiny!
4. Wipe the grots off the walls and paintwork!

kassey

Morning Everyone
WM on
TD on
DW on
Hope everyone has a good day . Off to find todays list.