Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd February 2009

greenbee

Welcome JennyJewell - as soappie says, Toots will be along to give you all the information you need soon. In the meantime, don't attempt to catch up on the whole week in one weekend (that's for experiences flyladies like soappie who can replace their kitchen floor over the weekend just to get out of cleaning it ).

If you feel that you want to get going now, focus on the decluttering extras listed at the end of each day - clear out a drawer or cupboard, get the stuff off the floor and put away, or get to the bottom of your ironing pile... or if you're like me, deal with the paperwork and clear your desk

I'm off to find some breakfast. I've aired the house, closed the windows again (its cold!!), put the heating and dehumidified on to deal with the condensation/ice on the inside of the windows, and done some research on what additional storage I might be able to get for my study!

SGT

Morning all,
Soapie, don't know where I read this but, when you clean your windows if you polish one side horizontally & the other side vertically, you can see which way the smear is going & then you can get rid of the offending mark.
TTFN

methekidsandthecat

Morning all

Hope you are all ok and not too cold. It is freezing here so don't think I will stay on computer too long as it is too cold to be still. Loads of snow and ice about here and have heard Council has run out of salt and is waiting for a delivery from Spain!!

I have done nothing all week!!!! as felt so tired......but now on new meds from America and wow do I feel better! I have got up and cleaned the kitchen worktops, done 4 lots of washing up (it was very very bad - think 2 teenagers fending for them selves!). now ready to tackle the washing and then yet more ironing as it covers the sofa (right up to the top of the back - see so bad!)

Will be back later to up date and try and catch up on your news as it does keep me motivated.

Me

soappie

SGT wrote: »

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Soapie, don't know where I read this but, when you clean your windows if you polish one side horizontally & the other side vertically, you can see which way the smear is going & then you can get rid of the offending mark.

What a top tip!
Thank you :A

Gryfon

Thanks all! Shall be posting in two places but the more support I get hopefully the more I'll get done!

Morning all! Late start again but I shall see what I can get done. Think the rest of the morning will be the kitchen but then I might start on the lounge or my study.

Ta Da's:

Get up
Have coffee (very important)

To Do's:

Quick whizz round of the kitchen surfaces, make sure they're clean
Sweep kitchen floor
Change and dress small girl

Things for Mr G to get nagged asked to do:
Move Christmas tree to loft or take to recycling place
Move insulation to loft
Work out shelves in bathroom for towels

iriedaughter

Morning all.
We had asked for an earlier appointment with ENT for DS a fortnight ago, as his hearing has been getting worse, so in wed post (no post Mon or Tue here) we had an app for Fri morning. The good news is that he is now on the waiting list for grommets and while they are at it they will remove his adenoids if they need doing. They wouldn’t touch his tonsils at this stage so he may sound a bit slurred a bit longer. The scary bit is that they will do it at out local hospital which does not have a paed ICU if they can find an anes who is willing to do him. Now I know it’s a simple in/out op that should not get complicated but so was his VSD closure and that took 3 ops. I am feeling unnecessarily anxious and hope I can convince myself that it will all be fine. It’s about a 2-3m waiting list.

Please let me know of your good experiences with grommets/adenoidectomy.

The plan for today is to level 3 the kitchen and make teething bics for DD and oaty ones for us. I’ll also get on top of the laundry mountain which I collected from all over last week. And hopefully without over committing my time I hope to dive in and sort kiddies’ clothes and remove the ones that don’t fit any more.

Welcome Jenny

Thanks for the tip SGT. I have been struggling with that as well.

greenbee

Gryfon - don't overdo things! Hopefully if Mr G sees all your activity he will be [strike]shamed [/strike]encouraged to do something to help!

Breakfast made and eaten. Need to shower, dress and brave the outside world! I'm going to go to the village shop and see how bad it really is out there, then get the snow off the car (and possibly the drive).

irie - I had grommets, but it was about 35 years ago so I'm afraid I can't remember anything about it . My hearing has been 100% ever since - the only problem has been that I was unaware of it, so assumed that I had intact eardrums when asked about 5 years ago, and was told off by the GP for getting it wrong! Apparently I was also supposed to know about the pyelogram at the age of 6 which I had also forgotten, and had therefore [STRIKE]neglected [/STRIKE]been unable to tell the blood service about :rolleyes:

jjef

Pigpen where is the weekend list when I need one.

Triker joining you in the sweet and f and a (you have a very good reason I dont)

Need to get my butt kicked into gear today, have the house to myself at the mo so going to turn on the music and see what i can get done.

To do

Monday - Living room, hall and stairs!
[STRIKE]
Clear and wipe surfaces
delutter and vacuum/mop the floors!
Sort through coats and bags and shoes etc
De-web and de-fluff the room
[/STRIKE]Extras
[strike]
wipe and water any plants
29 fling boogie
[/strike]!

Tuesday - Kitchen and Dining room
[strike] Clear and wipe work surfaces
Empty and wash out bins
Sweep and mop floors
Clear and wipe table.. [/strike]
HHI
[strike]Wipe and replace all the small appliances[/strike]
Extras
[strike] Wipe all the cupboard fronts, kickboards and large appliance
S&S the oven and hob [/strike]

Wednesday - Beast Pits and Spare Ooms!
Clear the floors of gibble!! and vacuum them
Tidy up all the books and games on the shelves
Find 5 things EACH to go live elsewhere.. they have to be your own!!
Take ALL the dirty laundry downstairs and put it in the laundry mountain!
Extras
Binbag dance!
[strike]Sort through the school uniform pile.. what is outgrown? What is unwearable?[/strike]

Thursday - Master Mess-room.. & landing
Floor clearance!! Find the carpet.. or at least some!
Find the floor on the landing!
Vacuum floors
Extras
HHI
Tidy a chest of drawers.. tuck in all those bits hanging out

Friday -fun and frolics..
Clear the bathroom and cruddy study floor!!
Empty bins and wash them out
Wash shower cuartins, bath mats rugs etc that are smelly
Clean the loos (inc outside), bath, basins (inc pedestal), shower trays etc
Extras
When the children get in wash any coats that are in need.. it's been a week for mud!


my extras
[strike]
make soup for lunch
make sausage rolls for lunch
post office
walk dog
wm x2 x3
[/strike]

Music on and off I go, is seen again before 11.30 please feel free to kick me off.

ETA - updated 12.50 stopped for lunch
ETA(2) - updated 2.30 now heading out to the brownie jumbe sale

rach

SGT wrote: »

Soapie, don't know where I read this but, when you clean your windows if you polish one side horizontally & the other side vertically, you can see which way the smear is going & then you can get rid of the offending mark.
TTFN

You beat me to it - think it's a Kim & Aggie tip I saw it on there the other day!

triker - you need to be kind to yourself Your body will still be recovering, zero days are what we all need from time to time (I had one yesterday too!)

Right, off to sort a list...DH is washing up before he studies

rach

I am hoping to get this lot done in about 4 HHCs! May be being optimistic but we'll see...the film is my reward at the end! One more cuppa and I'll make a start.



Monday - Living room, hall and stairs!
Level One
Clear and wipe surfaces
Polish all the glass things
Level Two
declutter and vacuum/mop the floors!
Wash windows
Vacuum under furniture you can move..
Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings that are in need
Sort through coats and bags and shoes etc
De-web and de-fluff the room
Extras

1. wipe and water any plants

Wednesday - Spare Ooms!
no Level One as no bed in there!
Level Two
Clear the floors of gibble!! and vacuum them
Wash windows
Wash curtains/beanbags/bears .. whatever needs doing
Level Three
Tidy up all the books and games on the shelves
Find 5 things EACH to go live elsewhere.. they have to be your own!!


Thursday - Master Mess-room.. & landing
Level One
Strip bedding and wash it
Turn and vacuum mattress and redress!
Level Two
Wash the window
Floor clearance!! Find the carpet.. or at least some!
Find the floor on the landing!
Level Three
Vacuum floors
Wipe the bed frame of dust and deweb the room
fill a binbag of rubbish
Extras

1. Tidy a chest of drawers.. tuck in all those bits hanging out
2. straighten up the airing cupboard

Friday -fun and frolics..
Level One
Clear the bathroom and cruddy study floor!!
Empty bins and wash them out
Level Two
Wash shower cuartins, bath mats rugs etc that are smelly
Recycle all the empties!
Defrag the PC/virus scan/spyware scan which you scrub down the tiles!
Level Three
Polish mirrors and other glass
Wipe out any cupboards and check what needs restocking
Clean the loos (inc outside), bath, basins (inc pedestal), shower trays etc
Extras

1. Wipe the radiators
2. Wipe the paintwork, esp. round the loo!

My extras:
Put clean washing away
wm - towels, bedding
meal plan
food shop
wrap MiL bday present (DH bought it!)
post 60th card to dad's gf
take stuff to charity shop
handwashing (thanks Greenbee!)
watch chick flick I've recorded
S&S kitchen
air the living room