Weekly Flylady Thread 19th January 2009

toottifrootti

oh congrats on the house offer being accepted loki - have you a date for moving - good oppurtunity for de-cluttering now! BTW i love your latest bit of declutterong - yummy!!
ok valli thats job 13 finished so pick a number please!!!
toots xx

soappie

Toots - number 1!

Welcome new people!

Triker

Taken painkillers but have managed to

wiped kitchen table down

put last nights tea stuff, breakfast and tonights tea stuff away

Tidied some deliveries away

Taken dirty washing out of our bedroom into bathroom

hoovered front room and a bit of the floor in hall and dining room

hung up numerous bags that were shoved in a corner and put them in a cupboard

Put some kitchen things away

Started to be honest about how much stuff in our home is unused and surplus to our requirements.

For instance we have a huge bookshelf nearly ceiling height full of books and magazines we do not look at or read.

Videos that we do not watch.

Clothes that DO NOT FIT ME AND NEVEER WILL (I'm shouting at myself here)

Pictures and frames which are not hung on the wall just stacked in corners, ditto with mirrors

Board games we never play.

Drawers of paper, letters and other bits and pieces.

Too many motorbikes, too many vehicles.

Cards....what do I do with all these cards, many from OH for anniversaries and stuff and the kids, but they are cluttering up drawers.:o

I need to concentrate on working out how to tackle all off this. I feel it's essential because really its holding us back on having a home and moving forward.

soappie

Ooooh there's nice -the colours are back to what they were!

hellsbells45

hi inamess - be kind to yourself and don't push to hard, you've got your hands full.

Well, I'm in shockDD2Has made a really good effort on her room. She's just made her bed and got in it with a very smug look on her face. Now how do I keep this going.......

toottifrootti

Just had a text from AnW's MUm to say she wont be online tonight as her screen is kaput - she is going to try and get it sorted tomorrow and says "hi to everyone"

emily_jackson

Hi,

Hope everyone is well & welcome newbies/returners. Since my last post I've done some errands and laundry & am off to bed soon. Goodnight

Triker

emily_jackson wrote: »

Hi,

Hope everyone is well & welcome newbies/returners. Since my last post I've done some errands and laundry & am off to bed soon. Goodnight

Emily, don't rush off, have you settled into your new house now?

Dustykitten

Triker I've hit that stage too - I'm a bit too sentimental with some stuff eg I find it hard to pass on postman pat videos that DS1 used to love even though DS3 is too old for them. I've got some large storage boxes in the loft which are memory boxes for each child (although they seem a bit muddled at the moment) and I'm trying hard to only keep a few treasured things. Cards - I have a pretty hat box on top of the wardrobe with them in but often wonder why as I never look at them but can't throw them away either. Kids pictures I have piles of but they are now in 3 separate piles and I plan to go through stick the best in scrap books and loose the rest. Books I tend to get from the library now and most of the ones I have are more reference.

I find I'm best to sort stuff when I'm in the right 'clear it' mood otherwise I don't make much progress.

lauradora

Monday - Master bedroom & landing
Level One
[STRIKE]Strip and wash sheets
[/STRIKE]Vacuum and turn mattress before replacing clean sheets
Level Two
15 minutes floordrobe clearance
Wash windows
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors
[/STRIKE]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
Tuesday - kitchen and dining mess
Level One
[STRIKE]Clear and wipe work surfaces
[/STRIKE]Wipe and replace small appliances
Level Two
Empty cutlery drawer.. wash cutlery tray and replace everything neatly.. get rid of all the odds and sods that shouldn't be in there..
Wipe the front of the units, kickboards and the large appliances
Sweep and mop the floor
Level Three
Wipe dining table and replace cloth if needed
Clean out the fridge
De-web and fluff the room
Extras

1. Wash the windows
2. [STRIKE]
   
3. Wipe down paintwork/sideboards/units in dining room
4. [/STRIKE]Clean filters and detergent dispensers
5. HHI

Wednesday - sprog/spare room
Level One
Strip beds and wash sheets and any other bedding in need!
[STRIKE]Clear the floor of gibble
[/STRIKE]Level Two
[STRIKE]Vacuum floor
[/STRIKE]Wash window
De-web and dust the room
Level Three
Binbag dance
Wipe away sticky marks
[STRIKE]collect dirty laundry
[/STRIKE]
Thursday - bathroom and cruddy study!
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter the floors and desk!
Remove all the dirty laundry
[/STRIKE]Level Two
Mop/vacuum the floors
Polish the bath/shower/loo/basins/keyboard/mouse/monitor etc.. defrag/virus scan/spyware scan the pc while this does
[STRIKE]Empty and clean out the bins
[/STRIKE]Level Three
Wash any curtain/shower curtain/screen/bathmats that needs doing
Shine mirrors and screens and windows
Clean any radiators/fires
Friday - FLING - Living room, Hall and stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter floors and mantle
[/STRIKE]Spend half an hour doing something for yourself!
Level Two
[STRIKE]Vacuum stairs and floors
[/STRIKE]Wipe any glass.. and electricals
[STRIKE]Wipe sofas[/STRIKE]
Level Three
Wash down the paintwork and front door.. both sides!
Wash any windows
Wash any soft furnishings in need!

So things have been slow for me and my flying this week as have been decorating the dining room....which I have now turned into the living room! So thats lovely and tidy and cleared to level three however...I am very behind on ironing which is a bummer as i was hoping to have the weekend off:p so....

Weekend List

1. Wash any neglected windows
2. Wash any sticky bedding you've missed
3. Uniforms, coats, shoes, bags, lunch bags etc ready for Monday
4. Clean out pets/wash bedding
5. S&S the bathroom
6. HHI
7. 15 minutes filing
8. Fill a binbag with stuff to get rid of
9. Empty and sort the cupboard.. UNDER THE STAIRS!! (or the airing cupboard.. whichever is worst!!)

All sounds about right only with more ironing!!! ooh i will never get to put my feet up!